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LARC Mocks: 2021 Non-Fiction

Working list of starred reviews to be considered for the Mock Caldecott and Newbery Award

2021 Non-Fiction

Abery, Julie.  Sakamato's Swim Club: How a Teacher Led an Unlikely Team to Victory.  BL 3/1/20

Acho, Emmanuel.  Uncomfortable Conversations with a a Black Boy.  BL 5/1/21

Alexander, Damian.  Other Boys.  K 9/1/21

Alladin, Erin,  Outside, You Notice.  K 3/1/21

Allaire, Christian.  The Power of Style.  BL 3/1/21

Allen, Peter.  Atlas of Amazing Architecture: The Most Incredible Buildings You've (Probably) Never Heard Of.  BL 12/1/21

Amara, Phil & Oliver Chin.  Awesome Asian Americans: 20 Stars Who Made America Amazing.  SLJ 12/20

Amescua, Gloria.  Child of the Flower-Song People: Luz Jimenez, Daughter of the Nahua.  PW 7/12/21, BL 8/21

Anderson, AnnMarie.  Meet a Doctor!  BL 4/1/21

Aronson, Marc. Four Streets and a Square: A History of Manhattan and the New York Idea. PW 10/11/21

Atinuke.  Africa, Amazing Africa: Country by Country.  K 10/15/21

Bah, Adama.  Accused: My Story of Injustice.  K 7/1/21

Baker, Leo.  Skate for Your Life.  BL 3/15/21

Balit, Christina.  The Corinthian Girl: Champion Athlete of Ancient Olympia.  BL 9/1/21

Balkan, Gabrielle.  The Met Georgia O'Keefe: She Saw the World in a Flower.  BL 10/1/21

Baptiste, Tracey.  African Icons: Ten People Who Shaped History.  K 8/15/21, PW 9/20/21

Bardoe, Cheryl.  Bei Bei Goes Home: A Panda Story.  K 10/1/21

Barfield, Mike.  A Day in Life of a Poo, a Gnu, and You.  K 1/1/21

Barone, Rebecca.  Race to the Bottom of the Earth: Surviving Antarctica. K 10/15/20, BL 12/1/20, SLJ 5/21, BCCB 12/20

Bausum, Ann.  Ensnared in the Wolf's Lair: Inside the 1944 Plot to Kill Hitler and the Ghost Children of His Revenge.  BL 12/1/20

Benton, Jim.  Can You Hear a Penguin Fart on Mars? And Other Excellent Questions.  K 4/15/21

Bergreen, Laurence & Sara Fray.  Seven Voyages: How China's Treasure Fleet Conquered the Sea.  BL 12/1/20

Binford, Warren. Hear My Voice: The Testimonies of Children Detained at the Southern Border of the United States. PW 2/22/21, K 3/15/21

Bonsignore, Gregory.  That's Betty: The Story of Betty White.  BL 11/1-15/21

Boyer, Crispin & Zimbler, Suzanne.  Top Secret: Spies, Codes, Capers, Gadgets, and Classified Cases Revealed.  SLJ 8/21

Brimner, Larry Dane.  Without Separation: Prejudice, Segregation, and the Case of Roberto Alvarez.  K 8/15/21

Brown, Don. In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers. HB 7-8/21

Brown, Don.  A Shot in the Arm!  Big Ideas That Changed the World #3.  BL 2/1/21, K 2/1/21, SLJ 3/21

Brown, Monica.  Small Rooms, Big Dreams. The Journey of Julian and Joaquin Castro.  K 4/15/21

Browne, Meghan.  Indelible Ann: The Larger-Than-Life Story of Governor Ann Richards.  K 4/1/21

Buckley Jr., James.  Deepwater Disaster: Seabird Rescue!  BL 5/15/21

Buckley Jr., James.  Vanished in the Hurricane: Dolphin Rescue!  BL 5/15/21

Buckley Jr., James.  Water Everywhere: Pig Rescue!  BL 5/15/21

Buckley Jr., James.  Wildfire Escape: Pet Animals Rescue!  BL 5/15/21

Bulion, Leslie.  Spi-Ku: A Clutter of Short Verse on Eight Legs.  K 1/15/21

Burgess,  Matthew.  Make Meatballs Sing: The Life & Art of Corita Kent.  K 7/1/21, PW 7/12/21

Burleigh, Robert.  Breaking Waves: Einslow Homer Paints the Sea.  SLJ 5/21

Burleigh, Robert.  Wilbur Wright Meets Lady Liberty.  SLJ 5/21

Butler, George.  Drawn across Borders: True Stories of Human Migration.  BL 1/1-15/21, K 2/15/21

Carr, Jan.  Star of the Party: The Solar System Celebrates!  K 3/15/21

Carson, Mary Kay.  Animal Watching. The Definitive Interactive Nature Guide.  K 4/15/21

Chambers, Veronica.  Call and Response: The Story of Black Lives Matter.  BL 7/21

Chang, Jeff & Dave Cook.  Can't Stop Won't Stop (Young Adult Edition): A Hip-Hop History.  BL 12/15/20

Cherry-Paul, Sonja.  Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You.  K 5/1/21

Chodosh, Janie.  The Elephant Doctor of India.  BL 4/15/21

Churnin, Nancy.  A Queen to the Rescue:The Story of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah.  K 7/15/21, PW 10/18/21

Clarke, Maxine Beneba.  When We Say Black Lives Matter.  BL 9/15/21

Clemesha, Chase.  People of Pride: 25 Great LBGTQ Americans.  SLJ 2/21

Colbert, Brandy.  Black Birds in the Sky.  BL 8/21, PW 9/20/21

Colleen,  Marcie.  Survivor Tree.  K 6/15/21, BL 8/21, HB 9-10/21

Copeland, Misty.  Black Ballerinas: My Journey to Our Legacy.  10/15/21, BL 12/15/21

Costanza, Stephen.  King of Ragtime: The Story of Scott Joplin.  K 6/15/21, PW 7/5/21

Crane, Cody.  All about Fossils.  BL 4/1/21

Cross, Paul Ian.  How to Vanquish a Virus: The Truth About Viruses, Vaccines, and More!  K 9/1/21

Crossley-Holland, Kevin.  Across the Rainbow Bridge: Stories of Norse Gods and Humans.  BL 11/1-15/21

Curits, Jennifer Keats.  Pooper Snooper.  K 8/15/21

Davids, Sharice.  Sharice's Big Voice: A Native Kid Becomes a Congresswoman.  K 6/1/21

Davis, Jennifer Pharr.  Hiking and Camping: The Definitive Interactive Nature Guide.  K 4/1/21

Deans, Karen.  Playing to Win: How Althea Gibson Broke Barriers and  Changed Tennis Forever.  SLJ 1/21

Delargy, Flora.  Rescuing Titanic: A True Story of Quiet Bravery in the North Atlantic.  SLJ 8/21

Doeden, Matt.  It's Outta Here!: The Might and Majesty of the Home Run.  K 3/1/21

Drew, Helen.  3D Paper Crafts for Kids: 26 Creative Projects to Make from A-Z.  SLJ 8/21

Drinkell, Peter.  The Young Cyclist's Companion.  K 7/15/21

Duberman, Martin.  Paul Robeson: No One Can Silence Me (Adapted for Young Adults).  BL 2/1/21

Durley, Natasha.  Creature Features: Ocean.  SLJ 3/21

Elleman, Barbara.  The Worlds of Tomie Depaola: The Art of Stories of the Legendary Artist and Author.  K 1/1/21

Emberley, Michael.  The Message: The Extraordinary Journey of an Ordinary Text Message.  K 9/1/21, HB 11-12/21, BL 12/1/21

Epstein, Nadine.  RBG's Brave and Brilliant Women: 33 Jewish Women to Inspire Everyone.  BL 9/15/21

Esperon, Maria Garcia.  The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas.  BL 1/1-15/21, SLJ 5/21, HB 3-4/21

Feder, Tyler. Bodies are Cool. PW 4/29/21

Ferrada, Maria Jose.  Ninos: Poems for the Lost Children of Chile.  K 2/15/21, SLJ 4/21

Fitzpatrick, Insha.  Who Sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott?  Rosa Parks.  BL 7/21

Fleming, Candace. What Isabella Wanted. BCCB 7-8/21

Fleming, Candace.  The Curse of the Mummy: Uncovering Tutankhamun's Tomb.  BL 9/15/21

Fleming, Crystal Marie.  Rise Up!  How You Can Join the Fight against White Supremacy.  BL 9/15/21

Fletcher, Tiera & Ginger Rue.  Wonder Women of Science: Twelve Geniuses Who Are Currently Rocking Science, Technology, and the World.  BL 12/1/20, K 1/15/21

Freeman, Anna Harber.  Shaped By Her Hands:  Potter Maria Martinez.  K 3/1/21, SLJ 4/21

Freiden, Jesse & others.  When Dogs Heal: Powerful Stories of People Living with HIV and the Dogs That Saved Them.  BL 2/15/21

Fried, Hedi.  The Story of Bodri.  K 3/15/21

Gardner, Kate.  How to Find a Fox.  K 9/1/21, BL 9/15/21

Gaya, Ester.  Fungarium.  K 4/1/21, BL 4/1/21

Gehl, Laura. Who Is a Scientist.  K 10/1/21

Gianferrari, Maria.  Be A Tree!  K 1/15/21

Gibbons, Gail.  Frogs.  SLJ 1/21

Gibbons, Gail.  Monarch Butterfly.  SLJ 1/21

Gibson, Roberta.  How to Build an Insect.  SLJ  3/21

Gill, Joel Christian.  Robert Smalls.  K 4/15/21

Gladstone, James.  Journey Around the Sun: The Story of Halley's Comet.  K 2/1/21

Golabek, MMona & Lee Cohen.  Hold On to Your Music: The Inspiring True Story of the Children of Willesden Lane.  SLJ 12/20

GIldstone, Lawrence. Separate No More. HB 3-4/21

Golio, Gary. Sonny Rollins Plays the Bridge. PW 9/20/21

Gomez-Colon, Salvador.  Hurricane: My Story of Resilience.  BL 4/1/21

Gottesfeld, Jeff.  Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.  K 1/1/21, HB 3-4/21

Grann, David.  Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI (Adapted for Young Readers).  BL 11/1/21-11/15-21

Greene, Rhonda Gowler.  This Magical, Musical Night.  K 8/15/21

Greenfield, Amy Butler. The Woman All Spies Fear: Code Breaker Elizabeth Smith and Her Hidden Life. BCCB 9/21, PW 9/20/21

Griffith,  Evan.  Secrets of the Sea: The Story of Jeanne Power, Revolutionary Marine Scientist.  SLJ 3/21

Grimes, Nikki.  Legacy: Women Poets of the Harlem Renaissance.  K 11/15/20, BL 12/1/20, PW 12/7/20, BCCB 1/21

Groc, Isabelle.  Conservation Canines: How Dogs Work for the Environment.  BL 8/21

Grochowicz, Joanna.  Shackleton's Endurance: An Antarctic Survival Story.  K 8/15/21

Hannah-Jones, Nikole & Renee.  Born on the Water.  PW 10/11/21, K 10/15/21, HB 11-12/21

Harper, Charise Mericle.  Bad Sister.  SLJ 7/21, HB 9-10/21

Harris, Duchess.  Protesting Violence in Modern America.  BL 4/1/21

Harrold, A.F.  The Book of Not Entirely Useful Advice.  BL 3/1/20

Hayes, K.C.  Moving Words about a Flower.  BL 3/15/22

Haynes, Richard.  Orangutan Hats and Other Tools Animals Use.  K 3/1/21

Heavenrich, Sue.  13 Ways to Eat a Fly.  BL 1/1-15/21

Heck, Ellen.  A is for Bee: An Alphabet Book in Translation.  BL 3/15/22

Henderson, Leah.  Together We March: 25 Protest Movements That Marched into History.  K 12/15/20

Hendrix, John. Go and Do Likewise: The Parables and Wisdom of Jesus. BCCB 2/21

Henley, Ariel.  A Face for Picasso: Coming of Age with Crouzon Syndome.  BL 11/1-15/21

Henn, Sophy.  All Kinds of Animal Families. K 2/1/21

Hirsch, Rebecca E.  Where Have All the Birds Gone?  BL 3/15/22

Ho, Joanna. Playing At the Border: A Story of Yo-Yo Ma. HB 9-10/21

Hoena, Blake.  The Electric Guitar: A Graphic  History.  BL 10/1/21

Holub, Joan.  I am the Shark.  SLJ 7/21

Hood, Susan.  The Last Straw: Kids Vs. Plastics.  K 12/1/20

Hood, Susan.  We Are One: How the World Adds Up.  K 8/1/21

Hopgood, Tim.  My Big Book of Outdoors.  BL 3/15/22

Hopkinson, Deborah.  We Must Not Forget: Holocaust Stories of Survival and Resistance.  BL 2/1/21, K 12/15/20

Hosler, Jay.  The Way of the Hive.  K 3/1/21

Hudson, Wade.  Defiant: Growing Up in the Jim Crow South.  BL 10/15/21

Irten, Gokce.  Can You See Me? A Book About Feeling Small.  K 8/1/21

Jackson, Sharna.  Black Artists Shaping the World.  K 10/15/21

Jackson, Tom.  How Do We Stop Climate Change?  K 9/1/21

Jaggar, Louisa. Sprouting Wings: The True Story of James Herman Banning, the First African American Pilot to fly Across the United States. SLJ 3/21

Jahren, Hope.  The Story of More: How We Got to Climate Change and Where We Go from Here (Adapted for Young Adults).  BL 11/1-15/21

Jarrow, Gail.  Ambushed! The Assassination Plot Against President Garfield.  K 9/1/21, BL 11/1-15/21

Jenkins, Steve & Page, Robin. The Shark Book.  K 5/1/21, BCCB 6/21, BL 7/21

Jenkins, Steve.  Disasters by the Numbers: A Book of Infographics.  K 10/1/21

Johnson, Amy.  Diggers.  BL 4/1/21

Johnson, George M.  We Are Not Broken.  PW 8/16/21, BL 9/1/21

Jones, Dan SaSuWeh.  Living Ghosts and Mischievous Monsters: Chilling American Indian Stories.  BL 12/1/21

Judge, Lita.  The Wisdom of Trees: How Trees Work Together to Form a Natural Kingdom.  K 1/1/21, SLJ 2/21, PW 4/5/21

Jurmain, Suzanne.  Murder on the Baltimore Express: The Plot to Keep Abraham Lincoln From Being President.  SLJ 1/21

Kamei, Susan H. When Can We Go Back to America? Voices of Japanese American Incarceration During WWII. PW 8/16/21, BL 12/15/21

Ketchum, Liza & Martin.  Begin With a Bee.  K 4/15/21,  SLJ 7/21

Kiely, Brendan.  The Other Talk: Reckoning with Our White Privilege.  BL 9/15/21

King, Heidi Tyline.  Saving American Beach: The Biography of African American Environmentalist MaVynee Betsch.  BL 3/1/20, K 3/15/21, SLJ 2/21, PW 3/15/21

Kirkfield, Vivian.  From Here to There: Inventions That Changed the Way the World Moves.  K 10/15/20

Klein, Naomi.  How to Change Everything: The Young Human's Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other.  K 12/15/20

Kramer, Jacob.  Looking Up.  K 6/1/21

Krishnaswami, Uma.  Threads of Peace: How Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. Changed the World.  K 7/1/21, BL 8/21

Krull, Kathleen.  Walking toward Peace: The True Story of a Brave Woman Called Peace Pilgrim.  BL 12/15/20

Kunkel, Angela Burke.  Penguin Journey.  K 7/15/21

Langeland, Deirde.  Meltdown: Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Disaster in Fukushima.  K 12/15/20, HB 3-4/21

Lantos, Jeff.  Why Longfellow Lied The Truth about Paul Revere's Midnight Ride.  BL 7/21, K 8/1/21

Lapin, Joyce.  The Little Spacecraft The Could: New Horizons' Amazing Journey to Pluto and Arrakoth.  K 3/1/21

Larson, Kirsten W.  A True Wonder: The Comic Book Hero Who Changed Everything.  BL 8/21, K 8/15/21

Lasky, Kathryn.  She Caught the Light: Williamina Stevens Fleming, Astronomer.  BL 12/1/20

Latham, Irene.  This Poem Is a Nest.  BL 3/1/20

Laughlin, Kara L.  The Tulsa Race Massacre.  BL 4/1/21

Leung, Julie.  The Fearless Flights of Hazel Ying Lee.  K 1/1/21

Levine, Sara.  A Peek at Peaks: Tools Birds Use.  SLJ 8/21

Levinson, Cynthia. The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art.  BL 2/15/21, K 3/15/21, PW 3/22/21, BCCB 4/21, HB 7-8/21

Lewis, Cecily.  Mass Incarceration, Black Men, and the Fight for Justice.  BL 10/1/21

Lewis, John, & Andrew Aydine. Run: Book One. HB 9-10/21

Lopez, Diana.  Sing With Me: The Story of Selena Quintanilla.  K 3/1/21, SLJ 3/21

Lysiak, Hilde Kate.  Hilde on the Record: Memoir of a Kid Crime Reporter.  BL 3/15/22

Mack, Jeff. Art is Everywhere: A Book About Andy Warhol. PW 7/12/21, BCCB 9/21

Madigan, Tim & Hilary Beard.  The Burning (Young Readers Edition): Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.  BL 5/1/21

Magee, Ann.  Branches of Hope: The 9/11 Survivor Tree.  K 4/1/21

Magoon, Kekla. the Highest Tribute: Thurgood Marshall's Life, Leadership, and Legacy. PW 12/7/20, HB 1-2/21

Magoon, Kekla.  Revolution in Our Time: The Black Panther Party's Promise to the People.  PW 8/16/21, BL 9/1/21, HB 9-10/21

Man, Chella.  Continuum.  BL 3/15/21

Mangal, Melina.  Jayden's Impossible Garden.  BL 3/1/20

Marcus, Leonard S., ed.  You Can't Say That!  Writers for Young People Talk about Censorship, Free Expression, and the Stories They Tell.  BL 8/21

Marinov, Isabelle. the Boy Whose Head Was Filled with Stars: A Life of Edwin Hubble. PW 2/1/21, K1/1/21

Martin, Marc.  Masters of Disguise: Camouflaging Creatures & Magnificent Mimics.  K 3/1/21

McCann, Jackie.  If the World Were 100 People: A Visual Guide to Our Global Village.  SLJ /21

McDivitt, Lindsey.  A Plan for the People: Nelson Mandela's Hope for His Nation.  K 2/15/21, SLJ 4/21

Meisel, Paul.  My Tiny Life By Ruby T. Hummingbird.  K 3/15/21

Menendez, Juliet.  Latinitas: Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers.  K 12/1/20

Mercado, Yehudi.  Chunky.  SLJ 5/21

Messner, Kate.  Tracking Tortoises: The Mission to Save a Galapagos Giant.  K 8/15/21

Mihaly, Christy.  Barefoot Books Water: A Deep Dive of Discovery.  K 7/1/21

Miller, Sarah. Violet and Daisy. HB 7-8/21

Miles, David. The Side-by-Side Declaration of Independence.  K 10/15/21

Ming & Wah.  Escape.  K 4/1/21

Moen, Erika and Matthew Nolan. Let's Talk About It: The Teen's Guide to Sex, Relationships, and Being a Human. PW 2/1/21

Mone, Gregory.  Strange Nature: The Insect Portraits of Levon Biss.  BL 3/15/21, SLJ 3/21

Montgomery, Heather.  What's In Your Pocket? Collecting Nature's Treasures.  K 8/15/21, BL 9/15/21

Morales, Areli.  Areli is a Dreamer: A True Story by Areli Morales, a DACA Recipient.  K 5/15/21

Moore, Madison.  More Than Just a Game: The Black Origins of Basketball.  K 8/1/21

Morris, Sandra.  North and South: A Tale of Two Hemispheres.  SLJ 7/21

Mosco, Rosemary.  Butterflies are Pretty...Gross!  K 3/1/21

Moss, Marissa.  Boardwalk Babies.  SLJ 3/21

Munro, Roxie.  Anteaters, Bats and Boas: The Amazon Rainforest from the Forest Floor to the Treetops.  BL 7/21

Nebres, Charlotte.  Charlotte and the Nutcracker: The True Story of a Girl Who Made Ballet History.  K 9/1/21

Nelson, Marilyn.  Augusta Savage: The Shape of a Sculptor's Life.  BL 10/15/21

Nelson, S.D. Crazy Horse and Custer Born Enemies.  K 9/1/21, BL 10/15/21

Newell, Chris. If You Lived During the Plimoth Thanksgiving.  K 11/1/21

Nichols, De.  Art Of Protest: Creating, Discovering,and Activating Art for Your Revolution.  K 10/1/21

Nogues, Alex.  One Million Oysters On Top of the Mountain.  K 9/1/21

Obama, Michelle.  Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers.  K 4/15/21

O'Donoghue, Caroline. All Our Hidden Gifts. PW 1/18/21

Ogle, Rex.  Punching Bag.  BL 9/15/21

Opie, David.  All the Fish in the World.  K 5/1/21

Paeff, Colleen.  The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem.  K 6/15/21

Page, Nathan.  Who Was the First Man on the Moon?  Neil Armstrong.  BL 7/21

Page, Robin. The Beak Book. PW 10/26/20

Parachini, Jodie.  Listening To The Stars: Jocelyn Bell Burnell Discovers Pulsars.  K 3/1/21, SLJ 3/21

Parsons, Karyn.  Saving the Day: Garrett Morgan's Life Changing Invention of the Traffic Signal.  K 11/1/21

Patterson, Jodi.  Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope.  K 3/15/21

Paulsen, Gary. Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood. PW 10/26/20, HB 3-4/21

Perkins, Useni Eugene.  Kwame Nkrumah's Midnight Speech for Independence.  K 9/1/21

Peters, Lisa Westberg.  We Are a Garden: A Story of How Diversity Took Root in America.  K 3/15/21

Piercey, Rachel.  If You Go Down to the Woods Today.  K 2/15/21

Pimentel,, Annette Bay.  Pura's Cuentos: How Pura Belpre Reshaped Libraries With Her Stories.  K 8/1/21, BL 9/15/21

Pinkney, Andrea Davis.  Harriet Tubman.  K 12/1/20

Pinsky, Drew & Paula Pinksy.  It Doesn't Have to Be Awkward: Dealing with Relationships, Consent, and Other Hard-to-Talk -about Stuff.  BL 2/15/21

Poliquin, Rachel.  The Strangest Thing in the Sea: And Other Curious Creatures of the Deep. K 10/15/21

Popova, Maria.  The Snail with the Right Heart: A True Story.  K 2/1/21

Prelutsky, Jack.  Hard-Boiled Bugs For Breakfast And Other Nasty Poems.  K 11/15/20, PW 11/23/2020, SLJ 1/21

Pryor, Shawn.  The Greensboro Lunch Counter: What an Artifact Can Tell us about the Civil Rights Movement.  BL 10/1/21

Rapinoe, Megan.  One Life: Younger Readers Edition.  BL 9/1/21

Raymundo, Peter.  The Mysterious Sea Bunny.  K 5/1/21

Redding, Anna Crowley.  The Gravity Tree: The True Story of a Tree That Inspired the World.  K 3/15/21

Richards, Mary.  A History of Music for Children.  K 9/1/21

Riley, Scott. The Floating Field: How a Group of Thai Boys Built Their Own Soccer Field. PW 1/11/21, SLJ 5/21, HB 5-6/21

Robbins, Dean.  The Fastest Girl on Earth! Meet Kitty O'Neil, Daredevil Driver.  SLJ 7/21

Robbins, Dean.  Mambo Mucho Mambo!  The Dance that Crossed Color Lines.  BL 8/21

Rockliff, Mara.  Try It!: How Frieda Caplan Changed the Way We Eat.  K 11/1/20, HB 1-2/21

Rockwell, Lizzy.  I Love Insects.  K 6/1/21

Rosenstock, Barb.  Mornings With Monet.  K 1/1/21, PW 3/22/21

Roth, Susan L.  Butterfly for a King: Saving Hawai'is Kamehameha Butterflies.  SLJ 2/21

Rothery, Ben.  Hidden Planet.  K 3/1/21

Roundtree, Dovey Johnson & Katie McCabe.  We Wait for the Sun. PW 12/7/20, BL 2/1/21, K 1/1/21

Rubin, Sean.  This Very Tree: A Story of 9/11, Resilience, and Regrowth.  K 4/1/21, HB 7-8/21

Rusch, Elizabeth.  Zee Grows a Tree.  SLJ 2/21

Russo, Marisabina. Why Is Everyone Yelling? :Growing Up in My Immigrant Family. HB 11-12/21

Saltz, Joanna.  The Delish Kids (Super-Awesome, Crazy-Fun, Best-Ever) Cookbook: 100+ Amazing Recipes. SLJ 8/21

Sanders, Rob.  Stitch by Stitch: Cleve Jones and the AIDS Memorial Quilt.  K 9/1/21, PW 9/6/21

Sandler, Martin W.  Picturing a Nation: The Great Depression's Finest Photographers Introduce America to Itself.  BL 9/15/21, K 10/1/21,
HB 11-12/21

Sandri, Barbara & Francesco Giubbilini.  Chickenology: The Ultimate Encyclopedia.  BL 1/1-15/21

Sandstrom, Donna.  Orca Rescue! The True Story of an Orphaned Orca named Springer.  K 10/15/21

Sarah, Rachel.  Girl Warriors: How 25 Young Activists Are Saving the Earth.  K 3/1/21

Sayre, April Pulley & Jeff Sayre.  Happy Sloth Day!  BL 3/15/22

Schrefer, Eliot.  Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality.  BL 3/15/22

Schuh, Mari. My Life with Blindness.  BL 4/1/21

Schutten, Jan Paul.  Inside In: X-Rays of Nature's Hidden World.  K 10/15/21

Scott, Joyce. Unbound: The Life and Art of Judith Scott. PW 5/3/21

Sheinken, Steve.  Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown.  BL 7/21, BCCB 9/21, HB 11-12/21

Shepard, Ray Anthony. Runaway: The Daring Escape of Ona Judge. PW 12/7/20, K 1/1/21

Shifrin, Joshua.  The Homework Squad's ADHD Guide to School Success.  K 7/15/21

Shreeve, Elizabeth.  Out of the Blue.  K 4/1/21, SLJ 4/21

Slade, Suzanne.  Mars Is: Stark Slopes, Silvery Snow, and Startling Surprises.  BL 4/15/21

Sidman, Joyce. Hello, Earth! Poems to Our Planet.  K 1/1/21, SLJ 1/21, HB 7-8/21

Sidman, Joyce.  Dear Treefrog.  BL 12/1/20, HB 5-6/21

Sis, Peter. Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued. PW 11/23/2020, HB 5-6/21

Smith Jr., Charles.  Song for Jimi: The Story of Guitar Legend Jimi Hendrix.  K 10/1/21

Sokolower, Jody.  Determine to Stay: Palestinian Youth Fight for Their Village.  BL 5/15/21

Sorell, Traci.  Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer.  K 1/1/21, SLJ 3/21, HB 5-6/21

Sorell, Traci.  We Are Still Here!  Native American Truths Everyone Should Know.  BL 4/1/21

Staub, Leslie.  If You Were an Elephant.  K 5/1/21

Stein, Joshua David. Solitary Animals: Introverts of the Wild. PW 10/4/21

Stiefel, Chana.  Let Liberty Rise!: How America's Schoolchildren Helped Save the Statue of Liberty.  SLJ 2/21

Stinson, Kathy. The Bare Naked Book.  K 1/1/21

Stockdale, Susan.  Bird Show.  SLJ 3/21

Swanson, Jennifer.  Rock, Fossil, and Shell Hunting: The Definitive Interactive Nature Guide.  K 4/15/21

Taylor, Barbara.  Inside Animals.  SLJ 8/21

Tender-Krylov, Victoria. Building Zaha: The Story of Architect Zaha Hadid. HB 3-4/21

Thermes, Jennifer.  Horse Power: How Horses Changed the World.  BL 4/1/21

Thomas, Isabel.  One Million Insects.  K 9/1/21

Thomas, Isabel.  Fox: A Circle of Life Story.  BL 11/1-15/21

Todd, Traci.  Nina: A Story of Nina Simone. PW 7/5/21, K 8/1/21, BL 8/21, HB 11-12/21

Tordjman, Natalie.  The Book of Tiny Creatures.  BL 1/1-15/21

Trumbore, Cindy.  Butterfly for a King: Saving Hawai'i's Kamehameha Butterflies.  BL 12/1/20

Tsui, Bonnie.  Sarah and the Big Wave.  BL 5/1/21

Valerio, Geraldo. My Book of Butterflies.  K 7/1/21

Vallepur, Shalini.  The Road to Rice.  BL 2/1/21

Vallepur, Shalini.  The Search for Salt.  BL 2/1/21

Vallepur, Shalini.  The Story of Sugar.  BL 2/1/21

Vallepur, Shalini.  The Tale of Tea.  BL 2/1/21

Vaicenaviciene, Monika.  What Is a River?  BL 3/1/21, K 3/1/21

Van de Car, Nikki.  The Junior Astrologer's Handbook: A Kid's Guide to Astrological Signs.  BL 7/21

van der Meer, Maya.  Kuan Yin: The Princess Who Became the Goddess of Compassion.  BL 4/15/21

Vina, Rose.  Alicia Alonso Dances On.  SLJ 7/21

von der Gathen, Katharina.  Do Animals Fall in Love?  K 4/1/21

Wade, Jess. Nano: The Spectacular Science of the Very (Very) Small. BCCB 9/21, K 9/1/21

Waisman, Robbie & Susan McClelland.  Boy from Buchenwald.  BL 4/15/21

Wallace, Sandra Neil & Rich Wallace.  Race against Time: The Untold Story of Scipio Jones and the Battle to Save Twelve Innocent Men.  BL 11/1/20

Walker, David F.  The Black Panther Party: A Graphic Novel History.  BL 1/1-15/21

Watson, Renee.  Oprah Winfrey.  K 10/15/21

Weatherford, Carole Boston.  Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre.  BL 12/15/20, PW 1/4/21, K 2/21, SLJ  2/21, HB 1-2/21

Weatherford, Carole Boston. The Faith of Elijah Cummings: The North Star of Equal Justice.  K 8/1/21

Weintraub, Aileen.  We Got Game! 35 Female Athletes Who Changed the World.  SLJ 7/21

Winkler, Rita.  My Art, My World.   K 10/15/21

Williams, Alicia D. Jump at the Sun: The True Life Tale of Unstoppable Storycatcher Zora Neale Hurston. PW 12/7/20, K 1/1/21, SLJ 2/21, BCCB 1/21

Williams, Alicia D. Shirley Chisholm Dared. HB 9-10/21

Williams, Lily.  If Bees Disappeared.  SLJ 1/21

Williams, Schele.  Your Legacy: A Bold Reclaiming of Our Enslaved History.  BL 9/15/21

Willis, Birdie.  Seen: Rachel Carson.  BL 2/1/21

Willis, Jeanne.  What are Little Girls Made Of?  K 1/1/21

Wilson, Jamia. This Book is Feminist. PW 6/14/21

Winn, Kevin P. & Kelisa Wing.  Atrocities in Action.  BL 11/1-15/21

Winn, Kevin P. & Kelisa Wing.  Jim Crow and Policing.  BL 11/1-15/21

Winn, Kevin P. & Kelisa Wing.  Juneteenth.  BL 11/1-15/21

Winn, Kevin P. & Kelisa Wing.  Tulsa Race Riots and the Red Summer of 1919.  BL 11/1-15/21

Wong, Alice.  Disability Visibility: 17 First-Person Stories for Today (Adapted for Young Adults).  BL 10/15/21

Yang, Kao Kalia.  From the Tops of the Trees.  K 7/15/21, BL 10/15/21

Yang, Yang.  The Secrets of Dinosaurs.  K 3/1/21

Yelchin, Eugene. The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain.  PW 8/30/21, HB 9-10/21, K 9/15/21, BCCB 10/21

Yoo, Paula.  From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial That Galvanized the Asian American Movement.  BL 3/15/21, HB 5-6/21

Zajac, Linda.  Robo-Motion: Robots That Move Like Animals.  K 8/15/21

Zoboi, Ibi. The People Remember. HB 11-12/21