Kids Staff Picks (February 2025)Like this list

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• Bad Badger

  a Love Story

  Wood, Maryrose,

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  Good badgers, provable, actual badgers, live in forests and fields. Good badgers have faces with stripes and other badgers for friends. Septimus is not a good badger. Septimus lives alone in a cottage by the sea. His face is spotted. And…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Girl Power

  15 Stories Celebrating Black Girlhood

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  Realistic Fiction, Fantasy, Poetry - this genre-rich collection of fifteen short stories on the theme of Black Girl Power has a story for every reader. Ibi Zoboi, Kekla Magoon, Renee Watson and Sharon Flake are on the roster of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Chickenpox

  Lai, Remy,

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  "Younger siblings are like viruses. They’re tiny and they can make you sick.” The year is 1994. Abby Lai is twelve years old. Some things about Abby: she is a Capricorn, and she loves fashion, makeup, and pop music. She is thankful for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Copycat Conundrum

  Yee, Lisa,

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  Olive Cobin Zang and the Misfits are back! A string of art heists that almost seem to be strategically timed to coincide with unusually localized earthquakes have all of San Francisco on high alert and the tech-savvy (if socially awkward)…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gabby Torres Gets a Billion Followers

  Dominguez, Angela,

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  Meet Gabby Torres! She’s nine years old! She’s the best baker ever (or she will be when she remembers to set a timer)! And she really, really, really wants to protect the oceans and save marine wildlife! This year, Gabby is finally old…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Greatness

  Bethencourt, Regis,

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  Nasir and Imani love to visit their grandmother. Grandma always has an exciting story or to share about her life as a famous, globe-trotting photographer. But on this visit, the book of photographs that Grandma pulls off the shelf is one…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How Sweet the Sound

  Alexander, Kwame,

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  “Listen to...” the fireside chorus, the hymns, the jazz – explore the history and the sound of African American music. This kinetically illustrated picture book in verse time travels right up to the present day and provides a wealth of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Interpreter

  Abtahi, Olivia,

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  “Some kids had one job: to be a kid. Cecilia worked two.” The second job? It’s a special one: Interpreter. In fact, it’s such a special job that it mostly goes without saying, but as the oldest sibling still living at home and the family…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lefty

  Willems, Mo,

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  “Did you know...there was a time when people could get into trouble...really, really BIG trouble...FOR BEING LEFT-HANDED!” A right hand and a left hand have an even-handed conversation about the ancient historical bias against using your…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mixed-Up

  Garcia, Kami

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  Fifth grade is going to be the best year ever! Best friends Stella, Emiko, and Latasha will all be in the same class together, which means that they will get to collaborate on a semester-long creative assignment together. When Stella’s…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• To See An Owl

  Cordell, Matthew, 1975-

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  “What will it take? To see an owl. Perfectly stout. Large, round eyes. Silent, knowing faces. Birds of the night.” Inspired by her new teacher Mr. Koji, a birder, Janie takes her passion for birds (especially owls) to prairies, beaches,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Work

  Interviews With People Doing Jobs They Love

  Feinberg, Shaina,

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  The things you use and the services that make life easier have real people behind them. Work offers a look at people who have careers making the objects or solving problems in ways you might not have expected. Learn about jobs all over the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Yvonne Clark and Her Engineering Spark

  Wells, Allen R.,

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  “Many people believe that superheroes leap tall buildings or hail from galaxies far, far away. They almost never tell you that superheroes exist right in your neighborhood.” Meet Yvonne Clark. Curiosity is her superpower. When her family’s…Read moreRead more of this annotation