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Mar 14, 2021

A Celebration of Amazing Content (and LIFE!) Connections

 Each year I eagerly await the announcement of the annual CBC/NCSS NOTABLE SOCIAL STUDIES TRADE BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. When I retired I no longer had access to that listing (an insert in the May/June issue of the NCSS professional magazine, SOCIAL EDUCATION) from our school library. I then became a member of NCSS and subscribed, in part to continue to have access to this curated, annotated, annual list. I used their recommendations to suggest new purchases for our school library, for my classrooms, and as gift purchases. 

You might want to do the same, by the way. If not, past issues can be accessed on their website.

I have a useful collection of those inserts from past years that I use when adding to my library hold list, when seeking a "just right" book, and when finding titles to compare, review, and suggest to others. Now, the listings for 2021 are available (with the fully annotated pull out section appearing in print next month). In this post I'm celebrating the selection of those titles I've reviewed here and elsewhere by linking to my posts, just in case you want to take a more detailed look before the catalog copy becomes available. 

I'll continue to share prior reviews in a series of posts that focus on specific age ranges. If any of these are new titles for you, I urge you to do some clicking, considering, and adding to your wish lists and library hold lists, too:

Kindergarten to Second Grade:

All the Way to the Top: How One Girl’s Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything. Annette Bay Pimentel. Foreword Jennifer Keelan-Chans. Illus. Nabi H. Ali. 32pp. ISBN 9781492688976. Sourcebooks Explore. K-2

The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story. Aya Khalil. Illus. Anait Semirdzhyan. 36pp. ISBN 9780884487548. Tilbury House. K-2

Black is a Rainbow Color. Angela Joy. Illus. Ekua Holmes. 40pp. ISBN 9781626726314. Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group / Roaring Brook Press. K-2

Can Bears Ski?. Raymond Antrobus. Illus. Polly Dunbar. 40pp. ISBN 9781536212662. Candlewick Press. K-2 Come Out and Play: A Global Journey. Maya Ajmera and John D. Ivanko. 32pp. ISBN 9781623541637.

Earth Hour: A Lights-Out Event for Our Planet. Nanette Heernan. Illus. Bao Luu. 32pp. ISBN 9781580899420. Charlesbridge. K-2. K-2

Equality’s Call: The Story of Voting Rights in America. Deborah Diesen. Illus. Magdalena Mora. 48pp. ISBN 9781534439580. Simon & Schuster / Beach Lane Books. K-2

Evelyn Del Rey Is Moving Away. Meg Medina. Illus. Sonia Sánchez. 32pp. ISBN 9781536207040. Candlewick Press. K-2

Flying Free: How Bessie Coleman’s Dreams Took Flight. Karyn Parsons. Illus. R. Gregory Christie. 48pp. ISBN 9780316457194. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. K-2

Fred’s Big Feelings: The Life and Legacy of Mister Rogers. Laura Renauld. Illus. Brigette Barrager. 40pp. ISBN 9781534441224. Simon & Schuster / Atheneum BFYR. K-2

Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood. Tony Hillery. Illus. Jessie Hartland. 40pp. ISBN 9781534402317. Simon & Schuster / Paula Wiseman Books. K-2

The Heart of Mi Familia. Carrie Lara. Illus. Christine Battuz. I 32pp. SBN 9781433832536. Magination Press. K-2

Hot Pot Night!. Written and Illustrated by Vincent Chen. 40pp. ISBN 9781623541200. Charlesbridge. K-2 I Want to Ride the Tap Tap. Danielle Joseph. Illus. Olivier Ganthier. 40pp. ISBN 9780374312145.

If Dominican Were a Color. Sili Recio. Illus. Brianna McCarthy. 32pp. ISBN 9781534461796. Simon & Schuster / Denene Millner Books. K-2

Just Like a Mama. Alice Faye Duncan. lllus. Charnelle Pinkney Barlow. 40pp. ISBN 9781534461833. Simon & Schuster / Denene Millner Books. K-2

Love Your Body: Your body can do amazing things.... Jessica Sanders. lllus. Carol Rossetti. 40pp. ISBN 9780711252424. Quarto Group / Frances Lincoln Children’s Books. K-2

Lulu the One and Only. Lynnette Mawhinney. lllus. Jennie Poh. 32pp. ISBN 9781433831591. Magination Press. K-2

Magnificent Homespun Brown: A Celebration. Samara Cole Doyon. lllus. Kaylani Juanita. 32pp. ISBN 9780884487975. Tilbury House. K-2

Nana Akua Goes to School. Tricia Elam Walker. lllus. April Harrison. 40pp. ISBN 9780525581130. Random House Children’s Books / Schwartz & Wade. K-2

Ohana Means Family. Ilima Loomis. lllus. Kenard Pak. 40pp. ISBN 9780823443260. Holiday House / Neal Porter Books. K-2

One Boy’s Choice: A Tale of the Amazon. Sueli Menezes. lllus. Anika Siems. 32pp. ISBN 9781662650031. minedition / Astra House. K-2

One Little Lot: The 1-2-3s of an Urban Garden. Diane C. Mullen. lllus. Oriol Vidal. 32pp. ISBN 9781580898898. Charlesbridge. K-2

The One with the Scraggly Beard. Elizabeth Withey. lllus. Lynn Scurfield. 32pp. ISBN 9781459818552. Orca Book Publishers. K-2

Papa, Daddy, and Riley. Seamus Kirst. lllus. Devon Holzwarth. 32pp. ISBN 9781433832390. Magination Press. K-2

The Paper Kingdom. Helena Ku Rhee. lllus. Pascal Campion. 40pp. ISBN 9780525644613. Random House Children’s Books / Random House BFYR. K-2

The Power of One: Every Act of Kindness Counts. Trudy Ludwig. lllus. Mike Curato. 40pp. ISBN 9781524771584. Random House Children’s Books / Alfred A. Knopf BFYR. K-2

Respect: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul. Carole Boston Weatherford. lllus. Frank Morrison. 48pp. ISBN 9781534452282. Simon & Schuster / Atheneum BFYR. K-2

The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver. Gene Barretta. lllus. Frank Morrison. 40pp. ISBN 9780062430151. HarperCollins Children’s Books / Katherine Tegen Books. K-2

Sometimes People March. Written and Illustrated by Tessa Allen. 32pp. ISBN 9780062991188. HarperCollins Children’s Books / Balzer + Bray. K-2

Stand up! Speak Up!: A Story Inspired by the Climate Change Revolution. Andrew Joyner. 40pp. ISBN 9780593301586. Random House Children’s Books / Schwartz & Wade. K-2

Teatime Around the World. Denyse Waissbluth. lllus. Chelsea O’Byrne. 48pp. ISBN 9781771646017. Greystone Kids. K-2

V is for Voting. Kate Farrell. lllus. Caitlin Kuhwald. 40pp. ISBN 9781250231253. Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group / Henry Holt BYR. K-2

We Are Water Protectors. Carole Lindstrom. lllus. Michaela Goade. 40pp. ISBN 9781250203557. Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group / Roaring Brook Press. K-2

When We Are Kind. Monique Gray Smith. lllus. Nicole Neidhardt. 32pp. ISBN 9781459825222. Orca Book Publishers. K-2

You Matter. Written and Illustrated by Christian Robinson. 40pp. ISBN 9781534421691. Simon & Schuster / Atheneum BFYR. K-2

Your Name is a Song. Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow. lllus. Luisa Uribe. 40pp. ISBN 9781943147724. The Innovation Press. K-2

A World Together. Sonia Manzano. 32pp. ISBN 9781426337383. National Geographic Children’s Books. K-2 Art Is Life: The Life of Artist Keith Haring. Tami Lewis Brown. lllus. Keith Negley. 48pp.

Be Amazing: A History of Pride. Desmond is Amazing (Desmond Napoles). lllus. Dylan Glynn. 40pp. ISBN 9780374312589. Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group / Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR. K-12

Birrarung Wilam: A Story from Aboriginal Australia. Andrew Kelly and Aunty Joy Murphy. lllus. Lisa Kennedy. 40pp. ISBN 9781536209426. Candlewick Press. K-5

Digging for Words: José Alberto Gutiérrez and the Library He Built. Angela Burke Kunkel. lllus. Paola Escobar. 40pp. ISBN 9781984892638. Random House Children’s Books / Schwartz & Wade. K-5

Dinosaur Lady: The Daring Discoveries of Mary Anning, the First Paleontologist. Linda Skeers. lllus. Marta Álvarez Miguéns. 40pp. ISBN 9781728209517. Sourcebooks Explore. K-5

Fighting Infantryman, The: The Story of Albert D. J. Cashier, Transgender Civil War Soldier. Rob Sanders. lllus. Nabi H. Ali. 48pp. ISBN 9781499809367. Little Bee Books. K-5

Flight for Freedom: The Wetzel Family’s Daring Escape from East Germany. Kristen Fulton. lllus. Torben Kuhlmann. 56pp. ISBN 9781452149608. Chronicle Books. K-5

Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice. Nikki Grimes. lllus. Laura Freeman. 40pp. ISBN 9781534462670. Simon & Schuster / Atheneum BFYR. K-5

Mamie on the Mound: A Woman in Baseball’s Negro Leagues. Leah Henderson. lllus. George Doutsiopoulos. 32pp. ISBN 9781684460236. Capstone Editions. K-5

Migrants. Written and Illustrated by Issa Watanabe. 40pp. ISBN 9781776573134. Gecko Press. K-8

Mindy Kim and the Lunar New Year Parade. Lyla Lee. lllus. Dung Ho. 96pp. ISBN 9781534440104. Simon & Schuster / Aladdin. K-5

The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read. Rita Lorraine Hubbard. lllus. Oge Mora. 40pp. ISBN 9781524768287. Random House Children’s Books / Schwartz & Wade. K-5

Oscar’s American Dream. Barry Wittenstein. lllus. Kristen Howdeshell and Kevin Howdeshell. 36pp. ISBN 9780525707691. Random House Children’s Books / Schwartz & Wade. K-5

Ritu Weds Chandni. Written and Illustrated by Ameya Narvankar. 36pp. ISBN 9781949528947. Yali Books. K-8

Speak Up. Miranda Paul. lllus. Ebony Glenn. 40pp. ISBN 9780358140962. Houghton Miin Harcourt / Clarion Books. K-12

Wherever I Go. Mary Wagley Copp. lllus. Munir D. Mohammed. 24pp. ISBN 9781534419193. Simon & Schuster / Atheneum Books for Young Readers. K-5

As I've created these links and added an image of a few of these notable titles, I've added others  to my hold list and look forward to reading them carefully and reviewing them. I hope you might consider doing the same. Then share them, suggest them to pterosaur's parents and teachers, and stay tuned for MORE of this extensive list of notable books in upcoming posts. 


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