Golden Sower Picture Books 24-25

Abdul's story

Thompkins-Bigelow, Jamilah,


Horn book, March 2022. Kirkus, March 15, 2022. Abdul loves telling stories but thinks his messy handwriting and spelling mistakes will keep him from becoming an author, until Mr. Muhammad visits and encourages him to persist.
Date Published:2022

Agatha May and the anglerfish

Morrison, Nora,


Booklist Starred Reviews, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal Starred, Rhyming text and colorful illustrations follow the daydreaming and doodling student Agatha May, whose desk is always a mess and is not anyone's idea of an A student. When she gets the chance to make a report on the anglerfish, her favorite sea creature, though, Agatha discovers a new passion for research and a dream for what her future could be.
Date Published:2022

Booklist Starred Reviews, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal Starred, Rhyming text and colorful illustrations follow the daydreaming and doodling student Agatha May, whose desk is always a mess and is not anyone's idea of an A student. When she gets the chance to make a report on the anglerfish, her favorite sea creature, though, Agatha discovers a new passion for research and a dream for what her future could be.

Date Published:2022

Creepy crayon

Reynolds, Aaron, 1970-,


"When Jasper Rabbit finds a purple crayon willing to do his schoolwork for him, he is elated--at first"--.
Date Published:2022

Every dog in the neighborhood

Stead, Philip Christian,


"Neal Porter Books." School Library Journal starred, June 2022. Horn Book Starred, May 2022. Booklist, May 2022. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), May 2022. Kirkus Review, March 2022. Library Media Connection, August 2022. Louis and his eccentric Grandmother set out to count every dog in the neighborhood when they find out about city hall's woefully inadequate record keeping.
Date Published:2022

How dinosaurs went extinct : a safety guide /

Dyckman, Ame,


School Library Journal, May 2023. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, April 2023. Booklist, April 2023. Horn Book, March 2023. Kirkus Review, February 2023. When a child in a museum asks how dinosaurs became extinct, Dad comes up with a list of silly answers.
Date Published:2023

I'm a unicorn

Yoon, Helen,


Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, July 2022. Publishers Weekly, July 2022. Booklist, August 2022. Kirkus Review, June 2022. School Library Journal, October 2022. Because it has one horn, an eager young calf investigates if it is a unicorn, but soon realizes that it doesn't have all the qualifications of a true unicorn and must accept its own identity.
Date Published:2022

More than peach : "changing the world...one crayon at a time!" /

Woodard, Bellen,


School Library Journal starred, July 2022. Kirkus Review, May 2022. "[The author] presents this picture book in which she [tells a fictionalized account of her story and] spreads a message of inclusivity, empowerment and the importance of inspiring the next generation of leaders through Bellen's More than Peach Project and crayons"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2022

My parents won't stop talking!

Hunsinger, Emma,


A little girl has big plans for her day at the park, but when her two Mums stop to talk to some chatty neighbors she is convinced that her whole day will be completely ruined.
Date Published:2022

Poopsie gets lost

Harrison, Hannah E.,


School Library Journal starred, May 2022. Booklist, March 2022. Kirkus Review, March 2022. "Pampered, nap-loving kitty Poopsie makes her way through a jungle after a pushy narrator pressures her toward adventure"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2022

We don't lose our class goldfish

Higgins, Ryan T.,


School library journal, December 2022. Penelope Rex faces her biggest (and fishiest) fear in this companion to We Don't Eat Our Classmates.
Date Published:2023