Golden Sower 25-26

Dog vs. Strawberry

Buchet, Nelly,


School Library Journal starred, April 2024. Pub Weekly, January 2024. When Dog is handed a strawberry from the fruit bowl, she sizes it up, dances around it, and decides she is going to race the Strawberry--and win.
Date Published:2024

Dogtown

Applegate, Katherine,


Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal Starred, Friendly three-legged Chance has lived at Dogtown shelter ever since her owners unwittingly left her with a neglectful dog-sitter who skipped town, but everything changes when an uncharacteristically empathic robot dog, Metal Head, arrives at Dogtown. Metal Head asks Chance and his friend Mouse to help him break out, and the trio embarks on a journey to find their forever home.
Date Published:2023

Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal Starred, Friendly three-legged Chance has lived at Dogtown shelter ever since her owners unwittingly left her with a neglectful dog-sitter who skipped town, but everything changes when an uncharacteristically empathic robot dog, Metal Head, arrives at Dogtown. Metal Head asks Chance and his friend Mouse to help him break out, and the trio embarks on a journey to find their forever home.

Date Published:2023

Ferris

DiCamillo, Kate,


School Library Journal, February 2024. During the summer before fifth grade, Ferris Wilkey has her hands full with her little sister terrorizing the town, her Aunt Shirley moving into their basement and her grandmother seeing a ghost--one who has wild, impractical and illuminating plans.
Date Published:2024

The firefly summer

Matson, Morgan,


"Ages 8-12"--Back cover. Booklist starred, May 2023. Pub Weekly, March 2023. Kirkus Starred, March 2023. When her estranged grandparents invite her to stay with them in the Poconos for the summer, Ryanna meets many relatives on her late mom's side of the family and discovers a whole new side of herself--and a place where she really belongs.
Date Published:2023

Greenwild : the world behind the door /

Thomson, Pari,


"Farrar, Straus & Giroux." School Library Journal starred, August 2023. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, June 2023. Publishers Weekly, May 2023. Booklist, June 2023. Kirkus Review, May 2023. On the run after her mother disappears, eleven-year-old Daisy Thistledown steps through a mysterious hidden doorway and enters the realm of Greenwild, where she must uncover the truth about who she really is to save this land of magic and amazing natural wonders from being destroyed.
Date Published:2024

"Farrar, Straus & Giroux." School Library Journal starred, August 2023. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, June 2023. Publishers Weekly, May 2023. Booklist, June 2023. Kirkus Review, May 2023. On the run after her mother disappears, eleven-year-old Daisy Thistledown steps through a mysterious hidden doorway and enters the realm of Greenwild, where she must uncover the truth about who she really is to save this land of magic and amazing natural wonders from being destroyed.

Date Published:2024

Home away from home

Lord, Cynthia,


Publishers Weekly, February 2023. Booklist, March 2023. Kirkus Review, February 2023. Mia is spending her summer with her grandmother in a small Maine town, expecting it to be an oasis of stability in her changing life, but there is a new know-it-all boy next door, and soon she finds herself competing with Cayman in identifying an injured bird of prey--and pretty much everything else.
Date Published:2024

I want 100 dogs

McAnulty, Stacy,


School Library Journal, July 2023. Publishers Weekly, August 2023. Booklist, October 2023. Horn Book, November 2023. Kirkus Review, August 2023. After meeting a dog during a walk, a little girl declares that she wants one hundred dogs, but as her parents point out all the difficulties, she gradually reduces the number--until she gets the one dog she really wants.
Date Published:2023

Medusa

Marsh, Katherine,


"Ages 8-12"--Dust jacket. School Library Journal, March 2024. Pub Weekly, November 2023. "A descendant of Medusa, Ava is sent to the Accademia del Forte in Venice after an altercation with a classmate, where she must learn to control her emotions, especially when she unearths a terrible secret that could change the world forever"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2024

Mr. S

Arnaldo, Monica,


When a kindergarten class arrives for the first day at school, they are greeted only by the words "Mr. S" on the chalkboard and a delicious-looking sandwich, resulting in merry mayhem as the kids wonder if the sandwich is their teacher.
Date Published:2023

The mystery of the Radcliffe riddle

Souders, Taryn, 1977-,


"Ages 8 and up"--Jacket flap. Publishers Weekly, May 2023. Booklist, May 2023. Kirkus Review, May 2023. "Grady and his father inherit the town oddball's old tapestry and discover it is a highly coveted treasure map"--OCLC.
Date Published:2023

Nothing else but miracles

Albus, Kate,


School Library Journal starred, October 2023. Publishers Weekly, July 2023. Booklist, September 2023. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), November 2023. Kirkus Review, August 2023. "Living on their own on Manhattan's Lower East Side while their Pop is off fighting in World War II, twelve-year-old Dory Byrne and her brothers discover an abandoned hotel that proves a perfect hideout just when they need it most"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2023

School Library Journal starred, October 2023. Publishers Weekly, July 2023. Booklist, September 2023. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), November 2023. Kirkus Review, August 2023. "Living on their own on Manhattan's Lower East Side while their Pop is off fighting in World War II, twelve-year-old Dory Byrne and her brothers discover an abandoned hotel that proves a perfect hideout just when they need it most"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2023

Seals are jerks!

Chapman, Jared,


Publisher's Weekly, July 03, 2023. Booklist, August 01, 2023. A young girl is determined to find out the truth about her favorite animals -- and find out once and for all, are seals really jerks and do they really eat penguins?!
Date Published:2023

The world's best class plant

Scanlon, Liz Garton,


Publishers Weekly, June 2023. Kirkus Starred, March 2023. Booklist, May 2023. Horn Book, July 2023. A class that is terribly disappointed in their lack of a class pet discovers that having a class plant is the best thing ever.
Date Published:2023

Worm and Caterpillar are friends

Windness, Kaz, 1974-,


School Library Journal, January 2023. Kirkus Starred, November 2022. A worm and a caterpillar are best friends and when one of them is about to go through a big change, they both learn what is inside is what counts.
Date Published:2023