We celebrate these books, published during Spring 2021!
Click on a book cover to watch a short video by one of the book’s creators. We’ve enjoyed learning more about each book — we know you will, too!
If you’re inspired to buy one or more of these books, please click on the title to purchase the book from Bookshop.org, an online bookstore that supports local, independent booksellers.
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Winter 2020 – 2021 Hurrah! Booktalks
The Floating Field:
How a Group of Thai Boys
Built Their Own Soccer Field
written by Scott Riley
illus by Nguyen Quang
and Kim Lien
Millbrook Press, 2021
Frogness
written by Sarah Nelson
illus by Eugenie Fernandes
Owlkids, 2021
Headstrong Hallie! The Story
of Hallie Morse Daggett,
the First Female “Fire Guard“
written by Aimée Bissonette
illus by David Hohn
Sleeping Bear Press, 2021
Hello, Earth!
Poems to Our Planet
written by Joyce Sidman
illus by Miren Asiain Lora
Eerdmans Books
for Young Readers, 2021
I Like the Sun
I Like the Weather series
written by Sarah Nelson
illus by Rachel Oldfield
Barefoot Books, 2021
Jayden’s Impossible Garden
by Mélina Mangal
illus by Ken Daley
Free Spirit, 2021
Lady Bird Johnson,
That’s Who! The Story of a
Cleaner and Greener America
written by Tracy Nelson Maurer
illus by Ginnie Hsu
Henry Holt, 2021
Once Upon Another Time
written by Charles Ghigna
and Matt Forrest Esenwine
illus by Andrés F. Landazábal
Beaming Books, 2021
Peter Lee’s
Notes from the Field
written by Angela Ahn
illus by Julie Kwon
Tundra Books, 2021
A Plan for the People:
Nelson Mandela’s Hope
for His Nation
written by Lindsey McDivitt
illus by Charly Palmer
Eerdmans Books
for Young Readers, 2021