And award-winner Danielle Daniel returns to picture books with Sometimes I Feel Like a River (March), illustrated by Josée Bisaillon, a lyrical celebration of our relationship to the natural world. The Girl Who Loved the Birds (April), illustrated by Elinor Atkins, is the third in a series of Kwantlen legends by award-winning author Joseph Dandurand, following The Sasquatch, the Fire and the Cedar Baskets and A Magical Sturgeon. Animals write a letter to remind humans how they were meant to live on this Earth and of how to turn things around before it's too late in Dear Humans (March), by Nisha Coleman. In wordless time-travel adventure Afikomen (March), by Tziporah Cohen, illustrated by Yaara Eshet, three children at a Passover seder visit ancient Egypt to help baby Moses find his way safely to Pharaoh’s daughter. Carmichael, the author of the critically acclaimed The Boreal Forest, Polar (May), illustrated by Byron Eggenschwiler, is a stunning exploration of the animals that have adapted to survive in Earth's harsh polar regions. In Percy’s Perfect Friend (April), early childhood educator Lana Button celebrates the importance of toys in play, the power they have to help children practice social skills, language skills, and imagination, and their ability to bring children together. Learn about fossils, bird migration, beekeeping, the science behind making food delicious, and the chemistry involved in cheese making in IsThisAnOlogy? (March), by Amanda Dorothy Jean Bulman and Ruth Lawrence, illustrated by Leon Chung, featuring illustrations, interviews, comics, photographs, charts, recipes, and experiments you can try at home.

Black Girl, Black Girl (January), by spoken-word poet Angela Bowden, illustrated by Letitia Fraser, is a powerful message of self-love for melanated girls of all shades, hair textures, sizes, expressions, ages, and passions, this musical work of spoken-word poetry explores all the lives a Black girl can dream of-from athletics to STEAM-related careers, journalism and law, art and medicine, and more. The cooking of a healthy breakfast moves from parent-child bonding to an eloquent conversation about energy, the growth of plants, and the miraculous ways the sun’s light nourishes us all in Sun in My Tummy (February), by Laura Alary, illustrated by Andrea Blinick. Our 2023 Spring Preview finishes on a high note with this incredible list of books for young readers (which we all know are really books for everyone!).

Titles-from picture books to YA-for readers of all ages!

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