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July 30, 2025

Doodles from the Boogie Down, by Stephanie Rodriguez, is a graphic novel, based on the author's own life, about a girl in middle school scheming to go to a high school for the Arts despite what her mother wants for her.

Happy Reading!

—Sondra Eklund



Nonfiction
The Tears of Things
The Tears of Things
by Richard Rohr

A Woman of No Importance
A Woman of No Importance
by Sonia Purnell
read by Juliet Stevenson



Children's Nonfiction
Jella Lepman and Her Library of Dreams
Jella Lepman and Her Library of Dreams
by Katherine Paterson
illustrated by Sally Deng

Mr. Pei's Perfect Shapes
Mr. Pei's Perfect Shapes
written by Julie Leung
illustrated by Yifan Wu


Teen Fiction
Catfish Rolling
Catfish Rolling
by Clara Kumagai
read by Susan Momoko-Hingley

Under the Same Stars
Under the Same Stars
by Libba Bray
read by January LaVoy, Jeremy Carlisle Parker, and Major Curda


Teen Nonfiction
The Woman Who Split the Atom
The Woman Who Split the Atom
by Marissa Moss

Black Girl, You Are Atlas
Black Girl, You Are Atlas
by Renée Watson
fine art by Ekua Holmes
read by Renée Watson


Picture Books
John the Skeleton
John the Skeleton
by Triinu Laan
illustrated by Marja-Liisa Plats
translated from the Estonian by Adam Cullen

Fireworks
Fireworks
words by Matthew Burgess
pictures by Cátia Chien