{"id":15398,"date":"2025-07-17T03:32:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T03:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/15398\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T03:32:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T03:32:09","slug":"19-exceptional-titles-including-the-graphic-novel-adaptation-of-tuck-everlasting-starred-reviews-july-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/15398\/","title":{"rendered":"19 Exceptional Titles, Including the Graphic Novel Adaptation of ‘Tuck Everlasting’ | Starred Reviews, July 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

This month, a poetry collection by Margarita Engle, a new middle grade novel from Dan Gemeinhart, and a nonfiction title about the Erie Canal\u00a0stand out, along with other great books.<\/p>\n

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Board Books<\/p>\n

Heuer, Lourdes.\u00a0The Hardware Store\/La ferreter\u00eda<\/a>.\u00a0illus. by Zara Gonz\u00e1lez Hoang. Candlewick.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Otter, Isabel.\u00a0How It Works: Tree<\/a>.\u00a0illus. by David Semple. Tiger Tales.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Paquette, Ammi-Joan.\u00a0My Mouth Says<\/a>.\u00a0illus. by Sabrena Khadija. Penguin Workshop\/Rise X.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Scanlon, Liz Garton.\u00a0Big Little Baby.\u00a0illus. by Trudy Tran. Penguin Workshop\/Rise X.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Uslan, Nancy E. Walk with Me: A Counting Adventure<\/a>. Farrar.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Picture Books<\/p>\n

Birdsong, Bea.\u00a0How to Grow a Family Tree<\/a>.\u00a0illus. by Jasu Hu. Holiday House\/Neal Porter.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Middle Grade<\/p>\n

Birdsall,\u00a0Jeanne.\u00a0The Library of Unruly Treasures<\/a>.\u00a0illus. by Matt Phelan. Knopf.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gemeinhart,\u00a0Dan.\u00a0Busted<\/a>.\u00a0Holt.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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YA<\/p>\n

Newbould,\u00a0Cassandra.\u00a0Climate of Chaos<\/a>.\u00a0Peachtree Teen.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nijkamp,\u00a0Marieke.\u00a0After We Burned<\/a>.\u00a0Sourcebooks\/Fire.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Graphic Novels<\/p>\n

Babbitt,\u00a0Natalie. Tuck Everlasting: The Graphic Novel<\/a>. adapted by K. Woodman-Maynard. illus. by K. Woodman-Maynard.\u00a0<\/p>\n

O\u2019Connor,Tara. Cry Out Loud<\/a>. Random House Graphic.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tamaki,\u00a0Mariko. This Place Kills Me<\/a>. illus. by Nicole Goux. Abrams\/Fanfare.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ukazu,\u00a0Ngozi. Flip<\/a>. First Second.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Nonfiction<\/p>\n

Bausum,\u00a0Ann.\u00a0White Lies: How the South Lost the Civil War, Then Rewrote the History<\/a>.\u00a0Roaring Brook.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lawlor,\u00a0Laurie.\u00a0Many Voices: Building Erie, The Canal That Changed America<\/a>.\u00a0Holiday House.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rivera, Zayda.\u00a0Being Bruja: A Young Mystic\u2019s Guide<\/a>.\u00a0illus. by Jennifer Dahbura. Running Pr.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Poetry<\/p>\n

Engle,\u00a0Margarita. Hopeful Heroes<\/a>. illus. by Juliet Men\u00e9ndez. Holt\/Godwin.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Todd,\u00a0Traci N., sel. This Is Not a Small Voice: Poems by Black Poets<\/a>. illus. by Jade Orlando. Nosy Crow.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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