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Hot Dog, by Doug Salati, is about an overheated pup who finds his calm on a trip to the beach. Freewater, by Amina Luqman-Dawson, is about two enslaved children finding freedom.

Hot Dog, by Doug Salati, is about an overheated pup who finds his calm on a trip to the beach. Freewater, by Amina Luqman-Dawson, is about two enslaved children finding freedom.

Hot Dog, by Doug Salati, is about an overheated pup who finds his calm on a trip to the beach. Freewater, by Amina Luqman-Dawson, is about two enslaved children finding freedom.

Hot Dog, by Doug Salati, is about an overheated pup who finds his calm on a trip to the beach. Freewater, by Amina Luqman-Dawson, is about two enslaved children finding freedom.

Hot Dog, by Doug Salati, is about an overheated pup who finds his calm on a trip to the beach. Freewater, by Amina Luqman-Dawson, is about two enslaved children finding freedom.

Karen MacPherson THE WASHINGTON POST – My assignment: to choose the best 15 kids’ and teen books of 2022 in three categories – picture books, books for middle-grade readers ages eight to 12 and books for teens. My take: There’s an absolute bumper crop of great books last year, so I’ve chosen 15 that are […]

Here are the most notable picture and middle grade books, selected by The Times’s children’s books editor.

Through this program, thousands of copies of Christina Soontornvat’s The Last Mapmaker have been given to readers in underserved communities.

Abby McGanney Nolan THE WASHINGTON POST – In the kingdom of Mangkon, where being part of a noble family is the key to success, 12-year-old Sodsai Mudawan feels she must tell a few lies to get where she wants to go. As the narrator of The Last Mapmaker, Sai lets readers know right away that […]

Where Kelly Barnhill’s monster in “The Ogress and the Orphans” stands in for demagogy, Christina Soontornvat’s creature in “The Last Mapmaker” is a colonialist’s prize.