New Children’s Books for March 8, 2022

In this fun picture book, Stella, who finds sleep boring, would rather not do it anymore. Stella reasons that the only reason anyone sleeps is because it gets dark, and if she and her best friend can figure out how to keep the sun out, then they can stay up forever!

In this rhyming picture book, little readers can get a fun look at the Capitol and the surrounding D.C area. This book visits historical monuments, museums, and the White House itself.

In this new novel from Newberry medalist and honoree Erin Estrada Kelly, a seventh grade class in a small town is thrown for a loop with the arrival of a new student, Orchid Mason. In a town this small, everyone knows everybody, and everybody’s business, but Orchid’s presence injects a bit of magic into Fawn Creek.

From Kelly Barnhill, who won the Newberry for what is still one of my favorite classic middle grades The Girl Who Drank the Moon, comes this new novel. In a town facing a myriad of issues, their flashy mayor continues to avoid them while assuring the townspeople things are better than they are. When a child goes missing, the mayor immediately blames the Ogress who runs the Orphan House at the edge of town. The Orphans know it’s untrue, as the Ogress secretly delivers gifts to the townspeople, but they have to come up with a way to make the rest of town listen and see the real source of their problems.