Spotlight Friday - ALA edition 6.29.18

Time to get ready for the weekend!

Kick up your feet and find a good place to read.

Sharing #booklove for your classroom or library.

Spotlighting a book or two because these books deserve the spotlight!

I am just back from ALA Annual and I have lots of upcoming books to share with you!  Make sure these books are on your must read list!  Today we're looking at fiction picture book titles:



How Do You Do?
written by Larissa Theule
illustrated by Gianna Marino
publisher: Bloomsbury
January 15th, 2019


The Remember Balloons
written by Jessie Oliveros
illustrated by Dana Wulfekotte
publisher: Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers
Aug. 28th


Carmela Full of Wishes
written by Matt de la Peña
illustrated by Christian Robinson
publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Oct. 9th


Potato Pants
by Laurie Keller
publisher: Henry Holt & Co.
Oct. 2nd


Don't Touch My Hair
by Sharee Miller
publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Nov. 6th


Imagine
by Raúl Colón
publisher: Paula Wiseman Books
Sept. 11th


The Very Last Castle
written by Travis Jonker
illustrated by Mark Pett
publisher: Abrams
Oct. 9th


Dreamers
by Yuyi Morales
publisher: Neal Porter Books
Sept. 4th


Hey, Wall: A Story of Art and Community
written by Susan Verde
illustrated by John Parra
publisher: Paula Wiseman Books
Sept. 4th


Good Rosie
written by Kate DiCamillo
illustrated by Harry Bliss
publisher: Candlewick
Sept. 4th


Imagine
written by Juan Felipe Herrera
illustrated by Lauren Castillo
publisher: Candlewick
Oct. 2nd


The Stuff of Stars
written by Marion Dane Bauer
illustrated by Ekua Holmes
publisher: Candlewick
Sept. 4th


Hungry Bunny
by Claudia Rueda
publisher: Chronicle
Sept. 11th


The Rough Patch
by Brian Lies
publisher: Greenwillow Books
Aug. 14th


Winter is Here
written by Kevin Henkes
illustrated by Laura Dronzek
publisher: Greenwillow Books
Oct. 30th


Quiet Please, Owen McPhee
written by Trudy Ludwig
illustrated by Patrice Barton
publisher:  Knopf Books for Young Readers
July 3rd


All Are Welcome
written by Alexandra Penfold
illustrated by Suzanne Kaufman
publisher:  Knopf Books for Young Readers
July 10th


Pearl
by Molly Idle
publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Oct. 9th


Wow, I can't wait to read these books!  I got a sneak peak of all of them and I can tell you I want more time with them and I can't wait to share them with readers!

Don't miss the ALA edition of nonfiction picture books.
Don't miss the ALA edition of books for early readers/transitional chapter books.