Spotlight Friday - June releases 6.01.18

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 can't believe we're already at the start of a new month!  What I can believe is we've got some great reading ahead of us!  What are you going to read?

Picture Books


Off & Away
by Cale Atkinson
published by Disney Hyperion
June 5th


Drawn Together
written by Minh Lê
illustrated by Dan Santat
published by Disney Hyperion
June 5th


I'm Sad
written by Michael Ian Black
illustrated by Debbi Ridpath Ohi
published by Simon and Schuster
June 5th


Do Not Lick This Book
written by Iran Ben-Barak
illustrated by Julian Frost
published by Roaring Brook Press
June 5th


Niblet and Ralph
by Zachariah OHora
published by Dial Books
June 5th


Vernon is on his Way
by Philip Stead
published by Roaring Brook Press
June 5th


Mabel and Sam at Home
written by Linda Urban
illustrated by Hadley Hooper
published by Chronicle Books
June 5th


Don't Eat That
by Drew Sheneman
published by Viking Books for Young Readers
June 12th


Saturday is Swimming Day
by Hyewon Yum
published by Candlewick
June 12th


Brave Enough for Two
by Jonathan Voss
published by Henry Holt and Co.
June 12th


We Don't Eat Our Classmatesx
by Ryan T. Higgins
published by Disney Hyperion
June 19th


Cece Loves Science
written by Kimberly Derting and Shelli Johannes
illustrated by Vashti Harrison
published by Greenwillow Books
June 19th


The 5 O'Clock Band
written by Troy Andrews and Bill Taylor
illustrated by Bryan Collier
published by Abrams Books
June 19th


Good Night, Little Monsters
written by Kara LaReau
illustrated by Brian Won
published by Cartwheel Books
June 26th

Nonfiction Picture Books


Irving Berlin, the Immigrant Boy Who Made American Sing
written by Nancy Churnin
illustrated by James Rey Sanchez
published by Creston Books
June 1st (although I've also seen a May 1st date....)


Otis and Will Discover the Deep: The Record-Setting Dive of the Bathysphere
written by Barb Rosenstock
illustrated by Katherine Roy
published by Little, Brown
June 5th


Hawk Rising
written by Maria Gianferarri
illustrated by Brian Floca
published by Roaring Brook Press
June 5th


Nothing Stopped Sophie: The Story of Unshakable Mathematician Sophie Germain
written by Cheryl Bardoe
illustrated by Barbara McClintock 
published by Little, Brown
June 12th


Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13
written by Helaine Becker
illustrated by Dow Phumiruk
published by Henry Holt and Co.
June 19th


What Do They Do With All That Poo?
written by Jane Kurtz
illustrated by Allison Black
published by Beach Lane Books
June 19th


Two Truths and a Lie: Histories and Mysteries
written by Ammi-Joan Paquette and Laurie Thompson
published by Walden Pond Press
June 26th

Middle Grade


Breakout
by Kate Messner
published by Bloomsbury
June 5th


The Frame Up
by Wendy McLeod MacKnight
published by Greenwillow Books
June 5th


Just Under the Clouds
by Melissa Sarno
published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
June 5th


Babysitting Nightmares: The Shadow Hand
by Kat Shepherd
published by Imprint
June 5th


The Seismic Seven
by Katie Slivensky
published by Harper Collins
June 5th


Daring Dreamers Club: Milla Takes Charge
by Erin Soderberg
published by Random House
June 5th


Lions and Liars
by Kate Beasley
published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux
June 5th


The Legend of Greg
by Chris  Rylander
published by G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
June 12th


Everything Else in the Universe
by Tracy Holczer
published by G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
June 12th


The House That Lou Built
by Mae Respicio
published by Wendy Lamb Books
June 12th


The Jigsaw Jungle
by Kristin Levine
published by G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
June 19th


Takedown
by Laura Shovan
published by Wendy Lamb Books
June 19th


Everything I Know About You
by Barbara Dee
published by Aladdin
June 19th


The Boy, the Boat, and the Beast
by Samantha Clark
published by Simon and Schuster
June 26th


Revenge of the Teacher's Pets
by Jennifer Ziegler
published by Scholastic
June 26th

Graphic Novels


The Cardboard Kingdom
by Chad Sell
published by Knopf Books for Young Readers
June 5th

Young Adults


Little Do We Know
by Tamara Ireland Stone
published by Disney Hyperion
June 5th


A Thousand Beginnings and Endings
by Ellen Oh and more
published by Greenwillow Books
June 26th


Trail of Lightning
by Rebecca Roanhorse
published by Saga Press 
June 26th


So glad it's time for summer reading!