Great Reads

PICTURE BOOKS

EVERYONE GETS A SAY written byJill Twiss and illustrated by EGKeller

From the #1 New York Times bestselling team behind Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Presents: A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo and The Someone New, comes a new picture book about voting. Pudding the snail and his friends can’t seem to agree on anything. So when Toast the butterfly suggests they need a leader, the friends try to figure out the best way to pick someone to be in charge. $18.99. Ages 4-8. August 2020

SOMETIMES PEOPLE MARCH by Tessa

Allen Sometimes People March is a timely and inspiring introduction to how Americans exercise their right to free speech by marching in the name of justice, from debut author-illustrator Tessa Allen. With a spare, inspiring text and gorgeous watercolor illustrations, this is a timeless and important book for activists of all ages. $17.99. Ages 4-8. On Sale September 1, 2020.

LAMBSLIDE written by Ann Patchett and illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser

From international bestselling author Ann Patchett and the bestselling illustrator of the Fancy Nancy series, Robin Preiss Glasser, comes a hilarious children’s story about a slide made just for lambs. Nicolette Farmer is running for class president, and the rest of the Farmer family tells her she’ll win by a landslide. A pack of overconfident lambs mistakenly hear lambslide, but when they can’t find one on the farm, there’s only one thing left to do: take a vote! $18.99. Ages 4-8. May 2019.

Books to Get Your Child into the 2020 Election!

KAMALA AND MAYA’S BIG IDEA written by Meena Harris & illus. by Ana

Ramirez Gonzales Meena Harris debuts with an empowering picture book about two sisters who work with their community to effect change, inspired by a true story from the childhood of her aunt, U.S. Senator and V.P. candidate, Kamala Harris, and mother, lawyer and policy expert Maya Harris. $17.99. Ages 4-8. June 2020.

MIDDLE GRADE

HOW WOMEN WON THE VOTE written by Susan Campbell Bartoletti and illustrat

ed by Ziyue Chen From Newbery Honor medalist Susan Campbell Bartoletti and in time to celebrate the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in America comes the page-turning, stunningly illustrated, and tirelessly researched story of the little-known DC Women’s March of 1913. Includes extensive back matter and dozens of archival images to evoke the time period between 1909 and 1920. $18.99. Ages 8-12. May 2020.

THANK YOU FOR VOTING YOUNG READERS’ EDITION by Erin Geiger Smith

In this young readers’ edition of Thank You for Voting, debut author and journalist Erin Geiger Smith presents a fascinating look into America’s voting history and inspires young people to get involved! $16.99. Ages 8-12. June 2020.

EXPLORING THE WHITE HOUSE: INSIDE AMERICA’S MOST FAMOUS HOME by

Kate Andersen Brower #1 New York Times bestselling author Kate Andersen Brower shares a special inside look into the most famous home in America—and the lives of hardworking staff members and first ladies who’ve maintained it. Featuring fascinating photos, fun facts, and memorable quotes from the residents and first ladies of the White House. $16.99. Ages 8-12. On Sale December 8, 2020.

YOUNG ADULT

YES NO MAYBE SO by Becky Albertalli

and Aisha Saeed Jamie Goldberg is cool with volunteering for his local state senate candidate—as long as he’s behind the scenes. Maya Rehman’s having the worst Ramadan ever. Why her mother thinks the solution to her problems is political canvassing—with some awkward dude she hardly knows—is beyond her. Going door to door isn’t exactly glamorous, but the polls are getting closer—and so are Maya and Jamie. $19.99. Ages 14 and up. 2020.

YOU SAY IT FIRST by Katie Cotugno

Meg works at a voter registration call center in her Philadelphia suburb. But everything changes when one of those calls connects her to a stranger from small-town Ohio. The last thing Colby has time for is some privileged rich girl preaching the sanctity of the political process, so he says the worst thing he can think of and hangs up. But that night on the phone winds up being the first in a series of candid, sometimes heated, always surprising conversations that lead to a long-distance friendship and then something more. $18.99. Ages 13 and up. June 2020.