Ann Arbor’s Schuler Books has gathered its updated list, for November, of books they would recommend for children and young adults. These lists provide ideas for all ages and help to provide some fresh literature choices to inspire your kids to read.
Book: Still this Love Goes On
Type: Picture book
Description: This stunningly beautiful book shares the delight in the sights, sounds, and smell of the world around us, as well as the hopefulness of never-ending love expressed through the songs and culture passed down on the reserve. Julie Flett’s illustrations couldn’t pair more perfectly with the song lyrics of Buffy Sainte-Marie. – Alana
Book: Brown is Beautiful
Type: Picture book
Description: Everything local author Supriya Kelkar writes is gold. Or in this case, beautifully brown! In simple rhyming lines and images, a child recognizes her worth and welcomes a new sibling into her loving family. – Alana
Book: Frizzy
Type: Middle grade
Description: A much needed story about self love, and standing up to outside pressure to change how you look and how you see yourself. I wish this book had been around when my nieces were young. They always felt so much pressure to diminish their big, beautiful, dark brown hair. – Alana
Book: A Very Big Fall
Type: Picture book
Description: Emmy creates the most delightful illustrations, then an equally delightful, and humorous, story to go along with them. Leaves with differing personalities learn from pesky knowing squirrels about the inevitability of change, and how to embrace it. – Alana
Book: My Pet Feet
Type: Intermediate readers
Description: A (r)ollicking fun read! Both words and pictures tell the adventure of a little girl’s search for a missing letter in the most clever and fun way. Both kids and adults will love it. It made me laugh out loud! – Alana
Book: Foul Lady Fortune
Type: Young adult
Description: Chloe Gong’s ‘These Violent Delights’ and ‘Our Violent Ends’ were fantastic reads and this book that includes some of the same characters is just as good! Set in 1931 Shanghai it has intrigue, romance, plot twists, and fun characters. I recommend anything by Chloe Gong! – Christina
Book: Sisterhood of Sleuths
Type: Intermediate readers
Description: A fun middle grade mystery that includes SO many book references and Nancy Drew history. By the author of ‘Book Scavenger’, this is a fun read that has evolving friendships, family dynamics, and laughs! – Christina
Book: I Miss You, I Hate This
Type: Young adult
Description: A novel about living through the pandemic as a teenager. COVID-19 impacted us all but Saedi does a great job of expressing how especially hard it was on high school seniors, Parisa and Gabriela. The story is sweet, compassionate with authentic voices and true friendship. – Christina
Book: Two Degrees
Type: Intermediate readers
Description: Set in different areas of North America, four young teens fight to survive the life threatening situations brought on by climate change. Readers will experience a raging forest fire, a Category 5 hurricane, and hungry polar bears in Canada. While Two Degrees is filled with adventure and suspense it also gives the important message of speaking up and working together to save our planet. -Linda
