Here are sixteen new books for children and middle grade readers that are being released in February. All of them have gotten starred reviews and lots of positive reactions.

Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids edited by Cynthia L. Smith

Ground Zero by Alan Gratz

How to Change Everything: The Young Human’s Guide to Protecting the Planet and Each Other by Naomi Klein with Rebecca Stefoff

J.D. and the Great Barber Battle by J. Dillard, illustrated by Akeem S. Roberts

The Last Rabbit by Shelley Moore Thomas

Life in the Balance by Jen Petro-Roy

Meltdown: Earthquake, Tsunami and Nuclear Disaster at Fukushima by Deirdre Langeland

One Jar of Magic by Corey Ann Haydu

Red, White and Whole by Rajani LaRocca

The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas by Maria Garcia Esperon, illustrated by Amanda Mijangos

Spin with Me by Ami Polonsky

Super Detectives: Simon and Chester by Cale Atkinson

Treasure of the World by Tara Sullivan

Twelve Nights by Andrew Zurcher

We Must Not Forget: Holocaust Stories of Survival and Resistance by Deborah Hopkinson

The Year I Flew Away by Marie Arnold