Here is a list of some of the children’s books coming out in May with starred reviews and lots of positive attention. Enjoy!

Boy from Buchenwald by Robbie Waisman and Susan McClelland

Da Vinci’s Cat by Catherine Gilbert Murdock

Finding Junie Kim by Ellen Oh

Force of Fire by Sayantani DasGupta

Jo Jo Makoons: The Used-to-Be Best Friend by Dawn Quigley

Last Gate of the Emperor by Kwame Mbalia and Prince Joel Makonnen

Maybe Maybe Marisol Rainey by Erin Entrada Kelly

Shape of Thunder by Jasmine Warga

Strangeworlds Travel Agency by L. D. Lapinski

Sunshine by Marion Dane Bauer