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November/December 2023

Find the best recommendations for winter 2023 children's book releases from independent booksellers.

#1 Pick: Check & Mate

In this clever and swoonworthy YA debut from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis, life's moving pieces bring rival chess players together in a match for the heart.
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Picture Books

Granny Rex
Kurtis Scaletta

from: $7.59

How This Book Got Red
Margaret Chiu Greanias

from: $7.09

If I Was a Horse
Sophie Blackall

from: $16.23

Mole Is Not Alone
Maya Tatsukawa

from: $15.98

A Stone Is a Story
Leslie Barnard Booth

from: $16.23

There Was a Party for Langston
Jason Reynolds

from: $16.23

Unflappable
Matthew Ward

from: $16.62

The Wishing Machine
Jonathan Hillman

from: $16.88

Middle Grade

Duel
Jessixa Bagley

from: $13.47

Galaxy Jones and the Space Pirates
Briana McDonald

from: $8.99

Ink Girls
Marieke Nijkamp

from: $14.10

Jawbreaker
Christina Wyman

from: $7.59

Juniper’s Christmas
Eoin Colfer

from: $5.29

Remember Us
Jacqueline Woodson

from: $12.19

Sir Callie and the Dragon's Roost
Esme Symes-Smith

from: $8.99

Tagging Freedom
Rhonda Roumani

from: $6.69

Young Adult

Betting on You
Lynn Painter

from: $12.09

Godly Heathens
H.E. Edgmon

from: $8.29

Gwen and Art Are Not in Love
Lex Croucher

from: $16.89

If You'll Have Me
Eunnie

from: $15.17

Night of the Witch
Beth Revis

from: $8.99

The Scarlet Alchemist
Kylie Lee Baker

from: $16.62

Unholy Terrors
Lyndall Clipstone

from: $17.27

Wrath Becomes Her
Aden Polydoros

from: $16.62

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