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Kids Indie Next

May/June 2023

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

#1 Pick: Big Tree
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The Indie Next #1 kids pick for May/June 2023 is Brian Selznick's illustrated, middle-grade novel Big Tree. The fate of all life on Earth may depend on the bravery of two little seeds in this epic adventure from the #1 New York Times bestselling creator and Caldecott Medalist of The Invention of Hugo Cabret.

Picture Books

Big
Vashti Harrison

from: $10.49

How Dinosaurs Went Extinct
Ame Dyckman

from: $7.19

Manolo the Unicorn
Jonah Kramer

from: $9.29

100 Mighty Dragons All Named Broccoli
David LaRochelle

from: $16.62

Simon and the Better Bone
Corey R. Tabor

from: $6.79

Snake's Big Mistake
Sarah Kurpiel

from: $16.37

10 Cats
Emily Gravett

from: $6.29

Weather Together
Jessie Sima

from: $7.39

Middle Grade

The Firefly Summer
Morgan Matson

from: $5.89

Jude Saves the World
Ronnie Riley

from: $5.09

Once There Was
Kiyash Monsef

from: $4.59

Opinions and Opossums
Ann Braden

from: $6.59

A Work in Progress
Jarrett Lerner

from: $5.79

Young Adult

Blood Debts
Terry J. Benton-Walker

from: $7.49

I Kick and I Fly
Ruchira Gupta

from: $4.89

If Tomorrow Doesn't Come
Jen St. Jude

from: $6.59

Imogen, Obviously
Becky Albertalli

from: $6.39

Painted Devils
Margaret Owen

from: $10.89

Throwback
Maurene Goo

from: $13.85

Warrior Girl Unearthed
Angeline Boulley

from: $8.09

Where You See Yourself
Claire Forrest

from: $7.69

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