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.
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