Welcome to the September 2024 Spotlight! This one is a little different in order to give me a break from writing a full blog post each week. Instead, the September Spotlight is only in the Canva presentation version (linked below).
I still plan to do the Spotlight each week, but the blog post will be the same post (this post you are currently reading) for the entire month. I will still do the Canva presentation and Ginormous booklist as normal. Only the blog post is on pause.
The Canva presentations are all linked below, and you can scroll to see the books and my breakdown of themes, grade level, protagonist, starred reviews, setting, etc. The newest titles come first in the presentation.
I will still update each presentation as normal throughout September. You can check back on this post for weekly updates to the three Spotlights.
All titles have been added to The Ginormous Booklist. This week’s titles are #4301 – #4317.
YA SPOTLIGHT – SEPTEMBER 2024
YA-Sept-2024 by Leigh Collazo – Click the presentation to scroll
MIDDLE GRADE SPOTLIGHT – SEPTEMBER 2024
MG-Sept-2024 by Leigh Collazo – Click the presentation to scroll
PICTURE BOOK SPOTLIGHT – SEPTEMBER 2024
The past two weeks have had some really excellent picture books! I focused on five of them this week, but I added all the books on my list to the Canva presentation. They just include the book cover and summaries, not the full break-down of the themes, setting, protagonist, etc.
PB-Sept-2024 by Leigh Collazo – Click the presentation to scroll
PREVIOUS NEW RELEASE SPOTLIGHTS
ABOUT THE SPOTLIGHT
The New Release Spotlight began in May 2016 as a way to help librarians keep up with the many new children’s and YA books that are released each week.
Each week, school librarian Leigh Collazo compiles the New Release Spotlight using a combination of Follett’s Titlewave, Amazon, Goodreads, and Barnes and Noble. Recommended grade levels represent the range of grade levels recommended by professional book reviewers. See the full selection criteria here.
Inevitably, there are far more books that meet my criteria than can make it on the Spotlight. When I have to make the tough decisions on what to include, I just use my “librarian judgment.” Would I buy this book for my own library? Would my students want to read this book? Is the cover appealing? Does it fill a need?
All the titles on this list have been added to a giant spreadsheet of books. The Ginormous Booklist is an invaluable collection development tool, and it’s 100% FREE! It includes all New Release Spotlight titles and analysis since October 2019. It’s searchable, too! Check it out!