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Children’s The Brave Cyclist: The True Story of a Holocaust Hero Amalia Hoffman, Chiara Fedele (illus.)
Children’s Defying the Nazis: The Life of German Officer Wilm Hosenfeld, Young Readers Edition Hermann Vinke
Interview Rediscovering Bette Howland: Brigid Hughes and Jacob Howland in Conversation Brigid Hughes, Jacob Howland July 1, 2019
Nonfiction The Notorious Ben Hecht: Iconoclastic Writer and Militant Zionist Julien Gorbach
Essay Marilyn Sachs, Forgotten Pioneer in Children’s Literature At a time when children’s literature was filled with picture-perfect families, Marilyn Sachs painted a darker, richer reality. Emily Schneider June 3, 2019
Nonfiction The Restless Hungarian: Modernism, Madness, and The American Dream Tom Weidlinger
Children’s Martin & Anne: The Kindred Spirits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Anne Frank Nancy Churnin; Yevgenia Nayberg, illus.
