This week on the Butler Bookshelf, we want to immerse ourselves in a new picture book by Sili Recio and illustrated by Brianna McCarthy, If Dominican Were A Color. With a gorgeous palette and lyrical rhyme scene, If Dominican Were A Color invites readers to celebrate the beauty that is the Dominican Republic. For more great reads, check out the list below!

B Is for Ballet: A Dance Alphabet (American Ballet Theatre)
Written by John Robert Allman and illustrated by Rachael Dean
Published by Doubleday Books for Young Readers
Available now!

Stay Curious!: A Brief History of Stephen Hawking
Written by Kathleen Krull and Paul Brewer, illustrated by Boris Kulikov
Published by Crown Books for Young Readers
Available now!

Rescatando palabras: José Alberto Gutiérrez y la biblioteca que creó
Written by Angela Burke Kunkel and illustrated by Paola Escobar
Published by Schwartz & Wade
Available now!

Grumpy Monkey Up All Night
Written by Suzanne Lang and illustrated by Max Lang
Published by Random House Books for Young Readers
Available now!

If Dominican Were A Color
Written by Sili Recio and illustrated by Brianna McCarthy
Published by Denene Millner Books/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Available now!

Welcome to Bobville: City of Bobs
Written by Jonah Winter and illustrated by Bob Staake
Published by Schwartz & Wade
Available now!