The Butler Bookshelf is all about newly published picture books this week, and on the Butler Bookshelf, you will find Bigger Than Me by Erica Simone Turnipseed! Turnipseed tells the story of Luna and Zion who are living through the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic and a time of racial reckoning in the United States. Luna and Zion are trying to understand all of the big words that they are hearing around them like “homelessness,” “quarantine,” “injustice,” and “immigration.” In order to cope with all of these heavy words, Luna and Zion recruit their friends to create powerfully positive words to make life a bit lighter. The book celebrates the impact of working together to create change. For more amazing titles, check out the list below!

Bigger Than Me

Written by Erica Simone Turnipseed and Illustrated by Kara Bodegon-Hikino

Published by Atheneum Books

Available now!

 

Oh, Panda

Written and Illustrated by Cindy Derby

Published by Alfred A. Knopf

Available now!

 

Slowly Slowly

Written and Illustrated by Toni Yuly

Published by Atheneum Books

Available now!

 

Ways to Play

Written by Lyn Miller-Lachmann and Illustrated by Gabriel Alborozo

Published by Levine Querido

Available now!

 

We Are Afro Unicorns

Written April Showers by and Illustrated by Anthony Conley

Published by Penguin Random House

Available now!