Mandie Caroll

age 3+ Cheery, calming walk from winter to spring with boy and dog. Parents need to know that Goodbye Winter, Hello Spring is the third installment in Kenard Pak's Changing Seasons picture book series, which celebrates the end of winter and start of spring as is typical in the Northern Hemisphere. A young boy sets out with his dog on a nighttime walk in the snow before retreating inside due to a strengthening snowstorm.

age 7+ Affecting picture book about value of libraries, literacy. Parents need to know that The Library in the Woods, written by Calvin Alexander Ramsey and illustrated by R. Gregory Christie, is a historical fiction picture book for older kids about library access and literacy. Set in the United States in the segregated Jim Crow South, it follows Junior, a Black boy who's adjusting to his family's recent move from the country to the city.

age 3+ Tender story of community care is a charming winter tale. Parents need to know that Larissa Theule's The Sweater: A Story of Community, illustrated by Teagan White, is a picture book about welcoming newcomers and the importance of community care among a group of animals sharing a woodland thicket.