Here, EW recommends 5 of the most exciting recent releases for kids.

That matter-of-fact approach made the representation feel real, not routine.

For me, that was magic.

I Am Golden

Feiwel and Friends

Stella Keeps the Sun Up

Denene Millner Books/Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers

I Color Myself Different

Scholastic Inc.

Witchlings by Claribel A. Ortega

Scholastic Press

The Aquanaut by Dan Santat

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