* A Today Show's Best Kids' Books of 2019 * Indie Next List Pick * Junior Library Guild Selection *

**Asian/Pacific American Award Honor Book**

Indigenous women have long cared for the land and water

Schuyler uses storytelling and the art of conversation to give us the essential language and context of gender

Sona Sharma, Very Best Big Sister? Children's Early Learning Books on Sounds * A Today Show's BestCan Sona be the best big sister ever when shes not sure she even wants a baby sister or brother? Brimming with warmth and charm, this story set in India will resonate with new older siblings everywhere. Sona Sharma's house is full of three generations of people who joke often and argue sometimes. Relatives come over unannounced, the phone rings frequently, and friends drop by all the time. Then one day Amma tells Sona that she is going to have a baby.