(3) K-3 Illustrated by Mike Deas. A child is excited to watch Dad play pickleball in this rhyming picture book that’s part primer on the sport and part homage to Goodnight Moon. Bright illustrations show the duo walking from home to the pickleball court. After Dad wins, he gives the child a paddle. As the two leave, the young narrator says goodnight to everything they’re leaving behind, including the court and the bleachers. A glossary of pickleball terms and the rules of the sport are appended.

Reviewer: Marva Anne Hinton

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Cheryl Thuesday. From Chinese ruler Ai of Han to gun-safety activist X González, this browsable volume is intended to encourage curiosity about and further research on fourteen LBGTQ+ activists, poets, politicians, artists, and thinkers from around the world and throughout history. By eschewing specific gender and sexuality labels in her text, Prager focuses on each subject as a human rather than as representative of any particular group. The page design is lively and inviting; each colorful double-page entry features a stylized portrait on the left-hand page and very brief biographical information on the right. Included are birth and death (if applicable) location(s) and date(s), a descriptive and inspirational statement ("You can be RESILIENT like Josephine [Baker]"), a one- or two-sentence paragraph with general information, and a quotation. Website resources are appended.

Reviewer: Kitty Flynn