Booklist

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Booklist

Letter from the Editor / George Kendall • September 1, 2022 Volume 119, Issue 1

Adult Nonfiction

Adult

Read-alikes Sports for Life

Top 10 Sports & Recreation Books

ANDSCAPE • Andscape, an Imprint of Disney Publishing

Adult Fiction

Read-alikes Charles Dickens Reimagined

Demon Copperhead.

Youth Nonfiction

News & Views

Continuing SERIES NONFICTION SHOWCASE

Spotlight on Sports • Art from The Replay, by Adam Skinner and illustrated by Mai Ly Degnan.

Top 10 Sports Books for Youth

The Sporting Life • “Write what makes you happy.” —O. Henry

Excavating the Past • Sophie Blackall’s latest picture book is a genuine charmer, but there’s subtle depth, here, too.

High-Demand Hot List for Youth • Look for reviews of these high-demand titles in forthcoming issues of Booklist.

Sonali Fry on Standing in the Need of Prayer

Focus on Board Books

Youth Preview

Audio

Listen Up • Sure Bets in Spanish

Spotlight on Sports

Island Tales

Equity in Content and Format

Up Front and In Demand

Four Steps to Diversifying Your Large Print Collection • Tips from Tiffany Duck, peer reviewer for the Thorndike Press Black Voices Standing Order Plan

TO FLOAT OR NOT TO FLOAT • Deciding whether your large print collection floats among locations or stays at the building it was selected for? Both models offer benefits.

IT’S ALL ABOUT BALANCE