In honor of the new year, these books for children revolve around changes and fresh starts, from the birth of a highly unusual baby to a family’s gradual recovery from tragedy.
“Sky” by Pamela Porter. Il lustrated by Mary Jane Gerber.
Merri Lindgren and Megan Schliesman are librarians at the Cooperative Children’s Book Center, a noncirculating library of the School of Education at UW-Madison.