New Children's Books July 2024

Updated July 2, 2024
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Life after whale : the amazing ecosystem of a whale fall
Brunelle, Lynn
Paper Book
Follow a blue whale's enormous body to the bottom of the ocean, where it sets the stage for a bustling new ecosystem to flourish. All living things must one day die, and Earth's largest creature, the majestic blue whale, is no exception. But in nature, death is never a true...
The new girl
Calin, Cassandra
Paper Book
Instagram sensation and Tapas webcomic superstar Cassandra Calin makes her long-form debut with this funny, feel-good middle-grade graphic novel about change. Goodbye, old life... Lia and her family are waiting to board a flight across the Atlantic, leaving behind family,...
Pete the cat screams for ice cream!
Dean, Kim
Paper Book
I scream! You scream! Pete screams for ice cream! The Just Chillin' ice cream truck is coming today and Pete the Cat can't wait. He runs as fast as he can to find the truck. It's getting late, but his friends need his help. Will Pete take a little time out of his day...
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's nature walk : a search-and-find book
DeGennaro, Gabriella
Paper Book
A simple search-and-find in the great outdoors with The Very Hungry Caterpillar! In this engaging search-and-find board book, young readers will be challenged to find various animals on a nature walk with The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Count the creatures hidden on each spread and...
Gray
Dockrill, Laura
Paper Book
Poetic words, evocative art, and die-cuts throughout combine to explore a child's moods through color--or the lack of color--and offer a reassuring message of love and acceptance. Today I feel gray. But that's OK. Some days you may feel sunshine...
The (mostly) true story of Cleopatra's needle
Gutman, Dan
Paper Book
From the author of the My Weird Schoolbooks, an adventure story that spans centuries and continents. In Central Park, New York, stands Cleopatra's Needle. But what do you know about? Did you know that thousands of people worked in 1461 BCE to build it? Then hundreds more...
Red Bird Danced
Quigley, Dawn
Paper Book
With lyrical verse and powerful emotion, Dawn Quigley (Ojibwe) tells the story of urban Native kids who find strength in connection with those who came before and in the hope that lets them take flight. Ariel and Tomah have lived in the city's intertribal housing complex all...
The city beyond the sea
Thomson, Pari
Paper Book
Daisy Thistledown's epic adventure continues in the spellbinding sequel to the New York Times bestseller Greenwild, which A.F. Steadman (bestselling author of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief) praised as "Phenomenal . . . If you don't believe in magic, you will after you've...
Found
Usher, Sam
Paper Book
The fourth title in a quartet of imaginative picture books in which a boy and his beloved granddad discover the wonder of the natural world A boy and his grandad pack up their provisions and head out for the beach. But their day takes a different turn when they go for a swim and...
Beach hair
Woodfolk, Ashley
Paper Book
From two bestselling creators comes a lyrical and heartfelt picture book about a multiracial family's trip to the beach that's an ode to family, community, diversity, and--most importantly--fabulous beach hair! When I wake up with the wildest bed head and Mommy...

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