New & Notable Kids' Books - Summer Highlights

Selected new additions published July & August

Updated September 10, 2024
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The belly song
Moon, Mother
Paper Book
Sing along in this joyful celebration of your baby's perfect belly! "As the pages celebrate many different kinds of human bellies, they simultaneously model a wealth of loving connections between children and adults." - Publisher's Weekly "[The...
Millie Fleur's poison garden
Mandin, Christy
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND INDIE BESTSELLER! Wednesday Addams meets The Curious Garden in this delightfully peculiar story. Millie Fleur's Poison Garden is a reminder to embrace everything that makes us wonderfully weird. Garden Glen is a very bland place. Every house and...
The blue canoe
McFarlane, Sheryl
Paper Book
Join a mother-to-be and her daughter in award-winning author Sheryl McFarlaneand illustratorLaurel Aylesworth's The Blue Canoe, an enchanting picture book adventure filled with love, reassurance, and cherished connections, discovering the wonders of nature while embracing the...
First day, hooray!
Sobel, June
Paper Book
A back-to-school picture book about the importance of acknowledging your feelings and using them as tools for navigating new experiences. Inspired by the way teachers talk about emotional literacy with young children, this is the ideal book for any kid facing a big milestone, from...
Anne Dreams Inspired by Anne of Green Gables.
George, Kallie 
Paper Book
Anne is starting to grow up, but she's still disappointed with her red hair - it's one of her lifelong sorrows. One day, she buys a bottle of hair dye in order to have raven black hair like her best friend and kindred spirit, Diana. Unfortunately, the dye ends up turning her hair green! This upset...
The Sleeping Giant The Misewa Saga, Book Five.
Robertson, David A. 
Paper Book
Eli, Morgan and Emily embark on their most dangerous mission yet, to save the kidnapped animal beings of Ministik and to ensure that these terrible deeds will never happen again. Accompanied by Arik and Mahihkan, as well as the remaining Bird Warriors, they journey across the Flatlands toward the...
Cat on the Run, Vol. 2 Cat on the Run in Cucumber Madness!.
Blabey, Aaron. 
Paper Book
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Bad Guys comes another hilarious illustrated series starring a pampered cat who is way tougher than anyone realizes. VANISHED! The World's #1 Cat Video Star has disappeared! Or has she? As a diabolical mystery...
Astrochimp
Walliams, David. 
Paper Book
From million-copy bestselling author David Walliams comes a laugh-out-loud animal space adventure. Chump the chimpanzee was always being silly. He would: - make rude noises from BOTH ENDS... - pick his nose with his little toe...
Gamerville
Christmas, Johnnie.
Paper Book
A video gamer's championship aspirations are dashed when his parents send him to Camp Reset, where electronics are forbidden and you're forced to socialize, eat healthy, and spend time outside. Gamerville is a timely and vulnerable exploration of the importance of human connection...
Can You See What I See?: Curiosity Shop (from the Creator of I Spy)
Wick, Walter
Paper Book
Join in the amazing picture-puzzle curiosity quest for hidden objects from the bestselling creator of the Can You See What I See? series and photographer of the international bestselling I SPY series. In this search-and-find adventure, inquisitive readers will explore all the tantalizing...
Faker
Korman, Gordon
Paper Book
From the #1 bestselling author of RESTART, the story of a family of liars... and the son who wants to break the family tradition. Trey knows the drill: His dad gets him into a school full of kids with rich parents. Trey makes friends, and his dad makes connections. Soon, there's the...

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