*New & Notable Kids' Books - October Highlights*

Published this month and new to the collection

Updated October 7, 2025
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Chuseok : a good harvest festival
Habib, Grace
Have a good Chuseok! Celebrate the joyful and sweet traditions of the Korean harvest festival in this gorgeous board book highlighting a Korean holiday that honors the past and present. Our Neighborhood is a series of board books that celebrates every kids' culture so kids can...
Gather grateful
Litwin, Megan
Lyrical prose and luminous illustrations welcome the arrival of fall in a season of community and thanksgiving. Gather twigs and sticks to nest. Gather safety, strength, and rest. Gather up and fly away. Gather close. Prepare to stay....
Scary shark
Lowery, Mike
Paper Book
Edgar and Lotta return with a scarily funny Halloween follow-up to Santa Shark and Pizza Shark, from New York Times bestselling creator Mike Lowery! Edgar the Shark and his best friend Lotta team up once more in this hilarious Halloween tale! It's Halloween night, and...
My First Milestones: Ready to Walk
Wildish, Lee
From the New York Times bestselling creator of HOW TO BABYSIT A GRANDPA comes a charming new series of fun and family-centric milestone books, launching with a celebration of the most iconic of all beginnings: getting READY TO WALK! Taking your first steps is easy as 1-2-3....
Lena the Chicken (But Really a Dinosaur!)
Bailey, Linda
Lena lives in a chicken coop, and she looks a lot like a chicken. But deep down, she's convinced that she's a... DINOSAUR! She can feel it in her bones. Lena just doesn't understand the scaredy chickens in her family, and they don't understand her either, with her ferociousness and big ideas. The...
Partypooper
Kinney, Jeff
Paper Book
It's Greg's birthday--and you're invited to the chaos. In Partypooper, the 20th book in Jeff Kinney's global smash-hit Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, Greg Heffley is planning the ultimate party--for himself. But when the guest list grows, the decorations...
Spy school blackout
Gibbs, Stuart
Paper Book
In the thirteenth book in Stuart Gibbs's New York Times bestselling Spy School series, superspy middle schooler Ben Ripley goes off the grid to eliminate a cybersecurity threat. After a devious computer hacker pulls off the CIA's worst-case scenario, shutting down power...
The Baby-sitters Club 18 : Jessi Ramsey, Pet-sitter
Crenshaw, Ellen T. (ADP)/ Crenshaw, Ellen T. (ILT)/ Martin, Ann M.
Paper Book
A Baby-sitters Club graphic novel adapted by National Book Award longlister and Eisner-nominated cartoonist Ellen T. Crenshaw! The Mancusis don't have any kids... but they sure do have a lot of pets! So when they're desperate for a sitter, who do they call? The Baby-sitters Club! Kristy feels pretty...
Kindred Dragons
Mensinga, Sarah.
Anne of Green Gables meets How to Train Your Dragon in Kindred Dragons, a middle-grade graphic novel about a brave young girl and the dragon whose life depends on her Alice has been unhappy ever since her parents sent her to Prince Edward Island to live...
Refugee : the graphic novel
Gratz, Alan
Paper Book
The timeless #1 New York Times bestseller Refugee is brought to life in a stunning graphic novel adaptation! JOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the...
The Buzz on Wild Bees : The Little-known Pollinators That Keep Our Planet Humming
Vermond, Kira/ Steube, June (ILT)
An engaging introduction to the wide world of wild bees Say the word "bee," and most kids think of honeybees or bumblebees. But there are around 20,000 discovered species of bees--and most of these are wild, solitary bees that don't live in hives. Readers will discover fascinating facts...
Matisse : Magician of Color
Desierto, Derek
From New York Times-bestelling illustrator, Derek Desierto, here is nn inspiring, exquisitely illustrated picture book biography of Henri Matisse, who overcame hardship to create masterpieces. "A lovely homage." Henri Matisse loved color. He dreamed...
Up in the Blue Sky: Journey from the Earth's Surface to Outer Space
Accinelli, Gianumberto
Discover a world that can't be touched. Beginning on Earth's surface, start your ascent into the blue and fly alongside butterflies, birds, drones, aircraft and more. Watch as the scale maps the altitude as you are transported higher and higher into the sky, soaring among meteorites, the...

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