*New & Notable Kids' Books - May Highlights*

Published this month and new to the collection

Updated May 8, 2025
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Happy Mother's Day from the Crayons
Daywalt, Drew
Paper Book
In a wonderful celebration of Mother's Day, the hilarious crayons from the #1 New York Times bestselling The Day The Crayons Quit love their moms--and mother figures in their lives--so much, they wrote a book about it! Red Crayon loves his mom because she works...
The Most Magnificent Team.
Spires, Ashley. 
Paper Book
New for fans of the runaway bestseller The Most Magnificent Thing, a story about the ups and downs of working with others. A girl and her dog are ready to make something. She gathers her supplies, and they head to her favorite workspace - only to discover that...
Growing Home.
Ferry, Beth 
Paper Book
An unlikely team of talkative plants, a curious spider, and a grumpy goldfish use their newfound magical abilities to defend their family from a greedy human in this charming middle grade novel from New York Times bestselling author Beth Ferry, with illustrations from the award-winning Fan...
All Ears.
Gibbs, Stuart 
Paper Book
In the ninth novel in New York Times bestselling author Stuart Gibbs's FunJungle series, resident sleuth Teddy Fitzroy is on the case to find a missing elephant and clear his friend of vandalism. When a herd of elephants interrupts the big Friday night football game, the...
Murdle Jr. Sleuths on the Loose.
Karber, G. T. 
Paper Book
Inspired by the global phenomenon of the Murdle puzzle books comes the first novel in a new thrilling mystery series, for fans of Mr. Lemoncello's Library and The Swifts.   It's a cloudy day on the Sacred Kidney playground, but Jake likes it that way--dark and...
The Mystery of the Haunted Dance Hall.
Cotter, Charis 
Paper Book
Bee's mom has a job in New York City for the summer, so Bee is being sent to summer camp. She's not excited about it. Being around other people is hard for her, plus she knows nothing about campfires, she's not a good swimmer and she's never even been in a canoe. When she first arrives, things go...
Pencil & Eraser, Vol. 2 Lost and Frown!.
Alvarado, Jenny. 
Paper Book
Fans of NARWHAL AND JELLY as well as PIZZA AND TACO, prepare to meet your new favorite duo: a pair of best friend school supplies! In the next adventure of this hilarious early-reader graphic novel series, Pencil and Eraser get lost outside the lines! Pencil and Eraser...
ONE CRAZY SUMMER
Williams-Garcia, Rita/ Miller, Sharee (ILT)
Paper Book
In this Newbery Honor novel, New York Times bestselling author Rita Williams-Garcia tells the story of three sisters who travel to Oakland, California, in 1968 to meet the mother who abandoned them. A strong option for summer reading--take this book along on a family road trip or enjoy...
Stuck A Click Graphic Novel.
Miller, Kayla. 
Paper Book
Kayla Miller, the New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of the Click graphic novel series and coauthor of the Besties series, returns with a new Olive story! Olive's hopes for a relaxing two weeks at Camp Acorn Lake are challenged when two of her friends stop speaking to...
Keep Our World Green Why Humans Need Gardens, Parks and Public Green Spaces.
Wishinsky, Frieda 
Paper Book
Green space is good for us all. Parks and gardens bring life to communities big and small all over the world and provide a habitat for native plants and animals. Ensuring access to these outdoor spaces can inspire art, music and literature and create ways for communities to grow their own...

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