New & Notable Kids' Books - September Highlights

Published this month and new to the collection

Updated October 7, 2024
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Mooncakes mean family
Shum, Benson
Paper Book
Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival with this sweet story of food and family! In this story designed to engage early readers, charming characters combine with simple text, lively illustrations, and laugh-out-loud humor to help boost kids' confidence and create lifelong readers!
Today is Orange Shirt Day [board book]
Webstad, Phyllis. 
Paper Book
Today, we gather togetherToday, we listenToday, we learnToday, we open our hearts A first conversation about the importance of Orange Shirt Day - Every Child Matters and what little ones can expect to see and do on Orange Shirt Day - The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. An...
Is That the Bus? [board book]
Koponen, Libby. 
Paper Book
Vrrrm! Trucks and other vehicles are zooming by! But in this relatable board book, why is the school bus the one to watch for? One eager little brother is at home, playing alone. He listens and looks out for a variety of trucks and vehicles that pass by his home. But he's...
My feet go
Paquette, Ammi-Joan
Paper Book
The second title in a poignant board book series about the power and potential our bodies hold. MY FEET GO is the second book in a series of three that showcase the body's amazing abilities--from the physical to the meaningful. This book will provide young readers with a deep...
Seaside Lullaby [board book].
Scott, Briana Corr. 
A gentle board book for bedtime that helps baby learn to count from 1 to 10, featuring the flora and fauna of the seaside, from the creator of The Book of Selkie and Wildflower. One wild island, underneath the moon Two sleepy shipwrecks, stranded on a dune ...
The Book Witch, the Wee White Dog, and the Little Free Library
Shupe, Lana. 
Paper Book
A sweet, magical story of a Book Witch and her dog, desperate to find a solution to that most common bookish problem: too many books! With a sorrowful look at that bandaged wee white tail, the Book Witch declared, "these books must go!" After travelling the world and...
Jonty Gentoo The Adventures of a Penguin
Donaldson, Julia. 
Paper Book
"Gorgeous ... it has a lovely message about finding your place in the world." - Good Housekeeping Magazine "A captivating story written in rhyme so perfect that reading it as a bedtime story is a breeze. It's an instant classic." - The I "Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler are the...
The Mango Monster
Mascarenhas, Derek/ Repka, Meneka (ILT)
Paper Book
Someone is stealing from the family's mango tree! Could it be a mango monster? After waiting all year for mango season, Marianne is excited that the mangoes on their tree are ripe and ready to eat. She loves mangoes and plans to eat all of them. But when she and her sidekick cousin Zoe...
The Most Boring Book Ever
Sanderson, Brandon. 
Paper Book
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Listen, this book is boring. We're telling you it's boring. It's in the title of the book--in fact, it's THE MOST BORING BOOK EVER! And created by #1 New York Times bestsellers Brandon Sanderson and Kazu Kibuishi! ...
Bee & Flea and the Fall Fiasco
Humphrey, Anna/ Deas, Mike (ILT)
Paper Book
This third and final adventure featuring crime-solving pair Bee and Flea explores how the backyard critters adapt and prepare for winter The weather is turning cold, and Bee notices that the animals in the big backyard are acting ... odd. Flea is uncharacteristically sleepy, the yard is...
The Princess in Black and the Kitty Catastrophe.
Hale, Shannon 
Paper Book
The Princess in Black may know how to handle all kinds of monsters, but a kitten set on destruction? Me-OW! Duchess Wigtower had heard that pets are fun, but all her kitten has gotten her is nine lives' worth of problems. Eeeeek! It's time for someone else to deal...
Impossible Creatures.
Rundell, Katherine 
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Two kids race to save the world's last magical place in the first book of a landmark new fantasy series, from "a writer with an utterly distinctive voice and a wild imagination." (Philip Pullman, author of The Golden Compass) *This...
Library Girl.
Horvath, Polly 
Paper Book
A Pacific Northwest Indie Bestseller! After secretly living in the public library for the last eleven years, Essie must learn to adapt to a world that's not as perfect as the stories she's grown up with in this heartfelt middle-grade novel from Newbery Honor author Polly Horvath....
Spy school goes wild
Gibbs, Stuart
Paper Book
In the twelfth book in Stuart Gibbs's New York Times bestselling Spy School series, superspy middle schooler Ben Ripley gets lost on a perilous mission with one of his greatest enemies. Ben Ripley is recruited for a top secret mission to bring down his...
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Wrath of the Triple Goddess.
Riordan, Rick 
Paper Book
In his continuing quest to earn college recommendation letters from the gods, Percy has to pet sit the goddess Hecate's polecat and giant mastiff during Halloween week. What could go wrong? Rick Riordan's newest Percy Jackson adventure is full of hilarious set pieces, a diverse...
Mary Pope Osborne's Magic Tree House, Vol. 7 Sunset of the Sabertooth.
Osborne, Mary Pope. 
Paper Book
Magic. Mystery. Time-travel. Get whisked away to the Ice Age on a frozen adventure with brother-and-sister team Jack and Annie in the #1 bestselling chapter book series, now available as graphic novels! The Ice Age is super cool...for two kids in bathing suits! Jack and Annie...
Super Frenemies! (Simon and Chester Book #5)
Atkinson, Cale
Paper Book
The worst has happened: Chester has been sucked up by a ghost trap in an attempt to save his best friend Simon, who is a ghost. Chester's school friend, Amie, blames Simon - after all, if Chester wasn't trying to save him, he wouldn't have been sucked up. And Simon blames Amie - after all, if Amie's...
Kristy and the walking disaster
Martin, Ann M.
Paper Book
America's favorite series returns with a new look and a Netflix tv show. They're lean, they're mean, they're the pride of Stoneybrook. Who are they? They're Kristy's Krushers! When Kristy sees how much her little brothers and sister want to play on a softball team, she starts a rag-tag...
Dona Quixote Flight of the Witch
Terciero, Rey. 
Paper Book
In this duology finale of the action-packed and hilarious contemporary graphic novel retelling of Don Quixote, modern-day knight and young Texan Lucia must save her town from a coven of shapeshifting witches, all while balancing friends, family, and middle school.
This Is How We Play A Celebration of Disability and Adaptation.
Slice, Jessica 
Paper Book
A jubilant, inclusive, luminously illustrated picture book that features families at play, each with a family member who has a disability. With love and adaptation, this is how we play! This joyful read-aloud with an empowering refrain, from disability rights activists...
Where's Waldo? the Mighty Magical Mix-Up.
Handford, Martin 
Paper Book
Wizard Whitebeard's magic staff is missing--and is going wild transforming everything! Join everyone's favorite wanderer and search through twelve Where's Waldo? scenes as you've never seen them before. Wizard Whitebeard has lost his magic staff, and it's stirring...
Explanatorium of Nature.
DK 
Paper Book
Get closer to nature than you've ever been before with this guide to our wonderful world. Marvel at the breathtaking photography showcasing flora and fauna in the most incredible, intricate detail in this nature-packed guide for children aged 9+. This unputdownable book is a...
Taking Care of Where We Live Restoring Ecosystems.
Wilcox, Merrie-Ellen 
Paper Book
Healthy ecosystems are important to the more than eight million different species that live on Earth, including humans. But over the centuries humans have damaged and changed the environment that we all depend on for our survival. We cut down forests, dam rivers, build cities and pollute...
World of Rot Learn All about the Wriggly, Slimy, Super-Cool Decomposers We Couldn't Live Without.
Crow-Miller, Britt 
Paper Book
World of Rot takes readers on a deep dive into the process of decay, from the science behind it to an up-close and personal look at the organisms that do the dirty work to make our planet livable. With a touch of humor and quirky full-color illustrations, kids will...

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