New Children's Books July 2024

Updated July 2, 2024
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Sink or Swim: (A Graphic Novel)
Agarwal, Veronica
Paper Book
Summer is here! School's out, the pool is open, and new adventures with friends await! But what happens when twelve year old Ty's anxiety has other plans? From the world of Just Roll With It comes a boy-centric graphic novel about accepting yourself even when it's a little scary.<...
Getting Ready for Kindergarten
Ahiyya, Vera
Paper Book
Get Ready for Kindergarten in this exciting new series for kids embarking on new adventures! Vera Ahiyya, the Tutu Teacher, knows everything your family needs to get ready... and to celebrate every precious moment! Includes an "I'm ready for kindergarten!" sign for photo...
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,...
Titanic : ship of dreams
Callery, Sean
Paper Book
Explore every inch of the doomed Titanic in this photo- and fact-filled book featuring a tin replica Titanic porthole on the cover!A modern reference book with a tin cover resembling a porthole in the Titanic, this book encourages children to think for themselves about what caused this great...
Flamingos are pretty funky : a (not so) serious guide
Cushman, Abi
Paper Book
Flamingos Are Pretty Funky introduces young readers to flamingos and their fantastic and (truly) fabulous traits. A companion to Wombats Are Pretty Weird, this funny, reader-friendly narrative nonfiction picture book about the natural world features sidebars, comic panels, and...
Pete the cat screams for ice cream!
Dean, Kim
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES AND INDIE BESTSELLER! 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. ...
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's nature walk : a search-and-find book
DeGennaro, Gabriella
Paper Book
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 discover all there is to see in nature. Lace up those hiking boots, grab some binoculars, and get...
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...
1,000 facts about sharks
Flynn, Sarah Wassner
Paper Book
Dive into 1,000 sensational facts about these fierce and fascinating predators, from great whites to whale sharks, reef sharks, goblin sharks, and more! From the bizarre frilled shark to the wide-headed hammerhead, discover all you have ever wanted to know about sharks! Each page...
The (mostly) true story of Cleopatra's needle
Gutman, Dan
Paper Book
From the author of the My Weird School books, 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...
Desert Song
Kemp, Laekan Zea/ Gutierrez Hernandez, Beatriz (ILT)
Paper Book
A family joins the music of the Texas desert night in this tale of tradition and memory from Pura Belpre Honor author Laekan Zea Kemp. It starts with a soft tapping, Uncle Eduardo drumming his hands against his dusty jeans. As the...
Floof
McKinnon, Heidi
Paper Book
In this darling picture book, the cutest, floofiest cat has a very busy, very mischievous day! Floof is floofy. Floof has many hobbies. Floof has very important work to do and Floof also has a lot of friends. Floof is about to...
Freedom on the Sea: The True Story of the Civil War Hero Robert Smalls and His Daring Escape to Freedom
Moore, Michael Boulware
Paper Book
This is the thrilling story of Robert Smalls and the Confederate ship that he used to liberate himself, his family, and over a dozen others from enslavement. On the night of May 13th, 1862, as the Civil War raged on in the United States, 16 enslaved people decided they would...
The Wonderful Wishes of B
Nolte, Katherin
Paper Book
All that stands between ten-year-old Beatrice and an amazing life are five wishes...and she's got a plan to make them all come true! A magical and heartfelt adventure about grief, hope, and the power of human connection. Beatrice Corwell has a crooked haircut, eight well-trained...
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 their lives....
Presidential elections and other cool factsUnderstanding How Our Country Picks Its President
Sobel, Syl
Paper Book
Newly updated edition! This fact-packed civics primer walks kids through how our country chooses its leader--from the very start of the campaign trail, all the way to inauguration day! Presidential Elections and Other Cool Facts is an easy-to-read guide that explains the step-by...
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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