New Children's Books July 2025

Updated June 27, 2025
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Scarecited on the First Day of School
Agostini, Alliah L./ Watkins, Lala (ILT)
For fans of School's First Day of School, this is a picture book about a young girl who is feeling mixed emotions about her first day of school. Some feelings are so big, one word just doesn't cut it.     It's the first day of...
Revolutionary Mary : the woman who printed history
Blumenthal, Karen
Paper Book
A bold picture book biography about Mary Katharine Goddard, the only woman whose name is printed on the Declaration of Independence, by award-winning authors Karen Blumenthal and Jen McCartney, and illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley. Who was Mary Katharine Goddard? ...
Fireworks
Burgess, Matthew
**Five Starred Reviews!** Fireworks is a sparkling picture book from the award-winning team of Matthew Burgess and Cátia Chien, highlighting the simple delights of a steamy July day in the city as two siblings eagerly anticipate a spectacular fireworks display. POP! As a hot...
The dragon atlas : legendary dragons of the world
Claybourne, Anna
Paper Book
Travel the globe to discover the facts behind this fierce creature of myth and legend. See them in their natural habitats, lurking in the swamps of West Africa or guarding their treasure in a cave-dwelling in Europe. Read exciting tales of dragons good and bad, including the story of the dragon...
Zebra and Yak : the backwards alphabet book
Friedrich, Paul (Cartoonist)
A hilarious and unexpected backward alphabet picture book. Are you ready to start the alphabet? Let's go! Z is for Zebra. Confused? Zebra didn't expect the alphabet to start with Z, either. Usually it starts with A is for Apple, B is for . . . something,...
The three smelly goats gruff
Grabenstein, Chris
Stinky's Stories is the hilarious four-book, highly illustrated chapter book series from New York Times bestselling authors Chris and J.J. Grabenstein. In this third installment in the series, Stinky the skunk tells the story of the Three Smelly Goats Gruff, a reimagining of the...
YOU Decide YOUR Adventure : Join Bear Grylls on the Ultimate Expedition
Grylls, Bear
Encourage the kids in your life to trade screen time for green time in Bear Grylls' outdoor activities book! Imagine you could choose your own epic adventure with Bear Grylls... What would you do...and where would you go? Get ready to join outdoor...
Zoomi and Zoe and the tricky turnaround
Haydu, Corey Ann
The Princess in Black meets Monsters, Inc. in this zany, heartwarming series for early readers 4 to 8 years old! Written by the acclaimed Corey Ann Haydu with sweet, quirky illustrations by Anne Appert, the Zoomi and Zoe series explores the wonder and anxiety of life's first...
Are There Rainbows in Space? : A Colorful Compendium of Seriously Cool Science
Kanani, Sheila, Dr./ Kay, Liz (ILT)
What color is a polar bear under its fur? How do flamingos turn pink? What is a blue moon? Find the answers to all these fun questions and much more in this fact-filled adventure into the colorful world around us! The science of colors is hard at work all the time--from...
Home is a wish
Kuo, Julia
Paper Book
A deeply moving, gorgeously illustrated picture book about leaving home and finding a new place to fit in, for anyone dealing with a move, to another town or to a new country. Sometimes we leave home in the mornings, in the evenings, or for much longer. But we always come back....
A Year in Nature : Explore the Countryside, Month by Month
Mettler, Ren/̌ Post Wave Children's Books (TRN)
Journey through a year in the charming countryside, observing its changing seasons, plants, and animals. Discover why the seasons change and how creatures like foxes, mice, and birds adapt to the shifting environment, from frosty winter nights to golden summer days....
Who meows? : a book of animal sounds
Page, Robin
Paper Book
From Caldecott Honor illustrator Robin Page comes a dynamic and interactive nonfiction picture book introducing little ones to animal sounds! Meet many different inhabitants of the animal kingdom and learn what sound they make in this vibrantly illustrated picture book. The...
Born inside a nest so small : conversation with a hummingbird
Trapani, Iza
A young child observes and admires a friendly ruby-throated hummingbird in this poetic love letter to the smallest birds in the world. A perfect rhyming and informative picture book about hummingbirds for curious 4-7-year-old backyard birders. Hummingbird, you nectar...

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