Emma Dodd's books about baby animals and their parents make great bedtime books! Bonus, the rhyme can be sung to the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" so it does double duty as a lullaby. (Board Book, Ages 0-3)
New Llama Llama! IYKYK (Picture Book, Age 2-6)
Picky eaters and wordplay with Jonathan Fenske, one of my favorite authors of funny entry-level readers. (Easy Reader Level 1)
Horse books are usually a big "YES!" around here, but a horse book by Oregon author Roseanne Parry (who also wrote A Wolf Called Wander)?! I'll take three, please and thank you. (Children's Fiction Grades 3-5)
Another new easy reader graphic novel, perfect for kids who are still learning to read and feel frustrated with how long the process is taking. (Easy Reader Level 2)
The world of children's literature is so lucky to have an author like Rajani Larocca! Not only is she an award-winning author of picture books and novels in verse, she's a doctor who uses her writing skills to explain how different parts of the human body work in kid-friendly language. (Children's Nonfiction Age 5-8)
From Newbery Award-winning author Rebecca Stead comes a(nother) modern classic about a magical Little Free Library. (Young Teen Fiction Grades 5-7)
New Dragon Masters! 'Nuff said. (Bridging Fiction Grades 2-4)
A reboot of the classic A to Z Mysteries series, written by the founder of Disability in KidLit. (Bridging Fiction Grades 2-4)
Magic Treehouse launched a series of graphic novel adaptations last year, mirroring the original chapter books. (Bridging Graphic Novels Grades 2-4)
A new Fox book from award-winning author/illustrator Corey R. Tabor (Easy Reader Level 1)
300+ pages of brand new Weird But True! content for the trivia-obsessed kids in your life who've read every other book in the series at least twice. (Children's Nonfiction Age 8-12)
Just read a librarian review that says this is better than Shel Silverstein (!!!) (Children's Nonfiction Age 6-12)
New Big Nate! (Children's Graphic Novels Grades 3-5)
Follow up to award-winning author Jason Reynolds' Stuntboy series. (Children's Fiction Grades 3-5)
Honestly, the first line of the description says it all. If you've read every other dragon book we have, get in line; this one sounds like it's gonna be great! (Young Teen Fiction Grades 5-7)
I'm really curious about this one! Shines a light on an uncommon experience AND highlights some common ones like blended families and growing independence. (Young Teen Graphic Novel Grades 5-7)
True story, July/August seems to be when all of the Halloween books come out. Bookmark this one for fall if you think you'll be in the mood for a ghost story based on Chinese mythology. (Young Teen Graphic Novel Grades 5-7)
Librarians seem to be talking about this book nonstop! A graphic novel memoir about an epic family road trip a la Sisters by Raina Telegemeier. (Young Teen Graphic Novels Grades 5-7)
Groundhog Day on the first day of middle school (yikes) starring an LGBTQ+ tween figuring out popularity, friendship, and her first crush(es). (Young Teen Fiction, Grades 5-7)
