New Titles

Growing home

Ferry, Beth.


School Library Journal starred, July 2025. Publishers Weekly, February 2025. Booklist, May 2025. Bulletin (Center for Children's Books), May 2025. Kirkus Review, March 2025. "A motley crew of talkative plants, a curious spider, and a grumpy goldfish use their newfound magical abilities to defend their family from a greedy human"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2025

Don't Trust Fish

Sharpson, Neil,


Horn Book. A supposed nature guide humorously warns readers why they should never trust fish, exploring their mysterious and villainous nature.
Date Published:2025

The Manhattan Project

Doeden, Matt,


Explores the Manhattan Project through the eyes of ordinary people as well as military personnel and others.
Date Published:2019

Amazing magic tricks.

Barnhart, Norm.


Includes glossary. This book presents step-by-step instructions for ten expert level magic tricks including an escaping coin and a zooming moon rock.
Date Published:2009

House of robots

Patterson, James, 1947-


School Library Journal, November 2014. Publisher's Weekly, October 2014. "Fifth-grader Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez struggles to fit in when his inventor mother requires him to take her latest creation, a robotic 'brother,' to school with him to learn to become a student"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2014

The art of drawing manga monsters & pets

Marlborough, Max.


Includes index. Contains step-by-step instructions for drawing a variety of manga monsters and pets.
Date Published:2019

365 : how to count a year /

Paul, Miranda.


School Library Journal, September 2023. Booklist, September 2023. Kirkus Review, July 2023. Introduces young readers to numbers both big and small, and gives them the tools to understand all of the time that passes by each year.
Date Published:2023

I, rock : a geology tale /

Slivensky, Katie.


School Library Journal starred, June 2025. Publishers Weekly, March 2025. Booklist, May 2025. "Rock tells his sensational, sometimes harrowing, sometimes hilarious, geological tale to a group of eager students"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2025

Bored panda

Bender, Mike, 1975-


School Library Journal, March 2025. Kirkus Review, March 2025. "Seeking relief from boredom, Panda ventures outdoors for inspiration"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2025

The Faraway Forest.

Fong, Debbie.


Publishers Weekly, June 2025. Booklist, October 2025. Horn Book, November 2025. Kirkus Review, July 2025. Wally the raccoon mail carrier and his friend Bo deliver kindness and packages while trying to win over their grumpy neighbor, Mr. Sternbill.
Date Published:2025

The claiming

Warga, Jasmine.


"Talk to ghosts, crack the puzzles, solve the mystery!"--Dust jacket. Kirkus Starred, November 2025. "For the first time, Teddy is actually excited for the school year to start. His new neighbors, Lila and Caleb, are transferring to his school, which means he'll finally have real friends! But Teddy has a secret he's desperate to protect--one that explains why none of his classmates have spoken to him in years... And that's not all. Despite having sent the fire maiden back through the portal, strange things keep happening at the Castle Hill Inn. Teddy's nightmares are back in a big way, and after getting stuck in the portal herself, Lila seems to be... flickering?!"--Amazon.com.
Date Published:2026

"Talk to ghosts, crack the puzzles, solve the mystery!"--Dust jacket. Kirkus Starred, November 2025. "For the first time, Teddy is actually excited for the school year to start. His new neighbors, Lila and Caleb, are transferring to his school, which means he'll finally have real friends! But Teddy has a secret he's desperate to protect--one that explains why none of his classmates have spoken to him in years... And that's not all. Despite having sent the fire maiden back through the portal, strange things keep happening at the Castle Hill Inn. Teddy's nightmares are back in a big way, and after getting stuck in the portal herself, Lila seems to be... flickering?!"--Amazon.com.

Date Published:2026

The child king of Uxmal

Valenti, Karla.


Nine-year-old twins Emma and Martín travel into another legend where by following a prophecy they hope to help a woman save her village.
Date Published:2024

The beginning of all things

Valenti, Karla Arenas.


Emma and Martin are settling into their new home in Chicago and getting ready to start at their new school. When they learn they'll be in separate classes for the first time, they aren't sure they can face so much change alone. But when life gets stressful, the siblings now have the perfect escape-into the book of legends!
Date Published:2024

Hurricane heist

Ponti, James.


Maps on endpapers. School Library Journal, October 2025. Kirkus Review, July 2025. A hurricane unearths a decades-old mystery when a bell captain's body is discovered at a historic Miami Beach hotel, leading twelve-year-old Alex and the other members of the Sherlock Society to uncover the truth behind a long-lost million-dollar jewel heist.
Date Published:2025

Into the shadow mist

Soontornvat, Christina.


Kirkus, May 15, 2023. Plum and her friends are traveling to the misty Bokati Island. At first, Plum doesn't know what to make of this quiet and sometimes gloomy place. When an unseen force begins to destroy the trees, putting the entire ecosystem at risk, Plum and her classmates must spring into action, even though she's hiding secrets about her own Guardian powers from even her closest friends.
Date Published:2023

Punycorn and the princess of thieves

Watson, Andi.


"Ages 8-12"--Back cover. Kirkus Review, May 2025. "Punycorn--the world's clumsiest unicorn--is officially an apprentice hero, complete with the laminated membership card to prove it! Together with a dragon who can't breathe fire and a dung beetle with delusions of grandeur, Punycorn is ona mission to save a friend. Along the way, the trio battle a vain and decidedly dimwitted warlord and their own self-doubts, and they find an unexpected ally in a legendary female robber who secretly feeds the poor"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2025

"Ages 8-12"--Back cover. Kirkus Review, May 2025. "Punycorn--the world's clumsiest unicorn--is officially an apprentice hero, complete with the laminated membership card to prove it! Together with a dragon who can't breathe fire and a dung beetle with delusions of grandeur, Punycorn is ona mission to save a friend. Along the way, the trio battle a vain and decidedly dimwitted warlord and their own self-doubts, and they find an unexpected ally in a legendary female robber who secretly feeds the poor"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2025

Zeroes to Heroes : The Adventures of Invisible Boy /

Horner, Doogie,


Kirkus Reviews. Stanley and Gene join forces and figure out how to control their invisibility, and when villains rob Stanley's family store, they try to track down the thieves and recover the stolen goods before Stanley's family must sell their home.
Date Published:2025

Misfit mansion

Davault, Kay.


"Ages 8 and up"--Dust jacket. School Library Journal, June 2023. Publishers Weekly, May 2023. Booklist, July 2023. Kirkus Review, May 2023. "A monster girl who sneaks into a human town to find a family for herself and her mythical housemates, only to unravel long-kept secrets"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2023

The last resort

Kelly, Erin Entrada.


Publishers Weekly, May 2025. Kirkus Starred, August 2025. Horn Book, September 2025. Twelve-year-old Lila has two goals for the summer: 1. Win back the friends who ditched her for being "too dramatic" 2. Stop being so dramatic but then Lila's estranged Grandpa Clem dies, throwing a wrench in her plans. Now she'll have to spend the summer in Ohio while her parents decide what to do with Grandpa Clem's creepy Victorian Inn. It's supremely unfair.
Date Published:2025

Publishers Weekly, May 2025. Kirkus Starred, August 2025. Horn Book, September 2025. Twelve-year-old Lila has two goals for the summer: 1. Win back the friends who ditched her for being "too dramatic" 2. Stop being so dramatic but then Lila's estranged Grandpa Clem dies, throwing a wrench in her plans. Now she'll have to spend the summer in Ohio while her parents decide what to do with Grandpa Clem's creepy Victorian Inn. It's supremely unfair.

Date Published:2025

Strangest animals

Maloney, Brenna.


Includes index. School Library Journal, April 2025. "There are so many strange animals! Some look like trees or plants. Some live in the sea and can fly. Some can even regrow their body parts! Learn all about the strange amphibians, birds, insects, mammals, and reptiles in our wild world"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2025