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Will's race for home : a western /

Rhodes, Jewell Parker,


Booklist Starred Reviews, Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal Starred, During the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889, African American Will and his father journey from Texas to Oklahoma, racing thousands of others in dangerous conditions to stake their claim to land, freedom, and a place to call home.
Date Published:2025

Speak up, Santiago! : a Hillside Valley graphic novel /

Anta, Julio.


School Library Journal, March 2025. Publishers Weekly, December 2024. Booklist, February 2025. "NYC kid Santiago heads upstate to stay with his grandmother for the summer"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2025

Saved by the smell

Lerner, Jarrett,


Kirkus, January 15, 2025. Publisher's Weekly, December 09, 2024. School library journal, February 01, 2025. Booklist, February 2025. Ari's life is filled with school, video games, and his pet turtle, Fred, but his mom is a mad scientist--or big-hearted genius, as Ari says--who strives to make people's lives better by solving problems that other scientists usually overlook. When one of Mom's experiments ends up in an explosion of mounds and mounds of dirty laundry, she devises a time portal to fix things.
Date Published:2025

Kirkus, January 15, 2025. Publisher's Weekly, December 09, 2024. School library journal, February 01, 2025. Booklist, February 2025. Ari's life is filled with school, video games, and his pet turtle, Fred, but his mom is a mad scientist--or big-hearted genius, as Ari says--who strives to make people's lives better by solving problems that other scientists usually overlook. When one of Mom's experiments ends up in an explosion of mounds and mounds of dirty laundry, she devises a time portal to fix things.

Date Published:2025

Safe crossing

Percival, Kari,


"Every spring, frogs and salamanders must travel from wooded uplands to vernal pools where they were born, now to mate. Unfortunately, roads constructed through their habitats have made the journey dangerous for these slow-moving animals. Many never reach their destinations. But with the help of the Amphibian Migration Team, there is hope for a safe crossing! Playful and informative, Safe Crossing offers an empowering example of how even the youngest individuals can raise awareness a
Date Published:2025

"Every spring, frogs and salamanders must travel from wooded uplands to vernal pools where they were born, now to mate. Unfortunately, roads constructed through their habitats have made the journey dangerous for these slow-moving animals. Many never reach their destinations. But with the help of the Amphibian Migration Team, there is hope for a safe crossing! Playful and informative, Safe Crossing offers an empowering example of how even the youngest individuals can raise awareness a

Date Published:2025

Pocket bear

Applegate, Katherine,


"A stuffed bear named Pocket helps another stuffed toy find joy, in this book about second chances from #1 New York Times bestselling author, Katherine Applegate"--
Date Published:2025

Mixed-up

Garcia, Kami,


Booklist starred, January 2025. Kirkus, December 01, 2024. School library journal, December 2024. Publisher's Weekly, October 07, 2024. A game-loving girl who gets diagnosed with dyslexia finds her support network that helps her along in the journey. In graphic novel format.
Date Published:2025

Lola

Valenti, Karla,


"Borzoi Book. " Kirkus starred, August 01, 2024. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starred, October 2024. School library journal starred, November 2024. Booklist starred, June 2025. Horn book, January 2025. Determined to save her brother from the Darkness that plagues their home, ten-year-old Lola follows mythical chaneques into a secret world where she seeks help from the queen.
Date Published:2024

The library of unruly treasures

Birdsall, Jeanne,


"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--T.p. verso. School Library Journal starred, June 2025. Booklist starred, July 2025. Kirkus Review, June 2025. Gwen MacKinnon's parents are dreadful, so she is not upset when she's foisted onto her Uncle Matthew for two weeks. Especially when it turns out he has a very opinionated dog named Pumpkin. Things take a turn for the weird when Gwen makes a discovery in the local library that involves tiny creatures with wings called Lahdukan. But why can only Gwen and the youngest children see them? The Lahdukan insist thatGwen is destined to help them find a newhome. But how can agirl like Gwen possibly come to the rescue?
Date Published:2025

"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--T.p. verso. School Library Journal starred, June 2025. Booklist starred, July 2025. Kirkus Review, June 2025. Gwen MacKinnon's parents are dreadful, so she is not upset when she's foisted onto her Uncle Matthew for two weeks. Especially when it turns out he has a very opinionated dog named Pumpkin. Things take a turn for the weird when Gwen makes a discovery in the local library that involves tiny creatures with wings called Lahdukan. But why can only Gwen and the youngest children see them? The Lahdukan insist thatGwen is destined to help them find a newhome. But how can agirl like Gwen possibly come to the rescue?

Date Published:2025

The invisible parade

Bardugo, Leigh,


"A young girl examines fear and death and discovers bravery against the backdrop of Día de Muertos"--
Date Published:2025

Introducing Sandwina : The Strongest Woman in the World!.

Conrad, Vicki,


100 pounds . . . 200 pounds . . . 300 pounds! Katie Brumbach became the world's top strong woman after she ousted Eugen Sandow by lifting hundreds of pounds over her head (which Sandow could barely lift to his shoulders). After that, she took the last name Sandwina and thrived in the circus world--which she had been participating in since the age of two when she first performed with her family. She grew over six feet tall as she got older, but Katie never second-guessed herself, and she trained to build her muscles, always eager to test her skills and try new feats. After starting a family with a fellow performer, they were eventually signed to work with John Ringling of the Ringling Bros. Circus. Sandwina impressed the crowds by balancing a 1,000-pound cannon on her chest, by throwing a one-ton stone, and by having an iron slab broken on her body--she stole the show!
Date Published:2024

100 pounds . . . 200 pounds . . . 300 pounds! Katie Brumbach became the world's top strong woman after she ousted Eugen Sandow by lifting hundreds of pounds over her head (which Sandow could barely lift to his shoulders). After that, she took the last name Sandwina and thrived in the circus world--which she had been participating in since the age of two when she first performed with her family. She grew over six feet tall as she got older, but Katie never second-guessed herself, and she trained to build her muscles, always eager to test her skills and try new feats. After starting a family with a fellow performer, they were eventually signed to work with John Ringling of the Ringling Bros. Circus. Sandwina impressed the crowds by balancing a 1,000-pound cannon on her chest, by throwing a one-ton stone, and by having an iron slab broken on her body--she stole the show!

Date Published:2024

I am a dumbo octopus!

Lambelet, Anne,


Horn Book. "Dumbo octopus Grimpy presents a tour of the whole cephalopod class: cuttlefish, nautiluses, octopuses, and squids. When he dwells on everything he can't do, the others show him why it's great to be a dumbo!"--
Date Published:2025

Gabby Torres gets a billion followers

Dominguez, Angela,


Kirkus, December 15, 2024. School library journal, November 2024. Publisher's Weekly, October 14, 2024. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, January 2025. Join Gabby as she navigates the inevitable disasters of fourth grade and social media. In graphic novel format.
Date Published:2025

Fowl play

Tubb, Kristin O'Donnell,


Booklist Starred Reviews, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly Starred, When thirteen-year-old Chloe Alvarez goes to the reading of her Uncle Will's will, she inherits his African grey parrot Charlie. Uncle Will was Chloe's best friend, and now all she's left with are her memories of them together and her new friend, Charlie. But when Charlie starts saying odd things like, "It was murder," followed by "homicide" and "cyanide, she starts to think her uncle's death was foul play. Chloe and her family begin to investigate, and as the suspect list begins to grow, they soon stumble through surprising and sometimes dangerous discoveries about Uncle Will while searching for the truth.
Date Published:2025

Booklist Starred Reviews, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly Starred, When thirteen-year-old Chloe Alvarez goes to the reading of her Uncle Will's will, she inherits his African grey parrot Charlie. Uncle Will was Chloe's best friend, and now all she's left with are her memories of them together and her new friend, Charlie. But when Charlie starts saying odd things like, "It was murder," followed by "homicide" and "cyanide, she starts to think her uncle's death was foul play. Chloe and her family begin to investigate, and as the suspect list begins to grow, they soon stumble through surprising and sometimes dangerous discoveries about Uncle Will while searching for the truth.

Date Published:2025

Fowl play

Tubb, Kristin O'Donnell,


Junior Library Guild. Chloe Alvarez has never been to the reading of a last will and testament before, but she hopes it is just like the movies. Lies! Intrigue! The reading of her Uncle Will's will is standard, until he announces his gift for Chloe: his African grey parrot, Charlie. Uncle Will was Chloe's best friend. Without him, she's left with only her memories of them together--which come to her in snapshots--and her new friend, Charlie. The parrot has a vast vocabulary, and soon Chloe hears her say something odd: It was murder, followed by homicide and cyanide. Chloe becomes convinced her uncle Will's death was foul play. Why else wouldn't he have told anyone in the family--especially Chloe--that he was sick? With the help of her family, Chloe begins the investigation to uncover Uncle Will's murderer. The suspects: His nosy neighbor. An ex-girlfriend. A rude landlord. A loan shark. But it all leads to more questions than answers. Did someone really kill Uncle Will? Or could this journey help reunite Chloe's grieving family?
Date Published:2024

Junior Library Guild. Chloe Alvarez has never been to the reading of a last will and testament before, but she hopes it is just like the movies. Lies! Intrigue! The reading of her Uncle Will's will is standard, until he announces his gift for Chloe: his African grey parrot, Charlie. Uncle Will was Chloe's best friend. Without him, she's left with only her memories of them together--which come to her in snapshots--and her new friend, Charlie. The parrot has a vast vocabulary, and soon Chloe hears her say something odd: It was murder, followed by homicide and cyanide. Chloe becomes convinced her uncle Will's death was foul play. Why else wouldn't he have told anyone in the family--especially Chloe--that he was sick? With the help of her family, Chloe begins the investigation to uncover Uncle Will's murderer. The suspects: His nosy neighbor. An ex-girlfriend. A rude landlord. A loan shark. But it all leads to more questions than answers. Did someone really kill Uncle Will? Or could this journey help reunite Chloe's grieving family?

Date Published:2024

Danilo was here

Burgess, Tamika,


Booklist, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal, Danilo Osorio Jr.'s life in El Chorrillo, Panamá, is turned upside down after Operation Just Cause, a U.S. military invasion that destroys much of his neighborhood in 1989 in an effort to oust dictator Manuel Noriega. Danilo's father abandons their family to look for work in the United States, so Danilo takes it upon himself to do whatever he can to support his mamá and sister and to save them from being relocated to a refugee camp. Danilo used to play baseball, but has no interest in it after his father's departure, but everything changes when he unintentionally catches the eye of a baseball recruiter and is invited to train on a youth baseball team in California. Danilo isn't thrilled with the prospect of going to the very country responsible for destroying his home, but California is his father's last known address, so Danilo hopes he can use this as an opportunity to find his father and secure the extra funds his family needs. He soon faces an impossible decision about the best way to support his family.
Date Published:2025

Booklist, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal, Danilo Osorio Jr.'s life in El Chorrillo, Panamá, is turned upside down after Operation Just Cause, a U.S. military invasion that destroys much of his neighborhood in 1989 in an effort to oust dictator Manuel Noriega. Danilo's father abandons their family to look for work in the United States, so Danilo takes it upon himself to do whatever he can to support his mamá and sister and to save them from being relocated to a refugee camp. Danilo used to play baseball, but has no interest in it after his father's departure, but everything changes when he unintentionally catches the eye of a baseball recruiter and is invited to train on a youth baseball team in California. Danilo isn't thrilled with the prospect of going to the very country responsible for destroying his home, but California is his father's last known address, so Danilo hopes he can use this as an opportunity to find his father and secure the extra funds his family needs. He soon faces an impossible decision about the best way to support his family.

Date Published:2025

The Black Mambas : the world's first all-woman anti-poaching unit /

Crull, Kelly.


School Library Journal starred, April 2025. Booklist starred, March 2025. Pub Weekly, February 2025. Kirkus Review, June 2025. "Go on patrol with the Black Mambas, South Africa's first women-led anti-poaching unit. Meet the rangers and discover all they do to protect the wildlife at the Balule Nature Reserve, [part of the Kruger National Park]"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2025

Another

Tremblay, Paul,


Booklist starred, June 2025. Kirkus, June 01, 2025. School library journal, July 01, 2025. Publisher's Weekly, May 12, 2025. Horn book, September 2025. When Casey Wilson's parents tell him that his friend is coming for a sleepover, he has no idea who that might be. Ever since the Zoom Incident, his tics are worse than ever. When Morel appears, he's not like any friend Casey has ever met. As his normally loving parents grow distant from Casey, they gush and fawn over Morel. Casey knows something is wrong-but with no end in sight to the sleepover, he's exhausted. And in the dark, out of the corner of his eye, Morel doesn't look like a kid at all.
Date Published:2025

Booklist starred, June 2025. Kirkus, June 01, 2025. School library journal, July 01, 2025. Publisher's Weekly, May 12, 2025. Horn book, September 2025. When Casey Wilson's parents tell him that his friend is coming for a sleepover, he has no idea who that might be. Ever since the Zoom Incident, his tics are worse than ever. When Morel appears, he's not like any friend Casey has ever met. As his normally loving parents grow distant from Casey, they gush and fawn over Morel. Casey knows something is wrong-but with no end in sight to the sleepover, he's exhausted. And in the dark, out of the corner of his eye, Morel doesn't look like a kid at all.

Date Published:2025

Sunny makes a splash

Holm, Jennifer L.,


"Graphix." Kirkus starred, August 01, 2021. Horn book, Janusry 2022. It's summer, and Sunny is BORED. Most of her friends are out of town. Her mom wants her to baby-sit way more than Sunny wants to baby-sit. The only place that's cool (in a not-boring sense) and cool (in a not-hot sense) is the community pool. Sunny loves it when she's offered a job at the snack shack. In graphic novel format.
Date Published:2021

The 130-story treehouse

Griffiths, Andy, 1961-,


Andy and Terry now live in a 130-story treehouse with a soap bubble blaster, a time-wasting level, a 13-story igloo, the GRABINATOR (it can grab anything from anywhere at any time), a toilet paper factory, and an extraterrestrial observation centre for watching aliens. Andy, Terry and Jill are observed, and then abducted, by a giant flying eyeball from outer space! At first they're excited about an intergalactic space adventure, but Planet Eyeballia is not a friendly place. How will they escape?
Date Published:2021

Andy and Terry now live in a 130-story treehouse with a soap bubble blaster, a time-wasting level, a 13-story igloo, the GRABINATOR (it can grab anything from anywhere at any time), a toilet paper factory, and an extraterrestrial observation centre for watching aliens. Andy, Terry and Jill are observed, and then abducted, by a giant flying eyeball from outer space! At first they're excited about an intergalactic space adventure, but Planet Eyeballia is not a friendly place. How will they escape?

Date Published:2021

Dog Man : a tale of two kitties.

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-,


"Graphix." Kirkus, June 15, 2017. School library journal, August 2017. Horn book guide, Wilson Children's core collection. Dog Man is back, and he's about to be bested by the world's most conniving cat crook! In graphic novel format.
Date Published:2017