New & Noteworthy Kids’ Books

In Harper Handles Big Feelings, author Jayme Yannuzzi crafts an engaging and empathetic story that helps your child identify a range of core and complex emotions, from anger, sadness, and happiness to frustration, worry, and pride. Coupled with an easy and effective calming rhyme for managing big emotions that repeats throughout the story, Harper Handles Big Feelings will give your little one a strong foundation for emotional intelligence and resilience as they grow.

Based on the research that race, gender, disability, and other important topics should be discussed with toddlers on up, this read-aloud series offers adults the opportunity to begin important conversations with young children in an informed, safe, and supported way.

Tim Burton’s classic film Frankenweenie — in which the young scientist, Victor Frankenstein, brings his beloved dog Sparky back to life after he gets hit by a car — is retold for the first time as a Little Golden Book! Perfect for Halloween or any time you want a delightful scare!

Join Dana Scully and Fox Mulder as they investigate monsters, aliens, and mysterious conspiracies. Filled with iconic characters like the Fluke Man, Eugene Tooms, and Jose Chung, this not-too-scary storybook is perfect for fans of The X-Files of all ages as well as Little Golden Book collectors.

Go back to school with Huckle Cat, Lowly Worm, and all their friends in this Busytown book! Learn about numbers, letters, colors, and more! A great way to introduce young children to Richard Scarry’s Busytown and early learning concepts!

Adventure Bay is getting a new fire rescue station, and no one is more excited than Marshall. But when the grand opening barbecue goes up in smoke, he and the other heroic pups will have to use their new skills and equipment to save the day!

From award-winning actress Aubrey Plaza and writer Dan Murphy comes the story of a feisty wannabe bruja and the kooky witch she helps to throw the best Halloween party of the season!

From New York Times bestselling illustrator of The Big Cheese and the Food Group series, Pete Oswald, and critically acclaimed author Lucy Ruth Cummins comes a Halloween adventure for Sleepy Sheepy. A story all about learning when to blend in and when to stand out that is perfect for fans of Creepy Pair of Underwear! and Pig the Monster.

Rasheed has the best big brother in the world! Anthony has been his hero from day one, making him feel safe during storms and included in all kinds of fun activities. Even when they aren’t together during the day, Anthony reassures Rasheed that he still loves him and nothing will ever change that. And when Momma and Daddy share the big news that soon both of them will be big brothers, Rasheed knows — thanks to Anthony — just what kind of big brother he wants to be. A touching and joyful celebration of siblinghood, by New York Times bestselling author Derrick Barnes.

For fans of Grumpy Monkey and The Pout-Pout Fish comes the heroic tale of one dog’s journey to cope with life’s inconveniences and all its … accessories. This picture book is guaranteed to make kids and caregivers laugh, and see the trials of life — and dogs in cones — in a whole new way.

Told in silly, rhyming text, this is a not-so-scary Halloween tale about a grouchy old witch named Grizelda the Green who tries to destroy Halloween! But both she and the trick-or-treaters are in for some surprises that will make this the most memorable Halloween ever. Perfect for fans of Room on the Broom and How to Catch a Witch!

Astronomer and scientist Carl Sagan loved asking questions — he wanted to learn about everything from the smallest atoms to the vastness of the galaxy. And by using his imagination and allowing himself to dream up questions big and small, he inspired others to keep exploring the mysteries of the universe and our place in it. Geisel Award-winning author and illustrator James Yang invites readers on a fantastic journey through the cosmos, inspired by the life and work of Carl Sagan.

A modern fable about a young girl who embarks on a journey to overcome fear and meets a supernatural creature along the way, for readers of What the Road Said and Where the Wild Things Are.

Based on the viral, record-breaking, and award-winning Giphy sensation, this warm and heartfelt magical adventure stars a boy and his dog who learn that happiness is the most beautiful thing of all.

Beloved Geisel Award-winning author Greg Pizzoli is back with book two in the fan favorite early reader series of two unlikely friends, Earl and Worm, that is sure to make kids belly laugh! Earl and Worm couldn’t be more different — but they are also the best of friends. So when Earl’s mess gets out of hand, Worm is sure she can help. Throughout it all, the pair’s funny hijinks turn tender … and the big mess ends up where they least expect it!

The first book in a funny supernatural graphic novel series for early readers about an eight-year-old boy who solves mysteries with the ghost of his former class pet.

The #1 bestselling Magic Tree House series for chapter book readers is ready to whisk you away across the world with Jack and Annie — this time to collect sea urchins in an underwater kelp forest and save sea otters after a shark attack! Magic Tree House is the perfect series for kids ready to transition from leveled readers and picture books to longer novels!

When a stock-pile of confiscated classroom items go missing, (self-appointed) seventh grade PI Maya is on the case. From the New York Times bestselling author of Kill the Boy Band comes a whip-smart middle grade debut and the start of a sharp cul-de-sac crime-solving series.

Stitch Head is the first adorably monstrous creation of Professor Erasmus Erasmus, a man who has breathed life into over three hundred creatures. But as good as Erasmus is at giving life, he’s equally bad at taking care of it. And so the duty falls to Stitch Head. In this macabre and zany coming-of-age story, Stitch Head must defend his fellow monsters, home, and absent-minded mad scientist dad from an angry mob and an evil carnival proprietor!

Being in love with your childhood best friend can be complicated, especially when, right before high school, she transitions to living as a girl. Printed for the first time in English, this manga series tells a thoughtful story about the complications of first love, friendship, and what it truly means to be an ally.

In a colonized land where tigers are being hunted to extinction and ancient magic stirs, two star-crossed teens — Lee Seung, a servant yearning for freedom, and Choi Eunji, a noble girl defying tradition — join forces to try and reshape their respective fates. Inspired by true stories from the authors’ grandparents’ lives during one of the darkest periods in Korean history, The Last Tiger is a debut young adult fantasy novel about the power of love to give voice to a broken people.

Welcome to Blackwood Academy: The legendary school located on the fringes of the afterlife. Once a pupil enters the academy’s arched gates, there is no way out … except the Decennial, a cut-throat magical competition with only one victor. This year, six of the Academy’s top students have been chosen to face the Decennial’s tests. Who will win, and who will fall? Only one thing is for certain: In this game, some fates are worse than death.

The glitz of Gossip Girl meets the hustle of Leah Johnson’s You Should See Me in a Crown in this charming and hilarious story of ex-BFFs from PG County, Maryland, perfect for fans of Joya Goffney and Elise Bryant.

The occasionally magic, always superstitious town of Prior’s End is famous for three things: Whimsical charm at the annual Fall Festival, the legend of the wishing well hidden in a forest bristling with secrets, and Nova Marwood’s missing father. Every year without him, it gets easier to pretend she’s doing okay and easier to pretend she doesn’t have a secret crush on the girl she fake-hates, Kiara Mistry. But when Nova lays an unintended hex on Kiara at the Fall Festival, they’ll need to make a quest to the miraculous wishing well. But to save Kiara — and maybe find her dad, too — she’ll have to believe in something much stronger than magic. Nova will need to believe in herself.

Everyone in town knows about the game. For decades, J. Everett High has staged an annual murder mystery to put its criminology students to the test. And this year, crime junkie Dulce Castillo is dead set on winning. Soon, the game kicks off, and the student playing the victim, Xavier Torres, is found poisoned in the school’s greenhouse … except his death is not pretend. It’s murder. Dulce must use caution to solve this mystery because these historic halls are full of suspects with no shortage of motives. And in this game of cat and mouse, the other player kills.

Two kingdoms on the brink of battle. One prophesied empress to unite them, who finds herself caught between two princes, and the fact that love alone may not stop the coming war. A thrilling young adult romantasy from the bestselling author of To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods.

In the sequel to the “unforgettable” (People), New York Times bestselling fantasy debut Blood at the Root, a Black teenager with magical powers returns to Caiman University only to find new dangers and new secrets. And as the pressure and danger builds, will he be able to confront the deepening cracks within the magical society, and those building within himself?