New Titles

The secret garden on 81st street /

Weir, Ivy Noelle,


"A modern graphic retelling of The secret garden." School Library Journal, September 2021. Booklist, October 2021. Kirkus Review, August 2021. "Entitled loner Mary Lennox moves to her uncle's house in New York when her parents pass and makes friends for the first time, who help her restore her uncle's abandoned rooftop garden, teaching her to grieve and grow"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2021

My presentation today is about the anaconda /

Dumon Tak, Bibi,


Originally published in the Netherlands by Querido NL in 2022. Translation of: Vandaag houd ik mijn spreekbeurt over de anaconda. Includes index. Booklist Starred Reviews, Kirkus Reviews Starred, Publishers Weekly Starred, Animals are tired of another book about animals written by humans, so they decide to give oral presentations about animals by animals, for animals.
Date Published:2025

Octopus moon

Pyron, Bobbie,


Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal Starred, Recently diagnosed with depression, fifth-grader Pearl struggles with self-care and self-love amidst a sea of changes.
Date Published:2025

Ellis Island : immigration and the American Dream /

Galindo, Felipe,


Kirkus Review, Presents a graphic novel exploring the history of Ellis Island, which was once the main immigration processing center for the United States, and examines why people have immigrated to the United States through its history. Discusses the idea of the American Dream, and highlights how Ellis Island became a historic landmark.
Date Published:2025

Weird but true! Christmas


Includes index. "National Geographic Kids." A treasury of Christmas-themed facts, stats, trivia and traditions includes entries that consider how Santa's reindeer are probably all female, how artificial snow is sometimes made out of seaweed and that "Jingle Bells" was the first carol to be sung in space.
Date Published:2017

Octopus ocean : geniuses of the deep /

Leiren-Young, Mark,


Octopus teaching -- Eight lives -- Thinking like an octopus -- Inside the octopus -- The original octopus -- Octopus gardens -- Octopus celebrities -- Octopus teachers -- Eight amazing octopuses -- The kraken, devil fish and alien octopuses -- Squid squads -- Predators and prey. Booklist, Kirkus Review, School Library Journal Starred, Presents a nonfiction book for middle grade readers that explores the intelligence, biology, habitat, and behavior of octopuses. Describes octopuses' ability to camouflage, their sensitive touch, and threats to their population. Includes fact boxes, color photographs, a glossary, and further resources.
Date Published:2025

Octopus teaching -- Eight lives -- Thinking like an octopus -- Inside the octopus -- The original octopus -- Octopus gardens -- Octopus celebrities -- Octopus teachers -- Eight amazing octopuses -- The kraken, devil fish and alien octopuses -- Squid squads -- Predators and prey. Booklist, Kirkus Review, School Library Journal Starred, Presents a nonfiction book for middle grade readers that explores the intelligence, biology, habitat, and behavior of octopuses. Describes octopuses' ability to camouflage, their sensitive touch, and threats to their population. Includes fact boxes, color photographs, a glossary, and further resources.

Date Published:2025

Space case : the graphic novel /

Gibbs, Stuart, 1969-,


Kirkus Review, When a lunarnaut dies on Moon Base Alpha, twelve-year-old Dashiell Gibson sets out to solve the lunar murder mystery before the killer strikes again.
Date Published:2025

Ultrawild : an audacious plan for rewilding every city on Earth /

Mushin, Steve,


Ludicrous ideas are boot camp for brains -- The mechanical megafauna project -- Is rewilding for real? -- All for nothing -- The 3D-printer bird project -- Could rewilding actually crush climate change? -- The sewersub project -- The chicken castle project -- 3D printing the world's strongest materials -- The flying bike project -- Crunching the numbers -- The one ... small ... problem -- Momentum is building -- Who's to say what is, and is not, possible -- How quickly could rewilding the world reverse climate change? -- Over to you for the greatest design project in history. Booklist Starred Reviews, Kirkus Review, School Library Journal Starred, The author, an industrial designer and inventor, offers a collection of elaborate, detailed diagrams and drawings illustrating his ideas and inventions for fighting climate change by rewilding the Earth. Includes historical sidebars, facts and statistics, a glossary of terms, and further resources.
Date Published:2025

Ludicrous ideas are boot camp for brains -- The mechanical megafauna project -- Is rewilding for real? -- All for nothing -- The 3D-printer bird project -- Could rewilding actually crush climate change? -- The sewersub project -- The chicken castle project -- 3D printing the world's strongest materials -- The flying bike project -- Crunching the numbers -- The one ... small ... problem -- Momentum is building -- Who's to say what is, and is not, possible -- How quickly could rewilding the world reverse climate change? -- Over to you for the greatest design project in history. Booklist Starred Reviews, Kirkus Review, School Library Journal Starred, The author, an industrial designer and inventor, offers a collection of elaborate, detailed diagrams and drawings illustrating his ideas and inventions for fighting climate change by rewilding the Earth. Includes historical sidebars, facts and statistics, a glossary of terms, and further resources.

Date Published:2025

Carter Avery's tricky fourth-grade year

Buyea, Rob,


Kirkus Review, No teacher has ever liked Carter Avery, so he doesn't expect Ms. Olivia Krane, his new fourth-grade teacher, to be any different, especially since she's nicknamed the Owl, supposedly due to her ability to twist her head all the way around to catch any kid who's up to no good. He has a hard time sitting still and not blurting things out, so Carter is surprised when Ms. Krane knows just how to handle his energy, showing his classmates another side of him. Things are finally starting to look up when Carter finds out that Ms. Krane at risk of being replaced because some parents don't approve of her choice to have a baby as an unmarried woman. Carter sets out to save his teacher and stick up for her as she has stuck up for him.
Date Published:2024

Kirkus Review, No teacher has ever liked Carter Avery, so he doesn't expect Ms. Olivia Krane, his new fourth-grade teacher, to be any different, especially since she's nicknamed the Owl, supposedly due to her ability to twist her head all the way around to catch any kid who's up to no good. He has a hard time sitting still and not blurting things out, so Carter is surprised when Ms. Krane knows just how to handle his energy, showing his classmates another side of him. Things are finally starting to look up when Carter finds out that Ms. Krane at risk of being replaced because some parents don't approve of her choice to have a baby as an unmarried woman. Carter sets out to save his teacher and stick up for her as she has stuck up for him.

Date Published:2024

You were made for this world : celebrated indigenous voices speak to young people /


Booklist Starred Reviews, Kirkus Reviews Starred, School Library Journal Starred, Contains a collection of artwork and letters from forty indigenous authors and artists that express wishes for the next generation and celebrates their humanity.
Date Published:2025

The women's college basketball encyclopedia

Hanlon, Luke,


The history of men's college basketball -- Teams -- All-time NCAA records. School Library Journal, Presents the history of women's college basketball and traces the winning traditions, best players and coaches, NCAA championships, and memorable moments from forty college basketball programs. Includes photographs, team statistics, a glossary, and further resources.
Date Published:2026

Talons of Power : the graphic novel.

Sutherland, Tui, 1978-,


"For every villain, there is a hero ...Turtle isn't one of the heroes he reads about in stories. If he were, he'd use his animus powers to help Pyrrhia -- instead of keeping his abilities a secret, even from his own sister. Now that Darkstalker, the sinister and impossibly old dragon from Pyrrhia's most notorious legends, has returned, Turtle knows his own role is simple: hide. And stay hidden. The more he watches Darkstalker from the shadows, the more Turtle knows that someone needs to stop the powerful dragon. A real hero. But Turtle is running out of time to find one, which means ... he might have to try to save the day himself."--Amazon.com.
Date Published:2025

"For every villain, there is a hero ...Turtle isn't one of the heroes he reads about in stories. If he were, he'd use his animus powers to help Pyrrhia -- instead of keeping his abilities a secret, even from his own sister. Now that Darkstalker, the sinister and impossibly old dragon from Pyrrhia's most notorious legends, has returned, Turtle knows his own role is simple: hide. And stay hidden. The more he watches Darkstalker from the shadows, the more Turtle knows that someone needs to stop the powerful dragon. A real hero. But Turtle is running out of time to find one, which means ... he might have to try to save the day himself."--Amazon.com.

Date Published:2025

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

Why we need vaccines : how humans beat infectious diseases /

Rae, Rowena,


Anxiety: when pathogens thrive and spread -- Curiosity: when people look for answers -- Determination: when people look for solutions -- Cleverness: how vaccines work -- Testing: how to know if a new vaccine works -- Risk: what it means to be vaccinated -- Reluctance: when people hesitate about vaccines -- Rules: when vaccines are required -- Access: how vaccines get distributed -- Responsibility: what we can do as individuals. Booklist, Kirkus Review, School Library Journal Starred, Explores the history and science of vaccines, and discusses how the invention of vaccines have changed the world. Profiles people who work with vaccines from their development, implementation, and research. Includes color photographs and illustrations, sidebars, a glossary, and additional rescues.
Date Published:2024

Anxiety: when pathogens thrive and spread -- Curiosity: when people look for answers -- Determination: when people look for solutions -- Cleverness: how vaccines work -- Testing: how to know if a new vaccine works -- Risk: what it means to be vaccinated -- Reluctance: when people hesitate about vaccines -- Rules: when vaccines are required -- Access: how vaccines get distributed -- Responsibility: what we can do as individuals. Booklist, Kirkus Review, School Library Journal Starred, Explores the history and science of vaccines, and discusses how the invention of vaccines have changed the world. Profiles people who work with vaccines from their development, implementation, and research. Includes color photographs and illustrations, sidebars, a glossary, and additional rescues.

Date Published:2024

Who is Tony Hawk?

Korté, Steve,


Who is Tony Hawk? -- Full of energy -- A history of skateboarding -- More than a hobby -- Going professional -- A quick retirement -- Troubling times -- Extreme games -- Landing a 900 -- Branching out -- Still skating -- Timelines. Highlights the life and career of professional skateboarder Tony Hawk. Includes black-and-white illustrations, corresponding timelines of his life and the world, and additional resources.
Date Published:2025

Who is Tony Hawk? -- Full of energy -- A history of skateboarding -- More than a hobby -- Going professional -- A quick retirement -- Troubling times -- Extreme games -- Landing a 900 -- Branching out -- Still skating -- Timelines. Highlights the life and career of professional skateboarder Tony Hawk. Includes black-and-white illustrations, corresponding timelines of his life and the world, and additional resources.

Date Published:2025

What happened then

Downing, Erin Soderberg,


Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, When their beloved Aunt Robbie summons their large, estranged family together for a gathering at their broken-down family cabin on Crooked Lake, cousins Avery and Jax learn that the cabin and its guest houses will be sold at the end of the summer. As the family works to get the property ready to sell, Avery and Jax begin to dig through the history of the long-abandoned house and its contents and uncover diary pages that possibly reveal what happened the summer decades ago that tore their family apart. Slowly, the cousins work to heal the rift between their family and help them move past a terrible tragedy.
Date Published:2025

Booklist, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, When their beloved Aunt Robbie summons their large, estranged family together for a gathering at their broken-down family cabin on Crooked Lake, cousins Avery and Jax learn that the cabin and its guest houses will be sold at the end of the summer. As the family works to get the property ready to sell, Avery and Jax begin to dig through the history of the long-abandoned house and its contents and uncover diary pages that possibly reveal what happened the summer decades ago that tore their family apart. Slowly, the cousins work to heal the rift between their family and help them move past a terrible tragedy.

Date Published:2025

Westfallen

Brashares, Ann,


Includes discussion questions. Booklist, Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal Starred, In 2023 New Jersey, twelve-year-old former best friends Henry, Frances, and Lukas reunite to bury a shared gerbil who died and discover an old ham radio buried in the ground where they were digging. Moving it to a nearby toolshed, the radio suddenly turns on and they discover they are talking to kids from 1944 who want to know how the war ended. When the teens begin innocently intervening to save a local candy store, they discover it has lasting consequences and the friends are thrust into an alternate world called Westfall, in which the Germans are still in power. Now the boys must work with their new friends to change things back to the way they were to save the free world.
Date Published:2025

Includes discussion questions. Booklist, Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal Starred, In 2023 New Jersey, twelve-year-old former best friends Henry, Frances, and Lukas reunite to bury a shared gerbil who died and discover an old ham radio buried in the ground where they were digging. Moving it to a nearby toolshed, the radio suddenly turns on and they discover they are talking to kids from 1944 who want to know how the war ended. When the teens begin innocently intervening to save a local candy store, they discover it has lasting consequences and the friends are thrust into an alternate world called Westfall, in which the Germans are still in power. Now the boys must work with their new friends to change things back to the way they were to save the free world.

Date Published:2025

We can sign! : an essential illustrated guide to American Sign Language for kids /

Adams, Tara,


Introduction to American Sign Language -- Conversation basics -- Home, family, and pets -- Action words -- Thoughts and feelings -- Fun activities -- Food and drink -- The great outdoors -- School and learning -- Descriptive words. Offers over 180 illustrated lessons on learning American Sign Language. Begins with the basics for readers with no knowledge at all and works up to having conversations using 182 different signs. Includes information on Deaf culture in America.
Date Published:2022

Introduction to American Sign Language -- Conversation basics -- Home, family, and pets -- Action words -- Thoughts and feelings -- Fun activities -- Food and drink -- The great outdoors -- School and learning -- Descriptive words. Offers over 180 illustrated lessons on learning American Sign Language. Begins with the basics for readers with no knowledge at all and works up to having conversations using 182 different signs. Includes information on Deaf culture in America.

Date Published:2022

We are big time

Khan, Hena,


Booklist Starred Reviews, Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal, Aliya Javaid's world is turned upside down when she and her family move from Florida to Wisconsin. The Islamic school is bigger, the city is colder, and the basketball team at her new school, Peace Academy, is terrible. Aliya joins the all-girls, hijab-wearing basketball team, and the girls set out to change things. As the season goes on, the team improves, but Aliya soon starts to struggles with doubts about her abilities and keeping up with her schoolwork.
Date Published:2024

Booklist Starred Reviews, Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly Starred, School Library Journal, Aliya Javaid's world is turned upside down when she and her family move from Florida to Wisconsin. The Islamic school is bigger, the city is colder, and the basketball team at her new school, Peace Academy, is terrible. Aliya joins the all-girls, hijab-wearing basketball team, and the girls set out to change things. As the season goes on, the team improves, but Aliya soon starts to struggles with doubts about her abilities and keeping up with her schoolwork.

Date Published:2024

The warden and the Wolf King /

Peterson, Andrew, 1974-,


"Originally published by Rabbit Room Press in 2014"--T.p. verso. Christian Library, September 2014. Janner, Throne Warden, Kalmar, Wolf King, and Leeli, Song Maiden of Anniera, become separated during their battle with the Fang.
Date Published:2020