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A clickable list of recent chapter books and graphic novels for elementary and middle school readers.
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Enjoy these playacting picture books that will both mentally and physically challenge your children by requiring them to participate in the story.
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Summer Reading Beyond the Beaten Path 2022
June 1–August 31, 2022 Join your friends and neighbors to "read beyond the beaten path." You can: Read or listen to books in new places, such as while camping in your backyard or basking at the beach. Choose a new genre or topic or author. Join a book group or attend an author talk at t...
Read MoreNew Books for Young Readers
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Friends Are the Best! (Disney/Pixar Turning Red) -
Ty's Travels: Lab Magic -
Pete the Kitty: Wash Your Hands -
Mermaid Kenzie -
5-Minute Marvel Stories -
The Great Zapfino -
Brown Sugar Baby -
10 Little Excavators -
Joan Procter, Dragon Doctor -
Grandparents Day! -
Spike It, Mo! -
Dog Says, Cat Says -
A Brave Cat -
Knight Owl -
You Make My Heart Go Vroom! -
Construction Site: Spring Delight -
Undies, Please! -
I Am Kind -
The Batman (The Batman Movie) -
Mouse Seasons -
Mermaid Kenzie
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Out of a Jar -
My Little World: My Body -
Little Cat Hide-and-Seek Emotions -
My First Dino-Soccer -
Pinkalicious and the Robo-Pup -
Space Jam: A New Legacy: Official Activity Book (Space Jam: A New Legacy) -
Can Pup Find the Pups? -
Roto and Roy: Helicopter Heroes -
5-Minute Marvel Stories
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The Year We Learned to Fly -
Change Starts with Us -
On Baba's Back -
10 Little Excavators
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Flubby Will Not Go to Sleep -
Kraken Me Up -
I Can Make a Train Noise -
I Am Courage -
Opposites Abstract -
Good Night, Good Night -
See the Dog: Three Stories about a Cat -
An Elephant and Piggie Biggie! Volume 4 -
Disney Princess Magical Phonics Collection: Short Vowels (Disney Learning: Bind-Up) -
Amelia Bedelia Steps Out -
The Smart Cookie -
Rubylicious -
Inside Cat -
Mr. Watson's Chickens -
Being You: a First Conversation about Gender -
Discovering the Hidden Woodland World -
This Is How We Make Friends -
Hello, World! Cars and Trucks -
Friendbots: Blink and Block Make a Wish -
Guess What!? (an Unlimited Squirrels Book Indies Signed Edition) -
Pete the Cat Giant Sticker Book -
Fred Gets Dressed -
Cat Problems -
Eric Carle's Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and Other Nursery Rhymes -
Sharkblock (an Abrams Block Book) -
Om Child: I Am Happy -
Big Rig Rescue! (Big Rescue) -
Doggo and Pupper -
Pinkalicious: Happy Birthday! -
Yes & No -
Bedtime for Bad Kitty -
Peppa Loves Yoga -
Boo! Baa, La La La! -
Our Skin: a First Conversation about Race -
Blankie (a Narwhal and Jelly Board Book) -
Why Longfellow Lied -
Our Planet -
The Cat Encyclopedia for Kids -
How to Be an Art Rebel -
Marvel Spider-Man: Miles Morales to the Rescue! -
You Can Be a Musician (Barbie) -
The Fight for Kumandra (Disney Raya and the Last Dragon) -
Little Blue Truck -
Llama Llama Meets the Babysitter -
Something's Wrong! -
Eric Carle's Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and Other Nursery Rhymes
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ABC Cats: An Alpha-Cat Book -
Welcome To Shape School! -
Computer Coding Python Games for Kids -
Flip! How the Frisbee Took Flight -
The Ramble Shamble Children -
Jungle Night (comes with 2 free audio downloads, Yo-Yo Ma, cello) -
Our Skin: A First Conversation about Race -
Once Upon a Unicorn's Horn -
Bubbles ... Up! -
A Giant Mess -
Fish and Sun -
Spring Cakes -
Elmo Is Mindful (Sesame Street) -
Jack Gets Zapped! -
I'm on It! -
Libby Loves Science: Mix and Measure -
Pull and Play: Pacifier -
Caution! Road Signs Ahead -
The Rock from the Sky -
Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn -
Bunnies -
Can You See What I See?: Hidden Wonders -
Belgian Horses -
Snow Leopards -
13 Ways to Eat a Fly -
Old Enough to Save the Planet -
The Fearless Flights of Hazel Ying Lee -
Natalie's Hair Was Wild! -
Moon! Earth's Best Friend -
Follow That Frog! -
Blue Floats Away -
The Poop Song -
It's So Quiet -
Bear Outside -
Something's Wrong!
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Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn
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A New Day -
Bear Can't Wait -
We Became Jaguars -
Mario and the Hole in the Sky -
The Book of Brilliant Bugs -
Hello, Little One: A Monarch Butterfly Story -
My First Day -
Watercress -
Mel Fell -
The Midnight Fair -
Milo Imagines the World -
Bear Island -
Amelia Bedelia Steps Out
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Pinkalicious: Happy Birthday!
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Library Babies -
Let's Say I Love You -
From One to Ten -
Follow That Frog!
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Time for Kenny -
We Are Water Protectors -
Make Yourself at Home -
When Winter Comes -
I Am the Lorax -
My Day with Gong Gong -
I Talk Like a River -
All Because You Matter -
I Love My Tutu Too! -
I Am Every Good Thing -
Our Favorite Day of the Year -
Sugar in Milk -
Memoirs of a Tortoise -
The Blue Table -
Zip, the World's Greatest Robot -
Hike -
One Yellow Sun -
The Sky Book -
The Barnabus Project -
The Bear and the Moon -
My Favorite Color -
Sun Flower Lion -
In a Jar -
Busy Zoo -
Lift-the-Flap Atlas -
The World's Poorest President Speaks Out -
She Leads -
The Reason for the Seasons -
Tiny Bird -
I Voted -
David Attenborough -
Vivienne Westwood -
Ruth Objects -
The Oldest Student -
Like the Moon Loves the Sky -
Tomorrow I'll Be Brave -
Night Animals Need Sleep Too -
The Good Egg Presents: The Great Eggscape! -
We Will Rock Our Classmates -
Fire Truck vs. Dragon -
One of These Is Not Like the Others -
Be You! -
I Lost My Tooth! -
The Dam -
A Big Mooncake for Little Star -
The Princess and the Pit Stop -
The Tiger's Egg -
A Higher Loyalty -
The Rough Patch -
Melia and Jo -
Good Morning, Neighbor
New Books for Middle Grades
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Skandar and the Unicorn Thief -
Bravely -
Meant to Be -
Zara's Rules for Record-Breaking Fun -
Explorer Academy: The Dragon's Blood (Book 6) -
Louisa June and the Nazis in the Waves -
Pencilvania -
Storm -
The Secret of Glendunny: The Haunting -
Crocs -
Explorer Academy: The Dragon's Blood (Book 6)
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The Ogress and the Orphans -
Dream, Annie, Dream -
Blackbird Fly -
Bravelands: Curse of the Sandtongue #2: The Venom Spreads -
Maizy Chen's Last Chance -
When the World Turned Upside Down -
Freewater -
The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne -
Imaginary -
Escape from Aurora -
Marshmallow & Jordan -
Alien Superstar (Book #1) -
This Is Our Rainbow -
The Last Chance for Logan County -
One Smart Sheep -
Birdie's Bargain -
Mindy Kim and the Birthday Puppy -
Tristan Strong Keeps Punching (a Tristan Strong Novel, Book 3) -
Red, White, and Whole -
Crashing in Love -
DJ Funkyfoot: Give Cheese a Chance (DJ Funkyfoot #2) -
Fallout -
Fairy Tale Science -
History Smashers: Plagues and Pandemics -
Open If You Dare -
Strike Zone -
How to Find What You're Not Looking For -
All Different Now -
Kaleidoscope -
The Last Bear -
Vespertine -
Scary Creatures of the Wetlands -
Whatshisface -
The Deepest Breath -
Goldie Vance: The Hotel Whodunit -
Sisters of the Neversea -
The Orpheus Plot -
American as Paneer Pie -
Harry Versus the First 100 Days of School -
The Threads of Magic -
Catherine, Called Birdy (rpkg) -
Billy Miller Makes a Wish -
The One Thing You'd Save -
City Spies -
Rescue -
Scaredy Cat -
Unsettled -
The Hired Girl -
The Last Windwitch -
Wind Up -
Pokémon Adventures: Black 2 & White 2, Vol. 3 -
Sugar and Spite -
Ways to Grow Love -
The Comeback -
Camp Time in California -
Ancestor Approved: Intertribal Stories for Kids -
Cathedral of Bones -
Dog Man: Mothering Heights: From the Creator of Captain Underpants (Dog Man #10) -
From Here to There -
Voices from the March on Washington -
Chef Yasmina and the Potato Panic -
Cathedral of Bones
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Treasure of the World -
Out of Time (Geronimo Stilton Journey Through Time #8) -
The Lion of Mars -
The Ambassador of Nowhere Texas -
Amari and the Night Brothers -
Just Like That -
The Last Mirror on the Left -
Name Tags and Other Sixth-Grade Disasters -
Class Act -
The Willoughbys Return -
Becoming Muhammad Ali -
The Chaos Curse (Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond #3) -
Poppy -
Something to Say -
Dragon Ops -
A Drop of Hope -
The Only Black Girls in Town -
Big Nate: Blow the Roof Off! -
Sky Island -
The Perfect Secret -
A Story Like the Wind -
The Den of Forever Frost (Bears of the Ice #2) -
Finding Langston -
Illegal -
Max Einstein: The Genius Experiment -
Louisiana’s Way Home -
Winnie's Great War -
The Reckless Club -
The Storm Runner
New Nonfiction Books
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The World of Coral Reefs -
He Leads -
Our Planet! There's No Place Like Earth -
The Magnificent Book of Dragons -
She Persisted in Science -
Solitary Animals -
Bake Infinite Pie with X + Y -
Hustle Bustle Bugs -
Evolved -
Nellie vs. Elizabeth -
Bringing Back the Wolves -
Bear Goes Sugaring -
National Geographic Readers: Mythical Beasts (L3) -
Hardcourt -
The ABCs of Black History -
Ducks Overboard!: A True Story of Plastic in Our Oceans -
Pando -
Ambushed! -
Disasters By The Numbers -
Music and How It Works -
The Traveling Camera -
Barefoot Books Water -
Hoop Kings 2: New Royalty -
A History of Music for Children -
Math Maker Lab -
Earth's Incredible Oceans -
How To Be An Artist -
Pranklab -
The Book of Heroines -
The Dirt Book -
Bruno the Beekeeper -
The Magic School Bus Explores Human Evolution -
Mars! Earthlings Welcome -
Scholastic Book of Presidents 2020 -
Ensnared in the Wolf's Lair -
The Only Woman in the Photo -
Peaceful Like a Panda: 30 Mindful Moments for Playtime, Mealtime, Bedtime-Or Anytime! -
Big Green Crocodile -
Stay Healthy with Sesame Street ® -
Kids Vs. Plastic -
Who Is Kamala Harris? -
Gone to the Woods -
Chance -
Stars of World Soccer -
Busy Zoo
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Who Did It First? 50 Icons, Luminaries, and Legends Who Revolutionized the World -
Boys Dance! (American Ballet Theatre) -
Crossings -
Kamala Harris -
Lift-the-Flap Atlas
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The World's Poorest President Speaks Out
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She Leads
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The Reason for the Seasons
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Tiny Bird
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I Voted
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World of Glass -
The Kitchen Pantry Scientist: Chemistry for Kids -
Dictionary for a Better World -
Alphamaniacs -
Narwhals and Other Whales -
The Healthy Junior Chef Cookbook -
Stephen Hawking -
Thurgood Marshall -
Who Is David Beckham? -
Women Artists a to Z -
Brave. Black. First. -
Fred's Big Feelings -
David Attenborough
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Vivienne Westwood
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Ruth Objects
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Brave. Black. First. -
Eye Spy -
Recycle and Remake -
Totally Gross Experiments and Activities -
Finn Goes to the Store -
How to Measure Everything -
The Science of Cars -
Mapping Sam -
Guinness World Records 2019 -
The Skin & Nails Book -
Self-driving Cars -
Little Kitchen of Horrors -
The Craft-a-day Book -
Fantastic Failures -
Real Kids, Real Stories, Real Challenges
New Movies
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Paw Patrol: Moto Pups -
Bubble Guppies: The New Guppy! -
Scooby-Doo! The Sword and the Scoob -
Mulan -
Bob the Builder: 20 Episodes Can Do Crew -
Lego Jurassic World: Legend of Isla Nublar -
Paw Patrol: Mighty Pups -
Think Like a Dog -
Onward (Ages 10+) -
Spies in Disguise -
Zombies 2 -
Descendants 2 -
LEGO Jurassic World: The Secret Exhibit -
Sesame Street: The magical wand chase -
Bugged -
Scooby Doo: Return to Zombie Island -
The Peanuts Movie -
Megamind -
Red Dog: True Blue -
LEGO DC Super Heroes: The Flash -
Mozart and Friends Sleepytime -
Heroes of Axle City -
Paddington 2 -
Ferdinand -
Peter Rabbit -
Despicable Me 3 -
Lego Ninjago -
Wonder -
Leap -
Boss Baby -
Home -
Jungle Movie -
Goodbye Christopher Robin
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