Kathy's Korner: Sequels and Series Update for May

Doggo and Pupper:  Search for Cozy (3) by Katherine Applegate.  Early chapter book adventures of canine pals, with full color illustrations. 

Purrmaids: Party Animals (12) by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen.  Undersea creatures, part cat, part merfolk, cavort with the mermicorn friends 

Book Buddies: Dazzle Makes a Wish (3) by Cynthia Lord.  Stuffies that check out from the local library come alive and help their young patrons in this charming series.  Lots of illustrations. 

Great Mathemachicken: Have a Slice Day (2) by Nancy Krulik.  Early chapter book series that slips in math concepts with lots of humor, puns and one sassy chick.  Heavily illustrated. 

Jasmine Toguchi: Peacemaker (6) by Debbi Michiko Florence. Come with Japanese American Jasmine as she travels to Hiroshima to visit her grandmother in this series full of adventures sure to appeal to those with non-stop curiosity. 

Zara’s Rules: for Living Your Best Life (3) by Hena Khan.  Zesty Zara is less than thrilled to be spending spring break with her brother and grandparents, but she is determined to have fun and show her retired grandfather how to start living his best life. 

Jacky Haha: Gets the Last Laugh (3) by James Patterson.  Another installment about the tween years of a fictional comedienne along the lines of Tina Fey and Amy Schumer. 

Choose Your Own Adventure: The Warlock and the Unicorn.  The classic multiple endings series is still going strong. 

Star Wars The High Republic: Quest for Planet X.  A sequel to Quest for the Hidden City.  Long before the Clone Wars and the Empire, it was an age of great exploration in that galaxy far, far away 

Best Wishes: Sister Switch (2) by Sarah Mlynowski.  A magic bracelet grants wishes to anyone who wears it but be careful what you wish for  ….  If you like this series, also try Half Magic by Edward Eager. 

Warriors A Starless Clan: Thunder by Erin Hunter. Third book in one of the subseries about those Warrior cats. 

Bright Family: Vacation (2) by Gabe Soria.  Sci fi graphic novel comic series with lots of interdimensional travel and goofy aliens. 

School Trip by Jerry Craft. Third installment in the award-winning graphic novels about Jordan and his buddies as he contemplates his high school future while going on a dream school trip – to Paris.