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November 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's
Sweet & Salty!: King Arthur Baking Company's Cookbook for Young Bakers

By King Arthur Baking Company

Ms. Pennypickle's Puzzle Quest

By Chris Grabenstein

Dragonborn

By Struan Murray

War Games

By Alan Gratz

Dinky the Tinysaur

By Maggie Edkins Willis

Maya the Ember Dragon

By Maddy Mara

Ms. Rachel and Bean and the Bedtime Routine

By Ms. Rachel, Mr. Aron, & Monique Dong

I Survived the Dust Bowl, 1935

By Lauren Tarshis

The Bakery Dragon and the Fairy Cake

By Devin Elle Kurtz

Partypooper

By Jeff Kinney

The Last Kids on Earth and the Destructor's Lair

By Max Brallier & Douglas Holgate

The Humble Pie

By Jory John & Pete Oswald

September 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's
Aggie and the Ghost

By Matthew Forsythe

Schooled

By Jamie Sumner

The Pumpkin Princess and the Buried Castle

By Steven Banbury

An Anthology of Remarkable Bugs

By Jess French

Ilustra: Daybreaker: Book 1

By Tori Tadiar

An Anthology of Fossils

By Dean Lomax

Get Ready for School!

By Ms. Rachel & Random House

Pete the Cat's Cool New Ride

By James Dean & Kimberly Dean

Pocket Bear

By Katherine Applegate

The Pigeon Won't Count to 10!

By Mo Willems

Big Nate: No Harm Done

By Lincoln Peirce

Tuck Me In!

By Nathan W. Pyle

August 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's
A Place for Us

By James Ransome

Forts

By Katie Vanit and Kenard Pak

I Survived the Japanese Tsunami, 2011

By Lauren Tarshis and Scott Dawson

Bluey: Bad Mood

By Penguin Young Readers Licences

Fish Don't Go to School

By Deb Pilutti

Tiny T. Rex and the First-Day Oopsies

By Jonathan Stutzman and Jay Fleck

A Hero's Guide to Summer Vacation

By Pablo Cartaya

Encounter at Owl Rock

By Rucker Moses

The Incorruptibles

By Lauren Magaziner

The Tower at the End of Time

By Amy Sparkes

Tyger

By SF Said and Dave McKean

The Boy, the Mountain, and the Serpent Who Ate the Moon

By Caris Avendano Cruz

July 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's
I, Rock

By Katie Slivensky & Steph Stilwell

Snoop

By Grodon Korman

Another

By Paul Tremblay

Toes, Teeth, and Tentacles

By Steve Jenkins & Robin Page

The Day the Books Disappeared

By Joanna Ho, Caroline Kusin Pritchard, & Dan Santat

I Got You

By Derrick Barnes & Shamar Knight-Justice

Evelyn Witch Gets a Pet

By Beth Ferry & Charles Santoso

Ablaze

By Jessica Lawson & Sarah Gonzales

Millie Fleur Saves the Night

By Christy Mandin

Norman and the Smell of Adventure

By Ryan T. Higgins

The League of Littles

By Casey Lyall & Sara Faber

National Geographic Little Kids First Big Book of African Animals

By Catherine D. Hughes

June 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's
Wish in a Tree

By Lynda Mullaly Hunt & Nancy Carpenter

Pete the Cat's Mars Mission

By James Dean & Kimberly Dean

Becoming Boba

By Joanna Ho & Amber Ren

Karen's Ghost

By DK Yingst & Ann M. Martin

Chef's Secret

By Kelly Yang

When You Go To Dragon School

By Chelsea M. Campbell & Charlene Chua

This Book Is Dangerous!

By Ben Clanton

First Day Around the World

By Ibi Zoboi & Juanita Londoño

The Day the Crayons Made Friends

By Drew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers

We Are American, Too

By Kristen Mei Chase & Jieting Chen

Angel Draws A Dinosaur

By Pavonis Giron

The Wild Robot on the Island

By Peter Brown

May 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's
Cranky, Crabby Crow

By Corey R. Tabor

One Crazy Summer: The Graphic Novel

By Rita Williams-Garcia and Sharee Miller

Take a Breath, Big Red Monster!

By Ed Emberley

Pokémon Life Size

By DK

National Geographic Kids Almanac 2026

By National Geographic Kids

Entirely Emmie

By Terri Libenson

Bear Feels Sad

By Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman

Everything's Wrong!

By Jory John and Erin Kraan

Cousins!: A Big Family Story

By Laura Lavoie and Luisa Leal

The Queen Bees of Tybee County

By Kyle Casey Chu

Little Bird Laila

By Kelly Yang and Xindi Yan

Return to Sender

By Vera Brosgol

April 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's
Odder

By Katherine Applegate

Band Nerd

By Sarah Clawson Willis

Warm and Fuzzy

By Scott Rothman

The Great Dinosaur Sleepover

By Linda Bailey

Don't Trust Fish

By Neil Sharpson

Ancient Egypt

By DK

Ollie in Between

By Jess Callans

The Littlest Drop

By Sascha Alper

A Day at the Beach

By Gary D. Schmidt, Ron Koertge

Karen's Prize

By Shauna J. Grant, Ann M. Martin

YAY!

By Jessica Kulekjian

The Cartoonists Club

By Raina Telgemeier

March 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's
Wind Watchers

By Micha Archer

The Strongest Heart

By Saadia Faruqi

The Gorgon's Fury

By Brandon Mull

Will the Pigeon Graduate?

By Mo Willems

Resist

By Alan Gratz

One Wrong Step

By Jennifer A. Nelson

The Baby Who Stayed Awake Forever

By Sandra Salsbury

Home

By Matt de la Pena

Big Nate: Attack of the Cheez Funk Breath

By Lincoln Peirce

Cat Nap

By Steve Antony

Bird Bath

By Steve Antony

Lawrence & Sophia: Big

By Doreen Cronin

February 2025 Book Recommendations - Children's
Operation Sisterhood: Stealing the Show!

By Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich

Lucy Lancaster Has a Secret

By Willow Coven

Space for Everyone

By Seina Wedlick

Greatness

By Regis Bethencourt

Sharing the Dream

By Shelia Moses

How Sweet the Sound

By Kwame Alexander

And She Was Loved

By Andrea Davis Pinkney

A Pocket Full of Rocks

By Kristin Mahoney

Cinderella and the Beast

By Kim Bussing

What Fell from the Sky

By Adrianna Cuevas

The Song of Orphan's Garden

By Nicole M. Hewitt

Chickenpox

By Remy Lai

November 2025 Circulation Display

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