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Series: Wild Symphony Hardcover Dan Brown 9780593123843 $24.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Sep 01, 2020

#1 New York Times bestselling author Dan Brown makes his picture book debut with this mindful, humorous, musical, and uniquely entertaining book! The author will be donating all US royalties due to him to support music education for children worldwide, through the New Hampshire Charitable foundation.Travel through the trees and across the seas with Maestro Mouse and his musical friends! Young readers will meet a big blue whale and speedy cheetahs, tiny beetles and graceful swans. Each has a special secret to share. Along the way, you might spot... + Read More
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Series: Witches of Brooklyn Witches of Brooklyn Paperback Sophie Escabasse 9780593119273 $17.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Sep 01, 2020

There’s a new witch in town! Life in Brooklyn takes a strange turn when Effie discovers MAGIC runs in the family. A middle-grade graphic novel adventure filled with magical hjinks for fans of Phoebe and Her Unicorn and Making Friends. Could there really be witches in Brooklyn?! Effie’s aunts are weird. Like, really WEIRD. Really, really, really WEIRD! The secretly-magic kind of weird and that makes Effie wonder…does this mean she can do magic, too?Life in Brooklyn takes a strange twist for Effie as she learns more about her family and herself. ... + Read More
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Series: Kindness Grows Hardcover Britta Teckentrup 9781680102291 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Sep 22, 2020

Angry words can ruin friendships, but a gesture as simple as a smile can cause kindness to bloom and friendships to mend. Die-cut pages feature a sapling that grows into a flowering tree with each turn of the page as kindness is spread.Harsh words, disagreements, and shouting can cause friendships to bend and sometime break. Friends are sad when they’re left out, and once a mean word is spoken, it’s impossible to take it back. But what if we were to spread kindness instead? Offering words of encouragement, sharing, caring for others, and playi... + Read More
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Series: Grumpy Monkey Grumpy Monkey Up All Night Hardcover Suzanne Lang 9780593119754 $24.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Sep 29, 2020

Everyone’s favorite New York Times bestselling Grumpy Monkey is back in this hilarious bedtime story about dealing with frustration when you don’t get to do what you want!Have you ever stayed up way past your bedtime? Jim Panzee certainly has. Jim is going to a slumber party and there’s LOTS to do. Jim plans on bobbing for mangoes, going termite fishing, and of course staying UP ALL NIGHT!But Jim gets more than a little frusrated when all the things he wanted to do go awry. One by one, everyone else falls asleep, while Jim is determined to stay... + Read More
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Series: Grumpy Monkey Grumpy Monkey's Little Book of Grumpiness Board book Suzanne Lang 9780593177204 $11.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) to 3 Sep 29, 2020

In this hilarious original board book for the littlest grumpy monkey, Jim learns that sometimes it’s hard to get over a bad case of grumpiness, but having a good friend can help.What can make a grumpy monkey less grumpy? A ball? A banana? A rainbow? How about a frog in a fluffy wig? Nothing seems to work, but fortunately for young readers Jim’s frown is finally turned upside down with the help of his good friend Norman. With just a few words and truly expressive artwork Suzanne and Max Lang give toddlers the perfect funny book to help them deal... + Read More
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Series: Margaret's Unicorn Hardcover Briony May Smith 9781984896537 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Sep 15, 2020

A perfect gift for the unicorn lovers in your life, this lovely and utterly transporting picture book tells the story of what every little girl wishes would happen to her: a girl finds and takes care of a lost baby unicorn.Margaret’s whole world changes when her family moves to a cottage by the sea to be near her grandma. One evening, Margaret spots a mist over the water. No, that’s not mist…clouds maybe? No, they’re unicorns descending onto the shore! They vanish as quickly as they’d appeared, but accidentally leave behind a baby, tangled in ... + Read More
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Series: Norma and Belly Donut Feed the Squirrels Hardcover Mika Song 9781984895837 $17.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 5 - 8 Sep 29, 2020

Two squirrel best friends meet their match: a donut food truck! A hilarious young graphic novel perfect for fans of Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea and anyone who would do ANYTHING for a donut.Norma and Belly would really really really really really like a donut. With a burned breakfast and a cranky donut seller at the local food truck, they may be stuck with only nuts to eat…unless they can steal the biggest, most delicious donut of their tiny lives! Mika Song gives readers something to laugh at as these squirrels try their hardest to get some don... + Read More
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Series: Dear Justyce Hardcover Nic Stone 9781984829665 $24.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 14 Sep 29, 2020

The stunning sequel to the #1 New York Times bestseller Dear Martin. Incarcerated teen Quan writes letters to Justyce about his experiences in the American juvenile justice system. Perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Angie Thomas.In the highly anticipated sequel to her New York Times bestseller, Nic Stone delivers an unflinching look into the flawed practices and silenced voices in the American juvenile justice system.Vernell LaQuan Banks and Justyce McAllister grew up a block apart in the Southwest Atlanta neighborhood of Wynwood Heights. Y... + Read More
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Series: Breathless Hardcover Jennifer Niven 9781524701963 $24.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 14 Sep 29, 2020

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places comes a compulsively readable novel about a young woman determined to write her own story—sex, heartbreak, family dramas, and all.With high school coming to an end, Claudine Henry is focused on four things: sex, starting college, becoming a famous writer, and…sex. But when her parents announce they’re splitting up, her entire world begins to fall apart. The epic road trip she planned with her best friend is cancelled, and she finds herself stuck on a remote island off the co... + Read More
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Series: Jackpot Paperback Nic Stone 9781984829658 $14.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 14 Sep 29, 2020

From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Dear Martin—which Angie Thomas, the bestselling author of The Hate U Give, called “a must read”—comes a pitch-perfect romance that examines class, privilege, and how a stroke of good luck can change an entire life.Meet Rico: high school senior and afternoon-shift cashier at the Gas ’n’ Go, who after school and work races home to take care of her younger brother. Every. Single. Day. When Rico sells a jackpot-winning lotto ticket, she thinks maybe her luck will finally change, but only if she—wi... + Read More
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Series: The Way Back Hardcover Gavriel Savit 9781984894625 $24.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12 Nov 17, 2020

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • A SYDNEY TAYLOR NOTABLE BOOKPerfect for readers of Neil Gaiman and Philip Pullman, a sweeping historical fantasy that follows two teens on a journey through the Far Country, a Jewish land of spirits and demons.For the Jews of Eastern Europe, demons are everywhere: dancing on the rooftops in the darkness of midnight, congregating in the trees, harrowing the dead, even reaching out to try and steal away the living. But the demons have a land of their own: a Far Country peopled with the souls of the transient dead, g... + Read More
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Series: Mistletoe A Christmas Story Hardcover Tad Hills 9780593174425 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Sep 29, 2020

Celebrate Christmas with Mistletoe, a mouse who makes the perfect gift for her best friend from #1 New York Times bestselling author-illustrator.Mistletoe loves everything about Christmas—the twinkling lights, the cookies for Santa, and, most of all, the gently falling snow. Her best friend, Norwell, is an elephant who likes sitting by the fire and watching the snow from the comfort of his cozy house. On one particularly snowy walk, Mistletoe stops to appreciate the beauty and peace of a snow-covered world. She knows Norwell would love it too…... + Read More
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Series: Step into Reading Uni Bakes a Cake (Uni the Unicorn) Paperback Amy Krouse Rosenthal 9780593178027 $6.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 6 Sep 01, 2020

Uni the Unicorn for early readers! This Step 2 Step into Reading book features Uni’s best girl friend and a cake baking contest!Uni slides down the rainbow to see the little girl—the best friend a unicorn could have. It’s baking time! The little girl is worried that her cake won’t be as pretty and tasty as the other children’s. Will Uni use unicorn magic to help? Will the little girl win the blue ribbon—or will she find that winning isn’t everything, and the most important thing is having fun with friends? Find out in this all new Step 2 reader... + Read More
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Series: Séance Tea Party Paperback Reimena Yee 9781984894151 $17.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Sep 15, 2020

Lora wants to stay a kid forever, and she’ll do anything to make that happen…including befriending Alexa, the ghost who haunts her house. A middle-grade graphic novel about growing up that’s perfect for fans of Ghosts and Making Friends.Growing up sounds terrible. No one has time to do anything fun, or play outside, or use their imagination. Everything is suddenly so serious. People are more interested in their looks and what others think about them than having fun adventures. Who wants that? Not Lora. After watching her circle of friends seemi... + Read More
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Series: A Wolf for a Spell Hardcover Karah Sutton 9780593121658 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Dec 01, 2020

The Girl Who Drank the Moon meets Pax in this fantastical tale of a wolf who forms an unlikely alliance with Baba Yaga to save the forest from a wicked tsar.Since she was a pup, Zima has been taught to fear humans—especially witches—but when her family is threatened, she has no choice but to seek help from the witch Baba Yaga.Baba Yaga never does magic for free, but it just so happens that she needs a wolf’s keen nose for a secret plan she’s brewing…Before Zima knows what’s happening, the witch has cast a switching spell and run off into the wo... + Read More
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Series: Red Fox Road Hardcover Frances Greenslade 9780735267817 $19.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 10 - 14 Sep 15, 2020

A thirteen-year-old girl on a family vacation becomes stranded alone in the wilderness when the family’s GPS leads them astray. A compelling survival story for ages 10 to 14, for fans of Hatchet and The Skeleton Tree.Francie and her parents are on a spring road trip: driving from British Columbia, Canada, to hike in the Grand Canyon. Her mom and dad are fighting because her dad is relying on GPS, while her mom wants to follow a (paper) map. When the GPS leads them down an old logging road, disaster strikes. Their truck hits a rock and wipes out... + Read More
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Series: The Barnabus Project Hardcover Terry Fan 9780735263260 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 5 - 9 Sep 01, 2020

In a world built for Perfect Pets, Barnabus is a Failed Project, half mouse, half elephant, kept out of sight until his dreams of freedom lead him and his misfit friends on a perilous adventure. A stunning picture book from international bestsellers The Fan Brothers, joined by their brother Devin Fan.Deep underground beneath Perfect Pets, where children can buy genetically engineered “perfect” creatures, there is a secret lab. Barnabus and his friends live in this lab, but none of them is perfect. They are all Failed Projects. Barnabus has neve... + Read More
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Series: Guess How Much I Love You Will You Be My Friend? Hardcover Sam McBratney 9781536217476 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Sep 29, 2020

From legendary author and illustrator duo Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram comes the delightful sequel to the heartwarming picture book classic Guess How Much I Love You.Little Nutbrown Hare is out exploring on his own. Off he hops along the path and through the grass until he reaches Cloudy Mountain, where something extraordinary happens: he discovers a new friend! Now the fun can really begin.Twenty-five years after we met the Nutbrown Hares, this enchanting new tale about friendship is bound to capture the hearts of Guess How Much I Love You fa... + Read More
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Series: Fairy Science Solid, Liquid, Gassy (A Fairy Science Story) Hardcover Ashley Spires 9780735264274 $21.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Sep 08, 2020

Esther the fairy is back, to investigate the water cycle! From the award-winning author of The Most Magnificent Thing, for fans of Ada Twist, Scientist and Hidden Figures.Esther the fairy doesn’t believe in magic. But fairies are all about magic, despite Esther’s best efforts to reveal the science of their world. This time around, though, she’s got her fairy pals Clover and Fig, along with trusty sidekick Albert the bird, to help create a more science-oriented entry for their school’s “Magic Fair”—Pixieville’s magical answer to a science fair, ... + Read More
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Series: Pine Island Home Hardcover Polly Horvath 9780735268623 $19.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 9 - 12 Sep 01, 2020

From Newbery Honor—and National Book Award—winning author Polly Horvath comes a story of four sisters searching for home.Fiona, Marlin, Natasha, and Charlie McCready are left on their own when their missionary parents are washed away in a tsunami. Fortunately, their great aunt Martha volunteers to have them live with her on her farm in British Columbia. But while they are traveling there, Martha dies unexpectedly, forcing Fiona, the eldest, to come up with a scheme to keep social services from separating the girls—a scheme that will only work i... + Read More
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Series: The Misewa Saga The Barren Grounds The Misewa Saga, Book One Hardcover David A. Robertson 9780735266100 $21.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 10 Sep 08, 2020

Narnia meets traditional Indigenous stories of the sky and constellations in an epic middle grade fantasy series from award-winning author David Robertson.Morgan and Eli, two Indigenous children forced away from their families and communities, are brought together in a foster home in Winnipeg, Manitoba. They each feel disconnected, from their culture and each other, and struggle to fit in at school and at their new home—until they find a secret place, walled off in an unfinished attic bedroom. A portal opens to another reality, Askí, bringing ... + Read More
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Series: The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt Hardcover Riel Nason 9780735264472 $22.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 7 Sep 01, 2020

When you’re a quilt instead of a sheet, being a ghost is hard! An adorable picture book for fans of Stumpkin and How to Make Friends with a Ghost.Ghosts are supposed to be sheets, light as air and able to whirl and twirl and float and soar. But the little ghost who is a quilt can’t whirl or twirl at all, and when he flies, he gets very hot.He doesn’t know why he’s a quilt. His parents are both sheets, and so are all of his friends. (His great-grandmother was a lace curtain, but that doesn’t really help cheer him up.) He feels sad and left out w... + Read More
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Series: Fairy Mom and Me Fairy Mom and Me #4: Fairy Mermaid Magic Hardcover Sophie Kinsella 9780735266391 $16.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 7 - 10 Sep 15, 2020

Discover more magical adventures with your little one in this fourth book of the Fairy Mom and Me series from New York Times bestselling author Sophie Kinsella.Ella’s family has a BIG secret—her mom is a fairy! Ella’s dream is to become a fairy like her mom someday…but now she wishes for a spell to turn into a mermaid too!In this enchanting book, Ella and her mom decorate the kitchen with magic coloring pencils, catch a robber on Ella’s school trip, and swim with real mermaids!Series Overview: Told in short stories with black-and-white illustra... + Read More
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Series: Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen: Peril at Owl Park Hardcover Marthe Jocelyn 9780735265493 $18.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 10 Sep 22, 2020

For young detective Aggie Morton and her friend Hector, Christmas becomes a lot more exciting when a dead body is found in this second book in the Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen series, inspired by the life of Agatha Christie as a child and her most popular creation, Hercule Poirot. For fans of Enola Holmes.Aspiring writer Aggie Morton is looking forward to Christmas. Having just solved a murder and survived her own brush with death in her small town of Torquay on the coast of England, Aggie can’t wait to spend the holidays with her sister Marjori... + Read More
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Series: The Hockey Sweater Board book Roch Carrier 9780735268685 $12.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) to 3 Sep 01, 2020

A beloved classic in a brand-new format for parents to share with their youngest readers.In the days of Roch’s childhood, winters in the village of Ste. Justine were long. Life centered around school, church, and the hockey rink, and every boy’s hero was Montreal Canadiens hockey legend Maurice Richard. Everyone wore Richard’s number 9. They laced their skates like Richard. They even wore their hair like Richard. When Roch outgrows his cherished Canadiens sweater, his mother writes away for a new one. Much to Roch’s horror, he is sent the blue ... + Read More
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Series: Bobby Orr and the Hand-me-down Skates Hardcover Kara Kootstra 9780735265325 $21.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Sep 22, 2020

Even hockey legends start with hand-me-downs. A beautifully illustrated true childhood story about hockey great Bobby Orr.Bobby eats, sleeps and breathes hockey. So when his birthday is coming up, he only wants one thing: new skates. He’s seen the exact pair he wants in the shop window: sparkling blades, shiny leather, clean new laces tied in perfect bows. But when Bobby opens his gift, he’s dismayed to find hand-me-down skates: scuffed leather, nicked blades, floppy laces.Once Bobby breaks them in, though, he and the hand-me-down skates become... + Read More
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Series: Kids Fight Plastic: How to Be a #2minutesuperhero Paperback Martin Dorey 9781536215878 $12.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 7 - 10 Sep 08, 2020

Kids can become ocean-saving superheroes with these plastic-fighting missions from best-selling author and environmental champion Martin Dorey.Every kid can be a superhero, fighting plastic waste at home, at school, and in their community. This engaging guide is chockfull of facts, vibrant art, graphics, and #2minutesuperhero missions—practical ways to take action now. Some ideas may spring to mind right away, such as picking up trash. Others are surprising, such as learning to cook with fresh ingredients or mending clothes. Readers will learn ... + Read More
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Series: Barry Squires, Full Tilt Hardcover Heather Smith 9780735267466 $21.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12 Sep 22, 2020

Barry Squires, Full Tilt takes readers on a romp through the streets of St. John’s and into the Squires household, a place where tragedy strikes but love prevails. Derry Girls meets Billy Elliot with an East Coast twist.It’s 1995. When the Full Tilt Dancers give an inspiring performance at the opening of the new bingo hall, twelve-year-old Finbar (Barry) Squires wants desperately to join the troupe. Led by Father O’Flaherty, the Full Tilt Irish Step Dancers are the most sought-after act in St. John’s, Newfoundland (closely followed by popular b... + Read More
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Series: More Happy Than Not (Deluxe Edition) Paperback Adam Silvera 9781641291941 $13.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 14 Sep 08, 2020

A special Deluxe Edition of Adam Silvera’s groundbreaking debut featuring an introduction by Angie Thomas, New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U Give; a new final chapter, “More Happy Ending”; and an afterword about where it all began. In his twisty, heartbreaking, profoundly moving New York Times bestselling debut, Adam Silvera brings to life a charged, dangerous near-future summer in the Bronx. In the months following his father’s suicide, sixteen-year-old Aaron Soto can’t seem to find happiness again, despite the support of his ... + Read More
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Series: The Grey Sisters Paperback Jo Treggiari 9780735263000 $13.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 12 Sep 01, 2020

Two years after a deadly plane crash, best friends D and Spider head back to the mountains to uncover the truth. A gripping psychological thriller for fans of The Cheerleaders and Sadie.D and Spider have always been best friends, and they are further united in their shared grief: they both lost siblings in a horrific plane crash two years earlier. A chance sighting of a beloved cuddly toy in a photograph of the only survivor raises D’s hopes all over again that somehow her sister survived. She and Spider and their friend, Min, set off on a road... + Read More
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Series: The Last Kids on Earth The Last Kids on Earth and the Skeleton Road Hardcover Max Brallier 9781984835345 $18.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 8 - 12 Sep 15, 2020

The highly-anticipated 6th book of the New York Times and USA Today bestselling series, with over 7 million copies in print!A Netflix Original Series!Jack Sullivan, Quint Baker, June Del Toro, and Dirk Savage are about to have their biggest adventure yet. That’s right—it’s ROAD TRIP TIME!Now wielding the Midnight Blade, Jack Sullivan and the gang are furiously searching for the villainous Thrull and his skeleton army. The clock is ticking: the enemy has begun constructing the Tower—a portal with the power to bring Rezzoch the Ancient, Destructo... + Read More
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Series: The Invisible Alphabet Hardcover Joshua David Stein 9780593222775 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 2 - 5 Sep 22, 2020

An ABC of things unseen: from Air to Zero, and Nothing in between.A is for AirB is for Bare C is for ClearThere is nothing to see in this A to Z, other than clues to what was once or may soon be there. The 26 alphabetical scenarios are conceptual, mysterious, and meticulous, deliberately hinting at a story that has happened off the page. Readers are encouraged to explore each letter and soak in the wonder and curiosity of the alphabet unseen. Cleverly illustrated by the beloved Ron Barrett of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, this hardcover pi... + Read More
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Series: Give It! Hardcover Cinders McLeod 9781984812438 $22.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 3 - 5 Sep 08, 2020

In this delightful introduction to simple money concepts, an enthusiastic young bunny discovers how good it feels to use his allowance to help others.Chummy longs to be a superhero. He wants to save the world—or at least Bunnyland—from dragons, so spending his carrots on a superhero costume seems like a great plan! When his grandma reminds him that there aren’t any dragons in Bunnyland, but that there are creatures that could use help, Chummy starts reconsidering the best way to spend his wad. This is the fourth book in the internationally accl... + Read More
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Series: Every Night Is Pizza Night Hardcover J. Kenji Lopez-Alt 9781324005254 $23.95 JUVENILE FICTION Sep 01, 2020

New York Times Bestseller Best-selling author J. Kenji López-Alt introduces Pipo, a girl on a quest to prove that pizza is the best food in the world. Pipo thinks that pizza is the best. No, Pipo knows that pizza is the best. It is scientific fact. But when she sets out on a neighborhood-spanning quest to prove it, she discovers that “best” might not mean what she thought it meant. Join Pipo as she cooks new foods with her friends Eugene, Farah, Dakota, and Ronnie and Donnie. Each eating experiment delights and stuns her taste buds. Is a famil... + Read More
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Series: The Tiny Chef and da mishing weshipee blook Hardcover Rachel Larsen 9780593115053 $24.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Sep 15, 2020

The Tiny Chef, a small herbivore with an enormous heart, goes on a quest to find his missing recipe book in this irresistible debut picture book from the creators of @TheTinyChefShow.Our debut picture book adventure finds the Tiny Chef at home in his kitchen on a beautiful day, but not all is well inside the Chef’s stump. He’s misplaced his favorite recipe book—the one he uses to cook all of his best dishes, like his famous stew, which he always makes on the first day of fall, and that day is here! What is the Chef to do! He practically tears a... + Read More
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Series: Families Belong Board book Dan Saks 9780593222768 $10.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 1 - 3 Sep 01, 2020

A rhyming, light-hearted celebration of families being - and belonging - together.Families belongTogether like a puzzleDifferent-sized peopleOne big snuggleThis deliciously warm board book is an appreciation of the unconditional love and comfort shared within a family. Through a handful of specific yet universal scenarios, from singing songs together to sharing food together, from dancing together to lying still together, this book invites the youngest readers to celebrate what it means for a family to be truly together.
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Series: Before the Ever After Hardcover Jacqueline Woodson 9780399545436 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 10 Sep 01, 2020

WINNER OF THE NAACP IMAGE AWARDWINNER OF THE CORETTA SCOTT KING AUTHOR AWARDNational Book Award winner Jacqueline Woodson’s stirring novel-in-verse explores how a family moves forward when their glory days have passed and the cost of professional sports on Black bodies.For as long as ZJ can remember, his dad has been everyone’s hero. As a charming, talented pro football star, he’s as beloved to the neighborhood kids he plays with as he is to his millions of adoring sports fans. But lately life at ZJ’s house is anything but charming. His dad is ... + Read More
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Series: Butts Are Everywhere Hardcover Jonathan Stutzman 9780525514510 $22.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Sep 29, 2020

A triumphant celebration of the tushee.Big ones, little ones, round ones and flat ones, furry ones and prickly ones—butts are everywhere, and each one is special! These powerful muscles make it possible for people and animals to jump, sit, and everything in between. The gluteus really is the maximus!This funny, sweet, and commercial picture book celebrates one of our most useful (and hilarious) body parts, and is sure to become a favorite read-aloud for children and parents alike.
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Series: Bunheads Hardcover Misty Copeland 9780399547645 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 5 - 8 Sep 29, 2020

The first in a series of picture books inspired by prima ballerina and author Misty Copeland’s own early experiences in ballet.From prima ballerina and New York Times bestselling author Misty Copeland comes the story of a young Misty, who discovers her love of dance through the ballet Coppélia—a story about a toymaker who devises a villainous plan to bring a doll to life.Misty is so captivated by the tale and its heroine, Swanilda, she decides to audition for the role. But she’s never danced ballet before; in fact, this is the very first day of... + Read More
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Series: Leif and the Fall Hardcover Allison Sweet Grant 9781984815491 $23.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 5 - 8 Sep 08, 2020

Persistence and creativity can lead to amazing things, as Leif the leaf discovers in this lovely storybook from Allison Sweet Grant and Adam Grant, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Originals.Leif is a leaf. A worried leaf. It is autumn, and Leif is afraid to fall. “All leaves fall in the fall,” say the other leaves. But Leif is determined to find a different way down, and with his friend Laurel, he uses the resources around him to create a net, a kite, a parachute in hopes of softening his landing. The clock is ticking, the wind is b... + Read More
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Series: I Talk Like a River Hardcover Jordan Scott 9780823445592 $24.99 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Sep 01, 2020

Winner of the Schneider Family Book Award What if words got stuck in the back of your mouth whenever you tried to speak? What if they never came out the way you wanted them to? Sometimes it takes a change of perspective to get the words flowing.A New York Times Best Children’s Book of the YearI wake up each morning with the sounds of words all around me. And I can’t say them all…When a boy who stutters feels isolated, alone, and incapable of communicating in the way he’d like, it takes a kindly father and a walk by the river to help him find hi... + Read More
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Series: She Persisted She Persisted in Sports American Olympians Who Changed the Game Hardcover Chelsea Clinton 9780593114544 $23.99 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Sep 22, 2020

From Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger, the #1 New York Times bestselling team behind She Persisted, comes a new book featuring woman athletes who overcame and inspired—perfect for fans of the Olympics!Throughout history, women have been told that they couldn’t achieve their dreams, no matter how hard they tried. Woman athletes have faced their own unique set of challenges, across countless sports and levels of play. In this third She Persisted book, Chelsea Clinton introduces readers to women who have excelled in their sports because of the... + Read More
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Series: The Fountains of Silence Paperback Ruta Sepetys 9780142423639 $15.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Sep 29, 2020

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Salt to the Sea and Between Shades of Gray comes a gripping, extraordinary portrait of love, silence, and secrets under a Spanish dictatorship.Madrid, 1957. Under the fascist dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, Spain is hiding a dark secret. Meanwhile, tourists and foreign businessmen flood into Spain under the welcoming promise of sunshine and wine. Among them is eighteen-year-old Daniel Matheson, the son of an oil tycoon, who arrives in Madrid with his parents hoping to connect with the c... + Read More
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Series: How It All Blew Up Hardcover Arvin Ahmadi 9780593202876 $23.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 14 Sep 22, 2020

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda goes to Italy in Arvin Ahmadi’s newest incisive look at identity and what it means to find yourself by running away.Eighteen-year-old Amir Azadi always knew coming out to his Muslim family would be messy—he just didn’t think it would end in an airport interrogation room. But when faced with a failed relationship, bullies, and blackmail, running away to Rome is his only option. Right?Soon, late nights with new friends and dates in the Sistine Chapel start to feel like second nature…until his old life comes knock... + Read More
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Series: Watch Over Me Hardcover Nina LaCour 9780593108970 $23.99 YOUNG ADULT FICTION Age (years) from 14 Sep 15, 2020

Nina LaCour delivers another emotional knockout with Watch Over Me, the eagerly anticipated follow-up to the Printz Award-winning We Are Okay.Mila is used to being alone. Maybe that’s why she said yes to the opportunity: living in this remote place, among the flowers and the fog and the crash of waves far below.But she hadn’t known about the ghosts.Newly graduated from high school, Mila has aged out of the foster care system. So when she’s offered a job and a place to stay at a farm on an isolated part of the Northern California Coast, she imme... + Read More