New Titles

This book is dangerous!

Clanton, Ben, 1988-


In this playful, interactive adventure, anxious Jelly is desperate to escape a book that claims to be dangerous. While carefree Narwhal embraces the fun, Jelly fears sea serpents, pirate crabs, and all things spiky. It's up to the reader to help--just don't touch anything! A laugh-out-loud journey full of surprises and ocean mischief.
Date Published:2025

The wild robot on the island

Brown, Peter, 1979-


When a robot washes ashore, she adapts to her new home by making lifelong connections with the island's animal inhabitants.
Date Published:2025

If I built a house

Van Dusen, Chris


Imaginative Jack describes the kind of house he would build--one with a racetrack, a flying room, and a gigantic slide.
Date Published:2012

If I built a school

Van Dusen, Chris,


Imaginative Jack describes the kind of school he would build--one full of animals, with tubes to transport students directly to their classrooms, and library books that come alive.
Date Published:2019

If I built a car

Van Dusen, Chris


Jack describes the kind of car he would build--one with amazing accessories and with the capability of traveling on land, in the air, and on and under the sea.
Date Published:2005

If I built a town

Van Dusen, Chris.


A boy imagines all the things he would include if he were creating a perfect town.
Date Published:2025

Camping is a terrible idea

Pendreigh, Kirsten,


Cammie prefers structure, routines, and predictability in her daily life. When her family goes on a camping trip, she struggles with the unfamiliar and unstructured aspects of the outdoors. As the trip continues, Cammie begins to notice the natural patterns and rhythms of the environment and develops a new appreciation for nature and change.
Date Published:2026

Wish in a tree

Hunt, Lynda Mullaly,


Afflicted by his classmate's derision, neurodivergent Oliver wishes to be more like his peers until his friends help him realize his differences are what make him remarkable.
Date Published:2025

When you find the right rock

Ray, Mary Lyn,


Large, small, or as big as a mountain -- somewhere there is a rock waiting for every single person.
Date Published:2024

The day the crayons quit

Daywalt, Drew


When Duncan arrives at school one morning, he finds a stack of letters, one from each of his crayons, complaining about how he uses them.
Date Published:2013

The day the crayons made friends

Daywalt, Drew,


Duncan's crayons just can't seem to stay put! After convincing one group of crayons to go back to work after they wanted to quit and rescuing another group who got lost in the most inconvenient places, Duncan's crayons have disappeared once more. But this time they've gone out into his room to make friends. From Red Crayon who fulfills his dream of driving a firetruck, to Blue Crayon, who meets a fashion doll desperately in need of a head, to fan favorite Esteban, who is off to tame a teddy bear (or as he would call it, a wild beast), each crayon has an exciting story to share about the new objects they've met and the new adventures they've had.
Date Published:2025

Duncan's crayons just can't seem to stay put! After convincing one group of crayons to go back to work after they wanted to quit and rescuing another group who got lost in the most inconvenient places, Duncan's crayons have disappeared once more. But this time they've gone out into his room to make friends. From Red Crayon who fulfills his dream of driving a firetruck, to Blue Crayon, who meets a fashion doll desperately in need of a head, to fan favorite Esteban, who is off to tame a teddy bear (or as he would call it, a wild beast), each crayon has an exciting story to share about the new objects they've met and the new adventures they've had.

Date Published:2025

If you happen to have a dinosaur

Bailey, Linda, 1948-


If you happen to have a dinosaur, lying around your living room, and you don't know what to do with it ... why don't you use it as a can opener? It will make a terrific nutcracker too! There are oodles of uses for a dinosaur—from a fine umbrella to an excellent kite and a dandy pillow, not to mention a reliable burglar alarm and the perfect excuse to forget your homework.
Date Published:2025

I'm so happy you're here : a celebration of library joy

Threets, Mychal, 1990-


A reminder that everyone is welcome at the library, a place filled with activities, games, and countless stories.
Date Published:2026

When cherry blossoms fall

Goldsaito, Katrina,


A young girl's great-grandmother tells her about the Japanese concept mono-no-aware, the feeling of beauty and sadness, and she comes to understand it after the passing of her great-grandmother and the brief blooming of a cherry tree.
Date Published:2026

The sweater : a story of community

Theule, Larissa,


Holly the raccoon discovers a lonely little bird searching for shelter and rallies the forest animals to help it find a safe new home.
Date Published:2026

The hike

Farrell, Alison, 1979-,


Three friends set out on a day hike to explore their local forest, intending to climb to the top of the hill, where they will plant a flag, read a poem, and release feathers into the wind.
Date Published:2019

Milo imagines the world

de la Peña, Matt,


While Milo and his sister travel to a detention center to visit their incarcerated mother, he observes strangers on the subway and draws what he imagines their lives to be.
Date Published:2021

Ren's pencil

Lu, Bo (Children's author).


Ren, heartbroken by her family's move to a new country, uses a pencil gifted by her beloved grandmother to bring to life what she cannot express in words, discovering a way to bridge her two worlds.
Date Published:2026

Springtime in Kitkatla

Spencer, Kim,


In this beautiful picture book, Wa±aas and her dzi'i (grandmother) take a fishing boat to their family's reserve, Kitkatla, for spring break, where Wa±aas enjoys spending time with family, eating traditional foods and wandering the shoreline. Even though she'll have to leave, she knows she'll always belong there.
Date Published:2026

I spy A to Z : a book of picture riddles

Marzollo, Jean,


Rhyming text leads the reader to find objects hidden in the photographs.
Date Published:2025