Saturday, March 7, 2026

February 2026: This month in the collection

Right now there are still several carts worth of materials waiting for our TS department to get to them. Some new things, but mostly a huge number of beginning chapter replacements. I'll be posting soon my new workflows for ordering but the main thing is that I'm no longer focusing on new publication dates, so some of these items will be backlist titles. The picture books are coming in March and the nonfiction is on hold until I finish weeding the collection.

Library Pinterest - new materials
Unless otherwise noted, all items were purchased for or added to the library collection


Board Books
  • Twinkle Twinkle Little Sheepy
  • Bunny's wobbly bottom by Kit Frost
  • Pat the Bunny by Dorothy Kunhardt 9798217120949
    • This is a library-friendly, sturdy version of this classic board book
  • Digging for dinosaurs beneath the street by June Smalls
  • Your Truck by Jon Klassen


Picture Books

Early Readers and Transitional Chapters
  • Letter Setters in Fun by Ethan Long (Ready to Read collection)
  • Beginners Bible titles (new Early paperback collection)
  • Mighty Construction Machines from Crabtree (nonfiction early reader set)
  • Momo sees the sea by Avani Dwivedi
  • Nat the Cat finds a map by Jarrett Lerner
  • Pencil and Eraser: New Friends Rule
  • Pizza and Taco Go Viral
  • Narwhal and Jelly: Waffle lot of love
Beginning Chapter Books (new series)
  • Tuck and Tina by Jess Brallier
  • Fairy Scouts by Hannah Fay
  • Cosmic Creatures by Tom Huddleston
  • Fairies Welcome by Bea Jackson
  • Witchycakes by Kara LaReau
  • Wildlife Rescue by Kate Messner
Juvenile Fiction


Young Teen
  • Academy by T. Z. Layton vol. 3-4
    • This is extremely popular at our middle school - the books are being republished, so vol. 3 was an additional copy and vol. 4 was new.
  • Alexandra Moody - backlist
    • A group of homeschooled teen girls are reading these and have been requesting them via inter-library loan, so I bought our own copies.
  • Gumshoe by Brenda Thummler
    • I went back and forth on location for this, but I have the creator's Sheets series in young teen, so put this one in there as well.
Young Adult
These are the new items that checked out right away - sometimes multiple times - this month.
  • Sibylline by Melissa de la Cruz
  • Always raining here by Hazel and Bell
  • My life as an internet novel
  • Juvenile by Jesus Orellana
  • Perks of being an S-Class Heroine (series)
    • Full disclosure - the checkouts were me and my staff. But I am sure the teens will read them. When we're done.
  • Graveyard Club by R. L. Stine
  • Villains are destined to die (series)
  • Finding her edge by Jennifer Iacopelli
  • House Saphir by Marissa Meyer
  • How we play the game by Alexis Nedd
  • Obsession by Natasha Preston

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