This month in the collection: September 2026

New Book Spotlight on Canva

*Unless otherwise noted, all items were purchased for or added to the library collection*

Board Books

• Small monster, big monster by Allan Sanders

Picture Books

• Hola, Lola! To the Bodega/A la Bodega by Sandra Equiha (Bilingual collection)
• What does my body say? Abby's first-day butterflies by Anna Anderhagen, illustrated by Hisashi Maeda with Dr. Emily McTate (Parenting collection)
• Clark the Shark by Bruce Hale
• Our school has a new curriculum that is using Clark the Shark, so I bought the whole series.
• Snowshoe Kate and the hospital built for pennies by Margi Preus
• Wisconsin/Midwest interest
• A Starlit Forest Tale: The Star Tree by Luosha Liu
• Cat's Halloween by Alison Murray
• Leo's Lobo by Melissa Cristina Marquez, illustrated by Maria Gabriela Gama
• The ABCs of Wisconsin cheese by Susan Apps-Bodilly
• Welcome to my farm by Mary Lewandowski
• Wisconsin interest
• Off the wall by Molly Idle, illustrated by Juana Martinez-Neal
• The Mole Construction Company: The Squirrel Family's Treehouse by Shingo Nagasaki, translated by Lisa Wilcut
• What comes after the snow? by Chiaki Okada and Ko Okada
• Snowfall by Park Sun-jung
• The house that love built by Jessica Meserve
• Steamworks: Sisters all the time by Angela Quezada Padron
• Take it apart by Katey Howes, illustrated by E. V.
• Mabel and Merryglow: The Journey by Anne Montel and Loic Clement, illustrated by Julien Arnal, translated by Charis Ainslie

Early Readers and Transitional Chapters

• Clark the Shark and the school sing by Bruce Hale, illustrated by Guy Francis
• Joe and Sparky get new wheels by Jamie Michalak, illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz
• I've been purchasing paperback early readers to fill in my collection.
• Frank and Bean by Jamie Michalak, illustrated by Bob Kolar
• Cora's beach adventure by Sally M. Walker
• Cactus Home by Vikram Madan

Beginning Chapter Books (new series)

• Diary of a Dinoghost: Ketchup, goldfish, and unlikely friends by Monica Arnaldo
• Magic Spirit the dream horse by Pippa Funnell
• The unlikely aventuras of Ramón and El Cucuy by Donna Barba Higuera
• The Ballpark Mysteries 6: The Wrigley Riddle by David A. Kelly, illustrated by Mark Meyers
• Replacement

Juvenile Graphic Novels (fiction)

• Cat Loaf Adventures by kat.ariyn
• Squalo & Mage vs. the rage of the Bakunawa by Kara Bodegón-Hikino
• Impossibly Foxtrot by Bill Amend
• Crescent moon marching by Hamachi Yamada
• Replacement - prebind, full color edition
• The Bad Guys by Aaron Blabey
• Bad Kitty School Daze by Nick Bruel
• Prebind replacements
• Comics Squad: Lunch by various authors
• Comics Squad: Recess! by various authors
• Squish: the power of the parasite by Jennifer and Matthew Holm
• Squish: Game on! by Jennifer and Matthew Holm
• Squish: Captain Disaster by Jennifer and Matthew Holm
• Drama by Raina Telgemeier
• Monster friends by Katie Vandorn

Juvenile Fiction

• Olive Oakes and the Haunted Carousel by Kalynn Bayron
• Greta Grimsdark and the normal new neighbor by Haley Neil, illustrated by Anna Daviscourt
• The Dragon Mountain by Mathieu Pierlott, illustrated by Francois Maumont, translated by Charis Ainslie
• Replacements
• Locker 37: The magic eraser by Aaron Starmer
• Hamstersaurus Rex by Tom O'Donnell, illustrated by Tim Miller

Juvenile Nonfiction

• Marvelous Poop by Mathis
• The Hospital for Mythological Creatures by Cathy Evans, illustrated by Ed J Brown
• Mind vs. machine : the chess match that changed the world by Steve Sheinkin (comic)
• The ABCs of Wisconsin cheese by Susan Apps-Bodilly
• 2 copies - one in the picture books, one in the nonfiction
• Saving our sturgeon : protecting Wisconsin's ancient fish by Rebecca Wojahn

Young Teen

• The Princess swap. Beauty and the glass slipper by Kim Bussing (TAB vote)
• Enola Holmes : the graphic novels volume 3 by Serena Blasco
• Take it from the top by Claire Swinarski
• The wingfeather saga. the graphic novel
• Drama by Raina Telgemeier (Prebind replacement)
• Flipped by Wendelin van Draanen (replacement)

Manga (new series) (TAB votes unless otherwise noted)

• A cat is a cat in any life
• The daughter of the demon lord is too kind!!
• Beneath the fur
• Hunter x hunter: 3-in-1 edition (I picked this one - I think One Piece fans might like it)
• Jujutsu kaisen (written request on a survey)
• Kuro : the complete edition
• Luca the dragon vet
• Nana (not a specific request, but a favorite of a TAB member)
• Pass the monster meat, milady! (personal favorite)
• Stella must die
• You and I are polar opposites

Young Adult Graphic Novels

• Hollow magic by Mars Lauderbaugh
• Operation : true love (TAB vote)
• School bus graveyard (TAB vote)
• To dance the moon and stars by M. S. Tasia (TAB vote)
• Love bites by Alicia Wallace

This month in the collection

I've stopped saving new books on Pinterest - our new catalog overlay should be able to do it better, eliminating a step. Of course, I deleted the Pinterest boards before I had figured out how to do the lists...

 New Book Spotlight

*Unless otherwise noted, all items were purchased for or added to the library collection*

Board Books

• Autumn pops up! by Aurore Petit
• Reach in! by Herve Tullet
• Let's make... series by Jamie Oliver

Picture Books

• Fourteen ways of looking at jellyfish by Carole Boston Weatherford
• Are you looking for trouble? by Michaël Escoffier
• Rafi and Rita by Jarvis and Judge
• Quiet ocean by Charlotte Offsay
• Swing by James Yang
• Camping is a terrible idea by Kirsten Pendreigh, illustrated by Tiffany Everett
• Fall day, all day by Kari Percival
• Faraway family by Padma Venkatraman, illustrated by Nicole Wong
• The next shiny object by Hudson Talbott
• Duckie & Snaps: We cannot be brave by Ame Dyckman

Beginning Chapter Books (new series)

• Witches of Anderson House: A spell for disaster by Jennie Poh

Juvenile Graphic Novels

• Webster the Spider Monkey by Art Baltazar
• Penny and the Yeti by Jimmy Gaspero illustrated by Amber Akin
• Dragon vs. Unicorn: friends or frenemies? by P. J. Hoover
• Spark Experiment by Matthew Manning
• Sama crushes the code by Samaira Mehta
• Soccer kicks by Emiliano Migliardo
• Stone of Shiro by Sue Ruffle
• Atomic Lucas by Pirate Sourcil
• Froggy by Paige Walshe

Juvenile Fiction

• Wombat waiting by Katherine Applegate (BTSB)
• Berserkers by M. A. Larson
• Unchosen one by Amy Sparkes
• Sawyer Lee and the quest to just stay home by Zach Weinersmith

Juvenile Nonfiction

• The unexplained: mysteries, cryptids, ghosts, and UFOs by Andrea Mills
• Cryptids: uncover the secrets behind the world's most baffling beasts and curious creatures
• Dinosaurs to dragons by Elizabeth Shreeve
• The lost women of science by Melina Bellows
• Sharks in Kansas by Melissa Stewart, illustrated by Becca Stadtlander
• Mix and match inventors: flip the pages to create incredible inventions by Jane Wilsher
• Space Race by Kate Messner
• They lost their heads! by Carlyn Beccia (replacement)
• Liberty's Forgotten Hero: The Revolutionary Life of James Forten by Kesha L. Gray

Young Teen

• Heartland by Jilanne Hoffmann
• Sleepless by Gordon Korman
• Spirit service by Sarena Nanua

Young Adult Graphic Novels

• I Love Amy vol. 1
• My secretly hot husband 1
• Bite me by Dugan

Young Adult 

• Prince among pirates by Katie Abdou
• You jump first by Myah Ariel
• Kingdom of waves by Melissa De la Cruz
• Such a lucky girl by Wendy Heard
• Where lost girls go by Kody Keplinger
• No one leaves the manner by Kelly McWilliams
• I didn't do it by Elle Gonzalez Rose
• My killer family reunion by Dinesh Thiru
• Murder hypothesis by Sarah Wishart

This month in the collection

Library Pinterest

• New for Children
• New for Juvenile readers
• New Young Teen and Young Adult

New Book Spotlight

*Unless otherwise noted, all items were purchased for or added to the library collection*

Board Books

• Let's make burgers by Jamie Oliver
• Pigeon won't play with shapes
• Waiting room by Eleni Wehner

Picture Books

• Where are my massive flying wings? by Sarah Tagholm
• Kaleidoscope of Hope: How butterfly cycles reflect our world by Miranda Paul
• Buzz! Being brave around buzzy, stinging insects by Toni Buzzeo, illustrated by Joe Cepeda
• Sharks in Kansas by Melissa Stewart, illustrated by Becca Stadtlander
• Pog and Pickle's Great Escape by Ross Montgomery, illustrated by Sarah Warburton
• Waffles & Julius No hugs please! by Ed Vere
• I used to be a dinosaur by Casey Lyall, illustrated by Laurie Keller
• Farmer's pajamas by Ruth Paul
• Just a frog by Iga Scibek
• Farm Shark by Bill Canterbury, illustrated by Maddie Frost
• The first drum I ever heard by Randy Preston, illustrated by Tamisha Anthony
• Forty the Fortune Teller by Drew Daywalt, illustrated by Kevin Cornell (replacement)
• The Mole and the Mound by Will Hamilton-Davies, illustrated by Kasia Fryza
• Finn the Floaty by Leanne Hatch
• Rafi and Rita by Jarvis and Judge
• Sounds of Trash by Tina Athaide, illustrated by Neha Rawat
• Exca-gator! by Brooke Hartman, illustrated by Michael Slack (second copy)
• Big Rig Pig by Claire Tattersfield, illustrated by Rob Sayegh Jr.
• The House by NinoCactus, illustrated by Celia Sacido
• Wonder World: Earth the science of soil by Ben Lerwill, illustrated by Xuan Le
• Let me fix you a plate: A tale of two kitchens by Elizabeth Lilly (replacement)
• All the ways we learn by Chloe Ito Ward, illustrated by Yaroslava Apollonova
• Breathe, Bunny, Breathe: A book about big feelings by Laura Lavoie, illustrated by Mike Boldt
• Sounds like Joy by Yesenia Moises

Early Readers and Transitional Chapters

• Cozy town by Ame Dyckman
• Avery and the squirrel delivery by Rowan Kingsbury
• Frankie and Friends: The missing sock by Christine Platt

Beginning Chapter Books (new series)

• Rainbow magic fairies: Graphic novels
• Super Roomies: Lake of slime by Jarrett Lerner
• Sherlock roach and the case of the missing crumb by Joe McGee
• Venus Washington and the lasagna drama by Maisha Oso
• Miles and Jones: The Anaconda Attack by Sam Smith
• Unicorn rescuers: Mermaid Land by Ana Punset
• Dog meets dog: On the loose in London! by Dan Yaccarino

Beginning Chapter Books

• Happy Birthday, Jose and Feliz by Susan Rose and Silvia Lopez, illustrated by Gloria Felix

Juvenile Graphic Novels

• Unfairies by Huw Aaron
• Monster Locker: Nine-Tail Trouble by Jorge Aguirre & Andres Vera Martinez
• Mixed feelings by Sara Amini
• Zeb and Bel by Rachel Elliott
• The girl who loved monsters by Insha Fitzpatrick, illustrated by Ashley Robin Franklin
• Pet placement society by Primo Gallanosa
• Offside by Christina Gonzalez
• Steven and Parker by James Parker
• My sister the freak by Dani Jones
• Night chef by Mika Song
• 100 cupboards the graphic novel by N. D. Wilson
• Harper Sharp by Jarrett Williams
• Haven and the fallen giants by Jen Xu

Juvenile Fiction

• Swimming into trouble by Angela Ahn
• Youngest Faircrest and the search for a sorcerer by Ollie George Clark
• The last ember by Lily Dodd
• Strays by Gia Gordon
• Friend group by Lisa Greenwald
• Renegades: The magic awakens by Erin Hunter
• Second life of snap by Erin Entrada Kelly
• Confessions of a mango by Kate Lumsden
• Pumpkin Apocalypse by M. D. Payne
• Deepa M. D. by Priya Swaminathan
• Healer and the phoenix by Linda Trinh

Juvenile Nonfiction

• Terrifying true tales by Paige Towler
• Earth by Anna Skowrońska
• Marvelous Mammals: A wild A to Z of Southeast Asia by Debby Ng, illustrated by Darel Seow
• Bat planet by Neil Griffin
• Why communities need engineers by Helen Liang
• Working boats by Tom Crestodina
• Beyond earth by Yolanda Ridge
• Crafty Dolls by Jane Bull (replacement)
• Mbappé v. Haaland by Matt Oldfield

Young Teen (Voted for by TAB)

• Night king's court by Elisa Bonnin
• My Roman summer by Bruno de Luca
• Kaya of the ocean by Gloria Huang
• Midsummer sisters by Niki Smith
• Sunflowers and Lavender by Maisy Valais

Manga (new series) (Voted for by TAB)

• Akira failing in love
• Apothecary Diaries (light novel)
• Cogs of time (light novel)
• Demon prince of Momochi house: Succession
• Betrothed to a fox demon
• Summer Hikaru died (light novel)
• Ichi the witch
• My Isekai life
• Otaku love connection
• I'm running for crown princess, but all I want is a steady paycheck!
• The weakest tamer began a journey to pick up trash
• A timid lady was turned into an ugly cat, but on the verge of fainting is picked up by the most fearsome military duke

Young Adult (Voted for by TAB)

• Be yourself and other bad advice: a teen girl's guide to unlearning the rules (nonfiction)
• 99 things to do before you finish high school (new edition) (nonfiction)
• Gilded blade by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
• Rolls and Rivalry by Kristy Boyce
• Breakout by Dhonielle Clayton
• Costumes for time travelers by A. R. Capetta (new paperback edition)
• Faraway Inn by Sarah Beth Durst
• When I was death by Alexis Henderson (review copy, reviewed by teens)
• Star Seekers by HYBE
• Release me by Tahereh Mafi
• Her hidden fire by Clíodhna O'Sullivan (review copy, reviewed by teens)

Young Adult Graphic Novels (Voted for by TAB)

• Speak of the devil by Sweeney Boo
• As I dream of you by Jennifer Lee
• Everything amplified by Sarah Lippett
• Morgana and Oz
• My gently raised beast
• Remarried empress
• Sidequested
• Milk & Mocha comics collection: Our little moments

This month in the collection

Library Pinterest

• New for Children
• New for Juvenile readers
• New Young Teen and Young Adult

New Book Spotlight

*Unless otherwise noted, all items were purchased for or added to the library collection*

Board Books

• 10 little monster trucks by Annie Bailey
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar's rainbow foods
• Chef Luna=Moon Chef by Delia Ruiz (bilingual)

Picture Books

• Puffins by Maria Gianferrari
• Do you really know flamingos? by Brandon Todd
• Jia has a dog problem by Stephanie Ellen Sy
• Riding Magic by Kelly Starling Lyons
• Zebra and Yak: The backwards counting book by Paul Friedrich
• I think we're upside-down! by Marcus Cutler
• On our bikes by Dan Saks
• Fish like me by Jamie Sumner
• Hello, ocean by Corinna Luyken
• Today we'll be eaten by Alan Barillaro
• Searching for wocks by Lucy Knisley
• Watermelon Pool by Bonsoir Lune, translated from the Korean by Frances Cha
• A Cozy Summer Day by Eliza Wheeler
• The River of Caregiving by Jocelyn Chung, illustrated by Sarah Gonzales
• Piggy by Ann Hood, illustrated by Anna Quaranta
• Mabel and Merryglow: The Spark by Anne Montel, translated by Charis Ainslie

Early Readers and Transitional Chapters

• Little Habitats: Fiddlehead Forest by Jana Curll
• Once upon a tail by Audrey Perrott, illustrated by Charlene Chua

Beginning Chapter Books (new series)

• Magic gems: Journey through the waterfall by Doshi Payal
• Max Beast: Sharknado Warning by Mara Maddy

Juvenile Fiction

• Dragon Towers: The ghostly surprise by Pip Bird
• Dawn of the Axolotl by Kit Brooks
• Penelope Positano sees it all by Katie Cotugno
• Griffin speaker by Jan Flynn
• New Norm by Matthew Gilbert
• The Shrew Detective: The case of the pilfered pearls by Margi Preus, illustrated by Junyi Wu
• Sashimi by Dan Santat

Juvenile Nonfiction

• America's founding myths by Christy Mihaly, illustrated by Marta Sevilla
• Unfathomable : 20 wild (but true) stories about the ocean by Mary Boone
• Anthology of beetles by Richard Jones
• Rocket: feel the force of the world's most powerful machines by Josh Barker
• A compendium of curious contraptions by Anna Goldfield
• The Aztecs: the rise and fall of a mighty empire by Anna Limerick

Young Teen

• Opting out by Maia Kobabe
• Still alive by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

Young Adult

• How to survive the end of the world by Katy Doughty
• Lies between us by Jessica Goodman
• In the bloody by April Henry

This month in the collection: May 2026

Library Pinterest

• New for Children
• New for Juvenile readers
• New Young Teen and Young Adult

New Book Spotlight

*Unless otherwise noted, all items were purchased for or added to the library collection*

Board Books

• Move by Judi Abbot (second copy)
• Las Formas = Shapes by Airlie Anderson
• Click-Clack little crab by Amy Blay
• T. Rex by Glaux
• Haircut by Theo Heras
• Manny matches the weather by Jenny Lacika
• A drop in the ocean by Elyon Liu (second copy)
• Where is bear? by Fatima Ordinola
• This is ballet by Rekha Rajan

Picture Books

• Nature's remarkable partners by Leslie Bulion (second copy)
• Finding life by Sophie Williams
• Twelve daring grays by Nora Nickum (second copy)
• Unbreakable by Minoru Tonai
• Taking flight by Kashmira Sheth
• Marcie and Giraffe by Kim Gregory
• Put your records on by Corinne Bailey Rae
• Broccoli is trying to kill me by Katie Evans
• Danny Go's Volcano Adventure
• All I want to do is swim by Marilyn Singer
• A doctor at heart... surgeon, scientist, and teacher Vivien Thomas by Joan Schoettler
• More than a tree by Sarah Kurpiel
• Aya has never seen a bear by Gerelchimeg Blackcrane
• Summer solstice wish by Kate Allen Fox
• A drop in the ocean by Elyon Liu (second copy)
• After the rain by Eleanor Spicer Rice (second copy)
• Even Steven by Carrie Finison
• Hold! by Randy Ribay
• Can you grow a striped banana? by Jill Santopolo
• Loops by Jashar Awan (second copy)
• The worried book by Howard Pearlstein
• Octopus by Guojing

Early Readers and Transitional Chapters

• Ballet cat: What's your favorite favorite? by Bob Shea (re-cataloged)
• King & Kayla and the case of the secret code by Dori Hillestad Butler (replacement)
• Super Narwhal and Jelly Jolt by Ben Clanton (re-cataloged)
• Francine Poulet meets the ghost raccoon by Kate Dicamillo (re-cataloged)
• Hello Crabby by Jonathan Fenske (prebound replacement)
• Princess Truly: I am a super girl by Kelly Greenawalt (prebound replacement)
• Mermaid days: The sunken ship by Kyle Lukoff (prebound replacement)
• A friend for Dragon by Dav Pilkey (prebound replacement)
• Mr. Putter & Tabby turn the page by Cynthia Rylant (re-cataloged)
• Mr. Putter & Tabby smell the roses by Cynthia Rylant (re-cataloged)
• Mr. Putter & Tabby drop the ball by Cynthia Rylant (re-cataloged)
• Wiggler's big joke by Kaeti Vandorn
• Stick Dog meets Poo-Poo by Tom Watson

Beginning Chapter Books (new series)

• Fairytale Ninjas: The glass slipper academy by Paula Harrison

Juvenile Fiction

• Worst in show by P. I. Gardner
• Roohi and Nate are not on the same page by Supriya Kelkar
• Setback by Lynn Leitch
• Snowlands by Morr Meroz
• Opal Watson, private eye by Brittany Thurman

Juvenile Nonfiction

• Unreal: Can you tell fact from fiction? by Kate Simpson
• Persian mythology by Ryan Bani Tahmaseb
• World without summer by Nicholas Day
• Our cities depend on us by Victoria Tentler-Krylov
• Woodlore by Kevin Parr
• Diary of a marine biologist by Anita Parr
• Bison by Frances Backhouse
• Big digs by Kiko Sanchez

Young Teen

• Sparks fly by Henry Hazel (TAB voting choice)
• Please pay attention by Jamie Sumner

Young Adult

• Lie for a lie by Jennifer Donaldson (TAB voting choice)
• Beckett Effect by Nashae Jones (TAB voting choice)
• Limelight by Andrew Keenan-Bolger
• Review copy received from Penguin. Teen review "I don't like reading but I loved this book."
• My wonderful disgrace by Angourie Rice (TAB voting choice)
• Cove by Claire Rose (TAB voting choice)

This month in the collection: April 2026

May 2026 New Book Spotlight
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Unless otherwise noted, all items were purchased for or added to the library collection

Board Books

• Move by Judi Abbot
• Hide-and-seek mommy : a lift-the-flap book by Marta Altes
• Bunnies know & grow by Laura Gehl
• Wiggly Worms 32678002327323
• Tummy time: Forest by Louise Lockhart
• Stop the ball! by Susanne Strasser
• Merlin are you small or big?

Picture Books

• It's my bird-day! by Mo Willems
• Buzz by Richard Jones
• When the air sang by Laura Bontje
• Secrets of the jellies by Karen Jameson
• A cat like that by Lester Laminack
• We drive milk tankers by Alix Wood
• Time for cranberries by Lisl Detlefsen
• Sunflower seeds by Ellen Heck
• Big kids by K. L. Going
• Short stories by Silvia Borando
• My tiger by Joy Cowley
• Don't do it Doug by Maudie Powell-Tuck
• Pocket full of rocks by Kristin Mahoney
• Wake up grouchy bear by David Ezra Stein
• After the rain by Eleanor Spicer Rice
• Interrupted plans of Mango and Nan by Hala Tahboub
• Dropbear by Philip Bunting
• Big enough by Regina Linke

Early Readers and Transitional Chapters

• We dig fossils by Alliah Agostini
• Beep Bop Boop by Ethan Long
• Wisdom of the woods by Rachel Piercey
• Let's have a sleepover by Salina Yoon
• Bug on the bus by David Catrow

Beginning Chapter Books (new series)

• Ly-Lan by Ha Dinh

Juvenile Fiction

• No way never sisters by Acevedo
• Cupcakes and camp by Coco Simon

Juvenile Nonfiction

• Zombie spiders and asteroid blasters
• Extreme birdwatching
• Forest revealed: an illustrated year
• Nature's remarkable partners by Leslie Bulion

Young Teen

• Kid like me by Norman Feuti
• Breakout by Christina Wyman

Young Adult - new graphic novel series

• Beware the villainess
• Not-sew-wicked stepmom

This month in the collection: March 2026

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April New Book Spotlight

Unless otherwise noted, all items were purchased for or added to the library collection

Board Books

• Pasta Pasta Pasta
• Odd bugs by Laura Gehl
• Snuggle bear by Lucy McKay
• Spring by Leslie Patricelli
• Pigeon needs a bath by Mo Willems (new edition)

Picture Books

• Butt or face? Ador-a-butts! by Lavelle
• How to hatch: A gosling's guide to breaking free by Ackerman
• Monarch and mourning cloak by Melissa Stewart
• Rhea's rodeo by Laekan Kemp
• Baseball for breakfast: A (mostly) true story by Judy Campbell-Smith
• Big kids by K. L. Going
• Short stories by Silvia Borando
• My Tiger by Joy Cowley
• Simone Biles by Ebony Wilkins
• Plenty of pancakes by Carrie Finison
• Exca-gator by Brooke Hartman
• Formula fast : your ultimate guide to Formula One racing! by Matt Ralphs
• Is it spring? by Kevin Henkes
• Dropbear by Philip Bunting

Early Readers and Transitional Chapters

• Beep Bop Boop by Ethan Long
• Wisdom of the woods by Rachel Piercey
• We dig fossils by Agostini
• Let's have a sleepover by Salina Yoon
• Bug on the bus by David Catrow

Beginning Chapter Books (new series)

• Branches: Super Villains in Training
• Fairies Welcome by Bea Jackson
• Scrapper by Cam Higgins
• Desmond Cole, Ghost Patrol graphic novel

Juvenile Fiction

• I know your secret by Daphne Benedis Grab (patron request)
• Speed Reader by Matthew Cody
• Love rolls in by Erin Downing
• Study in secrets by Debbi Florence
• Camp Monster by Kate Messner
• Small wonder by Ross Montgomery
• Lions' Run by Sara Pennypacker
• Snowy owl rescue by Heidi Stemple
• Each and every spark by Claire Swinarski
• One for the dogs by Weisfeld

Juvenile Nonfiction

• Zombie spiders and asteroid blasters by Okereke
• Forest revealed by Kosek
• Extreme birdwatching by Loree Burns

Young Teen

• Red star rebels by Amie Kaufman
• Academy: Cup of nations by Layton
• Magnitude by Jennifer Nielsen
• Burn the water by Billy Ray
• Aftermyth by Tracy Wolff

Manga (new series)

• Shugo Chara! (new edition)

Young Adult

• Steam by Garrity (graphic novel)
• Sun and the starmaker by Griffin
• Beth is dead by Bernet
• I don't wish you well by Emill

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.

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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

• Winnie-the-Pooh and the party by Jeanne Willis
• 
  Bath time for the crayons by Drew Daywalt
• Frenchies high and low by Stephanie Calmenson
• On the air with Dr. Doodlebug by Susan Goodman
• Make a pretty sound by Traci Todd
• Land of the Free by Devin Scillian
• Main Street by Britt Hawthorne
• Sparrow's Easter Garden by Roger Hutchison
• How many animals can fit in this book by Natalia Yaskina
• Spark by Ainissa Ramirez
• Wheetle by Cindy Derby
• Just right by Torrey Maldonado
• Specs by Van G. Garrett
• Seven ways through the woods by Jenn Reese
• Gwei the hungry ghost by Emeline Lee

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

• Road from nowhere by Avi
• Serendipity by Gabbie Benda
• Kindred dragons by Sarah Mensinga (prebound)
• Marty Moose: First class mischief by Claire Powell
• Mythspeaker by Christopher Roubique
• Chibi Usagi by Julie Sakai
• Witches of Pepperwood Bay by Lisa Wiley

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

This month in the collection: October

Although it was a busy/crazy month and my ordering is winding down, we did still add a little over 100 items to the youth collection this month.

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Unless otherwise noted, all items were purchased for or added to the library collection

Board Books

• Where's the elephant? by Ingela Arrhenius
• Primeros Amigos: Los Colores by MK Smith Despres
• What sound does that letter make? by Javoris Hollingsworth
• Let's find Yaya and Boo on the go by Andrew Knapp

Picture Books

• Hello dog: A guide for humans by Sarah Levine
• Turkeys in disguise by Cynthia Platt
• Zip zap wickety wack : a story about sharing by Matthew Diffee
• Buffalo Fluffalo series by Bess Kalb
• Hank meets Frank by Maudie Powell-Tuck
• I truck : a big rig's epic trip by Kelly Rice-Schmidt
• How the forest feels : sensory play nature's way by Wendi Silvano
• Dude. Be nice. by Sarah Scheerger
• It's taco knight! by Megan Maynor

Beginning Chapter Books (new series)

• Marguerite Henry's Misty Inn
• Mermaid Academy by Julie Sykes
• Superpower puppies by Corey Powell

Juvenile Fiction

• Fetch by Maria Alfano
• Maker Girl and Professor Smarts by Jasmine Florentine
• Fairy tale fixers by Deborah Underwood

Juvenile Nonfiction

• Vanishing of Lake Peigneur by Allan Wolf (graphic novel)
• Dragons : meet the legendary monsters of mythology by Caitlin Stevenson
• Deadliest Sea Creature by Eleanor Spicer Rice
• Dead ends by Lindsey Fitzharris
• Invisible : the (sort of) true story of me and my hidden disease by David Soren

Young Teen

• The Academy by Layton (additional copies)
• Love Lucas by Sedgewick (requested by a middle school student)
• War Games and Refugee the graphic novel by Alan Gratz

Young Adult

• Sisters in the wind by Angeline Boulley (hold request)
• Fake skating by Lynn Painter
• Fearful by Lauren Roberts

from Hello Dog! by Sarah Levine

This month in the collection: September 2025

I don't even know what month it is. I am very tired, it's getting near the end of the year, and Baker & Taylor appears to be going bankrupt. However, routine is good for a person, I suppose. I will probably skip this feature for October, since that month is going to be even more... more-ish than this month and I don't order in December.

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Unless otherwise noted, all items were purchased for or added to the library collection

Board Books

• Peekaboo Dinosaur by Camilla Reid
• This little puppy by Ingela Arrhenius
• Very Hungry Caterpillar's first signs
• Dinosaur's wobbly bottom by Kit Frost
• Hoot Hoot by Georgette
• To the other side with mommy by Esther van den Berg

Picture Books

• Escape artist by Thor Hanson
• Waiting for winter by Stephen Gorman
• Trouble with giraffes by Lisa Mantchev
• Ahhh, milk! The many ways milk is made by Abbe Starr (2 copies)
• Billy Twitters and his blue whale problem by Mac Barnett (replacement)
• Picopaco by Mocculere

Early Readers and Transitional Chapters

• Dino Poet by Tom Angleberger
• I like hoops by Juwanda Ford
• Grow, strawberries, grow by James Burks
• Badge quest by Guy Kopsombut

Beginning Chapter Books (new series)

• Branches: Sports Zone by Andrew Maraniss
• Decide & Survive

Juvenile Fiction

• Heartwood Hotel: Family Forever by Kallie George
• Bones and Berserkers by Nathan Hale
• Village beyond the mist by Sachiko Kashiwaba
• Lost on doll island by Cassandra Ramos-Gomez

Juvenile Nonfiction

• Archives of the unexplained: Area 51
• Haunted U.S.A. : spine-tingling stories from all 50 states by Heather Alexander
• Fantastic Flora by Ann Staats
• They battled in blizzards by Deborah Hopkinson
• Did you hear what happened in Salem? by Katie Kennedy

Young Teen

• Nansi by Carl Brundtland
• Blood in the water by Tiffany Jackson
• Steps by Wendelin Van Draanen

Young Adult

• If looks could kill by Julie Berry
• Falling like leaves by Misty Wilson
• Mismatched by Anne Camlin

This month in the collection: August 2025

I was busy this month with end of summer/fall planning/renovations, but I also dealt with a lot of collection/ordering issues. I'm doing major weeding/relabeling projects and also dealing with continued issues with our main vendor, Baker & Taylor. Like many folks, we are struggling with unfilled orders. One of the main things I depend on B&T for is prebind copies and in the past I've really appreciated the option to request paperbacks be prebound. However, the shipping issues are interfering with things - some items I ordered last January were still unavailable. On top of that, we just found out that our rep is no longer with the company and our entire state is now, apparently, without a customer service rep.

  This does not bode well.

While I'd prefer not to order from Amazon, if they have the materials available and it's the same or less in cost, I'll do what I have to do to get the books for my patrons and use our funds wisely. I cancelled an extensive number of orders and I will reorder prebinds in January, when, hopefully, things will be improved.

 [Instant update - looks like B&T has been sold to ReaderLink. We'll see what happens. This is not a good time to investigate or change vendors, but if necessary we'll revisit this next year.]

However, issues aside, there are still books!

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Unless otherwise noted, all items were purchased for or added to the library collection

Board Books

• Baby Pterosaur by Julie Abery
• Digging for dinosaurs at the beach by June Smalls

Picture Books

• Itsy Bitsy Spider by Jane Cabrera
• Who's making all that noise? by Darrin Lunde
• Snow Kid by Jessie Sima
• Recess by Lane Smith
• We want leaves! A fall chant by Jamie Swenson

Early Readers and Transitional Chapters

• Fairy Fashion Show by Bea Jackson
• Smoosh's super-duper fun day by Michael Slack
• Avery and the fairy circle by Rowan Kingsbury

Beginning Chapter Books (new series)

• Muk 'n' Honey: Treehouse trouble by Brett Bean
• Love Puppies by JaNay Brown-Wood
• Llama Quest by Megan Reyes
• Amina Banana by Shifa Safadi
• Game Quest by Ash Wu
• Featuring... Simone Biles by Erin Falligant
• Flat Stanley: graphic novel

Juvenile Fiction

• Weird, sad, and silent by Alison McGhee
• Paw and Order by Jason Platt

Juvenile Nonfiction

• Cupcake class by Joy Howard
• Survival in space : the Apollo 13 mission by David Long

Young Teen

• Space Case the graphic novel by Stuart Gibbs
• Emma & Capucine by Jérôme Hamon

Manga (new series)

• Cat + Crazy
• Soara and the house of monsters
• Victoria of many faces (light novel)
Yaiba : Samurai Legend

Young Adult

Money for adulting : fun tips and financial tricks for teens by Michelle Hung
• The assassin's guide to babysitting by Natalie Parker

This month in the collection: July 2025

Renovations draw ever nearer and I do most of my purchasing in the earlier half of the year. However, new stuff is still coming in and I have been purchasing a lot of new beginning chapter series as I finish weeding this section.

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

Board Books

• Can you find the black cat? by Danielle McLean
• I don't usually buy novelty books, but... ears
• Grumpkin by Nicola Edwards
• Boats by Johnny Dyrander

Picture Books

• Do you see a tiger by Philip Ardagh
• I got you by Derrick Barnes
• Ten little dinosaurs by Michael Brownlow
• It's corn-picking time by Jill Esbaum (2 copies)
• Far far away by Molly Beth Griffin
• Becoming Boba by Joanna Ho
• Bear and the three goldilocks by Patrick Horne
• Surprise dinosaur by Lucas Klauss
• Sammy and sunny's first day of school by Nina LaCour
• All of us by Megan Madison
• Let's rumble by Rachel Payne
• Any party by Montgomery Ross
• Witch cat by Lucy Rowland
• This is how we talk by Jessica Slice
• Blake the snake bakes a cake by Amy Young
• My pollinator garden by Jordan Zwetchkenbaum

Early Readers and Transitional Chapters

• Hide & seek with Clyde & Monique by Graham Annable
• Strange sky by Amy Marie Stadelmann

Beginning Chapter Books (new series)

• Riley Reynolds takes care of business by Jay Albee
• All Access - Lionel Messi and Olivia Rodrigo
• Isla of adventure by Dela Costa
• Lucy Lancaster by Willow Coven
• Miriam's magical creature files by Leah Cypess
• Forever fairies by Maddy Mara
• Jeanie and Genie by Trish Granted
• Sparkle pigs by Kit Holliday
• My mad scientist mom by Jarrett Lerner
• Daisy Dolittle by Melody Lockhart
• Magical rescue vets by Melody Lockhart
• Taekwondo Academy by Shawn Pryor
• Unicornia by Ana Punset
• Not-so-tiny adventures of Simon Seahorse by Cora Reef
• Willow's woods by Suzanne Selfors
• Murray and bun by Adam Stower

Juvenile Fiction

• Jazzy the witch in broom doom by Jessixa Bagley
• Creaky acres by Calista Brill
• Class pet ghost detective: What happened to the naked mole rat? Akeem S. Roberts
• The midwatch institute for wayward girls by Judith Rossell
• We're all gonna die-nosaur by Kon Tan

Juvenile Nonfiction

• Are there rainbows in space by Dr. Sheila Kanani
• Deadliest snake by Eleanor Spicer Rice
• Also The Deadliest Flower