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New Children’s-March 2026

Library Admin — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:09:30 +0000

Board Book

Bunnies know & grow	BB GEHL, LAURA
Like water, little otter	BB HANSON, SYDNEY
Paw Patrol :	BB PAW PATROL
Paint the town! :	BB PAW PATROL

Picture Books

Stacey’s remarkable books	E Abrams, Stacey
Sato the rabbit :	E AINOYA YUKI
Whooo is still awake?	E BARRAGER, BRIGETTE
Stalactite and Stalagmite : a big tale from a little cave	E BECKMEYER, DREW
The great zoo hullabaloo!	E CARTHEW, MARK
Thank you, neighbor!	E Chan, Ruth
Don’t eat Eustace	E Cho Lian
The fierce little woman and the wicked pirate	E COWLEY, JOY
Good night, Dude Perfect	E DUDE PERFECT
How I feel when I hear NO	E FARZAM, RONIT
The snowball fight	E FERRY, Beth
I see you	E GENHART, MICHAEL
Ouch! moments :	E GENHART, MICHAEL
Whirby	E Harris Molly
How to be brave like a snail	E HRAB, NASEEM
Glitter kittens	E Joyce, William
All the dogs	E KENT, NICOLA
Diggers, dozers, and dumpers :	E KONNECKE, OLE
Good luck, puck!:	E MARX, DONNA
Taco falls apart	E MILES, BRENDA
No more gnomes	E MILLS, BETH
I hear the snow, I feel the sea	E Milusich, Janice
String ball	E MONROE, CHRIS
The Forgotten Scoop	E OLSON GILLIA
Tater Fry and the quest for Ketchup	E OLSON GILLIA
Calm your roar like a dinosaur	E PATTERSON, COLLEEN
I am not happy!	E Perry, Caroline
The keeper of stories	E PRITCHARD, CAROLINE
A box of butterflies	E ROOKS, JO
I truck :	E SCHMITT Kelly
First library card with Big Bird	E SESAME STREET
First library card with Big Bird	E SESAME STREET
C is for crime scene :	E Staveley, Judy
Little moments in a big universe	E Stewart, Todd
Healing days :	E STRAUS, SUSAN
Zohran walks New York	E VonPlaten, Millie
Things that go	E WATSON, OLIVIA
Dino-birthday	E WHEELER, LISA
Dino-school	E WHEELER, LISA

Holiday

Candy corn Christmas	EHOL FENSKE JONATHAN
Ghost says meow! :	EHOL KUKLA LAUREN
A stickler valentine	EHOL Smith, Lane

Early Readers

Earthworms help plants	ER CHU, KATHERINE
Recycled gardens	ER CHU, KATHERINE
Parts of a tree	ER CHU, KATHERINE
Composting fun	ER CHU, KATHERINE
Robert the rose horse	ER Heilbroner, Joan
Save the lookout!	ER PAW PATROL
The digging-est dog	ER Perkins, Al
Celebrating Earth Day	ER PETERS, KATIE
Splat The Cat : The Name Of The Game	ER SCOTTON, ROB
Save the rainbow!	ER SHIMMER AND SHINE
Star Wars Rebels.	ER STAR WARS
Magic mix-up	ER TRELEAVEN, LOU

Nonfiction

Gemini	J 133.52 ANDREWS, ELIZABETH
The government encyclopedia	J 320.973 MOONEY, Carla
SPIES	J 327.12 STEVENSON, PAUL
Brown V. Board of Education	J 344.0798 Rossiter Brienna
Hiding in plain sight : Kate Warne and the race to save Abraham Lincoln	J 363.25 Anderson
Dragons around the world :	J 398.24 FENMORE, TAYLOR
Dragon folklore :	J 398.24 KAISER, BRIANNA
Breaking down chemistry	J 540 RUSICK Jessica
Tully monster :	J 560 GRAMSON, HANNAH
My book of dinosaurs	J 567.9 GRIFFIN, ANNABEL
Dinosaurs : exploring prehistoric life and geological time	J 567.9 Ignotofsky, Rachel
I know dino! :	J 567.9 Ricci Sabrina
Terror birds :	J 568 GRAMSON, HANNAH
Saber-toothed cats :	J 569 GRAMSON, HANNAH
Ground sloths :	J 569 GRAMSON, HANNAH
Decomposers and Scavengers :	J 577.16 HUDDLESTON Emma
Symbiotic relationships :	J 577.85 HUDDLESTON, EMMA
Seed dispersers :	J 581.78 HUDDLESTON, EMMA
My presentation today is about the anaconda	J 590 Dumon Tak
The 10 Deadliest Animals	J 590 ROSE RACHEL
The 10 Smartest Animals	J 590 ROSE RACHEL
The 10 Strongest Animals	J 590 ROSE RACHEL
Ecosystem architects :	J 591.56 LONDON, MARTHA
Titanoboa :	J 597.96 GRAMSON, HANNAH
Birds :	J 598.1 Mattern Joanne
Mammals :	J 599.1 Mattern Joanne
Saving the day :	J 609.2 PARSONS, KARYN
Beneficial insects :	J 632.96 HUDDLESTON
Behold our magical garden :	J 635.04 WOLF, ALLAN
Farm to fork workshop :	J 641.3 BORGERT SPANIEL Megan
Amazing Africa :	J 641.3 TYNER, ARTIKA
Bread workshop :	J 641.815 BORGERT Spaniol
Pastry workshop :	J 641.865 BORGERT SPANIOL Megan
Candy	J 664.15 DOTY, ABBY
Making manga the Saturday Am way :	J 741.5 ROCKPORT
Dinosaurs	J 743.6 STEVENSON, PAUL
The making of anime and manga :	J 791.45 BOLTE, MARI
Magic	J 793.8 STEVENSON, PAUL
Los Angeles Lakers	J 796.323 BARRY, JAMES
Boston Celtics	J 796.323 TISCHLER JOE
Football’s Super Bowl	J 796.33 LEED, PERCY
Soccer heroes	J 796.33 STEVENSON, PAUL
The summer Olympic games	J 796.48 LEED, PERCY
Poetry comics	J 811.6 Snider Grant
Pollinators :	J 871.86 LONDON, MARTHA
Pirates	J 910.45 STEVENSON, PAUL
His fairytale life : a book about Hans Christian Andersen	J 92 Andersen, Hans
The doctor with an eye for eyes :	J 92 BATH, PATRICIA
Run home	J 92 Bermudez Alyssa
Usain Bolt	J 92 Bolt, Usain
Let’s fly! :	J 92 IRVING BARRINGTON
A life of song:	J 92 JENKINS, ELLA
William Kamkwamba	J 92 KAMKWAMBA, WILLIAM
The girl with a mind for math :	J 92 Montague, Raye
To boldly go :	J 92 NICHOLS, NICHELLE
Spark : Jim West’s electrifying adventures in creating the microphone	J 92 West, Jim
Who is beyoncé?	J 92 WhoWas BEYONCÉ
Who is Tony Hawk?	J 92 WhoWas Hawk, Tony
Who was Vincent van Gogh?	J 92 WhoWas VAN GOGH
The spy in the museum : how Rose Valland saved art from the Nazis	J 940.53 MCGUIRE, ERIN
The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki	J 940.54 Rebman Nick
The Trail of Tears	J 970.5 Rossiter, Brienna
George Washington’s spectacular spectacles : the glasses that saved America	J 973.3 Castrovilla
Women in the American Revolution	J 973.3 Shea Therese
The Underground Railroad	J 973.71 Rossiter, Brienna
Yellowstone National Park	J 978.7 KAISER, Emma
Grand Canyon National Park	J 979.1 HUDAK, Heather

CD

Spooky lakes :	JCD 551.48 RUTHERFORD
The mystery of locked rooms	JCD CURRIE LINDSAY
Dinner at the Brake Fast	JCD LUTE RENEE
The long way around	JCD NESBET ANNE
The wrong way home	JCD O’SHAUGHN KATE
Junie B. Jones collection	JCD PARK, BARBARA
A strange thing happened in Cherry Hall	JCD WARGA JASMINE

DVD

Charlie the wonderdog	JDVD CHARLIE THE WONDERDOG
Grand Prix of Europe (DVD)	JDVD GRAND PRIX OF EUROPE

Fiction

The awakening of Roku	JF AVATAR
The case of the heartbreak heist	JF CURRAN-BAUER Christee
Alice with a why	JF James, Anna
Good different	JF Kuyatt, Meg
Violet the painting fairy	JF MEADOWS, DAISY
Rhapsody Smith :	JF NICHOLSON LORNA
The adventures of Cipollino	JF Rodari, Gianni
Scooby-Doo! and the sunken ship	JF SCOOBY-DOO
Pennies	JF SENF, Lora
The snowman code	JF STEPHENSON, SIMON
Murray the pirate	JF STOWER ADAM
The hybrid prince	JF SUTHERLAND, TUI
I survived the Dust Bowl, 1935	JF TARSHIS, LAUREN

Graphic Novels

A Day in the Life of a Caveman, a Queen and Everything In Between.	JGN BARFIELD, MIKE
Detective Beans: Adventures in Cat Town	JGN CHEN LI
Arthur’s magical kingdom	JGN DISNEY
The new adventures of… Zootopia 2.	JGN DISNEY
Cat mask boy	JGN LIU, LINUS
The five wolves	JGN MCCARTY Peter
Kindred dragons	JGN Mensinga Sarah
Dog Man Twenty thousand fleas under the sea	JGN Pilkey, Dave
Rune :	JGN SANCHEZ, CARLOS
All aboard the poo boat	JGN SONG-EUI, PARK
The golden poo	JGN SONG-EUI, PARK
Krypto’s big break	JGN SUPERGIRL

Middle Grade books by Black authors and illustrators

Library Admin — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 18:23:52 +0000

Ways to make sunshine / The season of Styx Malone / Tristan Strong punches a hole in the sky / The Parker inheritance / Kwame crashes the underworld/ New kid

The crossover/One big open sky / Ghost / One crazy summer / Hurricane child/ Just like Jesse Owens

Picture Books by Black authors and illustrators

Library Admin — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:41:45 +0000

The book itch : freedom, truth & Harlem’s greatest bookstore / Jazz / Big / Another/ Crown : an ode to the fresh cut

I am enough / All because you matter Little Melba and her big trombone / I got the rhythm

2026 Youth Media Awards!

Library Admin — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 22:30:48 +0000

John Newbery Medal

Winner:

All the blues in the sky by Renée Watson

Newbery Honor Books:

The nine moons of Han Yu and Luli by Karina Yan Glaser / A Sea of Lemon Trees by María Dolores Águila / The Teacher of Nomad Land by Daniel Nayeri / The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest by Aubrey Hartman

Randolph Caldecott Medal

Winner:

Fireworks, illustrated by Cátia Chien, written by Matthew Burgess

Caldecott Honor Books:

Every Monday Mabel by Jashar Awan / Our Lake by Angie Kang / Stalactite and Stalagmite : a big tale from a little cave by Drew Beckmeyer / Sundust by Zeke Peña

Coretta Scott King Book Awards

King Author Award Book:

Will’s Race for Home by Jewell Parker Rhodes

King Author Honor Books:

The Incredibly Human Henson Blayze by Derrick Barnes / The Library in the Woods by Calvin Alexander Ramsey, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie /Split the Sky by Marie Arnold

King Illustrator Award Book

The Library in the Woods by Calvin Alexander Ramsey, illustrated by R. Gregory Christie

King Illustrator Honor Books:

André :André Leon Talley-a fabulously fashionable fairy tale, illustrated by Lamont O’Neal / City summer, country summer, illustrated by Alexis Franklin

Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Author Award

Under the Neon Lights by Arriel Vinson

Coretta Scott King – Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement

Kadir Nelson

Michael L. Printz Award

Winner:

Legendary frybread drive-in : intertribal stories, edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Printz Honor Books:

Cope Field by T.L. Simpson /The House That No One Sees by Adina King /Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley / Song of a Blackbird by Maria van Lieshout

Schneider Family Book Award

Schneider Younger Children’s Award:

Wanda Hears the Stars: A Blind Astronomer Listens to the Universe by Amy S. Hansen with Wanda Díaz Merced

Schneider Younger Children Honor Books:

Bat and the Business of Ferrets by Elana K. Arnold / I hear the snow, I feel the sea by Janice Milusich

Schneider Middle Grade Award:

Where only storms grow by Alyssa Colman

Schneider Middle Grade Honor Books:

Octopus moon by Bobbie Pyron / The Strongest Heart by Saadia Faruqi

Schneider Young Adult Award:

Whale eyes : a memoir about seeing and being seen by James Robinson

Schneider Young Adult Honor Books:

The Golden Boy’s Guide to Bipolar by Sonora Reyes / The Poetry of Car Mechanics by Heidi E.Y. Stemple

Children’s Literature Lecture Award

Kwame Alexander

Children’s Literature Legacy Award

Candace Fleming

Margaret A. Edwards Award

Candace Fleming

Mildred L. Batchelder Award

Winner:

Croco by Azul López

Batchelder Honor Books:

The Adventures of Cipollino by Gianni Rodari, illustrated by Dasha Tolstikova / From Memen to Mori by Shinsuke Yoshitake / Picking Tea with Baba by Xu Bin, illustrated by Yu Yin / Pilgrim Codex by Vivian Mansour, illustrated by Emmanuel Valtierra

Odyssey Award

Odyssey Award for Children:

Clack, Clack! Smack! A Cherokee Stickball Story by Traci Sorell

Odyssey Award for Young Adults:

Trans History: From Ancient Times to the Present Day by Alex L. Combs

Odyssey Honor Audiobooks:

The Dead of Summer by Ryan La Sala / Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith / Soundtrack by Jason Reynolds / Whale Eyes: A Memoir About Seeing and Being Seen by James Robinson

Pura Belpré Awards

Youth Illustrator Award:

Popo the Xolo, illustrated by Abraham Matia

Honor Books:

A-Ztec: A Bilingual Alphabet Book, illustrated and written by Emmanuel Valtierra / The Invisible Parade, illustrated by John Picacio

Children’s Author Award:

The Pecan Sheller by Lupe Ruiz-Flores

Children’s Author Honor Books:

A Hero’s Guide to summer Vacation by Pablo Cartaya / The Island of Forgotten Gods by Victor Piñeiro / A Sea of Lemon Trees by María Dolores Águila

Young Adult Author Award:

On the Wings of la Noche by Vanessa L. Torres

Young Adult Author Honor Books:

Rosa by Any Other Name by Hailey Alcaraz / Silenced Voices by Pablo Leon / The Story of My Anger by Jasminne Mendez

Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal

Winner:

Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka con la Papa by Sara Andrea Fajardo

Sibert Honor Books:

At Last She Stood: How Joey Guerrero Spied, Survived, and Fought for Freedom by Erin Entrada Kelly / Go Tell It: How James Baldwin Became a Writer by Quartez Harris, illustrated by Gordon C. James / The History of We by Nikkolas Smith / Silenced Voices by Pablo Leon/ A World Without Summer: A Volcano Erupts, A Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes Out by Nicholas Day, illustrated by Yas Imamura

Stonewall Book Award

Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Children’s Literature Award:

Halfway to Somewhere by Jose Pimienta

Stonewall Honor Books for Children’s Literature:

Call Me Gray by Andrew Larsen and Bells Larsen / The Ink Witch by Steph Cherrywell /Ollie in Between by Jess Callans / Woods & Words :the story of poet Mary Oliver by by Sara Holly Ackerman ; illustrated by Naoko Stoop

Mike Morgan & Larry Romans Young Adult Literature Award:

One of the boys by Victoria Zeller

Stonewall Honor Books for Young Adult Literature:

Devils Like Us by L. T. Thompson / He’s so possessed with me by Corey Liu / Hick: The Trailblazing Journalist Who Captured Eleanor Roosevelt’s Heart by Sarah Miller / Sometimes the Girl by Jennifer Mason-Black

Theodor Seuss Geisel Award

Winner:

Stop that mop! by Jonathan Fenske

Geisel Honor Books:

The Big Mess and Other Stories by Greg Pizzoli / The Tunneler Tunnels in the Tunnel by Michael Rex

William C. Morris Award

All the Noise at Once by DeAndra Davis

William C. Morris Award Finalists

First love language by Stefany Valentine/ Love, Misha by Askel Aden/ Red Flags and Butterflies by Sheryl Azzam/You and Me on Repeat by Mary Shyne

YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults

Winner:

Death in the jungle : murder, betrayal, and the lost dream of Jonestown by Candace Fleming

Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalists

American spirits : the famous Fox sisters and the mysterious fad that haunted a nation by Barb Rosenstock/ White House Secrets: Medical Lies and Cover-Ups by Gail Jarrow/ White Lies: How the South Lost the Civil War, then Rewrote the History by Ann Bausum/ A World Without Summer: A Volcano Erupts, A Creature Awakens, and the Sun Goes Out by Nicholas Day, illustrated by Yas Imamura

American Indian Youth Literature Award

Best Picture Book:

Chooch Helped by Andrea L. Rogers ; illustrated by Rebecca Lee Kunz

Picture Book Honor Books:

Braided roots by Pasha Westbrook ; illustrated by Madelyn Goodnight / Fierce Aunties! by Laurel Goodluck, illustrated by Steph Littlebird / For a Girl Becoming by Joy Harjo ; illustrated by Adriana Garcia/ Raven’s Ribbons by Tasha Spillett, illustrated by Daniel Ramirez / We Weave by Daniel W. Vandever, illustrated by Deonoveigh Mitchell

Best Middle Grade Book:

Buffalo Dreamer by Violet Duncan

Middle Grade Honor Books:

Jo Jo Makoons: The Super-Scary Sleepover by Dawn Quigley, illustrated by Tara Audibert / Lost at Windy River by Trina Rathgeber / Outfoxed by Elise McMullen-Ciotti /Red Bird danced by Dawn Quigley / The Ribbon Skirt by Cameron Mukwa

Best Young Adult Book:

Legendary frybread drive-in : intertribal stories, edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Young Adult Honor Books:

Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger / Sisters in the Wind by Angeline Boulley / Super Indian, Volume Three by Arigon Starr / The Unfinished by Cheryl Isaacs / Where Wolves Don’t Die by Anton Treuer