ENGLISH BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS

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June 2026

Picture Books

The Future Book Mac Barnett

I’m Busy Michael Ian Black

Iguana Miss You! Sandra Boynton

Time to Leave, Laverne! Lana Button

I Will Not Walk to School Naseem Hrab

The Wildest Thing Emily Winfield Martin

Go Bananas! A.B. Peel

The Lost Robot Joe Todd-Stanton

The Underwearwolf Gideon Sterer

The Case of Old MacDonald and His Farm Mark Teague

Dick the Delightful Duck Kaye Umansky

Others: A Story for All of Us Kobi Yamada

Juvenile Novels Level 1

Legend of the Sea Dragon: A Branches Book (Unicorn Diaries #12) Rebecca Elliott

When the Warden Calls (Minecraft Ironsword Academy #5) Caleb Zane Huett

Defending the Swamp Dragon: A Branches Book (Dragon Masters #31) Tracey West

Juvenile Novels

Magnitude Jennifer A. Nielsen

Wombat Waiting Katherine Applegate

Nell O’Dell Hates Quests Emily B. Martin

Phoenix (Book 1 of the Ride On series) Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

The Last Immortals: Dawn of the Axolotl (Volume 1) Kit Brooks

Girl of Lore Melanie Dale

The Trouble with Leo (PAWS, Book 5) Nathan Fairbairn

Ape Escape (FunJungle Series #10) Stuart Gibbs

The Missing Magic of Sparrow Zia Leia Ham

Briarwood Natalie Hyde

Chronicles of Weatherwhy: The Season of Flames Anna James

Last Known Address Kathy Kacer

Rialto Kate Milford

Forbidden Mountain (Guardians) Brandon Mull

How to Save a Library Colleen Nelson

The Shrew Detective, Vol.1: The Case of the Pilfered Pearls Margi Preus

Breakout Christina Wyman

Comic Books

Loch Ness Monster’s Unbelievable Science Anne Appert

The New Girl: First Crush Cassandra Calin

Spy School Secret Service Stuart Giggs

Dawn on the Coast: The Baby-sitters Club #19) Ann M. Martin

Karen’s Surprise: Baby-sitters Little Sister #12 Ann M. Martin

Sweet Valley Twins: First Place Francine Pascal

Higher Ground Tull Suwannakit

The Many Misfortunes of Eugenie Wang Stan Yan

May 2026

Board Books

Now I See Spring Mac Barnett

The Pigeon Won’t Say the ABCs! Mo Willems

Picture Books

Her Muddy Majesty of Muck Beatrice Alemagna

A Bear, a Man, and a Doughnut Van Daniel Bernstrom

Two Cranky Bears Nick Bland

Seek and Find Little Ones Colours Kathrin Fehrl

Because of a Shoe Julie Fogliano

Into the Wilderness Haven Iverson

Good Morning, Morning! Maya Meyers

Bartleby Matt Phelan

Judgy Bunny and the Terrible Beach Scott Rothman

Now You Know Your ABCs (Or Do You?) Caspar Salmon

Cassini’s Mission: A Spacecraft, a Tiny Moon, and the Search for Life beyond Earth Katie Venit

It’s My Bird-day! Mo Willems

The Big Green Ken Wilson

Juvenile Novels Level 1

My Biggest Passion!: The Soccer Team #1 Gabriel Anctil

Team Spirit!: The Soccer Team #2 Gabriel Anctil

Ready, Set, Respawn(Minecraft Ironsword Academy #1) Caleb Zane Huet

Eyes of the Endermen (Minecraft Ironsword Academy #4) Caleb Zane Huett

The Letter Setters in Fun! Ethan Long

The Fantastic Freeze Ray: A Branches Book (Super Villains in Training #1) Kailei Pew

Juvenile Novels

The Eyes, the Fire & the Avalanche Kingdom Dave Eggers

The Green Kingdom Cornelia Funke

Roohi and Nate are Not on the Same Page Supriya Kelkar

The Traitor Moth Katherine Orton

The Lighthouse at the World’s End Amy Sparkes

The Unlikely Tale of Chase & Finnegan Jasmine Warga

Juvenile Novels Teen

The Faraway Inn Sarah Beth Durst

The Escape Game Marissa Meyer

Tested Anna Monders

Ellen Poe: The Forgotten Lore Diana Peterfreund

Nonfiction

The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Fast and Slow Animals Sami Bayly

Dog DK

Why? Animals : Brilliant Answers to Baffling Questions Dk

Buzz: A Family Guide to Bugs and Bees and How to Spot Them Richard A. Jones

There Are No Silly Questions Mike Rampton

The Space Book : A Journey Through Our Incredible Universe Sparrow

365 things to make and do Fiona Watt

Comic Books

Mixed Feelings Sarra Amini

The Bad Guys in Attack of the Zittens Aaron Blabey

Inbetweens Faith Erin Hicks

The Greenies Emma Mills

Clock Hands Marieke Nijkamp

Big Nate Code Red! Lincoln Peirce

Once Upon a Tail: A Horse and Dragon Audrey Perrott

Lightfall: A Place Between Tim Probert

Manga

Hikaru in the Light Mai Matsuda

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Manga Dav Pilkey

April 2026

Comic Books

Talons of Power (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel #9) Tui T. Sutherland

March 2026

Picture Books

The Hunt for the Fog Town Moose Stefania Aldana Trujillo

I Am We: How Crows Come Together to Survive Leslie Barnard Booth

The Future Book Mac Barnett

I Am a Highly Dangerous Warrior Raquel D’apice

Because of a Shoe Julie Fogliano

Sketch Jacques Goldstyn

Whirby Molly Harris

Is it Spring? Kevin Henkes

Yaya and the Dan-Tats Camellia Koo

The Great Escape Deborah Marcero

Bored Felicita Sala

I Will Not be Scared Jean-François Sénéchal

No Way, Wash Day Adrienne Thurman

Groucho the Grouchy Groundhog Lydia Lukidis

Up, Up High: The Secret Poetry of Earth’s Atmosphere Lydia Lukidis

Deep, Deep Down: The Secret Underwater Poetry of the Mariana Trench Lydia Lukidis

Tuck Me In: A Science Bedtime Story Nathan W. Pyle

Juvenile Novels Level 1

Search for the Snowy Wolf (Minecraft) Nada Shawish Dutka

Iron Man and His Awesome Friends: Catch That Robot! Marvel

The Monster and Puppet Show Kate Micucci

Beware of the Dino-Snake: A Branches Book (Pets Rule! #8) Susan Tan

Juvenile Novels

A Promise to Protect Nikki Bergstresser

Phoenix Kimberley Brubaker Bradley

Minecraft: House of Horrors: An Official Minecraft Novel Angel Luis Colon

The Lone Husky Hannah Gold

A Scar Like a River Lisa Graff

The Ordinary and Extraordinary Auden Greene Corey Ann Haydu

All the Things We Found Joanne Levy

Stealing the Score Sylvia Liu

Selena the Sunflower (Dragon Girls #19) Maddy Mara

Time Surfers Kevin Sylvester

The Hybrid Prince (Wings of Fire, Book 16) Tui T. Sutherland

Each and Every Spark Claire Swinarski

Comic Books

A Kid Like Me Norm Feuti

Investigators: Agents of S.U.I.T.: Sew Much Trouble John Patrick Green

Hilda and Twig: Wake the Ice Man Luke Pearson

Unicorn Secrets: Another Phoebe and Her Unicorn Adventure Dana Simpson

My Sister the Werebeast Alina Tysoe

Hilo Presents: The Mighty Judd Winick

February 2026

Board Books

The Faraway Forest: Wally’s Route Debbie Fong

Hello Little Ones Amandine Piu

That’s Not My Hippo… Fiona Watt

The Pigeon Needs a Bath Mo Willems

Picture Books

Rumplestiltskin Mac Barnett

Just Because Mac Barnett

When The Air Sang Laura Bontje

The House with the Little Red Door Grace Easton

We All Love Julie Flett

The One About the Blackbird Melanie Florence

The Boy with Flowers in his Hair Jarvis

Shahrzad and the Angry King Nahid Kazemi

Your Truck Jon Klassen

Love Finds a Way Vern Kousky

Ivy and Bearlock Holmes: The Case of the Missing Flower: 15 Puzzles for Sleuths to Solve Kristyna Litten

The Trouble with Giraffes Lisa Mantchev

I Spy Treasure Hunt: A Book of Picture Riddles Jean Marzollo

Troubling Tonsils #1: Yarn is Everything Aaron Reynolds

A Book of Loves Cynthia Rylant

Shibu’s Tail Tess Thomas

10 Shocking Facts about Capybaras Melanie Watt

Juvenile Novels Level 1

Unsettling Salad (Jasper Rabbit’s Creepy Tales #2) Aaron Reynolds

Juvenile Novels

Soccer Simulator (Diary of a Roblox Pro #10) Ari Avatar

The Search for Wondla (Book 1) Tony DiTerlizzi

A Hero for WondLa (Book 2) Tony DiTerlizzi

The Battle for WondLa (Book 3) Tony DiTerlizzi

Spy School Blackout Stuart Gibbs

Gymnastics Diaries #1:Beam Queen Georgia Godwin

Wrong Friend Charise Mericle Harper

Supergifted Gordon Korman

Hypergifted Gordon Korman

Greenglass House Kate Miford

Ghosts of Greenglass House Kate Milford

The Thief Knot Kate Milford

A Raconteur’s Commonplace Book Kate Milford

Dream Barbara O’Connor

The Lion’s Run Sara Pennypacker

Planting Sunshine Andrée Poulin

The Rhythm of Time (Volume 1) Questlove

The Experiment Rebecca Stead

The Aftermyth (Vol.1) Tracy Wolff

A Copycat Conundrum (The Misfits #2?) Lia Yee

Juvenile Novels Teens

Don’t Let the Forest In C.G. Drews

Non fiction

Our Plastic Problem: A Call for Global Solutions Megan Durnford

The Amazing Generation Jonathan Haidt

Dinosaur Destruction: Who Would Win? Jerry Pallotta

What Would You Rather Be? A Black Bear or a Black Mamba? Jerry Pallotta

Comic Books

Unfairies Huw Aaron

My Green Style Lea Beddia

Cabi Head and Tree Head (Cabin Head and Tree Head #1) Scott Campbell

Pluto Rocket: Full Blast! (Pluto Rocket, Book 3) Paul Gilligan

Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior: Hour of Enchantment Cube Cube Kid

Snowlands (A Blood Moon#1) Morr Meroz

Fairest of All (Whatever After Graphic Novel #1) Sarah Mlynowski

If the Shoe Fits (Whatever After Graphic Novel #2) Sarah Mlynowski

Kaboom! Volume1: Blast Off Jay Odjick

I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018 Lauren Tarshis

Froggy: A Pond Full of Pals Paige Walshe

January 2026

Board Books

Heart String Brooke Boynton-Hughes

Runaway Blanket Nancy Deas

Picture Books

My Friend May Julie Flett

Fox and the Mystery Letter Alex G. Griffiths

The Humble Pie Jory John

Dragon Tales Dav Pilkey

The Cave Downwind of the Cafe Mikey Please

Ra! Ta! Ma! Cue! Howie Shia

Rock Paper Incisors: Skunk and Badger 3 Amy Timberlake

The thirteen W8banaki moons Christine Sioui Wawanoloah

The Creation of the Word according to the W8banakiak Christine Sioui Wawanoloah

Valentines Are the Worst! Alex Willan

Juvenile Novels Level 1

Eva Saves the Day: A Branches Book (Owl Diaries #22) Rebecca Elliott

Pug the Unicorn: A Branches Book (Diary of a Pug #14) Kyla May

Press Start!: The Super Jump between Worlds! A Branches Book Press Star

Vortex of the Chaos Dragon: A Branches Book (Dragon Masters #30) Tracey West

Juvenile Novels

Pocket Bear Catherine Applegate

Under Attack (Kidnapped from Ukraine, Book 1) Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

Tilly and the Bookwanderers: Pages & Co. #1 Anna James

Tilly and the Lost fairytales: Pages & Co, #2 Anna James

Tilly and the Map of Stories: Pages & Co. #3 Anna James

The Booksmugglers: Pages & Co. #4 Anna James

The treehouse Library: Pages & Co. #5 Anna James

The Last Bookwanderer: Pages & Co. #6 Anna James

Partypooper: Diary of a Wimpy Kid #20 Jeff Kinney

The City of Lost Cats Tanya Lloyd Kyl

The Anxious Exile of Sara Salt Gabrielle Prendergast

Nonfiction

Octopus Ocean: Geniuses of the Deep Mark Leiran-Young

Comic Books

The Last Kids on Earth and the Destructor’s Lair Max Brallier

The King of the World Ben Clanton

A Waffle Lot of Love! (A Narwhal and Jelly Book #10) Ben Clanton

Oasis Guojing

Bug Boys: Adventures and Daydreams Laura Knetzger

Bug Boys: Outside and Beyond Laura Knetzger

Dungeon Club: Final Face-off: A Graphic Novel (Dungeons and Dragons Club #3) Molly Knox Ostertag