ENGLISH BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS

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October 2025

Board Books

Knight Owl’s Little Christmas Christopher Denise

Look, Baby, Look! At Home Louise Lockhart

Picture Books

A Dance with Santa Claus Sandra Boynton

One Can Lana Button

When Santa Wrote Back Nathan Christopher

The Night Giant Lorenzo Coltellacci

I’m Longer Than You! Carolyn Fisher

The Museum of Willa and Wade Judith Henderson

Rock Paper Incisors: Skunk and Badger 3 Amy Timberlake

The Biggest Smallest Thing Sara de Waal

Juvenile Novels

A Sea of Lemon Trees Maria Dolores Aguila

Pocket Bear Katherine Applegate

The Wrath of the Woolington Wyrm: Miss Mary-Kate Martin’s Guide to Monsters Karen Foxlee

Dragonborn Struan Murray

Mystery at the Biltmore #3: A Recipe for Robbery Colleen Nelson

Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody: The HAT of Great Importance Patrick Ness

The Forbidden Room (The Last Hope School for Magical Delinquents) Nicki Pau Preto

Scarlet Morning, Book 1: Scarlet Morning ND Stevenson

The Court of the Dead: (From the World of Percy Jackson): A Nico di Angelo Adventure Rick Riordan

The Poisoned King Katherine Rundell

Juvenile Novels Teen

You Started It Jackie Khalilieh

Song of a Blackbird Maria van Lieshout

Nonfiction

Ripley’s Believe It or Not: Seek the Strange: Ripley’s Believe It or Not

Comic Books

The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza Mac Barnett

Hooves of Death: Volume 1 Sam Bragg

Not-So-Sweetie-Pie (Weenie Featuring Frank and Beans Book #3) Maureen Fergus

Investigators: Case Files John Green

Kindred Dragons (Book 1) Sarah Mensinga

Wagnificent: A New Dog in the Den Bethanie Murguia

Big Nate: No Harm Done! (#33) Lincoln Peirce

Manga

My Hero Academia 1-20 Kohei Horikashi

Blue Lock Season 1 Part 1 vol.1-6 Muneyuki Kaneshiro

Blue Lock Season1 Part 2 vol.7-12 Muneyuki Kaneshiro

Fairy Tail 12-22 Hiro Mashima

Witch Hat Atelier 1-6 Kamome Shirahama

September 2025

Board Books

Dress-Up Day Blanca Gomez

Maybe… Chris Haughton

Peekaboo Dinosaur Camilla Reid

My First 123 Edward Underwood

Picture Books

The Invisible Parade Leigh Bardugo

The Richest Cow in the World Barroux

Ellie Has a Secret Amelia Bothe

The Only Lonely Fairy Lana Button

Chicka Chicka Tricka Treat Julien Chung

Beverly Bat Your Service Kelly Collier

T is for Terry: An ABC of Courage Denise Dias ADOPTED

The Marvelous Now Angela DiTerlizzi

Evelyn Witch Gets a Pet Beth Ferry

Aggie and the Ghost Matthew Forsythe

Big Kids K.L. Going

Everyday Bean (Tiny Bean’s Big Adventures, Book #1) Stephanie Graegin

Welcome: A Book about Friendship Alison Green ADOPTED

The Witching Hour Jennifer Harris

Norman and the Smell of Adventure Ryan T. Higgins

Benny and the Bananasaurus Rex Sarabeth Holden

Cone Dog Sarah Howden

How to Staycation Like a Snail Naseem Hrab

You Can Sit with Me Rachel Tawil Kenyon

The Other Side of the Rocks Nahid Kkazemi

The Arguers Corinna Luyken

Vampire Jam Sandwich Casey Lyall

All of Us: A First Conversation about Disability Megan Madison

Millie Fleur Saves the Night Christy Mandin

The Mango Monster Derek Mascarenhas

Sloth and Squirrel in a Pickle Cathy Balou Mealey

The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt Riel Nason

The Little Ghost Quilt’s Winter Surprise Riel Nason

Camping in the Wild Nicholas Oldland

I Am a Rock Ashley Qilavaq-Savard

Troubling Tonsils! Aaron Reynolds

Little Shoes David A. Robertson

Oh, Dear, Look What I Got! Michael Rosen ADOPTED

Colette: The Solitary Bee Jean-Francois Senechal

So Tired, So Wide Awake Susanne Strasser

The Hockey Skates Karl Subban

The Little Green Envelope Gillian Sze ADOPTED

Cranky, Crabby Crow (Saves the World) Corey R. Tabor ADOPTED

Hedgehogs Don’t Wear Underwear Marissa Valdez

Getting Glam at Gram’s Sara Weed

To Catch a Ghost Rachel Michelle Wilson

Juvenile Novels Level 1

The Adventure Club: Red Panda Rescue: Book 1 Jess Butterworth

Fairy Door Diaries: Eliza and the Flower Fairies Megan Mcdonald

Magic of the Wizard Dragon (Dragon Masters #29) Tracey West

Juvenile Novels

Ghoulia: Making New Friends Can be Scary (Book#1) Barbara Cantini

The Library of Unruly Treasures Jeanne Birdsall ADOPTED

The Beat I Drum (Life of a Cactus, #3) Dusti Bowling

A Hero’s Guide to Summer Vacation Pablo Cartaya ADOPTED

Future Me Saves the World (and Ruins My Life) Leah Cypress

The Secret of Honeycake Kimberly Newton Fusco

Busted Dan Gemeinhart

Death by Whoopee Cushion Vicki Grant

The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest Aubrey Hartman

A Skeleton in the Closet Claire Hatcher-Smith

Blood in the Water Tiffany D. Jackson

Courtesy of Cupid Nashae Jones

Heartwood Hotel: Better Together (#3) Kallie George

Heartwood Hotel: Home Again (#4) Kallie George

Heartwood Hotel: Family Forever (#5) Kallie George

The Last Resort Erin Entrada Kelly

Benny on the Case Wesley King

Snoop Gordon Korman ADOPTED

Vanya and the Wild Hunt Sangu Mandanna

Mystery at the Biltmore #2:The Classified Catnapping Colleen Nelson

The Free State of Jax Jennifer A. Nielsen

Kareem Between Shifa Saltagi Safadi

Tyger S.F. Said

Skandar and the Spirit War A. F. Steadman ADOPTED

The Best Worst Summer of Esme Sun Wendy Wan-Long Shang

Juvenile Novels Teen

Under the Same Stars Libba Bray

Comic Books

The First Cat in Space and the Baby Pirate’s Revenge Mac Barnett

Curse and Reverse: Witches of Brooklyn v.5 Sophie Escabasse

Diary of a Nature Nerd Tiffany Everett

Dream On Shannon Hale

Bug Boys 2 Laura Knetzger

Karen’s Ghost: A Graphic Novel (Baby-sitters Little Sister #11) Ann M. Martin

Nancy Spector, Monster Detective: The Case of the Missing Spot (A Graphic Novel) Stephen W. Martin

Mabel Makes (Up) a Friend Cyndi Marko

School Dance (A Graphic Novel): The Brinkley Yearbooks Sarah Sax

Max, a Little Axolotl #1 ( An Original Grahic Novel) Joey Spiotto

Astronautical! Brooklin Stormie

Manga

Unico: Hunted (Volume 2) Osama Tezuka

Nonfiction

My First Recipe Book: Recipes for the Food Kids Really Want to make (and Eat) Ricardo Larrivee

Who Would Win? Porcupine vs Pangolin Jerry Pallotta

August 2025

Juvenile Nonfiction

Unstoppable Us, Volume 1: How Humans Took Over The World Yuval Noah Harari ADOPTED

Unstoppable Us, Volume 2: Why the World Isn’t Fair Yuval Noah Harari ADOPTED

July 2025

Board Books

Hungry Bird Jeremy Tankard

Picture Books

The Kite Collector Zoey Abbott

The Wild Robot on the Island Peter Brown

When You Go to Dragon School Chelsea M. Campbell

This Book is Dangerous Ben Clanton

Zebra and Yak: The Backwards Alphabet Book Paul Freidrich

A Hummingbird on My Balcony Isabelle Groc

The Music Inside Us: Yo-Yo Ma and His Gifts to the World James Howe

Where the Deer Slip Through Katey Howes

Bear and Bird: The Cave and Other Stories Jarvis

Everything’s Wrong!: A Bear, a Hare, and Trouble Everywhere Jory John

Not a Dog Claudia Guadalupe Martinez

My Brother Otto and the Birthday Party Meg Raby

Bob the Boo-Boo Melina Schoenborn

Freya and the Snake Frederik Sonck

No Mousie Left Behind Ashley Spires

Bye Bye Butterfly Ashley Spires

Llama Rocks the Cradle of Chaos Joanthan Stutzman

I Think I think a Lot Jessica Whipple

Juvenile Novels

The Mystery of the Haunted Dance Hall Charis Cotter ADOPTED

How to Train Your Dragon School: Doom of the Darkwing: Book 1 Cressida Cowell

Bea Mullins Takes a Shot Emily Diebert

Gus and Glory Sarah Guillory

Masterpiece Alexandra Hoffman

The Garden Just Beyond Lindsey Leavitt

Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody Patrick Ness

Smoke and Mirrors Rosalyn Ransaw

The Tower at the End of Time Amy Sparkes

Seeking Draven Michael Stewart

Sam Eric Walters

Juvenile Novels Teen

The Incorruptibles Lauren Magaziner

Best of All Worlds Kenneth Oppel

Nonfiction

An Anthology of Shells Simon Aiken

Kersplash! A Cloud Bursts Jessica Kulekjian

Is It Weather or Is It Climate Change? Rachel Salt

This is How a Ball Rolls Heather Tekavec

Comic Books

Aphmau: Searching for Home: A Graphic Novel Ahpmau

Way Off Track Carl Brundtland

Steve, A Rare Egg Kelly Collier ADOPTED

Deeply Dave Michael Grover

Pickle on Wheels Sylvie Kantorovitz

Reel Life: A Graphic Novel Kane Lynch

Junie B.Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus: The Graphic Novel Barbara Park

June 2025

Picture Books

Sea in My Cells Laura Alary

Odder: An Otter’s Story Katherine Applegate

The Great Dinosaur Sleepover Linda Bailey

Sloth and Squirrel on Vacation Cathy Ballou

Our Pool Lucy Ruth Cummins

The Weedflower Elizabeth Davaze

Happy Father’s Day from the Crayons Drew Daywalt

Orris and Timble: Lost and Found Kate DiCamillo

Sprout, Seed, Sprout! Annika Dunklee

Walking Trees: Marie Louise Gay

Octavio and His Glasses Marc Gonzales Rossell

The Bigfoot Field Guide to Campers And Other Mysterious Creatures Jami Gigot

The Bear Out There Jess Hannigan

Everybelly Thao lam

Chidori: A Story of One Thousand Birds Jennifer Maruno

How to Say Hello to a Worm Kari Percival ADOPTED

Don’t Trust Fish Neil Sharpson

The Most Magnificent Team Ashley Spires

If You Were Here Kathy Stinson

Grown with Love Valerie Wicker

Running Hot and Cold! ( Minecraft Ironsword Academyy #3) Caleb Zane Huett

Board Books

Seek-and-Find Little Ones Canada Isabelle Charbonneau

Juvenile Novels

Cat on the Run in Hidden Layers! (Cat on the Run #3) Aaron Blabey

The Bad Guys in Mission Unpluckable Aaron Blabey

Noah Frye Gets Crushed Maggie Horne

Mixed Up Gordon Korman

Birds on the Brain Uma Krishnaswami

The Gate, The Girl, and the Dragon Grace Lin

The Time Keeper Meagan Mahoney

The Trouble with Heroes Kate Messner

Spirit Service Sarena Nanua

Candle Island Lauren Wolk

Top Story (Front Desk #5) Kelly Young

Non Fiction

Robot, Unicorn, Queen: Poems for You and Me Shannon Bramer

Maker Workshop Alison Dr. Buxton

Working Boats Tom Crastodina

Awesome Animal Facts The Royal Canadian Geographic Society

National Geographic Kids Almanac 2026 (Canadian Edition) National Geographic Kids