ENGLISH BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS

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July 2026

Board Books

McToad Mows Tiny Island: A Board Book Tom Angleberger

Cat Shapes Aidan Cassie

I’ll Love You Till the Sloths Start School Kathryn Cristaldi

Goodnight, Bruce Ryan T. Higgins

Where Is Bear? Leslea Newman

Picture Books

Taking Turns with Turtles Shari Becker

The Crayon’s Book of Manners Drew Daywalt

Worm on the Job Maureen Fergus

Sarabeth’s Garage Melanie Florence

Every Space Between Naseem Hrab

Do You Know the Dark?: Exploring the Unseen, Unknown, and Unusual Roz MacLean

Summer Pops Up! Aurore Petit

A Door is to Open Kyo Maclear

Dad Christian Robinson

Dear Acorn (Love, Oak) Joyce Sidman

Uh-Oh, Hugo! Janathan Stutzman

The Sweater: A Story of Community Larissa Theule

I Am Speedy: Confessions of a Turbocharged Sloth Kristen Tracy

The Trouble with Children (According to Dog) Katie Weaver

Juvenile Novels Level 1

The Impossible Crime (Mac B., Kid Spy #2) Mac Barnett

Top Secret Smackdown (Mac B., Kid Spy #3) Mac Barnett

Mac Cracks the Code (Mac B. , Kid Spy #4) Mac Barnett

The Sound of Danger (Mac B., Kid Spy #5) Mac Barnett

Biscuit Rides with the Ferry Alyssa Satin Capucilli

Unicornia: Rainbow Roller Skates Ana Punset

Soccer (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 2) Melissa Santoyo

Cranky versus the Cat Phuc Tran

A Not So Perfect Start (The Caring Classroom, Book 1) Trudy Ludwig

Juvenile Novels

The Mystery of the Stolen World Cup Trophy Angela Cervantes

Beast Ballerz: Book 1 Wesley King

The Last Dragon House (Book 1) Olivia Mae Morris

Wanted: Your House Monique Polak

The Second Life of Snap Erin Entrada Kelly

Nonfiction

National Geographic Kids Almanac 2027 (Canadian Edition) National Geographic Kids

Comic Books

Sol Goes for Goal! Julio Anta

Iron Man: Super Smash! (A Mighty Marvel Team-Up) Dean Hale

A Fishboy Named…Sashimi Dan Santat

Midsummer Sisters (A Graphic Novel) Niki Smith

June 2026

Picture Books

The Future Book Mac Barnett

Ben’s bumpy flight Suzanne Bélair

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

Stella and Marigold (Book 1) Annie Barrows

Mermaids and Mix-Ups (Stella and Marigold, Book 2) Annie Barrows

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

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