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Dory Fantasmagory: Head in the Clouds

Abby Hanlon - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover

A loose tooth leads to hilarious hijinks with the tooth fairy in book four of the wonderfully imaginative Dory Fantasmagory seriesDory has her first loose tooth, and, with her usual over-the-top excitement, she cannot stop talking about the tooth fairy. Naturally, this drives her brother...
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Black Ballerinas: My Journey to Our Legacy

Misty Copeland - Aladdin
Format: Hardcover

As a young girl living in a motel with her mother and her five siblings, Misty Copeland didn't have a lot of exposure to ballet or prominent dancers. She was sixteen when she saw a black ballerina on a magazine cover for the first time. The experience emboldened Misty and told her that...
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It's Not Bragging If It's True: How to Be Awesome at Life

Zaila Avant-garde - ?Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

Kids will be inspired to embrace their inner weirdness and persevere through obstacles after reading this empowering collection of true stories from teenage Scripps National Spelling Bee champ and Guinness World Record holder Zaila Avant-garde! Includes 8 pages of never-before-seen photos.After...
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National Geographic Student World Atlas, 6th Edition

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC. - National Geographic Kids
Format: Hardcover

From the map experts at National Geographic comes the sixth edition of the award-winning Student World Atlas - the best resource ever for middle and high school students to become informed global citizens. This latest edition, created with the help of a geography educator, has everything...
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Plantology: 30 Activities and Observations for Exploring the World of Plants

Michael Elsohn Ross - Chicago Review Press
Format: Paperback

DID YOU KNOW...Scientists believe that mosses, the first plants, may have changed the Earth's climate from hot to cold by removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere?Many members of the cabbage family release a poison "mustard" gas to fend off grazers?Plants are used in thousands...
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The Last Comics on Earth

Max Brallier - Viking Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

The Last Kids on Earth are creating THEIR OWN COMIC BOOK! . From worldwide bestselling author Max Brallier comes a full-color graphic novel spin-off series based on the #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling Last Kids on Earth!. Jack, Quint, June, and Dirk are about...
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The Most Haunted House in America

JARRETT DAPIER - Abrams Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

A rollicking, spooky-fun trip through the most haunted home in America: the White House!It was late October, the moon was pale, late in October when it came by mail: a letter, a missive, a kind invitation to drum at THE MOST HAUNTED HOUSE IN THE NATION! When the Skeleton Drummers receive...
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Draw 200 Animals: The Step-by-Step Way to Draw Horses, Cats, Dogs, Birds, Fish, and Many More Creatures

Lee J. Ames - Watson-Guptill
Format: Paperback

A compendium of step-by-step drawing exercises from the best-selling Draw 50 series that features easy-to-follow lessons for rendering animals including cats, dogs, horses, prehistoric creatures, and more.With exercises taken from the animal drawing instruction titles in Lee J. Ames's...
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The Sound of Spring

DAVID LEWMAN - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: Library Binding

The Trolls experience the joys of spring in this leveled reader with stickers!Based on DreamWorks Animation's Trolls movie and the Netflix series Trolls: The Beat Goes On, Branch keeps hearing a sound that's driving him crazy. Can his friends Poppy and Cloud Guy help him figure...
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The Super-Duper Magnet! (Sesame Street Mecha Builders) (Step into Reading)

Lauren Clauss - Random House Books for Young Readers
Format: September 5

Mecha Elmo, Mecha Abby, and Mecha Cookie Monster have a very attractive problem to solve!. When a super-duper magnet at a construction site accidentally turns on, attracting all the metal in the city, the Mechas are ready to help. But the robot friends are made of metal, too! The mighty...
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