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    November 5, 2025

    Sue Lynn Tan’s Never Ever After is satisfying YA fantasy

    ages 4 & up
    November 4, 2025

    Mystery of the Blue Train picture book is great fun for for budding detectives

    ages 5 & up
    November 3, 2025

    I Am Simone Biles is great addition to Ordinary People Change the World series

    ages 3 & up
    November 2, 2025

    G. Brian Karas explores Our Air in nonfiction picture book

    ages 3 & up
    November 1, 2025

    Lion in Bed is relatable picture book for parents and kids

    ages 2 & up
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    Jamie Oliver introduces Little Food Library board books for kids

    Young Adult

    November 5, 2025

    Sue Lynn Tan’s Never Ever After is satisfying YA fantasy

    A young woman catches the eye of a prince in Never Ever After, a Cinderella reimaging influenced by Chinese fairy tales by Sue Lynn Tan.

    October 31, 2025

    Amber McBride’s The Leaving Room is fantastic YA

    October 23, 2025

    History and Scottish folklore collide in The Crimson Throne

    October 22, 2025

    Ali Novak’s Heartstrings is fun addition to Heartbreak Chronicles

    October 21, 2025

    Secrets of the Blue Hand Girls is page-turning YA thriller

    MIDDLE GRADE

    October 30, 2025

    Kate Messner’s How to Save and Otter is fun start to Wildlife Rescue series

    How to Save an Otter is the first book in a new series by Kate Messner about a family dedicated to rescuing animals.

    October 30, 2025

    Alan Gratz’s War Games has broad appeal

    October 29, 2025

    Lauren Tarshis’ I Survived the Dust Bowl, 1935 is exciting historical fiction

    October 29, 2025

    Alan Gratz’s Refugee now available as excellent graphic novel

    October 28, 2025

    Norman Ollestad & Brendan Kiely’s Sole Survivor is riveting true story

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    November 4, 2025

    Mystery of the Blue Train picture book is great fun for for budding detectives

    Agatha Christie’s The Mystery of the Blue Train is adapted for young readers in Marci Kay Monson and Greg Paprocki’s new book by the same title.

    November 3, 2025

    I Am Simone Biles is great addition to Ordinary People Change the World series

    November 2, 2025

    G. Brian Karas explores Our Air in nonfiction picture book

    November 1, 2025

    Lion in Bed is relatable picture book for parents and kids

    November 1, 2025

    Jamie Oliver introduces Little Food Library board books for kids

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    October 8, 2025

    Tiffany Odekirk’s Winterset is entertaining enemies-to-lovers romance

    An unlikely ghost and a man seeking to make the most out of his life cross paths in Tiffany Odekirk’s new gothic romance, Winterset.

    September 7, 2025

    Sarah M. Eden’s Echoes of the Sea is time-traveling romance

    September 4, 2025

    Erin A. Craig’s A land So Wide is captivating adult fiction debut

    September 3, 2025

    Heather B. Moore’s Julia is excellent story of Julia Child

    September 3, 2025

    Bea Fitzgerald’s Girl, Goddess, Queen is page-turning YA romantasy

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    Sue Lynn Tan’s Never Ever After is satisfying YA fantasy

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    Lion in Bed is relatable picture book for parents and kids

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