
Children’s New Releases for Spring & Summer 2023
Here is a quick look at children’s & early chapter books coming soon to the library! Note: Titles may take up to 3 weeks after release date to be delivered and cataloged before they are ready to check out.
Children’s Board Books, Picture Books, & Independent Readers



How to Write a Poem
By: Kwame Alexander &
Deanna Nikaido
April 4, 2023
Easy Reader
Through the Fairy Door
By: Gabby Dawnay
April 18, 2023
Easy Reader
Big
By: Vashti Harrison
May 2, 2023
Easy Reader



Repeat After Me
By: Jazmyn Simon
& Dulé Hill
May 2, 2023
Easy Reader
Becoming Charley
By: Kelly DiPucchio
& Loveis Wise
May 2, 2023
Easy Reader
Mother of Sharks
By: Melissa Cristina Márquez
May 30, 2023
Easy Reader



Martina Has Too Many Tías
By: Emma Otheguy
June 20, 2023
Easy Reader
Why Did the Monster Cross the Road?
By: R. L. Stine & Marc Brown
July 4, 2023
Easy Reader
The Emerald Forest
By: Catherine Ward & Karin Littlewood
July 11, 2023
Easy Reader
Juvenile Fiction, Non-Fiction, & Graphic Novels



School Trip (New Kid #3)
By: Jerry Craft
April 4, 2023
Graphic Novel
The One and Only Ruby
By: Katherine Applegate
May 2, 2023
Fiction
The Firefly Summer
By: Morgan Matson
May 2, 2023
Fiction




Lei & the Fire Goddess
By: Malia Maunakea
June 6, 2023
Fiction
She Persisted: Bethany Hamilton
By: Maryann
Cocca-Leffler
July 4, 2023
Non-Fiction
Light Comes
to Shadow Mountain
By: Toni Buzzeo
July 11, 2023
Fiction
Mission to Mars
By: DK
July 11, 2023
Non-Fiction



The Horrible Bag of
Terrible Things
By: Rob Renzetti
July 25, 2023
Fiction
Thor Quest: Hammers of the Gods
By: Jackson Lanzing &
Collin Kelly
July 25, 2023
Graphic Novel
Kay’s Anatomy: A Complete
(& Completely Disgusting) Guide to the Human Body
By: Adam Kay
July 25, 2023
Non-Fiction
Children's & Juvenile Books, Children's Board Books, Children's Picture Books, Juvenile Graphic Novels, Juvenile Non-Fiction, New Releases, Shelbyville-Bedford County Public Library