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New Releases - Children's & Juvenile Books

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