Look in the “new” area of your local library to find these and other fresh, excellent books for kids. Let us know in the comments if we missed any of your faves!

Picture Books

Bully / Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Count the Monkeys / Mac Barnett; illus. by Kevin Cornell

The Day the Crayons Quit / by Drew Daywalt; illus. by Oliver Jeffers

Mr. Tiger Goes Wild / Peter Brown

Niño Wrestles the World / Yuyi Morales

Open This Little Book / by Jesse Klausmeier; illus. by Suzy Lee

Early Readers and Moving Up

A Big Guy Took My Ball! / by Mo Willems

Chews Your Destiny / Rhode Montijo

The Meanest Birthday Girl / Josh Schneider

Squirrel's Fun Day / Lisa Moser; illus. by Valeri Gorbachev

Chapter Books

 

About Average / Andrew Clements; illus. by Mark Elliott

Al Capone Does My Homework / Gennifer Choldenko

Better Nate Than Ever / Tim Federle

The Surprise Attack of Jabba the Puppett / Tom Angleberger

Nonfiction

Locomotive / Brian Floca

When the Beat was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop / Laban Hill; illus. by Theodore Taylor III

Wild Boy: The Real Life of the Savage of Aveyron / Mary Losure; illus. by Timothy Ering

Do you know where the newest and shiniest books are kept in your local library? If not, ask a staff member to show you the way! Most branches have a “new book” shelf where you can find these and other fresh, fantastic books for kids:

Picture Books

Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons / written by Eric Litwin; created and illustrated by James Dean

H.O.R.S.E.: A Game of Basketball and Imagination / Christopher Myers

A Kiss Means I Love You / by Kathryn Allen; photographs by Eric Futran

Early Readers and Moving Up

Rabbit & Robot : The Sleepover / Cece Bell

Penny and Her Doll / Kevin Henkes

Lulu and the Duck in the Park / by Hilary McKay; illustrated by Priscilla Lamont

Earwig and the Witch / Diana Wynne Jones; illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky

Fiction

Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms: Magic, Mystery & a Very Strange Adventure / by Lissa Evans

Starry River of the Sky / Grace Lin

Who Could That Be at This Hour? / Lemony Snicket; art by Seth

Nanny Piggins and the Wicked Plan / by R.A. Spratt; illustrated by Dan Santat

Nonfiction

Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?: The Story of Elizabeth Blackwell / Tanya Lee Stone; illustrated by Marjorie Priceman

Island: A Story of the Galápagos / Jason Chin

How Many Jelly Beans? / by Andrea Menotti; illustrated by Yancey Labat

Moonbird: A Year on the Wind with the Great Survivor B95 / Phillip Hoose

Graphic Novels

Drama / Raina Telgemeier; with color by Gurihiru

A Trip to the Bottom of the World with Mouse: A Toon Book / by Frank Viva

Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel / adapted and illustrated by Hope Larson