by Barb Langridge | Nov 14, 2025 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
Best friends compete for the once-in-a-lifetime chance to become pop stars in this funny, feel-good manga series perfect for fans of K-On!, The Tryout, and The Baby-sitters Club. Middle-school student Hikaru Ogino is known as the songbird of her family’s...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 11, 2025 | Fantasy
Herbalist Moremi is the teenage daughter of the principal priestess to Yida, the dragon goddess, in an engrossing fantasy series opener from Bowen (Soul of the Deep), which expertly demonstrates the burden of being a chosen one. During a once-a-decade ceremony in...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 11, 2025 | Realistic/Contemporary Fiction
In this effervescent chapter book by Alexander (Black Star), 80 snappy poems recount a bookish tween’s love for her library. Twelve-year-old Macy can’t wait to pick up the next installment of her new favorite book series, The Mighty Zora, from the school library. But...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 11, 2025 | Picture Book
Recess is wholly transformed when Omeed holds up an orange and asks one question: “What if this were the world?” Ms. Lee’s class had come perilously close to running out of games, but the hunt for the best world gains steam right away. The orange is tasty, but too...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 11, 2025 | Picture Book
In the follow-up to the highly acclaimed, instant bestseller, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, comes the second brilliant and highly anticipated fairy tale retelling from the New York Times bestselling and Caldecott Award-winning creators, Mac Barnett and Carson Ellis....
by Barb Langridge | Nov 11, 2025 | Action / Adventure
Time-traveling twins chase time’s greatest villain—and a shocking family mystery—to Ancient Egypt in this high stakes, hilarious, and action-packed thrill ride from #1 bestselling author James Patterson. Orphans Pew and Basket Church managed to escape (barely)...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 11, 2025 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
Blue, Barry, and Pancakes are best friends, but sometimes friends make mistakes. One day, when the gang goes to the beach, Barry and Pancakes lose Blue’s beloved beach ball. They come up with a plan to get it back, but things go way off course. Now, these pals will...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 10, 2025 | Historical Fiction
A poignant novel in verse about a Hmong girl losing and finding home in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. For fans of Jasmine Warga and Veera Hiranandani For eleven-year-old Gao Sheng, home is the lush, humid jungles and highlands of Laos. Home is where she can roll...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 10, 2025 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
Bunny, Monkey, and the rest of the forest friends are back and funnier than ever in this follow-up to Jamie Smart’s Bunny vs. Monkey, perfect for fans of Dog Man and Invader Zim. Since crash-landing his rocket on planet Earth, Monkey has been causing absolute...
by Barb Langridge | Nov 9, 2025 | Graphic Novel / Comics / Manga
Pluto Rocket and Joe Pidge return with a blast in the third book of this hilarious new early graphic novel series, for fans of Narwhal and Jelly and Pizza and Taco! Joe Pidge, king of the neighborhood, and Pluto Rocket, an alien who’s new in town, have left the...
