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The Beginner's Bible: Timeless Children's Stories By The Beginner's Bible Cover Image
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Who Would Win?: Coyote vs. Dingo By Jerry Pallotta, Rob Bolster (Illustrator) Cover Image
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Fly Guy Presents: Weather (Scholastic Reader, Level 2) By Tedd Arnold, Tedd Arnold (Illustrator) Cover Image
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National Geographic Readers: Adorable Animals (Level 2) By Mary Quattlebaum Cover Image
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Fly Guy Presents: Space (Scholastic Reader, Level 2) By Tedd Arnold, Tedd Arnold (Illustrator) Cover Image
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I Want to Be a Firefighter (I Can Read Level 1) By Laura Driscoll, Catalina Echeverri (Illustrator) Cover Image
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DK Super Readers Level 1 Star Wars Grogu's Galaxy: Meet Mando's New Friend! By Matt Jones Cover Image
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Maybe You Should Fly a Jet! Maybe You Should Be a Vet! (Beginner Books(R)) By Dr. Seuss, Kelly Kennedy (Illustrator) Cover Image
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Honoring Hispanic/Latine Heritage Month

  • ChupaCarter and the Haunted Piñata By George Lopez, Ryan Calejo, Santy Gutierrez (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Sofia Valdez, Future Prez (The Questioneers) By Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Cajas de cartón: The Circuit (Spanish Edition) (Cajas de carton #1) By Francisco Jiménez Cover Image
  • Efrén Divided By Ernesto Cisneros Cover Image
  • ChupaCarter By George Lopez, Ryan Calejo, Santy Gutierrez (Illustrator) Cover Image
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    Invisible: A Graphic Novel By Christina Diaz Gonzalez, Gabriela Epstein (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • My Papi Has a Motorcycle By Isabel Quintero, Zeke Peña (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Rafa Counts on Papá By Joe Cepeda Cover Image
  • Esperanza Rising (Scholastic Gold) By Pam Muñoz Ryan Cover Image
  • Witchlings By Claribel A. Ortega Cover Image
  • Frizzy By Claribel A. Ortega, Rose Bousamra (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Merci Suárez Changes Gears By Meg Medina Cover Image
  • Spanish Is the Language of My Family By Michael Genhart, John Parra (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • How to Speak in Spanglish By Mónica Mancillas, Olivia de Castro (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • ¡Vamos! Let's Go Read (World of ¡Vamos!) By III Raúl the Third, III Raúl the Third (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Barely Floating By Lilliam Rivera Cover Image

Eerie and exciting reads!

  • Boo! Baa, La La La! By Sandra Boynton, Sandra Boynton (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Boo Bark! Board Book By Mudpuppy, Kathryn Selbert (By (artist)) Cover Image
  • Boo Bark! Board Book By Mudpuppy, Kathryn Selbert (By (artist)) Cover Image
  • Herbert's First Halloween: (Halloween Children's Books, Early Elementary Story Books, Picture Books about Bravery) By Cynthia Rylant, Steven Henry (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Room on the Broom By Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • The Otherwoods By Justine Pucella Winans, Justine Pucella Winans Cover Image
  • Night of the Living Queers: 13 Tales of Terror & Delight By Shelly Page (Editor), Alex Brown (Editor), Kalynn Bayron, Alex Brown, Vanessa Montalban, Rebecca Kim Wells, Kosoko Jackson, Trang Thanh Tran, Maya Gittelman, Em X. Liu, Shelly Page, Tara Sim, Ayida Shonibar, Ryan Douglass, Sara Farizan Cover Image
  • Boris and Bella By Carolyn Crimi, Gris Grimly (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Hidden Pictures My First Lift-the-Flap Halloween Jokes (Highlights Joke Books) By Highlights (Created by) Cover Image
  • Happy Halloweenie By Katie Vernon, Katie Vernon (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Not a Pumpkin! (A Lift-the-Flap Book) By Susie Lee Jin, Susie Lee Jin (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • The Gathering Dark: An Anthology of Folk Horror By Erica Waters, Chloe Gong, Tori Bovalino, Hannah Whitten, Allison Saft, Olivia Chadha, Courtney Gould, Aden Polydoros, Shakira Toussaint, Alex Brown Cover Image
  • Halloween Fun (Holiday Fun Activity Books) By Highlights (Created by) Cover Image
  • Spooky Pookie (Little Pookie) By Sandra Boynton, Sandra Boynton (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Grumpy Monkey Don't Be Scared By Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Hopefully the Scarecrow By Michelle Houts, Sara Palacios (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Hellaween By Moss Lawton Cover Image
  • The Wheels on the Costume By Cindy Jin, Lauren Lowen (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Dem Bones By Bob Barner Cover Image
  • The Light Inside By Dan Misdea, Dan Misdea (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Celebrate the Day of the Dead! By Diane de Anda, Gloria Félix (Illustrator) Cover Image

Staff Picks

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Vespertine By Margaret Rogerson Cover Image

Vespertine (Hardcover)

By Margaret Rogerson
$18.99

Gray sisters, silver spirits, and white crows that scream warnings of the dead all come together in this haunting new novel from fantasy favorite Margaret Rogerson. Artemisia is the no-nonsense nun that you want on your side when malicious powers start to corrupt human and spirit alike. Fans of Rogerson's Sorcery of Thorns and Enchantment of Ravens will be thrilled with this new series starter!

(Young Adult Fantasy, ages 14+) - Reviewed by Jessica


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