February New Releases

It's getting to the end of the month, but there's still time to check out our new releases in children's and teens!

Picture Books

Pirate, Viking & Scientist by Jared Chapman
"A pirate and a Viking fight to become the very best friend of a kid scientist, who meanwhile devises the perfect formula for all three friends to play together."

The Sheep Go on Strike by Jean-François Dumont
"When the sheep on a farm go on strike rather than having their warm coats sheared off, the other animals begin taking sides until, at last, a compromise can be reached."

Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña 
"A young boy, C.J., rides the bus across town with his grandmother and learns to appreciate the beauty in everyday things."

The Gentleman Bat by Abraham Schroeder
"A gentleman bat takes a stroll through the city, where he dances in the town square and meets a ladyfriend before a sudden downpour dampens his evening activities."

Green is a Chile Pepper: A Book of Colors by Roseanne Greenfield Thong
"A little girl discovers all the bright colors in her Hispanic American neighborhood."

Chapter Books

Starring Jules (as Herself) by Beth Ain
"Jules is an ordinary seven-year-old girl, concerned with school and friends and other ordinary things--until a chance meeting with a casting director leads to an audition for a television commercial."

The Crossover by Kwame Alexander
"Fourteen-year-old twin basketball stars Josh and Jordan wrestle with highs and lows on and off the court as their father ignores his declining health."

The Great Greene Heist by Varian Johnson
"Jackson Greene has a reputation as a prankster at Maplewood Middle School, but after the last disaster he is trying to go straight--but when it looks like Keith Sinclair may steal the election from Jackson's former best friend Gabriela, he assembles a team to make sure Keith does not succeed."

Dappled Annie and the Tigrish by Mary McCallum
"Annie enjoys spending time in the hedge at the end of the garden where she can keep cool and talk to the creatures that live there."

Guts & Glory: The American Civil War by Ben Thompson
"An educational collection of amazing-but-true facts about the Civil War shares accounts of such events as female spies fighting for the Rebel cause, cavalry rides in enemy territory, and the reelection of President Lincoln."

Teen Books

Shutter by Courtney Alameda
"Seventeen-year-old Micheline Helsing is a tetrachromat--a girl who sees the auras of the undead in a prismatic spectrum. As one of the last descendants of the Van Helsing lineage, she has trained since childhood to destroy monsters both corporeal and spiritual...With an analog SLR camera as her best weapon, Micheline exorcises ghosts by capturing their spiritual energy on film."

The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black
"In the town of Fairfold, where humans and fae exist side by side, a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointed as knives awakens after generations of sleep in a glass coffin in the woods, causing Hazel to be swept up in new love, shift her loyalties, feel the fresh sting of betrayal, and to make a secret sacrifice to the faerie king."

Paper Airplanes by Dawn O'Porter
"The story of the strong bond of friendship between two fifteen-year-old girls in Guernsey in the mid-1990s, who became friends through their shared loneliness, and dysfunctional families, despite their differences in personality and ambitions."

Out of Nowhere by Maria Padian
"Performing community service for pulling a stupid prank against a rival high school, soccer star Tom tutors a Somali refugee with soccer dreams of his own."

Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin
"Author and photographer Susan Kuklin met and interviewed six transgender or gender-neutral young adults and used her considerable skills to represent them thoughtfully and respectfully before, during, and after their personal acknowledgement of gender preference."