New Materials

Cakes, cookies or pie? A rivalry among local bakers is the basis for this deliciously sweet, off-the-wall picture book.

A spooky stand-alone middle-grade novel from Dan Poblocki, perfect for fans of John Bellairs and Mary Downing Hahn.

A modern take on Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree that celebrates the friendship between a curious child and her favorite tree.

Dive into this illustrated guide all about the aliens of the deep--from the truly terrifying giant Pacific octopus to the inventive common octopus, find out where they live, what they eat, and how

Sixth-graders Lauren and Tara have always done everything together so it is only natural that they both try out for their middle school musical play, about an "all-American" girl in 1958; Tara gets

Zura is worried about how her classmates will react to her Ghanaian Nana's tattoos on Grandparents Day, but Nana finds a way to show how special and meaningful they are.

"Kerry gets lost on his way home and has to navigate through a fantastical forest to find his way out, only most the creatures in the forest are not there to help him"--

Explore Mars, the mysterious red planet Has there ever been life on Mars? Will we be living there soon?

From the ancient Greek poet Homer to American poet Walt Whitman, Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, and Gwendolyn Brooks, a Chicago poet who chronicled black culture, this book profiles 12 outstanding poet

"An eighth grader starts a podcast to protest the unfair dress code enforcement at her middle school and sparks a rebellion"--