THE WHALE'S TALE & THE OTTER'S SIDE OF THE STORY
by Kate Messner
illus. Brian Biggs
HC/Clarion, 4/21/26

MY FATHER / MI PADRE
by Raúl the Third & Elaine Bay
HC/Versify, 5/5/26

JIA HAS A DOG PROBLEM
by Stephanie Ellen Sy
Illus. Isabella Kung
​PRH/Kokila, 6/2/26

THE WISE PICKLE
by Sarah Howden
illus. Sabina Hahn
PRH/Tundra, 6/23/26

OTIS KNOWS (HOW TO BE A BEAR)
by Liz Garton Scanlon & Martha Brockenbrough
illus. Stephanie Laberis
S&S/Beach Lane, 5/5/26

AXOLOTL-ELLA
by Kate Messner
illus. Lian Cho
​PRH/Crown, 6/2/26

ALIGHT: HOW URBAN PARROTS FOUND NEW PLACES TO BELONG
by Jennifer Torres
illus. Molly Magnell
S&S/Atheneum, 6/9/26

PB: WHO WILL RULE THE TREES
by Eric A. Kimmel 
illus Alette Straathof
Lerner / Kar-Ben, 1//6/26

PB: PUT YOUR RECORDS ON
by Corinne Bailey Rae
illus by Gillian Eilidh O'Mara
PRH / Rocky Pond, 3/3/26

PB: BEATRIX & THE UNICORN
by Lita Judge
S&S / Atheneum, 2/10/26

PB: THE LITTLEST ELEPHANT A ONE AND ONLY RUBY STORY
by Katherine Applegate
illus Lita Judge
HC / Storytide, 3/17/26

PB: THE DARK IS FOR
by Jane Kohuth
illus Cindy Derby
S&S / BFYR, 3/3/26

PB NF: MARY MORLAND IN THE TIME OF DINOSAUR DISCOVERY
by Jane Kurtz
Illus: Giselle Potter
S&S / Beach Lane, 2/24/26

ER GN: EL TORO & FRIENDS: TOUGH TIMES
by Raúl the Third & Elaine Bay
HC/Versify, 3/3/26

CB: WILDLIFE RESCUE: HOW TO SAVE A TORTOISE 
by Kate Messner
Bloomsbury, 3/3/26

MG GN: THE SNIPS 2: ENTER THE WIGMASTER
by Raúl the Third & Elaine Bay
Little Brown Ink, 1/27/26

MG GN: CAMP MONSTER
by Kate Messner & Falynn Koch
Bloomsbury, 2/3/26

MG: THE QUEEN'S GRANDDAUGHTER 
by Diane Zahler
Mac/Roaring Brook, 3/24/26

PB: NUNU & THE SEA 
by Isabella Kung
Knopf - 10/14

CH: KIDS IN MRS. Z'S CLASS - THUNDER NELSON DOES THE IMPOSSUMBLE
by Martha Brockenbrough
Workman 11/4

MG GN: BIG IDEAS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD - KEEP IT CLEAN
by Don Brown
Abrams - 10/21

MG: CHRIS MAKES A FRIEND 
by Alex Gino
Scholastic - 11/4

CH: WILDLIFE RESCUE - HOW TO SAVE AN OTTER & HOW TO SAVE AN OWL
by Kate Messner
Bloomsbury - 10/21

MG: NINA & THE KEEPER OF THE KEYSTONE 
by Marti Dumas
Rebel Girls - 10/14

Adult NF: SQUIRREL
by Nancy F. Castaldo
Island Press - 10/28

MG NF: HISTORY SMASHERS ANCIENT EGYPT
by Kate Messner
​RHBFYR -10/7

Poetry: NIGHTMARE JONES 
by Shannon Bramer
Illus: Cindy Derby
Groundwood - 10/7

MG: AT THE EDGE OF LOST 
by Martha Brockenbrough
Scholastic - 10/21

MG: MAGGIE & THE STORY SHADOWS
by Annabelle Oh
Disney-Hyperion - 8/12/25

MG GN: SPACE CASE
by Stuart Gibbs & Ward Jenkins
S&S - 8/19/25

YA: INFLUENCED
by Sarah Darer Littman & Cindy L. Otis
Scholastic - 8/19/25

PB: WE WANT LEAVES 
by Jamie A. Swenson
illus by Emilie Boon
​Sleeping Bear - 8/1/25

PB: WE GO SLOW
by Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie, illus Aaron Becker
S&S 8/26/25

PB: PIGGY BANK SAVES THE DAY
by Kimberly Wilson & Mark Hoffmann
Page St Kids - 9/2 

PB: BEFORE SHE WAS MY GRANDMOTHER
by Giselle Potter
Enchanted Lion - 8/12/25

PB NF: FIRST ASCENT
by Kate Messner
​illus Steve Lewis
Yosemite Conservancy 8/5/25

PB: DAYS OF AWE
by Eric A. Kimmel
​illus Sarah Green
Holiday House 9/2/25

PB NF: OVER AND UNDER THE CORAL REEF
by Kate Messner,                  illus Christopher Silas Neal
Chronicle 8/26/25