FABLES YOU SHOULDN'T PAY ANY ATTENTION TO by Heide & Van Clief, illus by Sergio Ruzzier
July 25, S+S/Atheneum

In this new edition of the classic, Sergio Ruzzier lends his signature humor to Florence Parry Heide and Sylvia Worth Van Clief's delectably subversive fables. Genevieve is careless. Muriel is discontented. Phoebe is always putting off until tomorrow what she should be doing today. And Chester is the laziest turkey you ever heard of. Caleb and Conrad, on the other hand, are polite and kind and thoughtful and gracious and truthful. But some good that does them! If the morals you find in these pages aren't exactly, well, moral...just don't pay any attention to them!

THE ROAD THAT TRUCKS BUILT 
by Susanna Leonard Hill,
illus by Erica Sirotich
July 25, S+S/LittleSimon

Join the ride as a team of adorable vehicles work together to build a new road in this fresh, cement-mixing spin on the classic nursery rhyme, "The House That Jack Built." This is the traffic that's moving too slow. Cars and buses have nowhere to go. What is the answer? I'm guessing you know. The trucks need to build a new road! Bulldozers, scrapers, graders, and more are hard at work making sure that every car, truck, and motorcycle can get where they're going fast! With smooth writing by Susanna Leonard Hill and heavy-duty illustrations by Erica Sirotich, The Road That Trucks Built shows the importance and effectiveness of teamwork in a picture book that's perfect for on the road readers.

PB: FOUND DOGS 
by Erica Sirotich
Dial BFYR, July 18

For fans of Sandra Boynton's Doggies and a perfect fit for every preschooler's library, this adorable rhyming and counting book tallies up all the dogs at the shelter, and then counts backward as the pups are adopted Babies and toddlers will delight in counting up each wriggly, wraggly rescue pup and then counting back down as each doggie is adopted. A bright, bouncy rhyme, jubilant art, and scads of adorable dogs will have wee ones giggling for more.

MG: EMPEROR OF MARS 
​by Patrick Samphire
Holt/Christy Ottaviano Books, July 18

A missing Martian. A sinister plot. A Napoleonic spy. . . Boundless adventures await in Book 2 of The Secrets of the Dragon Tomb middle grade sci-fi series! If Edward thought life was going to be easy in Lunae City, he was very, very wrong. The moment he intercepts a thief escaping from Lady Harleston’s town house, he is caught in a terrible scheme that threatens all of Mars. Soon he’s fighting off vicious sea serpents, battling a small army of heavily armored thugs, and trying to unpick an impossible mystery. Edward doesn’t know whom he can trust. Will his family―and his entire planet―fall victim to the treacherous Emperor of Mars?

MG: New in Paperback! 
SECRETS OF THE DRAGON TOMB
​by Patrick Samphire
Square Fish, July 18

Mars in 1816 is a world of high society, deadly danger, and strange clockwork machines. Pterodactyls glide through the sky, automatic servants hand out sandwiches at elegant garden parties, and in the north, the great dragon tombs hide marvels of Ancient Martian technology. Edward longs to be as daring as his adventure heroes - and he'll get his chance when his parents are kidnapped and he and his sisters must embark on a perilous journey to save them!

CB: RANGER IN TIME 6
​by Kate Messner
Scholastic, June 27

Time Traveling Golden Retriever Ranger travels to San Francisco and meets Lily Chen. She was sent from China to America to work as a young servant, but she dreams of studying to be a doctor. When the Great Earthquake hits, Ranger arrives in time to rescue Lily from falling beams. Together they make their way through the ruined city. But can they escape crumbling buildings and raging fires, all while facing anti-Chinese discrimination?

YA: THIS IS HOW IT HAPPENED
​by Paula Stokes
​HarperTeen, July 11

After waking up from a coma, Genevieve Grace can't remember the car crash that killed her boyfriend Dallas, a YouTuber turned teen music idol. Genevieve knows she was driving, but because of what's been reported in the media, everyone assumes the other driver, Brad Freeman, is guilty. As she slowly pieces together the night of the accident, Genevieve is hit with a sickening sense of dread--what if she's the one at fault? While the internet and social media viciously condemn Brad, Genevieve quickly realizes that she can't run away from the accident. And eventually, she will have to come to grips with what happened...and her role in it.

YA: New in Paperback!
GIRL AGAINST THE UNIVERSE
​by Paula Stokes
HarperTeen, June 6

Sixteen-year-old Maguire knows the universe is against her. No matter how many charms she buys off the internet or good luck rituals she performs each morning, horrible things happen when she's around. Like that time the roller coaster jumped off its tracks. Or the time her brother, father, and uncle were all killed in a car crash--and Maguire walked away with barely a scratch. Despite what her therapist tells her, Maguire thinks it's best to hide out in her room, far away from anyone she might accidentally hurt. But then she meets Jordy, an aspiring tennis star who wants to help her break her unlucky streak. Maguire knows that the best thing she can do for him is to stay away, but it turns out staying away may be harder than she thought.

Activity: POSTERS TO COLOR: OCEANS
by Erica Sirotich
Running Press - 6/7

MG: THE SEVENTH WISH
by Kate Messner
Bloomsbury - 6/7

Chapter Book: RACE TO THE SOUTH POLE
by Kate Messner
Scholastic - 6/28

Young Adult

THE FOXGLOVE KILLINGS by Tara Kelly, Entangled Teen, 9/1: Tensions between locals and tourists run high when a killer begins stalking a small coastal town. AMAZING + atmospheric!

Middle Grade

MILO SPECK, ACCIDENTAL AGENT by Linda Urban, HMH, 9/1: A funny and magical adventure about Milo, an ordinary kid who finds himself in a VERY extraordinary place...

Picture Books

TWO MICE by Sergio Ruzzier, HMH, 9/1: A grand opera cunningly disguised as an extremely simple counting book.

The JP Series, illustrated by Erica Sirotich, Albert Whitman, 9/1: About a kid who uses his big imagination to conquer moods. Books 1+2 tackle being Scared and being Mad.