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    August 13, 2025

    Hailey Alcaraz’s Rosa By Any Other Name is thoughtful historical YA

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    August 13, 2025

    Stephanie Morrill’s Lost Girl of Astor Street is fast-paced YA mystery

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    World-building is the star of Maggie and the Story Shadows

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    Jenny Birch’s Woven from Clay is strong YA contemporary fantasy

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    Gus & Sully: Ready for School is fun primer for preschoolers

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    Phantom, Sleepy Hollow and the Raven join Monstrous Classics Collection

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    August 13, 2025

    Hailey Alcaraz’s Rosa By Any Other Name is thoughtful historical YA

    A Mexican American girl is driven to join a movement for justice after her white classmate and best friend are tragically murdered in Rosa By Any Other Name, by Hailey Alcaraz.

    August 13, 2025

    Stephanie Morrill’s Lost Girl of Astor Street is fast-paced YA mystery

    August 12, 2025

    Jenny Birch’s Woven from Clay is strong YA contemporary fantasy

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    Phantom, Sleepy Hollow and the Raven join Monstrous Classics Collection

    July 30, 2025

    The Last Tiger inspired by authors’ family history

    MIDDLE GRADE

    August 12, 2025

    World-building is the star of Maggie and the Story Shadows

    Three kids’ search for a missing mother leads them to a world where every story ever told is real in Maggie and the Story Shadows, by Annabelle Oh.

    August 8, 2025

    Jeffrey Brown’s Hulk Teach! get’s middle-grader’s seal of approval

    August 7, 2025

    National Geographic Kids Almanac 2026 offers something for everyone

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    I Survived the Japanese Tsunami, 2011 now available as graphic novel

    August 5, 2025

    The Island of Forgotten Gods is MG fantasy set in Puerto Rico

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    August 9, 2025

    Gus & Sully: Ready for School is fun primer for preschoolers

    Get your preschooler ready for  a new school year with Gus and Sully: Ready for School, a board book by Steve Light.

    August 7, 2025

    Heidi Aubrey’s Ada and the Goat is lots of fun

    August 6, 2025

    Fall is for Beginnings celebrates new friendships

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    Say goodnight to ladybugs and dinosaurs with Chris Ferrie’s new board book series

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    When Bumblebees Go to Sleep is sweet board book

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    August 8, 2025

    Phantom, Sleepy Hollow and the Raven join Monstrous Classics Collection

    Just in time for the upcoming spooky season, Aladdin is rereleasing three more books — Phantom of the Opera, Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Raven — in its Monstrous Classics Collection.

    August 4, 2025

    Rebecca Anderson’s Whispers of Shadowbrook House is OK historical romance

    July 9, 2025

    The Great Misfortune of Stella Sedgwick is delightful

    June 16, 2025

    Claudia Gray’s Rushworth Family Plot puts Austen characters center stage

    June 10, 2025

    Lawyer and the Laundress is sweet historical romance

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    Hailey Alcaraz’s Rosa By Any Other Name is thoughtful historical YA

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    World-building is the star of Maggie and the Story Shadows

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    Jenny Birch’s Woven from Clay is strong YA contemporary fantasy

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    Gus & Sully: Ready for School is fun primer for preschoolers

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