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Books for Kids and Tweens October 2026 |
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What Butt? Farm Animals
by Kari Lavelle
From the creator of the beloved Butt or Face? picture books comes a board book companion. Guess which butt you're looking at, then turn the page to discover the animal's name, face, and sound.
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The Pumpkin Seed
by Poppy O'Neill
Mom's new partner is moving into the home Mom and her child share. Will there be enough room for all three of them--and their plants--to thrive? Perfect for children experiencing family changes.
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Pete the Cat and the Cookie Catastrophe
by James Dean
Pete the Cat is baking cookies. And when he sees his friends playing outside, Pete wishes the baking would just hurry up. So, he builds an invention...BEHOLD The Cookie-O-Matic. It's cool, it's groovy, it's fantastic. The machine bakes a lot of cookies--and fast. But what happens when the cookies spin out of control and ROLL out the door?
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Harlow the Highland Cow Doesn't Know How to Moo
by Brooke Hartman
Meet Harlow! Harlow the cow is a cute little cow, a dear highland cow who has oodles of WOW! She can dance and sing. She knows numbers and of course, she loves to eat. She can do it all except moo! What to do?
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More Us
by Elizabeth Withey
In this sweet picture-book follow-up to The One with the Scraggly Beard, a boy is happy that his uncle is moving in with him and his mom after years of living on the streets.
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Don't Feed the Troll
by Emily Gravett
Everybody in faraway fairy-tale land is getting ready for a very special party. Except one tiny bridge troll, who is making his own fun -- by being extremely rude. With every insult he hurls, with every ego he bruises, he gets bigger and bigger. How will Cinderella, the three little pigs and all the other fairy-tale friends defeat that naughty troll?
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Salma Keeps Her Word
by Danny Ramadan
When her grandmother visits from Syria, Salma struggles to keep up with Tita's Arabic--and Tita doesn't want to learn English. Salma discovers all the ways we can communicate without words--from a backgammon tournament, to body language, to music--and what Arabic means to her family, her community, and herself. Featuring several Arabic words and expressions, the book also includes a bonus connect-the-dots Arabic alphabet activity.
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Vinh Tran Is Cursed
by Hai G. M. Doan
In this high-interest accessible novel for middle-grade readers, twelve-year-old Vinh is given a magical jade pen to help him with his homework but it ends up turning his life upside down.
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Spy School Goes East
by Stuart Gibbs
When the seasoned adult spies of the Hale family mysteriously disappear on a mission to China, Ben Ripley and his fellow spies-in-training head east to discover what happened to them--and find themselves up against a villainous plot that will take them from the skyscrapers of Shanghai to the ancient ruins of the Great Wall to the remote regions of the Gobi desert.
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The Curse Breaker
by Jen Calonita
After twelve-year-old Benny finally reaches the Isle of Ever, she must play a challenging new game, find the lost piece of pirate treasure needed to break the curse once and for all.
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| Game of Pets: The Boy Who Knew Too Much by Aaron BlabeyAfter buying a talking axolotl named Bob, allergy-riddled 11-year-old Griff is saddled with an unexpected quest: to stop an intergalactic game show that uses pets to destroy the Earth. Packed with puns, chaotic action, and zany illustrations, The Boy Who Knew Too Much launches a new series from the creator of The Bad Guys. (Ages 8-12.) |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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