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November 20–26

Gear.Club unlimited 2 developed by Eden Games.
Pac-Man World Re-Pac PS4.
Pac-Man world re-pac Nintendo Siwtch
My universe green adventure : farmer friends / developed by Smart Tale.
The second chance of Benjamin Waterfalls James Bird.
Dance of the feathers / by Keka Novales ; illustrated by Gloria Felix.
Lola and the new school / by Keka Novales ; illustrated by Gloria Felix.
Guatemalan summer / by Keka Novales ; illustrated by Gloria Felix.
Rosa's song / by Helena Ku Rhee ; illustrated by Pascal Campion.
The little house of hope / by Terry Catas{u00FA}s Jennings ; illustrated by Raul Col{u00F3}n.
The queen of kindergarten / Derrick Barnes ; illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton.
Frances in the country / Liz Garton Scanlon ; [illustrated by] Sean Qualls.
The blanket where Violet sits / Allan Wolf ; illustrated by Lauren Tobia.
The boy who loved maps / by Kari Allen ; illustrated by G. Brian Karas.
Bee / Charlotte Voake.
Bearplane! / by Deborah Underwood ; illustrated by Samantha Wedelich.
Be a good ancestor / Leona Prince and Gabrielle Prince ; illustrated by Carla Joseph.
Bad Kitty does not like Valentine's Day / Nick Bruel.
The baby-changing station / by Rhett Miller ; art by Dan Santat.
American desi / by Jyoti Rajan Gopal ; illustrated by Supriya Kelkar.
One boy watching / Grant Snider.
Tomatoes in my lunchbox / written by Costantia Manoli ; illustrated by Magdalena Mora.
Thursday / by Ann Bonwill ; illustrated by Kayla Harren.
Sitting shiva / Erin Silver ; illustrated by Michelle Theodore.
Turning red original motion picture soundtrack / original score by Ludwig G{u00F6}ransson ; including original songs written by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell.
Once upon a scream / by Vera Strange.
Uni's wish for wings : an Amy Krouse Rosenthal book / [written by Candice Ransom ; illustrations by Marcela Cespedes-Alicea] ; pictures based on art by Brigette Barrager.
The youngest sister / Suniyay Moreno + Mariana Chiesa ; translated by Elisa Amado.
Spirit week / by Ira Marcks ; colors by Addison Duke.
Trubble town / Stephan Pastis.
Sunflower sisters / words by Monika Singh Gangotra ; pictures by Michaela Dias-Hayes.
Your pal Fred / Michael Rex.
Two-headed chicken / Tom Angleberger ; color by Joey Ellis.
Pizza and Taco / Stephen Shaskan.
Peanut, butter, & crackers / Paige Braddock ; coloring by Kat Efird.
Besties / by Kayla Miller & Jeffrey Canino ; art by Kristina Luu.
Three blind mice race for revenge : a graphic novel / by Jasmine Walls ; illustrated by Jonatan Cantero.
The Snow Queen's gaming quest : a graphic novel / by Kesha Grant ; illustrated by Omar Lozano.
Everyday hero machine boy / Irma Kniivila [creator, writer, colorist] ; Tri Vuong [creator, writer, artist] ; [Aditya Bidikar, letterer].
The girl and the glim / created, written, and illustrated by India Swift ; colors by Michael Doig ; [letters by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou].
Tristan Strong : the graphic novel / adapted by Robert Venditti ; illustrated by Olivia Stephens ; coloring by Laura Langston ; lettering by Ariana Maher.
Bug Scouts / a graphic novel by Mike Lowery.
Magic tree house, the graphic novel / adapted by Jenny Laird ; with art by Kelly & Nichole Matthews.
Star Knights / Kay Davault.
Took : a ghost story graphic novel / Mary Downing Hahn ; adapted by Scott Peterson, Jen Vaughn, and Hank Jones.
Wait till Helen comes : a ghost story graphic novel / Mary Downing Hahn ; adapted by Scott Peterson, Meredith Laxton, and Russ Badgett.

November 13–19

Exploring the Amazon / by Betsy Rathburn.
Exploring Antarctica / by Allan Morey.
Exploring caves / by Betsy Rathburn.
Science of Machu Picchu / by Golriz Golkar.
Science on the Underground Railroad / Tammy Enz.
Science on Viking expeditions / by Isaac Kerry.
How to be a disability advocate and ally / Nicole Evans and Tiernan Bertrand-Essington.
What is disability? / Erin Hawley.
What is the Americans with Disabilities Act? : understanding disability / Beth Finke.
Disability etiquette / by Nicole Evans.
Disability and the media / Nicole Evans.
Disabilities and relationships / by Nicole Evans and Jaxon Sydello.
Disability pride / Erin Hawley.
Planets and moons / by Catherine C. Finan.
Space jobs / by Catherine C. Finan.
Space machines / by Catherine C. Finan.
Life in space / by Catherine C. Finan.
The International Space Station / by Catherine C. Finan.
Louisa June and the Nazis in the waves L. M. Elliott.
Potty time plus! getting ready with Elmo.
A song called home Sara Zarr.
Yonder Ali Standish.
The marvellers Dhonielle Clayton.
Jo Jo Makoons fancy pants / Dawn Quigley.
The last mapmaker / Christina Soontornvat.
The civil war of Amos Abernathy Michael Leali.
Minions. The rise of Gru soundtrack.
The palace prankster / by Cort Lane ; illustrated by Ankitha Kini.
The flight of the unicorn / by Deborah Lerme Goodman ; illustrated by Suzanne Nugent ; cover illustrated by Marco Canella.
I can ride! / by Lynn Maslen Kertell ; illustrated by Sue Hendra.
Outdoor adventures! / by Lynn Maslen Kertell ; illustrated by Sue Hendra.
Scooby's scary Christmas! / adapted by Lee Howard ; illustrated by Alcadia Scn.
Red Titan and the floor of lava / by Ryan Kaji ; written by Arie Kaplan ; illustrated by Patrick Spaziante.
Best brother ever! / written and illustrated by Janee Trasler.
Oh, what a show! / written by Lola M. Schaefer ; illustrated by Savannah Allen.
Pinkalicious and the holiday sweater / by Victoria Kann.
When Snoopy met Woodstock / by Charles M. Schulz ; adapted by Ximena Hastings.
Pete the cat and the sprinkle stealer / by Kimberly & James Dean.
Reina Ramos works it out / by Emma Otheguy ; pictures by Andres Landazabal.
Winter wonderland / by Kelly Starling Lyons ; pictures by Ni{u00F1}a Mata.
Hair scare! / by John Sazaklis ; illustrated by Patrycja Fabicka.
Space spooks / by John Sazaklis ; illustrated by Patrycja Fabicka.
The mad mummy / by John Sazaklis ; illustrated by Patrycja Fabicka.
The sword of Grayskull / adapted by Shelby Curran.
Jake makes a cake : long vowel sounds / Brian P. Cleary ; illustrations by Jason Miskimins ; consultant, Alice M. Maday.
The slug and the pug : short vowel sounds with consonant blends / Brian P. Cleary ; illustrations by Jason Miskimins ; consultant, Alice M. Maday.
The herd came in third : diphthongs and r-controlled vowels / Brian P. Cleary ; illustrations by Jason Miskimins ; consultant: Alice M. Maday.
The price of a slice : long vowel sounds with consonant blends / Brian P. Cleary ; illustrations by Jason Miskimins ; consultant: Alice M. Maday.
The hen in the den : short vowel sounds / Brian P. Cleary ; illustrations by Jason Miskimins ; consultant: Alice M. Maday.
The witch had an itch : short vowel sounds with consonant digraphs / Brian P. Cleary ; illustrations by Jason Miskimins ; consultant: Alice M. Maday.
Moonlight / Stephen Savage.
My hands tell a story / written by Kelly Starling Lyons ; illustrated by Tonya Engel.
The mouse who carried a house on his back / Jonathan Stutzman ; illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault.
Brand-new bubbe / Sarah Aronson ; illustrated by Ariel Landy.
Ten owies / by Tony Johnston ; pictures by Annabel Tempest.
Come on in : there's a party in this book! / written by Jamie Michalak ; illustrated by Sabine Timm.
The Curiosities / Zana Fraillon ; [illustrated by] Phil Lesnie.
How old is Mr. Tortoise? / by Dev Petty ; illustrated by Ruth Chan.
How to draw a happy cat / by Ethan T. Berlin ; drawn by Jimbo Matison.
I feel safe / David McPhail.
Luli and the language of tea / Andrea Wang ; pictures by Hyewon Yum.
Monsters in the fog / Ali Bahrampour.
Berry song / Michaela Goade.
A bear, a bee, and a honey tree / words by Daniel Bernstrom ; art by Brandon James Scott.
Ali and the sea stars / story by Ali Stroker ; pictures by Gillian Reid.
The adventures of Robo-Kid / Diane deGroat.
Twinkle, twinkle, winter night / Megan Litwin ; illustrated by Nneka Myers.
Whose bones are those? / Chihiro Takeuchi.
Tell me a lion story / by Kara Kramer with help from you!
Tiny Spoon vs. Little Fork / story by Constance Lombardo ; pictures by Dan & Jason.
No peeking at presents / by Alastair Heim ; illustrated by Sara Not.
The notebook keeper : a story of kindness from the border / Stephen Brise{u00F1}o & Magdalena Mora.
Pip and Zip / Elana K. Arnold ; illustrated by Doug Salati.
See you someday soon / written by Pat Zietlow Miller ; illustrated by Suzy Lee.
Skater Cielo / Rachel Katstaller.
My weird school : graphic novel / [written by] Dan Gutman ; pictures by Jim Paillot.
The Sparkle Dragons / by Emma Carlson Berne ; illustrated by Luke Flowers.
Ride on / Faith Erin Hicks ; colors by Kelly Fitzpatrick.
Waffles and Pancake / Drew Brockington.
Booked / by Kwame Alexander ; illustrated by Dawud Anyabwile.
Doodleville / Chad Sell.
Frizzy / written by Claribel A. Ortega ; art by Rose Bousamra.
The inflatables / by Beth Garrod & Jess Hitchman ; illustrated by Chris Danger.

November 6–12

Flower power / by Melody Mews ; illustrated by Ellen Stubbings.
Slappy in Dreamland / R.L. Stine.
Haunting with the stars / R. L. Stine.
Super Spinach / by Hannah Shaw ; illustrated by Bev Johnson.
Saving the stegosaurus / written by Rex Stone ; illustrated by Louise Forshaw.
A Triceratops charge / Rex Stone ; illustrated by Louise Forshaw.
Marcus makes it big / Kevin Hart with Geoff Rodkey ; illustrated by David Cooper.
Thursday : war of the waterslides / created by Ralph Lazar ; modified, muddled, meddled, mixed, mashed, and modulated by Lisa Swerling.
Goblins and gold / Lindsey Kelk ; illustrated by Pippa Curnick.
Making waves / written by Vicky Fang ; illustrated by Christine Nishiyama.
Who's the scaredy-cat? / by Cort Lane ; illustrated by Ankitha Kini.
New pup on the block / by Sherri Winston ; illustrated by Gladys Jose.
Emmett and Jez / Kitten Lady Hannah Shaw ; illustrated by Bev Johnson.
The not-so-itsy-bitsy spider / by Joe McGee ; illustrated by Teo Skaffa.
Our world in numbers : an encyclopedia of fantastic facts / written by Clive Gifford.
Millie and the great drought : a Dust Bowl survival story / by Natasha Deen ; illustrated by Wendy Tan.
Same here! : the differences we share / written by Susan Hughes ; illustrated by Sophie Casson.
Maddy and the monstrous storm : a Schoolhouse Blizzard survival story / by Julie Gilbert ; illustrated by Wendy Tan.
Bad luck Lola / by Keka Novales; illustrated by Gloria Felix.
The midnight realm / By Linda Chapman; illustrated by Mirelle Ortega.
My kingdom of darkness / written by Susan Tan ; illustrated by Wendy Tan Shiau Wei.
Let's look at nature / Marion Deuchars.
The pug who wanted to be a bunny / by Bella Swift.
The pug who wanted to be a mermaid / by Bella Swift.
The pug who wanted to be a pumpkin / by Bella Swift.
Let's look at opposites / Marion Deuchars.
Pug's sleepover / by Kyla May.
The angry elf / written by Tracey West ; illustrated by Xavier Bonet.
Bloom of the flower dragon / by Tracey West ; illustrated by Graham Howells.
Catastrophe / by Sherri Winston ; illustrated by Gladys Jose.
Rainforest / Sarah Dellow.
The oldest trick / text by Steve Brezenoff ; art by Patricio Clarey.
The howling book / text by Steve Brezenoff ; art by Janio Garcia.
Spell-bound / text by Steve Brezenoff ; art by Juan Calle.
The creature collection / text by Steve Brezenoff ; art by Mart{u00ED}n Bustamante.
Fight + flight Jules Machias.
Lia Park and the missing jewel Jenna Yoon.
Goblins and gold Lindsey Kelk.
Unfadeable Maurice Broaddus.
Zara's rules for record-breaking fun Hena Khan.
The velvet fox Catherine Fisher.
Call of the Crow / Jessica Khoury.
School day! / by Candice Ransom ; illustrated by Ashley Evans.
The sun / by Christina Leaf ; illustrated by Natalya Karpova.
Thomas Jefferson / by Rebecca Pettiford.
Rockets / by Rebecca Pettiford.
Obeying laws / by Kirsten Chang.
Moons / by Harriet Loy.
Dev tries his best / written by Megan Borgert-Spaniol; illustrated by Mette Engell.
Bobcat or lynx? / by Mari Schuh.
Lab magic / by Kelly Starling Lyons ; pictures by Nina Mata.
Baby Shark's big show! The Pinkfong Company ; [adapted by] Steve Foxe Jason Fruchter.
Geraldine Pu and her lucky pencil, too! / written and illustrated by Maggie P. Chang.

November 1–5

Wonder boy collection [Nintendo Switch] / ININ Games.
The power of Lulu! / by Rachel Chlebowski.
Elmo loves his teachers! / by Christy Webster ; illustrated by Steph Lew.
DC League of Super-Pets : the great mxy-up / written by Heath Corson ; illustrated by Bobby Timony ; colors by Jeremy Lawson ; letters by Wes Abbott.
Happy cat-o-ween! / adapted by Gabhi Martins ; book design by Salena Mahina.
Anna, Elsa, and the enchanting holiday / by Meredith Rusu ; illustrated by Nathanna {u00C9}rica.
Unicorn Christmas / words by Diana Murray ; pictures by Luke Flowers.

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