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May 1–8

Little witch academia / original story, Trigger/Yoh Yoshinari ; art, Keisuke Sato ; translation, Taylor Engel ; lettering, Takeshi Kamura.
Pok{u00E9}mon adventures. story by Hidenori Kusaka ; art by Satoshi Yamamoto ; [translation, Tetsuichiro Miyaki ; English adaptation, Annette Roman ; touch-up & lettering, Susan Daigle-Leach].
Big hero 6 / Haruki Ueno ; translation: Alethea and Athena Nibley.
The throne of fire : the graphic novel / Rick Riordan ; adapted and illustrated by Orpheus Collar ; additional illustration by Cam Floyd ; color flatting by Aladdin Collar ; lettered by Chris Dickey.
Space dumplins / Craig Thompson with color by Dave Stewart.
Yo-kai watch / story and art by Noriyuki Konishi ; original story and supervision by Level-5 Inc. ; translation, Tetsuichiro Miyaki ; English adaptation, Aubrey Sitterson ; lettering, William F. Schuch.
Marvel super hero adventures. Sholly Fisch, Mario Del Pennino, Arianna Florean and Jim Campbell [and 3 others] ; VC's Joe Caramagna, letterer.
Marvel super hero adventures. Joe Caramagna, Mario Del Pennino and Jim Campbell [and 5 others] ; VC's Joe Caramagna, letterer.
Marvel super hero adventures. Sholly Fisch, writer ; Mario Del Pennino, artist ; Java Tartaglia, color artist ; VC's Joe Caramagna.
Marvel super hero adventures. across the spider-verse / letterer: VC's Joe Caramagna ; assistant editor, Lauren Amaro ; editor, Devin Lewis ; consulting editors, Sana Amanat ; executive editor, Nick Lowe.
Marvel super hero adventures. Jim McCann, writer ; Dario Brizuela, artist ; Chris Sotomayor, color artist ; VC's Joe Caramagna, letterer.
Marvel super hero adventures. Seanan McGuire, Irene Strychalski, Jim Campbell [and 4 others] ; VC's Joe Caramagna, letterer.
Marvel super hero adventures. Jim McCann, writer ; Dario Brizuela, artist ; VC's Joe Caramagna, letterer ; Chris Sotomayor, color artist.
Marvel super hero adventures. Jim McCann, writer ; Dario Brizuela, artist ; VC's Joe Caramagna, letterer.
Marvel super hero adventures. Jim McCann, writer ; Dario Brizuela, artist ; VC's Joe Caramagna, letterer.
Halloween spooktacular / letterer, VC's Joe Caramagna ; editor, Devin Lewis.
Heat of the lava dragon / by Tracey West ; illustrated by Graham Howells.
Hallow-weenie / by Lea Taddonio.
A hairy problem / by Lea Taddonio.
Frankensteve / by Lea Taddonio.
Pain in the neck / by Lea Taddonio.
The girl who never made mistakes / by Mark Pett and Gary Rubinstein ; illustrated by Mark Pett.
Cave of the bookworms / by Michael Dahl ; illustrated by Bradford Kendall.
Colors = Colores.
The word eater / by Michael Dahl ; illustrated by Bradford Kendall.
The goblin princess / Rebecca Elliott.
Elsa's icy rescue / by Kate Egan ; illustrated by Mario Cortes.
The book that dripped blood / by Michael Dahl ; illustrated by Bradford Kendall.
The golden book of death / by Michael Dahl ; illustrated by Serg Souleiman.
Pok{u00E9}mon adventures. story by Hidenori Kusaka ; art by Satoshi Yamamoto ; [translation, Tetsuichiro Miyaki ; English adaptation, Annette Roman ; touch-up & lettering, Susan Daigle-Leach].
The chestnut challenge / by Tracey Hecht ; illustrations by Josie Yee.
The oldest student : how Mary Walker learned to read / written by Rita Lorraine Hubbard ; illustrated by Oge Mora.
Hair love / Matthew A. Cherry ; illustrations by Vashti Harrison.
The proudest blue : a story of hijab and family / by Ibtihaj Muhammad with S. K. Ali ; illustrated by Hatem Aly.
Magic ramen : the story of Momofuku Ando / written by Andrea Wang ; illustrated by Kana Urbanowicz.
The most magnificent thing / written and illustrated by Ashley Spires.
Hannah and the Ramadan Gift / by Qasiam Rashid ; illustrated by Aaliya Jaleel.
This way, Charlie / by Caron Levis ; illustrated by Charles Santoso.
The Eight Knights of Hanukkah / by Leslie Kimmelman ; illustrated by Galia Bernstein.
Who is Ana Dalt? / written by B.D. Cottleston ; illustrated by Marcin Piwowarski.
Pirate Nell's tale to tell : a storybook adventure / Helen Docherty & Thomas Docherty, author and illustrator of The Snatchabook.
Federico and the wolf / Rebecca J. Gomez ; illustrated by Elisa Chavarri.
Mornings with Monet / by Barb Rosenstock ; illustrated by Mary Grandpr{u00E9}.
Seaside stroll / Charles Trevino ; illustrated by Maribel Lechuga.
Ming's Christmas wishes / written by Susan L. Gong ; illustrated Masahiro Tateishi.
Ten beautiful things / Molly Beth Griffin ; illustrated by Maribel Lechuga.
Goldilocks and the three engineers / by Sue Fliess, Petros Bouloubasis.
Bear can't wait / by Karma Wilson ; illustrations by Jane Chapman.
The floating field : how a group of Thai boys built their own soccer field / Scott Riley ; illustrated by Nguyen Quang and Kim Lien.
Flying paintings : the Zhou brothers : a story of revolution and art / Amy Alznauer ; paintings by ShanZuo Zhou and DaHuang Zhou.
In the time of the dinosaurs by Joanna Cole ; illustrated by Bruce Degen.
Surf's up! / by Chris Barton ; illustrated by Troy Cummings.
Pete the cat and the surprise teacher / by James Dean.
One-third nerd / by Gennifer Choldenko ; illustrations by Eglantine Ceulemans.
Fox the tiger / by Corey R. Tabor.
Pete the cat's train trip / by James Dean.
Dixie loves school pet day / story by Grace Gilman ; pictures by Sarah McConnell ; colors by Joe Merkel.
Work, dogs, work : a highway tail / James Horvath.
Theodore Boone the accomplice / John Grisham.
Master of disaster James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts.
Middle school born to rock James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts.
Ira Crumb makes a pretty good friend / written by Naseem Hrab & illustrated by Josh Holinaty.
Look out, Leonard! / Jessie James and Tamara Anegone.
Snooze-o-rama : the strange ways that animals sleep / written by Maria Birmingham ; illustrated by Kyle Reed.
The secret valentine / by Melody Reed ; illustrated by {u00C9}milie P{u00E9}pin.
Mulan's secret plan Pocahontas leads the way ; Snow White's birthday wish / Tessa Roehl.
Ancestor approved intertribal stories for kids / Cynthia Leitich Smith.
Batman and the morphing movie star / by Michael Anthony Steele ; illustrated by Gregg Schigiel.
Superman and the big bounty / written by Michael Anthony Steele ; illustrated by Leonel Castellani.
Invisible ink / by Michael Dahl ; illustrated by Patricio Clarey.
Raiders of the lost archives / by Michael Dahl ; illustrated by Patricio Clarey.
Supergirl and the man of metal / by Laurie S. Sutton ; illustrated by Gregg Schigiel.
Dead Letters / by Michael Dahl ; illustrated by Patricio Clarey.
Unicorn yoga written by Gina Cascone and Bryony Williams Sheppard ; illustrated by Jennifer Sattler ; director, Andy T. Jones.
A super sticky mistake the story of how Harry Coover accidentally invented super glue! / Andy T. Jones ; text by Alison Donald ; illustration by Rea Zhai.
Do not bring your dragon to the library written by Julie Gassman ; illustrated by Andy Elkerton ; director, Andy T. Jones.
Batgirl and the Queen of Green / by Laurie S. Sutton ; illustrated by Leonel Castellani.
Do not take your dragon to dinner author, Julie Gassman ; illustrated by Andy Elkerton ; director, Andy T. Jones.
Sojourner Truth / by A.M. Reynolds.
The index insects / by Michael Dahl ; illustrated by Patricio Clarey.
Robin Hood Howard Pyle.
Jake the fake goes for laughs Craig Robinson, Adam Mansbach ; [label and cover] art by Keith Knight.
The vanished Nic Stone.
Soul Disney Press.
The elephant in the room Holly Goldberg Sloan.
Dragon! : a story told in two languages / written by Caroline Adderson ; illustrations by Alice Carter = Dragon! : une histoire racont{u00E9}e en deux langues / texte de Caroline Adderson ; illustr{u00E9} par Alice Carter.
Let's draw animals with Crayola! / illustrated by Ana Bermejo.
The birthday : a funny story with lots of pictures / by Hans Fischer ; translated by David Henry Wilson ; [afterword for the English edition by Franz Hohler].
This house is home / written by Deborah Kerbel ; illustrated by Yong Ling Kang.
The magic school bus rides again. A Netflix original series.
Hija / Ariel Andr{u00E9}s Almada & Sonja Wimmer.
Milo imagina el mundo/ Milo imagines the world
Un recorrido por las estaciones / escrito por Stella Blackstone ; ilustrado por Maria Carluccio.
Los zombis no comen verduras! / por Megan Lacera & Jorge Lacera ; ilustrado por Jorge Lacera ; adaptado al espa{u00F1}ol por Yanitzia Canetti.
Chancho el campe{u00F3}n / Aaron Blabey ; translated by Juan Pablo Lombana.
Pedro Perfecto, arquitecto / Andrea Beaty ; ilustraciones de David Roberts ; Maria Serna Aguirre, por la traducci{u00F3}n ; adaptaci{u00F3}n para esta edici{u00F3}n: Yanitizia Canetti.
Sobreviv{u00ED} el hurac{u00E1}n Katrina, 2005 / Lauren Tarshis ; ilustrado por Scott Dawson ; translated by Indira Pupo.
Hombre perro / escrito e ilustrado por Dav Pilkey como Jorge Betanzos y Berto Henares ; con color de Jose Garibaldi ; translated by Nuria Molinero.
El Capitan Calzoncillos Y la Furia De la Supermujer Macroelastica / Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman.
El Capitan Calzoncillos y el perverso plan del Profesor Pipicaca : la cuarta novela epica / de Dav Pilkey.
C{u00F3}mo aprenden los colores los dinosaurios? / [text], Jane Yolen y [illustraciones], Mark Teague ; [translated by Pepe {u00C1}lvarez-Salas].
V{u00E1}monos a San Juan / by Patty Rodriguez & Ariana Stein ; art by Ana Godinez.
{u00A1}Vamos a dar una vuelta! / por Mo Willems ; adaptado al espa{u00F1}ol for F. Isabel Campoy.
Miss Tracy is spacey! / Dan Gutman ; pictures by Jim Paillot.
Boa constructor / by Troy Cummings.
The superstar story of the Harlem Globetrotters / by Larry Dobrow.
For the love of soccer! / by Pel{u00E9}, three-time World Cup champion ; illustrated by Frank Morrison.
How to be a WWE superstar / written by Steve Pantaleo.

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