New & Coming Soon Books for Developing Readers

Want to visit a town full of dinosaurs having fun? Then take a bite out of this Step 2 reader, a prehistoric delight for kids ages 4-6! This rhyming reader takes kids on a tour of Dino Town, a place where dinosaurs of all shapes and sizes roar, stomp, and play! Want to see the inside of a dino home? Fancy a ride on the dino bus? Hungry for a dino treat? It's all possible in Dino Town! Step 2 Readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories, for children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help. 

Where's Waldo? On his biggest adventure yet: helping children learn to read! Join Waldo and friends for a Lunar New Year celebration as they help find and return a golden dragon statue. For the first time ever, Waldo is targeting a new generation of readers in an exciting new early reader series.

Og competes in a boat race in this adorable, rhyming Pre-Level 1 Ready-to-Read by Theodor Seuss Geisel Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Ame Dyckman and renowned illustrator Elio! Og's show-off Cousin Zog challenges Og and his giant cat, Mog, to a boat race! Which team will win? Og and Mog? Or Zog and Goat? With a little STEAM and good sportsmanship--and a smart suggestion from Mom to bring a coat--will Cousin Zog learn to play nice?

Cora has to perform the Fancy Shawl Dance in front of her whole school, but is she brave enough? This delightful Step 2 reader is perfect for children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new ones with help. Cora and her family are Cherokee. She enjoys participating in Cherokee traditions with her family. She especially loves dancing in the children's Native American dance group. But when Cora has to dance in front of her whole school, she feels nervous. What if she forgets the steps? At least she has the most beautiful shawl ever, made by her grandmother! 

Take a pole. Poke a hole. Drop a seed. Pull a weed. Before long, a sprout comes out. There's sun and rain, and a vine grows. There are blooms and bees, and then--BOOM! A pumpkin! This book aligns with the science of reading. Phonics features of every word are listed. Offers phonics practice with long vowels. David L. Harrison is an award-winning poet and picture book author who holds a degree in science. Cute farmer mice in Alice Feagan's cheerful illustrations are fun for children to follow!

Two fun-loving mice stow away on a trip to a tropical island in this super-simple, delightfully silly rhymed Beginner Book--perfect for kids who love the beach! Two chilly mice. Sneezing. Wheezing. Snow and ice. It's f-f-freezing. Until opportunity strikes--in the form of an unsuspecting traveler--and the two hitch a ride to an island paradise! There they swap their parkas for swimsuits, dine on cheese and cracker crumbs, and learn to hang ten. It's a perfect vacation, over too soon. Or is it...? 

When a faulty pier is scheduled for demolition, can semi-mer Emily and her friends in both worlds work together to save their homes? This is another exciting mermaid adventure for young readers based on the New York Times best-selling series by Liz Kessler. 

A little robot makes merry mischief by copying everything his friends do in this laugh-out-loud Ready-to-Go Ready-to-Read by Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor-winning author-illustrator Vikram Madan. Robot wants to have fun and do everything his friends can do: see-saw, paint, play the drum, and stomp in shoes. But...should Robot really do everything? Perfect for kids at the beginning of their reading journeys, this story was written for children who have learned the alphabet and are ready to start reading!

A dog and a bug get thrown together--literally--and offer different points of view in this hilarious Pre-Level 1 Ready-to-Read. Percy and Speck see things differently from one another. Percy is a dog. Speck is a bug. When Speck gets stuck in Percy's nose, they are in for one silly adventure!

Two dogs dance the day away in this charming Pre-Level 1 Ready-to-Read with rhyming, repetitive text by bestselling and Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor-winning author-illustrator Michael Rex. Step by step, spin by spin, a grown-up pooch shows a young pup how to dance. They slide and glide, shimmy and hop. Can the pup keep up with all the new fancy steps and become a dancing doggy with this own smooth moves?

A pelican is going on vacation and wants to bring his friends yummy apple dumplings to enjoy on their trip. The problem is that he needs them right away! Will Ginger, Piper, and Tom be able to bake them in time? Or will the pelicans have to find another snack to gobble up?

Monsters Tiddly and Winks are best friends. Tiddly takes it upon himself to teach Winks not to be scared of anything. Through jump scares, creepy critters, and more, will Winks learn the lesson?Tiddly and Winks: Don't Be Scared is a My First I Can Read book, perfect for shared reading with emergent readers.

Violet is excited to go on a big adventure with her parents. They are walking to her school to vote and make their voices heard. On the walk there, they see friends and neighbors from their community. Violet learns more about Black History and Civil Rights. She is proud when the time comes for her parents to vote, and she gets to come in the voting booth for the very first time! Violet can't wait to vote one day, too. Step 2 readers use basic vocabulary and short sentences to tell simple stories. They are perfect for children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new words with help.

Siblings Penny and Albert Penguin just want to have a picnic, but they can't agree on the perfect spot to set down their blanket. This spot is too loud! This spot is too sunny! This spot is taken by a hungry polar bear! After a whole lot of searching (and a little bit of running for their lives), the two decide they're sick of looking and would rather have lunch alone. But they quickly realize it's the people (or the penguins) you're with who make a place perfect. From award-winning cartoonist and bookmaker Liam Francis Walsh comes a hilarious comics-inspired picture book that explores the magic of compromise and celebrates the joy of exploring the outdoors with the people you love.

Kat and Mouse are on the hunt for adventure in the third book of this early reader graphic novel series from Geisel Honor winner Salina Yoon!