New & Coming Soon Books for Developing Readers

Looking for something new for your child to read independently or for you to read aloud to them? Check out this list of new and coming soon books for kindergarten - 3rd graders. You can place a hold in the catalog by clicking on a title. 

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Practice letters and sounds, increase vocabulary, and read short stories in this colorful picture dictionary.

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Bauer, Marion Dane

Newbery Honor recipient and New York Times bestselling author Marion Dane Bauer breaks down the weather science behind hurricanes in this Level 1 Ready-to-Read. Hurricanes form over the ocean and sweep across the coast. Discover how water, wind, air, and thunderstorms can merge and become a powerful hurricane.

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Eicheldinger, Matt

An alien doesn't like sharing with his little brother in this first book in the Marv and Baby Blob Level 1 Ready-to-Read series by New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Matt Eicheldinger! Sharing toys with his brother, Baby Blob, can be a problem for Marv. But when Baby Blob finds something else to do, Marv is left with a bigger problem...that only a big brother can solve.

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McGee, Joe

A girl with a green thumb is shocked when her beloved plants turn against her in this third spooky and silly Level 3 Ready-to-Read perfect for fans of Goosebumps and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. Jessica Thorn loves plants, flowers, and things that grow. When her dad builds her a greenhouse where she can use her green thumb, Jessica fills it to the brim. She grows everything from spider plants and snapdragons to violets and Venus flytraps. But then, every last leaf suddenly starts growing out of control and turning against Jessica! Will her green thumb save her from this grew-some garden?

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Murray, Laura

While trick-or-treating with classmates, the Gingerbread Man must do some quick thinking after his bat costume attracts the attention of an owl.

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Webster, Christy

Kids can practice their reading skills with Pokemon in this funny and action-packed Level 2 Reader featuring some of the most popular characters! Cute little Tinkatink puts up a fight when a wild Bombirdier tries to mess with its beloved hammer! Can Tinkatink keep hammering away--and also help its Trainer Dot triumph in battle? 

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West, Tracey

When Hazy the Cloud Dragon gets blown away by a big gust of wind, his new friends Ember and Gus attempt to rescue him with a little help from the River Dragon.

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Willan, Alex

Pigeons are running amok in Gilbert the Goblin's house in this hilarious Level 1 Ready-to-Read adventure! Gilbert the Goblin is absolutely, definitely, one-hundred-percent certain that pigeons are the worst. They perch on his porch and lounge on his lawn. They eat the food in his fridge--and worst of all--peck at his pizza! But really, it's the pigeons who should be afraid of Gilbert and his tremendous goblin power!

Summaries provided by DPL's catalog unless otherwise noted. Click on each title to view more information.

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