Happy Holidays! Hoping my readers are enjoying the holiday season. There are a LOT of exciting new books coming out this week, so let’s dive in and see what they are!
Books for Kids
Bedtime for Yeti – A sweet bedtime story
Pig the Pug – Pig learns to share. How cute is that face?!
Lesser Spotted Animals – Cool creatures you’ve never heard of. This would be a great book for the animal lover at your house!
What If You Had an Animal Nose? – Kids love reading these books! A terrific series for teachers to use in the classroom to get kids thinking about animals.
Alicia the Snow Queen Fairy – A new addition to this series of fairy books.
Sneeze of the Octo-Schnozz – Book 11 in the Notebook of Doom series from Branches/Scholastic. These are outstanding books for new readers. In this series, a boy battles various monsters around his school.
Lego Batman Junior Novel – Our whole family is looking forward to the new Lego Batman movie. The books relating to the movie release this month including the Junior Novel which tells part of the story for the movie
Lego Batman Batman’s Guide to Being Cool – Let Lego Batman teach you how to be cool
Lego Batman The Essential Guide – Focuses on Lego sets and minifigures that will be part of the movie promotion
Bollywood Burglary – Book 65 in the Geronimo Stilton series
Dogman Unleashed – Book 2. I have heard rave reviews about this series by the creator of Captain Underpants
The Bad Guys – These bad guys – Mr. Shark, Mr. Snake, Mr. Piranha, and Mr. Wolf – want to do good things and change their reputation. Book 1 in a new series. Book 2 – Mission Unpluckable – releases February 28, 2017.
Books for Older Kids/Teens/Young Adults
Journey of Ash and Smoke – Book 5 in this terrific historical fiction series that I think is like Magic Tree House with a dog. Ranger has been trained as a search and rescue dog, but he still gets too distracted by squirrels to do the work. But thanks to an old first aid kit he found, he sometimes gets to travel to other times to help kids. This time he travels to Iceland right before a volcano erupts. (Looks like this is releasing for EBOOKS only today and then releasing in paperback on January 31, 2017)
Fort Solitude – Book 2 in the DC Comics Secret Hero Society series. I am eager to see this one in person. I read the first one and liked the story but didn’t connect with the art like I have with other stories that use this sort of format like the Jedi Academy series. In the first book, the art made it feel like I was reading an early version where the art wasn’t finished yet. I’ll definitely be checking this one out.
Showing Off – Book 3 in the Upside Down Magic series about Nory whose magic is just a little wonky which makes her stand out at her school and in her family. I really enjoy this series. The magic makes for a fun story, but the real “story” is about identity and fitting in or standing out. Fantastic!
Talons of Power – Book 9 in the Wings of Fire series. I adore this series and have already pre-ordered this book because I don’t want to wait to see what happens next. If you have never read one of these, they are best read in order. Book one is The Dragonet Prophecy. I think these books get better and better every time she releases a new one!
Ever the Hunted – First in a new series about a girl fighting to avenge her father’s death and find his killer
Take the Key and Lock Her Up – Book 3 in the Embassy Row series. I have this pre-ordered! I know I will need to go back and re-read the first two to get all of the details and cliffhangers firm in mind before I dive into this book. I love Ally Carter’s work and I am really enjoying this series.
Rules of the Game – Book 3 in the Endgame series wraps up this trilogy about a game with high stakes. I still haven’t read book one to this series, but it is on my TBR pile!
The Selection Coloring Book – Fans of The Selection series (me!) can now color pictures of their favorite scenes from the books.
Books for Adults
Iced Under – Book 5 in the Maine Clambake Mystery series about a mysterious black diamond necklace. Sounds like a great mystery to dig into on cold, snowy days.
Custom Baked Murder – Book 5 in the Pawsitively Organic Mystery series (organic pet treats). This looks like such a fun series.
The Case Against Sugar – A nonfiction book about the dangers of sugar to our health