Here are some of the new books out this week!
Books for Kids
Music Cats (Board Book) – Board book of feline pictures and names for favorite musicians.
Dozens of Doughnuts – A baking bear keeps sharing her doughnuts with her friends until her supplies are used up – and she never got a doughnut. This looks cute.
Be Amazing: A History of Pride (LGBTQ+) – “Drag kid” Desmond is Amazing shares the history of Pride.
Mayor Pete: The Story of Pete Buttigieg – Picture book biography of the first openly gay Presidential candidate.
Cat Has a Plan – Cat and Dog trick one another in a battle over a favorite toy in this new Early Reader.
Dave the Unicorn: Welcome to Unicorn School AND Team Spirit – The first two books in this new illustrated chapter book series release this month. Dave the Unicorn is not the friend Mira was expecting when she signed up for unicorn school. Dave loves donuts and farts a lot. But Dave is also smarter than your average unicorn, which comes in handy during their adventures. This looks darling! I can’t wait to read these.
Henry Heckelbeck and the Haunted Hideout – Book 3 in the Henry Heckelbeck series, a spin-off of the Heidi Heckelbeck series. Henry uses his magic to make a hideout, but then he worries that his magic made it haunted.
Ranger in Time: Attack on Pearl Harbor – Book 12 in the fantastic Ranger in Time series. (It’s a lot like Magic Tree House, but with a dog.) This time Ranger helps a set of twins during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Unicorn Diaries: Bo the Brave – Book 3 in the darling Unicorn Diaries series from Scholastic BRANCHES. This time Bo and his friends are trying to earn their bravery patch. I thought the first book in this series was darling! If your kids enjoy Owl Diaries, make sure they are checking out this new series from the same author.
Books for Older Kids/Teens/Young Adults
Act (Graphic Novel) – Book 3 in the Click graphic novel series. Olive decides to run for student council, even though it means running against two of her friends, in order to be a voice for others in her school. This sounds terrific.
Chloe: Carnival Party (Older Middle Grade – graphic novel) – Book 5 in the Chloe series. Chloe is home and struggling to connect with her best friend in the midst of preparations for a neighborhood carnival.
The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez – A Cuban-American boy with the ability to talk to animals discovers the animals around his new home are disappearing because of a witch who wants to absorb their powers.
War Stories – A new book from the fantastic Gordon Korman. Trevor is thrilled to help his hero, his great-grandfather, retrace his path during WWII. But what Trevor finds on the journey leads to questions about the heroic stories he has always been told.
Who Is David Beckham? – Biography of the soccer star.
10 Things I Hate About Pinky – The latest novel from Sandhya Menon (and sequel to When Dimple Met Rishi and There’s Something About Sweetie – ♥♥♥♥½). Pinky convinces her tightly-wound frenemy Samir to pose as her boyfriend to get her parents off her back for the summer. This is at the top of my list for this week; I have loved the whole series. I’ll be reviewing this one soon.
More Than Maybe – The latest from the author of You’d Be Mine comes another ya story centered around music. A young songwriter with a famous dad tries to connect with his crush, a driven music podcaster whose perfectly planned life doesn’t include him. This sounds terrific! This is also on my list for this week!
River of Dreams – When her comatose brother starts speaking to her in dreams, Finn discovers she is part of a family of dreamwalkers who wade into nightmares to fight other people’s monsters.
Shielded – While her older brother has the magical powers to help her country in a war, a princess learns her contribution is to be married and secure needed resources for the kingdom. But on her way to her new life she stumbles upon secrets that change everything she thought she knew about this war and her place in it. The cover art for this one is stellar. I have this on my list, too.
Splinters of Scarlet – A young woman risks death to use her thread magic in order to discover what really happened to her father. The magic elements of this sound intriguing.
Books for Adults
The Book of Lost Names (Hardcover) – A semi-retired librarian sees a piece of her secret past in a magazine article about the libraries looted by the Nazis. Will she have the courage to speak out and share the truth of the Book of Lost Names where she and a gifted forger recorded new identities given to Jewish children escaping to Switzerland in WWII? Sounds fascinating!
Handbook for Homicide (Hardcover) – Book 14 in the Booktown Mystery series. Tricia looks into the murder of a homeless vet when her shop assistant becomes the prime suspect.
He Started It (Hardcover) – Three siblings and their partners take a road trip to fulfill their wealthy grandfather’s final wishes. I have this on my list for this week, too.
Lineage Most Lethal (Hardcover) – Book 2 in the Ancestry Detective series. I absolutely adored book one, Murder Once Removed. This time Lucy is relaxing at the Sutton hotel, preparing to give her report to the hotel heiress herself when she is approached by a dying man who hands her a Montblanc pen. Her grandfather recognizes the pen as a message to him from his days as an Allied spy. This is top on my list, too. I’ll be reviewing this one soon.
Paris Is Always a Good Idea (Trade Paperback) – A young woman retraces the steps of her gap year in Europe when she realizes that was really the last time in her life she was truly happy. I’ll be reviewing this one soon, as well.
Solace of Bay Leaves (e-book) – The 5th book in the Spice Shop Mystery series. (The trade paperback version will release in October.) When a childhood friend is shot in an incident connected to an unsolved murder, Pepper starts to investigate.
Star Trek Year Five: The Wine-Dark Deep (Paperback Graphic Novel) – Book 2 in the Year Five graphic novel series, collecting comics 7-12.
The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life (Hardcover) – A memoir.