Molly, Olive, and Dexter: Who’s Afraid of the Dark? (Rayner)©2025 by Catherine Rayner

Picture Books

Borgh, Jo van der. The Terrakeet. illus. by Jo Beasley. Candlewick. 

Chase, Kristen Mei. We Are American, Too. illus. by Jieting Chen. Farrar. 

Hannigan, Jess. The Bear Out There. HarperCollins/Quill Tree. 

Keller, Shana. CeeCee: Underground Railroad Cinderella. illus. by Laura Freeman. Charlesbridge.

Manoli, Costantia. The Fig Tree: A Story About Building Friendship and Peace in Cyprus. illus. by Leah Giles. Roaring Brook. 

Rayner, Catherine. Molly, Olive, and Dexter: Who’s Afraid of the Dark? Candlewick. 

Transitional

Agostini, Alliah L. We Dig Fossils. illus. by Joelle Murray. Random. 

Medina, Juana. Elena Camps. Candlewick.

Middle Grade

Ryan, Pam Muñoz. El Niño. illus. by Joe Cepeda. Scholastic. 

Thurman, Brittany J. Opal Watson: Private Eye. HarperCollins/Storytide. 

Toalson, R.L. The Unforgettable Leta “Lightning” Laurel. S. & S./Aladdin. 

YA

Ancrum, K. The Corruption of Hollis Brown. HarperCollins. 

Bi, Selina Li. Sunlight Playing Over a Mountain. Soho Teen. Sunlight Playing ver a Mountain. Soho Teen. 

Davis, DeAndra. All the Noise at Once. S. & S./Atheneum. 

Emezi, Akwaeke. Somadina. Knopf.

Ghosh, Mina Ikemoto. Hyo the Hellmaker. Scholastic.

Kelly, Erin Entrada & Kwame Mbalia. On Again, Awkward Again. Abrams/Amulet. 

Lewis, Jessica. Nav’s Foolproof Guide to Falling in Love. HarperCollins. 

Owen, Margaret. Holy Terrors. Holt. 

Romasco-Moore, Mar. Deadstream. Viking. 

Selznick, Brian. Run Away With Me. Scholastic. 

Womack, Gwendolyn. The Premonitions Club. CamCat. 

Graphic Novels

Park, Barbara. Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus: The Graphic Novel. adapt. by Colleen AF Venable. illus. by Honie Beam. Random. 

Williams-Garcia, Rita. One Crazy Summer: The Graphic Novel. illus. by Sharee Miller. HarperCollins/Quill Tree. 

This Is Me: Getting to Know Yourself and Others Better (Haraštová)©2025 by Ana Kobern

Nonfiction

Brockenbrough, Martha. A Gift of Dust: How Saharan Plumes Feed the Planet. illus. by Juana Martinez-Neal. Knopf. 

Crull, Kelly. The Black Mambas: The World’s First All-Woman Anti-Poaching Unit. Lerner/Millbrook. 

Haraštová, Helena. This Is Me: Getting to Know Yourself and Others Better. illus. by Ana Kobern. Albatros. 

Maraniss, Andrew. Beyond the Game: Jordan Marie Brings Three White Horses Whetstone. illus. by DeAndra Hodge. Viking. 

Miller, Sarah. Hick: The Trailblazing Journalist Who Captured Eleanor Roosevelt’s Heart. Random House Studio. 

Yellowhorn, Eldon Lowinger, Kathy. Ours to Tell: Reclaiming Indigenous Stories. Annick. 

Adult Books 4 Teens

Green, John. Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection. Crash Course. 

White, Frances. Voyage of the Damned. Harlequin/MIRA. 

Woods, Kell. Upon a Starlit Tide. Tor. 

Professional Reading

Becnel, Kim & Robin A. Moeller, eds. Using Literature to Support Children’s Mental Health. ALA Eds. 

Shontz, Priscilla K., ed. Careers in Library and Information Services: First-Hand Accounts from Working Professionals. Bloomsbury.