New Books for Kids & Teens, December 2024
Picture Books
Santa’s First Christmas / Mac Barnett
Tamales for Christmas / Stephen Briseno
Big Gorilla: a book of opposites / Anthony Browne
This Land / Ashley Fairbanks
Cape / Kevin Johnson
Moon’s Ramadan / Natasha Khan Kazi
Horse & Buggy On Wheels! / Ethan Long (early reader)
Everywhere Babies / Susan Meyers
Small Things Mended / Casey W. Robinson
Children’s Fiction
The Bad Guys in the Serpent and the Beast / Aaron Blabey (graphic novel)
Baby Sitter’s Little Sister: Karen’s Roller Skates / Katy Farina (graphic novel)
Baby Sitter’s Little Sister: Karen’s Witch / Katy Farina (graphic novel)
Baby Sitter’s Little Sister: Karen’s Worst Day / Katy Farina (graphic novel)
The Night Librarian / Christopher Lincoln (graphic novel)
Cookie & Broccoli: Ready for School / Bob McMahon (graphic novel)
Unraveled (Keeper of the Lost Cities 9.5) / Shannon Messenger
Splinter & Ash / Marieke Nijkamp
Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlords / Garth Nix
Asgardians: Thor / George O’Connor (graphic novel)
Galaxy Jack series #2-5 / Ray O’Ryan (early chapter)
Max and the Midknights: The Tower of Time / Lincoln Peirce
Dog Man: Big Jim Begins / Dav Pilkey (graphic novel)
Hey Jack series #2-5 / Sally Rippin (early chapter)
The Bletchley Riddle / Ruta Sepetys
Gargantis / Thomas Taylor (audiobook player)
Children’s Nonfiction
Thomas Jefferson’s battle for science: bias, truth, and a mighty moose! / Beth Anderson
Life after whale: the amazing ecosystem of a whale fall / Lynn Brunelle
For Teens
Virus Hunters: how science protects people when outbreaks and pandemics strike / Amy Cherrix
The Reappearance of Rachel Price / Holly Jackson
Stealing Little Moon: the legacy of the American Indian boarding Schools / Dan Sasuweh Jones
Pick the Lock / A.S. King
Side Quest: a visual history of role-playing games / Steenz (graphic novel)
Heir / Sabaa Tahir