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Dog Man. Big Jim believes

Pilkey, Dav, 1966-


Graphic novel. The celebration comes to a halt for our heroes ... when the mischievous Space Cuties From Space return. Our caped crusaders--Dog Man (aka Scarlet Shedder), Commander Cupcake, and Sprinkles--along with Mecha Molly discover that the city has changed, and nothing is how it should be. Can Big Jim's positivity and innocence help our heroes? Will Dog Man, Big Jim, Grampa, and Molly have the courage to trust each other and save the day? How does the past help shape the future? And who is the chosen one?
Date Published:2025

Graphic novel. The celebration comes to a halt for our heroes ... when the mischievous Space Cuties From Space return. Our caped crusaders--Dog Man (aka Scarlet Shedder), Commander Cupcake, and Sprinkles--along with Mecha Molly discover that the city has changed, and nothing is how it should be. Can Big Jim's positivity and innocence help our heroes? Will Dog Man, Big Jim, Grampa, and Molly have the courage to trust each other and save the day? How does the past help shape the future? And who is the chosen one?

Date Published:2025

Wings of fire, the graphic novel. Vol. 06, Moon rising

Deutsch, Barry,


Graphic novel. Chiefly illustrations. Peace has come to Pyrrhia... for now. The war between the tribes is finally over, and now the dragonets of the prophecy have a plan for lasting peace: Jade Mountain Academy, a school that will gather dragonets from all the tribes and teach them to live together, perhaps even as friends. Moonwatcher isn't sure how she feels about school, however. Hidden in the rainforest for most of her life, the young NightWing has an awful secret. She can read minds, and even see the future. Living in a cave with dozens of other dragons is noisy, exhausting--and dangerous. In just a few days, Moon finds herself overwhelmed by her secret powers and bombarded by strange thoughts, including those of a mysterious dragon who might be a terrible enemy. And when someone starts attacking dragons within the academy, Moon has a choice to make: stay hidden and safe? Or risk everything to save her new friends?
Date Published:2023

Graphic novel. Chiefly illustrations. Peace has come to Pyrrhia... for now. The war between the tribes is finally over, and now the dragonets of the prophecy have a plan for lasting peace: Jade Mountain Academy, a school that will gather dragonets from all the tribes and teach them to live together, perhaps even as friends. Moonwatcher isn't sure how she feels about school, however. Hidden in the rainforest for most of her life, the young NightWing has an awful secret. She can read minds, and even see the future. Living in a cave with dozens of other dragons is noisy, exhausting--and dangerous. In just a few days, Moon finds herself overwhelmed by her secret powers and bombarded by strange thoughts, including those of a mysterious dragon who might be a terrible enemy. And when someone starts attacking dragons within the academy, Moon has a choice to make: stay hidden and safe? Or risk everything to save her new friends?

Date Published:2023

Wings of fire, the graphic novel. Vol. 07, Winter turning

Deutsch, Barry,


Graphic novel. Based on: Winter turning by Tui T. Sutherland. Chiefly illustrations. Winter has always been a disappointment to his royal IceWing family. Now he has a chance to save his sister, Icicle, from making a terrible mistake--if he can find her. Winter's new clawmates, Moon, Kinkajou, and Qibli, insist on joining his dangerous journey. They don't understand that IceWings, the most superior of all dragon tribes, can fix their own problems. When their search leads the dragonets straight into Queen Scarlet's vicious talons, Winter is grateful to have some help. But even the bravest dragons can't follow him to the Ice Kingdom. There, he'll have to face the greatest threat of all: his own family.
Date Published:2024

Graphic novel. Based on: Winter turning by Tui T. Sutherland. Chiefly illustrations. Winter has always been a disappointment to his royal IceWing family. Now he has a chance to save his sister, Icicle, from making a terrible mistake--if he can find her. Winter's new clawmates, Moon, Kinkajou, and Qibli, insist on joining his dangerous journey. They don't understand that IceWings, the most superior of all dragon tribes, can fix their own problems. When their search leads the dragonets straight into Queen Scarlet's vicious talons, Winter is grateful to have some help. But even the bravest dragons can't follow him to the Ice Kingdom. There, he'll have to face the greatest threat of all: his own family.

Date Published:2024

The Golden Frog Games

Ortega, Claribel A.,


Various publishers. Ravenskill is hosting the Golden Frog Games, a magical tournament, but somebody is using forbidden hexes to turn contestants into stone; meanwhile Seven Salazar, future "uncle" of Ravenskill, who is supposed to have the power to communicate with animals, has a secret--the only voices she hears belong to the deadly monstruos.
Date Published:2024

House of elephants

Ortega, Claribel A.,


Various publishers. Sequel to: Golden frog games. Seven and Thorn still have not found a way to cure the hex that turned their friends into stone, magic seems to be working backwards, every new witchling at the Black Moon Ceremony is a spare-- and the Hill Society blames the Spares and wants to prevent them from using magic.
Date Published:2024

Sunny figures it out

Holm, Jennifer L.,


Graphic novel. Sunny is trying to figure out when a boy stops being just a friend and starts being a boyfriend... and what that means for both of them. There's no question that Sunny has fun whenever she hangs out with Tony. They go to the movies together, talk a lot at school, and support each other when they need it. But are they dating? Sunny isn't sure ... but her friend, Deb, is. She thinks Sunny and Tony should be doing the couples-skate at the local roller rink. And Tony should be giving Sunny his jacket to wear. And carrying her books to class. For Sunny, this doesn't feel great. It just feels ... weird. Maybe she needs to stop taking everyone else's advice in order to figure things out for herself!
Date Published:2025

Graphic novel. Sunny is trying to figure out when a boy stops being just a friend and starts being a boyfriend... and what that means for both of them. There's no question that Sunny has fun whenever she hangs out with Tony. They go to the movies together, talk a lot at school, and support each other when they need it. But are they dating? Sunny isn't sure ... but her friend, Deb, is. She thinks Sunny and Tony should be doing the couples-skate at the local roller rink. And Tony should be giving Sunny his jacket to wear. And carrying her books to class. For Sunny, this doesn't feel great. It just feels ... weird. Maybe she needs to stop taking everyone else's advice in order to figure things out for herself!

Date Published:2025

Curse of the Akoma stone

Mensah, Bernard,


Various publishers. Kwame and his friends are excited to participate in the Nkonyaa Games, a series of magic competitions, but when a mysterious new teacher named Elder Z arrives, a spell is cast on two students, trapping them in stone.
Date Published:2025

Cat on the run. Vol. 03, Cat on the run in Hidden layers!

Blabey, Aaron,


Graphic novel. The third installment of CAT ON THE RUN! Find out what happens to Princess Beautiful in the third book of the trilogy...
Date Published:2025

The Cartoonists Club

Telgemeier, Raina,


Graphic novel. Makayla is bursting with ideas but doesn't know how to make them into a story. Howard loves to draw, but he struggles to come up with ideas and his dad thinks comics are a waste of time. Lynda constantly draws in her sketchbook but keeps focusing on what she feels are mistakes, and Art simply loves being creative and is excited to try something new. They come together to form The Cartoonists Club, where kids can learn about making comics and use their creativity and imagination for their own storytelling adventures!
Date Published:2025

Graphic novel. Makayla is bursting with ideas but doesn't know how to make them into a story. Howard loves to draw, but he struggles to come up with ideas and his dad thinks comics are a waste of time. Lynda constantly draws in her sketchbook but keeps focusing on what she feels are mistakes, and Art simply loves being creative and is excited to try something new. They come together to form The Cartoonists Club, where kids can learn about making comics and use their creativity and imagination for their own storytelling adventures!

Date Published:2025

Les essais

Soontornvat, Christina,


Roman graphique. TÊTE HAUTE. FAITES DU BRUIT. SOURIEZ. Ce mémoire en format bande dessinée, qui aborde avec brio le courage et la compétition, l'amitié et l'appartenance, plaira aux amateur·rices de Souris! et La nouvelle. À l'annonce des essais pour faire partie de l'équipe de meneuses de claque, Christina et sa meilleure amie Megan veulent tenter leur chance. Comme elles sont parmi les seules élèves de couleur dans l'école, elles ont toujours voulu s'intégrer. Les meneuses de claque sont populaires et acceptées de tout le monde. Les deux filles survivront-elles à ces terrifiantes épreuves sous le regard des autres élèves de leur année? Et leur amitié résistera-t-elle à la pression de la compétition? Hilarante et pertinente, la BD Les essais : Risquer le tout pour le tout, créée par Christina Soontornvat, trois fois gagnante d'un honneur Newbery, et illustré par la talentueuse Joanna Cacao, vous fera rire, pleurer et applaudir!
Date Published:2025

Roman graphique. TÊTE HAUTE. FAITES DU BRUIT. SOURIEZ. Ce mémoire en format bande dessinée, qui aborde avec brio le courage et la compétition, l'amitié et l'appartenance, plaira aux amateur·rices de Souris! et La nouvelle. À l'annonce des essais pour faire partie de l'équipe de meneuses de claque, Christina et sa meilleure amie Megan veulent tenter leur chance. Comme elles sont parmi les seules élèves de couleur dans l'école, elles ont toujours voulu s'intégrer. Les meneuses de claque sont populaires et acceptées de tout le monde. Les deux filles survivront-elles à ces terrifiantes épreuves sous le regard des autres élèves de leur année? Et leur amitié résistera-t-elle à la pression de la compétition? Hilarante et pertinente, la BD Les essais : Risquer le tout pour le tout, créée par Christina Soontornvat, trois fois gagnante d'un honneur Newbery, et illustré par la talentueuse Joanna Cacao, vous fera rire, pleurer et applaudir!

Date Published:2025

Beautiful you, beautiful me

Spillett-Sumner, Tasha, 1988-


Various publishers. A simple story exploring the feelings of a mixed heritage child who begins to notice the physical differences between her mother's features and her own. One day, Izzy notices that her skin looks different from her mama's. "Mama," exclaims Izzy. "We don't match! You're sand, and I'm chocolate." Then Izzy realizes that her hair has big swirls and curls that jump out from her braids, while her mama's hair is smooth and straight with a braid that hangs right down the middle of her back. At first, Izzy is sad that she looks so different from her mama. She only sees the beauty in her mother's features, and not in her own. But using a gentle refrain, her mama lovingly tells her You're part of me, and I'm part of you. I'm beautiful like me, and you're beautiful like you. And with time and encouragement, Izzy comes to realize that beauty and belonging come in all shapes and sizes.
Date Published:2022

Various publishers. A simple story exploring the feelings of a mixed heritage child who begins to notice the physical differences between her mother's features and her own. One day, Izzy notices that her skin looks different from her mama's. "Mama," exclaims Izzy. "We don't match! You're sand, and I'm chocolate." Then Izzy realizes that her hair has big swirls and curls that jump out from her braids, while her mama's hair is smooth and straight with a braid that hangs right down the middle of her back. At first, Izzy is sad that she looks so different from her mama. She only sees the beauty in her mother's features, and not in her own. But using a gentle refrain, her mama lovingly tells her You're part of me, and I'm part of you. I'm beautiful like me, and you're beautiful like you. And with time and encouragement, Izzy comes to realize that beauty and belonging come in all shapes and sizes.

Date Published:2022

Circle of love

Gray Smith, Monique, 1968-


Various publishers. In this warmhearted book, we join Molly at the Intertribal Community Center, where she introduces us to people she knows and loves: her grandmother and her grandmother’s wife, her uncles and their baby, her cousins, and her treasured friends. They dance, sing, garden, learn, pray, and eat together. And tonight, they come together for a feast! Molly shares with the reader how each person makes her feel—and reminds us that love is love.
Date Published:2024

Various publishers. In this warmhearted book, we join Molly at the Intertribal Community Center, where she introduces us to people she knows and loves: her grandmother and her grandmother’s wife, her uncles and their baby, her cousins, and her treasured friends. They dance, sing, garden, learn, pray, and eat together. And tonight, they come together for a feast! Molly shares with the reader how each person makes her feel—and reminds us that love is love.

Date Published:2024

The Gift of Mnoomin [Anishinaabemowin] : Mnoomin maan'gowing

Luby, Brittany,


In this bilingual book, an Anishinaabe child explores the story of a precious mnoomin seed and the circle of life mnoomin sustains. Written in Anishinaabemowin and English, the story opens at harvest time. A child holds a mnoomin seed and imagines all the life that made a single seed possible--Mayfly, Pike, Muskrat, Eagle and Moose, all had a part to play in bringing the seed into being. What will happen if the seed sprouts? Underwater leaves will shelter young fish, shoots will protect ducklings, stalks will feed larvae, in turn providing food for bats...until finally mnoomin will be ready to harvest again.
Date Published:2023

In this bilingual book, an Anishinaabe child explores the story of a precious mnoomin seed and the circle of life mnoomin sustains. Written in Anishinaabemowin and English, the story opens at harvest time. A child holds a mnoomin seed and imagines all the life that made a single seed possible--Mayfly, Pike, Muskrat, Eagle and Moose, all had a part to play in bringing the seed into being. What will happen if the seed sprouts? Underwater leaves will shelter young fish, shoots will protect ducklings, stalks will feed larvae, in turn providing food for bats...until finally mnoomin will be ready to harvest again.

Date Published:2023

You're invited to a creepover. Vol. 05, There's something out there

Night, P. J.,


Graphic novel. Jenna Sanchez has always been fascinated by the legend of the Marked Monster, the scarred half-bird, half-beast creature said to roam the forests, so she hosts a campout where she and her friends can search for the legendary beast and see if the monster is real.
Date Published:2023

The Bad Guys in one last thing

Blabey, Aaron,


Graphic novel. They may look like Bad Guys, but these wannabe heroes are doing good deeds--whether you like it or not--in this LAST installment in the hilarious Bad Guys series!
Date Published:2024

Be a good ancestor

Prince, Gabrielle,


Rooted in Indigenous teachings, this stunning picture book encourages readers of all ages to consider the ways in which they live in connection to the world around them and to think deeply about their behaviors. Addressing environmental issues, animal welfare, self-esteem and self-respect, and the importance of community, the authors deliver a poignant and universal message in an accessible way: Be a good ancestor to the world around you. Thought-provoking stanzas offer a call to action for each one of us to consider how we affect future generations. Every decision we make ripples out, and we can affect the world around us by thinking deeply about those decisions.
Date Published:2022

Rooted in Indigenous teachings, this stunning picture book encourages readers of all ages to consider the ways in which they live in connection to the world around them and to think deeply about their behaviors. Addressing environmental issues, animal welfare, self-esteem and self-respect, and the importance of community, the authors deliver a poignant and universal message in an accessible way: Be a good ancestor to the world around you. Thought-provoking stanzas offer a call to action for each one of us to consider how we affect future generations. Every decision we make ripples out, and we can affect the world around us by thinking deeply about those decisions.

Date Published:2022

Wings of fire, the graphic novel. Vol. 02, The lost heir

Deutsch, Barry,


Graphic novel. She can't believe it's finally happening. Tsunami and her fellow dragonets of destiny are journeying under the water to the great SeaWing Kingdom. Stolen as an egg from the royal hatchery, Tsunami is eager to meet her future subjects and reunite with her mother, Queen Coral. But Tsunami's triumphant return doesn't go quite the way she'd imagined. Queen Coral welcomes her with open wings, but a mysterious assassin has been killing off the queen's heirs for years, and Tsunami may be the next target. The dragonets came to the SeaWings for protection, but this ocean hides secrets, betrayal, and perhaps even death."-- Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2019

Graphic novel. She can't believe it's finally happening. Tsunami and her fellow dragonets of destiny are journeying under the water to the great SeaWing Kingdom. Stolen as an egg from the royal hatchery, Tsunami is eager to meet her future subjects and reunite with her mother, Queen Coral. But Tsunami's triumphant return doesn't go quite the way she'd imagined. Queen Coral welcomes her with open wings, but a mysterious assassin has been killing off the queen's heirs for years, and Tsunami may be the next target. The dragonets came to the SeaWings for protection, but this ocean hides secrets, betrayal, and perhaps even death."-- Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2019

I am a rock

Qilavaq-Savard, Ashley,


Various publishers. Pauloosie loves his pet rock, Miki Rock. Pauloosie's Anaana, his mother, tells him a bedtime story about what Miki Rock sees, hears, and feels in his Arctic home. As part of the land, Miki Rock sees char and beluga, listens to chirps and howls, and feels the snow and sun. Through lyrical text and ethereal landscape illustrations by Pelin Turgut, readers are taken on an Arctic journey from the point of view of a most unlikely object--a child's pet rock.
Date Published:

Various publishers. Pauloosie loves his pet rock, Miki Rock. Pauloosie's Anaana, his mother, tells him a bedtime story about what Miki Rock sees, hears, and feels in his Arctic home. As part of the land, Miki Rock sees char and beluga, listens to chirps and howls, and feels the snow and sun. Through lyrical text and ethereal landscape illustrations by Pelin Turgut, readers are taken on an Arctic journey from the point of view of a most unlikely object--a child's pet rock.

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My heart fills with happiness [Anishinaabemowin] : Nijiikendam

Gray Smith, Monique, 1968-


A dual-language book that celebrates happiness and invites children to reflect on the little things in life that bring them joy. In English and Anishinaabemowin.
Date Published:2021

Baby-sitters little sister. Vol. 10, Karen's prize

Grant, Shauna J.,


Graphic novel. Karen loves to spell words. She is very good at it, too. First, she wins the spelling bee in her class. Then Karen wins another spelling contest. And another... and another! Soon Karen might be the best junior speller in the state of Connecticut. She's even going to be on TV! Karen thinks that is so great. But her friends don't. They think Karen is a show-off!
Date Published:2025