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New For You - Children's - March 2025

A selection of new picture books and children's nonfiction for younger children.

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  • Get up close to everything from the giant whale shark to the teeny tiny krill.
    BookSan Rafael, California : EarthAware Kids, [2024] — J 551.46 ARD
  • Learn fun facts about some of your favourite animals including pigs, ducks, sheep, roosters, chicks, and horses in this simple yet informative introduction.
    BookToronto, Ontario : Flowerpot Press, [2024] — J 636 BEA
  • Peter Bently imagines what might happen if dung beetles stopped doing their job and shows children that every creature is important to our environment, even those that are small and smelly.
    Picture BookLondon : Hodder Children's Books, 2024. — PICTURE BOOK
  • From sunset to sunrise, this book takes you on an exciting night time adventure.
    BookLondon : Usborne Publishing Limited, 2024. — J 529 BON
  • A beautifully illustrated and enchanting collection of treasured fairy tales from the extraordinarily talented author-illustrator Sandra Dieckmann.
    BookLondon : Walker Books, 2024. — J 398.2 DIE
  • Join Supertato and the veggies as they prove The Evil Pea wrong about reading.
    Picture BookLondon : Simon & Schuster, 2025. — PICTURE BOOK
  • Learning about opposites is fun and easy with Katie and her baby brother, Olly.
    Board BookLondon : Walker Books, 2025. — PICTURE BOOK
  • Find out all about the extraordinary and varied jobs doctors do.
    BookLondon : Usborne Publishing Limited, 2025. — J 610.69 HUL
  • From rectangular ladders to circular rings and hexagonal picnic tables, the park is full of shapes.
    BookOxford : Raintree, [2024] — J 516.15 JON
  • When Grandma's puppy Milo comes to stay, Ollie is excited for all the adventures they will have. So, she is upset when things don't quite go to plan.
    Picture BookLondon : Simon & Schuster, 2025. — PICTURE BOOK
  • Gifts From the Garbage Truck

    a True Story About the Things We (don't) Throw Away

    Larsen, Andrew, 1960-
    The unbelievable true story about one garbage truck driver who saved tens of thousands of objects from the trash to fix up and display in his museum.
    BookNaperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks eXplore, [2024] — J 363.72 LAR
  • I've heard of a chickpea. I’ve had those for lunch. Is a peachick the same? Is it something you munch?
    Picture BookDublin : The O'Brien Press, 2024. — PICTURE BOOK
  • This little girl has heard her new teacher is a Teachersaurus! Will she be scaly? Or spiky? Or something different altogether?
    Picture BookGosford, New South Wales : Scholastic Australia, 2024. — PICTURE BOOK
  • Learn some essential first words and pictures about 100 things that go.
    Board BookLondon : Priddy Books, [2023] — PICTURE BOOK
  • Molly the hare, Olive the owl and Dexter the fox love to watch the sun set in the garden. But as night falls, they notice strange shapes in the shadows and hear strange rustlings in their beloved oak tree...
    Picture BookLondon : Walker Books Ltd, 2024. — PICTURE BOOK
  • Come and take a closer look at the adorable baby animals and their habitats across Australia.
    BookSouth Melbourne, Victoria : Affirm Press, 2024. — J 591.994 RAC
  • One starry night, the woods are filled with enchanting songs and beautiful sculptures. Whoever could have made them?
    Picture BookLondon : Little Tiger, 2024. — PICTURE BOOK
  • Drip, drip, drop, drop. Kerplop! Kerplop! The rain was drumming on the ground. It came too fast. It came too hard. "BatKiwi!" came the call. "Save us!"
    Picture BookAuckland : Scholastic New Zealand Limited, 2025. — PICTURE BOOK
  • You're a Poet

    Ways to Start Writing Poems

    Taylor, Sean, 1965-
    When Piglet picks up a stone and drops it into a puddle, something special happens ... words splash out: Wet, Fresh, Earthy, Sploshing, Sunshiny, Puddle. Piglet is a poet!
    BookLondon : Walker Books Ltd, 2024. — J 808.1 TAY