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New For You - Children's - April 2025

A selection of new fiction and nonfiction for older children.

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  • A story of friendship, community and discovering what it means to carry home in your heart.
    Book, 2024London : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2024. — OLDER FICTION
  • Get to know the real Lionel Messi in the biography that's packed with awesome facts, stats, trivia and more.
    Book, 2025Australia : Scholastic Australia, 2025. — J 920 MES
  • We didn't mean to change the past. Now we have to win the war.
    Book, 2024London : Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2024. — OLDER FICTION
  • Where Words Come From

    Guide to Morphology With Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words

    Budgell, Gill
    Know your -able from your -ness and your in- from your un- to unlock the secret world of words.
    Book, 2025London : Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2025. — J 420 BUD
  • When Maya finds a list she made before losing her leg, she decides she's still going to do everything on it - even though her former bestie has ditched her for the cool kids.
    Book, 2025London : Orchard Books, 2025. — OLDER FICTION
  • Resist

    a Story of D-Day

    Gratz, Alan, 1972-
    Can Samira save her mother from the Nazis before time runs out?
    Book, 2025Australia : Scholastic Australia, 2025. — OLDER FICTION
  • An exciting start to Graci Kim's brand-new fantasy series where dragons and phoenixes roam the skies of Seoul; meals magically appear based on your mood; and dreams literally come to life.
    Book, 2025New Zealand : Penguin Random House New Zealand, 2025. — OLDER FICTION
  • When John, a newly retired classroom skeleton, is adopted by Grams and Gramps and leaves the classroom to live on their farm, every day is an exciting new adventure. A portrait of what it means to care for one another, grow old together, and…
    Book, 2024New York : Yonder, Restless Books for Young Readers, 2024. — YOUNGER FICTION
  • Sim and his mum never live anywhere long. When dangerous strangers appear one night, Sim finds out why. His mum has been keeping secrets: she has the power to open doors in time.
    Book, 2025London : Macmillan Children's Books, 2025. — OLDER FICTION
  • Wildlives

    50 Extraordinary Animals That Made History

    Lerwill, Ben
    In this fascinating and touching book, children can learn about 50 courageous creatures from around the world and throughout history.
    Book, 2025London : Nosy Crow, 2025. — J 590 LER
  • “World of Wanda” is about the stresses and successes of forming a new version of family. It's also about giving an insight into ADHD; the difficulties, but also the unexpected 'gifts' it can bring.
    Book, 2025Preston : uclan publishing, 2025. — OLDER FICTION
  • After having hilariously terrible first days of sixth grade, four girls vow to ride out the super highs and cringe-worthy lows of middle school together, no matter how awkward it gets.
    Book, XX(1556701.1)
  • This space adventure graphic novel was created by real-life astronaut Leland Melvin.
    Graphic Novel, 2025New York : First Second, 2025. — CHILDREN'S GRAPHIC NOVEL
  • Explore

    a Collection of Maps and Diagrams That Explain the World

    Munsey, Lizzie
    Explore the depths of the ocean, a single cell, a car engine, the human brain, a medieval castle, and much more. T
    Book, 2024London : Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2024. — J 032.02 MUN
  • The Easter Bunny has been tirelessly getting chocolate Easter eggs ready to deliver to children all around the world, but now he's exhausted! He decides to take a day off to relax and recharge
    Book, 2024Gosford, New South Wales : Scholastic Australia, 2024. — J 793.73 RAN
  • Come face-to-face with everything from the great white to the hammerhead.
    Book, 2025Gosford, New South Wales : Scholastic Australia, 2025. — J 597.3 SHA
  • As the war rages around them, the sisters and their family must overcome unimaginable hardships. But they will learn how powerful hope is in the face of disaster.
    Book, 2025New York : Scholastic Inc., [2025] — OLDER FICTION
  • 101 Dogs

    An Illustrated Compendium of Canines

    Swinney, Nicola Jane
    One hundred and one dogs bound through the pages of this humorous guide to dog breeds.
    Book, 2024Somerville, Massachusetts : Big Picture Press, 2024. — J 636.71 SWI
  • In this beautiful and haunting fantasy, an imprisoned princess needs the help of a girl from the modern world to undo a wish gone wrong and save her snowy kingdom.
    Book, 2025Somerville, Massachusetts : Walker Books, 2025 — OLDER FICTION
  • The ultimate guide to ancient Egypt, from everyday life to the afterlife.
    Book, 2025London : Dorling Kindersley, 2025. — J 932 WIL