This September, we published 6 outstanding books that received three or more starred reviews. Hopefully these have already earned a place on your shelves, but if you somehow missed them, here’s a reminder!
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2026 has a lot in store for you! We’re thrilled to present some amazing new books from favorite creators like Kevin Henkes and Kate Messner alongside exciting debuts and anticipated sequels.
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It’s always a great time to #shakeupyourshelves and we’re celebrating Black voices all year long! This fall brings us beautiful and informative new picture books, a highly anticipated new Nic Blake book from Angie Thomas, and an edge-of-your-seat thriller from Tiffany D. Jackson. Scroll down to see which books you should add to your shelves (hint: it’s all of them!).
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Spooky season is officially here! If your readers are anything like those in my life, they’re clambering for scary books all year long. Here’s some of our favorites to frighten this fall.
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We’ve shared plenty of books over the years that help teachers and librarians focus on social-emotional learning skills with their readers. It’s important to be able to recognize and regulate one’s emotions, but it’s also important to encourage positive emotions, peer-bonding, and joyful learning. All of those can come from a laugh-out-loud storytime! Scroll down to see some new picture books that are sure to bring mirth to young readers and build a positive association with books while fostering community.
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Thrillers, mysteries, dystopian epics… these books are sure to keep your teen readers on the edge of their seats this fall.
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Building a life-long love of reading means ensuring readers at all ages and reading levels find quality books that they enjoy. For readers working through the transition from picture books and early readers to chapter books, it’s important to strike the right balance. The right books for transitional readers build comprehension skills through longer narratives split into chapters. They include illustrations and plenty of white space to break up the text and support vocabulary development. They feature engaging characters, funny situations, or other high-interest topics to keep kids wanting to come back for more. Below are some of our favorite books for this important reading level. As a bonus, all of these are the part of series, so once readers fall in love they’ll have plenty more to read!
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It’s almost time for Hispanic Heritage Month, celebrated each year from September 15 – October 15. Latino and Latina students are highly underrepresented in children’s literature. It is especially important to have a collection of Latine books that represents the diversity of languages, cultures, ethnicities, and nationalities within the larger Latine community. We’ve gathered a few of our favorite books by Latine creators to help you #shakeupyourshelves this month and every month!
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It’s the start of another school year, and students’ need to build social-emotion skills hasn’t gone anywhere. It’s a great time to start growing these foundational skills and below are a handful of our newest titles to easily introduce conversations about self-awareness, decision making, relationships, and more. We also have a fabulous series of SEL blog posts written by author, educator, and life coach Nicole D. Collier. Check them out for more book recommendations as well as tips for incorporating the 5 pillars of SEL into your daily routines and read alouds.
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Across the country and around the world, students will be returning to school or going for the very first times. They’ll be faced with tough decisions and new challenges alongside a lot of fun. Here are a few of our newest picture books to get your readers ready for a year full of learning, adventures, and self-discovery.
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