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Picture Book Fiction (Children 5+)

Allen, Kari. The Boy Who Loved Maps. (DB 109247)

Davies, Jacqueline. Bubbles...Up! 2021. (PRINT/BRAILLE, BR 23890

Frazier, Gibson. Stop and Smell the Cookies. (DB 110368)

Heath, Peter James. The Adventures of Marshmallow and Peter. (BR 25025DBC30393) – 2024 NLS SRP Kickoff Event Storytime Book

Mora, Oge. Saturday. 2019. (BR 23018DB 98170)

Walker, Tricia Elam. Dream Street. 2021. (DB 105914)

Woodson, Jacqueline. The Year We Learned to Fly. (DB 111924)

Woodson, Jacqueline. The World Belonged to Us. 2022. (DB 108989)

Spanish or Bilingual (Children 5+)

Engle, Margarita. A Song of Frutas / Un pregón de frutas. (DB 112908, English; DB 111923, Spanish)

Quintero, Isabel. My Papi Has a Motorcycle / Mi papi tiene una moto. 2019. (BR 24378, Spanish; DB 98388, English)

Yang, Kao Kalia. A Map into the World / Un mapa hacia el mundo. 2019. (DB 112288, English; DB 109708, Spanish)

Picture Book Nonfiction (Children 5+)

Levis, Caron. Feathers Together. (DB 114539)

McClure, Wendy. A Garden to Save the Birds. (DB 118864 in process)

Miller, Pat Zietlow. What Can You Do with a Rock? (DBC24422

Weatherford, Carole Boston. The Roots of Rap: 16 Bars on the 4 Pillars of Hip-Hop. 2019. (PRINT/BRAILLE, BR 22573)

Early Reader Fiction

Terry, Eric & Devin Fan. The Barnabus Project. 2020. ( PRINT/BRAILLE, BR 23751)

Patterson, James with Steven Butler. Ruffing It (Dog Diaries). 2020. (BR 23776DB 103355)

Rodó, Candy. Blast Off to Space City / Despegan a la ciudad del espacio (Baker & Taylor #4). (DB 118856, Spanish)

Alvarez, Julia. How Tía Lola Saved the Summer. 2011. (BR 19548DB 73763)

Clark, Zack Loran. The Adventurers Guild. (DB 89901)

Dixon, Franklin W. The Hardy Boys. [57-58]: The Firebird Rocket: the Sting of the Scorpion. 1978. (DB 75353)

Dubowski, Cathy East. The Toy Story collection. 2010. (DB 93956)

Howard, Kate. The Bad Guys: Movie Novelization. 2022. (DB 108666)

LaMarche, Jim. The Raft. (DBC08700)

Lansky, Bruce. Girls to the Rescue, Book 1: Tales of Clever, Courageous Girls from Around the World. 1995. (BRG01014)

Testa, Maggie. Kung Fu Panda. Books 1-6: Legends of Awesomeness. 2016. (BR 22131)

Tokuda-Hall, Maggie. Love in the Library. (DB 117547)

Alien Superstar Series

Winkler, Henry. Alien superstar (Book 1). 2019. (BR 22934DB 97851)

Winkler, Henry. Hollywood vs. the galaxy (Book 3). (DB 118992)

Word Travelers Series

Haldar, Raj. Word Travelers and the Taj Mahal Mystery. (DB 119194)

Haldar, Raj. Word Travelers and the Missing Mexican Molé. (DB 119195)

Haldar, Raj. Word Travelers and the Big Chase in Paris. (DB 119196)

Early Reader Spanish and Bilingual

Genhart, Michael. El español es la lengua de mi familia. (DB 117171)

Sotomayor, Sonia. Pasando páginas: la historia de mi vida. (PRINT/BRAILLE, BR 24368)

Morán, Manuel Antonio. Pedro Animal se enamora. (DB 118529)

Early Reader Nonfiction

Bruchac, Joseph. Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code. 2018. (DB 90917)

French, Jess. Earth’s Incredible Oceans. 2021. (DB 104065)

Goldfield, Anna. The Mind-Blowing World of Extraordinary Competitions: Meet the Incredible People Who Will Compete at Anything. (DB 114253)

Hill, Laban Carrick. When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop. 2013. (DB 86521)

Milosavljevich, Stefan. Tales of Ancient Worlds. 2022. (DB 109119)

Rajan, Rekha S. Amazing Landmarks: Discover the Hidden Stories Behind 10 Iconic Structures! (DB 110708)

Zajac, Linda. Robo-Motion: Robots that Move Like Animals. (DBC24311)

Ævar Þór Benediktsson. Stranded!: a Mostly True Story from Iceland. (DB 117484)

Hoyt, Megan. Bartali's Bicycle: The True Story of Gino Bartali, Italy's Secret Hero. 2021. (DB 109168)

McAllister, Angela. A World Full of Nature Stories. (Uncontracted braille, BR 24492)

Thomas, Isabel. The Bedtime Book of Incredible Questions. (DB 118031)

Stiefel, Chana. The Tower of Life: how Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs. (BR 24794)

Middle Grade Fiction

Binks, Danielle. The Year the Maps Changed. (DB 112405)

Brockenbrough, Martha. To Catch a Thief. (DB 118898)

Fox, Janet. The Artifact Hunters. 2020. (DB 100569) [Companion to The Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle (DB 83913)]

Freeman, Megan E. Alone. 2021. (DB 104269)

Giles, Lamar. Camp Cosmos. (DB 118899)

Glaser, Karina Yan. The Vanderbeekers on the Road. (DB 114955)

Hart, Melissa. Daisy Woodworm Changes the World. (No DB number, in process)

Keller, Tae. When You Trap a Tiger. 2020. (BR 23610DB 99005)

Kelly, Erin Entrada. Hello, Universe. 2017. (BR 22214DB 88222)

Korman, Gordon. The Superteacher Project. (DB 118900)

Lincoln, Beth. The Swifts: a Dictionary of Scoundrels (DB 112312)

Magoon, Kekla. Chester Keene Cracks the Code. (DB 109282)

Martin, Laura. Glitch. 2020. (DB 100444)

Palacio, R. J. Pony. 2021. (DB 105099)

Redman, Jess. The Adventure is Now. 2021. (DB 105137)

Shibutani, Maia and Alex Shibutani . The Mystery of the Masked Medalist: Kudo Kids. 2020. (DB 100823)

Stone, Tamara Ireland. Click’d. 2017. (DB 91551)

Young, Brian. Healer of the Water Monster. 2021. (BR 24124DB 104419)

Zoboi, Ibi. My Life as an Ice Cream Sandwich. 2019. (BR 23511DB 96373)

Book Scavenger Series

Bertman, Jennifer Chambliss. Book Scavenger. 2015. (DB 87363

Bertman, Jennifer Chambliss. The Unbreakable Code. 2017. (DB 89965)

Bertman, Jennifer Chambliss. The Alcatraz Escape. 2018. (DB 91692)

Charlie Hernández series

Calejo, Ryan. Charlie Hernández and the league of shadows. 2018. (BR 22631DB 92723)

Calejo, Ryan. Charlie Hernández & the castle of bones. 2019. (BR 22935DB 97603)

Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Series

Grabenstein, Chris. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s library. 2013. (DB 77918)

Grabenstein, Chris. Mr. Lemoncello’s library Olympics. 2016. (DB 83378)

Grabenstein, Chris. Mr. Lemoncello’s Great Library Race. 2017. (DB 89396)

Grabenstein, Chris. Mr. Lemoncello’s All-star Breakout Game. 2019. (DB 95232)

Grabenstein, Chris. Mr. Lemoncello and the Titanium Ticket. 2020. (DB 100641)

Spy School Series

Gibbs, Stuart. Spy School. 2012. (DB 78630)

Gibbs, Stuart. Spy Camp. 2013. (DB 78745)

Gibbs, Stuart. Evil Spy School: a spy school novel. 2015. (DB 82622)

Gibbs, Stuart. Spy Ski School. 2016. (DB 86832)

Gibbs, Stuart. Spy School Secret Service: a spy school novel. 2017. (DB 89597)

Gibbs, Stuart. Spy School Goes South. 2018. (DB 93333)

Gibbs, Stuart. Spy School British Invasion. 2019. (DB 95306)

Gibbs, Stuart. Spy School Revolution. 2020. (DB 102837)

Gibbs, Stuart. Spy School at Sea. 2021. (DB 105162)

Gibbs, Stuart. Spy School Project X. (DB 111727)

The Tangled Mysteries series

Wyatt, Merrill. Tangled Up in Luck. (DBC24412)

Wyatt, Merrill. Tangled Up in Nonsense. (no book number, in process network library book)

Middle Grade Spanish and Bilingual

Cuevas, Adrianna. The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez. 2020. (DB 102445)

Cuevas, Adrianna. El eclipse total de Néstor López. 2020. (DB 112762, Spanish)

Killion, Ann. Campeonas del fútbol mundial. (DB102325)

Killion, Ann. Campeones del fútbol mundial. (DB115125)

Menéndez, Juliet. Latinitas: una celebración de 40 soñadoras audaces. (DB111918)

Ryan, Pam Muñoz. Mañanaland. (DB 107988, Spanish)

Supernatural Investigations series

Alston, B.B. Amari and the great game. 2022. (BR 24519DB 110174)

Alston, B.B. Amari y el gran juego. 2022. (DB 114172, Spanish)

Alston, B.B. Amari and the Night Brothers. 2021. (DB 102312)

Alston, B.B. Amari y los hermanos de la noche. 2021. (DB 114171, Spanish)

Middle Grade Nonfiction

Avante-garde, Zaila. It's Not Bragging If It's True: How to Be Awesome at Life. (DB115133)

Bell, CeCe. El Deafo. (DB115388)

Bolden, Tonya. Speak Up, Speak Out! The Extraordinary Life of "Fighting Shirley Chisholm". (DB112064)

Burnell, Cerrie. I Am Not a Label. 2020. (BR 23493DB 101823)

Caudill, Craig. The Secret Signs of Nature: How to Uncover Hidden Clues in the Sky, Water, Plants, Animals and Weather. 2022. (DB 108963)

Chin, Jason. The Universe in You: A Microscopic Journey. (DB 111901)

Fleischman, John. Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science. 2002. (DB54774)

Grandin, Temple. Calling All Minds: How to Think and Create Like an Inventor. 2018. (DB 91083)

Grove, Tim. Milestones of Flight: From Hot-Air Balloons to SpaceShipOne. 2016. (DB085358)

Menéndez, Juliet. Latinitas: Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers. (DB111953, BR in process)

Nelson, Kadir. We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball. 2008. (DB66426BR18223)

Schlitz, Laura Amy. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village. 2007. (DB65935BR17648)

Sorell, Traci. We Are Still Here! Native American Truths Everyone Should Know. 2021. (DB107065)

Tunnell, Michael O. Desert Diary: Japanese American Kids Behind Barbed Wire. 2020. (DB102001)

Middle Grade Nonfiction in Spanish

Killion, Ann. Campeonas del fútbol mundial. (DB102325)

Killion, Ann. Campeones del fútbol mundial. (DB115125)

Menéndez, Juliet. Latinitas: una celebración de 40 soñadoras audaces. (DB111918)