New & Coming Soon Books for Developing Readers

A classic Caribbean tale gets a modern retelling in this early reader! Follow Cucaracha Martina, a beloved character from Cuban and Caribbean folklore known for her beauty and wit, as she outsmarts her suitors in a series of clever challenges.

Join the party and celebrate special occasions in this book in the nonfiction Level 2 Ready-to-Read Kids Around the World series with relatable and fun facts, playful illustrations, and interactive backmatter. Every day is a special day! Around the world, people gather to celebrate important holidays and events. From weeklong festivals to exciting days once a year, these moments bring everyone together.

Visit the State Fair with Dad and his daughter, and get to know all the different kinds of farmers along the way in this Level 1 I Can Read My Community book ideal for early readers learning to sound out words and sentences. 

In three-and-a-half stories, friends and roommates Bat, Cat and Rat enjoy a fun-filled day on the town.

Join Og and his little sister Bop on a fun-filled adventure in this adorable, rhyming Pre-Level 1 Ready-to-Read by award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Ame Dyckman and renowned illustrator Elio! Monster Og and his little sister Bop are excited to play outside. But when Bop finds a balloon, it lifts her high into the sky! Can Og come up with a plan to rescue Bop?

Plucky little Pia rolls with the punches when she goes to martial arts class in this precious Level 1 Ready-to-Read! Come along for another heartfelt story starring Pia. This time she is learning about martial arts...and learning to love it!

A Level Two I Can Read story full of courage, kindness, and family starring Clara, a young Latine-American girl who rescues monsters with her family. By award-winning creators Laekan Zea Kemp and Sara Palacios! Clara dreams of being a great cucuy rescuer just like her dad. But when it's finally time for her first mission, Clara worries--does she have what it takes? 

A busy home bustles with activity--and unexpected neighbors--in this sweet early reader about welcoming new friends, by a Geisel Honor winning creator. This cactus is home to many critters. Birds tweet... bats read... owls play. Everyone shares, and everyone has fun! But one day, spiders move into the cactus. The rest of the critters aren't sure about the spiders... They are new. Will they share? Will they be fun? No one knows. Then a storm hits their cactus home. Right away, the spiders pitch in to help. They join. They fix. They make repairs. Maybe these new neighbors will become new friends... 

Learn about different types of dinosaurs and how they spend their day.

Fish Do Not Have Feet is the latest offering from I Can Read Comics, an early reader line that familiarizes children with the world of graphic novel storytelling and encourages visual literacy in emerging readers. Critically acclaimed TJ Miller's humor shines in this story about a Fish who is determined to try out everything with his newfound feet, much to the dismay of his friend Octopus.

Aspiring journalist Frankie and her lively team of toys are doing a new type of story--an investigative report on the laundry's missing sock! Frankie's mama is just about the best journalist in the world, and Frankie can't wait to be a reporter like her one day. When a top secret package arrives at the news station, Mama explains it's info for a special kind of story--an investigative report. She tells Frankie it's like being a detective, looking for clues to find out important facts and secrets. The Frankie and Friends Newsroom, including Dan the teddy bear, bossy King Tut and Queen Cleopatra, and Nina Simone the cat, decide to do their own investigative report: the mystery of the missing polka-dot sock!