New & Coming Soon Books for Developing Readers

Two elephants enjoy a day at the beach with the help of a multi-use hat in this adorable Level 1 Ready-to-Read by bestselling duo Ariel Bernstein and Marc Rosenthal. Olive gives Oscar a hat to wear to the beach! The hat keeps the sun off his face. Oscar wants to build a sandcastle, but he does not have a shovel. Can he use the hat as a shovel? He can! Can the hat keep him dry in the rain? Almost! What else can this hat do?

Sam claims a monster ate his homework, the tub is full of alligators, and extraterrestrials have named their planet in his honor. But when Sam's exaggerations alienate his classmates, the tall tales escalate. Are robots really attacking his house? (Of course not! Sam made it up!) As in Aesop's classic "The Boy Who Cried Wolf," Sam's community rallies to help him out. And Sam learns how a big fib can have serious consequences. 

This funny story by an award-winning artist is the perfect story for practicing simple phonics. Bug ran to the bus. Hop on. Bat ran to the bus. Bug, Bat, Hen, Cat, Pig, Pup, and Fox all hop on the bus. Everything is fine until skunk hops on too! This decodable story is laugh-out-loud funny. 

Join two friends as they garden, have sleepovers, and celebrate their unique similarities and differences in this delightful Step 2 reader. Perfect for children who recognize familiar words and can sound out new ones with help. 

The little fish says it is really a big fish. The other fish and sea creatures do not believe the little fish! Then, when they are in danger, the little fish shows just how big it really can be!

Nat the Cat goes on a treasure hunt in this fifth book in the hilarious, fourth wall-breaking Pre-Level 1 Ready-to-Read series about a grumpy cat, a curious rat, and an exasperated narrator from powerhouse creator Jarrett Lerner! Nat the Cat finds a treasure map. Nat the Cat loves treasure! Pat the Rat loves treasure too. Nat the Cat does not want Pat the Rat to get his treasure, but there is something funny about this map...and the treasure too!

From award-winning author, Grace Lin, comes another installment of the irresistible early reader series, Ling & Ting, as the iconic twins celebrate Lunar New Year! Ling and Ting are twins. They are Chinese and American. They celebrate the new year two times. Now they are preparing for Lunar New Year. They want a lucky year. What happens when Ting makes a mistake? Can their year still be lucky? 

Aliens land on Earth but no one can understand what they want in this Pre-Level 1 Ready-to-Read by Theodor Seuss Geisel Award-winning author Ethan Long. WARNING EARTHLINGS! Aliens have landed! And they have just one thing to say over and over again: BEEP BOP BOOP! BEEP BOP BOOP! Everyone they meet runs away in fear, scared of these three little outer space creatures. What in the world are they saying? What could they want?

A banana grows rotten while waiting to be eaten, until it is finally baked into banana bread.

The baker mice cater a porcupine wedding in the fourth book in the Mouse and Spoon Level 2 Ready-to-Read series from Newbery Medal winner and author of the Henry and Mudge series, Cynthia Rylant! Ginger, Piper, and Tom of the Mouse and Spoon Bakery have a very important job: making lots of super sticky buns for a porcupine wedding!

Honey Bunny Funnybunny LOVES baseball, but is too little to play. So big brother P.J. teaches her T-ball! From warming up to throwing and catching to hitting the ball and running the bases, P.J. and Honey Bunny work side-by-side until she is ready for her first game--where she hits a home run! But is winning what Honey Bunny is MOST thankful for? Or could it be . . . P.J.?

Rumble! Rumble! Rocket is in place. Can Rocket go to space?

A jokester worm finds out that friendship means more than just playing around in this candy-colored young graphic novel.

When Butterfly must fly south for winter, Worm wonders if they can still be best friends despite the distance between them.