Check out the exciting new releases from Scholastic, out now!
Little ones (ages 8 and under) will be delighted by these fantastic reads:
- Ten Playful Penguins by Emily Ford and illustrated by Russell Julian is asweet rhyming book with touchable plastic penguins that disappear as you turn the pages. A fun, engaging novelty story just right for young readers.
- Green Lizards vs. Red Rectangles is an exciting new picture book from Steve Antony. Young readers come to understand the value of living in friendship and peace, and that in the end, it’s not about who wins but rather working together and having fun!
- Guild of Geniuses is the newly-reissued first picture book by Caldecott award-winning author Dan Santat about the cure for feeling neglected.
Young readers (ages 7–10) are sure to enjoy:
- Meet Daisy, the cutest Boston Terrier, in the latest book in the best-selling Puppy Place series by Ellen Miles.
- Geronimo Stilton’s ancient ancestor Geronimo Stiltonoot is back in another prehistoric adventure in Get the Scoop, Geronimo!
- Meet all of Ash’s coolest Pokémon and his infamous rival Trainers, discover all the badges he's won, and explore each Pokémon region in all its glory in The Official Adventure Guide: Ash’s Quest from Kanto to Kalos by Simcha Whitehill
- The LEGO Elves Activity Book by Ameet Studio is packed with puzzles and stories and includes a buildable LEGO bracelet.
Middle school readers (ages 8–12) have wonderful books to choose from:
- Inspired by true stories derived from rural Mexico, The Lightning Queen by Laura Resau tells the heartwarming story of an unlikely friendship set in the remote mountains of Mexico in the 1950s.
- Comic duo Bird and Squirrel are back in a brand-new, fast-paced, and funny adventure in Bird & Squirrel on the Edge! from author, illustrator and animator James Burks.
- Allan Woodrow, author of The Pet War, is back with another pitch-perfect middle-grade novel in Class Dismissed, full of wacky antics, epic arguments and a class that just doesn’t get along.
- A new threat faces the world of Erdas in Spirit Animals: Immortal Guardians by Eliot Schrefer, acontinuation of the New York Times bestselling series.
- Whatever After: Cold as Ice by Sarah Mlynowski is the magical and freezing sixth installment in the New York Times bestselling series, now in paperback!
- Discover epic wins and epic fails in the new and updated Scholastic Book of World Records 2016 by Jenifer Corr Morse.
For all those young adult readers out there (ages 12 and up):
- Debut author Lucy Inglis weaves together a gripping dark urban fantasy in City of Halves.
- In his debut young adult novel Flashes, retired police officer Tim O’Rourke gives mystery-lovers a sharp detective thriller with a supernatural twist.
- Former Manhattan girl Penny quickly discovers that life in a small town is never dull in Heather Hepler’s delicious new novel, Frosted Kisses, the follow-up to Hepler’s The Cupcake Queen.
