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The top forthcoming books in Canadian libraries

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  1. Miss Wolcott's Ghost
    by Louise Penny Canada
    Minotaur Books
    Oct 20, 2026
    FICTION/Mystery & Detective/Traditional
    Hardback

    Description

    Armand Gamache returns!

    “There’s a body in Lost Nation.”

    “Where?” demands Armand as he scribbles on the pad by his bed.

    But the line goes dead before Chief Inspector Gamache can question the caller.

    The head of homicide for the Sûreté du Québec has no idea where Lost Nation is, or who woke him in the small hours of the morning at his home in Three Pines. What he does know is that the man was terrified.

    And so Armand is thrust out of a deep sleep and into the surrounding forests in search of the mythical Lost Nation. And a body.

    When he and his team of Jean-Guy Beauvoir and Isabelle Lacoste find both, the situation only grows more bizarre. The unidentified dead man appears to be from an era more than a century old. He’s lying in a long-abandoned cemetery, on top of a grave with a date, but no name.

    Adding to the mystery, the early morning call appears to have come from Gamache’s friend and neighbor, Clara Morrow. While she denies any knowledge of it, it becomes clear there is some connection between her, the Morrow family, and Lost Nation.

    Soon, Gamache and his team are faced with tracking down not just the legend of Lost Nation, but a lost ship, lost documents belong to an eccentric Victorian botanist, , and a mysterious plant not seen in a century, that might save, or take, countless lives.

    As the murder investigation deepens, nightmarish spectres from the past begin to haunt the Sûreté officers, only heightened by the appearance of one of Gamache’s former and now disgraced proteges, with whom he must form an uneasy alliance.

    As the ghosts begin to gather, Gamache, Beauvoir, and Lacoste, with the help of Reine-Marie, Clara, and the other villagers of Three Pines, realize that the body on the grave is far from the only death. To solve the crime and avert catastrophe they must look to rancid secrets and old lies no longer dead and buried.

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  2. The Hollow
    by Michael Connelly
    Little, Brown and Company
    Oct 27, 2026
    FICTION/Thrillers/Crime
    Hardback

    Description

    Retired LAPD detective Harry Bosch delves into the darkest chapter of his past in this electric thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Michael Connelly.

    "The final showdown will make your heart thrum with vigilante pride.” (Kirkus Reviews)

    When Harry Bosch was eleven years old, his mother was murdered and he became a ward of the state, housed in MacLaren Children’s Center, a notorious facility where abuse was rampant. Decades after its closure, a lawsuit has resulted in a massive settlement for former residents. But when Bosch’s half-brother, defense attorney Mickey Haller, brings him word that Harry is entitled to part of it, Bosch says he doesn’t want the money. He wants justice.

    The news awakens his memories of a place he had hoped never to revisit, and of a boy nicknamed Chops, a fellow ward who wound up dead. Bosch is certain that Chops was killed in a hidden space under the stairs—the kids knew it as “the hollow”—and his murder covered up. Now he is determined to reopen the investigation and learn the truth, even if the killer is long gone.

    As Bosch digs into the files, he picks up the trail of a predator who not only survived, but went on to a life of vicious crime—possibly including one of the city's most notorious unsolved cases. Forced to face a history that both scarred him and launched him on his mission as a cop, Bosch must bring down a sadistic criminal and finally put to rest the demons of his past.

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  3. Chain Reaction
    by Lee Child
    Bantam
    Oct 20, 2026
    FICTION/Thrillers/Suspense
    Hardback

    Description

    The heart-pounding new Jack Reacher thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child.

    Jack Reacher is hard to find. It's not easy to track him down. And he likes it that way. But General Susan Turner, based deep inside the Pentagon, has the means and the motive. She needs his help. A member of her team has been brutally murdered on covert duty. She can’t trust anyone she works with, not even her deputy. She needs someone from the outside. Someone who solves problems and disappears without a trace.

    Reacher heads to Summertown, Colorado. A town as remote and bizarre as it gets. One diner, one motel, five massive data centers, two giant solar farms humming away in the dust. Total population: four people. And one of them is watching him. But Reacher isn’t built to run. He’s built to finish things. General Turner knows that if they come for Reacher, they’ll regret it—all the way to the top of the chain.
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  4. The Witch (Deluxe Edition)
    by Freida McFadden
    Poisoned Pen Press
    Oct 06, 2026
    FICTION/Thrillers/Psychological
    Hardback

    Description

    A brand-new, haunting thriller from Freida McFadden, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid!

    Some secrets don't die—they wait.

    When Julia Barlow loses her job and her apartment, she has nowhere left to go but Pemberton, her family's sprawling seventeenth-century estate in rural Massachusetts. Officially, she's there to check in on her aging grandmother. Unofficially, she's hoping the old house will give her a place to disappear.

    Instead, Pemberton begins to unravel her.

    Every night, the grandfather clock stops at exactly 3:41 a.m. The lights flicker without warning. And a disembodied voice cries for help outside Julia's bedroom door.

    As Julia digs into the house's dark history, she uncovers the story of a woman executed for witchcraft in 1692—and realizes the past may not be finished with Pemberton yet. When decades of family lies begin to surface, Julia must confront a terrifying truth: Pemberton may be haunted by women whose voices refuse to stay silent.

    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes The Witch, a chilling, twist-filled thriller about secrets—those we inherit, those we bury, and those people will burn to keep silent.

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  5. Partita
    by Barbara Kingsolver
    Harper
    Oct 06, 2026
    FICTION/Literary
    Hardback

    Description

    From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Demon Copperhead, a story of a brief, passionate, life-changing love affair, wrapped up in what might be the greatest romance of all: our eternal human longing for art and beauty.

    Livia Cable has made her peace with her marriage and modest livelihood in the farm country where she grew up, until a shocking phone call from an old lover shakes her to the core. Decades earlier, this man knew her as Livia Bohusz, a music conservatory student estranged from her home and family, uncertain of anything except her passion for music and promise as an extraordinary pianist. His request, now, to see her again stirs up ghosts she’s kept at bay for a lifetime.

    Shifting between past and present, Livia’s decision to meet or reject the reunion means confronting step by step, in memories framed as musical dances, the experiences of childhood loss, abandonment, self-immolating passion, and perilous attachment to a man who broke her belief in love and ruptured the course of her life.

    With razor-sharp acuity and deep affection, Pulitzer Prize winner Barbara Kingsolver’s unforgettable new novel reflects on class barriers, the risks of ambition, and the timeless, life-changing power of art.

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  6. Peck & Peck
    by Bonnie Garmus
    Scribner Canada
    Oct 13, 2026
    FICTION/Humorous/General
    Hardback

    Description

    The number one bestselling author of global sensation Lessons in Chemistry returns with an irresistible, delightful, and tender story about a young man whose life turns upside down when he is hired by the most prestigious, secretive, and dysfunctional poetry journal in the world: the renowned Peck & Peck of New York City.

    Batter Gray is worried about his future. Even when he was eleven, his classmates seemed to have settled on a goal: doctor, lawyer, broker, engineer. Good jobs that automatically command respect, security, 401Ks. Now Batter is in his early twenties, living in New York City, and he wants something different; something that alienates some readers and bores most. Poetry. And yet—to him and exactly thirty-nine editors at a company called Peck & Peck—poetry not only represents the power of humanity but holds the key to its survival.

    Batter is named after his mother’s heroic dog. An identical twin who lost his brother at birth, he finds himself confronted by the everyday dualities that make up life: right vs. wrong, truth vs. lies, rejection vs. acceptance. It’s almost as if his dead brother is a reminder: there are always two sides to every story.

    No, wait. Make that three.
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  7. A Court of Splintered Harmony
    by Sarah J. Maas
    Bloomsbury Publishing
    Oct 27, 2026
    FICTION/Romance/Fantasy
    Hardback

    Description

    Romance, danger, and intrigue await you in the breathtaking sixth book in the #1 bestselling Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR) series.

    What was broken will be remade.

    Deep in the heart of the continent, Koschei the Deathless is stirring. Though he’s been bound to a mountain lake for millennia, the insidious threat of his return now spreads across the Fae territories, attracting powerful allies hell-bent on reclaiming what was once theirs: the human lands.

    The Night Court will not stand idly by while innocents are attacked. But with Prythian still piecing itself together in the wake of the devastating Hybern War, the task of uniting is proving more difficult by the day.

    To make matters worse, those who rule and protect the Night Court are reeling from recent betrayals and revealed truths. The rifts dividing them seem insurmountable.

    But to defeat Koschei’s creeping shadow, they must find a way back to each other and resurrect their former alliances. To survive, they must find a way to repair the splintered harmony all around them.

    The Court of Thorns and Roses series includes:
    A Court of Thorns and Roses
    A Court of Mist and Fury
    A Court of Wings and Ruin
    A Court of Frost and Starlight
    A Court of Silver Flames
    A Court of Splintered Harmony
    A Court of Forgotten Melody

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  8. The Family Cross
    by James Patterson
    Little, Brown and Company
    Oct 19, 2026
    FICTION/Thrillers/Crime
    Hardback

    Description

    Alex Cross investigates a series of baffling murders while balancing a family crisis that threatens to upend his entire world in this thriller from the world's #1 bestselling author, James Patterson.

    Alex Cross is a brilliant psychologist—and a relentless hunter of killers for the FBI and DC Metro Police.

    To his beloved Nana Mama, he’s still the boy she raised—and every morning, as he straps on his service weapon, she’s reminded just how dangerous his world has become.

    But in Washington, DC, there are places even the police don’t go—an unseen underworld where violence thrives and rules don’t apply. And this time, Alex is stepping straight into it.

    Each move pulls him deeper into the dark—and closer to a case that could shatter the promise he made to Nana … and cost him everything he holds most dear.

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  9. The Heights
    by Ian Rankin
    Orion Spring
    Oct 13, 2026
    FICTION/Mystery & Detective/International Crime & Mystery
    Hardback

    Description

    Murder comes to London's most exclusive high rise in this thriller from the iconic Number One bestseller Ian Rankin

    The Rise is a gleaming residential tower, newly constructed from steel and blackened glass, that stands on some of London's most prestigious real estate. Looming imposingly over Hyde Park, only multi-millionaires need apply for one of its sumptuous apartments. But when the young night concierge is found murdered in the building's lobby, the elite residents quickly find their gilded lifestyles under unwelcome police scrutiny.

    Investigating officer DS Gish has her work cut out. The only suspects, those who live in the building, aren't accustomed to police interrogation. But it seems horribly certain that one of them must be the killer. Could it be the Russian oligarch? Or the lonely actress? Maybe it's the family of the career criminal? Or perhaps it's the building's reclusive developer who lives alone in the penthouse?

    Obstructed continually by locked doors, governments both foreign and domestic, and an apparent absence of motive, can DS Gish solve this impenetrable mystery and apprehend the murderer-before they slip away forever?


    ****

    PRAISE FOR THE ICONIC NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER IAN RANKIN:

    'Ian Rankin is a genius'
    LEE CHILD

    'Rebus is one of British crime writing's greatest characters: alongside Holmes, Poirot and Morse'
    DAILY MAIL

    'Whatever he writes, it will be worth reading ... Rankin has redefined the genre'
    GUARDIAN

    'The arrival of a Rankin novel remains one of life's pleasures'
    EXPRESS

    'Rankin is a phenomenon'
    SPECTATOR

    'Worthy of Agatha Christie at her best'
    SCOTSMAN

    'The king of crime fiction'
    SUNDAY EXPRESS

    'Great fiction, full stop'
    THE TIMES

    ****

    Ian Rankin's A HEART FULL OF HEADSTONES was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 10th October 2022 and w/c 1st May 2023
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  10. The Girl in the Lake
    by James Patterson
    Little, Brown and Company
    Oct 27, 2026
    FICTION/Mystery & Detective/Private Investigators
    Paperback / softback

    Description

    An icy thriller from the world's #1 bestselling author, James Patterson.

    At a frozen lakeside crime scene, a corpse carries an accusatory note: “If anything happens to me, arrest Brendan Holmes.”

    Mysteries trail Brendan Holmes, Margaret Marple, and Auguste Poe wherever they go. At a remote lodge in upstate New York, the embattled private investigators have taken refuge from the assailant who bombed their sleek city headquarters.

    When the discovery of a body in the lake puts the detectives back in the headlines and under suspicion, the elusive killer issues his despicable orders: stop solving crimes—and start committing them.

    “Patterson ... will have readers checking their locks twice.” —Booklist

    "Patterson’s latest thriller keeps readers guessing ... a fine chase.” —People

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September & October 2026 Juvenile and Young Adult List

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  1. Karen's New Year: A Graphic Novel (Baby-sitters Little Sister #13)
    by DK Yingst
    Graphix
    Oct 06, 2026
    JUVENILE FICTION/Comics & Graphic Novels/General
    Lexile measure GN530L
    Hardback

    Description

    Another graphic novel in this fun series spin-off of The Baby-sitters Club, adapted and illustrated by New York Times bestselling cartoonist DK Yingst!

    For New Year's Eve, Karen thinks everyone should make a promise. Hannie is going to stop biting her nails. Kristy promises not to talk to her boyfriend about softball on the phone so much. And Karen makes the most promises of all -- nine!

    But pretty soon, everyone starts breaking their promises. And Karen's brothers and sisters are calling her a spy! Poor Karen. Why is everyone bad at making New Year's promises except her?

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  2. Pete the Cat and the Cookie Catastrophe
    by James Dean
    HarperCollins
    Sep 22, 2026
    JUVENILE FICTION/Animals/Cats
    Hardback

    Description

    It’s cookie time with Pete and his friends in this zany picture book from the #1 New York Times bestselling classic series Pete the Cat!

    Pete the Cat is baking cookies. And when he sees his friends playing outside, Pete wishes the baking would just hurry up. So, he builds an invention…

    BEHOLD! The Cookie-O-Matic! It’s cool, it’s groovy, it’s fantastic!

    The machine bakes a lot of cookies—and fast. But what happens when the cookies spin out of control and ROLL out the door? Will Pete catch the cookies before playtime ends?

    Find out in this delicious cookie chase story where Pete the Cat is serving up sweets with a side of patience and friendship.

    From the authors of the #1 New York Times bestselling Pete the Cat series, James and Kimberly Dean, this picture book is reminiscent of Pete favorites like Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons and perfect for fans of Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne Lang.

    Don't miss Pete's other adventures, including Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes, Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons, Pete the Cat Saves Christmas, Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses, Pete the Cat and the Bedtime Blues, Pete the Cat and the New Guy, Pete the Cat and the Cool Cat Boogie, Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes, Pete the Cat and the Perfect Pizza Party, Pete the Cat: Crayons Rock!, Pete the Cat’s Groovy Imagination, Pete the Cat Plays Hide-and-Seek, Pete the Cat Screams for Ice Cream!, and Pete the Cat’s Cool New Ride.

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  3. Besties: Crush It!
    by Kayla Miller
    Clarion Books
    Sep 15, 2026
    JUVENILE FICTION/Social Themes/Friendship
    Hardback

    Description

    From the New York Times bestselling World of Click by Kayla Miller: Besties Trent and Sawyer's plans to crush winter carnival games are in peril when a crush of the heart threatens to undo their duo.

    School’s out and Trent and Sawyer have their eyes on the prize: To be kings of the ring toss, achieve winter carnival glory, and bring home the coveted Big Banana. After hours of practice, nothing can get in their way…. until they start going their separate ways.

    Sawyer is hurt by his best friend’s changing priorities when Trent catches feelings for a classmate’s visiting cousin. While Trent splits his time between old friends and new, Sawyer grumpily doubles down on Mission: Big Banana–with or without his partner in carnival crime. Is their epic best friendship headed for a breakdown…or a breakthrough?

    New York Times bestselling author Kayla Miller, coauthor Jeffrey Canino, and illustrator Sarah K. Turner deliver a vibrant portrayal of middle school friendship in this latest title in the Besties series.

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  4. Emmie & Friends: Seriously, Celia?
    by Terri Libenson
    Storytide
    Sep 29, 2026
    JUVENILE FICTION/Comics & Graphic Novels/General
    Hardback

    Description

    The tenth book in the New York Times bestselling Emmie & Friends series, told from the alternating POVs of mean-girl Celia and gossipy Grace, delivers a new dose of friendship drama.

    Summer break. Second chances. MIDDLE SCHOOL.

    Celia is bored. It’s the summer before eighth grade and hanging out with Grace and Lindsay is getting old. So she makes a plan to get her old besties, Jaime and Maya, back. And Celia knows just the person to help reunite them…

    Grace is anxious. She loves Cee, but lately Grace is starting to feel more like Cee’s lackey than her friend. Still, without Cee’s popularity to hang on to, Grace would be a nobody—and there’s nothing worse than that.

    Celia is determined to get their friend group back together by any means necessary, but Grace isn’t sure she wants to be friends with Celia anymore…even though that means the unthinkable: starting the school year completely alone.

    Read all of the Emmie & Friends graphic novels:

    • Invisible Emmie
    • Positively Izzy
    • Just Jaime
    • Becoming Brianna
    • Truly Tyler
    • Remarkably Ruby
    • Surprisingly Sarah
    • Always Anthony
    • Entirely Emmie
    • Seriously, Celia?
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  5. Spy School Goes East
    by Stuart Gibbs
    Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
    Oct 06, 2026
    JUVENILE FICTION/Action & Adventure/General
    Hardback

    Description

    In the fourteenth book in Stuart Gibbs’s New York Times bestselling Spy School series, superspy middle schooler Ben Ripley journeys to China to save the Hale family!

    When the seasoned adult spies of the Hale family mysteriously disappear on a mission to China, Ben Ripley and his fellow spies-in-training head east to discover what happened to them—and find themselves up against a villainous plot that will take them from the skyscrapers of Shanghai to the ancient ruins of the Great Wall to the remote regions of the Gobi desert.
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  6. Game of Pets Book 1: The Boy Who Knew Too Much
    by Aaron Blabey
    Odd Dot
    Sep 29, 2026
    JUVENILE FICTION/Animals/Pets
    Hardback

    Description

    Mega-bestselling author Aaron Blabey, creator of The Bad Guys, is back!

    OK, here’s the situation:

    Thanks to a diabolical intergalactic game show, we are all cooked.

    Luckily, Griff, an 11-year-old kid with innumerable allergies, just got told by a talking axolotl named Bob that Griff is the only one who can save us.

    I mean, that’s kind of good news, right?

    Trouble is, Bob’s prophecy comes with a warning: “Watch your back, man…your PETS are not what they seem…”

    Prepare to have your mind blown and your cats and dogs under heavy suspicion. It’s time to buckle up for an insane, laugh-out-loud new series, 260 million years in the making…

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  7. Your Horse (Canadian Edition)
    by Jon Klassen Canada
    Candlewick
    Sep 11, 2026
    JUVENILE FICTION/Bedtime & Dreams
    Board book

    Description

    From Caldecott Medalist Jon Klassen comes another entry in the Your Things board book series for the youngest of children.

    This is your horse.
    It is yours to have.

    Your horse is brown, but it could be other colors, too. It can do a lot of things, like run, walk, and jump. But best of all, it will keep your secrets. It will never ever tell. At the end of the day, it will sleep, your secrets held behind closed eyes, and you can sleep, too. Jon Klassen brings his minimalist touch to a soothing story of a horse that a child can trust and befriend, one that is there for whatever the child needs. Building on the quiet but evocative world he created in Your Farm, Your Forest, and Your Island, Jon Klassen turns his focus to objects in Your Truck and now Your Horse, inviting young children to consider more things that are theirs and theirs alone, reinforcing that they have a right to things like solitude, exploration, and companionship.
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  8. Cat & Cat Adventures: Realms Collide
    by Susie Yi
    HarperAlley
    Sep 29, 2026
    JUVENILE FICTION/Comics & Graphic Novels/Animals
    Hardback

    Description

    Squash and Ginny’s adventures continue in the seventh installment of Cat & Cat Adventures from popular webcomic creator Susie Yi. This chapter book graphic novel series is perfect for fans of Catstroanuts, Babymouse, and Catwad.

    In Realms Collide, Squash and Ginny return to the spirit realm, where earth animals and spirit animals are trying to live together in harmony. There’s only one problem…not everyone gets along! Squash and Ginny hatch a plan to throw a grand festival that will celebrate everything both realms have to offer: beautiful scenery, fresh tunes, and tasty snacks, of course. But for some reason, their plans fall short at every turn. Could someone be sabotaging the Great Merge and Squash and Ginny’s attempts at unity?

    With the help of their new ally, Momo the cloud dog, Squash and Ginny must solve the mystery to bring their two worlds together before it’s too late!

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  9. Plants vs. Zombies Volume 26: Certified Zomboss
    by Paul Tobin
    Dark Horse Books
    Oct 20, 2026
    JUVENILE FICTION/Comics & Graphic Novels/Media Tie-In
    Hardback

    Description

    Could it be that Zomboss is not a real zombie?

    ZOMBIE MAIL CALL! Dr. Zomboss has received some important mail from the Zombie Certification Committee. It turns out, he may be a doctor, but he’s not a certified zombie! In order to receive his certification, he’ll need to complete a series of tasks, including defeating Patrice, Nate, Crazy Dave, and the plants!

    Meanwhile, Nate has also received some mail and needs to earn his own certification as an official pizza eater, and his series of tasks includes defeating Zomboss and the zombies! Who will win? Who will be certified? It’s time for another CLASH!

    Eisner Award-winning writer Paul Tobin collaborates with the fantastic artists Luisa Russo and Michele Pellgrini for a brand-new Plants vs. Zombies original graphic novel, with lavish lettering by Eisner-nominated Steve Dutro and stunning colors by Heather Breckel!
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  10. I Wonder If I'm Growing
    by Raffi Canada
    Tundra Books
    Oct 20, 2026
    JUVENILE FICTION/Performing Arts/Music
    Hardback

    Description

    TWO STARRED REVIEWS! • From one of Raffi’s original fans, Jon Klassen, comes an exploration of one of life’s big questions in this witty picture book adaptation of a beloved song by the iconic musician.

    I wonder if I’m growing
    My mom says yes I’m growing
    but it’s hard for me to see

    When you're growing up, it can be hard to tell if you’re really growing. You wonder if you're growing when you wake up in the morning. You wonder when you look in the bathroom mirror. You wonder when you eat your sandwich. You wonder . . . and you wonder . . . until one day — HEY! you can finally reach the tap now, for the very first time today.

    A song on Raffi’s first album, illustrated for the first time by the incomparable Jon Klassen, “I Wonder If I’m Growing” celebrates one of the little milestones and simple joys of growing up from a kid’s perspective. Whether you’re growing up or all grown up, whether the song is new or deeply familiar, whether you’re reading it or singing it, this timeless picture book by two of the most celebrated artists for children in the world today is guaranteed to make you smile.
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