1. 3 2 1 Awesome!
    by Eva Chen
    Feiwel & Friends
    Oct 06, 2020
    JUVENILE NONFICTION / Concepts / Counting & Numbers
    Board book
    3 2 1 Awesome!
    by Eva Chen
    Feiwel & Friends
    Oct 06, 2020
    JUVENILE NONFICTION / Concepts / Counting & Numbers
    Board book

    Instagram superstar and New York Times bestselling author of Juno Valentine and the Magical Shoes Eva Chen shines a spotlight on 20 amazing women—including Megan Rapinoe, Sonia Sotomayor, Shirley Chisholm, Greta Thunberg and more!—in 3 2 1 Awesome! a sassy and fun counting board book, perfect for the youngest of budding feminists.

    Why stick to counting on fingers and toes when you can count:

    3 straight sets for Billie Jean King's historic win...

    2 groundbreaking suffragettes named Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton...

    1 singular, sensational YOU!

    With Derek Desierto's bold and vibrant art, Eva fans and readers of all ages will be transported through "herstory."

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  2. Mind the Gap, Dash & Lily
    by Rachel Cohn
    Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Nov 03, 2020
    YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Romance / General
    Lexile measure 780L
    Paperback / softback
    Mind the Gap, Dash & Lily
    by Rachel Cohn
    Knopf Books for Young Readers
    Nov 03, 2020
    YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Romance / General
    Lexile measure 780L
    Paperback / softback
    For Dash and Lily, it's beginning to look a lot like...distance! Just in time for the series release of Dash & Lily on Netflix comes a new helping of love--this time across the pond as best-selling authors Rachel Cohn and David Levithan send Dash and Lily to England.

    Dash and Lily were feeling closer than ever...it's just too bad they're now an ocean apart. After Dash gets accepted to Oxford University and Lily stays in New York to take care of her dogwalking business, the devoted couple are struggling to make a long distance relationship work. And when Dash breaks the news that he won't be coming home for Christmas, Lily makes a decision: if Dash can't come to her, she'll join him in London. It's a perfect romantic gesture...that spins out of Lily's control. Soon Dash and Lily are feeling more of a gap between them, even though they're in the same city. Will London bring them together again--or will it be their undoing?
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  3. The Enigma Game
    by Elizabeth Wein
    Penguin Teen Canada
    Nov 03, 2020
    YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Historical / Military & Wars
    Lexile measure 820L
    Paperback / softback
    The Enigma Game
    by Elizabeth Wein
    Penguin Teen Canada
    Nov 03, 2020
    YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Historical / Military & Wars
    Lexile measure 820L
    Paperback / softback
    A stunning new historical novel from New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Wein, featuring a beloved character from the award-winning Code Name Verity; for fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society.

    A German soldier risks his life to drop off the sought-after Enigma Machine to British Intelligence, hiding it in a pub in a small town in northeast Scotland, and unwittingly bringing together four very different people who decide to keep it to themselves. Louisa Adair, a young teen girl hired to look after the pub owner's elderly, German-born aunt, Jane Warner, finds it but doesn't report it. Flight-Lieutenant Jamie Beaufort-Stuart intercepts a signal but can't figure it out. Ellen McEwen, volunteer at the local airfield, acts as the go-between and messenger, after Louisa involves Jane in translating. The planes under Jamie's command seem charmed, as Jamie knows where exactly to go, while other squadrons suffer, and the four are loathe to give up the machine, even after Elisabeth Lind from British Intelligence arrives, even after the Germans start bombing the tiny town . . .
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  4. Instant Karma
    by Marissa Meyer
    Feiwel & Friends
    Nov 03, 2020
    YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Romance / Contemporary
    Hardback
    Instant Karma
    by Marissa Meyer
    Feiwel & Friends
    Nov 03, 2020
    YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Romance / Contemporary
    Hardback

    In New York Times bestselling author Marissa Meyer's young adult contemporary romance, a girl is suddenly gifted with the ability to cast instant karma on those around her – both good and bad.

    Chronic overachiever Prudence Barnett is always quick to cast judgment on the lazy, rude, and arrogant residents of her coastal town. Her dreams of karmic justice are fulfilled when, after a night out with her friends, she wakes up with the sudden ability to cast instant karma on those around her.

    Pru giddily makes use of the power, punishing everyone from public vandals to mean gossips, but there is one person on whom her powers consistently backfire: Quint Erickson, her slacker of a lab partner. Quint is annoyingly cute and impressively noble, especially when it comes to his work with the rescue center for local sea animals.

    When Pru resigns herself to working at the rescue center for extra credit, she begins to uncover truths about baby otters, environmental upheaval, and romantic crossed signals—not necessarily in that order. Her newfound karmic insights reveal how thin the line is between virtue and vanity, generosity and greed . . . love and hate… and fate.

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  5. And the People Stayed Home (Nature Picture Books, Home Kids Book)
    by Kitty O'Meara
    Tra Publishing
    Nov 10, 2020
    JUVENILE FICTION / Health & Daily Living / Daily Activities
    Hardback
    And the People Stayed Home (Nature Picture Books, Home Kids Book)
    by Kitty O'Meara
    Tra Publishing
    Nov 10, 2020
    JUVENILE FICTION / Health & Daily Living / Daily Activities
    Hardback
    *2021 FAPA President's Book Awards Silver Medalist

    *Smithsonian Magazine’s Ten Best Children’s Books of 2020

    “Kitty O'Meara is the poet laureate of the pandemic”—O, The Oprah Magazine

    “Kitty O’Meara... is challenging us to grow.”—Deepak Chopra, MD, author, Metahuman

    “It captured the kind of optimism people need right now.”—Esquire (UK)

    “A communal beacon of hope.”––Washington Post

    “An eloquent, heartwarming reflection that will resonate with generations to come.”—Kate Winslet

    From the popular, globally viral prose poem comes a beautifully produced picture book that encourages us to look within, listen deeply, and connect with ourselves and nature in order to heal.


    And the People Stayed Home features Kitty O’Meara’s hopeful message about the possibility of profound healing for people and the planet. In these pages the thoughtful words are richly illustrated, and words and images together communicate an optimism for our shared experience and our future that will resonate with readers of all ages.
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  6. Maurice and His Dictionary
    by Cary Fagan Canada
    Owlkids
    Oct 15, 2020
    JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Historical
    Fountas & Pinnell Text Level Gradient W, Lexile measure GN450L
    Hardback
    Maurice and His Dictionary
    by Cary Fagan Canada
    Owlkids
    Oct 15, 2020
    JUVENILE FICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / Historical
    Fountas & Pinnell Text Level Gradient W, Lexile measure GN450L
    Hardback
    This is the story of one refugee family’s harrowing journey, based on author Cary Fagan’s own family history. The graphic novel follows a young Jewish boy, Maurice, and his family as they flee their home in Belgium during the Second World War. They travel by train to Paris, through Spain to Portugal, and finally across the ocean to Jamaica, where they settle in an internment camp.

    All the while, Maurice is intent on continuing his education and growing up to be a lawyer. He overcomes obstacles to find a professor to study with, works toward a high school diploma while in the camp, and is ultimately accepted to university in Canada. His English dictionary becomes a beloved tool and beacon of hope through the danger and turmoil of the family’s migration.

    Moments of lightness and humor balance the darkness in this powerful story of one refugee family’s courage and resilience, and of the dictionary that came to represent their freedom.
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  7. The Library Bus
    by Bahram Rahman Canada
    Pajama Press
    Nov 24, 2020
    JUVENILE FICTION / Books & Libraries
    Lexile measure AD560L, Fountas & Pinnell Text Level Gradient M
    Hardback
    The Library Bus
    by Bahram Rahman Canada
    Pajama Press
    Nov 24, 2020
    JUVENILE FICTION / Books & Libraries
    Lexile measure AD560L, Fountas & Pinnell Text Level Gradient M
    Hardback

    Author Bahram Rahman grew up in Afghanistan during years of civil war and the restrictive Taliban regime of 1996-2001. He wrote The Library Bus to tell new generations about the struggles of women who, like his own sister, were forbidden to learn.

    It is still dark in Kabul, Afghanistan when the library bus rumbles out of the city. There are no bus seats—instead there are chairs and tables and shelves of books. And there are no passengers—instead there is Pari, who is nervously starting her first day as Mama’s library helper. Pari stands tall to hand out notebooks and pencils at the villages and the refugee camp, but she feels intimidated. The girls they visit are learning to write English from Mama. Pari can’t even read or write in Farsi yet. But next year she will go to school and learn all there is to know. And she is so lucky. Not long ago, Mama tells her, girls were not allowed to read at all.

    Award-winning illustrator Gabrielle Grimard’s pensive and captivating art transports the reader to Afghanistan in the time after the Taliban’s first regime. Her rich landscapes and compelling characters celebrate literacy, ingenuity, and the strength of women and girls demanding a future for themselves.

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  8. Pig the Slob
    by Aaron Blabey
    Scholastic Canada
    Nov 10, 2020
    JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories
    Hardback
    Pig the Slob
    by Aaron Blabey
    Scholastic Canada
    Nov 10, 2020
    JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories
    Hardback

    The world’s greediest Pug returns — and he’s lazier than ever!

    Pig was a Pugand I’m sorry to sayhe was shockingly lazy.Such a shameful display . . .

    Pig, the world’s greediest Pug is back—and he won’t get off the couch! Pig spends all day, every day in a horizontal position, binging on snacks and TV. Trevor tries to convince him to come out and play, but Pig won’t budge!

    Until one day when something happens to get Pig up off the couch once and for all . . .

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  9. Bedtime for Superheroes
    by Katherine Locke
    Running Press Kids
    Nov 03, 2020
    JUVENILE FICTION / Bedtime & Dreams
    Hardback
    Bedtime for Superheroes
    by Katherine Locke
    Running Press Kids
    Nov 03, 2020
    JUVENILE FICTION / Bedtime & Dreams
    Hardback
    Superheroes meet bedtime in this fun, entertaining, and sleepy time picture book perfect for young kids fighting the bedtime routine.

    Being a superhero is hard work! Fighting evil, catching bad guys, saving the day, and it's messy too! After a long day of being a superhero, even the best superhero has to take a bath, wash their superhero clothes, and rest up for another day of saving the world. With punchy words, bouncing lines, and a whole lot of respect for the hard work superheroes do, this is a great bedtime read for all kinds of superhero kids.
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