Fall in Love with Reading:
20 Newly Released Children’s Books
As the air becomes crisp and the leaves start to fall, there’s no better time for your kids
to cozy up with a new page-turning book. Here’s our list of the top, newly released
children’s books to fall in love with this season.

AGES 2-5
ABC: The Alphabet from the Sky
By Benedikt Gross and Joey Lee
This gorgeous
ABC book is
like no other
alphabet book
you’ve ever seen.

Using aerial
photography images from
around the
country, it introduces children to the alphabet
and asks them to look for letters from a bird’s-
eye view.

A Perfect
Mess By Steve Breen
A sweetly oblivious
white rhino tries
to stay clean on
school picture day
in this irresistible
story about being
yourself. The Adventure of Pistachio
Mustachio By Daniel Bryson
Pistachio Mustachio
is different than all
of the other nuts.

He embarks on an
adventure to find a
place where he can fit
in. On his journey, he
makes some new friends who show him that
maybe it isn’t so bad to be a little different.

What Color Is a Kiss?
By Rocio
Bonilla Monica loves
to paint with
a rainbow of
colors. One day
she wonders,
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“What color is a kiss?” She paints items and
animals she knows in every color she can
think of, hoping to discover the answer.

Charming text and vibrant illustrations help
Monica and her mother demonstrate that
love comes in any and every color.

Sleepyheads By Sandra J.

Howatt The sun has set,
and sleepyheads
all across the
land are tucked
into their cozy
beds. But there’s one little sleepyhead who’s
missing. Where, oh where, could he be?
This sweet and snuggly bedtime book with
irresistible illustrations by Joyce Wan is the
perfect read-aloud story to prepare little ones
for a cozy night’s sleep.

The princes eagerly accept the quest to find
the Heart of the World, which, once found,
will save the land. This beautifully illustrated,
original fairytale is filled with romance, magic
and adventure.

Captain Perseverance:
How I Became a Superhero
By Brod Bagert
Captain Perseverance, one
of three members
of the ‘Grit Alliance,’
is an ordinary kid
turned superhero
who discovers
an amazing
superpower—he can turn the dread of struggle into the joy of
success! Captain Perseverance helps young
readers learn the power of perseverance,
hard work and determination.

AGES 6-9
Milk Goes to School
By Terry Border
Milk’s dad gave
her a sparkly new
backpack and told
her that she was
the creme de la
creme, but most
of the other kids
don’t seem to agree. In fact, some of her new
classmates think Milk is just little a bit spoiled.

In this latest hilarious picture book from Terry
Border, our food friends go to school and
learn that it’s not just Milk that’s the creme
de la creme. Some other food can be just as
sweet. The Enchanted
Wood By Ruth Sanderson
A widowed and grief-
stricken king calls on
his three sons to end
the drought that has
ravaged the kingdom.

What’s Up, Chuck?
By Leo Landry
Chuck Wood is
jealous. As the
winner of the Best
of the Forest art
contest three years
in a row, he finds it
very difficult to deal
with the prospect
that newcomer
Scooter Possum’s
abstract paintings might beat his wood
sculptures. But with the help of his forest
friends, Chuck deals with his hurt feelings
and realizes his love for creating art is greater
than his need to win.

Princess Cupcake Jones and
the Dance Recital
By Ylleya Fields
Princess Cupcake Jones loves taking dance
class at Madame’s School of Ballet, but is
having trouble with an arabesque. While all
of her friends are excited about the dance