We are halfway through October, but there are three Tuesday release days to go. Here are some of the books releasing this week!
Books for Kids
Be Bold Baby: Michelle Obama AND Be Bold Baby: Oprah (Bd Book) – These board books include quotes from the women they are about. Each book ends with a mirror.
Dream Big, Little One (Bd Book) – Board book edition of the fabulous Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History.
Good Night Aerospace Museum (Bd Book) – Part of the Good Night Our World series.
Candace Center Stage – A dancing-focused picture book from Candace Cameron Bure.
How Rude! – Dot invites Duck to a tea party, but his behavior leaves a lot to be desired.
Life with My Family – A girl imagines her blended family as different families of animals
No Small Potatoes: Junius G. Groves and His Kingdom in Kansas – A tale of perseverance!
The Surprise Storm AND A Dragon in the Castle? – Lego has a new line of early readers featuring Disney Princesses. There are two others out today as well – Lost and Found AND The Friendship Bridge.
True Colors: The Story of Crayola (History of Fun Stuff) – The history behind Crayola.
Books for Older Kids/Teens/Young Adults
I’m OK – A boy who’s trying to help his mom make ends meet starts a hair braiding business at school.
The Land of Stories: The Ultimate Book Hugger’s Guide – A behind the scenes look at the Land of Stories series.
Mya in the Middle – Book 3 in the Magnificent Mya Tibbs series. Middle child Mya is feeling overlooked at home and a school project leaves her feeling in the middle there, too. This looks like a fun series!
Ogre Enchanted – A girl who turns down her friend’s marriage proposal is turned into an ogre by a meddling fairy. A companion novel to Ella Enchanted.
Operation ShuFongFong (Graphic Novel) – Book one in a new Geronimo Stilton graphic novel series, Geronimo Stilton Reporter, based on a Netflix animated series.
Short & Skinny (graphic novel) – An autobiographical graphic novel about the author’s youth in the 70s.
Sif and the Dwarf’s Treasure – Book 2 in the Thunder Girls series based on Norse mythology. From the authors of the Goddess Girls series (Greek Mythology).
Sven Carter & the Android Army – Book 2 in the Sven Carter series from MAX where the main character is part boy, part robot.
Tales from a Not-So-Happy Birthday – Dork Diaries, book 13
Unwritten – A fictional character “rescued” from her book and brought into the real world seeks out her author to find out the truth of her story. This sounds terrific!
Dinosaur Devotions – Devotions and dinosaur facts!
Lafayette! (Graphic Novel) – Book 8 in the Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales series of graphic novels. I love this non-fiction graphic novel series!
Science Comics: The Brain – Another nonfiction graphic novel series, this one focusing on science.
What Is The Women’s Rights Movement? AND What Were the Roaring Twenties?
Easy Prey – Three students had access to a teacher’s racy photos before they went viral. Who leaked them?
Phantom Wheel – Six kids recruited for the CIA find that they have been tricked into creating a computer virus that can hack anyone and anywhere. This sounds like a book I will love.
How to Build Brick Airplanes – For Lego fans who are ready for more intricate builds.
Books for Adults
Adult Time (Paperback) – The latest cartoon collection for fans of Baby Blues. I love books like this! They make fun Christmas gifts. Includes commentary from the authors.
Ask Me No Questions (Hardcover) – First in the new Lady Dunbridge mystery series set in 1907 about a woman who recently lost her husband.
The Christmas Star (Small Hardcover) – The latest Christmas story from Donna VanLiere. A girl in foster care plays matchmaker for an after-school program volunteer. I loved the last one of these I read, so I have already requested this one from the library.
Dance Like Everybody’s Watching! (Paperback) – The latest cartoon collection for fans of Zits.
Dear Santa (Trade Paperback) – You’ve Got Mail with a Christmas twist. A woman running her family’s Christmas shop writes to Santa through an app about the national chain that has come to town, not knowing that the guy from the chain is the one answering the Dear Santa letters. Yep, I’ve requested this one from the library, too. I am ready to get my Christmas reading started!
Deck the Hounds (Hardcover) – Book 18 in the fantastic Andy Carpenter series. Rosenfelt’s 2016 Christmas book, The Twelve Dogs of Christmas, was the first Andy Carpenter book I read, and it launched me into my quest to read every book in the series. I hardly ever start a series from book 15 – but I am so glad I did in this case! In this book, Andy and his wife get more than they bargained for when they reach out at the holidays to help a homeless man and his dog. I already have this one on hold at the library!
Lark! the Herald Angels Sing (Hardcover) – Another mystery series with great Christmas books is the Meg Langslow series by Donna Andrews. This time Meg’s brother, Rob, is named as the father of an unknown baby left in the manger at their church’s live Nativity. This is book 24 in the series. I have this one on hold at the library, too.
Almost Everything: Notes on Hope (thin Hardcover) – The latest from Anne Lamott along the lines of Help, Thanks, Wow and Hallelujah Anyway.
Enneagram of Eating: How the 9 Personality Types Influence Your Food, Diet and Exercise Choices. (Trade Paperback) – I love anything about the Enneagram, but since this isn’t from an author I know, I may get this one from the library to check it out.
G’Morning, G’Night!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You – If you follow Lin Manuel-Miranda on social media, you know right away what these are. I’m looking forward to this one immensely!
Pasta, Pretty Please: A Vibrant Approach to Handmade Noodles (Hardcover) – If you have seen @SaltySeattle on Instagram, you know how beautiful her work is. The pictures in this book alone will get me to buy it. This looks stunning!
Scum and Villainy: Case Files on the Galaxy’s Most Notorious (Hardcover) – For the Star Wars fan, this covers the smugglers, bounty hunters and pirates of the Star Wars Universe.