New Children's Books October 2024 | Darien

1) Leon worst friends forever

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Nicholas, Jamar

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"After saving his classmates from The Monocle, and now that he has access to tons of cool crime-fighting gadgets, Leon is the superhero his school needs. Or at least . . . he thinks he is. Leon's vigil-antics make Mom and Principal Principle angry, but even worse, they cause a conflict with his best friend, Carlos, who starts to draw mean comics about Leon. Meanwhile, Leon struggles to keep his mom's superhero identity a secret"--Amazon.

2) Zips & Eeloo: 2,Make a friend

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Boukarim, Leila

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"Zips and Eeloo are two aliens who have read a bunch of books about humans and watched a LOT of human TV. You could DEFINITELY say they are experts at all things human. They even have EXPERTS IN ALL THINGS HUMAN CERTIFICATES! And in all of the stories, Zips and Eeloo have learned that humans love friends, so now they are going to make a friend, too. But "making friends" is harder than it seems ... nowhere in any of the books have Zips and Eeloo learned...

3) Super frenemies!

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"The worst has happened: Chester has been sucked up by a ghost trap in an attempt to save his best friend Simon, who is a ghost. Chester’s school friend, Amie, blames Simon — after all, if Chester wasn’t trying to save him, he wouldn’t have been sucked up. And Simon blames Amie — after all, if Amie’s dad wasn’t a ghost hunter, there wouldn’t be a trap there in the first place. But these two sworn...

4) Wingbearer saga: Book 2,Wingborn

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Liu, Marjorie M

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"After her encounter with the Witch-Queen, Zuli is shaken--but feels more determined than ever to find out what's happening to the bird spirits. Armed with new information about her identity, she mounts a daring escape from a merchant airship and takes off with Frowly and Orien by her side. But the more she tries to solve the mysteries swirling around herself, the more she's drawn to legends about the mythical Siric, who have long since disappeared...

5) Pizza and Taco: 8,Best Christmas ever!

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Shaskan, Stephen

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Best friends Pizza and Taco prepare for Christmas by making their wish lists and doing good deeds to get on Santa Slaw's Nice List.

6) Big Nate: 1,The Nate files

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Peirce, Lincoln

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The Big Nate Files is the ultimate companion to the TV show, expanding on the show's dynamic storylines and colorful characters in a series of book-exclusive features all about the spectacularly quirky world of Nate's School, P.S. 38. Each chapter explores a different aspect of Nate's social life and school adventures, including The Prank Files, The Friendship Files, and The Fear the Mollusk Files (all about Nate's rock band). The Nate Files also...

7) Baby-sitters little sister: 9,Karen's grandmothers

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"When Karen adopts a grandmother from Stoneybrook Manor, she has more grandmas than anyone she knows -- five! Karen thinks that is very special. But Karen's new grandmother is so different! Grandma B makes Karen listen to old music, and she teaches Karen funny dances, like the foxtrot"--Inside dust jacket.

8) Animal Rescue Friends: 4,Finding home

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"When ARF is flooded with requests for pet-care advice, the kids come up with a great idea to reach lots of people at once: They'll start an animal-care podcast! But when the hard work of creating a podcast leads to lots of new and exciting opportunities outside the rescue, the gang finds itself pulled in different directions. The kids tackle big changes--to their friendships, to themselves, and even to ARF itself--in these stories about friendship,...

9) Unico: awakening

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When his newfound friend, resourceful watch cat Chloe, begs him to turn her into a human girl, Unico finds his act of kindness having unforeseen consequence as he unwittingly awakens Venus and her minion, who want to destroy them both.

10) Unicorn time machine: another Phoebe and her unicorn adventure

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"In this exciting new collection of Phoebe and Her Unicorn comics, 10-year-old Phoebe Howell and her magical unicorn best friend, Marigold, enjoy a series of fantastical adventures. Phoebe goes back in time to meet her father as a kid and makes some surprising discoveries. Marigold reveals that she sometimes puts the world on mute, a power that Phoebe quickly learns is easy to overuse. And at the Unicorn Award Ceremony, the pair launch a campaign...

11) Rocket and Groot: Tales of terror

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Deibert, Amanda

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Determined to pull off another (not so) successful heist, Rocket and Groot find themselves trapped in the forest with a mysterious cloaked figure. The problem? They can't actually leave the woods until they tell the scariest story ever heard. Zombie aliens? Not scary enough. Bloodthirsty bugs? Nope, not good enough either. It isn't until the rest of the Guardians of the Galaxy arrive that Rocket and Groot even stand a chance! Join the Guardians of...

12) Owl and Penguin: here and there

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"Despite their differences, two unlikely friends flock together like birds of a feather"--

13) Dex Dingo: world's best greatest ever...inventor

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"Dex Dingo isn't the BEST at anything. He's not the SMARTEST, the FUNNIEST, the STRONGEST, or the NICEST. But he wants to be the WORLD'S BEST GREATEST EVER...at something. So when Dex's teacher asks, "If you could be anything when you grow up, what would you be," Dex decides that he's going to be the best at one of the "best jobs ever." First on his list: an inventor! Dex is able to create an awesome lab and an amazing team of nanobots, but things...

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15) You're my hungry little caterpillar

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A vibrant celebration of the hungry little caterpillar in your own life featuring The Very Hungry Caterpillar.

16) Leo at lunch

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"Leo learns table manners, sits in a special chair, and eats a yummy Italian meal while out to lunch with Daddy and Nana G"--

17) Winter light

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"With jewellike die-cuts revealing the colors of the season against soft painterly backgrounds, Caldecott Honoree Aaron Becker captures the light of winter skies and lengthening days, the glow of candle and hearth, and the heart's yearning for spring's return."-Amazon

18) You're my little baby boo

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Edwards, Nicola

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"Celebrate your little baby boo with this sweet and colorful rhyming board book."--Back cover.

19) Grumpy monkey play all day

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Jim Panzee learns that too much of anything, including having fun, has its downsides.

20) Defending nature: how the US military protects threatened and endangered species

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Collard, Sneed B

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"On Eglin Air Force Base, scientists and soldiers work together to protect endangered red-cockaded woodpeckers, gopher tortoises, and reticulated flatwoods salamanders. Discover the challenges endangered species face and how the military works to protect them"--