Wilderness by McCarthy, Steve 

BTSB Prebound(Candlewick Press, 2023)

BTSB #: 618489 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Humorous Fiction Fantasy Fiction

Subjects: Family life - Fiction Wilderness areas - Fiction Outdoor recreation - Fiction Monsters - Fiction

Summary: A young boy who fears the outdoors becomes lost in the forest--and discovers not only his courage but a new friend, too.

Window fishing by Dyson, DK 

BTSB Prebound(Knopf, 2023)

BTSB #: 299369 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 650 AD F&P: N

Genres: Multicultural Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Games - Fiction Friendship - Fiction

Summary: Amir bonds with Rudeday, his downstairs artist neighbor, over a game they invented.

Witch & wombat by Belote, Ashley 

BTSB Prebound(Random House, 2023)

BTSB #: 107121 Temp OS

Dewey: EAges: 3-7   
Lexile: 480 AD F&P: P

Genres: Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Witches - Fiction Wombats as pets - Fiction Humorous fiction

Summary: Wilma, a young witch, cannot wait to get her very first cat! But when the pet store is fresh out of kittens, Wilma brings home a wombat?! What a CAT-astrophe!

Words between us by Krans, Angela Pham 

BTSB Prebound(Harper, 2023)

BTSB #: 530787 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Family Life Multicultural

Subjects: English language - Study and teaching - Fiction Grandparent and child - Fiction Vietnamese Americans - Fiction

Summary: Felix and Grandma have always lived oceans apart--until the day Grandma arrives. Felix is so excited to meet Grandma and spend time with her. Except she doesn't know English! One day, when Grandma gets lost and doesn't know how to ask for help, Felix decides to teach her English. And by working together and teaching each other, they just might learn to share words as well.

Yawnicorn by Hamilton, Emily 

BTSB Prebound(Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2023)

BTSB #: 416394 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Fantasy Fiction

Subjects: Stories in rhyme Bedtime - Fiction Unicorns - Fiction

Summary: A little girl who cannot fall asleep gets a visit from the Yawnicorn, who takes her on an adventure until she yawns and then delivers her back to her bed before dawn.

Zain's super Friday by Khan, Hena 

BTSB Prebound(Lee & Low Books Inc., 2023)

BTSB #: 516522 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-8   
F&P: L

Genres: Family Life Multicultural

Subjects: Muslim children - Religious life - Fiction Islam - Customs and practices - Fiction Father-son relationship - Fiction

Summary: A little boy, Zain, wants to play, but first he attends Friday prayers at the mosque with his father, learning about the rituals of Islam.

ZigZag by Paschkis, Julie 

BTSB Prebound(Enchanted Lion Books, 2023)

BTSB #: 702663 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   


Genres: Animals Humorous Fiction

Subjects: Alligators - Fiction Vocabulary - Fiction Sound - Fiction Taste - Fiction Synesthesia - Fiction

Summary: There's nothing ZigZag enjoys more than tasting his words as he uses them, plays with them, and enjoys them, for ZigZag is a lover of words! But one day, excited and energized, he gulps down all his vowels while exploring and enjoying the word "tambourine." Can you help ZigZag find his vowels again?

Zora, the story keeper by Wilkins, Ebony 

BTSB Prebound(Kokila, 2023)

BTSB #: 948400 Available

Dewey: EAges: 4-8   
Lexile: 710 AD F&P: P

Genres: Family Life Multicultural

Subjects: African Americans - Fiction Families - Fiction Storytelling - Fiction

Summary: A young Black girl and her aunt celebrate the wonder and magic of their family's legacy through storytelling.