New for Children
Cranky, Crabby Crow (Saves the World)
by Corey R. Tabor
Everything is on the line for crabby, cranky Crow, who does not want to play with Squirrel or do loop-de-loops with Hummingbird. He doesn’t have time for Rat or Bat. From high atop a telephone pole, Cat warns Crow that he will soon be all alone if he turns his friends away with his very cranky “kaw!” one more time. But, unbeknownst to all, Crow has bigger, world-saving fish to fry—he must protect planet Earth from an asteroid headed our way.
Built to Last
by Minh Lȇ ;
illustrated by Dan Santat
Meet two friends who think they’re building imaginative worlds with blocks but come to realize they’ve been building something far greater—a sturdy, solid friendship. From boats attacked by a sea creature to a castle crumbling into the ocean. And they don’t mind when these creations break apart and CRASH to the floor. In fact, they think it’s pretty funny! Every time a creation falls apart, they pick up the pieces and keep building bigger and better. But when their latest masterpiece tumbles down in spectacular fashion, the boys aren’t laughing anymore. Have these two friends reached their breaking point?
Me and Other Bunnies
by Mo Willems
Mo Willems is back with a hare-larious picture book about bunnies. There are me bunnies. There are you bunnies. There are us bunnies … and we bunnies … and them bunnies. There are a lot of bunnies in “Me and Other Bunnies.”
New for Teens
The Assassin’s Guide to Babysitting
by Natalie C. Parker
Tru has been hiding all her life. Her parents taught her to conceal her bastion Talent: indestructible skin, muscles, and bones. In a world where Talents are common and varied, no one trusts a bastion—they’re too powerful. Hiding failed to keep Tru’s parents alive, but moments before their murder, Tru’s mom pointed her to Logan Dire, a famed recluse assassin who adopted and trained orphaned Tru. At seventeen, she’s still hiding. When assassins interrupt a mundane babysitting job booked through BountyApp—where lethal hunters find work and babysitters for their kids—Tru flees with a one-year-old strapped to her chest and spiraling questions: Who killed her parents? Whom can she trust? What does it mean to be a bastion?
Wicked Darlings
by Jordyn Taylor
Aspiring journalist Noa has a secret she’s been keeping. Ever since her sister’s tragic death, she’s felt almost … relieved. Noa and Leah competed since childhood, and things came to a head when her sister scored a glitzy internship at a New York society newspaper. Noa can’t help but revel in her new found autonomy. But when she gets a lead about the sketchy circumstances surrounding her sister’s untimely death, she knows she needs to investigate—she owes it to Leah.
New for Adults
The Impossible Fortune
by Richard Osman
In the latest of the Thursday Murder Club series, who’s got time to think about murder when there’s a wedding to plan? Joyce is busy with table plans and first dances. Elizabeth is grieving. Ron is dealing with family troubles, and Ibrahim is still providing therapy to his favorite criminal. When Nick, a wedding guest, disappears, his cagey business partner becomes the gang’s next stop. It seems the duo have something valuable—something worth killing for.
The Academy
by Elin Hilderbrand
When America Today just ranks Tiffin the number two boarding school in the country. It’s a seventeen-spot jump—was there a typo? The dorms need to be renovated, their sports teams always come in last place, and let’s just say Tiffin students are known for being more social than academic. On the other hand, the campus is exquisite, class sizes are small, and the dining hall is run by an acclaimed New York chef. And they do have fun—lots of parties and school dances, and a piano man plays in the student lounge every Monday night.
But just as the rarefied air of Tiffin is suffused with self-congratulation, the wheels begin to turn--—and then they fall off the bus. One by one, scandalous blind items begin to appear on phones across Tiffin’s campus, thanks to a new app called ZipZap, and nobody is safe.