2026 is on the way! As the Children’s Services Department prepares for a new year of fantastic books, enjoy our favorite titles that were published from January to December 2025! For even more of our favorite 2025 titles, please browse the list below!
January
Will’s Race for Home by Jewell Parker Rhodes
During the land rush of 1889, African American Will and his father journey from Texas to Oklahoma, racing thousands of others to stake their claim.
February
Little Freddie Two Pants by Drew Daywalt
One pair of pants? Two pairs? Three? How many pants should Little Freddie wear? And where should he put them? What about underpants? Where do they go? In a book with text and art that are sure to induce giggles, Drew Daywalt and Lucy Ruth Cummins settle the age-old question: Do a dog’s front legs deserve pants, too?
March
Every Monday Mabel by Jashar Awan
Every Monday, Mabel takes her breakfast outside and waits for her favorite part of the week: the garbage truck.
April
The Dragon’s Apprentice by James Riley
A girl strikes a deal with the ancient, cranky dragon she accidentally summoned to teach her the forbidden magic she needs to save her mother.
May
Creature Clinic by Gavin Aung Than
Welcome to Creature Clinic, the world’s finest—and only—hospital for mythical beings. Here, everyone from trolls and unicorns to tooth fairies and giants can expect the very best treatment. Well, with one exception: humans are absolutely, 100 percent not welcome. But when a human in need shows up at the hospital, Doctor-in-training Kara Orc’s obedience is put to the test.
June
The League of Littles by Casey Lyall
Eli, Lexi and Mo, three trainees at an international organization that supports the needs of youngest siblings, accept their first mission and help find a lost hamster.
July
A Kids Book About Coping Skills by Megan Knipe
Big feelings are a natural part of the human experience. But learning how to process and express them in a healthy way takes practice. With this book, learn coping strategies for managing big emotions, and start building a toolbox of the ones that work best for you. You’ve got this!
August
Make New Friends, Keep the Old
Celebrate the power of friendship in a lyrical tribute to the special bond between friends that captures the love, fun and strength that the gift of friendship brings to our lives.
October
This is Orange by Rachel Poliquin
Look closely. The color orange is all around you, not only in the natural world—from fruit and foxes to minerals and mushrooms—but in the human-engineered world, too, from works of art to religious ceremonies to astronaut survival suits.
November
Kindred Dragons by Sarah Mensinga
Alice has been unhappy ever since her parents sent her to Prince Edward Island to live with her strict grandmother. Alice is fanciful, prone to telling tall tales and absolutely OBSESSED with dragons! While wandering the woods alone, she finds and secretly befriends a mysterious old dragon named Brim. Alice is excited to finally have a dragon friend of her own, but when Brim suddenly falls ill, Alice must set out on a desperate quest to save him.
December
It is said the mighty feathered serpent god, Quetzalcoatl, helped create the earth. He is the hero who stole back the bones of humanity from the evil god of the Underworld. In his quest to bring humans to the earth, Quetzalcoatl’s dog-headed twin brother, Xolotl, was present. Not much is known of Xolotl, the god of lightning, death and misfortune. A true monster. This is what really happened.