The game is tied at seven. A hush falls over the stands. Get up and stand up, everybody! Here comes the band! From Ezra Jack Keats Award and Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe New Talent Award winner Shadra Strickland comes a dazzling picture book about a young child who watches in awe as an HBCU band takes the field and works its magic 🥁

In SPACED OUT: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL by Stuart Gibbs, when the base commander goes missing, Dash & the Moon Base Alpha crew spring into action to figure out who or what is behind the disappearance. A fun, fast-paced adaptation pairing humor w/a science fiction themed mystery. #MGLit

🤩🥢🥳 So honored to happy-post that TRICKY CHOPSTICKS is a picture book nominee for the 2027 North Carolina Children’s Book Award! Love how kids in NC will be reading to vote in March and having more chopsticks fun too! 🥰 @simonkids @ssedlib @wenfancyart @NCCBABooks @nclaonline

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Nobel laureate and New York Times bestselling author Malala Yousafzai reintroduces herself to the world in her newest bestselling memoir, Finding My Way, now available in a young readers adaptation. Perfect for libraries and classrooms!

A neglected teen travels to Norway for a fresh start in this coming-of-age novel in verse about longing, love, and the courage to create joy from the ashes of despair by award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Megan E. Freeman. Available to add to your shelves today ✨

The game's afoot! The Sherlock Society goes undercover in the Miami street art scene to find an anonymous graffiti artist in this third book in the hilarious, New York Times bestselling Sherlock Society middle grade series from Edgar Award–winning author James Ponti!

The first rule for a drama-free senior year? Don’t fall for the mysterious new football transfer. A swoony young adult romance full of undeniable chemistry and school spirit 💫

It's Library Card Sign Up Month 💳 Check out your local library and unlock whole new worlds 📚✨

My young adult verse novel about a road trip, romance, and family history in Cuba. Cover art by #RaxenneManiquez. @Simonteen @SSEdLib

In this modern supernatural #middlegrade retelling of the beloved classic Little Women, the March sisters have a monstrous secret Meg will do anything to protect—especially with another beast lurking in the woods threatening to expose them. Available to add to your TBR's today!

A girl hated by her town for her father’s crimes must decide whether to save it or burn it all down when a dying god in the woods warns her of an impending catastrophe in this bone chilling young adult novel 🔥

A monster girl and her mythical housemates work together with their human friends to save the town from an unexpected new threat in this delightful spooky and sweet graphic novel companion to Misfit Mansion. This is the perfect spooky read to get ready for fall 🎃

Jazzy gets competitive with a new girl in this second book in the middle grade graphic novel series about a young witch who struggles to find where she fits best 🧙🏽‍♀️

It’s coming! And a digital arc was finally approved by @SSEdLib @simonschuster via @edelweiss_squad after a loooong month of waiting!! Have to finish my current read but all other tbr titles will have to wait. 👏🤩 #thunderrising @NealShusterman

The DESMOND COLE GHOST PATROL series is a favorite at my school, so I know readers are going to be excited about the graphic novel version of BEWARE THE WEREWOLF. A dogcatcher & a full moon--what could go wrong? Just the right amount of scares here for beginning readers. #kidlit

@NealShusterman amazes w/his skill weaving together seemingly unconnected threads & making readers wonder if we could actually end up where the Scythedom takes us! Already anxious for bk 2 in this prequel trilogy. @SSEdLib @edelweiss_squad @simonschuster

Get ready to howl with laughter as one rule-breaking, underwear-loving kid transforms into a—gasp!—UNDERWEARWOLF! Perfect for fans of Creepy Pair of Underwear, this wolfish picture book romp follows a kid who finds himself in a hairy situation when he dons a pair of not-so-normal undies under the light of the full moon 🌕🐺

When a ghost declares he wants everything, his friend helps him see the very best things may already be right in front of him in this charming picture book companion to I Hate Everything! by Sophy Henn. Perfect for read alouds 👻

Simon & Schuster is so proud of our myriad Junior Library Guild selections so far in 2026 🥳 JLG handpicks titles across more than seventy categories, from all publishers, so you can be sure these books will be perfect additions to your school or library 📚✨