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New in Kids Books: May 2025

Like to stay on trend? Here are the kids books we are most excited to read this month.

Chicago Public Library

30 items

  • Book, 2025Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2025. — FIC ATINUKE
  • Book, 2025New York : Greenwillow Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2025] — FIC CREWS
  • Book, 2025Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, 2025. — FIC COOKE
  • The Doomsday Detectives

    How Walter and Luis Alvarez Solved the Mystery of Dinosaur Extinction

    Jenson-Elliott, Cynthia L.,
    Book, 2025New York : Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc., [2025] — QE861.6.E95J46 2025
  • Book, 2025New York, NY : Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2025] — FIC SMITH
  • Book, 2025New York, NY : Clarion Books, [2025] — FIC BURGESS
  • A Gift of Dust

    How Saharan Plumes Feed the Planet

    Brockenbrough, Martha,
    Book, 2025New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2025] — QC882.5.B76 2025
  • Board Book, 2025New York, N.Y. : Kokila, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2025. — GN281.S585 2025
  • Book, 2025New York : Neal Porter Book/Holiday House, [2025] — QC944.2.C495 2025
  • Book, 2025New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2025. — FIC ALEXANDE
  • Jim!

    Six True Stories About One Great Artist : James Marshall /

    Connors, Jerrold,
    Book, 2025New York, N.Y. : Dial Books for Young Readers, 2025. — PS3563.A72213Z567 2025
  • Malcolm Lives!

    the Official Biography of Malcolm X for Young Readers

    Kendi, Ibram X.,
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers, 2025. — E185.97.L5K46 2025
  • Book, 2025New York, N.Y. : Rocky Pond Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2025. — FIC SALMIERI
  • One Day in June

    a Story Inspired by the Life and Activism of Marsha P. Johnson

    Tourmaline,
    Book, 2025New York, N.Y. : Putnam/G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2025. — HQ73.2.T68 2025