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July/August 2024

Kids Indie Next List

Find the best recommendations for summer 2024 children's book releases from independent booksellers.

The Yellow Bus Book Cover
The Yellow Bus
Hardcover / USED - Good
$11.09

In this tender picture book from bestselling author-illustrator Loren Long, a once-forgotten school bus rediscovers joy and purpose through life's seasons—carrying giggling children, helping elders, and embracing change with grace and hope in every turn of the road.

Picture Books

The First Week of School
The First Week of School
Drew Beckmeyer

from: $7.99

Home in a Lunchbox
Home in a Lunchbox
Cherry Mo

from: $15.19

Into the Goblin Market
Into the Goblin Market
Vikki VanSickle

from: $16.22

Itty Bitty Betty Blob
Itty Bitty Betty Blob
Constance Lombardo

from: $15.98

Little Shrew
Little Shrew
Akiko Miyakoshi

from: $15.19

Millie Fleur's Poison Garden
Millie Fleur's Poison Garden
Christy Mandin

from: $15.79

Prunella
Prunella
Beth Ferry

from: $16.22

The Quacken
The Quacken
Justin Colón

from: $15.39

Ruby's Tools for Making Friends
Ruby's Tools for Making Friends
Apryl Stott

from: $16.22

What Love Looks Like
What Love Looks Like
Laura Obuobi

from: $7.99

Middle Grade

Picture Purrfect
Picture Purrfect
Hilda Eunice Burgos

from: $5.79

Breaking into Sunlight
Breaking into Sunlight

from: $5.29

Camp Prodigy
Camp Prodigy
Caroline Palmer

from: $6.69

Farrah Noorzad and the Ring of Fate
Farrah Noorzad and the Ring of Fate
Deeba Zargarpur

from: $6.59

Jupiter Nettle and the Seven Schools of Magic
Jupiter Nettle and the Seven Schools of Magic
Sangu Mandanna

from: $8.09

The New Girl
The New Girl
Cassandra Calin

from: $8.69

The Night Librarian
The Night Librarian
Christopher Lincoln

from: $7.59

The Spindle of Fate
The Spindle of Fate
Aimee Lim

from: $4.69

The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman
The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman
Gennifer Choldenko

from: $8.99

They Call Me No Sam
They Call Me No Sam
Drew Daywalt

from: $4.09

Young Adult

Age 16
Age 16
Rosena Fung

from: $18.09

Brownstone
Brownstone
Samuel Teer

from: $10.79

The Deep Dark
The Deep Dark
Molly Knox Ostertag

from: $14.91

First Test
First Test
Tamora Pierce

from: $12.89

The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky
The Great Cool Ranch Dorito in the Sky
Josh Galarza

from: $9.59

Looking for Smoke
Looking for Smoke
K.A. Cobell

from: $7.49

Now, Conjurers
Now, Conjurers
Freddie Kölsch

from: $8.19

Six More Months of June
Six More Months of June
Daisy Garrison

from: $5.69

The White Guy Dies First
The White Guy Dies First
Terry J. Benton-Walker

from: $8.29

The Wilderness of Girls
The Wilderness of Girls
Madeline Claire Franklin

from: $9.39

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