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May/June 2025

Kids Indie Next List

Find the best recommendations for summer 2025 children's book releases from independent booksellers.

The Trouble with Heroes Book Cover
The Trouble with Heroes
Paperback / New
$8.99

In this moving Middle Grade novel from award-winning author Kate Messner, a small town grapples with the meaning of heroism when a young boy’s act of bravery sparks both celebration and controversy—challenging his friends, family, and community to rethink what it truly means to do the right thing.

Picture Books

Anything
Anything
Rebecca Stead

from: $15.38

The Bear Out There
The Bear Out There
Jess Hannigan

from: $16.62

Big Enough
Big Enough
Regina Linke

from: $15.98

Cranky, Crabby Crow
Cranky, Crabby Crow
Corey R. Tabor

from: $16.62

Don't Trust Fish!
Don't Trust Fish!
Neil Sharpson

from: $16.22

Here Is a Book
Here Is a Book
Elisha Cooper

from: $16.22

Little Big Man
Little Big Man
Varian Johnson

from: $15.98

Mistaco
Mistaco
Eliza Kinkz

from: $12.89

Otto and the Story Tree
Otto and the Story Tree
Vivien Mildenberger

from: $15.98

Some of Us
Some of Us
Rajani LaRocca

from: $15.98

Middle Grade

Bashir Boutros and the Jewel of the Nile
Bashir Boutros and the Jewel of the Nile
George Jreije

from: $16.62

The Beat I Drum
The Beat I Drum
Dusti Bowling

from: $8.99

Candle Island
Candle Island
Lauren Wolk

from: $14.59

The Cartoonists Club
The Cartoonists Club
Raina Telgemeier

from: $13.15

Creaky Acres
Creaky Acres
Calista Brill

from: $17.79

Growing Home
Growing Home
Beth Ferry

from: $13.89

J vs. K
J vs. K
Jerry Craft

from: $14.53

The Midwatch
The Midwatch
Judith Rossell

from: $14.59

Ollie In Between
Ollie In Between
Jess Callans

from: $15.14

The Queen Bees of Tybee County
The Queen Bees of Tybee County
Kyle Casey Chu

from: $12.19

Young Adult

All the Noise at Once
All the Noise at Once
DeAndra Davis

from: $16.87

Audre & Bash Are Just Friends
Audre & Bash Are Just Friends
Tia Williams

from: $16.87

Blades of Furry, Vol. 1
Blades of Furry, Vol. 1
Deya Muniz

from: $25.68

Eliza, from Scratch
Eliza, from Scratch
Sophia Lee

from: $15.19

His Face Is the Sun
His Face Is the Sun
Michelle Jabès Corpora

from: $9.59

Holy Terrors
Holy Terrors
Margaret Owen

from: $18.47

One of the Boys
One of the Boys
Victoria Zeller

from: $16.87

Run Away with Me
Run Away with Me
Brian Selznick

from: $13.69

The Thrashers
The Thrashers
Julie Soto

from: $13.03

Trans History
Trans History
Alex L. Combs

from: $14.66

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