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New Titles for May 2025

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All Ears #9 by Stuart Gibbs [Junior Fiction]

Ambush #1 by Colleen Coble [Christian Fiction]

Animal Rescue Friends #1 by Meika Hashimoto [Junior Graphic Novel]

Art Club by Rashad Doucet [Junior Graphic Novel]

Art Lab for Kids: 52 Creative Adventures in Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Paper, and Mixed Media-for Budding Artists of All Ages by Susan Schwake [Junior Nonfiction, 702.8]

The Artist Who Painted a Blue Horse by Eric Carle [Children’s Fiction]

The Bad Guys in Mission Unpluckable #2 by Aaron Blabey [Children’s Fiction]

Battle Mountain #25 by C.J. Box [Fiction]

Blood Moon by Sandra Brown [Fiction]

Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall [Fiction]

Can You Find Colors?: First Concepts [Children’s Nonfiction, 535.6]

Chicken in Mittens by Adan Lehrhaupt [Children's Fiction]

Close Your Eyes and Count to 10 by Lisa Unger [Fiction]

Cold Burn #2 by A.J. Landau [Fiction]

The Color of Sound by Emily Barth Isler [Junior Fiction]

Construction by Sally Sutton [Children’s Fiction]

The Contractors #1 by Harry Hunsicker [Fiction]

The Crash by Freida McFadden [Fiction]

Diary of a Nature Nerd by Tiffany Everett [Junior Graphic Novel]

A Dictionary of Scoundrels #1 by Beth Lincoln [Junior Fiction]

Difficult Riddles for Smart Kids: 300 Difficult Riddles And Brain Teasers Families Will Love by M. Prefontaine [Junior Nonfiction, 793.73]

Do You See Shapes?: First Concepts [Children’s Nonfiction, 516]

Don't Let Him In by Lisa Jewell [Fiction]

The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds [Children’s Fiction]

The Double Trouble Puzzle #2 by James Patterson [Junior Fiction]

Draw! by Raul Colon [Children’s Fiction]

Ellie by Mike Wu [Children's Fiction]

Eva and the New Teacher #21 by Rebecca Elliott [Children's Fiction]

The First Magnificent Summer #1 by R.L. Toalson [Junior Fiction]

The Girl from Greenwich Street: A Novel of Hamilton, Burr, and America's First Murder Trial by Lauren Willig [Fiction]

The Girl in the Walls by Meg Eden Kuyatt [Junior Fiction]

Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry [Fiction]

Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes by Mike Wohnoutka [Children’s Fiction]

The House at the Edge of Magic #1 by Amy Sparkes [Junior Fiction]

I Survived the Galveston Hurricane, 1900 #21 by Lauren Tarshis [Junior Fiction]

I Want to Be a Doctor by Laura Driscoll [Children's Fiction]

I Want to Be an Engineer by Laura Driscoll [Children's Fiction]

Karen's Ghost #11 by Ann M. Martin [Junior Graphic Novel]

The Keeper #4 by Charles Martin [Christian Fiction]

The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About by Mel Robbins [Nonfiction, 158.1]

Lethal Prey #35 by John Sandford [Fiction]

Magic: Once Upon a Faraway Land by Mirelle Ortega [Children's Fiction]

The Medici Return #19 by Steve Berry [Fiction]

Midnight Black #14 by Mark Greaney [Fiction]

Millie Fleur Saves the Night #2 by Christy Mandin [Children's Fiction]

Millie Fleur's Poison Garden #1 by Christy Mandin [Children's Fiction]

My Side of the Mountain #1 by Jean Craighead George [Junior Fiction]

The Next Day: Transitions, Change, and Moving Forward by Melinda Gates [Nonfiction, 158.1]

Nobody's Fool #2 by Harlan Coben [Large Print Fiction]

The One and Only Family #4 by Katherine Applegate [Junior Fiction]

The One and Only Ruby #3 by Katherine Applegate [Junior Fiction]

The 100 Best Brain Teasers for Kids: A Mind-blowing Challenge of Wordplay, Math, and Logic Puzzles by Danielle Hall [Junior Nonfiction, 793.73]

Original Sin: President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again by Jake Tapper [Nonfiction, 973.934]

Orris and Timble #1: The Beginning by Kate DiCamillo [Children's Fiction]

Orris and Timble #2: Lost and Found by Kate DiCamillo [Children's Fiction]

Paint Lab for Kids: 52 Creative Adventures in Painting and Mixed-Media for Budding Artists of All Ages by Stephanie Corfee [Junior Nonfiction, 751.4]

Patrick Picklebottom and the Penny Book by Mr. Jay aka Jay Miletsky [Children’s Fiction]

The Perfect Son by Freida McFadden [Fiction]

Pug Blasts Off #1 by Kyla May [Children's Fiction]

The Quiet Librarian by Allen Eskens [Fiction]

The Rabbit and the Turtle: Aesop's Fables by Eric Carle [Children’s Fiction]

Return to Sender #21 by Craig Johnson [Fiction]

The Secret of the Lost Gold #11 by Rebecca Elliott [Children's Fiction]

See You Later, Alligator by Sally Hopgood [Children's Fiction]

Sewing for Kids: 30 Fun Projects to Hand and Machine Sew by Alexa Ward [Junior Nonfiction, 646.2]

Sewing School: 21 Sewing Projects Kids Will Love to Make by Amie Petronis Plumley [Junior Nonfiction, 646.2]

Silverborn #4: The Mystery of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend [Junior Fiction]

Sky Color by Peter H. Reynolds [Children’s Fiction]

The Sky Painter: Louis Fuertes, Bird Artist by Margarita Engle [Children’s Biography, FUE]

Snoop by Gordon Korman [Junior Fiction]

Something Maybe Magnificent #2 by R.L. Toalson [Junior Fiction]

Splat the Cat and the Lemonade Stand: Splat the Cat by Rob Scotton [Children’s Fiction]

Stella & Marigold #1 by Annie Barrows [Junior Fiction]

Stitch + String Lab for Kids: 40+ Creative Projects to Sew, Embroider, Weave, Wrap, and Tie by Cassie Stephens [Junior Nonfiction, 746]

Strangers in Time by David Baldacci [Fiction]

Summer Color! by Diana Murray [Children's Fiction]

The Summer of You and Me by Denise Hunter [Christian Fiction]

Sunrise on the Reaping #0.5 by Suzanne Collins [Young Adult Fiction]

Super Pete: Pete the Cat by James Dean [Children's Fiction]

The Tenant by Frieda McFadden [Fiction]

The Time It Never Rained by Elmer Kelton [Western Fiction]

25 Alive #25 by James Patterson [Fiction]

Ungifted #1 by Gordon Korman [Junior Fiction]

What Happened to Rachel Riley? by Claire Swinarski [Junior Fiction]

Where Secrets Lie #2 by Colleen Coble [Christian Fiction]

Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah [Fiction]

Who Would Win? Alligator vs. Python by Jerry Pallotta [Children’s Nonfiction, 597.9]

Who Would Win? Polar Bear vs. Grizzly Bear by Jerry Pallotta [Children’s Nonfiction, 599.78]

Who Would Win? Tyrannosaurus Rex vs. Velociraptor by Jerry Pallotta [Children’s Nonfiction, 567.912]

The Writer: A Thriller by James Patterson [Fiction]

Early Reader Magazines

Highlights — May 2025          

Highlights — June 2025         

National Geographic Kids — May 2025         

National Geographic Kids — June/July 2025

Junior Magazines

Brainspace — April/May 2025           

Muse — March/April 2025    

Muse — May/June 2025        

Magazines for Adults

Consumer Reports — May/June 2025           

Mother Earth News — June/July 2025          

Outside — Summer 2025      

Smithsonian — June 2025     

Southern Living — May 2025 

Southern Living — June/July 2025

Texas Parks and Wildlife — May 2025           

Texas Parks and Wildlife — June 2025           

Genealogy – For In-Library Use Only – Genealogy Center Open Wednesdays

Pioneer: HHS 1980: Hamilton High School yearbook 1980 [Genealogy, 050]

AWE/HJH Annual 1993: Ann Whitney Elementary/Hamilton Junior High yearbook 1993 [Genealogy, 050]

West to Eden: Texans in Hollywood by  Donald Clarke [Genealogy, 791.43]

900 Miles on the Butterfield Trail by A.C. Greene [Genealogy, 917.8]

Landmarks of the West: A Guide to Historic Sites by Kent Ruth [Genealogy, 917.8]

Last of the Old-Time Texans by Mackey Murdock [Genealogy, 920.0764]

Second Fatherland: The Life and Fortunes of a German Immigrant by Max Krueger [Genealogy, 929.2]

Quantrill's Raiders in Texas by Evault Boswell [Genealogy, 973.742]

Goochland: Yesterday and Today: A Pictorial History by CeCe Bullard [Genealogy, 975.5455]

Texas History Collection – For In-Library Use Only – Genealogy Center Open Wednesdays

Tell Me a Story, Sing Me a Song: A Texas Chronicle by William A. Owens [Texas History, 784.5]

Texas: A Modern History by David G. McComb [Texas History, 976.4]