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Astro Bot
When the PS5® mothership is attacked by ASTRO’s long-standing galactic nemesis, scrambling its wires and scattering the crew throughout space, only ASTRO can make things right! Setting off on his biggest mission yet, he needs your help to rescue the stranded crew and rebuild the mothership.
Sonic X Shadow Generations
Shadow the Hedgehog is back with Classic and Modern Sonic in SONIC X SHADOW GENERATIONS, an all-new collection featuring two unique experiences!
Super Mario Party Jamboree
The Mario Party series is back and more jam-packed than ever! With over 110 minigames, new online and offline modes, and plenty of customization choices, there’s something for every kind of partygoer!
Dryopteris marginalis
Dryopteris marginalis, or marginal shield fern or marginal wood fern
Calamagrostis × acutiflora
Calamagrostis × acutiflora, or Karl Foerster feather reed grass
Lonicera sempervirens
Lonicera sempervirens, or coral honeysuckle, trumpet honeysuckle, woodbine
Clematis jackmanii purpurea
Clematis jackmanii purpurea, or Happy Jack purple clematis
EA Sports FC™ 2024
Everyone’s in—including you. Lead your nation against the best and challenge for international glory as champions from across The World’s Game go head-to-head to become Champions of Europe. Live every twist and thrill of the authentic UEFA EURO 2024™ experience and write a new chapter in this iconic competition’s history as the full tournament comes to EA SPORTS FC™ 24 as a post-launch update at no additional cost.* EA SPORTS FC™ 24 is a new era for The World’s Game: 19,000+ fully licensed players, 700+ teams, and 30+ leagues playing together in the most authentic football experience ever created. Feel closer to the game with three cutting-edge technologies powering unparalleled realism in every match—HyperMotionV**, PlayStyles optimised by Opta, and an enhanced Frostbite™ Engine.
Unravel Two
Xbox (373)
When you cut ties to the past, new bonds form. In Unravel Two, create a Yarny of your very own. Then build relationships with other Yarnys in local co-op or as a single player, fostering friendship and support as you journey together. Begin your adventure in a cold and imposing land, then watch your surroundings blossom with new life as you chase the spark of adventure. Dive into an immersive story filled with energy, exuberance, inspiration – even monsters. Approach every challenge with positivity and fearlessness to awaken the world around you, and discover an unbreakable bond between friends.
Unravel
Unravel introduces Yarny, a new, lovable, endearing character made from a single thread of yarn that slowly unravels as you move. Inspired by the unique and breath-taking environments of Northern Scandinavia, Unravel is a visually stunning, physics-based puzzle platformer. Using yarn to swing from tree branch to tree branch or hitch a ride on a flying kite, no feat is too big. Yarny is brought to life as the representation of the ties that bind loved ones together. Embark with Yarny on a seemingly larger-than-life adventure to reconnect the long-lost memories of a family. Told completely without words, experience an exciting and heartfelt story about love, hope, and the journey of life.
Boomerang Fu
Slice and dice your friends with boomerangs in this frantic physics party game for up to 6 players. Discover ridiculous power-ups and stack them together in deadly combinations.
Ride 5
Rev up your engine and get ready to hit the track with RIDE 5. An adrenaline-filled gaming experience that is so authentic it will make you feel like you're truly racing at break-neck speed. Find your favorite bikes and check out new ones in the ultimate motorcycle game! Race on over 35 tracks and collect more than 200 motorcycles from world-renowned manufacturers, each element is designed to feel like you're riding a real bike.
Moving Out
Moving Out is a ridiculous physics-based moving simulator that brings new meaning to 'couch co-op'! As a newly certified Furniture Arrangement & Relocation Technician, you’ll take on moving jobs all across the town of Packmore. Grow Smooth Moves to brave new heights, recruit colorful customizable characters, and save your town from furniture peril!
Gang Beasts
Gang Beasts is a silly multiplayer party game with surly gelatinous characters, brutal slapstick fight sequences, and absurd hazardous environments, set in the mean streets of Beef City. Customize your character and fight local and online enemies in the melee game mode or fight with friends against the gangs of Beef City in the gang game mode.
Madden '23
The all-new FieldSENSE™ Gameplay System in Madden NFL 23 equips players with more control at every position in every mode and is a new foundation for consistent, ultra-realistic gameplay.
Minecraft
Explore randomly generated worlds and build amazing things from the simplest of homes to the grandest of castles. Play in creative mode with unlimited resources or mine deep into the world in survival mode, crafting weapons and armor to fend off the dangerous mobs. Scale craggy mountains, unearth elaborate caves and mine large ore veins. Discover lush cave and dripstone cave biomes. Light up your world with candles to show what a savvy spelunker and master mountaineer you are!
Sonic Superstars
Adventure through the mystical Northstar Islands in this all-new take on classic 2D Sonic high-speed action platforming. Play as Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy and harness all-new Emerald powers to move and attack in dynamic new ways. Navigate gorgeous, never-before-seen environments solo or with up to 3 other players and stop Dr. Eggman, Fang, and a mysterious new adversary from converting the islands’ giant animals into Badniks before it’s too late!
NBA 2K23
Rise to the occasion and realize your full potential in NBA 2K23. Prove yourself against the best players in the world and showcase your talent in MyCAREER. Pair today’s All-Stars with timeless legends in MyTEAM. Build a dynasty of your own in MyGM or take the NBA in a new direction with MyLEAGUE. Take on NBA or WNBA teams in PLAY NOW and experience true-to-life gameplay. How will you Answer the Call?
Ultimate Chicken Horse
Ever wish you were a wall-jumping, arrow-dodging, trap-setting horse, besting your animal pals in a race through a peril-laden obstacle course that you all built together?
Wish Granted!
Ultimate Chicken Horse is a party platformer where you and your friends build the level as you play, placing deadly traps before trying to reach the end of the level. If you can make it but your friends can't, you score points!
Child of Light
Aurora, a young girl from 1895 Austria, awakens on the lost fairytale continent of Lemuria. To return home she must fight against the dark creatures of the Queen of the Night, who have stolen the sun, the moon and the stars. At stake is not only Lemuria, but Aurora’s true destiny.
Gris
GRIS is a serene and evocative experience, free of danger, frustration or death. Players will explore a meticulous designed world brought to life with delicate art, detailed animation, and an elegant original score. Through the game light puzzles, platforming sequences, and optional skill-based challenges will reveal themselves as more of Gris’s world becomes accessible.
Overcooked: All you can eat!
Enjoy hundreds of levels of cooperative cooking chaos across increasingly perilous and obscure kitchens.
Tetris Effect: Connected
Breathtakingly gorgeous reinvention of one of the most popular puzzle games of all time. Play 30+ stages and 10+ modes each with their own unique music, backgrounds, sounds, special effects.
Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Join Kirby in an unforgettable journey through a mysterious world in a 3D platforming adventure
Float off on an all-new adventure as the powerful puffball, Kirby. Explore in 3D stages as you discover a mysterious world with abandoned structures from a past civilization—like a shopping mall?!
Mariokart 8 Deluxe
Burn rubber across Mushroom Kingdom raceways—underwater, in the sky, upside-down in zero-g, and past the finish—for the win! Get revved up for local multiplayer*, online** in-game tournaments, a revamped battle mode, and more!
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 lets you duke it out with the biggest and best fighting character roster yet, including all new characters like SpongeBob SquarePants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Squidward Tentacles, Jimmy Neutron, and more!
Super Mario Bros Wonder
Classic Mario gameplay is turned on its head with Wonder Flowers in the Super Mario Bros. Wonder game! These game-changing items can make some wonderfully weird stuff happen. Witness pipes coming alive, wreak havoc as a giant Spike-Ball, and lots more!
Super Smash Bros Ultimate
Gaming icons clash in the ultimate brawl you can play anytime, anywhere! Smash rivals off the stage as new characters Simon Belmont and King K. Rool join Inkling, Ridley, and every fighter in Super Smash Bros. history. Enjoy enhanced speed and combat at new stages based on the Castlevania series, Super Mario Odyssey, and more!
Squish
A spoopy, squishy, and fast-paced party game where you and up to three gooey friends rave it up in an underground crypt as it collapses down on you.
Trouble According to Humphrey
Betty Birney
Humphrey loves to solve problems for his classmates in Room 26, but he never meant to create one! No one knows about Humphrey’s lock-that-doesn’t-lock, but when Humphrey is caught outside of his cage, Golden-Miranda, one of his favorite students, gets blamed. Humphrey manages to help Pay-Attention-Art and Sit-Still-Seth and even survives a trip to the vet, but can he clear Miranda’s name without giving up his freedom forever?
Surprises According to Humphrey
Betty Birney
Being a classroom hamster means having to be ready for anything—but suddenly there are a lot of big surprises in Humphrey’s world. Some are exciting, like getting to roll around in a hamster ball and some aren’t so good, like a run-in with a cat. Even with all that’s going on, Humphrey makes time to help his classmates—but will he be able to make sure that Mrs. Brisbane doesn’t stop teaching?
The World According to Humphrey
Betty Birney
In the first book of the series, Humphrey learns to read, write, shoot rubber bands (only in self-defense, of course), turn off TVs, teach English as a second language, and more. With a lock-that-doesn’t-lock and an adventurous spirit, what more could a mischievous hamster want?
Actual Size
Steve Jenkins
Just how big is a crocodile? What about a tiger or the world’s largest spider? Can you imagine a tongue that is two feet long or an eye that is bigger than your head? Sometimes facts and figures don’t tell the whole story.
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs
Jon Scieszka
The folktale of the Three Little Pigs is presented from the humorous perspective of an innocent wolf, whose simple requests to borrow cups of sugar become disastrous by a snout full of unfortunate sneezes.
Fly Guy
Ted Arnold
A boy had a pet fly. He named him Fly Guy. And Fly Guy could even say the boy’s name—“Buzz!” Amazing! Incredible! However, the rest of the world isn’t so convinced that flies make good pets.
EllRay Jakes
Sally Warner
EllRay Jakes is the smallest kid in Ms. Sanchez’s third grade class. The series is told in a humorous, first-person perspective as EllRay tries to stand up to bullies at school and live up to his dad’s high expectations.
The Dunderheads
Paul Fleischman
A classroom of students with unique personalities plan to outwit their mean teacher, Miss Breakbone.
Friendship According to Humphrey
Betty Birney
After the holidays, Humphrey is shocked by a big surprise in Room 26—a new class pet! Humphrey tries to be welcoming, but Og the frog doesn’t seem to want to be friends. During class and the weekends at students’ houses, Humphrey helps to resolve friendship problems between his classmates and learns that friendship can be tricky. But if any hamster can become buddies with a frog, it’s Humphrey!
Adventure According to Humphrey
Betty Birney
Humphrey is in for his biggest adventure yet! When his friends begin studying the ocean and boats, he discovers the new and exciting world of the library and learns about the science and art of building and sailing ships. Even with all this excitement, Humphrey finds time to smooth rough waters in the classroom and have a few adventures of his own.
Summer According to Humphrey
Betty Birney
When Humphrey hears that school is ending, he panics. School ends? What’s a classroom hamster to do if he’s not in school? But as it turns out, there’s something thrilling in store: going to Camp Happy Hollow with Ms. Mac and lots of the kids from Room 26! Camper Humphrey meets a friendly wild mouse, tracks down Og when he gets lost by the lake, and uses his wily charm to help kids adjust to cabin life and make new friends.
Last Stop on Market Street
Matt de la Peña
Every Sunday, CJ and his grandma ride a bus across town to volunteer at a soup kitchen. Over the course of their journey, Nana teaches her grandson to appreciate not only what he has but also the world around him.
Pickle
Kim Baker
Using a bogus name, the League of Picklemakers, sixth-grader Ben and three recruits start a prank-pulling club and receive funding from their middle school’s PTA.
Rangoli Mandala circular floor puzzle
"A thoughtfully created design that is a marriage between fun Rangoli patterns and the sacred geometry of Mandala. It is a blend of fun and focus, family time and independent play, cultural story and game.. " -- Publisher's website
Q-bitz Jr.
"Introduce your child to pattern matching, spatial reasoning, and problem solving! Q-bitz Jr. builds visual intelligence and STEM skills and is so much fun, your child will want to play again and again!"--Cover
The sneaky, snacky squirrel game!
"The Sneaky, Snacky Squirrel Game helps preschoolers master matching skills, develop fine motor skills including pre-handwriting skills, social skills like taking turns, and strategic thinking skills"--Instruction guide
Acorn soup : the tasty counting game
Making Acorn Soup is easy as 1-2-3! The round box bottom doubles as a bowl, which contains wooden ingredients and a sturdy wooden spoon for mixing and stirring. Simple recipe cards teach toddlers to identify the ingredients and count as they cook. Mix, stir, eat and play together! Counting, pretend play, sorting, fine-motor skills are benefits of this fun, interactive game!
Letter construction activity set
"Snap together color-coded pieces to build uppercase and lowercase letters, and build fine motor skills. Practice letter recognition and pre-handwriting too!"--Publisher's website
First Day of School
Best for ages 3 and up
Develops practice of independent skills and resilience. Develops skills in independence, fine motor, growth mindset.
Twister on Tuesday
Mary Pope Osborne
Kids know just what to expect from each new book in the beloved Magic Tree House series, and Twister on Tuesday will not disappoint! Jack and Annie’s adventure takes them back to the Kansas prairie in the 1870s. At a one-room schoolhouse there, they meet a teenaged teacher, some fun kids, and a big, scary bully. But the biggest and scariest thing is yet to come! The book concludes with several pages of factual information about twisters, pioneer life on the prairie, and pioneer school books.
The White Giraffe
Lauren St. John
After a fire kills her parents, eleven-year-old Martine must leave England to live with her grandmother on a wildlife game reserve in South Africa, where she befriends a mythical white giraffe. Martine sees the white giraffe one stormy night from her bedroom window. When a local woman tells her that she has “the gift,” Martine begins to sense that there is something very unique and special happening. From that moment, she begins her journey to save the animal from poachers.
The Talented Clementine
Sara Pennypacker
Winner or washout? When it comes to tackling third grade, Clementine is at the top of her game—okay, so maybe not all the time. After her teacher announces that the third and fourth graders will be putting on a talent show, Clementine panics. She doesn’t sing or dance or play an instrument. She can’t even hop with finesse. And as if she didn’t feel bad enough, her perfect best friend, Margaret, has so many talents, she has to alphabetize them to keep them straight. As the night of the big Talent-Palooza draws closer, Clementine is desperate for an act, any act. But the unexpected talent she demonstrates at the show surprises everyone—most of all herself.
Tangerine
Edward Bloor
So what if he’s legally blind? Even with his bottle-thick, bug-eyed glasses, Paul Fisher can see better than most people. He can see the lies his parents and brother live out, day after day. No one ever listens to Paul, though—until the family moves to Tangerine. In Tangerine, even a blind, geeky, alien freak can become cool. Who knows? Paul might even become a hero!
The Tale of Despereaux
Kate DiCamillo
The adventures of Despereaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, and the princess he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.
Stink
Megan McDonald
Every morning, Judy measures Stink, and it’s always the same: three feet, eight inches tall. Even the class newt is growing faster than he is. Then one day, the ruler reads three feet, seven and three-quarters inches! Can it be? Is Stink shrinking?
Stargirl
Jerry Spinelli
When Stargirl enrolls at Mica High, all of the students are in awe, but she especially captures the attention of junior Leo Borlock. With her long, flowing hair, plain face, and eccentric outfits, her classmates don’t know whether to love Stargirl for daring to be different, or hate her for breaking the rules of high school. At first, they embrace her uniqueness by imitating her, and then, just as quickly, they turn on her for being unusual. Despite her status as outcast, Leo and Stargirl become a couple, and he experiences what it’s like to be shunned. In hopes of gaining acceptance, Leo encourages her to become normal. Together, both Leo and Stargirl learn a lesson about conforming to the will of the group versus being yourself.
Schooled
Gordon Korman
Since he was little, Capricorn “Cap” Anderson has lived on a farm commune and been homeschooled by his hippie grandmother, Rain. When Rain is injured in a fall, Cap is forced to attend the local middle school. Although he knows a lot about Zen Buddhism, nothing has prepared him for the politics of public school.
Rump: The (Fairly) True Tale of Rumpelstiltskin
Liesl Shurtliff
When his mother dies without revealing his full name, Rump endures teasing for his half-name until he discovers his ability to spin gold. Rump’s talent entangles him in a dire curse and prompts a fantastical quest to discover his true identity.
2016 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Nominee; 2016 Bluestem Award Nominee
Judy Moody and Friends: Rocky Zang in The Amazing Mr. Magic
Megan McDonald
Rocky is perfecting the tricks for his magic show when Judy Moody offers to be his assistant. Rocky agrees, but it turns out that Judy—or Stella the Spectacular, as she calls herself—is the most UN-spectacular assistant ever. Is Rocky’s magic good enough to mend their friendship?
The Princess in Black
Shannon Hale
Who says princesses don’t wear black? When trouble raises its blue monster head, Princess Magnolia ditches her flouncy dresses and becomes the Princess in Black!
Mercy Watson to the Rescue
Kate DiCamillo
To Mr. and Mrs. Watson, Mercy is not just a pig—she’s a porcine wonder. And to Mercy, the Watsons are an excellent source of buttered toast, not to mention that buttery-toasty feeling she gets when she snuggles into bed with them. This is not, however, so good for the Watsons’ bed. BOOM! CRACK! As the bed and its occupants slowly sink through the floor, Mercy escapes in a flash—“to alert the fire department,” her owners assure themselves. But could Mercy possibly have another emergency in mind—like a sudden craving for their neighbors’ sugar cookies?
The Meanest Doll in the World
Ann M. M. Martin
Annabelle Doll and Tiffany Funcraft are two dolls who have been best friends since they met in Kate Palmer’s house at 26 Wetherby Lane. In this sequel to The Doll People, they hitch a ride in Kate’s backpack and find themselves in the biggest adventure of their lives: a day at school! But when an attempt to return home lands them in the wrong house, they’re in far deeper trouble than they imagined. Along with a host of new doll friends, they also encounter Mean Mimi, the wickedest doll of all. Mean Mimi is mean—really mean—and she’s determined to rule all of Dollkind or else destroy it. Will the world ever be safe for dolls again?
Maze of Bones
Rick Riordan
After Dan and Amy Cahill’s grandmother dies, Dan and Amy are given a choice. They can take $1,000,000 and walk away, or they can take the first clue to help them find the powerful treasure of their family. Dan and Amy take the first clue, but they aren’t the only family members to do so. Soon Dan and Amy are on a dangerous quest across multiple countries to try to track down the next clue before someone else in their family gets to it first. Dan and Amy don’t think they are smart enough or strong enough to win the challenge, but they learn about their own talents and get some unexpected help along the way.
Masterpiece
Elise Broach
Marvin, a beetle, and James, a human with whom he shares a house, work together to help recover a Dürer drawing stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
2012 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Nominee; 2016 Bluestem Award Nominee
Life as We Knew it
Susan Beth Pfeffer
Miranda’s disbelief turns to fear when an asteroid knocks the moon closer to the Earth. Her focus shifts from her life as a high school student to her family’s survival as she comes to grips with the dramatic changes that follow. What will the future offer when worldwide tsunamis wipe out the coasts, earthquakes rock the continents, and volcanic ash blocks out the sun? As summer turns to Arctic winter, Miranda records the events of each desperate day while she and her family struggle to hold on to their most priceless resource—hope.
Hoot
Carl Hiaasen
Roy Eberhardt has just moved to Florida and is hating every minute of it—until he sees the running boy. Roy has spotted him a couple of times, running away from the school bus, with no backpack, no books, and no shoes. Who is he? And why is he running?
2005 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award Nominee; 2003 Newbery Honor Book
Henry and Mudge and the Careful Cousin
Cynthia Rylant
Cousin Annie is coming! Henry and his big dog Mudge can hardly wait. But when Annie arrives, she is all dressed up. She says Henry’s fish tank smells and she does not like dog kisses. How can you have some fun with a cousin like that? Henry and Mudge find a way!
The Golden Compass
Philip Pullman
It was no ordinary life for a young girl: living among scholars in the hallowed halls of Jordan College and tearing through motley streets on mad quests for adventure. Lyra’s greatest adventure began the day she heard hushed talk of an extraordinary magical dust—found only in the vast Arctic expanse of the North—rumored to possess profound properties that could unite whole universes. But there were those who feared the particle and would stop at nothing to destroy it. Catapulted into a terrible struggle, Lyra is forced to seek aid from witches and armored bears. As she journeys into unbelievable danger, she does not have the faintest clue that she alone was destined to win, or to lose, this more-than-mortal battle.
Frindle
Andrew Clements
Nick has plenty of ideas and most have gotten him into trouble at school. But now Nick’s in fifth grade, and it looks like his days as a troublemaker are over. Everyone knows that Mrs. Granger, the language arts teacher, has X-ray vision, and nobody gets away with anything in her classroom. To make matters worse, she’s also a fanatic about the dictionary, which is hopelessly boring to Nick. But when Nick learns an interesting tidbit about words and where they come from, it inspires his greatest plan yet: to invent a word. From now on, a pen is no longer a pen—it’s a frindle. It doesn’t take long for frindle to take root, and soon the excitement spreads well beyond his school and town. His parents and teacher would like Nick to put an end to all this nonsense. But frindle doesn’t belong to Nick anymore. All he can do now is sit back and watch what happens.
1999 Winner of Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award
Chasing Vermeer
Blue Balliett
When seemingly unrelated and strange events start to happen and a precious Vermeer painting disappears, Petra and Calder combine their talents to solve an international art scandal.
Young Cam Jansen and the Missing Cookie
David A. Adler
Cam Jansen can find a mystery anywhere, even in the school lunchroom! When Jason opens his lunch box and finds only cookie crumbs, Cam’s amazing memory clicks into action.