Monday, February 23, 2026

Collection Development Corner

Submitted by Alexa Martin, Molly Moore, and Kim Tomblin

Hello from your Collection Development team! We are excited to bring you a monthly check-in of what’s going on in Materials! Every month, we’ll share some of our favorite recent titles, trending genres, author read-a-likes or news and updates. 


Alexa:

TRENDING TITLES: NEW & UPCOMING EASY GRAPHIC NOVELS

Publisher Description: “A space adventure comic for younger readers that you read, then flip and finish upside down (in anti-gravity).” 
Super cute and colorful illustrations; contains look and find activity pages
First book in a new series with very simple vocabulary


TRENDING TITLES: NEW & UPCOMING JUVENILE GRAPHIC NOVELS

It’s finally here! Tra-la-laaa!
First book in a new series. Great read-alike for Wings of Fire and Warriors
First book in a new series. Great read-alike for Paws and Baby-Sitters Club


Molly:

TIME TRAVEL FOR TEENS

Carter is turning 16 on his birthday…again. Mix the movies Groundhog Day and 50 First Dates and you have this book about a teen boy caught in an endless time loop living his 16th year over and over and over…
On a train ride to boarding school, Margo’s train passes through a portal into a new realm and she is now joined on the train by Moon, a time-traveling salesman. They have to work together to get her home, out of this new world on the brink of war.
High school senior Emma makes a wish for love at a festival, and suddenly she receives correspondence from someone claiming to be her true love from the future.

TIME TRAVEL FOR ADULTS

Identical murder victims are found, unveiling a whole scheme of billionaires hoarding time machines and cloning themselves. 
While filming a Jane Austen adaptation, an electrical accident on set sends two actors back to 1815.
If you’re having Stranger Things withdrawal, this title will transport you back to the eighties with a crime-solving teen trying to change his family’s fate.

Kim:

TRENDING TITLES: NEW AND UPCOMING COOKBOOKS

COZY COMFORT FOOD

FOOD TRADITIONS 



 







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