October Book Choices

OUR FAVORITE DAY OF THE WEEK by Ashley Franklin and Rahele Jomepour is a fun book for kids to read! Young kids will enjoy the story and characters.

In the follow-up to the bestselling and beloved Our Favorite Day of the Year, Musa and his friends return to share their favorite days of the week and why each day is special to them.

The heartwarming lesson of this story is that every day can be special to someone and the reasons why we find a day special can be personal and meaningful, which offers an alternative, positive perspective to how days of the week are often talked about in popular culture (like Monday having negative connotations).

Like the first book, Our Favorite Day of the Week is set at school and features the conversations classmates have with each other, making it the perfect book for back-to-school reading.

Welcome to Broadway by Carolyn Sloan (On Sale 9/15/26; $29.99)! The newest addition to the widely successfulWelcome to Music! series, Welcome to Broadwayis an interactive picture book about the history of musicals, complete with 12 sound buttons that play iconic show tunes, sung by real Broadway stars! 

Follow three adorable pigeons as they explore New York City’s famous theater district and learn about musical theater while listening to classic songs sung by Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning performers, such as “For Good,” from Wicked (sung by Alyssa Fox and Janine LaManna), “Mama Will Provide” fromOnce on This Island (sung by Lilias White), “Tomorrow” fromAnnie(sung by Avery Hope), and many more. 

Readers ages 4 and up will embark on a dazzling adventure through Arief Putra’s lively illustrations, learning all the sensational elements of a Broadway show, from patter songs and ballads to costumes and choreography. 

This interactive book features seven of the best of today’s K-Pop girl groups. Can you help K-Pop Demon Hunters’ HUNTR/X battle the demons through a Golden maze? Or prove you’re the ultimate Blackpink stan with a pretty savage crossword? Test your loyalty with a TWICE Bias bingo? Decode LE SSERAFIM song titles? Explore the 32 pages of activities, then decorate your life with 16 sheets of full color stickers featuring song references and music video iconography. 

This unique fanbook is filled with puzzles, games, stickers, and symbols from hit songs, albums, and band lore. This book is recommended for ages 7 and up.

Puzzle-a-Story: Pizza Night by Margot Nicoletta, illustrated by Marta Alvarez Miguens. This unique book has built-in, reversible puzzle pieces that readers collect throughout the book, then fit together to create a pizza pie on the final page! 

It’s pizza night! Gather all the ingredients and learn how to make a pizza from scratch with Grandma. Toss the dough, simmer the sauce, and spread the cheese. Collect the 4 ingredient puzzle pieces, flip them over to “bake,” and put them together to assemble your delicious feast! Little ones will love this fun book!

 NIGHT OF MADNESS by New York Times bestselling author Ryan Douglass is perfect for the Halloween season!

Mara is a horror buff whose only fond memories of her dad are bonding over movies by Jack Stanley—the producer of the eighties. Stanley’s campy slasher movies may have kept Mara’s fraught parental relationship on life support and gained a cult following, but the man himself has faded from the public eye…until he announces a contest centered around Asylum, his most terrifying film. Five teen influencers will be invited to spend the night on the fully constructed set; whoever sticks it out until morning wins a hundred thousand dollars.

Stuck in a dead-end job, Mara seriously needs that cash. She may not be a famous influencer, but there has to be a way to manufacture an online presence that will capture Stanley’s attention. With the help of her brother and best friend, Mara finds some creative solutions to her dilemma and lands herself onto the roster of the lucky chosen few by way of her engaging authenticity.

When Mara and the other contestants arrive on set, it’s a horror fan’s dream being immersed in the asylum setting, but as the night wears on, they realize the danger is more than movie magic… They’re not there to win or lose but to live or die. As Mara fights to survive, she discovers an inner ruthlessness she didn’t know she had. Just how far will she go to see the sunrise—and will she still recognize herself by the end?

For the first printing only! This hardcover features sprayed stenciled edges while the special edition supply lasts.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ryan Douglassis the author of young adult horror novel The Taking of Jake Livingston, a New York Times bestseller and an ALA Rainbow Book List Pick; The Great Disillusionment of Nick and Jay, a reimagining of The Great Gatsby set in 1920s Harlem; and Night of Madness, a collaboration with the company behind Clown in a Cornfield. His work explores the ways young people fight to survive in hostile worlds. He lives in Atlanta with his dog and spends his free time baking ambitious desserts and scoping out true crime documentaries.

Self Disclosure: I received free copies of the above books. Cover images were also provided.