GPLD 2025/2026 Winter Favorites: Chapter Books/Graphic Novels

What would be your mermaid magic? From the creators of the New York Times bestselling Unicorn Academy series comes an all new underwater adventure, where every mermaid bonds with a dolphin and finds their mermaid magic! Can Amber master her magic in time to help save her dolphin, Flash, from a terrible spell? Amber is so excited to be at Mermaid Academy and to become a guardian of the oceans with her dolphin, Flash. When a school trip takes them close...

While searching for the missing water stone of Ravenwood, Dak, Fenn, and the magical llama Lucy encounter an angry kraken who is on a mission of her own.

Anne of Green Gables meets How to Train Your Dragon in Kindred Dragons, a middle-grade graphic novel about a brave young girl and the dragon whose life depends on her Alice has been unhappy ever since her parents sent her to Prince Edward Island to live with her strict grandmother. Alice is fanciful, prone to telling tall tales, and absolutely obsessed with dragons! Fairies deliver dragon eggs to a select few, known as Kindreds, but no egg has ever...

In order to stop the endless winter and cure her mother's sadness, ten-year-old Blessing helps a six-hundred-year-old snowman find his long-lost love. Article II of the Snowman Code: A snowman always helps a child in need. It's March, but the ground is still covered in snow, the lake in the park is still frozen over, and ten-and-a-half-year-old Blessing has three. Problem #1: Blessing hasn't gone to school in months. She just can't stand those bullies,...

Rica and Laini can't imagine what's inside the mysterious box sent from anything-but-ordinary Uncle Moose. Or can they? Lively creativity and humor shine in Rica's latest adventure. Rica and her best friend Laini are bubbling over with curiosity. A mystery box has appeared on Rica's doorstep, and nobody will open it! Momma says they must wait for Uncle Moose, who mailed the box to himself. But he's on vacation in Cape Verde and won't be home for days....

"When Ratnip befriends Diana, a pet guinea pig, he is very impressed by her luxurious life in an apartment building, but Diana is bored and itching for adventure--something Ratnip knows a thing or two about.

Theo Chang, a third grader in Mrs. Z's class, must prove to his feisty new cat Trainwhistle that he is a friend and not a foe before his family gives up and returns the misunderstood pet to the shelter.

Go undercover and crack the case in Agent Cupcake, perfect for fans of Mac B. Kid Spy and Spy School! Twelve-year-old Miguel Mangayayam has always loved one thing: mystical beasts. So he's thrilled when he's hired by the Mystical Beasts Bureau (MBB) to be their first ever human spy where he'll use his encyclopedic knowledge of hippogriffs, mermaids, dragons, and more to solve the latest cases. Even better? He's partnered with the supercool unicorn...

Spunky first grader Jo Jo Makoons knows a lot about bravery and boldness. Her cat, Mimi, is very brave when she tries new foods, and Teacher is very bold when he wears his ugly ties to school. When Jo Jo is invited to her first friend sleepover, it's her turn to be courageous! Only she's not quite sure how. Especially when scary puppets and dolls hide around every corner... Full of spooky fun and after-school mischief, the latest book in the Jo Jo...