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• Baby-sitters Little Sister. Volume 8, Karen's Sleepover

  Farina, Katy

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  Karen's first slumber party gets off to a rocky start when she gets into a fight with one of her best friends. Baby-Sitters Little Sister is a guaranteed kid favorite, topping the charts at Simmons.

• Roblox

  Top Battle Games

  Wiltshire, Alex

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  Kids got the edge on other Roblox players by reading about popular minigames on the platform.

• Wings of Fire

  the Graphic Novel. Book 2, The Lost Heir

  Sutherland, Tui, 1978-

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  Wings of Fire is mega-popular across formats, but the graphic novels added a colorful edge for Simmons readers.

• 8 Little Planets

  Ferrie, Chris,

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  Simmons babies learned the planets of the solar system with this adorable board book.

• Pigs Make Me Sneeze!

  An Elephant & Piggie Book

  Willems, Mo,

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  Elephant & Piggie were super popular at Simmons this year! No surprise - they're awesome. This one is especially funny.

• Wonder Woman. Three Big Bullies!

  Webster, Christy

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  Early readers at Simmons enjoyed watching Wonder Woman fight crime in this fun book.

• Minecraft Master Builder. Mega Metropolis

  Rooney, Anne,

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  Ready to build the biggest Minecraft city you've ever seen? Simmons readers were!

• Make Tracks. Building Site

  Dyrander, Johnny,

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  Simmons families enjoyed this interactive board book, which encourages kids to trace vehicle paths and move pieces throughout the book.

• Spider-Man. Across the Spider-Verse

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  The second animated Spider-Man movie is as good as the first one, and it found plenty of fans.

• Unicorns Are Real!

  Hatam, Holly,

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  Are you sensing a theme throughout these top 20 lists? Unicorns always pop up!

• InvestiGators. Braver and Boulder

  Green, John Patrick, 1975-

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  Everyone loves the InvestiGators, Simmons kids included - they ate up this volume about fad toys that might just be a mafia front. If you squint, you might be reminded of Labubus.

• Diary of a Wimpy Kid

  Hot Mess #19

  Kinney, Jeff,

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  Greg Heffley's disastrous summer break was a hilarious read for Simmons kids this year!

• LEGO Star Wars. Chronicles of the Force

  Bray, Adam,

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  Kids who love LEGO and Star Wars tracked the sets and minifigures available with this cool encyclopedia.

• The Amazing Book of Marvel Spider-Man

  Grange, Emma,

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  Spider-Man was popular in print as well as on the screen - patrons loved checking out this kid-oriented character encyclopedia.

• Sunny Side Up

  Holm, Jennifer L.

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  Make a great graphic novel, and kids will read about everything, including life in the 1970s - as evidenced by the way Simmons kids embraced Sunny Side Up this year.

• There's a Fly Guy in My Soup

  Arnold, Tedd

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  Fly Guy is a beloved staple of early elementary book collections, and he found plenty of love at Simmons.

• Fox in Socks

  Seuss, Dr

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  A learning-to-read classic, Fox in Socks did numbers with Simmons families looking for rhythm and rhyme for their read-alouds.

• Disney Frozen Storybook Collection

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  Families celebrated two of Disney's most popular princesses with this book of Elsa and Anna stories.

• Captain Underpants and the Terrifying Return of Tippy Tinkletrousers. The Ninth Epic Novel

  Pilkey, Dav, 1966-

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  Full of laffs - in full color! - Captain Underpants is the series that kids love and grownups love to hate. He really did score bigger than Dog Man at Simmons this year.

• Guts #3

  Telgemeier, Raina

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  Simmons readers gravitated towards Raina Telgemeier's memories of being so anxious it made her sick.