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Stack Overflow: 5 Books for July

Here are some lovely releases to pique your interest. Let's start with nonfiction books: Diggers, Dozers, and Dumpers by Ole Könnecke (Author), Melody Shaw (Translator) I thought I knew the name and how most of the machines around me worked, but I was very much mistaken! Turns out that there are not only diggers and excavators around us, but lots of heavy construction vehicles used for a wide array of purposes, such as wheel loaders, telescopic cranes, and tree harvesters! All this heavy machinery is operated by friendly-looking animals, making it a unique combination. Diggers, Dozers, and Dumpers is on sale since May 06, 2025. Publisher: Gecko Press Pages: 32/ Hardback EAN/UPC: 9798765667552 Up next, some talking rocks and minerals: Talking Rocks and Minerals: Fact-Packed Guide to Geology Paige Towler (Author), Matthew Carlson (Illustrated by) If you put a cute kawaii face on a Pebble and a microphone, you can send him reporting! Pebble the Rock Reporter interviews rocks and minerals on the fundamentals of geology. Some rocks come from deep into the Earth's crust, like volcanic rocks, some are made with organic materials (limestone), and some come from different amalgamations. Some rocks have strange properties, and others are beautiful to look at, and each has a story to tell. This is a fun take on how different rocks and gemstones form from minerals, filled with facts and puns, and, although not as complete as Animated Science: Rocks & Minerals, it is a good place to start! Talking Rocks and Minerals: Fact-Packed Guide to Geology is on sale since July 1st, 2025. Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap Pages: 32 ISBN: 9780593890950 Up next, a dragon: Diego Fuego the Firefighting Dragon by Allison Rozo (Author), Rafael Rozo (Author), Vanessa Morales (Illustrated by) Diego Fuego was born amidst a loving family of fire-breathing dragons in Tierra del Fuego (Land of Fire) in South America's Patagonia. His family loves him very much and wants him to join the fun of breathing fire, but Diego can't! He has allergies and sneezes, and finally, the cold becomes ice flurries, not fire at all. However, even a dragon that cannot spout fire has its uses when it fights dangerous fires that need to be put out! Finding what you are good at, despite family tradition, is always a good message. Diego Fuego the Firefighting Dragon is on sale since July 22, 2025. Published by Penguin Workshop Hardback | Pages: 32 ISBN: 9780593750322 Now, let's check out a spooky book for the ones that miss Halloween in July: We Are Already Haunting Here! Gideon Sterer (Author), Charlie Mylie (Illustrated by) A little ghost has recently arrived in a haunted city in a haunted world, and he is looking for a spot where he to haunt and call his own. Of course, this is never easy. Every place he tries is already haunted by someone else. After several trials, he does find it! It may be small and dusty and creaky, but it is his to haunt. A perfect place! But then, he hears a knock at the door. It's another little ghost, looking for a place. Will he scare the other ghost away or make room for a new friend? I felt this was a migrant story, but that could mean only that different people will find different meanings in a good book. We Are Already Haunting Here! is on sale since July 15, 2025. Published by Union Square Kids Hardback | Pages: 40 ISBN: 9781454960478 Finally, a middle-grade novel about hacking street cameras: Snoop by Gordon Korman (Author) The premise for this novel is pretty interesting. A kid with divorced parents breaks both legs at a ski resort and is now stuck at home, alone with his smartphone and computer. Carter quickly realizes that being alone is pretty boring and that things are carrying on at school without him, that is until he finds out the live feed the police camas around town. Now he is obsessed, checking out his classmates and discovering strange things that no one else is noticing. Now the scary part is that some people find out they are being watched, and now know Carter's address. What will happen to this naïve boy stuck on a wheelchair? Snoop is on sale since July 1st, 2025. Published by Scholastic Press Hardback | Pages: 208 ISBN: 9781546126089 Liked it? Take a second to support GeekDad and GeekMom on Patreon!