Here we round up new and forthcoming children’s titles including a picture book about a rabbit’s peaceful habit, a middle grade novel about grappling with a loved one’s tenuous memory, a middle grade novel about a tween trying to hide her identity, and more.
Bunny Made Tea by Amanda Baehr Fuller. Owlkids, $18.95; ISBN 978-1-77147-681-2. Bunny plans a cup of tea with a friend and learns to adjust when more guests appear.
Cassi and the House of Memories by Dean Stuart. Viking, $24.99; ISBN 978-0-5933-5112-3; $14.99 paper ISBN 978-0-593-35113-0. A child enters the mind of their ailing grandfather and learns how he grapples with losing memories and sharing his stories with others. The middle grade book received a starred review from PW.
The Enemy's Daughter by Anne Blankman. Viking, $18.99; ISBN 978-0-59362-304-6. German tween Marta adopts different personalities to hide her identity as she journeys from the Irish fishing boat that rescues her to the English city of York.
The Girl You Know by Elle Gonzalez Rose. Bloomsbury, $19.99; ISBN 978-1-5476-1603-9. After the police declare high school senior Solina Flores’s death an accident, her identical twin sister Luna resolves to prove it was murder by finding the killer.
Good Golden Sun by Brendan Wenzel. Little, Brown, $19.99; ISBN 978-0-316-51263-3. Caldecott Honoree Wenzel’s saturated collage and mixed-media spreads trace the sun as it travels across Earth’s sky, while wide-eyed creatures ponder its light and warmth.
Halfway to Somewhere by Jose Pimienta. Random House Graphic, $21.99; ISBN 978-0-5935-6945-0; $13.99 paper ISBN 978-0-593-56942-9. Pimienta explores themes of identity, belonging, and the complexities of compulsory assimilation via Ave, a Mexican youth struggling to adjust after moving from Mexicali to Kansas.
How Do I Wonder? by Gianna Davy, illus. by Brenda Rodriguez. Collective Book Studio, $19.95; ISBN 978-1-68555-051-6. Davy and Rodriguez spotlight wonder with this rhyming picture book about the power of contemplation.
Oasis by Guojing. Godwin, $21.99; ISBN 978-1-250-81837-9; $14.99 paper ISBN 978-1-250-81838-6. Siblings JieJie and DiDi encounter a robot and activate its Mother mode, hoping it will help them navigate their parent’s sudden absence until her planned return for the annual moon festival. The middle grade book received a starred review from PW.
Rebel Witch by Kristen Ciccarelli. Wednesday, $20; ISBN 978-1-250-86692-9. In the closer of the Crimson Moth duology, after Gideon’s betrayal, Rune allies herself with a ruthless enemy, but she will need Gideon’s help to ensure the survival of their world.
Unhallowed Halls by Lili Wilkinson. Delacorte, $19.99; ISBN 978-0-593-81098-9; $12.99 paper ISBN 978-0-593-81101-6. Teenage Page Whittaker questions if her admittance to prestigious Agathion College is truly based on merit when her peers suddenly begin dying. The YA book received a starred review from PW.
The Urban Owls: How Flaco and Friends Made the City Their Home by Christian Cooper, illus. by Kristen Adam. Little, Brown, $18.99; ISBN 978-0-316-58357-2. Making his picture book debut, Cooper catalogs a handful of wild owls that have taken up residence in New York City, starting with Flaco, the famous Eurasian eagle-owl that escaped from the Central Park Zoo.
Worm Makes a Sandwich by Brianne Farley. Putnam, $18.99; ISBN 978-0-5936-9780-1. The slithery pink narrator of this slyly instructive gardening tale has one goal: to make a sandwich all on their own.
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