Here we round up new and forthcoming children’s titles, including a dystopian YA novel, a picture book about childhood milestones, and a story about a turtle adrift in space.

Munmun by Jesse Andrews. Amulet, $18.99; ISBN 978-1-4197-2871-6. In Yewess, an alternate America where money (called munmun) dictates one’s physical size, 14-year-old Warner, his older sister Prayer, and their disabled mother (all rat-size “littlepoors”) are barely surviving. The book earned a starred review from PW.

Sometimes You Fly by Katherine Applegate, illus. by Jennifer Black Reinhardt. Clarion, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-547-63390-9. With a cast that ranges across the span of childhood, this picture book seems destined to be given as a gift at milestone moments.

The Town of Turtle by Michelle Cuevas, illus. by Cátia Chien. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-544-74982-5. In this picture book, Turtle lives on his own planet in the middle of a lonely galaxy.

In a Small Kingdom by Tomie dePaola, illus. by Doug Salati. Simon & Schuster, $17.99; ISBN 978-1-4814-9800-5. Debut illustrator Salati, a Sendak fellow, illuminates a story from a master, about a young prince finding his place. The book earned a starred review from PW.

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-06-257060-4. In this alternate-history horror tale, shortly after Jane McKeene was born, the dead rose and attacked the living, effectively ending the Civil War. The YA novel earned a starred review from PW.

The Funeral by Matt James. Groundwood (PGW, dist.), $18.95; ISBN 978-1-55498-908-9. In his first outing as author, Canadian artist James (When the Moon Comes) examines the way the funeral of a distant relative feels to a child. The picture book earned a starred review from PW.

Peasprout Chen, Future Legend of Skate and Sword by Henry Lien. Holt, $16.99; ISBN 978-1-250-16569-5. In this auspicious series opener set in an Asian-inspired fantasy world, a young woman pursues her dream of mastering wu liu, which combines figure skating and martial arts. The book earned a starred review from PW.

Tom’s Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce, adapted and illus. by Edith. Greenwillow, $22.99; ISBN 978-0-06-269657-1. In this graphic-novel adaptation of Pearce’s Carnegie Medal-winner, Edith evokes the original book’s sense of wonder and discovery in a fresh format. The book earned a starred review from PW.

This Story Is for You by Greg Pizzoli. Disney-Hyperion, $16.99; ISBN 978-1-4847-5030-8. Pizzoli’s picture book ode to friendship stars a light-skinned boy and a dark-skinned girl with the same wide eyes, button noses, and big smiles.

Don’t Blink! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal, illus. by David Roberts. Random House, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-385-39187-0. Bedtime-delayers are offered a simple deal in this clever interactive book by the late Rosenthal: “If you can avoid getting to the end of this book, you can avoid bedtime.”

Mommy’s Khimar by Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, illus. by Ebony Glenn. Salaam Reads, $17.99; ISBN 978-1-5344-0059-7. Mommy, an African-American Muslim woman, has a closet full of the beautiful flowing headscarves called khimars, which her daughter explores in this picture book. The book earned a starred review from PW.

People Don't Bite People by Lisa Wheeler, illus. by Molly Idle. Atheneum, $17.99; ISBN 978-1-4814-9082-5. In a combination of listicle, admonishment, and pep talk, the well-matched Wheeler (Babies Can Sleep Anywhere) and Idle (the Flora books) remind children that they are too long in the tooth, so to speak, to be chomping on others. The book earned a starred review from PW.

I Got It! by David Wiesner. Clarion, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-544-30902-9. Three-time Caldecott Medalist Wiesner looks at the interior anxieties of a boy playing baseball with a new crowd of kids. The book earned a starred review from PW.

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