Here we round up new and forthcoming children’s titles including a picture book in India, a middle grade novel following a Jewish family in Spain, a WWII story set in England, and more.
Desert Girl, Monsoon Boy by Tara Dairman, illus. by Archana Sreenivasan. Putnam, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-525-51806-8. Beginning with “White sand./ Green field,” side-by-side spreads and horizontally split pages compare the lives of two children in northwest India—one from Gujarat, one from Rajasthan. The picture book earned a starred review from PW.
A Ceiling Made of Eggshells by Gail Carson Levine. Quill Tree, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-06-287819-9. This sweeping historical novel follows the plight of a Jewish family in Spain during the late 15th century. The book earned a starred review from PW.
War Is Over by David Almond, illus. by David Litchfield. Candlewick, $16.99; ISBN 978-1-5362-0986-0. Taut and teeming with emotion, Almond’s historical novel is an affecting portrait of an English boy’s perspective on a seemingly endless, unfathomable war.
That’s My Carrot by Il Sung Na. Knopf, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-399-55158-1. Two rabbits—a yellow scientist and a purple musician—are superconfident carrot cultivators.
Natsumi’s Song of Summer by Robert Paul Weston, illus. by Misa Saburi. Tundra, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-7352-6541-7. In this picture book, Natsumi’s cross-cultural friendship with Jill centers on a shared love of natural life and models openness to new experiences.
For more children’s and YA titles on sale throughout the month of May, check out PW’s full On-Sale Calendar.
