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The ocean calls : a haenyeo mermaid story
by Tina M. Cho
Wanting to follow in the footsteps of her free-diving haenyeo grandmother, a young Korean girl dutifully consumes her grandmother’s strength-building abalone porridge and practices her breath control before suiting up and overcoming fears to make remarkable discoveries. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Saturday
by Oge Mora
A follow-up to the Caldecott Honor-winning Thank You, Omu! finds a specially planned mother-and-daughter Saturday upended by a series of disappointments that end in the daughter comforting her mother by saying that being together was the most important thing. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Field trip to the moon
by John Hare
A whimsically illustrated, wordless debut picture book depicts a class of students on a field trip to the moon who debark from their yellow spaceship bus and explore the moon's trenches, craters and mountains while observing the faraway Earth and befriending visitors from space.
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Mini Rabbit is not lost
by John Bond
Heedlessly dashing out the door when Mother Rabbit runs out of the berries needed to finish making a delicious cake, Mini Rabbit searches far and wide over oceans and mountains before discovering that he has gotten lost. Illustrations.
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I lost my tooth!
by Mo Willems
Friends search for Zoom Squirrel's missing baby tooth. Includes "acorn-y jokes" and "cool facts."
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Maud and Grand-Maud
by Sara O'Leary
Maud's weekends with her grandmother include matching nightgowns, breakfast for supper, old movies, special surprises, and dreams of becoming Grand-Maud herself, one day
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Bear is awake! : an alphabet story
by Hannah E Harrison
An alphabet tale by the award-winning creator of Extraordinary Jane incorporates unusual word associations into the whimsical story of a bear who wakes up in the middle of the winter and forges an unlikely friendship with a little girl. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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Lights on Wonder Rock
by David Litchfield
A girl who wants to go to outer space more than anything believes that her dreams have come true when she befriends a space alien who lands in her backyard and stays for a wonderful visit before offering to take her along. By the award-winning creator of The Bear and the Piano. 35,000 first printing. Illustrations.
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Thesaurus has a secret
by Anya Glazer
A pun-filled debut picture book for dinosaur fans and language enthusiasts follows the adventures of literary dino Thesaurus, who hides his top-secret love of reading from book-eschewing fellow dinosaurs behind a veneer of verbose vocabulary and fanciful fibs. 30,000 first printing. Illustrations.
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Pete the cat : crayons rock!
by Kim Dean
When his friends are less than impressed by the crayon portraits he draws of them, Pete the cat begins doubting his artistic abilities before reconnecting with his unfailingly creative, groovy spirit and the realization that there are no mistakes in art. 250,000 first printing. Illustrations.
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All the Greys on Greene Street
by Laura Tucker
When her father goes missing leaving behind a cryptic note and everyone around her begins acting strange, twelve-year-old Olympia knows she must find her dad in order to figure out what is going on
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Itch
by Polly Farquhar
Beginning the sixth grade in the wake of a tornado and his mother’s extended business trip, Itch navigates painful disadvantages through school friendships that are tested by a scary incident involving a swapped lunch. A first novel. Simultaneous eBook.
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The bone sparrow
by Zana Fraillon
"Subhi's contained world as a refugee in an Australian permanent detention center rapidly expands when Jimmie arrives on the other side of the fence and asks him to read her late mother's stories to her"
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Isaiah Dunn is my hero
by Kelly J. Baptist
Referring to his late father’s journal for advice on how to be the man of the house, young Isaiah taps the support and ideas of two school friends who help him navigate rules and manage without superpowers. By the award-winning author of Young. Simultaneous eBook.
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The boy, the wolf, and the stars
by Shivaun Plozza
Discovering when his guardian is attacked by a giant wolf that the mythological tales of his childhood are true, 12-year-old Bo, his pet fox and a magical girl named Selene embark on a quest to prevent an evil Shadow Witch from removing the world’s good magic. 30,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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The thirteenth fairy : The Thirteenth Fairy
by Melissa De la Cruz
The best-selling author of the Disney’s Descendants adventures presents a debut entry in a fairy tale-inspired series that finds a bullied teen summoned by a character from her favorite books into a magical world that is being threatened by an evil queen. 100,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.
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The stray and the strangers
by Steven Heighton
"Based on a true story, a stray dog befriends an orphan boy in a refugee camp on a Greek island"
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Stick with me
by Jennifer Blecher
An artist who has been ditched by her popularity-minded friends and a talented ice skater whose ambitions have been disappointingly sidelined become unlikely friends over the course of an unusual week marked by mean girls and personal discoveries. 35,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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