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New Client Books - April/May 2025

3/31/2025

Click the book covers below for more details, or to order or pre-order from Bookshop.Org!

Picture Books:

PB: OLD BLUE IS MY HOME
by Lita Judge
Abrams - 4/8/25

PB: WHEETLE
by Cindy Derby
Roaring Brook - 4/22/25

PB: SHARK AT SISTER TEA
by Barbara Joose
illus by Sergio Ruzzier
PRH/Schwartz - 5/20/25

PB NF: A GIFT OF DUST
by Martha Brockenbrough &
Juana Martinez-Neal
PRH/Knopf - 5/27/25

Middle Grade:

MG NF: RIVERKEEPER
by Nancy Castaldo
Holiday House - 4/22/25

MG: THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES
by Kate Messner
Bloomsbury - 4/29/25

MG - THE GARDEN JUST BEYOND
by Lindsey Leavitt
Macmillan/Holt - 5/20/25

MG - SOMEONE'S GONNA END UP CRYING
by Jo Knowles
Candlewick - 5/27/25

New Client Books January through March 2025

1/14/2025

I'm delighted to share some new client books for early 2025. Click on the book jackets for more information! These titles will be available on or after their publication dates, wherever fine books are sold. xx JL

Board Books and Picture Books

PB: BIANCA AND THE BUTTERFLY by Sergio Ruzzier
HarperCollins - 1/14/25

NF PB: WHALES IN THE CITY by Nancy Castaldo
FSG - 3/18/25

NF PB: THE CRANE AND THE KEEPER
illus by Gillian Eilidh O'Mara
Candlewick - 1/28/25

PB: GIRLS BELONG IN SPACE
illus by Gillian Eilidh O'Mara
HarperKids - 3/18/25

BB: MY MOTHER/ MI MADRE
by Raúl the Third
Versify - 3/4/25

Chapter Books, Middle Grade and Graphic Novels

MG NF GN: BIG IDEAS - IT'S ABOUT TIME
by Don Brown
Abrams - 1/21/25

MG NF: HISTORY SMASHERS - EARTH DAY & THE ENVIRONMENT
by Kate Messner
RHBYR - 3/11/25

MG GN: THE SNIPS: A BAD BUZZ DAY
by Raúl the Third
Little Brown - 1/28/25

MG - JULES, PENNY & THE ROOSTER
by Daniel Pinkwater
Tachyon - 3/11/25

CH: RACHEL FRIEDMAN IS NOT THE QUEEN
by Sarah Kapit
Holt - 2/11/24

New Client Books for Summer 2024

6/7/2024

For more info about any of these titles, or to buy a copy of your own, click the book jackets!

PB: THE NIGHT WHALE (UK)
by Bryher MacKenzie,
illus Gillian Eilidh O'Mara
Walker Books 6/6/24

CH: RACHEL FRIEDMAN BREAKS THE RULES by Sarah Kapit
Holt, 6/18/24

MG: NINA & THE MYSTERIOUS MAILBOX by Marti Dumas
Rebel Girls, 8/13/24

MG: VEGA'S PIECE OF THE SKY
by Jennifer Torres
Little Brown, 6/11/24

PB: VAMOS, LET'S CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN & DIA DE LOS MUERTOS by Raul the Third
Versify, 7/16/24

PB: OVER & UNDER THE WETLAND by Kate Messner &
Christopher Silas Neal
Chronicle, 8/13/24

PB NF: THE NEXT SCIENTIST
by Kate Messner & Julia Kuo
Chronicle, 8/27/24

ER: FISH AND CLAM
by Sergio Ruzzier
HarperAlley, 6/11/24

MG NF: HISTORY SMASHERS, SALEM WITCH TRIALS
by Kate Messner
RHBYR, 8/13/24

YA: MY SALTY MARY
by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton & Jodi Meadows
HarperTeen, 8/20/24

New Client Books: Spring 2024

3/19/2024

For more info about any of these books, or to purchase or pre-order from Bookshop.Org, please click the book covers!

YA NF: FUTURE TENSE
by Martha Brockenbrough
3/19/24 - Macmillan

Chapter Book: THE KIDS IN MRS Z'S CLASS Book 1: EMMA McKENNA, FULL OUT
by Kate Messner
4/30/24 - Algonquin Young Readers

Early Reader: FERGUS & ZEKE & THE GREAT FARM FIELD TRIP
by Kate Messner & Heather Ross
4/9/24 - Candlewick

Young GN: MATZAH MAN TO THE RESCUE
by Eric A. Kimmel & Charlie Fowkes
3/12/24 - Apples & Honey

YA GN: THE WORST RONIN
by Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Faith Shaffer
HarperAlley - 5/21/24

Chapter Book: SHIVER-BY-THE-SEA book 3: CREATURE FROM THE GLOOPY GREEN POOL
by Erin Dionne
5/28/24 - Pixel + Ink

PB: SIGNS OF HOPE
by Mara Rockliff & Melissa Sweet
4/16/24 - Abrams

PB: CAN YOU FIND MY EID PRESENTS
by A.M. Dassu
Scholastic UK - 3/14/24