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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 Releases: January through April, 2023

1/25/2023

New & forthcoming client releases for all ages, arranged in roughly age-appropriate order. For more information on any of these titles, or to buy them from Bookshop.Org, click on the book jacket images below! :-) Happy reading!

PB: ONCE UPON A BOOK, by Grace Lin & Kate Messner
Little Brown, 2/7/23

ER: TACOS TODAY
by Raúl the Third, colors by Elaine Bay
Versify, 3/28/23

MG: TO CATCH A THIEF by Martha Brockenbrough
Scholastic, 4/4/23

PB: THE NOTE WHO FACED THE MUSIC, by Lindsay Bonilla, illus Mark Hoffmann
Page St, 3/14/23

NF: THE WORLD THAT FEEDS US by Nancy Castaldo,
illus Ginnie Hsu
Quarto, 4/11/23

MG: WILD BIRD
by Diane Zahler
Roaring Brook, 3/21/23

PB: HOMELAND: My Father Dreams of Palestine by Hannah Moushabeck, illus Reem Madooh
Chronicle, 3/28/23

MG: THE WIN-OVER
by Jennifer Torres
Scholastic, 2/7/23

YA: I'LL TAKE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE by James Klise
Algonquin, 2/28/23

New Releases: October / November / December 2022

10/4/2022

New & forthcoming client releases for all ages, arranged in roughly age-appropriate order. For more information on any of these titles, or to buy them from Bookshop.Org, click on the book jacket images below! :-) Happy reading!

PB: WALTER HAD A BEST FRIEND
by Deborah Underwood,
illus Sergio Ruzzier
S&S, 10/18/22

PB Bio: ONLY THE BEST
by Kate Messner & Margaret Powell, illus Erin K Robinson
Chronicle, 10/18/22

Chapter Book:
CATALINA INCOGNITO #4 - SKATEBOARD STAR!
by Jennifer Torres
S&S, 11/22/22

PB: NO SNOWBALL!
by Isabella Kung
Scholastic, 11/1/22

Nonfiction GN:
BIG IDEAS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD: WE THE PEOPLE!
by Don Brown
Abrams, 10/4/22

MG: FIGHT BACK!
(US edition)
by A. M. Dassu
Lee & Low, 10/11/22

PB: BLURP'S BOOK OF MANNERS
by Cindy Derby
Roaring Brook, 12/6/22

MG Nonfiction:
BUILDINGS THAT BREATHE
by Nancy Castaldo
21st Century Books, 11/1/22

YA: SOME KIND OF HATE
by Sarah Darer Littman
Scholastic, 11/1/22