December Childlit Book Releases

I've been seeing more book buzz on Facebook and Twitter, but it's for the next few months. That suggests we can expect more books coming out in the future.

Dec. 1 The Smartest Kid in the Universe, Chris Grabenstein, Random House/Penguin Random House

 

 

 

Dec. 1 Never After: The Thirteenth Fairy, Melissa de la Cruz, Roaring Brook Press/Macmillan

 

 

 

 

 

Dec. 8 Interrupting Cow and the Chicken Crossing the Road , Jane Yolen, Joelle Dreidemy illustrator,
Simon & Schuster/Simon Pulse 

 

 

 

 

Dec. 8 John Lennon (Little People Big Dreams), Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, Octavia Bromwell illustrator, Quarto

 

 

 

 

 

Dec. 15 Mighty Justice (Young Readers' Edition): The Untold Story of Civil Rights Trailblazer Dovey Johnson Roundtree, Dovey Johnson Roundtree, Katie McCabe, adapted by Jabari Asim, Macmillan/Roaring Brook Press 

November Childlit Book Releases

As I've said before, I collect my monthly pandemic book release material from social media. This month, I've seen a lot fewer books being discussed. I usually have to do two posts because I collect so much material. Back when I did the Connecticut Children's Lit Calendar, November and December were very quiet months for author appearances. So these may be months when far fewer books are published. Though you'd think new books would sell well during the December holidays, and, therefore, that would be a desirable publishing time. I know fall is when "big" books are published. Winter must not be for anyone.

Nov. 1 Life in a Frozen World, Mary Batten, Thomas Gonzalez illustrator, Peachtree 

 

 

 

 

Nov. 3 Stick With Me, Jennifer Blecher, Greenwillow/Harper Collins

 

 

 

 

 

Nov. 3 Serena Says, Tanita S. Davis, Katherine Tegen Books/Harper Collins

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nov. 3 The Mouse Watch, J.J. Gilbert, Disney-Hyperion 

 

 

 

 

 

Nov. 3 Minecraft: The Shipwreck, C.B. Lee, Del Rey/Penguin Random House 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nov. 8 Friends and Anemones: Ocean Poems, Kristen Wixted and Heather Kelly editors, Robert Thibeault designer, Writers' Loft

 

 

 

 

 

Nov. 10 Accidental Archaeologists, Sarah Albee, Nathan Hackett illustrator, Scholastic  

 

 

 

 

 

Nov. 10 Anya and the Nightingale, Sofiya Pasternak, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

 

 

 

 

 

Nov. 10 The Efficient, Inventive (Often Annoying) Melvil Dewey, Alexis O'Neill, Edwin Fotheringham illustrator, Calkins Creek/Penguin Random House

 

 

 

 

Nov. 10 Ra the Mighty: The Crocodile Caper, A. B. Greenfield, Sarah Horne illustrator, Holiday House/Penguin Random House

 

 

 

 

 

Nov. 10 Love and Olives, Jenna Welch Evans, Simon & Schuster

 

 

 

 

 

Nov. 10 Don't Judge Me, Lisa Schroeder, Scholastic 

 

 

 

 

 

Nov. 10 Friend Me, Sheila M. Averbuch, Scholastic

More October Childlit Book Releases

Well, plenty of stuff is continuing to be published during the pandemic. Of course, these were already in the "pipeline," as they say. It will be interesting to see what's happening next year.

Check out my first October pandemic post. 

Oct. 13 Who Gives a Poop? Heather L. Montgomery, Iris Gottlieb illustrator, Bloomsbury

 

 

 

 

 

Oct. 13 The Animals Would Not Sleep, Sara Levine, Marta Alvarez Miguens illustrator, Charlesbridge/Penguin Random House

 

 

 

 

 

Oct. 13 Sky Gazing, Meg Thacher, Storey

 

 

 

 

 

 Oct. 13 All Thirteen, Christina Soontornvat, Candlewick/Penguin Random House

 

 

 

 

Oct. 13 Chowder Rules, Anna Crowley Redding, Vita Lane illustrator, Islandport Press  

 

 

 

 

 

 Oct. 13 The Popper Penguin Rescue, Eliot Schrefer, Little, Brown  

 

 

 

 

 

Oct. 13 Yara's Spring, Jamal Saeed and Sharon E. McKay, Annick Press

 

 

 

 

 

Oct. 13, The Fallen Hero, Katie Zhao, Bloomsbury

 

 

 

 

 

Oct. 13, Blood and Germs, Gail Jarrow, Calkins Creek/Penguin Random House

 

 

 

 

 

Oct. 13 Latkes for Santa Claus, Janie Emaus, Bryan Langdo illustrator, Simon & Shuster 

 

 

 

 

 

Oct. 20 Out of Hiding, Ruth Gruener, Scholastic

 

 

 

 

Oct. 20 The Last Mirror on the Left, Lamar Giles, Dapo Adeola illustrator, Versify/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

 

 

 

 

 

Oct. 20 Flying Over Water, Shannon Hitchcock and N.H. Senzai, Scholastic

 

Oct. 27 It's Not Little Red Riding Hood, Josh Funk, Edwardian Taylor illustrator, Two Lions

 

 

 

 

 

Oct. 27 Seven Golden Rings, Rajani LaRocca, Archana Sreenivasan illustrator , Lee & Low

 

 

 

 

Oct. 27 One Real American, Joseph Bruchac, Abrams

Childlit Books Publishing In October

Well, isn't October an interesting month? The 6th appears to be the big early publishing date, not the 1st for this new month of children's pandemic publishing.

Oct. 1 The Exceptional Maggie Chowder, Renee Beauregard Lute, Luna Valentine illustrator, Whitman

 

 

 

 

Oct. 6  Cleo Porter and the Body Electric, Jake Burt, Feiwel & Friends/Macmillan

 

 

 

 

 

Oct. 6 Alone in the Woods, Rebecca Behrens, Sourcebooks 

 

 

 

 

 

Oct. 6 The Boys in the Back Row, Mike Jung, Levine Querido 

 

 

 

 

 

Oct. 6 If /Then, Vicky Fang, Jade Orlando illustrator, Sourcebooks 
 

 

 

 

Oct. 6 And/Or, I Can Code, Vicky Fang, Jade Orlando illustrator, Sourcebooks

 

 

 

 

 

Oct. 6 Juan Has the Jitters, Aneta Cruz, Miki Yamamoto illustrator, North Atlantic Books/Penguin Random House

 

 

 

 

Oct. 6 The Elephant's New Shoe, Laurel Neme, Ariel Landy illustrator, Scholastic

 

 

 

 

 

Oct. 6 Perkins Perfect Purple, Tami Lewis Brown and Debbie Loren Dunn, Francesca Sanna illustrator, Little Brown

 

 

 

 

 

Oct. 6 Return of the Thief, Megan Whalen Turner, Greenwillow Books/Harper Collins

 

 

 

 

 

 Oct. 6 Twins, Varian Johnson and Shannon Wright, Graphix/Scholastic

 

 

 

 

 

Oct. 6 Big Move to a Tiny House, Jennifer Richard Jacobson, Paula Franco illustrator,   Pixel+Ink/Penguin Random House

 

 

 

 

 

Oct. 6 Toy Story Trouble, Jennifer Richard Jacobson, Paula Franco,  Pixel+Ink/Penguin Random House 

 

 

 

 

Oct. 6 Heroes Level Up, Tom O'Donnell, Balzer + Bray/Harper Collins

 

 

 

 

 

Oct. 6 A Hopeful Heart: Louisa May Alcott Before Little Women, Deborah Noyes, Schwartz&Wade Books/Penguin Random House

 

 

 

 

 

Oct. 6 Trapped in Hitler's Web, Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch, Scholastic

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oct. 6 Animorphs: The Graphic Novel, K.A. Applegate and Michael Grant, Chris Grine illustrator, Graphix/Scholastic

 

 

 

 

 

Oct. 6 Closer to Nowhere, Ellen Hopkins, G. P. Putnam's Sons/Penguin Random House

 

 

 

 

 

Oct. 6 Apple Skin to the Core, Eric Gansworth, Levine Querido

 

 

 

 

 

Oct. 6 The Wanderer,  Peter Van den Ende, Levine Querido