Hitting shelves this week are a picture book about a girl who won’t stop sucking her thumb, a middle grade graphic novel set in a highly “inventive” world, and a YA novel about the experiences of conjoined twins.
Where Is Owl’s Scarf? by Brandy Cooke, illus. by Valentina Belloni. Little Bee, $6.99; ISBN 978-1-4998-0176-7. Ready for bed but missing his scarf, Owl looks for his lost item in this lift-the-flap board book.
Seeking a Witch by Angela DiTerlizzi, illus. by Allie Smith. Little Simon, $7.99; ISBN 978-1-4814-6959-3. A rhyming Halloween-themed board book from the bestselling author of Baby Love.
The King of Kazoo by Norm Feuti. Scholastic/Graphix, $12.99; ISBN 978-0-545-77089-7. Comic strip artist Feuti (Retail; Gil) populates his first graphic novel with hybrid bunny-humans, full of clever dialogue and curious inventions.
My Thumb by Karen Hesse, illus. by Rich Deas. Feiwel and Friends, $16.99; ISBN 978-0-312-67120-4. Hesse’s rhyming picture book features a redheaded girl who gleefully sucks her thumb.
How to Hang a Witch by Adriana Mather. Knopf, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-553-53947-9. When 15-year-old Samantha “Sam” Mather and her stepmother to move to Salem, Mass., her family’s connection to the witch trials makes Sam a target of girls whose ancestors were among the accused witches in this YA novel. Read our Q&A with Mather here.
Gemini by Sonya Mukherjee. Simon & Schuster, $17.99; ISBN 978-1-4814-5677-7. In this YA novel, 17-year-old conjoined twins Clara and Hailey explore their own identities as they confront the world at large.
Magic Tree House #55: Night of the Ninth Dragon by Mary Pope Osborne, illus. by Sal Murdocca. Random, $12.99; ISBN 978-0-553-51089-8. The perennially bestselling early chapter book series gets a new installment, in which time travelers Jack and Annie return to Camelot.
Pyramid Hunters: The Iron Tomb by Peter Vegas. Aladdin, $16.99; ISBN 978-1-4814-4578-8. Vegas launches a new middle grade series filled with clues and riddles in which Sam gets embroiled in an adventure in Egypt.
For more children’s and YA titles on sale throughout the month of July, check out PW’s full On-Sale Calendar.
