Here we round up new and forthcoming children’s titles, including the picture book biography of an influential scientist, a story about a boy whose friend soothes his rage, an exploration of the phases of the moon, and the geological journey of an anthropomorphic rock.
Marie Curie by Demi. Holt, $19.99; ISBN 978-1-62779-389-6. In her trademark ornamental art style, Demi illustrates the life of Marie Curie.
The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld. Dial, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-7352-2935-8. In this picture book, a boy is comforted by a patient, listening rabbit. The book earned a starred review from PW.
Moon: A Peek-Through Picture Book by Patricia Hegarty, illus. by Britta Teckentrup. Doubleday, $15.99; ISBN 978-1-5247-6966-6. Die-cuts reveal the phases of the moon as it waxes and wanes, in this companion to Tree and Bee.
A Chip Off the Old Block by Jody Jensen Shaffer, illus. by Daniel Miyares. Penguin/Paulsen, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-399-17388-2. Rocky the rock wants to do “big things,” an open-ended goal that gives Shaffer’s geological picture book epic plenty of latitude.
The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian’s Art Changed Science by Joyce Sidman. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-544-71713-8. The story of 17th-century German trailblazer Maria Merian, who in eschewing the mores of her time, became a leading botanical artist and naturalist. The book earned a starred review from PW.
Who Says Women Can’t Be Computer Programmers?: The Story of Ada Lovelace by Tanya Lee Stone, illus. by Marjorie Priceman. Holt/Ottaviano, $18.99; ISBN 978-1-62779-299-8. In a vibrant follow-up to Who Says Women Can’t Be Doctors? (about Elizabeth Blackwell), Stone explores the life of Ada Lovelace, whose imagination rivaled that of her poet father, Lord Byron, to the chagrin of her mother. The book earned a starred review from PW.
Sakura’s Cherry Blossoms by Robert Paul Weston, illus. by Misa Saburi. Tundra, $17.99; ISBN 978-1-101-91874-6. Sakura loves her grandmother and misses her when her family moves from Japan to the United States. With lyrical prose—and sentences written, an afterword explains, in the Japanese poetic form of tanka—Weston (The Creature Department) chronicles the trials of adapting to another culture.
Florette by Anna Walker. Clarion, $16.99; ISBN 978-0-544-87683-5. In this picture book about a country girl moving to the city, readers alongside the protagonist are reminded that getting used to new places takes time.
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