Here we round up new and forthcoming children’s titles, including a YA retelling of the Medusa myth, an apocalyptic drama set in upstate New York, a picture book about construction, and a collection of essays from Parkland survivors.
The Cold Is in Her Bones by Peternelle van Arsdale. S&S/McElderry, $18.99; ISBN 978-1-4814-8844-0. This feminist retelling of the Medusa legend by van Arsdale (The Beast Is an Animal) brims with raw emotion and offers adult crossover appeal.
Unnatural Disasters by Jeff Hirsch. Clarion, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-544-99916-9. It’s the end of the world but no one feels fine in this apocalyptic drama, set in upstate New York, 2049, which explores the everyday realities of small-town life during the collapse of civilization.
Skyscraper by Jorey Hurley. S&S/Wiseman, $17.99; ISBN 978-1-4814-7001-8. In her spare graphic style, Hurley shows how construction machines work together, on the ground and up high, to build a skyscraper.
Parkland Speaks: Survivors from Marjory Stoneman Douglas Share Their Stories edited by Sarah Lerner. Crown, $17.99; ISBN 978-1-9848-4999-1. This poignant and hard-hitting collection of poems, essays, and journal entries by students, accompanied by their artwork and photographs, reinforces the piercing and lingering effects of the February 2018 shootings.
Hands Up! by Breanna J. McDaniel, illus. by Shane W. Evans. Dial, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-525-55231-4. McDaniel’s debut picture book offers a jubilant paean to a universal, everyday occurrence that has many interpretations: raising one’s hands. The book earned a starred review from PW.
The Goose Egg by Liz Wong. Knopf, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-553-51157-4. In this picture book, a quiet-loving elephant learns to love the noise when a goose egg hatches before her.
For more children’s and YA titles on sale throughout the month of January, check out PW’s full On-Sale Calendar.
