Hitting shelves next week are a picture book about a magician’s helper in a tricky situation, a collection of songs and games from African-American oral traditions, and a YA novel that melds a carnival with a treasure hunt.

Frostblood by Elly Blake. Little, Brown, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-316-27325-1. Seventeen-year-old Ruby Otrera is a Fireblood with a poorly controlled ability to create and control flame, but her kind have been outlawed and persecuted by the cold-wielding Frostbloods, who rule her land, in this launch of a YA fantasy series.

When You’re Feeling Sick by Coy Bowles, illus. by Andy Elkerton. Doubleday, $12.99; ISBN 978-0-399-55286-1. Zac Brown Band guitarist Bowles (Amy Giggles) suggests that laughter is the best medicine when one is ill, serving up goofball scenarios and strained rhymes in an attempt to get under-the-weather children to crack a smile in this picture book.

The Unexpected Love Story of Alfred Fiddleduckling by Timothy Basil Ering. Candlewick, $15.99; ISBN 978-0-7636-6432-9. Ering’s adventure-fueled picture book sails along with Captain Alfred, who’s returning home with a load of ducks, his violin, and a duck egg for his wife tucked in his violin case.

Caraval by Stephanie Garber. Flatiron, $18.99; ISBN 978-1-250-09525-1. At the start of Garber’s debut YA novel, the mysterious Master Legend invites sisters Scarlett and Donatella Dragna to attend Caraval – a magical multiday event that is part spectacle, part treasure hunt. The book earned a starred review from PW.

Factory Girl by Josanne La Valley. Clarion, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-544-69947-2. This hard-hitting novel focuses on the indenture of 16-year-old Roshen, who is forced to leave her close-knit Muslim Uyghur family in northwest China and work in a uniform factory.

Let’s Clap, Jump, Sing & Shout; Dance, Spin & Turn It Out!: Games, Songs, and Stories from an African American Childhood by Patricia C. McKissack, illus. by Brian Pinkney. Random House/Schwartz & Wade, $24.99; ISBN 978-0-375-87088-0. Over nine chapters, McKissack celebrates oral traditions in African-American communities through a vibrant assemblage of rhymes, proverbs, folktales, and songs, drawing on memories of her own upbringing. The book earned a starred review from PW.

Rabbit Magic by Meg McLaren. Clarion, $16.99; ISBN 978-0-544-78469-7. Magician Monsieur Lapin’s rabbit assistant, Houdini, keeps the rest of the rabbit troupe in line: he has “a knack for bringing the team together,” and he’s happy with his lot. So when Houdini grabs Monsieur Lapin’s top hat and wand one night and turns his boss into a rabbit, readers know that it’s an accident and not a power grab.

One Proud Penny by Randy Siegel, illus. by Serge Block. Roaring Brook/Porter, $17.99; ISBN 978-1-62672-235-4. Though this story from the duo behind My Snake Blake includes factual information about where pennies are made (Philadelphia, mostly) and what they’re made from (zinc, mostly), this is also a story about an oft-unnoticed coin.

Pablo in the Snow by Teri Sloat, illus. by Rosalinde Bonnet. Holt/Ottaviano, $16.99; ISBN 978-1-62779-412-1. When Pablo the lamb ventures out into his first snowfall, he meets a slew of animals and has fun in ways he never imagined.

For more children’s and YA titles on sale throughout the month of January, check out PW’s full On-Sale Calendar.