Here we round up new and forthcoming children’s titles including a picture book biography, a zombie baseball story, and a puppy picture book.
Samuel Morse, That's Who!: The Story of the Telegraph and Morse Code by Tracy Nelson Maurer, illus. by El Primo Ramón. Holt, $18.99; ISBN 978-1-62779-130-4. In an upbeat style, Maurer conveys to young digital natives what it meant to communicate via telegraph, in this picture book biography of the device’s inventor.
Dugout: The Zombie Steals Home by Scott Morse. Graphix, $24.99; ISBN 978-1-338-18809-7. Two magical twins’ rivalry extends to the baseball field, where they pitch for separate Little League teams.
Puppy Truck by Brian Pinkney. Atheneum, $17.99; ISBN 978-1-5344-2687-0. When Carter receives a red and yellow toy truck instead of the puppy he wants, he doesn’t throw a fit. Instead, “he pet it and put a leash around it,” writes Pinkey in his latest picture book.
Cursed by Karol Ruth Silverstein. Charlesbridge Teen, $17.99; ISBN 978-1-58089-940-6. First-time author Silverstein offers an insider’s view of living with a chronic illness, in this heartfelt YA novel set in Philadelphia.
Moth by Isabel Thomas, illus. by Daniel Egnéus. Bloomsbury, $18.99; ISBN 978-1-5476-0020-5. Silvery, incandescent cover art will entice readers to this picture book about adaptation and the peppered moths of England.
For more children’s and YA titles on sale throughout the month of June, check out PW’s full On-Sale Calendar.
