Here we round up new and forthcoming children’s titles, including a YA novel infused with Japanese mythology, a picture book biography about a former president, and the story of a child with ballerina ambitions.
Seven Deadly Shadows by Courtney Alameda and Valynne E. Maetani. HarperTeen, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-06-257081-9. In this homage to Japanese pop culture, Shinto priestess Kira Fujikawa, 16, must unite a cabal of death gods and reforge an ancient sword in order to defeat the king of hell.
Hard Work, But It’s Worth It: The Life of Jimmy Carter by Bethany Hegedus, illus. by Kyung Eun Han. HarperCollins/Balzer + Bray, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-06-264378-0. Growing up on a farm, the boy who would become the 39th U.S. president and a Nobel Peace Prize winner learned the value of hard work, in this picture book biography.
Ready to Fly: How Sylvia Townsend Became the Bookmobile Ballerina by Lea Lyon and A. LaFaye, illus. by Jessica Gibson. HarperCollins, $18.99; ISBN 978-0-06-288878-5. Townsend, the protagonist of this picture book is a black child in 1950s California with dreams of being a ballerina.
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