Here we round up new and forthcoming children’s titles including a series addition about a baking club, a picture book about showing love to everyone, a picture book installment about love-filled train ride, and more.

Alana’s Cupcake Garden by Coco Simon, illus. by Manuela López. Simon Spotlight, $6.99 paper; ISBN 978-1-665-96333-6. The fourth book in the Cupcake Diaries series follows Alana who attempts to bring her new friends and her old ones together to help save her grandmother’s flower shop from closing.

Getting Ready for Valentine’s Day by Vera Ahiyya, illus. by Debby Rahmalia. Random House, $5.99 paper; ISBN 978-0-593-80954-9. As his class prepares for Valentine’s Day, Kai worries that he won’t receive any cards in the newest book in the Getting Ready series.

The Goodnight Train Valentine by June Sobel, illus. by Laura Huliska-Beith. Clarion, $10.99 board book; ISBN 978-0-06-335413-5. The latest addition to the Goodnight train series follows a love-centric ride just in time for Valentine’s Day.

The Rules of Royalty by Cale Dietrich. Wednesday, $25; ISBN 978-1-250-88775-7; $14 paper ISBN 978-1-250-88777-1. Jamie Johnson discovers he’s the son of the king of Mitanor, and meets Erik Lindstrom, a fellow prince who attempts to help learn all the rules of being a royal.

Springtime Storks: A Migration Love Story by Carol Joy Munro, illus. by Chelsea O’Byrne. Minerva, $18.99; ISBN 978-1-66265-121-2. Affection soars in Munro’s kindhearted debut inspired by the real-life plight of two mated birds.

Thank You, Everything by Icinori, trans. from the French by Emilie Robert Wong. Enchanted Lion, $29.95; ISBN 978-1-59270-423-1. A silhouetted protagonist awakens and takes the time to thank the many items around them. The picture book received a starred review from PW.

We Are the Beasts by Gigi Griffis. Delacorte, $19.99; ISBN 978-0-593-70772-2. Joséphine and Clara use the attacks of a supernatural monster to their advantage, staging brutal deaths to sneak their friends away from their abusive households. But as both the simulated and real death tolls mount, the growing infamy of the beast attracts glory-seeking soldiers, exponentially complicating Joséphine and Clara’s web of deception.

What the Woods Took by Courtney Gould. Wednesday, $20; ISBN 978-1-250-34067-2. When Devin is enrolled in wilderness therapy withteen peers, they find themselves stalked by strange creatures and must rely on one another if they want to make it out of the woods alive. The YA book received a starred review from PW.

When the Stammer Came to Stay by Maggie O’Farrell, illus. by Daniela Jaglenka Terrazzini. Walker US, $18.99; ISBN 978-1-5362-3910-2. When Min finds that “her tongue seemed to be suddenly locked” she and her sister work together to navigate this new experience.

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