Here we round up new and forthcoming children’s titles including a picture book about embracing imperfection, a graphic novel tracing the mystical origins of tarot, an early reader graphic novel about a cruise gone wrong, more.


Angel Draws a Dinosaur by Pavonis Giron. Holt, $18.99; ISBN 978-1-250-87437-5. A budding artist’s efforts to draw “the best dinosaur ever” yield a lesson about embracing imperfection in Giron’s upbeat story, which underscores persistence and creativity as antidotes to perfectionism.

Arcana: The Lost Heirs by Sam Prentice-Jones. Feiwel and Friends, $27.99 hardcover; ISBN 978-1-250-29023-6; $19.99 paper ISBN 978-1-2502-9022-9. British creator Prentice-Jones centers the spiritual power and mystical origins of tarot in this exhilarating fantasy graphic novel debut, a series launch.

Duck and Cat Ride the Riverboat by Drew Panckeri. Holiday House, $14.99; ISBN 978-0-8234-6051-9. Cat reluctantly joins chum Duck on a riverboat cruise that turns dire in this early reader graphic novel by Panckeri, making his children’s book debut.

Everywhere You Are by Victoria Monét, illus. by Alea Marley. Putnam, $18.99; ISBN 978-0-593-69841-9. Space’s expanse provides an ideal setting for Monét’s benevolent rhymes in this intergalactic picture book, which offers a tender message of unconditional care.

Making Light Bloom: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Lamps by Sandra Nickel, illus. by Julie Paschkis. Peachtree, $18.99; ISBN 978-1-68263-609-1. This revealing story clarifies the role of designer Driscoll (1861–1944) in creating the exquisite table lamps Louis Tiffany was known for—a role that was not understood until after her death.

Pajammin’ by Ziggy Marley, illus. by Leticia Moreno. Clarion, $19.99; ISBN 978-0-06-328719-8. In this picture book inspired by Bob Marley’s iconic song “Jamming,” a family stays up late participating in a host of fun activities during a pajama party.

Tell Me Every Lie by Ellen Hagan and David Flores. Bloomsbury, $19.99; ISBN 978-1-5476-1495-0. Hagan and debut author Flores team up to present a simmering romance in which two recent high school graduates at an elite resort endeavor to reinvent themselves by telling lies—and maybe fall in love.

The Wild Robot on the Island by Peter Brown (Little, Brown, $17.99; ISBN 978-0-316-66946-7). Brown brings his bestselling middle grade novel, which was recently adapted into an Academy Award-nominated film, to younger readers in a picture book adaptation.

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