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| | Title | Get a Hug | | Author | Stocker, Shannon | | Illustrator | Hoang-Zhu, Lily | | Imprint | S&S Books for Young Readers | | Subformat | Picture Book | | Category Full 1 | JUVENILE FICTION / Holidays & Celebrations/Valentine's Day | | Category Full 2 | JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781665972727 | | On Sale | 12/01/26 | | Title Status | NYP | | US Price | $19.99 | | CDN Price | $27.99 | | Pages | 40 | | |
| | Written by award-winning author and musician Shannon Stocker and illustrated by Lily Hoang-Zhu (known as “liliuhms” online), this sweet and bouncy picture book is a pitch-perfect ode to hugs—whether they’re given or received! Perfect for fans of The Hug Machine. |
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| | Title | Berry and the Mushrooms | | Author | Petty, Dev | | Illustrator | Chapman, Jared | | Imprint | S&S Books for Young Readers | | Subformat | Picture Book | | Category Full 1 | JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories | | Category Full 2 | JUVENILE FICTION / Science & Nature/Flowers & Plants |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781665932615 | | On Sale | 11/10/26 | | Title Status | NYP | | US Price | $19.99 | | CDN Price | $27.99 | | Pages | 40 | | |
| | Hibernating bears get woken by bizarre and noisy mushrooms in this slyly humorous picture book from the creators of Monty and the Mushrooms that’s perfect for fans of Unicorns Are the Worst! and Fluffy McWhiskers Cuteness Explosion! |
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| | Title | Have You Seen Axel? | | Author | Epstein, Adam Jay | | Illustrator | Chan, Ruth | | Imprint | S&S Books for Young Readers | | Subformat | Picture Book | | Category Full 1 | JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories | | Category Full 2 | JUVENILE FICTION / Animals/General |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781665970792 | | On Sale | 10/20/26 | | Title Status | NYP | | US Price | $19.99 | | CDN Price | $27.99 | | Pages | 32 | | |
| | Packed with funny animals and wildly detailed scenes, this laugh-out-loud picture book companion to Have You Seen Gordon? cleverly riffs on classic seek-and-find books with a main character who’s a little too good at hiding. |
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| | Title | Here Comes the Band | | Author | Strickland, Shadra | | Illustrator | Holyfield, John | | Imprint | S&S Books for Young Readers | | Subformat | Picture Book | | Category Full 1 | JUVENILE FICTION / Performing Arts/Music | | Category Full 2 | JUVENILE FICTION / Sports & Recreation/Football |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781665965880 | | On Sale | 09/29/26 | | Title Status | NYP | | US Price | $19.99 | | CDN Price | $27.99 | | Pages | 42 | | |
| | From Ezra Jack Keats Award and Coretta Scott King - John Steptoe New Talent Award winner Shadra Strickland comes a dazzling picture book about a young child who watches in awe as an HBCU band takes the field and works its magic. |
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| | Title | Horizontal Crocodile | | Author | Rothman, Scott | | Illustrator | Won, Brian | | Imprint | S&S Books for Young Readers | | Subformat | Picture Book | | Category Full 1 | JUVENILE FICTION / Animals/Alligators & Crocodiles | | Category Full 2 | JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781665988674 | | On Sale | 09/22/26 | | Title Status | NYP | | US Price | $19.99 | | CDN Price | $27.99 | | Pages | 48 | | |
| | When a very loooooooong Horizontal Crocodile gets ready for a visit from a friend, his list of chores makes for a loooooooong day in this charming and ridiculous picture book perfect for fans of Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug and Mother Bruce. |
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| | Title | On the Day You Were Born | | Author | Frasier, Debra | | Illustrator | Frasier, Debra | | Imprint | Beach Lane Books | | Subformat | Picture Book | | Category Full 1 | JUVENILE FICTION / Family/New Baby | | Category Full 2 | JUVENILE FICTION / Animals/General |
| | ISBN-13 | 9798347120505 | | On Sale | 09/15/26 | | Title Status | NYP | | US Price | $19.99 | | CDN Price | $27.99 | | Pages | 40 | | |
| Winner of a Gold Parents’ Choice Award
“Reading this picture book aloud to a child, even the most jaded among us may feel again the sheer miracle of our human existence.” —Entertainment Weekly
The life-changing feeling of welcoming a new baby is woven into the everyday wonders of nature in this joyous modern classic by acclaimed author-illustrator Debra Frasier. |
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| | Title | Have You Ever Seen a Ghost? | | Author | Kwan, Daniel | | Illustrator | Lewis, Sean | | Imprint | Atheneum Books for Young Readers | | Subformat | Picture Book | | Category Full 1 | JUVENILE FICTION / Ghost Stories | | Category Full 2 | JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes/Emotions & Feelings |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781665956925 | | On Sale | 08/25/26 | | Title Status | NYP | | US Price | $19.99 | | CDN Price | $27.99 | | Pages | 48 | | |
| | Help a shy ghost overcome their anxiety in time to attend a party in this whimsical picture book written by one of the creators of Everything Everywhere All at Once and the creator of Summer Camp Island! |
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| | Title | What's That Noise? | | Author | Higson, Charlie | | Illustrator | Shireen, Nadia | | Imprint | Beach Lane Books | | Subformat | Picture Book | | Category Full 1 | JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories | | Category Full 2 | JUVENILE FICTION / Imagination & Play |
| | ISBN-13 | 9798347108466 | | On Sale | 08/25/26 | | Title Status | NYP | | US Price | $19.99 | | CDN Price | $27.99 | | Pages | 32 | | |
| | Let your imagination run wild and discover the infinite possibilities of a cardboard box in this hilarious picture book packed with playful onomatopoeias and wacky humor! |
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| | Title | Hairy and Scary! | | Author | Thomas, Jan | | Illustrator | Thomas, Jan | | Imprint | Beach Lane Books | | Subformat | Picture Book | | Category Full 1 | JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories | | Category Full 2 | JUVENILE FICTION / Concepts/Words |
| | ISBN-13 | 9798347100125 | | On Sale | 08/04/26 | | Title Status | NYP | | US Price | $17.99 | | CDN Price | $24.99 | | Pages | 40 | | |
| | The rhyming dust bunnies are back, and this time they’ll face off against a hairy and scary foe! |
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| | Title | School Spirits | | Author | Gunnufson, Charlotte | | Illustrator | Crane, Rebecca | | Imprint | Atheneum Books for Young Readers | | Subformat | Picture Book | | Category Full 1 | JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes/New Experience | | Category Full 2 | JUVENILE FICTION / Ghost Stories |
| | ISBN-13 | 9781665964517 | | On Sale | 07/14/26 | | Title Status | AS | | US Price | $19.99 | | CDN Price | $27.99 | | Pages | 40 | | |
| | This playful, gently spooky picture book about back-to-school jitters features a mischievous group of ghosts and is “[p]articularly fun to read aloud” (School Library Journal, starred review) and perfect for fans of Gustavo the Shy Ghost and Little Ghost Makes a Friend. |
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