Fall 2023 Children's Announcements: Publishers M-Q

Penny tries to summon courage when she sees her recurring nightmares seemingly come alive in this monster story that’s also an allegory for relentless anxiety. Since her father’s death a year ago, eighth grader Freya has become obsessed with the Chinese superstitions of her family and believes her father is sending her messages from beyond the grave about how to navigate all the big changes in her life. Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed by Dashka Slater (Aug. 22, $19.99, ISBN 978-0-374-31434-7) is a narrative nonfiction work about the exposure of a racist social media account that changes everything for a group of high school students. New to Pout-Pout Fish Reader by Deborah Diesen, illus. by Dan Hanna, is You Can Find the Class Pet, Pout-Pout Fish! (Sept. 5, $17.99, ISBN 978-0-374-39104-1; $6.99 paper, ISBN 978-0-374-39103-4), ages 3–6. A collection of cozy knitted cats find themselves in all sorts of funny positions in this rhyming picture book that introduces prepositions.