Crushes of the Week: September 20-26, 2026

This week's crushes:

1. The Very Unusual Pumpkin by Marilyn Singer and Maya Shleifer (Hippo Park, September 2026)
2. Cinderella by The Brothers Grimm and Bernadette Watts (NorthSouth Books, September 2026)
3. My First Camera: On the Farm by Laurence Jammes and Marc Clamens (Twirl, September 2026)
4. Cosmic Cruise: A Solar System Adventure by Owen Davey (Post Wave, September 2026)
5. Some Body, Every Body! by Roz MacLean (Bloomsbury Children's Books, September 2026)
6. And Then We Saw the Bag . . . Trash to Them, Treasure to Us by Emma Adbage and translated by Melissa Bowers (Arctis, September 2026)
7. Goodbye, Koi by James Wong (Orchard Books, September 2026)
8. The Little House That Needed a Witch by Sophie Pluim and Polly Lawson (Floris Books, September 2026)

       

Endpapers for the end of your week!

Let's Talk Illustrators #401: Brian Won

I am so excited to share an interview today with author, illustrator, and creator extraordinaire Brian Won! I've admired Brian's work for an exceptionally long time, and now it feels like I've been waiting all this time just so I could talk to him about Horizontal Crocodile, written by Scott Rothman, because I think it's his best work yet! Enjoy our chat!

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Crushes of the Week: September 13-19, 2026

This week's crushes:

1. A Dog Feels Like Sitting by David Wapner and Isol, translated by Kit Maude (Tapioca Stories, September 2026)
2. Mama's Wedding by Circle Yuen (Lantana Publishing, September 2026)
3. Bompa's Intertidal Adventure by David Suzuki, Sarika Cullis-Suzuki, Tanya Lloyd Kyi, and Qin Leng (Greystone Kids, September 2026)
4. This Book Is Bursting with Monsters! by Christina Dorner and Edouard Manceau (Post Wave, September 2026)
5. A Not-So-Scary Story by Barney Saltzberg (Hippo Park, September 2026)
6. We Are the Keystones: Animals That Hold Habitats Together by Katy S. Duffield and Hannah Salyer (Beach Lane Books, September 2026)
7. Tom and Momo by Akiko Miyakoshi (Kids Can Press, September 2026)
8. Ege and Ávra by Evgenia Mantikas, Elifgül Büyükoral, and Nazli Tarcan (Charlesbridge Publishing, September 2026)

       

Endpapers for the end of your week!

Case(wrap) of the Mondays

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