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Watch our Winter 2027 School & Library Virtual Preview!
| Watch our Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group Winter 2027 Preview Event, where we previewed upcoming picture books, middle grade, and young adult titles during this one hour webinar. Stay tuned for our live special guest! Marla Frazee was in conversation about her new picture book, Stand-Up Duck, a story about resilience, trying again, and finding community with people who lift you up. We also had guest video appearances from talented creators Zeke Peña (The Junk Box), Kristen Mai Giang (Lian Song Unlocks Real-Life Secret Powers), John Leguizamo (American History, the Latin Remix), and Hafsah Faizal (Blade of Honey). |
Timestamps:
14:59 – Picture Books
13:00 – Author video from Zeke Peña for The Junk Box
19:03 – Middle Grade
20:43 – Author video from John Leguizamo for American History, the Latin Remix
23:55 – Author video from Kristen Mai Giang for the Lian Song chapter book series
34:35 – Young Adult
38:40 – Author video from Hafsah Faizal for Blade of Honey
45:40 – Live Guest: Author Marla Frazee, Stand-Up Duck, in conversation with SVP and co-publisher at Balzer+Bray, Donna Bray
Teacher’s Guide: Trunk No. 3 by Allie Millington
Graphic Novel Preview: When a Tiger Flies by Susie Yi
Our Graphic Novel Preview series invites readers to look inside new graphic novels! This month, we’re highlighting When a Tiger Flies by Susie Yi. This graphic novel explores a teen’s first love in college, the toxic relationship she becomes trapped in, and the intergenerational strength that gives her the courage to break free. On sale 2/16/27!
Scroll to find preview spreads and request the book on Netgalley to read the full story!
Read More »Celebrating Indigenous Voices for National Native American Heritage Month
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month in your school or library! Keep reading to find more book recommendations, to download resources for your classroom—including a teacher’s guide for Together We See, and an activity kit for Autumn Peltier, Water Warrior—and hear from H.E. Edgmon about their middle grade novel The Flicker!
Read More »Teacher’s Guide: Together We See by Ari Tison
October 2026 New Releases
Browse all of our October new releases, including new picture books, middle grade, young adult, adult, graphic novels, and paperbacks!
Discover Books for National Bullying Prevention Month
October is National Bullying Prevention Month. Looking for suggestions for titles that encourage kindness, empathy, and understanding in your classroom or library?
Read on for a list of titles for every age reader, plus take a deeper dive on three standout titles: One Word, Six Letters, Weirdo, and Accountable: The True Story of a Racist Social Media Account and the Teenagers Whose Lives It Changed.
Teacher’s Guide: A Lake With No Bottom by H.D. Hunter
MacKids Spotlight: H. D. Hunter
This month’s Author Spotlight features H. D. Hunter!
H.D joins us to discuss A Lake With No Bottom, a poignant, timely, and utterly terrifying supernatural thriller perfect for fans of Internment, She Is a Haunting, and You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight.
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