Browse all of our March new releases, including new picture books, middle grade, and young adult books!
March 2021 New Releases
Activity Kits: Our Universe Series
Stacy McAnulty’s fact and fun-filled Our Universe picture book series invites children to explore our solar system from the points-of-view of the celestial bodies that hang out among the stars. These charming and humorous “autobiographies” are beautifully illustrated by such artists as Stevie Lewis and David Litchfield.
MacKids Spotlight: Juliet Menéndez
Meet Juliet Menéndez, the author and illustrator of Latinitas: Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers, on sale today, February 23rd! In honor of Women’s History Month, Juliet shares the story of a remarkable historical Latina, plus the inspiration behind her book and more!
Read a Q&A with Juliet here →MacKids Spotlight: Gene Luen Yang
Meet Gene Luen Yang, the author and illustrator of Dragon Hoops, a 2021 Printz Honor Book! Gene shares more about his inspiration for this book, his most memorable teacher, his favorite childhood book, and more!
Read a Q&A with Gene here →Enter for your chance to win a collection of these ALA award winners!
Storytime: Jason Tharp Reads IT’S OKAY TO BE A UNICORN
In honor of this week’s #BookBirthday of Jason Tharp’s new picture book, It’s Okay to Smell Good!, listen to Jason read from It’s Okay to be a Unicorn!
An inspiring picture book, Jason Tharp’s It’s Okay To Be A Unicorn! features a unicorn pretending to be a horse—until he learns to embrace his true self.
“Tharp’s good-natured fable is bright and rainbow-y… will resonate with any who have felt ‘other.’” —Kirkus Reviews
It’s Okay to Smell Good, the follow-up to his hit picture book It’s Okay to Be a Unicorn, introduces the new, hilarious character: Panda Cat, who lives in a world where smelling bad is a good thing!
Watch more virtual author storytime videos here!
MacKids Book Buzz: Author LeUyen Pham Introduces Outside, Inside
Watch our Book Buzz event, first featured at ALA Midwinter 2021! Connie Hsu, Executive Editor at Roaring Book Press, interviews author LeUyen Phan about her latest release, Outside, Inside.
Check out more information on this title by clicking on the cover linked below!
MacKids Book Buzz: Angeline Boulley, Author of Firekeeper’s Daughter
Watch our Book Buzz event, first featured at ALA Midwinter 2021! Tiffany Liao, Senior Editor at Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, interviews Angeline Boulley, author of Firekeeper’s Daughter.
Check out more information on this title by clicking on the cover linked below!
MacKids Book Buzz: Author Talk with Lydia Sigwarth, Juliet Menéndez, and Randi Pink
Watch our Book Buzz event, first featured at ALA Midwinter 2021! Authors Lydia Sigwarth, Juliet Menéndez, and Randi Pink talk about their new books: Dear Librarian, Latinitas: Celebrating 40 Big Dreamers, and Angel of Greenwood.
Important Timestamps:
1:05 – Dear Librarian Intro
1:35 – Author Lidia Sigwarth speaks
8:30 – Latinitas Intro
9:10 – Author Juliet Menéndez speaks
15:56 – Angel of Greenwood Intro
16:15 – Author Randi Pink speaks
Check out more information on these titles by clicking on their covers linked below!
MacKids Book Buzz: Mark Siegel Interviews Nidhi Chanani, Faith Erin Hicks, and Kate Reed Petty
Watch our Book Buzz event, first featured at ALA Midwinter 2021! First Second Editorial Director Mark Siegel interviews Nidhi Chanani, Faith Erin Hicks, and Kate Reed Petty.
Important Timestamps:
2:50 – Comics answer the question: What’s it like to be creative during the pandemic?
6:52 – Mark Siegel asks how stress levels impact the creative life.
9:10 – Mark Siegel talks about the demand for entertainment during the pandemic and the switch to remote working.
12:57 – Kate Reed Petty on The Leak
16:48 – Nidhi Chanani on Jukebox
20:35 – Faith Hicks on her works, including the new full-color edition of Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong
Check out more information on these titles by clicking on their covers linked below!
