Publisher Preview Fall 2026/Winter 2027: Barefoot Books and Beaming Books
Short, sweet, and to the point. Here are a couple 2026 titles that I suspect you may have missed this year...
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For the International Day of Peace: A Homecoming Cover Reveal and Q&A with Margaryta Winkler
Today is International Day of Peace. With that in mind, we focus on a picture book that considers war, but with the focus squarely on the animals. A discussion with a Ukrainian artist.
Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Flossie and the Fox by Patricia C. McKissack, ill. Rachel Isadora
Today we consider a tale of tricking the trickster with a good old-fashioned existential crisis. A title I could have sworn we already did on our podcast, but, until now, has left a great gaping hole.
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Book Reviews
Review of the Day: Goodbye, Koi by Jack Wong
Anxious children, kids that feel deeply for animals, and young people who are worried about some big change in their lives will all be able to particularly relate to what Goodbye, Koi is telling them: sometimes, you have to give up what's familiar for a chance to glimpse the sky.
Review of the Day: The Shadow Stream by Kirk Lombard, ill. Parker Thornton
A rather magnificent book and a rarity besides. Defies expectations. How does it do it? Dunno. Come for the writing. Stay for the opossum funeral.
Review of the Day: Fourteen Ways of Looking at Jellyfish by Carole Boston Weatherford, ill. Bagram Ibatoulline
Extraordinarily beautiful and more than a little wise, now you can convert your verse loving science haters and convert your science hating poetry-lovers, all in one fell swoop.
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Cover Reveal: Luck Charms the Prince by Lee Wind, ill. James Fenner
It's gotten to the point where finding queer content is getting embarrassingly sparse. That's why I'm so grateful when folks like Lee Wind ask me to do their cover reveals.
Jeff Kinney in the Hot Seat: A Video Interview of 21 Questions for a 21st Book
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Fight or Flight is out October 20th and in celebration I decided to hit the man with 21 distinctly silly questions.
“Excellence, expertise, and Black Joy.” A Black Barbie Discussion with Dinah Johnson and Laura Freeman
Maybe you saw the Netflix documentary. Maybe you owned one yourself. Or maybe this is a all new to you. We talk with the creators of an upcoming picture book bio about their truly cool title.
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Newbery/Caldecott 2027: Fall Prediction Edition
It's that time again! Time for the penultimate prediction post for the upcoming award season. We've all notched a few more reads at this point, and things are starting to solidify in our brains. So! Who's it gonna be?
Great Interview or THE GREATEST Interview? The Cover Reveal and Q&A of Ratface Does Not Want to Be Your Friend by Eliza Kinkz
Constipated and enraged. Today we feel that it is time to smack people awake with the cover reveal of the century.
Magical Realism, Colored Pencils, and the Story of Migration: We Discuss Mariposa’s Journey with Creators Belen Medina and Juana Martinez-Neal
Migration, whether it's by humans or insects, is the subject of today's book. We dive, and dive deeply, into its origins and the choices its creators made along the way.
Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Whatever Happened to the Dinosaurs by Bernard Most
Clowns! Misspellings! And guns guns guns. That's what we're getting with this legitimate 1984 charmer today.
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