2016: Anticipating


It's January 2016, and already we've got loads of books we're excited to see roll out over the coming months.  Here are a few of the books on our radar for 2016!


Miracle Man
by John Hendrix
Feb 9


Swatch: the Girl Who Loved Color
by Julia Denos
Mar 15 


Du Iz Tak?
by Carson Ellis
Oct 18


A Hungry Lion or A Dwindling Assortment of Animals
by Lucy Ruth Cummins
March 15


Who What Where?
by Olivier Tallec
Sept 6


Little Bot and Sparrow
by Jake Parker
Sept 27


The Singing Bones
by Shaun Tan

Oct 11



Next to You
by Lori Haskins Houran and Sydney Hanson
Mar 1


Hector and Hummingbird
by Nicholas John Frith
Mar 29


Nobody Likes a Goblin
by Ben Hatke
Jun 7


They All Saw a Cat
by Brendan Wenzel

Aug 30


Little Big Girl
by Claire Keane
Nov 8


Ooko
by Esme Shapiro

July 5


A Child of Books
by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston
Sept 6


A Unicorn Named Sparkle
by Amy Young
July 5


We Found a Hat
by Jon Klassen
Oct 11


I Want a Monster
by Elise Gravel
March 15


Shy
by Deborah Freedman
Sept 27


Daniel Finds a Poem
by Micha Archer

Feb 16


It Came in the Mail
by Ben Clanton

Jun 21


What to Do with a Box
by Jane Yolen and Chris Sheban
Mar 8


Monsters Go Night-Night
by Aaron Zenz
August 16


... And truth be told, there are 10 TIMES as many books we are looking forward to this coming year!  It was difficult picking just a few to share.  So if the books above whet your appetite, check out this link to our ever-growing pinterest board for lots, lots, lots more!
Click here: 2016 Books I Can't Wait to See

2 comments:

Meg K said...

Tell us more about your new book coming out this Fall! How long have you been working on it? Where did the idea come f om? Who is publishing it!

Z-Kids said...

Thanks for asking, Meg :)
"Monsters Go Night-Night" has been a LONG time in coming! It started out as something originally called "My Favorites Book" that I wrote in 2009. It was quite different then... there weren't even any monsters in it.
In 2010, Abrams took interest in "My Favorites Book" and wondered if I would be open to a few changes. Four years and three complete overhauls later, Abrams finally acquired it. Yea!
In the three months after acquisition, I created all the artwork for the book. But then it would be another 2 and half years before its publication date would roll around. Timelines in the publishing world can be so drawn out!