Here we round up new and forthcoming children’s titles, including a picture book tracing three bears being returned to the wild, a picture book showcasing a creature only found under a microscope, a graphic novel memoir depicting life with OCD, and more.

A Bear Belongs: A Wildlife Rescue Story by Catherine Barr, illus. by Harriet Hobday. Bloomsbury, $23.99; ISBN 978-1-5476-1823-1. In a two-part narrative, Barr and Hobday share the bracing but triumphant true account of three sun bears who are rescued from poachers and released back into the wild.

Eon: My Pet Tardigrade by Cybèle Young, illus. by Young and Nell Jocelyn. Tundra, $18.99; ISBN 978-1-77488-041-8. Young and Jocelyn’s tardigrade tribute delights with confident graphite drawings, delicate paper-made sculptures, and a stirring sense of astonishment. The picture book received a starred review from PW.

Exposures: A Story About Life with OCD and the Power of Facing Your Fears by Lily Williams. First Second, $24.99 hardcover; ISBN 978-1-250-24670-7; $15.99 paper ISBN 978-1-250-24669-1. Drawing from her own experiences with obsessive-compulsive disorder, Williams crafts an unflinching graphic novel portrait of a tween managing OCD and exposure response prevention therapy. The graphic novel received a starred review from PW.

Hollow Magic by Mars Lauderbaugh. Feiwel and Friends, $24.99 hardcover; ISBN 978-1-250-34481-6; $18.99 paper ISBN 978-1-250-34480-9. A teenage witch seeking a way to tame her volatile magic finds more than she bargained for in Lauderbaugh’s enchanting debut, a fantasy graphic novel.

Mr. Acorn’s Forest Spa by Hyojeong Kim, trans. from the Korean by Ellen Jang. Owlkids, $18.95; ISBN 978-1-77147-764-2. Animals visit a cozy outdoor spa over the course of four Northern Hemisphere seasons in Kim’s whimsical woodland story.

My Killer Family Reunion by Dinesh Thiru. Atheneum, $19.99; ISBN 978-1-6659-9096-7. Thiru injects Knives Out theatricality into a simultaneously tense and humorous mystery in which members of an affluent Indian American family are gathered for their annual reunion when the beloved matriarch announces that she plans to amend her will, splitting her fortune among only three chosen family members.

Nest of Tongues by Randy Ribay. Random House, $19.99; ISBN 979-8-217-02434-6. Filipino American vampire siblings scramble to survive a paranormal game of cat and mouse in this fresh and captivating horror novel. The YA book received a starred review from PW.

See It to Be It by Billie Jean King with Liz Robbins. Astra/Calkins Creek, $24.99; ISBN 978-1-662-68144-8. Tennis icon Billie Jean King pens a nonfiction account highlighting 11 female athletes pushing their sport forward.

Shy by Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton, illus. by Eva Byrne. Abrams, $19.99; ISBN 978-1-4197-6320-5. Mother-daughter collaborators Andrews—star of stage and screen—and Walton Hamilton team up with Byrne for an affable New York City–set story in which a quiet pup called Shy embraces her voice. See our q&a with the authors about the real-life poodle who inspired the picture book.

Such Great Heights by Rajani LaRocca. Quill Tree, $19.99; ISBN 978-0-06-329687-9. Upon learning new details about her mother’s death, a teenager is thrown into chaos in this captivating YA debut from LaRocca, who draws inspiration from Hindu epic the Ramayana. See our q&a with the author. The YA book received a starred review from PW.

There Are Ghosts Here by Adrienne Tooley. Delacorte, $19.99; ISBN 979-8-217-02789-7. Three teenagers with partial amnesia plot their escape from an isolated seaside manor in a tantalizing supernatural thriller. The YA book received a starred review from PW.

The Third Period Comeback by E.K. Johnston. Dutton, $17.99; ISBN 979-8-217-11042-1. In this brief and charming sports novel with a lightly fantastical undercurrent, a middle grade debut from Johnston, 13-year-old Canadian hockey player Hayley Rilko vows to break her family’s curse.

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