Art, love, stargazing, small creatures, an upcoming title ,and a fascinating non-fiction book are part of this list.
Let’s start with early readers:
Meet the Smushkins by Claudia Rueda (Author)
The Smushkins are a bunch of fun characters that love to do everything together.
Now that they are on the lookout for a house, they have specific needs:
Lots of light, a big table, an apple tree, a playground, and an ice cream cart! What makes a house an ideal place?
The book is meant for early readers and has lots of details and magical thinking about how houses are supposed to be inhabited.
Meet the Smushkins is available since December 02, 2025.
Publisher: Candlewick
Pages: 40/ Hardback
EAN/UPC: 9781536236583
Up next, a book by my doppelganger:
Ro-Bo by Mariana Ruiz Johnson (Author), Lawrence Schimel (Translated by)
In this age of AI, Mariana Ruiz Johnson imagines how it would be to trust a kid with a robot to play with.
Milo has a brand new RO-BO, a robot to play video games, listen to stories, and learn new skills, like how to make breakfast.
When they get to go outside to play with other kids, RO-BO builds them a spaceship and takes them on a great adventure to another world… only to use so much energythat he powers down. How are they ever going back home?
Luckily, kids can restart him using kinetic energy. By working together, the new friends find their way home and plan for their next amazing adventure… with a charger this time.
Ro-Bo is on sale since October 14, 2025.
Publisher: Orca Book Publishers
Pages: 40 Hardback
EAN/UPC 9781459842267
Up next, a book about food:
Bread Is Love by Pooja Makhijani (Author), Lavanya Naidu (Illustrated by)
Bread can be many things.
A loving mum bakes a loaf every week with the help of her children. With little phrases around the weekly custom, the kids reflect on the many forms bread can take. Bread is simple; it requires science and luck. It is one of the cornerstones of our eating.
Bread can taste amazing, especially if it’s made with love.
. Bread Is Love will be available since February 10, 2026.
Published by Roaring Brook Press
Hardback | Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781250906885
Up next, a book about art making:
Making Art by Diana Ejaita (Author)
This is a nonfiction book about how everyone can make art.
This is an encouraging book about creativity and how it can take many forms: found objects, break dancing, molding clay… To create is to be human.
You can create anything, anywhere, with any materials. Ejaita portrays a wide array of characters exploring their own feelings and ideas, and tells kids in a poetic way what many forms art can take.
Art and creating are for everyone!
. Making Art is available since November 18, 2025.
Published by Rise x Penguin Workshop
Hardback | Pages: 32
ISBN: 9780593660157
Up next, a book about astronauts:
Through the Telescope: Mae Jemison dreams of space by Charles R. Smith Jr. (Author) and Evening Monteiro (Illustrator).
This is a poetic take on the inspiration behind the decision of Mae Jemison to become an astronaut.
How far to the stars? A good question, one that can be formulated when peering through the telescope and wondering about what is out there, in store for us.
Mae Jemison promised herself, as a little girl, that someday, she would make it there. Meanwhile, she is inspired by the vastness of the universe.
Mae Jemison is a real-life astronaut, physician, and engineer, the first Black woman to reach outer space.
. Through the Telescope: Mae Jemison dreams of space</em is available since December 02, 2025.
Published by Orchard Books
Hardback | Pages: 40
ISBN: 9781338815290
Finally, an epic nonfiction book about ages bygone:
Epic Earth. A Wild Ride Through the History of Life on Our Planet by Lindsay Nikole (Author)
Lindsay Nikole is infectiously in love with bygone eras. She loves all the bizarre creatures you can find in our 4.6 billion-year history. From the Precambrian era to the present, each of the weird creatures described in this book is a hallmark of how life was spent in different eras.
Because life on Earth is full of bizarre moments, you get to know about a myriad of tryouts for living organisms like Opabinia, Titanoboa, ancient sharks, giant bugs, and googly-eyed creatures with way too many teeth.
From volcanoes to mass extinction to ice ages, life always found a way. Even we human beings fit into the picture, even though our central role is brief at best.
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Known for blending academic knowledge and communication skills in her TikTok and Youtube videos, the author does bring her signature energy and storytelling ability to the book.
Epic Earth is on sale since November 11, 2025.
Published by Wellfleet Press.
Paperback | Pages: 227
ISBN: 9781577155348
