Here we round up new and forthcoming children’s titles including a picture book ode to a fruit, a middle grade book about a tween baseball player’s search for his father, a YA road trip romance, and more.

Banana Bop! by Sandra Boynton. Boynton Bookworks, $6.99; ISBN 978-1-6659-7405-9. This buoyant banana-oriented board book from Boynton celebrates what every kid inherently knows: that bananas are delicious as well as supremely silly.

Danilo Was Here by Tamika Burgess. HarperCollins, $19.99; ISBN 978-0-0631-5966-2. Black Panamanian middle schooler Danilo falls out of love with baseball when his father immigrates to the U.S., but when Danilo finds himself in the U.S. months later for baseball recruitment, he hides his intentions to locate his father. The middle grade book received a starred review from PW.

Finding Normal by Jen Doktorski. Fitzroy, $18.95 paper; ISBN 978-1-646-03563-2. Gemma Leonardo breaks out of the eating disorder floor at a children’s hospital with a new friend and determines to drive to every town in the U.S. called Normal. The YA book received a starred review from PW.

The Interpreter by Olivia Abtahi, illus. by Monica Arnaldo. Kokila, $18.99; ISBN 978-0-5936-2044-1. Cecilia, who serves as an interpreter between her Spanish-speaking parents and their English-speaking community, reflects on the weight of her responsibilities. The picture book received a starred review from PW.

Love on Paper by Danielle Parker. Joy Revolution, $19.99; ISBN 978-0-593-56531-5; $12.99 paper ISBN 978-0-593-56534-6. Parker crafts a love letter to writing and romance via two teens navigating a chaotic summer of discovery and familial complications.

Mixed Feelings by Liana Finck. Rise x Penguin Workshop, $18.99; ISBN 978-0-5936-6042-3. Through minimal text and a series of squiggly-inked, spot-colored vignettes, Finck smartly asserts that many emotions are a mixed bag. The picture book received a starred review from PW.

Mixed-Up by Kami Garcia, illus. by Brittney Williams. First Second, $22.99; ISBN 978-1-250-14233-7; $14.99 paper ISBN 978-1-25084-088-2. Friends Stella, Emiko, and Latasha struggle to adapt to fifth grade as they each navigate troubles with reading comprehension.

The Rival by Emma Lord. Wednesday, $20; ISBN 978-1-250-90402-7; $14 paper ISBN 978-1-250-90404-1. Sadie competes with longtime rival Seb for a spot at a college zine in this YA romance filled with murky, unexplainable feelings.

Song of a Blackbird by Maria van Lieshout. First Second, $25.99; ISBN 978-1-250-86981-4; $17.99 paper ISBN 978-1-250-86982-1. Young girls are united through the decades in this graphic novel exploration of grief, family, and the vital importance of artistic expression, through intertwining stories set in Amsterdam between 2011 and the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands in 1943. The graphic novel received a starred review from PW.

Scattergood by H.M. Bouwman. Holiday House/Porter, $18.99; ISBN 978-0-82345-775-5. Set in a small Iowa farming community and beginning in June 1941, the novel follows tween Peggy’s attempts to woo a charming new guest while pondering life’s unfairness, including why science can’t give her the answers she needs to help her cousin Delia, who has leukemia.

Space for Everyone by Seina Wedlick, illus. by Camilla Sucre. Random House Studio, $18.99; ISBN 978-0-593-64763-9. Wedlick and Sucre spotlight a welcoming family table in this bighearted tale. The picture book received a starred review from PW.

Through Sand and Salt by Elizabeth Zunon. Bloomsbury, $18.99; ISBN 978-1-547-60705-1. In a vividly told work that conveys salt’s significance to taste, trade, growing things, and more, Zunon traces the route taken by young narrator Malik through the desert.

Toto by Hyewon Yum. Holiday House/Porter, $18.99; ISBN 978-0-8234-5389-4. Yum dives into an experience of having a visible birthmark—and navigating being one’s full self.

Very Bad at Math by Hope Larson. HarperAlley, $24.99; ISBN 978-0-06-331129-9; $15.99 paper ISBN 978-0-0633-1-1282. Very must work to improve her math grade or face being forced to resign as student body president.

For more children’s and YA titles on sale throughout the month of January, check out PW’s full On-Sale Calendar.