Jennifer Rofé

Newbery Medalist and former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Meg Medina's EMI GRANDE GRADY AND THE BOOK-O-MATIC, the first in an illustrated chapter book series, in which a girl is excited to pick the new Gumshoe Hounds book from the school Book-o-Matic for her birthday, but a classmate with the same birthday also wants the book, and the friends and family who help her figure out the perfect solution, illustrated by Tania de Regil, to Kate Fletcher at Candlewick.

Edgar Award-winning author Christina Diaz Gonzalez's UNIDENTIFIED, about a boy who stumbles into a secret manhunt for spies only to discover that his own parents may be involved in a plot to destroy the world, to Emily Seife at Scholastic.

Dev Petty's THE NIGHT THE BUILDINGS SWITCHED PLACES (illustration by Brian Biggs), about a town full of bored buildings that decide to swap locations, with humorous results, to Deirdre Jones at Little, Brown Children's.

Author-illustrator Breanna Carzoo's LET'S CALL THE PLUMBERS and LET'S CALL THE ELECTRICIANS, the first two books in the Little Trade Experts board book series, in which two otter plumbers troubleshoot an overflowing bathtub, and two squirrel electricians install lighting on a treehouse, to Hannah Lambert at Little Simon, in a two-book deal.

Paola Santos's A HOUSE IN MY BARRIO (illustration by Olivia Sua), following a young boy who, after a beloved pillar of his community is bedridden, inspires his family and neighbors to come together to support the woman that has done so much for him and the people he loves, to Mark Podesta at Holt Children's.

Author-illustrator Maggie Edkins Willis's WONDERMOMS! and WONDERDADS!, rhyming companion picture books celebrating the power of moms and dads and the infinite love they share with their kids, to Catherine Laudone at Paula Wiseman Books, in a two-book deal.

Author-illustrator Maggie Edkins Willis's BABY STEPS, a graphic novel about a 14-year-old whose life is thrown into chaos when her mother experiences a traumatic birth and postpartum depression, leaving the girl to care for the baby while her mother recuperates and her stepfather works, all of which alters her perspective on the real-life consequences of pregnancy and choice, to Connie Hsu at Roaring Brook Press.

Pierre Collet-Derby to illustrate Jory John's THIS IS NOT A CHRISTMAS BOOK, which follows a rock-loving lizard with zero interest in celebrating Christmas until some festive friends show up, to Janine O'Malley at Farrar, Straus Children's, in a three-book deal.

Ishaa Lobo to illustrate OUR BIG INDIAN FAMILY TREE by mother-son duo Surishtha Sehgal and Kabir Sehgal's, a cumulative story about an Indian American family that comes together for a fun-filled day building a treehouse, introducing readers to the Hindi words for various family members along the way, to Danielle Collins at Beach Lane Books.

Eliza Wheeler to illustrate DARWIN'S ORCHIDS by Martha Brockenbrough's, which tells the story of Charles Darwin and his study of nature, specifically what one stunning family of flower—the orchid—tells us about co-evolution, to Rotem Moscovich at Knopf Children's.