Lerner Publisher Services Spring 2025: Andersen Press, Scallywag Press, Intergalactic Afikoman, Creston Books

It’s a picture book party on the blog today! In this round up of Spring 2025 titles from some of our distinguished publishing partners, you’ll find stories that offer cautionary tales of technology, encourage young readers to be themselves, explore history from new perspectives, and are just plain fun. Enjoy these new releases from Andersen Press, Scallywag Press, Intergalactic Afikoman, and Creston Books.

The Bear Who Had Nothing to Wear

Each outfit that Albie purchases—from fairy to pirate, from cowboy to elegant city gent—proves unsuitable in some way, and soon his bedroom is heaped with discarded clothes. How will he dress in order to feel like himself?

Whisper to the Rescue

Whisper is a quiet dragon who notices everything. When he sees that his family’s fires are damaging their forest neighborhood, he knows he must speak up. But nobody will listen to him. How will he get his message across?

I Saw a Bee

The fourth and final book from the In the Garden series
A boy is alarmed when he discovers a bee in a box. At first he is frightened and reacts aggressively, but gradually he realizes that the bee won’t harm him and that they can be friends.

Ivy Newt and the Storm Witch

First book in the Ivy Newt in Miracula series
Young witch Ivy Newt’s parents have disappeared, and foul work is at play! Ivy and her shape-shifting friend Tom travel through Miracula, via broomstick and magic carpet, to rescue Ivy’s kidnapped parents.

Skunk! Skedaddle!

Nobody wants to be friends with a smelly skunk, but Sally would never let off a stink around friends. When she bumps into the town robber, it’s time to show everyone how useful her stink can be!

All the Dogs

Nicola Kent presents . . . all the dogs! Big dogs, small dogs, hardly there at all dogs. Two dogs, three dogs, always need a pee dogs! Have fun reading along in this gorgeous doggy picture book and meet ALL the dogs.

Panda and Penguin Find a Thing

Panda and Penguin are best friends . . . until they find the Thing. The Thing has a flashing screen and makes funny ringing noises—but only one of them can play with it at a time. Will they let it come between them?

Alberta and Little Red Riding Wolf

Alberta does dreadful things, and she always gets her own way. When she tricks a kind stranger in the woods and eats their delicious cake, will Alberta learn a lesson she will very much regret?

Passover on Everest

Cheryl and Nikki Bart are a Jewish mother-daughter mountain climbing team. In this story about kindness across cultures, Nikki and her mother experience a seder like no other—on the highest mountain in the world.

Ellis Island Passover

Uncle Ezra shares the story of his first seder in America with Miriam, giving her a broader, more personal sense of the meaning of Passover and the importance of sharing family stories.