Lerner Publisher Services Spring 2025: Magination Press, Walker Books Australia, Lantana Publishing

This round up has a lot of variety–from self-help picture books and meditative nature guides to charming tales of penguins and rhinos, fractured fairy tales, bat mitzvah woes, and Kenyan mythology. ICYMI, here are the Spring 2025 release from Lerner Publisher Services’ publishing partners Magination Press (new to LPS this season!), Walker Books Australia, and Lantana Publishing.

What-to-Do Guides for Kids

4 New Titles, 14-Book Series
Grades 2-5
These best-selling workbooks help kids help themselves using cognitive-behavioral techniques most often used in therapy. Engaging, encouraging, and easy to follow, these books empower kids through rough spots and set them up to live with a more calm, settled mind.

Calm Your Roar Like a Dinosaur

Grades K-3
With its playful rhyme, this book presents a super fun and playful easy-to-learn skill that benefits dinos of all ages, guaranteed to turn dinosaurs into relaxosaurs, even those with the biggest roars!

Happy Together

Grades K-3
Fox is beyond excited to play with the most famous band ever! But when a musical mishap exposes The Bad Apples for who they really are, Fox realizes that fame is not all it is cracked up to be.

Mindful Nature: Connecting with Our Great Green World

Grades K-3
Calming narration and stunning nature photography create mindful moments, empowering readers to connect to our great green world. Published in partnership with the National Wildlife Federation®.

Take a Hike! And Other Ways to De-Stress and Relax in Nature

Grades 3-6
This handbook encourages kids to seek out nature for health benefits and planet protection. Published in partnership with the National Wildlife Federation®, it shares practical tips for getting outside and connecting with nature.

Barkley

Grades PreK-1
Barkley is a small dog who is having a bit of an identity crisis. All the other dogs have a very distinct characteristic, except for Barkley. So what kind of dog is he? This is a deceptively simple ode to happiness and self-confidence.

Frank’s Red Hat

Grades PreK-1
Frank is a penguin with ideas. Mostly terrible ones. That’s why his fellow penguins are nervous when he shows them his strange new creation. It was something they’d never seen or expected to see in their cold and colorless Antarctic world—a red hat.

“A worthwhile, heartwarming, and beautifully conveyed lesson to do what makes you happiest.”—starred, Kirkus Reviews

“[A] hilarious tale of creativity.”—starred, Shelf Awareness

Nop

Grades PreK-1
Nop is a scruffy kind of bear. He sits on a dusty armchair in Oddmint’s Dumporeum surrounded by the beaders, knitters, patchers, and stitchers. One day, he has an idea that will change his life forever.

“Jewel-toned watercolor illustrations will ensnare the imagination in this cozy tale.”—starred, Foreword Reviews

Elephants Can’t Jump: A Mini and Milo Book

Book 2 of the Mini and Milo series
Grades K-3
When Mini’s friend Milo gives her a trampoline for her birthday, Mini is upset. But Milo has no idea what is wrong—how could he? Mini realizes that talking about a problem is much easier than running from it.

Scout and the Rescue Dogs

Grades 3-6
Scout and her dad are on a mission to deliver donations of dog food to animal rescue shelters across the state. But they get more than they bargained for. It’s bushfire season—and it’s not just the dogs who need rescuing . . .

Losing the Plot

Grades 3-6
Neighbors Basil and Terry have nothing in common—until they find themselves immersed in the world of Hansel and Gretel, literally! Witty, clever, with adventure at every turn, this is a fractured fairytale in a very surprising, Grimm world.

How to Avoid Being Eaten By Sharks . . .: And Other Advice

Grades 3-7
How can you avoid being eaten by sharks? Is there a chance you could be abducted by aliens? Are there zombies hiding under your brother’s bed? This hilarious guide relates tried and tested advice for navigating the mysteries of life.

Evie and Rhino

Grades 3-7
A girl with a tragic past and a rhinoceros facing life in captivity form an unlikely and magical bond after a fateful storm and a shipwreck bring them together.

So That Happened . . . But Maybe You Already Knew That

Grades 5-8
This hilarious and heart-warming middle-grade debut tackles how to be a good friend (and realize when you’ve been a bad one), leaving childhood behind, and, most importantly, how to get back up when it feels like the world has knocked you down.

A Card for My Mom

Grades PreK-3
It is Mother’s Day tomorrow, and the shops are sparkling with lights and gifts. When one young girl can’t find a card that features a mom who looks like hers, she devises a creative solution to her problem.

The Playdate

Grades PreK-3
For one little girl, the prospect of a playdate at her friend Henry’s house fills her with excitement. But soon we find that the little girl and her friend live lives that are poles apart.

Soni and the Life Drinkers

Book 3 in The Intasimi Warriors series
Grades 4-7
When Soni discovers the identity of the Life Drinkers who are draining her mentor’s life, she is faced with the ultimate sacrifice. Will saving Mr. Lemayian’s life come at the expense of her own?