A boy’s usual routine is shaken up by the sudden appearance of a bear in this picture book about embracing surprise, adapting to change, and welcoming new friendships.

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Out of the Blue is out today! Originally published in Denmark, this award-winning picture book follows a meticulous boy who lives in a house where everything is arranged just so — filled with miles of books, four fine frisbees, a well-preserved eagle feather, and lots of peace & quiet. Every morning, the boy wakes up and follows the exact same routine, with a cactus as his only companion… until the day a BEAR appears, suddenly, just like that, out of the blue. 🪶🌵🐻

✨✨✨ Author Rebecca Bach-Lauritsen & illustrator Anna Margrethe Kjaergaard worked together to carefully craft a wonderful story in which both text & art reflect how the boy’s patterns of living are totally turned upside down by his surprise visitor, ultimately offering a picture book about all the good & fun that can come from embracing change & welcoming new friendships. And translator Michael Favala Goldman masterfully brings all the playful musicality of the original Danish text into English. 📚📖

We hope you enjoy Out of the Blue and the bear-sized exuberance this picture book brings! 🫶💙🥳

Enter into the pages of The Book of Denial—a horror story, ghost story, and work of literary fiction that’s told as much through its stunning art & design as through its gripping text.

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This is a story of our deepest inhumanity—one that confronts the long history of violence against children—and through its young narrator, attempts to find a way out. Through flashbacks and stories within stories, as well as full-page illustrations in striking black & white and all the shades of gray in between, The Book of Denial uplifts storytelling itself as our best means of understanding the past and shaping the future. By refusing to repeat a centuries-old pattern of denial, by confronting the darkness of our past and daring to try to change our future, this raw, complex work is also a beacon of hope.

From genre-defying author Ricardo Chávez Castañeda & visionary designer Alejandro Magallanes, translated from Spanish by Lawerence Schimel, The Book of Denial was originally published in Mexico and is now available in English for the first time. This is the third book to publish under Unruly, Enchanted Lion’s imprint of picture books specifically intended for adult & teen readers.

Italy’s greatest children’s author answers kids’ questions about our world with humor, whimsy, & wisdom

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The Book of Whys was written by the great Italian children’s author Gianni Rodari. From 1955 to 1958, children from all across Italy would write in to his newspaper column to ask him their questions: Why does an elephant have a trunk? Why does a car need fuel? Why are we born? Rodari would then answer these questions with facts, rhymes, and short stories & poems. After all, what better way to engage the mind and foster deeper exploration & thinking… than with imagination & play?

Translated with verve & flair from Italian by Antony Shugaar, The Book of Whys is now available in English for the very first time. And that’s not all—our edition also includes dazzling illustrations by the amazing JooHee Yoon!

We hope you enjoy this wonderful book, which is as whimsical as it is informative. Happy reading! 🧡

A beautiful picture book about self-discovery, community, & what it means to belong to a place

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Written by debut talent Mk Smith Despres & gorgeously illustrated by award-winning artist Hyewon Yum, Night Song tells the story of Bernardo, a frog who loves dawn and the birdsong that carries the woods into each new day. But it’s the very beauty of birdsong that also highlights for him the insufficiency of his own croaking voice, and this makes him sad. What if there’s nothing beautiful about me? What if I have nothing to contribute to my woodland home?

Bernardo tries and tries again to imitate the birds whose song he so adores, but all his efforts fall flat... until an appreciative snail praises the hushed sounds that dusk brings, thus awakening Bernardo to the vital role he’s meant to play in the woods’ great symphony.

We hope you enjoy Night Song—the beauty in how Hyewon Yum’s art captures the changing light of day & the humor in Bernardo’s expressions, the poetry & immersivity in how Mk Smith Despres’s text connects with Bernardo & celebrates the natural world—and that this picture book resonates with you, our dear community of readers!

All proceeds from website sales of How War Changed Rondo will be donated to UNICEF's relief efforts in Ukraine.

At ten days into the conflict in Ukraine, over one million children have been forced to flee their home country. To help provide these children with the humanitarian aid and care they so sorely need, we will be donating all proceeds from website sales of How War Changed Rondo to UNICEF's relief efforts in Ukraine, for as long as the conflict is ongoing.

Inspired by its creators’ personal experience with war, this Ukrainian picture book is a powerful tribute to peace, resistance, and community in the face of destruction and darkness. Please join with us to spread the message of this book—its light and its love—far and wide, as we all continue to stand together for peace and for the children, especially the children, of our imperiled world.