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SCBWI members’ publishing news is something to celebrate here at Kite Tales! Check out whose book is coming to a platform near you or around the world. Horn-tooting and digital high fives welcome in the comments!

Camilla and the Fall Festival, by Julie Dillemuth, illustrated by Laura Wood, Magination Press, ages 4–8, Picture Book, ISBN: 9781433844805, release date: 8/5/2025.

Turkey Trot: The Race of Their Lives, by Syd Blue and Jeff Wilcox, illustrated by Jose Angel Patiño, Syd Blue Productions, ages 4–8, Picture Book Fiction, ISBN: 9798999624406, release date: 9/21/2025.

Sparky of Bunker Hill Mysteries Books 1–3: Includes New Tootsie LaFemme 1920s Hollywood Short Mystery, by Rosalind Barden, Poodle Productions, LLC, ages 11–18+, Mystery, ISBN: 9798999302038, release date: 10/27/2025.

Serpiente en el Césped—the Spanish version of Snake in the Grass, by Kitty Felde, Chesapeake Press, ages 7–12, Middle Grade Mystery, ISBN: 9798989493463, release date: 9/2/2025.

God Made Easy, by Patrice Karst, Hachette Book Group / Worthy Publishing, ages Teen–Adult, Spiritual, ISBN: 9781546008989, release date: 2/17/2026.

Beatrice the Bewildered Bumblebee, by Gayla Bratta, illustrated by Dubravka Kolanovic, Book Bridge Press, ages 4–6, Children’s, ISBN: 9798218769680, release date: 3/1/2026.
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