Meredith Mundy at Abrams Appleseed has acquired world rights to Party Panic by Jolene Gutiérrez (l.), illustrated by Angel Chang. Birdy, a child who is easily overwhelmed, agrees to attend an event she imagines will be very stressful: a party. With new and overwhelming noises, smells, foods, and more, can Birdy brave this new world to help support a friend for their celebration? Publication is set for spring 2027; Kaitlyn Sanchez at Bradford Literary Agency represented the author, and Susan Penny at the Bright Agency represented the illustrator.

Author of the forthcoming THE LEGEND OF LEO Monica Acker’s PIRATE BABY, in which a captain takes whatever she fancies and never gives a single thing in return—until she fishes a houseplant from the sea and reluctantly tends to it, allowing them both to grow, illustrated by Susana Soto, to Michael Green at Marble Press, in a nice deal, for publication in fall 2026, by Kaitlyn Sanchez at Bradford Literary Agency for the author, and by Kate Webber at Good Illustration for the illustrator (world).

Hannah Lorenzo’s BEAUTY IS EVERYWHERE, the author’s debut, an interfaith story in which two best friends gather small, everyday treasures to create a mosaic for their neighborhood picnic; when they run out of time, their community steps in, adding final touches that show beauty really is all around, illustrated by Tasneem Amiruddin, to Deidra Purvis at Free Spirit, with Alison Behnke editing, for publication in fall 2026, by Kaitlyn Sanchez at Bradford Literary Agency for the author, and by James McGowan at BookEnds for the illustrator (world).

Marley Rose-Teter’s THE BONE BRIDES, pitched as Howl’s Moving Castle by way of Guillermo del Toro, in which a girl must save her changeling girlfriend from a terrifying faerie realm before they both end up trapped in skins not their own, to Lauren Knowles at Page Street, for publication in fall 2026, by Hannah Andrade at Bradford Literary Agency (world English).

Author of FOUR WEEKENDS AND A FUNERAL and ANYWHERE WITH YOU Ellie Palmer’s ‘TIL UNDEATH DO US PART, pitched as BUTCHER & BLACKBIRD meets MY ROOMMATE IS A VAMPIRE by way of Fargo, a paranormal-horror rom-com about a woman and her mortician husband in couples therapy, desperate to fix their marriage; but when she unwittingly becomes a vampire and bodies start piling up, they discover their relationship isn’t the only thing that needs saving, to Cat Clyne at Mira, in a good deal, in a two-book deal, for publication in spring 2027, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (world English).

NYT-bestselling author of IT HAPPENED ONE SUMMER Tessa Bailey’s untitled book three in the Bellinger Sisters series, about a new divorcee who returns to Westport, Washington, where she spent the happiest summers of her youth, and the fisherman who has spent a decade regretting the one who got away, to May Chen at Avon, in a major deal, in a four-book deal, by Laura Bradford at Bradford Literary Agency (world English).