Recent News and Upcoming Releases

Publishing announcements, awards and general information for our authors, illustrators and author/illustrators. Upcoming release and features included.

Recent News

THESE UNLUCKY STARS by Gillian McDunn receives a starred review from Publishers Weekly.
ANGEL OF GREENWOOD by Randi Pink receives a starred review from Publishers Weekly.
HAPPY NARWHALIDAYS by Ben Clanton makes the New York Times bestseller list for Graphic Books and Manga!
IF YOU COME TO EARTH by Sophie Blackall is a New York Times Best Children’s Book 2020.
THE PASSOVER GUEST by written by Susan Kusel and illustrated by Sean Rubin receives starred reviews from Booklist and School Library Journal.
KING AND THE DRAGONFLIES by Kacen Callender has won for the medal for 2020 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature.
LAND OF THE CRANES by Aida Salazar receives starred reviews from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal.
PLAYING POSSUM by Jennifer Black Reinhardt, IF YOU COME TO EARTH by Sophie Blackall, TOWER OF NERO by Rick Riordan, and KING AND THE DRAGONFLIES by Kacen Callender are B&N’s Best Books of 2020!
SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY by Kelly Quindlen receives a starred review from Booklist.
FURIA by Yamile Saied Méndez is an Indie Bestseller!
FURIA by Yamile Saied Méndez is a Reese Witherspoon YA Book Club Pick for September 2020.
FIVE MIDNIGHTS by Ann Davila Cardinal wins an International Latino Book Award 2020 in the category of Best YA Fantasy & Adventure.
BLAZEWRATH GAMES by Amparo Ortiz receives a starred review from Booklist.
The news is out! Amazon Studios is adapting Kacen Callender’s FELIX EVER AFTER to TV!
The following books made NPR’s 100 Favorite Books for Young Readers List: BROWN BABY LULLABY by Tameka Fryer Brown and AG Ford, HELLO LIGHTHOUSE by Sophie Blackall, THE JUMBIES by Tracey Baptiste, and the IVY & BEAN series by Annie Barrows and Sophie Blackall.
IF YOU COME TO EARTH by Sophie Blackall receives starred reviews from Booklist and Publishers Weekly.
FURIA by Yamile Saied Méndez receives starred reviews from Kirkus and Publishers Weekly.
DISPLACEMENT by Kiku Hughes receives a starred review from Kirkus.
FREEDOM BIRD, written by Jerdine Nolen and illustrated by James E. Ransome, wins a 2020 Parents’ Choice Award silver medal.

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