Recent News

• THE BEATRYCE PROPHECY, written by Kate DiCamillo and illustrated by Sophie Blackall, receives starred reviews from Booklist, Kirkus, and Publishers Weekly.
• SOUL FOOD SUNDAY, written by Winsome Bingham and illustrated by C.G. Esperanza, gets a starred review from Publishers Weekly.
• THE CURSED CARNIVAL AND OTHER CALAMITIES: NEW STORIES ABOUT MYTHIC HEROES, edited by Rick Riordan, receives a starred review from Publishers Weekly.
• Nice shout out for Kelly Quindlen’s SHE DRIVES ME CRAZY from Leah Johnson and Reese’s Book Club!
• LATE TO THE PARTY by Kelly Quindlen is a Fierce Reads July 2021 Book Club Pick
• LAND OF THE CRANES by Aida Salazar won the Américas Award and FURIA by Yamile Saied Méndez is an Honorable Mention Title.
• THE PASSOVER GUEST, written by Susan Kusel and illustrated by Sean Rubin, is on The Association of Jewish Libraries list of the top 100 Jewish Children’s Books.
• KING AND THE DRAGONFLIES by Kacen Calendar wins a 2021 Lammy Award.
• JOSEPHINE AGAINST THE SEA by Shakirah Bourne receives starred reviews from Kirkus and Booklist.
• ANGEL OF GREENWOOD by Randi Pink was featured in an NBC News roundup of books about the Tulsa Race Massacre and Black Wall Street.
• I IS FOR IMMIGRANTS by Selina Alko receives a starred review from Kirkus and School Library Journal.
• THE ACCURSED VAMPIRE by Madeline McGrane receives a starred review from School Library Journal.
• WHAT WILL YOU BE?, written by Yamile Saied Mendez and illustrated by Kate Alizadeh, receives a starred review from Kirkus.
• AMERICA, MY LOVE, AMERICA, MY HEART by Daria Peoples-Riley receives a starred review from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, the Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, and The Horn Book.
• Congratulations to our 2021 ALA Award Winners and Honorees! Yamile Saied Mendez’s FURIA won the Pura Belpré Award for YA Text, Kiku Hughes’s DISPLACEMENT is an Asian/Pacific American Award Youth Literature Honor Book, Kacen Callender’s FELIX EVER AFTER is a Stonewall Honor Book, and Kacen Callender’s KING AND THE DRAGONFLIES is a Coretta Scott King Honor Book.
• 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 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.

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