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

IF YOU COME TO EARTH by Sophie Blackall receives starred reviews from Booklist and Publishers Weekly.
FURIA by Yamile Saied Méndez receives a starred review from Kirkus.
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.
LAND OF THE CRANES by Aida Salazar receives stars from and Publishers Weekly and Kirkus.
IT WASN’T ME by Dana Alison Levy is included on the Massachusetts Book Award’s Must-Read Long List.
Randi Pink’s GIRLS LIKE US receives a starred review from School Library Journal.
GZLA has two Amazon books of the month for August 2019: I GOT NEXT by Daria Peoples-Riley and MANHATTAN: MAPPING THE STORY OF AN ISLAND by Jennifer Thermes
MOONCAKES by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu receives a starred review from School Library Journal.
MANHATTAN: MAPPING THE STORY OF AN ISLAND by Jennifer Thermes receives starred reviews from Kirkus, Booklist, Publishers Weekly, Shelf Awareness, and School Library Journal.
CATERPILLAR SUMMER by Gillian McDunn is featured in The New York Times.
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?, written by Yamile Saied Méndez and illustrated by Jaime Kim, receives starred reviews from Kirkus and Shelf Awareness.
FIVE MIDNIGHTS by Ann Dávila Cardinal and THE MOON WITHIN by Aida Salazar are among those mentioned in NBC News for their 10 New Latino Books list.
I GOT NEXT by Daria Peoples-Riley receives a starred review from Kirkus.
GRANDMA GATEWOOD HIKES THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL by Jennifer Thermes, IT WASN’T ME by Dana Alison Levy, and TRIALS OF APOLLO 03: THE BURNING MAZE by Rick Riordan are all chosen for the 2019 ILA/CBC Children’s Choices Reading List.
PATRON SAINTS OF NOTHING by Randy Ribay receives starred reviews from Kirkus, Booklist, and Publishers Weekly.
THE MOON WITHIN by Aida Salazar receives starred reviews from Kirkus, School Library Journal, Publisher’s Weekly, and BookPage.

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