The 2022 Booklist from Rise: A Feminist Book Project is out and several books illustrated by Painted Words artists are on it!
Included are:
Secrets of the Sea (Clarion) by Evan Griffith, illustrated by Joanie Stone
The Library Bus (Pajama Press) by Bahram Rahman, illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard
Legacy (Bloomsbury) by Nikki Grimes, including illustrations by Vanessa Brantley Newton, Cathy Ann Johnson, Keisha Morris, Shadra Strickland, and Elizabeth Zunon