The Waking Brain Cells blog wrote a fantastic review of Little Melba and Her Big Trombone, illustrated by Frank Morrison.

On Morrison’s artwork, the review stated: “Morrison’s art beautifully captures the life of Liston on the page.  His paintings are done in rich colors, filled with angles of elbows, horns and music, they leap on the page.  They evoke the time period and the sense of music and jazz.”

The delightful follow up to Sarah Dillard’s Extraordinary Warren is now available from Aladdin books at Simon & Schuster. Extraordinary Warren Saves the Day reunites readers with the eponymous chicken and his new sidekick, Egg, as they embark on another quirky adventure that combines imaginative storytelling with eye-catching art.

Alice from Dallas by Marilyn Sadler has won a gold award from the National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA). The gold award is the highest accolade available from this prestigious organization.

NAPPA said: “Why we like it: Alice is one spunky cowgirl and there’s always a need for spunky girl stories! While she remains true to her true spunky self, she learns a lesson along the story’s trail.”

Congratulations, Marilyn!

The Mermaid and the Shoe by K.G. Campbell was featured on the ML Reads blog. The ‘kid tested, librarian approved’ blog said “A combination of watercolor and crayon pencil are used to create the enchanting illustrations” and praised the book for its empowering treatment of the main character.

Sarah’s author-illustrated young graphic reader, Extraordinary Warren, is a June selection for the Junior Library Guild.

Artwork from Jill Dubin’s picture book, Over in a River, will be exhibited at the SCBWI Southern Breeze Gallery Show

Vanessa’s illustrated book We Shall Overcome was a winner of The Jane Addams Children’s Book Awards 2014.

Follow Follow, illustrated by Josee Masse and written by Marilyn Singer, was awarded an IRA Teachers’ Choice Award for 2014 for Intermediate Readers.