The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver by Gene Barretta and illustrated by Frank Morrison has made it on the School Library Journal’s #BlackinSTEM list. The list highlights 17 nonfiction books that spotlight Black scientists, thinkers, and inventors.
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I Got The School Spirit Illustrated by Frank Morrison and written by Connie Schofield-Morrison, along with The King of Kindergarten illustrated by Vanessa Brantley Newton have made it on Today.com’s Top 20 “Best Back-to-school Books for Kids to Calm First Day Jitters.”
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Extraordinary Warren’s World, a reissued volume including Extraordinary Warren and Extraordinary Warren Saves the Day by Sarah Dillard, has made it on Amazon’s Best Books of the Month for July list. The book is on the list in the category for ages 6-8 (beginning and early readers). Congrats Sarah!
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Vanessa Brantley Newton participated in Oshkosh’s virtual summer camp, Camp Osh Kosh, with a fun drawing tutorial. In the video, she teaches kids how to draw the character, Jada Jones, from the chapter book series she illustrated, Jada Jones.
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Jia Liu’s artwork entitled “Grow Through Reading” has been shortlisted for the 2020 World Illustration Awards. Selected by the Association of Illustrators, the final awards will be announced in October. Jia’s work has been selected in the children’s publishing category. Congrats Jia!
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Sarah Dillard’s Extraordinary Warren and Extraordinary Warren Saves the Day were reissued this month as a single volume called Extraordinary Warren’s World! It was chosen by Amazon editors as Amazon’s Best Books of the Month, for ages 6-8, for July. Congrats Sarah!
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Bedtime for Sweet Creatures, illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon, has been selected as one of Amazon’s Best Books of the Year So Far in the 3-5 category. This list compiles 20 of the Amazon editors’ favorite books from the first 6 months of the year. Congrats Liz!
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Every month, Amazon’s editors pick a handful of their favorite books, and this July, Eric Barclay’s, Sheep Dog and Sheep Sheep: Baaad Hair Day, was selected in the 3-5 age category. You can buy the book here.
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Ashley Spires’s Fairy Science is one of three titles shortlisted for the 2020 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards in the Children’s Picture Book category. This award recognizes artistic excellence in English-language Canadian children’s literature. Chosen by student juries the winners will be announced later this month. Congrats Ashley!
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The Times Machine!, illustrated by Josee Masse, is included in Brightly’s List of the Best Children’s and YA Books of June 2020. The book is a “creative approach” to multiplication tables and helps young kids learn that math CAN be fun. Congrats Josee!
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