In a review of Toasty (Holiday House) by Sarah Hwang, Publishers Weekly says “Newcomer Hwang’s quirky plot has the meandering joy of a small child’s storytelling logic, while acrylic paint, colored-pencil, and digital pictures give the triumphant Toasty a sketchbook immediacy as he engages in doggy doings.”
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Joanie Stone, illustrator of Secrets of the Sea (Clarion) is interviewed on Jena Benton’s blog, along with the book’s author Evan Griffith.
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ryn Thurman will be doing a virtual Zoom event on March 26th @ 5pm with Third Place Books in Seattle with four amazing PNW authors. (Dana Sullivan, (Dead Max Series), Jing Jing Song, Trudi Truet, (Explorer Series) and Barbara Davis Pyles.“
Just Like Me” (Penguin Random House) by Vanessa Brantley-Newton has been selected as a “recommended title” by the Kansas National Education Association’s Reading Circle Commission.
Congratulations Vanessa!
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Sharuko (Lee & Low) by Monica Brown, illustrated by Elisa Chavarri has been selected for the 2021-22 Tejas Star Reading List by the Texas Library Association.
The Tejas Star Reading List (TSRL) provides a recommended reading list to encourage children ages 5-12 to explore multicultural books and to discover the cognitive and economic benefits of bilingualism and multilingualism. The Tejas Star Reading List is intended for recreational reading, not to support a specific curriculum.
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In addition, Monica Brown and Elisa Chavarri, are featured in an interview with Sharuko’s home institutionMuseo de Arqueología y Antropología UNMSM. The interview is subtitled in Spanish so it is accessible to all Spanish-speakers!
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Rise: A Feminist Bo
ok Project for Ages 0-18 has selected Unbeatable Betty (HarperCollins) by Alison Crotzer Kimmel, illustrated by Joanie Stone, as one of the titles to be honored on the Rise 2021 Book List.
You can find out more about Rise: A Feminist Book Project, which is part of the Feminist Task Force of the American Library Association, and view the complete list of recommended titles here
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There Goes Patti McGee! (Macmillan 2/23/21) by Tootie Nienow, illustrated by Erika Medina, De aqui como el coqui (Penguin Random House 3/16/21) by Nomar Perez, Blueberry Cake (Simon & Schuster 7/13/21) by Sarah Dillard and Big Apple Diaries (Macmillan 8/17/21) by Alyssa Bermudez have been named Junior Library Guild selections for 2021.
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Jimmie Allen author of My Voice is a Trumpet (Penguin Random House) illustrated by Cathy Ann Johnson is the subject of an article about the book in People Magazine. The article calls the book “A gentle call to action.” The book will be released July 13, 2021.
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Just Like Mama (Simon & Schuster) by Alice Faye Duncan, illustrated by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow and The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver (HarperCollins) by Gene Barretta, illustrated by Frank Morrison have been nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Children’s Literary Work. The awards will be announced on March 27, 2021.
Congratulations Charnelle, Gene and Frank!
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There Goes Patti McGee! (Macmillan) by Tootie Nienow, illustrated by Erika Medina, has been chosen as an Amazon Best Book of the Month for February. The book is an uplifting picture book biography of the first-ever professional female skateboarder and winner of the 1964 National Skateboard Championship for Women.
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