The Most Magnificent Idea (Kids Can Press) by Ashley Spires, has been shortlisted for the Chocolate Lily Book Award. The Chocolate Lily Book Awards celebrates BC authors and illustrators while striving to increase literacy for grade school children in British Columbia, all of Canada and the whole reading world! See all of the nominees here Get the book here
Erika Lynn Jones , illustrator of The Loud Librarian (Atheneum) by Jenna Beatrice, is featured on the KidLit in Color Blog, sharing tips for aspiring illustrators. She talks about her road to becoming an illustrator and shares some of the obstacles and triumphs she faced along the way. Read the full post here
Because of You, John Lewis (Scholastic) by Andrea Davis Pinkney, illustrated by Keith Henry Brown, has been awarded the 2023 NCSS Carter G. Woodson Book Award – Honor: Middle Level Category. Congratulations Keith! See the full list of awards here Get the book here
Elisa Chavarri is the subject of one of a series of articles in School Library Journal, that look that profile star illustrators. The article talks about Elisa’s illustrations for Abuela’s Super Capa (HarperCollins) by Ana Siqueira, and the personal connection that Elisa felt to the story. Read the full article here Get the book here
School Library Journal has given a starred review to Harlem at Four (Random House Studio) by Michael Datcher, illustrated by Frank Morrison See the full review below: This book tells the story of two Harlems. The first part follows a modern Black family, a single father and his daughter Harlem. When Harlem is four years old, her father takes her to an art museum, where they see works by famous Black artists, including Romare Bearden and Jean-Michel Basquiat. Later, the pair dances to John Coltrane and Miles Davis on the street and create science and art projects in their apartment. The father is in awe of his daughter’s fierceness and confidence: “And your eyelashes brush/ A Super Daddy ‘S’/ Across my beating chest.” The second part tells the story of the Harlem neighborhood in 1904. It serves as a tribute to Philip A. “Papa” Payton, Jr., who helped to start the Great Black Migration and the Black housing explosion in Harlem through the Afro-American Realty Company. Payton paved the way for Black families to thrive in Harlem, and for the father and daughter in the beginning of the book to later bond over the work of Black artists from Harlem […]
Standing in the Need of Prayer (Crown) by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Frank Morrison has been named a Boston Globe/Hornbook Award Honor Book! See the announcement here Get the book here
