A Publishers Weekly article titled “Black History Month 2023: Q&As with Picture Book Creators Highlighting Black History features All Aboard the Schooltrain (Scholastic) by Glenda Armand, illustrated by Keisha Morris, Justice Rising: 12 Amazing Black Women in the Civil Rights Movement (Viking) by Katheryn Russell-Brown, illustrated by Kim Holt and My Red, White, and Blue (Philomel) by Alana Tyson, illustrated by London Ladd. Read the article here
Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar (Doubleday) by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow has received its second starred review, this time from BookPage, which says ” “It’s difficult to convey the intricate charm of Pinkney Barlow’s gleeful cut-paper artwork. Textured and patterned papers create movement and depth, while colorful musical notations and bits of sheet music are incorporated throughout. Perhaps most impressive is the sense of place achieved by both text and art: Readers will truly feel as though they’ve visited Cotton Plant and met many of its animated, expressive denizens, from Pastor Murray, “mender of souls and mender of guitars,” whose shirt is made from blue-lined notebook paper, to Miss Mable, who compliments Tharpe’s “fast finger pickin’” as she hangs her laundry out to dry. ” Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar will be published February 28, 2023. Get the book here Read the full review here
La La La (Candlewick) by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Jaime Kim, is featured in an article on wordless picturebooks in Books Ireland Magazine. The article calls the book “a fascinatingly abstract piece… with bewitching artwork that is beaming with vibrant color throughout.” Read the full article here Get the book here
Mr. Schu Reads blog features a cover reveal for I Ship: A Container Ship’s Colossal Journey (Millbrook Press) by Kelly Rice Schmitt, illustrated by Jam Dong. The book will be published October 4, 2023. Pre-order the book here See the full blog post here
London Ladd’s Perish, originally created for the New York Times Book Review, has been selected to Communication Arts Annual 64! Congratulations London!
My Red, White, and Blue (Philomel) by Alana Tyson, illustrated by London Ladd, and Standing in the Need of Prayer (Crown) by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Frank Morrison are featured in an article in School Library Journal called “Three Books to Celebrate Black History”. See the full article here Get My Red, White, and Blue here Get Standing in the Need of Prayer here
