Canada’s Corus Entertainment has greenlit a CG-animated series based on author Ashley Spires’ book The Most Magnificent Thing (Kids Can Press) and a same-name 2019 short film for its Treehouse preschool channel. Millie Magnificent (52 x 11 minutes) features the book’s namesake protagonist taking on kid-sized challenges in the neighborhood with her friends and pet dog using STEAM-based skills and creative problem-solving. Read more about it here Get the book here
Jump In! (Bloomsbury), Shadra Strickland’s debut author illustrated picture book, has been named a Junior Library Guild Selection. Read more about it here Jump In! will be published January 31, 2023. Pre order it here
Black Gold (HarperCollins) by Laura Obuobi, illustrated by London Ladd is a NAACP Image Award Nominee as Outstanding Literary Work- Children. The Awards Ceremony will be televised on BET, Saturday February 25th at 8:00 EST. See the full list of nominees here Get the book here Congratulations London!
Booklist calls Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar (Doubleday) by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow a “pitch-perfect-picture-book biography” and says that “This upbeat, harmonious portrait of the “Godmother of Rock and Roll” as a child hits all the right notes.” Little Rosetta and the Talking Guitar will be published February 28, 2023. Pre order it here See the full review in the February 1 issue of Booklist.
Uncle John’s City Garden (Holiday House) by Bernette Ford, illustrated by Frank Morrison has been named a Blue Ribbon Book by the Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books. See the full list of Blue Ribbon Books here Get Uncle John’s City Garden here
In a review of A Crown for Corina (Little Brown) by Laekan Zea Kemp, illustrated by Elisa Chavarri, Publishers Weekly says “Highlighting seasonal cycles and the natural passage of time, it’s a lushly told story that emphasizes the role of the past in the present and future: when Corina asks Abuela why their family wears crowns, she replies that “when we place la corona on our head, we become its roots, reaching back through time to hold on to the things that matter.” See the full review here Get the book here
