Several Painted Words authors and illustrators were included in Betsy Bird’s Fuse #8 Blog’s 31 Days, 31 Lists. They are as follows: 2020 Board Books; Make Me a Robot (Chronicle Books) by Mark Rogalski 2020 Picture Book Readalouds: Friday Night WrestleFest (MacMillan) by J.F. Fox, illustrated by Micah Player 2020 Bilingual Children’s Books: Sharuko (Lee & Low) by Monica Brown, illustrated by Elisa Chavarri 2020 Fairy, Folk and Religious Tales: Federico and the Wolf (HMH) by Rebecca J. Gomez, illustrated by Elisa Chavarri 2020 Picture Books: Bedtime for Sweet Creatures (Sourcebooks/Jabberwocky) by Nikki Grimes, illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon and Friday Night WrestleFest (MacMillan) by J.F. Fox, illustrated by Micah Player 2020 Comic & Graphic Novels: Arlo & Pips (HarperCollins) by Elise Gravel 2020 Unique Biographies: Above the Rim (Abrams) by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Frank Morrison and The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver (HarperCollins) by Gene Barretta, illustrated by Frank Morrison 2020 Nonfiction Picture Books: Above the Rim (Abrams) by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Frank Morrison and The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver (HarperCollins) by Gene Barretta, illustrated by Frank Morrison 2020 Nonfiction for Older Readers: The Talk (Penguin Random House) edited by Wade Hudson and Cheryl Hudson, including […]
The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver (HarperCollins) written by Gene Barretta and illustrated by Frank Morrison and Above the Rim (Abrams) written by Jen Bryant and illustrated by Frank Morrison made the list of Unique Biographies of 2020 on the Fuse #8 Blog, a School Library Journal blog written by Elizabeth Bird. See the full list here Get The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver here Get Above the Rim here
Burt the Beetle (Kids Can Press) by Ashley Spires is an official Junior Library Guild Selection. Congratulations Ashley! The book will be released in June 2021. Pre-order your copy here
NBC News has included I Got the Christmas Spirit (Bloomsbury) written by Connie Schofield-Morrison and illustrated by Frank Morrison has been recognized by NBC News as one of the Best inclusive holiday books for children. See the full list here Get the book here
Above the Rim (Abrams) written by Jen Bryant and illustrated by Frank Morrison, Bedtime for Sweet Creatures (Sourcebooks/Jabberwocky) written by Nikki Grimes and illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon and Sharuko (Lee & Low) written by Monica Brown and illustrated by Elisa Chavarri have all made the Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature list of the best books of 2020. Congratulations Frank, Liz and Elisa! See the full list here Get Above the Rim here Get Bedtime for Sweet Creatures here Get Sharuko here
To the Moon and Back for You (Penguin Random House) written by Emilia Bechrakis Serhant and illustrated by E.G. Keller, Just Like Me (Penguin Random House) by Vanessa Brantley-Newton and Bedtime for Sweet Creatures (Sourcebooks/Jabberwocky) written by Nikki Grimes and illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon have made Book Riot’s list of 20 Must-Read Picture Books from 2020. See the list here Get To the Moon and Back for You here Get Just Like Me here Get Bedtime for Sweet Creatures here
