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Our May Illustrator Highlight

features images by Chris Case.

  

See full Highlight here.

 

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Hey, yay—it’s May!

CONGRATS—

to Alma Fullerton on her Blue Spruce Award Honor – the second, following the 2022 Green Earth Award Honor:

 

Stay tuned for Alma’s new MG, FLIPPING FORWARD TWISTING BACKWARD (Peachtree) in July:

“Designed with accessibility in mind (the typeface is meant to be easily decoded), the text stresses that learning disabilities are in no way a bad thing. Fullerton offers readers a glimpse into what it’s like to try to read with difficulties … A positive representation of perseverance.”
—Kirkus 
 

FELICITACIONES—

to Alexandra Alexandra and ISABEL AND HER COLORES GO TO SCHOOL: 
a 2021 Florida Book Awards Gold Medal winner, ISABEL is also a 2022 Americas Award Commended Title from the Consortium of Latin American Studies Program (CLASP) and is included in the Association for Library Service to Children’s Dia Reading List.

 

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Spotlight on Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

         
 

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Spotlight on Jewish representation with HC

 

The 2021 National Jewish Award Finalist

Upcoming:
From award-winning Megan Hoyt, the author of BARTALI’S BICYCLE, comes a second nonfiction PB, THE GREATEST SONG OF ALL, that dives into the inspiring story of Isaac Stern, the violin virtuoso who saved Carnegie Hall from being demolished.

“Hoyt pays tribute not just to the renowned violinist but to a unique cultural institution that has hosted many luminaries.”
—Booklist
 

To learn how a famous concert violinist helped unite the world to save one of NYC’s most elegant architectural treasures, order a signed copy here.

Check out these books, poster, and reading guides Illustrated by Nora Hilb for PJ Library:

And don’t miss these other titles:

 

Pura Belpré winner Ernesto Cisneros’s FALLING SHORT is included in the Horn Book round-up for Jewish American Heritage Month as a MG book providing a “glimpse into diverse Jewish experiences.”
 
The Horn Book | Jewish experiences (hbook.com)

 

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Spotlight on Mental Health Awareness Month with SCBWI

   
 

Additional titles:

      
 

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Happy #TeacherAppreciationWeek
(month, year!)

We’re celebrating with this NEW 2-book Educator Guide 
for EFRÉN DIVIDED & FALLING SHORT by
Ernesto Cisneros—from Quill Tree Books/Harper Collins. 

Spotlight on our graduates!

See the life lessons of Bob McKinnon’s NYT-bestselling THREE LITTLE ENGINES (Workshop/PRH), a modern retelling of the classic THE LITTLE ENGINE THAT COULD, sharing the timely message that everyone’s journey is different, and that sometimes, success comes from a helping hand:

Click image above to watch the video.
 

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June book buzz:

This enduring anthem for Black girls from Brynne Barnes, BLACK GIRL RISING (illustrated by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, Chronicle), celebrates their power, potential, and brilliance—for themselves and for the world.

As a Black girl, I face the beauty, the challenges, the glory, and grace of that every single day.  I’ve always tried to embrace all aspects of who I am, and this book, in particular, addresses the human experience (which is universal) through the lens of Blackness and Black girlhood.
 
There are people outside of us who can model strength and resilience, but ultimately, the most powerful resource we have to tackle anything we face comes from within us. We already have it.  We all have that magic.  This is what I want all young people everywhere to know.
 
Get To Know…Brynne Barnes – Sadé Magazine (sademagazine.co)

 

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See the transformative life cycle of a sunflower play out from page to page in this bold read-aloud by Sibert honoree Antoinette Portis.

★ 
“Clear, engaging, beautiful, and perfectly pitched to its young audience—simply brilliant.”
—The Horn Book, Starred Review

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“Employing spare language and sunny, stippled multimedia spreads that belie their quiet complexity, Portis gracefully traces a sunflower’s cycle from seed to sprout to plant—and back again. . . It’s a volume almost as jam-packed as a seed itself.”
—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

“Youngsters will feel a sense of awe as they witness the magic of a seed’s first tender shoot and the symbiosis of nature. . . . [A] useful primer on one of nature’s miraculous cycles.”
—Kirkus Reviews

2022 ALA LLX Book Buzz – YouTube
 

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Award-winning science writer Mary Batten and NYT-bestselling illustrator Thomas Gonzalez, the masterful duo that created LIFE IN A FROZEN WORLD, team up again in this impressive overview of hydrothermal ocean vents.

ALA LibLearnX 2022 Virtual Booth
 

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With an insightful eye into the world of an inspired genius, award-winning author Susan B. Katz tells of Gaudí’s life and work. Linda Schwalbe’s dazzling and powerful illustrations reflect the inventive, daring, and flamboyant style of Gaudí’s work.

 
 

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More…

Where’s East West?

SCBWI Seminars—

Hosted by Megan Hoyt with her HC editor:

Conferences and School Visits—

Upcoming:

 

Overheard on TWITTER

 

 
  

*CONGRATULATIONS ONE AND ALL*