This is what happens when you plan to do something and then don’t. You can’t have a cover reveal because someone puts it on Twitter before you can. So, here we are having a cover celebration instead. And I’m not mad! It’s a good problem to have when teachers, librarians and reviewers of your books [ Read the full article… ]
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Amplify Black Stories Announces 24-Storyteller Cohort
Program of connection and bridge-building with the children’s publishing industry springs forward Edited to correct spelling of sponsor Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency Honesdale, PA – In partnership with the Highlights Foundation, the Brown Bookshelf today announced the cohort of storytellers selected for Amplify Black Stories, a six-month program focused on supporting Black storytellers, confronting industry [ Read the full article… ]
Generations Book Club: Belonging
Welcome back to Generations Book Club! Our new list celebrates belonging. From the storytelling of Big Papa and the Time Machine by Daniel Bernstrom to the journey of discovery in the Laura Line by our own Crystal Allen to the classic, Kindred by Octavia Butler and the outstanding guide, Parent Like It Matters: How to [ Read the full article… ]
Book Giveaway: The Wonder of the World Leaf
The The Wonder of the World Leaf Book Giveaway is fully sponsored and organized by the book’s author. It is not sponsored by (or in any way affiliated with) HarperCollins. From dynamic duo Summer Edward (author) and Sayada Ramdial (illustrator) comes The Wonder of the World Leaf, a hopeful nature-loving tale of community and [ Read the full article… ]
Cover Reveal: Amara’s Farm
Did you catch the shout out to Imani’s Moon by JaNay Brown-Wood on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert? That’s just the latest nod for her wonderful titles. We’re thrilled she has many more books on the way. Next up is the first in her Where in the Garden picture book series, Amara’s Farm. Check [ Read the full article… ]
Cover Reveal–It Doesn’t Take A Genius
Gordon C. James has said of his work: “When people see my art I want them to say, I know that person, I know that feeling.” And I burst into cheers when I saw this NY Times bestselling artist’s cover art for my middle grade novel IT DOESN’T TAKE A GENIUS. He so beautifully captured [ Read the full article… ]
Spotlight on Elle McKinney & Robyn Smith’s Nubia: Real One
I admit to being jaded about the DC or Marvel universes. When the movies first showed up on the big screen, I was excited to see a form of fantasy and magic take center stage. I brimmed with anticipation, just like everyone else of an *ahem* certain age that had watched the cartoons or the [ Read the full article… ]
Write On, Right On!
As we neared the end of the Amplify Black Stories celebration, a question from Denise Aduesi, Co-founder of Black Creators in KidLit, popped into the chat: How do you balance writing and activism? Thanks to the enthusiastic response from those attending, the question flitted by as quickly as it had popped onscreen while folks weighed [ Read the full article… ]