“Just Like Me” (Penguin Random House) by Vanessa Brantley-Newton has been selected as a “recommended title” by the Kansas National Education Association’s Reading Circle Commission.

Congratulations Vanessa!

You can get the book here

Sharuko (Lee & Low) by Monica Brown, illustrated by Elisa Chavarri has been selected for the 2021-22 Tejas Star Reading List by the Texas Library Association.

The Tejas Star Reading List (TSRL) provides a recommended reading list to encourage children ages 5-12 to explore multicultural books and to discover the cognitive and economic benefits of bilingualism and multilingualism. The Tejas Star Reading List is intended for recreational reading, not to support a specific curriculum.

See the Tejas Star Reading List  here

In addition, Monica Brown and Elisa Chavarri, are featured in an interview with Sharuko’s home institutionMuseo de Arqueología y Antropología UNMSM. The interview is subtitled in Spanish so it is accessible to all Spanish-speakers!
You can see the interview here

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Get the book here

Get the book here

There Goes Patti McGee! (Macmillan 2/23/21) by Tootie Nienow, illustrated by Erika Medina, De aqui como el coqui (Penguin Random House 3/16/21) by Nomar Perez, Blueberry Cake (Simon & Schuster 7/13/21) by Sarah Dillard and Big Apple Diaries (Macmillan 8/17/21) by Alyssa Bermudez have been named Junior Library Guild selections for 2021.

Pre order the books below

Blueberry Cake

Big Apple Diaries

There Goes Patti McGee!

De aqui como el coqui

Jimmie Allen author of My Voice is a Trumpet (Penguin Random House) illustrated by Cathy Ann Johnson is the subject of an article about the book in People Magazine. The article calls the book “A gentle call to action.” The book will be released July 13, 2021.

read the full article here

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Just Like Mama (Simon & Schuster) by Alice Faye Duncan, illustrated by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow and The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver (HarperCollins) by Gene Barretta, illustrated by Frank Morrison have been nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Children’s Literary Work. The awards will be announced on March 27, 2021.

Congratulations Charnelle, Gene and Frank!

See the full list of nominees here

Charnelle Pinkney Barlow will be participating in the 29th Annual African American Children’s Book Fair.

Above The Rim (Abrams) by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Frank Morrison, and Sharuko (Lee & Low) by Monica Brown, illustrated by Elisa Chavarri, have both been recognized as ALA Notable Children’s Books for 2021.

Each year a committee of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) identifies the best of the best in children’s books. According to the Notables Criteria, “notable” is defined as: Worthy of note or notice, important, distinguished, outstanding. As applied to children’s books, notable should be thought to include books of especially commendable quality, books that exhibit venturesome creativity, and books of fiction, information, poetry and pictures for all age levels (birth through age 14) that reflect and encourage children’s interests in exemplary ways.

Congratulations Frank and Elisa!

See the full list here