Brave and Kind Bookshop is hosting a Lunchtime Story Time with Nikki Grimes and Elizabeth Zunon, creators of Off to See the Sea (Sourcebooks/Jabberwocky) Tuesday January 19 at 12:00 pm EST. Register for the event here
Jan
11
Off to See the Sea Lunchtime Story Time with Elizabeth Zunon Tuesday January 19!
Jan
11
My Little Golden Book about Frida Kahlo to be released January 12!
My Little Golden Book about Frida Kahlo (Penguin Random House) by Sylvia Lopez and illustrated by Elisa Chavarri will be published January 12, 2021.
Congratulations Elisa!
Get the book here
Jan
11
Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe gets Season 2 Greenlight!
Nelvana and Discovery have greenlit a second season of the redknot series “Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe”. The playful series is based on the best-selling graphic novels by Ashley Spires. Season 1 was nominated for Kidscreen Award’s Best new Preschool Series in 2020. The first season is available on Treehouse On-Demand.
Get the book that started it all here
Jan
07
Flora and Ulysses live action movie coming to Disney Plus February 19!
Flora and Ulysses, a live action movie based on the Newbury Award winning book of the same name by Kate DiCamillo and illustrated by K.G. Campbell is coming to Disney Plus February 19!
Get the book here
Jan
06
Erika Jone’s artwork It’s Raining Joy is featured in the 26th Carroll Harris Sims National Black Art Competition and Exhibition
Erika Jone’s piece “It’s Raining Joy” was selected to be featured in the 26th Carroll Harris Simms National Black Art Competition and Exhibition, which is hosted by the African American Museum of Dallas. The exhibition opens December 17, 2020 and closes June 25, 2021. Erika is one of thirty artists chosen to participate this year. Congratulations Erika!
See more about the Museum and the Exhibition here
Jan
06
School Library Journal calls There Goes Patti McGee! inspirational!
School Library Journal reviews There Goes Patti McGee! (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) by Tootie Nienow, illustrated by Erika Medina in the January 21 issue. The book is a biography of the first professional female skateboarder. SLJ calls the book “An inspirational read-aloud.”
Read the full review here
The book will be released February 23, 2021. You can pre-order it here
Jan
06
Just Like Mama, Above the Rim and Bedtime for Sweet Creatures are included on the African American Children’s Book Project’s Best Picture Books of 2020
Just Like Mama (Simon & Schuster) by Alice Faye Duncan, illustrated by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow, Above the Rim (Abrams) by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Frank Morrison and Bedtime for Sweet Creatures (Sourcebook/Jabberwocky) by Nikki Grimes, illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon have been named to the African American Children’s Book Project’s list of Best Picture Books of 2020. Congratulations Charnelle, Frank and Liz!
See the full list here
Jan
05
Just Like Me by Vanessa Brantley Newton is a 2020 Nerdy Book Club Award Winner!
Just Like Me (Penguin Random House) by Vanessa Brantley Newton is a top selection for Poetry & Novels in Verse in the Nerdy Book Club awards!
You can see the full list here
Get the book here
Jan
04
Books of Wonder hosting a Virtual Book Launch Party for Off to See the Sea
Book
s of Wonder is hosting a virtual Book Launch Party for Off to See the Sea (Sourcebooks/Jabberwocky) by Nikki Grimes, illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon. The book will be published January 12, 2020. The Launch Party takes place on Sunday January 10 at 3:00 pm via Crowdcast. Register for the event here
In addition, enter here for a pre-order sweepstakes!
Jan
04
Painted Words authors and illustrators lauded in December on Fuse #8 Blog’s 31 Days, 31 Lists
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 Shadra Strickland
2020 Children’s Poetry: Just Like Me (Penguin Random House) by Vanessa Brantley Newton