A Diverse group of award-winning illustrators & authors creating across many industries.

The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver and Shakuro make the 2021-2022 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List

by Claire Easton in Represents Comments: 0

For Beautiful Black Boys Who Believe in a Better World illustrated by Keisha Morris wins 2020 Goddard Riverside CBC Youth Book Prize for Social Justice

by Claire Easton in Represents Comments: 0

FFor Beautiful Boys who believe in a Better Worldor Beautiful Boys Who Believe in a Better World (Flyaway Books) written by Michael W. Waters and illustrated by Keisha Morris, has won the 2020 Goddard Riverside CBC Youth Book Prize for Social Justice. Publishers Weekly says the book serves as a starting point for facilitating discussions about racism and violence against Black people. Congratulations Keisha!

You can get the book here

Where Are You From? illustrated by Jaime Kim, on Book Riot’s list of books about Race and Racial Diversity

by Claire Easton in Represents Comments: 0

Where Are You From? (HarperCollins) written by Yamille Saied Mendez and illustrated by Jaime Kim is featured on Book Riot’s list of 14 Children’s Books about Race and Racial Diversity. Book Riot says “Anyone who has been asked no, where are you really from, will appreciate this beautiful book.

Get the book here

PW Authors and Illustrators featured on BookRiot’s list of incredible Picture Book Biographies of Black People

by Claire Easton in Represents Comments: 0

Mark Rogalski’s Make Me a Robot boots up on November 10th!

by Claire Easton in Represents Comments: 0

Make Me A Robot, an interactive board book by Mark Rogalski will be published by Chronicle Books on November 10.

This deliciously fun novelty book rewards readers with a satisfying payoff at the end- and you just might make a new friend in the process!

Congratulations, Mark!

Off to See the Sea illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon gets a star from Booklist!

by Claire Easton in Represents Comments: 0

Off to See the Sea, author Nikki Grimes and illustrator Elizabeth Zunon‘s follow-up to Bedtime for Sweet Creatures, has received a starred review from Booklist, which says ““Children will delight…This ebullient account of a common childhood experience bursts with love and universal appeal.”

Off to the Sea will be published January 12, 2021. Congratulations Liz!

Bedtime for Sweet Creatures illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon is one of PW’s 20 Best Books of 2020

by Claire Easton in Represents Comments: 0

Beth Mill’s Ella McKeen, Kickball Queen is the Picture Book winner of the 2019 Writers League of Texas Book Awards

by Claire Easton in Represents Comments: 0

Beth Mill‘s picture book Ella McKeen, Kickball Queen has been selected as the Picture Book winner for the Writer’s League of Texas Book Awards. The book has also been named an honor recipient of the ILA (International Literacy Association) 2020 Children’s and Young Adults Book Award in fiction. Congratulations Beth!

Congratulations to Frank Morrison, Original Art Honoree (Silver Medal) for R-E-S-P-E-C-T

by Claire Easton in Represents Comments: 0

Congratulations to Frank Morrison, an Original Art 2020 Honoree, winning a silver medal in the Society of Illustrators annual exhibit for R-E-S-P-E-C-T, He is also a featured artist for The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver, written by Gene Barretta.

Further congratulations to Original Art 2020 Featured Artists Elise Gravel for The Mosquito, and Brittany Jackson for Parker Looks Up.   

 

   

Above the Rim, illustrated by Frank Morrison gets a star from The Horn Book Magazine

by Claire Easton in Represents Comments: 0

Above the Rim: How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball by Jen Bryant, illustrated by Frank Morrison and published by Abrams, has recieved its 3rd starred review. The Hornbook Magazine says:

With lively verse and elegant oil paintings, Bryant and Morrison masterfully place Baylor’s midair “slashing, crashing, gliding” basketball heroics in the context of his times.

You can get your copy of the book here