Elizabeth Zunon will have a booth at local Albany craft fair, Art on Lark, Saturday, June 6th, where she’ll be selling prints from her books, copies of her books, along with jewelry and purses from her line “Miami Slice.” Visit the Facebook event page for more details.
This month, Elizabeth will also be the featured speaker at the Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York’s Literacy Volunteer Thank You Event on June 16th.
The LA Times includedPoems in the Attic, written by Nikki Grimes and illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon, on its list “30 Summer Books that Kids Will Gobble Up.” The book is due out June 10th. Check out the full list here for all your summer beach reading needs.
Lend A Hand, written by John Frank and illustrated by London Ladd, recently received two great reviews from The Horn Book Guide and Minervareads.com.
The Horn Book wrote:
“In each free-verse poem, a child narrator recalls acting generously. Coupled with expansive, freeze-the-moment acrylic, colored-pencil, and pastel illustrations, frequent line breaks invite readers to move slowly through each poem and linger in the moments of kindness. Ladd’s art particularizes the diverse array of narrators, themes, and settings.”
The book was featured on the MinervaReads website as part of an article on poetry books for kids. Read the article “Poetry: It doesn’t have to be boring” here.
Poems in the Attic received yet another wonderful review, this time from Publishers Weekly. They wrote, “Fully in step with Grimes’s empathic writing, Zunon’s (One Plastic Bag) warmly painted collages carry readers from the waterways of Virginia to a German castle atop a hill, highlighting the powerful emotional ties between the girl and her elders, as well as her mother’s adventurous spirit.”
Read the full review here.
Check out this fantastic interview with Elizabeth Zunon, conducted by the Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington D.C. Elizabeth discusses her dual identities as an African and an American, and how that influences her as a writer and artist.
Not My Girl, written by Christy Jordan-Fenton & Margaret Pokiak-Fenton and illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard, received an Honorable Mention from the Eric Hoffer Book Awards. The awards honor books published by independent houses. Congrats to Gabrielle, Christy, Margaret, and all involved at Annick Press!
Not My Girl was also selected as a Best Multicultural Book of 2015 by CSMCL and an Outstanding International Book by USBBY.
An illustration by Constance Lombardo was included in Funny Ha Ha, a kids’ joke book created for Independent Bookstore Day. Her work was among good company. The book featured illustrations from some of the publishing world’s most beloved illustrators, such as William Joyce and Rosemary Wells. Independent Bookstore Day was May 2nd, but visit an indie bookstore near you to find a copy!
Over on a Mountain: Somewhere in the World, written by Marianne Berkes and illustrated by Jill Dubin, is the winner of a Mom’s Choice Gold Award and an Indie Book Award. Congrats Jill and Marianne!
Pick a copy of the book here.
The Mazza Museum in Ohio has added two giclee prints from Sarah Dillard’s Extraordinary Warren to its collection of picture book art. According to the Mazza Museum’s website, it is “the largest museum of original artwork by children’s book illustrators in the world. The museum’s goal is to promote literacy and enrich the lives of all people through the art of children’s literature.” Congrats to Sarah on this fantastic
More praise for Little Melba and Her Big Trombone, which made a huge splash this fall when Frank Morrison won a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor and an NAACP Image Award nomination. Now, the book is included on The Horn Book Magazine’s list of recommended books about jazz. “Frank Morrison’s elongated, angular oil paintings perfectly convey the jazz scene,” Katie Bircher writes for The Horn Book. See the article, “Please Pass the Beignets,” for more jazzy recommendations.