Becoming Vanessa (Knopf BFYR) by Vanessa Brantley Newton and , (Philomel) by Becky Scharnhorst, illustrated by Julia Patton have been included on Amazon’s list of best back-to-school books for kids! Congratulations Vanessa and Julia! See the full list here Get Becoming Vanessa here Get My School Stinks here
Publishers Weekly gave Sarah Dillard‘s Blueberry Cake a glowing Starred Review. They praised the book as “a warm, Blueberries for Sal–leaning slice of summer for any reader.” Read the full review here. Blueberry Cake also received a Starred Review from Kirkus. Pick up a copy, and don’t miss the delicious blueberry cake recipe in the back! Bookshop Barnes & Noble Indie Bound
Publishers Weekly called Remember to Dream, Ebere (Little Brown) by Cynthia Erivo, illustrated by Charnelle Pinkney Barlow an endearing bed time story. The review goes on to say “Barlow’s illustrations, created digitally with handmade watercolor textures, provide an engaging visual divide between the fantastical dream space and the warmth of home through layers of soft color and light.” The book will be published in September. Read the full review here Pre order the book here
Blueberry Cake (Aladdin/Simon & Schuster) by Sarah Dillard is included in an exhibition of Sustainable Gastronomy at Alfred Nobel House and Museum Björkborn, in Karlskoga, Sweden through October 21, 2021. The exhibition is co-organized by the Gourmand Awards and the Hallbars Research Institute for Sustainability Reports. Photo: Blueberry Cake with Pelle Agorelius, Curator of the exhibition, at Alfred Nobel House Björkborn (Photo Ewa Hector Agorelius). To learn more about the exhibition visit www.hallbars.org Get Blueberry Cake here
Becoming Vanessa (Penguin Random House) by Vanessa Brantley Newton and My School Stinks (Penguin Random House) by Becky Scharnhorst, illustrated by Julia Patton, have been included on Publishers Weekly’s list of Back to School books for 2021. See the full list here Get Becoming Vanessa here Get My School Stinks here
Let The Children March (HMH) by Marcia Clarke-Robinson, illustrated by Frank Morrison, has been nominated for the California Young Reader Medal for 2021-2022. The California Young Reader Medal (CYRM) program encourages recreational reading of popular literature among the young people of our state. Since its inception in 1974, millions of California children have nominated, read, and voted for the winners of the California Young Reader Medal. Get the book here See the list of nominees here
