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Award-winning children's author Ann Malaspina's debut YA verse novel KIKI IN THE MIDDLE will be released this August. ZEKE THE WEATHER GEEK: THERE'S A LIZARD IN MY BLIZZARD, written with co-author Joan Axelrod-Contrada, is coming out in 2023 from Kids Can Press. Check this link for activities to go along with A SCARF FOR KEIKO, a picture book about friendship and justice during a time of war and hatred. 

Coming soon...
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​​KIKI IN THE MIDDLE
(West 44 Books, August 2022) 

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After a tragic death, a 15-year-old girl turns to art to bring her community back together in a YA verse novel set in Astoria, Queens.

Photo of the Month

Check out the new bookstore in Chinatown, Manhattan!

Poetry

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Honored to be part of the new issue of Silkworm, published by the Florence Poets Society.

Black Lives Matter

To read more of today's Black voices in young people's literature, go to The Brown Bookshelf for news, reviews, and important discussions -- and buy some books. 

Pandemic Poetry

Many people are writing essays, poems, and stories about their experiences during the pandemic. I wrote a poem, "SPOTTING MARS IN A PANDEMIC,"  after spending a few clear nights planet- and star-gazing in my yard. Fortunately, I have an amateur astronomer in my family who knows what's up there.

Other News


On the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage, HEART ON FIRE: SUSAN B. ANTHONY VOTES FOR PRESIDENT was named one of the New York Public Library's "Essential Reads on Feminism" for kids. 

A Scarf for Keiko was named to the Vermont Department of Libraries' 2020-2021 Red Clover Book Award Honor List and the Arkansas Diamond Primary Award Nominations List 2021-2022.