Out this August...
After a tragic death rips apart the city,
a 15 yo girl uses her art to find justice
and maybe even love
in this debut young adult verse novel.
Set in Astoria, Queens.
Out this August...
After a tragic death rips apart the city,
a 15 yo girl uses her art to find justice
and maybe even love
in this debut young adult verse novel.
Set in Astoria, Queens.
Books and More...
Award-winning children's author Ann Malaspina's debut YA verse novel KIKI IN THE MIDDLE is 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.
Poetry
A poem about Aretha Franklin
is on the Origami Poetry Project site. Print and fold into a mini-chapbook! 
“¡Sí, Se Puede!" a poem about Dolores Huerta, is in the Better Than Starbucks August issue.
Photo of the Month
Gardening for the butterflies.
Coming in 2023...THERE'S A LIZARD IN MY BLIZZARD,
BOOK ONE: ZEKE THE WEATHER GEEK, from KIDS CAN PRESS |
Black Lives MatterTo 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.
Book News TOUCH THE SKY: ALICE COACHMAN, OLYMPIC HIGH JUMPER, the story of the first black woman to win an Olympic gold, is one of the books about women in sports recommended by the New York Public Library in 2022.
On the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage, HEART ON FIRE: SUSAN B. ANTHONY VOTES FOR PRESIDENT is on the New York Public Library's "Essential Reads on Feminism" list. 
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. |