📚Wishing you a heart full of love and a shelf full of books this Valentine's Day. ❤
Wishing you a heart full of love and a shelf full of books this Valentine's Day!
Join us for these events
Susan Kusel (THE PASSOVER GUEST) has events here, there and everywhere! Learn about every single one here.
Feb. 23 - Melanie Ellsworth hosts a HIP, HIP...BERET! story time through the Camden Public Library (Maine) at 4:00 pm EST. Find registration information in this newsletter.
Mar. 12-13: Jen Malia will be a panelist for the Parenting Journalists Conference. Get more info. here.
Mar. 13: Porter Square Books will host a virtual story time with Carrie Finison (DON’T HUG DOUG) at 1 p.m. Eastern. Register here.
Mar. 27: Source Booksellers and the Arab American National Museum host new Soaring '20 member, M. O. Yuksel at 11 a.m. for a virtual story time of IN MY MOSQUE, illustrated by Hatem Aly. Get your virtual ticket here.
Remembering World Read Aloud Day
Find more at our YouTube channel, Soaring20sBooks.
ICYMI...From the Soaring '20s Blog
BY ANGELA BURKE KUNKEL
One of the most gratifying moments in the process of making a picture book, at least for text-only authors like myself, is when we get to see images from the artist. Watching the illustrations develop over time, from first sketches to final art, is a thrill I can’t quite describe. We’re often reminded that picture books are a collaboration between two people, and never does that feel truer than when watching word and image come together.
Read more on our blog.
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Soaring '20s in the news
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Powerhouse poet and publisher Kwame Alexander is book talking Soaring ‘20s books, which will be released by his Versify imprint, including Darshana Khiani’s HOW TO WEAR A SARI and NoNieqa Ramos’s YOUR MAMA and BEAUTY WOKE.
Valerie Bolling moderated a virtual story time at the Fairfield University Bookstore in which former NFL champion (Super Bowl LI, playing for the Patriots) and current reading champion (Share the Magic Foundation), Malcolm Mitchell, read his newest book, MY VERY FAVORITE BOOK IN THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD. Valerie also has been named to the 12x12 picture book community’s first-ever Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, and was a guest on The Brown Bookshelf talking about her book journey for LET'S DANCE!
LOUIS (illustrated by Julie Rowan-Zoch) has been named to the Texas Library Association's 2x2 Reading List. Congrats!
Susan Kusel’s THE PASSOVER GUEST has received may accolades. Read them all here.
Angela Kunkel’s RESCATANDO PALABRAS was named a Best Spanish Book of 2021 by Bank Street College of Education. And DIGGING FOR WORDS was named a Notable Children's Book of 2021 by Association for Library Service to Children.
School Library Journal awarded a starred review to CLARINET & TRUMPET by Melanie Ellsworth, illus John Herzong, calling it, “A lyrical tour de force about individuality, friendship, and community."
Colleen Paeff revealed the cover for her forthcoming debut, THE GREAT STINK: HOW JOSEPH BAZALGETTE SOLVED LONDON’S POOP POLLUTION PROBLEM, on Mr. Schu’s blog.
The National Council for the Social Studies named a number of Soaring ‘20s books 2021 Notable Trade Books:
FARMER'S UNITE (Lindsay Metcalf)
NO VOICE TOO SMALL (Lindsay Metcalf)
WOOD, WIRE, WINGS: Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane (Kirsten W. Larson)
A WISH IN THE DARK (Christina Soontornvat)
ALL THIRTEEN (Christina Soontornvat)
WHEVER I GO (Mary Wagley Copp)
DIGGING FOR WORDS (Angela Burke Kunkel)
ISAIAH DUNN IS MY HERO (Kelly Baptist)
Christina Soontornvat racked up lots of hardware at the American Library Associations Youth Media Awards, including TWO Newbery honors, for her middle grade fantasy, A WISH IN THE DARK, and her middle grade nonfiction, ALL THIRTEEN. ALL THIRTEEN also earned a Sibert honor. Her book cover is running out of room!
Kirsten Larson (WOOD, WIRE, WINGS) appeared on the Primary Source Podcast with Tom Bober to talk resources and teaching strategies to help educators use primary sources in the classroom.
For World Read Aloud Day, Scholastic created these videos from Isabella Kung (NO FUZZBALL!) and Sam Wedelich (CHICKEN LITTLE) extolling the benefits of reading aloud. Isabella also appeared in this Scholastic video, How To Keep Up the World Read Aloud Day Momentum.
Isabella Kung (NO FUZZBALL!) received the best thank you note ever — Fuzzball fan art.
COW BOY IS NOT A COWBOY (Gregory Barrington), NO VOICE TOO SMALL (Lindsay H. Metcalf), and SIMON IN THE ART MUSEUM (Christina Soontornvat) were nominated for the Reading the West Book Awards.
TeachingBooks.net featured M. O. Yuksel and her debut book, IN MY MOSQUE. School Library Journal gave the book a starred review, saying, “This marvelous, welcoming book on mosques, Muslims, and Islam is a must, offering foundational knowledge on the world’s second largest religion.”
Did you miss the launch event for DON’T HUG DOUG by Carrie Finison, illustrated by Daniel Wiseman? Catch the replay here. Signed copies are available through Belmont Books. Carrie was quoted on today.com as part of the 7 Best Kids Books that Teach about Consent and Body Autonomy.
School Library connection reviews FARMERS UNITE (Lindsay Metcalf) calling it, “From the heart …evokes feelings of the ebb and flow of seasons and the rolling plains of America’s farmland.”
Harvard athletes read NO VOICE TOO SMALL to a group of fourth graders. Read the press release.
A Mighty Girl named BEATRIX POTTER, SCIENTIST (Lindsay Metcalf) to its list,“Science is For Girls: 25 New Children’s Books About Girls and Women in Science.”
Rajani LaRocca’s picture book, SEVEN GOLDEN RINGS, is a 2021 Mathical Book Award Winner. Her next middle grade novel, MUCH ADO ABOUT BASEBALL, is a Junior Library Guild Selection. She revealed the cover for her picture book, WHERE THREE OCEANS MEET, on Mr. Schu’s blog. Finally, her middle grade, RED, WHITE, AND WHOLE has been named a Spring 2021 Kids’ Indie Next Top Ten Title. She’s been doing lots of press and events for the book, and you can get the full roundup here.
Vicky Fang’s newest LAYLA AND THE BOTS chapter book, CUPCAKE FIX, is now available for preorder (out June 1). Get a signed copy and stickers at Linden Tree Books.
TOO STICKY! Sensory Issues with Autism by Jen Malia was featured in the East Hampton Star. Jen and her book were included on two Rad Child Podcast episodes, an “Way to Go & Room to Grow - Autism, and Season 2, Episode 14 “Autism.”
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