The Booking Biz

01/12/2025

A book for all those favorite readers in your life and adults too! Cynthia Leitich Smith's storytelling rings true yet again! An authentic road trip you'll want to take again and again!

“Kids will love how the animal characters interact with the human characters and how their stories are intertwined…well-rounded and believable and the dialog is realistic for each character. This would make a good classroom read-aloud.” ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ San Francisco Book Review (5/5 stars).

The MG novel has also received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, and Booklist.

HarperKids Books HarperStacks We Need Diverse Books

01/09/2025

This one!!! Happy Book Birthday!! By our client Gordon C. James.

Every writer in your life needs this book and then some.

Happy Book Birthday to GO TELL IT: HOW JAMES BALDWIN BECAME A WRITER, illustrated by acclaimed artist Gordon C. James Fine Art and Illustration!

This stunning picture book biography, written by Quartez Harris, is a poetic introduction to James Baldwin's life and work and a celebration of the power of language.

Find it online or at a bookstore near you! You can order a copy here: https://bookshop.org/a/10902/9780316483933

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

01/05/2025

Look what I have! ARCs for WHEN WE GO MISSING, out May 13th!

12/30/2024

What a life our 39th President Jimmy Carter lived. A man of integrity and humanitarianism. We will miss you, President Carter. Your legacy and work will live on with your descendants and the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and The Carter Center.

To know more about the incredible man, check out IT'S HARD WORK, BUT IT'S WORTH IT: THE LIFE OF JIMMY CARTER by our client Bethany Hegedus.

12/22/2024

Congratulations to our client Nelly Buchet Books for making two lists with DOG VS STRAWBERRY!!!!!

Today, we celebrate the books that can enrapture in mere moments thanks to the power of words and images (and your own vocal chords) alone.

12/20/2024

Bravo Nicholas Solis!!!

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2024 Transcendent Holiday Picture Books

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12/20/2024

Congratulations to our clients Lesa Cline-Ransome and James Earl Ransome!!!

We love TEACH!!!

After careful deliberation, our selection committee has selected 12 picture books awarded a finalist prize for the 2025 Jane Addams Children’s Book Awards. Congratulations to our finalists!
Booklist:
A Map for Falasteen: A Palestinian Child’s Search for Home, by Maysa Odeh, illustrated by Aliaa Betawi (Macmillan)
Barrio Rising: The Protest That Built Chicano Park, by María Dolores Águila and illustrated by Magdalena Mora (Penguin Publishing Group)
Dear You, Dream Big!, by Baptiste Paul, illustrated by Toni D. Chambers
Freedom Braids, by Monique Duncan, illustrated by Oboh Moses (Lantana Publishing)
I Heard: An American Journey, by Jaha Nailah Avery and Steffi Walthall (Charlesbridge Publishing)
Let Us March On! James Weldon Johnson and the Silent Protest Parade, by Yohuru Williams and Michael G. Long, illustrated by Xia Gordon (Simon & Schuster)
Seeker of Truth: Kailash Satyarthi’s Fight to End Child Labor, by Srividhya Venkat, illustrated by Danica Da Silva Pereira (Little Bee Books)
Small Shoes, Great Strides: How Three Brave Girls Opened Doors to School Equality, by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson, illustrated by Alexander Bostic (Lerner Publishing Group)
The House Before Falling Into the Sea, by Ann Wang, illustrated by Hanna Cha (Penguin Publishing Group)
The Last Stand, by Antwan Eady, illustrated by Jarrett Pumphrey and Jerome Pumphrey (Penguin Random House)
They Call Me Teach, by Lesa Cline-Ransome, illustrated by James Ransome (Candlewick Press)
Up, Up, Ever Up!: Junko Tabei: A Life in the Mountains by Anita Yasuda, illustrated by Yuko Shimizu (HarperCollins Publishers)

12/17/2024

Thank you teachers, librarians, literacy professionals, and more for making 2024 a wonderful and powerful year of revving up excitement for reading and literacy! We couldn't do it without you and are honored to service your needs. Happy Holidays and blessings for peace, love, and reading in 2025!

It never gets old hearing the impact and transformation of inspiring school visits...Testimonial..."Hi Carmen,
I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for all of your help in scheduling the April Henry school visit for our school back in October. Our students and staff loved hosting her on campus! She has created so much love and excitement for reading. I have loved seeing their excitement for reading grow! We enjoyed getting to know her and spending the day with her on our campus. It was a wonderful day! Thank you for making this process so easy for our school and for all of your help each step of the way. I hope you have a great week and a very Merry Christmas! Thank you!” Kara Copher, Teacher/Librarian, Greenwood Junior High April Henry Little, Brown and Company

12/16/2024

We love The Littlest GRITO by our client Nicholas Solis!!! And so does Betsy Bird!!

31 Days, 31 Lists: 2024 Transcendent Holiday Picture Books

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12/15/2024

I thought your presentation was going to be stupid.