Announcing virtual classroom visits, book launches, new cover reveals and more bookish news📢

Coming 2/3/2021: World Read Aloud Day; Schedule Your Virtual School Visit Now

Mark your calendars for February 3, 2021 — it’s World Read Aloud Day! 

LitWorld started World Read Aloud Day (WRAD) in 2010 to honor the power and joy of reading. To celebrate, authors and illustrators come together each year to offer virtual classroom visits around the world. This year, teachers and librarians have their pick of 15 Soaring ‘20s creators! Find our availability here.

Upcoming Events

Jan. 19 - Vicky Fang reads LAYLA AND THE BOTS and does a hands on activity virtually via Green Bean Books at 11 a.m. Pacific. Join here.
Jan. 19 - Susan Kusel launches THE PASSOVER GUEST virtually via One More Page Books at 7 p.m. Eastern. Register here.
Feb. 2 - Rajani LaRocca (w/Kate Messner) virtual book launch for RED, WHITE, AND WHOLE via Porter Square Books at 7 p.m. Eastern. Details and registration here.
Feb. 3 - Carrie Finison and Daniel Wiseman DON'T HUG DOUG virtual book launch via Belmont Books at 6:30 p.m. Eastern. Details and registration here.
Feb. 5 - Online Bedtime Story w/ the Author featuring Angela Burke Kunkel (DIGGING FOR WORDS) via Wellesley Books at 7 p.m. Eastern. Details and registration here.

New Book Covers

Don't forget, you can see all our covers and preorder on our website.

Soaring '20s in the news 

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• The cover for Abi Cushman’s ANIMALS GO VROOM! was featured on SLJ’s A Fuse #8 Production. Abi also appeared on episode 22 of The Picture Book Look podcast. 

• Three Soaring ‘20s books appeared on A Fuse #8 Production’s 2020 Math Books for Kids List: SEVEN GOLDEN RINGS (Rajani LaRocca), DOZENS OF DOUGHNUTS (Carrie Finison), and THE BLUNDERS (Christina Soontornvat).

• Rajani LaRocca’s forthcoming middle grade, RED, WHITE, AND WHOLE, received a starred review from Booklist. The book was named a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 on the Kidlit These Days podcast.

• Rajani also unboxed her next picture book, BRACELETS FOR BINA’S BROTHERS on YouTube.

• Scholastic’s OOM blog featured a LAYLA AND THE BOTS from Vicky Fang. The series got an honorable mention from the Cybils committee in the Easy Reader/Early Chapter Book category.

• Colleen Paeff (THE GREAT STINK: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London’s Poop Pollution Problem) shared “5 Reasons Adults Should Read Nonfiction Picture Books” on her blog.

• DOZENS OF DOUGHNUTS (Carrie Finison) graced BookRiot’s 20 Must Read Picture Books of 2020 and was a Cybils Award finalist in the fiction picture book category.

• THE PASSOVER GUEST (Susan Kusel) was named a Spring 2021 Holiday Highlights title from the Association of Jewish Libraries. The book has received three starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal, and Booklist. Susan and illustrator Sean Rubin appeared on The Children’s Book Podcast with Matthew Winner.

• Mr. Schu Reads unveiled the cover for BEAUTY WOKE by NoNieqa Ramos, illus. by Paola Escobar.

• BEATRIX POTTER, SCIENTIST (Lindsay H. Metcalf), WOOD, WIRE, WINGS: Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane (Kirsten W. Larson), and THE VOICE THAT WON THE VOTE (Elisa Boxer) made A Mighty Girl's 2020 Books of the Year list.

• NO VOICE TOO SMALL (Lindsay H. Metcalf) was a Cybils Finalist for Elementary Nonfiction. The book also received a Nerdy Book Award for Poetry and Verse Novels (along with A PLACE INSIDE OF ME, illus. Noa Denmon), appeared on Mrs. Knott’s Book Nook 2020 Favorites, and received a great review from Librarian’s Quest. NVTS also appeared on two year-end book lists from SLJ’s A Fuse #8 Production: Books With a Message and Children’s Poetry.

• FARMER’S UNITE (Lindsay H. Metcalf) and ALL THIRTEEN (Christina Soontornvat) appeared on Fuse #8’s 2020 Nonfiction for Older Readers. You'll also find FARMER’S UNITE on the 2020 American History Titles for Kids list.

• Jen Malia was on the Rad Child Podcast discussing how to talk to kids about autism and Too Sticky! The book was named to Book Riot’s Read Harder list with disabled characters. Two of Jen’s personal essays will appear on newsstands March 26th as part of The New York Times special edition magazine, “Understanding Autism.” Stay tuned!

• TOO STICKY! Sensory Issues with Autism (Jen Malia) and DON’T HUG DOUG (Carrie Finison) appears on The Nerdy Book Club’s list of 10 picture books to help with discussing boundaries.

• Kirsten W. Larson (WOOD, WIRE, WINGS) shared her tips for writing picture book STEM books, nonfiction, and work for hire on Children’s Book Insider’s KidLit Distancing Social, episode #36. WOOD, WIRE, WINGS appeared on “The Month of Best Book Lists!” on the From The Mixed-Up Files of Middle Grade Authors blog.

• Joana Pastro  and Carrie Finison guested on Tara Lazar’s blog as part of StoryStorm, sharing their tips for brainstorming and generating story ideas.

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