Cover reveal for ONE WISH, nErDCampPA, new book deals and more!🌞
New Cover Reveal
Congrats to M. O. Yuksel and Mariam Quraishi on this forthcoming picture book biography of Fatima al-Fihri, which releases January 2022. Learn more on John Schu's blog, Watch.Connect.Read.
New Book Deals
Join us for these events
Thursday, July 15 is nErDCamp PA! Join many of your favorite Soaring ’20s creators all day long for this FREE event. Find the full list of panelists and panels here!
Thursday, July 15 at 2:50 p.m. Eastern- Margaret Chiu Greanias and Tracy Subisak, author and illustrator of upcoming picture book AMAH FARAWAY, will be in conversation with their editor Sarah Shumway at School Library Journal's Picture Book Palooza. Picture Book Palooza is an all-day, free virtual celebration of authors and artists dedicated to the visual dance and extraordinary craft of picture books. AMAH FARAWAY is a delightful story of a child's visit to a grandmother and home far away, and of how families connect and love across distance, language, and cultures. Free! Click here to register.
Tuesday, July 20th at 4:30 p.m. Eastern – Superstar Storyteller Summer Series, featuring Tracey West (Dragon Masters) and Vicky Fang with Whitby Public Library. Learn more here.
Monday, July 26th at 11:45 a.m. Eastern – Join Vicky Fang for “Engineering, Code, and Design Through Classroom Activities” as part of the NSTA STEM21 conference.
October 4-November 8, 7-9 p.m. Central - RETHINKING YOUR NONFICTION PICTURE BOOK: A Revision Workshop with Kirsten Larson (A TRUE WONDER) through The Writing Barn. Learn more about this six-week course and register here.
Soaring '20s in the news
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Preorder A TRUE WONDER: The Comic Book Hero Who Changed Everything (Kirsten Larson) from Once Upon a Time Bookstore and get a free 6 x 9 art postcard designed by illustrator Katy Wu. Sign up for Kirsten’s newsletter too and be entered to win A TRUE WONDER tee shirt.
Darshana Khiani has been celebrating the launch of HOW TO WEAR A SARI. Watch her book launch (through July 24th). She’s also been interviewed at Classroom Connections, as well as We Need Diverse Books along with illustrator Joanne Lew-Vrietfhoff. Also, check out her Mentor Text Talk at ReFoReMo and her post, Power of Curiosity, at Mackin Community. HOW TO WEAR A SARI is part of 10 OF THE BEST PICTURE BOOKS OF 2021 SO FAR and a Desi Book Aunty July Reads.
Congrats to Rajani LaRocca on the launch of her next middle grade, MUCH ADO ABOUT BASEBALL. Enjoy this conversation between Rajani and Paul Swydan, owner of Silver Unicorn Books, as well as this joint event with author Chris Baron at Books of Wonder.
Vicky Fang (INVENT-A-PET) and Rajani LaRocca (BRACELETS FOR BINA’S BROTHERS) appeared on the "Women in STEM and Kidlit" panel for the Heart of STEM Conference.
Three Soaring ‘20s titles appeared on the long list for the 2021 Massachusetts Must-Read List (MA Book Award): WHEREVER YOU GO (Mary Wagley Copp), HOW LONG IS FOREVER? (Kelly Carey, illus. Qing Zhuang) and SEVEN GOLDEN RINGS (Rajani Larocca)
Finished copies of THE SECRET CODE INSIDE OF YOU arrived. Watch Rajani LaRocca unbox them.
Check out these reviews of WHERE THREE OCEANS MEET (Rajani LaRocca) from Kirkus and Publisher’s Weekly.
Isabella Kung (NO FUZZBALL!) appeared on Sub It Club’s Postcard Post.
Abi Cushman’s SOAKED is now available in Korean, published by Daseossure.
PENGUIN JOURNEY (Angela Kunkel) received a starred review in Kirkus. And Kunkel’s DIGGING FOR WORDS is a 2022 Donna Norvell Book Award nominee (Oklahoma Library Association).
CLARINET AND TRUMPET (Melanie Ellsworth, illus. John Herzog) was reviewed by Melissa Taylor at Imagination Soup.
WOOD, WIRE, WINGS: Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane appeared in “5 Children’s Books That Teach Valuable Engineering Lessons” by Michelle Forsythe and Julie Jackson, The Conversation and “Picture Books + Homeschool Science = Win, Part 2,” by Kary Henry, on The ALSC Blog.
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