October New Release from the Soaring 20s 🎃

Don't forget, you can see all our covers and preorder at our BookShop.

New Book Deals

Join us for these events

• Oct. 23, 11 a.m. Mountain - Julie Rowan-Zoch will appear at the Fort Collins Book Fest (in person) in an interactive, “sketch, etch, illustrate” session. Fun for the whole family. More details here. 

• Dec. 12, 2 p.m. Central- Jen Malia will teach “Writing Neurodivergent Characters with Sensitivity” through The Writing Barn online. Learn more and sign up here.

Soaring '20s in the news 

*|IFNOT:ARCHIVE_PAGE|* Click here to learn about all our press, podcasts, events and more. *|END:IF|*  
*|IF:ARCHIVE_PAGE|*

• Valerie Bolling’s piece, “The Beauty of Intersectionality and Mentorship,” appeared on the We Need Diverse Books blog.

• Her article, “Cultivating Agency in Student Writers” appeared in the October/November/December 2021 edition of Literacy Today.

• Rajani LaRocca (I'LL GO AND COME BACK) and Valerie Bolling (TOGETHER WE RIDE), appeared on a "Picture Book Positivity" panel for School Library Journal.

• Darshana Khiani (HOW TO WEAR A SARI) was interviewed on InkyGirl and indiegrowkids on Instagram.  She also recently appeared at Linden Tree Books.

• HOW TO WEAR A SARI is now on sale at select Target stores across the U.S.

• Julie Rowan-Zoch (I’M A HARE SO THERE!) appeared on 24 Carrot Writing with  the post, “How I Lost 14 lbs. My first Year Working in a Bookstore, and What I’ve Gained as a Writer.”

• BISA’S CARNAVAL (Joana Pastro), HAIR STORY (NoNieqa Ramos), and YOUR MAMA (NoNieqa Ramos) were featured in “29 Picture Books to Celebrate the Latinx Experience” in School Library Journal.  

• BISA’S CARNAVAL (Joana Pastro) received a starred review from Kirkus, which called  the book, “joyous multigenerational fun.” Read the full review here.

• Vicky Fang (LAYLA AND THE BOTS) appeared in the video “Use Mentor Texts to Write Chapter Books” on Storytellers Academy. 

• Vicky (FRIENDBOTS) also created a “Make a Light-Up Friendbot” STEM activity on her website. So fun!

• Once Upon a Time Bookstore hosted Kirsten Larson in conversation with illustrator Katy Wu, for the A TRUE WONDER Book Launch. You can catch the replay on Facebook. Kirsten has done a number of interviews and guest blog posts for the book including LitLinks and Betsy Bird’s A Fuse #8 Production. Find links to all Kirsten’s interviews and articles here.

• Watch the replay of the Project PHaEDRA Fall Author Series talk with Kirsten W. Larson and illustrator Katherine Roy for A FIRE OF STARS (Chronicle, 2022) from the Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University & The Smithsonian, John G. Wolbach Library.

*|END:IF|*