October New Release from the Soaring 20s 🎃
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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
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*|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.
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