Our 2021 Holiday Gift Guide 🎁 and much more

Find our book and gift pairings for 38 of our titles on the Soaring '20s Blog. Click here.

Picture books make magical gifts!

Cover Reveals

New Book Deals

Join us for these events

• Nov. 20 @ 10:30 a.m. Eastern - Abi Cushman will appear at RJ Julia‘s storytime in Madison, CT. Click here to register.

• Nov. 21 from 1-5 p.m. Eastern - Carrie Finison, Kelly Carey, and Rajani LaRocca will be part of The Writers’ Loft Book Bazaar at Silver Unicorn Bookstore. Get more details here.

• Nov. 30 @ noon Pacific (virtual)– Margaret Greanias will be on @twrlmilktea’s IG Live along with illustrator Tracy Subisak discussing their upcoming book AMAH FARAWAY and the importance of connections near and far. Tracy created a beautiful postcard to go in Twrl’s holiday milk tea gift box. 

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

• Feb. 26-27 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific - Isabella Kung will teach a watercolor workshop at Liv & Chiu Art Studio. Register 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|*

• Darshana Khiani (HOW TO WEAR A SARI) was interviewed for Good Reads with Ronna. Plus, don’t miss this TikTok video – HOW TO WEAR A SARI Desi Girls.

• Julie Rowan-Zoch (I’M A HARE, SO THERE!) participated in Second Star to the Right’s book-a-palooza celebrating SCBWI Rocky Mountain Chapter authors and illustrators and Fort Collins’s Book Fest.

• Hatem Aly’s art from IN MY MOSQUE (Mindy Yuksel) is part of the Society of Illustrators Original Art Show 2021. Mindy participated in the Boonton and Beyond Books Festival. 

• DIGGING FOR WORDS (Angela Burke Kunkel) won both the Américas Award and was named the Gold Medal Winner for Best Picture Book, English in the 2021 International Latino Book Awards. 

• Rajani LaRocca was interviewed on North Country Public Radio, and she was part of The Writing Barn's Funny Women in Kidlit Confab. Her MUCH ADO ABOUT BASEBALL is on Evanston Public Library's 101 Great Kids Books of 2021. Her WHERE THREE OCEANS MEET is on Today.com's list of Best Books for Five-Year-Olds. And RED, WHITE, AND WHOLE won the New England Book Award for Middle Grade.

• The Children's Book Review calls FARMERS UNITE (Lindsay H. Metcalf) "refreshingly challenging and also enjoyable."

• Stephen Briseño revealed the cover of his debut picture book, THE NOTEBOOK KEEPER, on Justin Colon’s blog. The book is now available for preorder wherever books are sold. 

•  Isabella Kung (ABC CATS) produced a video about organizing your creative space and time with Storyteller Academy.

•  The cover is out for Carrie Finison’s next book, LULU & ZOEY: A SISTER STORY, illustrated by Brittany Jackson, which will publish June 7, 2022. It’s now available for preorder.

• SLJ's review for BISA'S CARNAVAL (Joana Pastro) is out. Verdict: "A great addition to holiday collections, this book celebrates community and legacy.” The book also was reviewed at YA Books Central and Life Is A Story.

• Jen Malia (TOO STICKY) wrote a reported personal essay, “The Highs and Lows of Finding Love on the Spectrum,” for the New York Times. Her family was featured in the “Parenting Against All Odds Video Series” for Parents.

• Kirsten Larson (A TRUE WONDER) appeared on the podcast, Picture Book Look, episode 66, behind the scenes on A TRUE WONDER with illustrator Katy Wu and the Solve It for Kids Podcast where she discussed, “How Does NASA Help People on the Ground?” She’s also appeared on Kidlit411, Blissfully Bookish, and Melissa Stewart’s Info-licious Inspiration Blog. 

*|END:IF|*