By Cynthia Leitich Smith & Gayleen Rabakukk
New Crop of Young Adult Novels Explores Race and Police Brutality by Alexandra Alter from The New York Times. Peek: “Teachers and librarians across the country have embraced the new body of children’s literature dealing with racial bias and injustice.”
Ibi Zoboi: At the intersection of broke and broken by Alice Cary from Book Page.
Note: Angela and Susanne were interviewed by SCBWI France Regional Advisor Tioka Tokedira about the upcoming Europolitan Conference. This is the fourth in a series of six articles.
Angela Cerrito
Angela Cerrito is an author and a playwright whose work explores issues of identity and cultural perceptions.
Continue Reading 2017 SCBWI Europolitan Con: Authors Angela Cerrito & Susanne Gervay »
Kendra Levin
By Patti Buff
Note: SCBWI Germany & Austria Regional Advisor Patti Buff interviewed Kendra Levin and Natalie Doherty about the upcoming SCBWI Europolitan Conference. This is the third in a series of six articles.
Kendra Levin is an Executive Editor at Viking Children’s Books,
Note: Gemma Cooper and Robin Stevens were interviewed by SCBWI Netherlands Regional Advisor Melanie Rook Welfing for the upcoming SCBWI Europolitan conference. This is the second in a series of six articles.
Gemma Cooper started her publishing career in New York,
Continue Reading 2017 SCBWI Europolitan Con: Agent Gemma Cooper & Author Robin Stevens »
Note: SCBWI Regional Advisors Dina von Lowenkraft and Elisabeth Norton were interviewed by Angela Cerrito about the upcoming SCBWI Europolitan Conference. This is the first in a series of six articles.
Angela: May 2017 will be the third time the Europolitan is being held, Continue Reading 2017 SCBWI Europolitan Con Interview: Dina von Lowenkraft & Elisabeth Norton of Team Europolitan »
By Cynthia Leitich Smith & Gayleen Rabakukk
A Weird Place to Be by Hena Khan from her blog. Peek: “I drew from my personal experience when I imagined the community in Amina’s Voice (Salaam Reads/Simon & Schuster, March 2017)….I never in my worst nightmares imagined ever being in her shoes and actually having to grapple with those emotions in real life.
By Katie Bayerl
Katie Bayerl is the debut author of A Psalm for Lost Girls (Putnam, March 2017).
From the promotional copy:
“Tess da Costa is a saint — a hand-to-god, miracle-producing saint. At least that’s what the people in her hometown of New Avon,
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Compiled by Gayleen Rabakukk
Josanne La Valley obituary from The New York Times.
Peek: “Josanne received degrees from St. Lawrence University, Smith College and Vermont College of Fine Arts. She worked in arts management and as a professional musician before she turned to writing.”
Longy Han is the author of two books, Gusto & Gecko Travel to Kenya, illustrated by Elinor Hagg (Longy Han, 2015) and Gusto & Gecko Travel to New Orleans, illustrated by Elinor Hagg (Longy Han, 2016).
Her publication journey began as a crowdfunding project,
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Co-founders Gauri Manglik & Sadaf Siddique
KitaabWorld is a new online bookseller focusing exclusively on South Asian and diverse children’s
titles. I interviewed founder Gauri Manglik about their unique niche, how the business got started and their Counter Islamophobia Through Stories campaign.
KitaabWorld is a great resource for finding children’s books with South Asian connections.
