By Cynthia Leitich Smith, Gayleen Rabakukk, Suma Subramaniam, A.J. Eversole, Mitu Malhotra and Gail Vannelli for Cynsations
Spotlight Image: Rock Your Mocs by Laurel Goodluck, illustrated by Madelyn Goodnight (Heartdrum, 2023).
Author/Illustrator Insights
Spilling the Tea With Author Joanna Ho from We Need Diverse Books.
Congratulations to Carole Lindstrom on the publication of Autumn Peltier, Water Warrior, illustrated by Bridget George (Roaring Brook Press, Sept. 19, 2023)! From the promotional copy:
The seventh generation is creating
A sea of change.
It was a soft voice, at first.
Continue Reading Throwback Thursday: Carole Lindstrom on Writing & Marketing on Two Continents »
There is more than one way to tell the truth. But I didn’t know that when I set out to write a memoir more than twenty years ago. I attempted to capture every bizarre twist and turn of my transient childhood (think The Glass Castle [by Jeannette Walls,
I’m thrilled to welcome Jyoti Gopal to Cynsations today!
You lived in many countries before settling down in the United States. How did that experience inform you as an author?
Living outside one’s culture, learning different languages, straddling different ways of being – these were gifts,
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By AJ Eversole
I am excited to share an interview with debut novelist Byron Graves (Ojibwe) today on Cynsations! I met Byron during the first We Need Diverse Books Native Writing Intensive in 2020, where I also got a sneak peak at what would become Rez Ball (Heartdrum,
Continue Reading Author Interview: Byron Graves On Life Experience As Backbone of Story »
By Cynthia Leitich Smith, Gayleen Rabakukk, Suma Subramaniam, A.J. Eversole, Mitu Malhotra and Gail Vannelli for Cynsations
Spotlight Image: Not He or She, I’m Me by A. M. Wild, illustrated by Kah Yangni (Henry Holt and Co.
Congratulations to Debbi Michiko Florence on the publication of her newest book, Jasmine Toguchi, Great Gardener, illustrated by Elizabet Vukovic (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Sept. 26, 2023.) From the promotional copy:
Eight-year-old Jasmine Toguchi is now an expert on travel and doesn’t want summer to end! In this final book chronicling her family vacation in Japan,
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Spotlight Image: Author Tameka Fryer Brown, photo by D.E. Photography
Over the summer I read That Flag by Tameka Fryer Brown, illustrated by Nikkolas Smith (HarperCollins, 2023) and was awed by the story, the art, and how Tameka made this topic so accessible for young readers.
Continue Reading Author Interview: Tameka Fryer Brown on Telling the Truth & That Flag »
By Cynthia Leitich Smith, Gayleen Rabakukk, Suma Subramaniam, A.J. Eversole, Mitu Malhotra and Gail Vannelli for Cynsations
Spotlight Image: The Light Within You by Namita Moolani Mehra, illustrated by Kamala Nair (Two Lions,
Congratulations to Carole Boston Weatherford on the publication of Kin: Rooted in Hope, illustrated by Jeffery Boston Weatherford (Atheneum, September 19, 2023). From the promotional copy:
Carole and Jeffery Boston Weatherford’s ancestors are among the founders of Maryland. Their family history there extends more than three hundred years, but as with the genealogical searches of many African Americans with roots in slavery,
Continue Reading Throwback Thursday: Carole Boston Weatherford on Persistence & Poetry »