By Shannon Rygg Today we’re pleased to welcome Michelle Quach to the WNDB blog to discuss Not Here to Be Liked. How would you pitch Not Here to Be Liked to readers in two sentences or less? When Eliza Quan gets snubbed as editor-in-chief of the school paper for a less qualified but more … [Read more...] about Q&A With Michelle Quach, Not Here to Be Liked
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Cover Reveal for The Leaping Laddoo by Harshita Jerath, Illustrated by Kamala M. Nair
Today we are thrilled to reveal the cover for The Leaping Laddoo by Harshita Jerath, illustrated by Kamala M. Nair. The cover art was designed by Kamala M. Nair. The book will be released in March 2022, by Albert Whitman & Company. Pre-order The Leaping Laddoo. Mrs. Kapoor makes a laddoo … [Read more...] about Cover Reveal for The Leaping Laddoo by Harshita Jerath, Illustrated by Kamala M. Nair
Suni Lee’s Olympics Win Is More Than That for Hmong People
The next four books in the Astrid & Apollo series are on sale now. By V.T. Bidania It was early morning when the notification appeared on my phone: US gymnast Suni Lee wins gold in the women’s all-around. For a split second, I wasn’t sure I had read it correctly. I looked again, and I … [Read more...] about Suni Lee’s Olympics Win Is More Than That for Hmong People
The Many Meanings of Meilan Explores Identity and Grief
The Many Meanings of Meilan by Andrea Wang is on sale now. By Nawal Qarooni Casiano To read this book is to be enveloped in the warm embrace of a wonderfully nuanced young girl whose emotional ups and downs are exactly as they should be: Nebulous and sometimes spiraling but gloriously … [Read more...] about The Many Meanings of Meilan Explores Identity and Grief
