Today we're thrilled to reveal the cover for Indigo and Ida by Heather Murphy Capps! The cover was illustrated by Leeya Rose Jackson. The book will be released on April 4, 2023 by Lerner/Carolrhoda Books. Preorder it here, here, or here. Keep scrolling for a Q&A with the author about the … [Read more...] about Cover Reveal for Indigo and Ida by Heather Murphy Capps
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Q&A With Christina Matula, The Not So Uniform Life of Holly-Mei
By Lynn Lawrence-Brown Today we are delighted to welcome Christina Matula to the WNDB blog to discuss The Not-So-Uniform Life of Holly-Mei, available since April 5, 2022. Twelve-year-old Holly-Mei has been alienated from her friends in Toronto and is excited to start over in Hong Kong when … [Read more...] about Q&A With Christina Matula, The Not So Uniform Life of Holly-Mei
Cover Reveal and Q&A for The Turquoise Room/El cuarto turquesa by Monica Brown, Illustrated by Adriana García
Today we're thrilled to reveal the cover and share a Q&A for bilingual picture book The Turquoise Room/El cuarto turquesa by Monica Brown, illustrated by Adriana García! The cover art is also by Adriana Garcia, and the book design is by Rachel Wood. The book will be released on September 27, … [Read more...] about Cover Reveal and Q&A for The Turquoise Room/El cuarto turquesa by Monica Brown, Illustrated by Adriana García
Q&A With Vanessa L. Torres, The Turning Pointe
By Paola M. Today we're pleased to welcome Vanessa L. Torres to the WNDB blog to discuss young adult novel The Turning Pointe, out February 22, 2022! When sixteen-year-old Rosa Dominguez pirouettes, she is poetry in pointe shoes. And as the daughter of a tyrant ballet Master, Rosa seems … [Read more...] about Q&A With Vanessa L. Torres, The Turning Pointe
Q&A With Kelly McWilliams, Mirror Girls
By Michele Kirichanskaya Today we're pleased to welcome Kelly McWilliams to the WNDB blog to discuss Mirror Girls, which came out on February 8, 2022! As infants, twin sisters Charlie Yates and Magnolia Heathwood were secretly separated after the brutal lynching of their parents, who died for … [Read more...] about Q&A With Kelly McWilliams, Mirror Girls
Why I Wrote A Picture Book About Sadness
Jenny Mei Is Sad by Tracy Subisak is on sale now. By Tracy Subisak I remember exactly where I was when I began to write this book. I was sitting in a hammock in my backyard when the first words came out in my notebook. “Jenny Mei is sad.” I began to cry because it was my way of … [Read more...] about Why I Wrote A Picture Book About Sadness