February 2019
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Green Earth Book Award 2019 Long List Announced
We’re delighted to hear that so many of our books have received attention from The Nature Generation’s national Green Earth Book Award long list selectors! Now celebrating its 15thyear, this award directs attention to books for children and young adults that provide environmental themes and excellent storytelling. “This long list of environmental stewardship books brings […]
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Cozy Picture Books for a Winter Day
Oh, my, the Northern Hemisphere is having wintry weather! On the Pacific Coast, that means lots of rain and even unusually generous snowstorms. In the Midwest and along the Northeast, it’s been wind as well as fast moving snowstorms and sub-zero temperatures. Our friends in the UK, meanwhile, also are having snowstorms. All in all, […]
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Big News for Floris Books’ Author Claire McFall
This may be the first time ever we have occasion to announce that a book from one of the many wonderful authors working with the publishers we market has…a movie coming out! However, that’s the case here: Claire McFall’s teen novel Ferryman is soon to be a motion picture! The announcement has come that Kelly Marcel has […]
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Welcoming the Year of the Pig
The old lunar year is ending and a new year beginning this week. To celebrate, we’re sharing Lantana Publishing’s picture book, Dragon Dancer, by Joyce Chng with gorgeous art by Jérémy Pailler. As Lantana’s editorial staff note: There are many traditions, rituals, and festivities associated with Chinese New year, but among the most renowned are […]
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It’s World Read Aloud Day! Join the Fun
What’s more fun than reading? Reading aloud, of course! make those characters shout and pout and giggle and show off their fancy moves! In honor of the day, we (of course) have a few suggestions: From Cassava Republic, there’s A Visit to Grandad: An African ABC, by Sade Fadipe and illustrated by Shedrach Ayalomeh. Visit […]