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Speaking to the Soul of Teen Readers: Young Adult Novels in Verse

/ , , / Little Island, Marble Press, young adult fiction

This article is by Publisher Spotlight intern Nicole Speyrer Poetry, to many, carries the weight of emotion and internal movement. In a way, it sometimes becomes more difficult to express deeper, more complex experiences in our everyday language. In being forced to certain grammar constraints and spoken emphases or without certain imagery, a certain complexity […]

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Celebrating World Solitude Day

/ , , , / Celebrations, Cicada Books, Inhabit Media, Tiger Tales Books

This article was written by Publisher Spotlight intern Joslin Boals “Solitude: the situation of being alone, often by choice” Happy Solitude Day to all of those who celebrate! As defined by Cambridge Dictionary, solitude is the state of being alone, most likely by choice. Although some may view this as a lonely or sad thing,

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¡Bravo! Bank Street’s Best Spanish Children’s Books Announced

/ , , , , , , , / Bank Street Center for Children's Literature, Barefoot Books, NubeOcho, Soaring Kite Books, Spanish language, Tiger Tales Books

Bank Street College of Education has announced their list of The Best Children’s Books of the Year in Spanish, 2024 Edition, and we have more than a dozen congratulations to share! The list calls attention to stellar children’s books in Spanish that were published or translated in 2023 as selected by a community of education

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Celebrating International Children’s Books

/ , , , / awards, Blue Dot Kids Press, Gecko Press, Lantana Publishing, Little Island, Outstanding International Children's Books, picture books, Red Comet Press, translation, USBBY

Each January, the United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) announces their Outstanding International Books list during a meeting at the American Library Association conference.  The latest list, reflecting books published or released in 2023 and chosen by a committee of USBBY members, has just been released and we are delighted to find

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Old Tales Told Afresh

/ , , , , , , , , , , , / Creston Books, Fairy tales, Folklore, graphic novels, Helvetiq, Inhabit Media, Kalaniot Books, Mangs Classics, picture books, Retellings, TOON Books, translation

As the old year makes way for the new, let’s take a look through some fresh retellings of old stories. Some of these stories are rooted in folklore; others have been recrafted from literary works of bygone centuries. All offer new ways of seeing and understanding the roots from which they grow, just as insights

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O, Come All Ye Book Lists!

/ , , , , , , , , , , , / Barefoot Books, book lists, Child's Play, Creston Books, Diamond Bookshelf, Flowerpot Press, Live Oak Media, Marble Press, Nosy Crow, Red Comet Press, Soaring Kite Books, Tapioca Stories, Tiger Tales Books, TOON Books

We’ve been collecting all the kids’ book lists we can find and highlighting the titles mentioned that come from our US-based publishers. (For listed titles from our many international publishing friends, just look here.) Like many of our beyond-the-US-borders publishers, our American kids’ book publishers provide titles from abroad in translation, as well as books

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It’s the Most List-i-ful Time of the Year!

/ , , , , , , , , , , , , , / Albatros Media, Arctis, Berbay Books, book lists, Cassava Republic, Cicada Books, Eye of Newt Books, Floris Books, Gecko Press, Inhabit Media, Little Island, NubeOcho, Pajama Press, Pinterest, translation, What On Earth

From late November onward toward the year’s end, everyone’s making and/or following lists: what to gift, what to put on your own wish list, or gift yourself right now and add to your growing to-be-read pile. Because we work with so many international kids’ book publishers, our interests in lists is definitely global. We’ve found

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Get into Shape(s)!

/ , , , , / Albatros Media, board books, Child's Play, informational books, TOON Books

This has shaped up to be a good year for new kids’ books that focus attention on—shapes! Some shapes—and books—are simple, some simply fun (as well as informative), and some sophisticated—just the way geometric forms run the gamut from easy to grasp to complex. Learning to recognize and name shapes helps build the toddler, preschooler,

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Growing Peace Awareness

/ , , , , , , , / Publisher Spotlight

The International Day of Peace, celebrated each year on September 21, is a United Nations initiative. This year also marks the 75th anniversary of the signing of  the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (in December) and also the United Nations members’ ratification of their obligations under the Genocide Convention. While all of these may sound

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