This article was authored by Publisher Spotlight intern Vi Hendrix “Books create waves.” If you’re familiar with that phrase, then you’ve probably heard of Little Island Books. The independent, Dublin-based publisher was founded in 2010 by Siobhán Parkinson, Ireland’s first children’s laureate. To this day, they remain committed to their founding ideals of releasing high-quality […]
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One in an occasional set of interviews with the reviewers who provide critical insights about new books from our client publishers. Olivia Gorecke has been on our list of reviewers for about three years now and started her bookstagram account in 2020 as a way to introduce new titles to her patrons who weren’t able
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Post Wave Publishing has crossed the pond and is making a splash in the US market! Based in London, Post Wave Publishing UK is a subsidiary of Post Wave Publishing China, focusing on their children’s imprint, Post Wave Children’s Books. The company aims to establish itself as a global publishing brand, showcasing a diverse group
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Rarely do we we have the opportunity to catch up with favorite reviewers and bloggers in person, so we’re glad that recently happened when Publisher Spotlight founder Ellen Myrick was in Utah. She met with Kiss the Book‘s Cindy Mitchell in suburban Salt Lake City where Cindy is a middle school librarian, at South Jordan
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We are delighted to welcome New Frontier Publishing to our roster of publishers dedicated to producing the highest-quality books for kids! Established in Australia in 2002, New Frontier’s motto is “to inspire, educate and uplift children.” In 2017, their UK list was launched with primarily fiction and picture books, and then expanded into early years
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Transit Books, a Berkeley, California, nonprofit publisher of international and American books for adults since 2013, has made it their mission to discover and promote stories that cross borders and connect communities around the world. Now, Transit brings this same commitment—and all the delights that come with it—to children’s books with their Transit Children’s Editions
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November 7, 2024 The next weeks, months, and years will have challenges we hoped to never see again. Yet, we can’t lose sight of the reality that our work is important–enabling children to learn, grow, engage, and empathize through amazing and distinctive books from publishers with vision, purpose, and creativity. Book challenges may escalate and
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Darren López studied anthropology in college and then travelled the world listening to and collecting stories from elders of many cultures, including his own Puerto Rican and Colombian roots. His attention to oral histories and folktales helped him to develop his own storytelling, though film and other media, and now in storytelling with his elementary
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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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