Author and Illustrator Spotlight – Page 30

Poetry Picture Book Cover Reveal: CAN I TOUCH YOUR HAIR?

Happy cover reveal day to Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship! This poetry picture book was written by Charles Waters and Irene Latham and illustrated by Selina Alko and Sean Qualls. The book will be released on January 1, 2018, and Irene and Charles are sharing two of the poems from the book […]Read more

Author Chris Barton on Dazzle Ships and Creative Problem Solving

Author Chris Barton introduces his new nonfiction picture book Dazzle Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion.Read more

New YA Featuring 9/11 Conspiracy Theory Exposes the Complicated Nature of Truth

The latest YA novel from Carolrhoda Lab explores the meaning of truth in a time when alternative views and versions of events are the norm. Truthers, by Geoffrey Girard, follows 17-year-old Katie Wallace, who was only a year old when terrorists struck American soil on 9/11. But now her dad has landed in a mental […]Read more

5 Questions for Dazzle Ships Illustrator Victo Ngai

Recently back from Helsinki, Finland, where she attended the Hugo Awards ceremony as a finalist in the “Best Professional Artist” category, Victo Ngai found the time to answer a few questions about Dazzle Ships: World War I and the Art of Confusion, which comes out on September 1.Read more

Illustrator Q&A: Scott Roberts on Creating Wordless Graphic Novels

By Graphic Universe Associate Editorial Director Greg Hunter Belinda the Unbeatable, the second volume of the Game for Adventure series of wordless graphic novels for early readers, tells the story of an outrageous game of musical chairs and a friendship between competitors (or, if you prefer, a competition between friends). The book, by two-time Eisner […]Read more

Addressing Charlottesville with kids—New York Times recommends THE WHISPERING TOWN

In a recent piece, “How to Talk to Your Kids About Charlottesville,” New York Times children’s book editor Maria Russo featured Jennifer Elvgren’s The Whispering Town among “children’s books about people — including kids — who helped in the fight against Nazis and against racism here in the U.S.” Based on a true story, The Whispering Town tells the story […]Read more

Author Interviews

New Archaeology Book for Kids Uncovers How Children Once Lived [Interview]

By Carol Hinz, Editorial Director of Millbrook Press We recently released a new archaeology book for kids with Lois Miner Huey, author of Ick! Yuck! Eew! Our Gross American History, Forgotten Bones: Uncovering a Slave Cemetery, and Floodwaters and Flames: The 1913 Disaster in Dayton, Ohio. This title, Children of the Past, looks at what we know […]Read more

Exploring the Mysteries of the Universe with Sara Latta and Jeff Weigel of ‘Smash!’

In the eye-popping graphic novel Smash!, arriving this April, two cousins, Nick and Sophie, take a tour of the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s largest machine. Researchers at the European Organization for Nuclear Research use the collider to accelerate particles and smash them together. They study the results to find the hidden building blocks of […]Read more

Meet Kirstin Cronn-Mills and Alex Jackson Nelson

By Domenica Di Piazza, editorial director of Twenty-First Century Books Domenica says: I’m beyond thrilled that LGBTQ+ Athletes Claim the Field: Striving for Equality (TFCB, Fall 2016) is a finalist in this year’s Young Adult Literature category for the Minnesota Book Awards. The book’s brilliant author, Kirstin Cronn-Mills, will be at the award ceremony along with Alex […]Read more

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