Portraying 9/11 for Young Readers, Two Decades Later By Claire Kirch Apr 23, 2021 During this 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, childrenâs publishers are releasing at least a dozen fiction and nonfiction books that deal with the traumatic event in an age-appropriate manner. Portraying 9/11 for Young Readers, Two Decades Later By Claire Kirch | Apr 23, 2021
During this 20th anniversary year of the 9/11 attacks, children’s publishers are releasing at least a dozen fiction and nonfiction books that deal with the events, in contrast with previous milestone years that saw only a handful of titles. “On the 10th anniversary, the events were still so fresh,” says Scholastic senior editor Katie Woehr. “We have some perspective now.”
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National Bestselling Authors Team Up To Publish BLACKOUT, A Novel Of Interlinked Stories Of Black Love And Joy
BLACKOUT by Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, And Nicola Yoon Will Publish In The US On June 22, 2021
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NEW YORK, Feb. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ HarperCollins Children s Books/Quill Tree Books will publish
BLACKOUT a novel of six interlinked stories of Black love from the award-winning and bestselling young adult authors Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon on June 22, 2021. Rosemary Brosnan bought North American rights from Molly Ker Hawn at the Bent Agency.
Heartdrum, a new imprint from HarperCollins Children s Books, is the first imprint at a major American publishing company dedicated to the work of Native American creators. Children’s author Cynthia Leitich Smith and veteran editor Rosemary Brosnan, Heartdrum s co-founders, share its origin story and explain why its existence is breaking important new ground.
Let’s start with the basics. What will readers be able to expect from a book with the Heartdrum logo on the spine?
Cynthia Leitich Smith: Amazing books! Gorgeous books, heartfelt books, funny books, books with page-turning adventures and books with illustrations so gorgeous, you’ll want to linger over them. All lovingly created by Native authors and illustrators.
By Sharyn Vane
Cynthia Leitich Smith thought they were just going to have breakfast.
The Austin author was looking forward to connecting with her friend and colleague Ellen Oh. The two were anchors of the children’s literature community, both for their years as writers and their advocacy for inclusive books, and they ended up at the same literary convention.
Oh started chatting about author-curated imprints, or publishing partnerships that focus on a particular theme or passion of the writer.
“I was nodding along, saying, ‘Yes, this is definitely going on,’” Smith recalled. “And she says, ‘You know, you would be such a wonderful person to do that with Native children s books.’”