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January 5th, 2022
Dark Testament sold to Holt Children's
Crystal Simone Smith's DARK TESTAMENT, a volume of erasure poetry drawn from George Saunders's novel LINCOLN IN THE BARDO which connects the agonized voices haunting Lincoln to the grieving chorus of protests in today's Black Lives Matter movement, acquired by Kate Farrell for Holt Children's at auction.
Nov 9th, 2021
Bigger Than Me sold to Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
Erica Simone Turnipseed's BIGGER THAN ME, which follows the emotional journey of two siblings who struggle with the weight of the words that capture the turmoil and sadness of our times but learn that no problem is “too big” for them to carry if they're not alone, acquired by Caitlyn Dlouhy at Caitlyn Dlouhy Books
July 27h, 2021
The Unexpected Adventures of C.A.T sold to Apples and Honey
Author of CLASS CLOWN Johanna Hurwitz's THE UNEXPECTED ADVENTURES OF C.A.T., a chapter book in which a girl takes a tiny taste of cat food and dreams that she has turned into a cat to Dena Neusner at Apples and Honey Press, with Aviva Gutnick editing, in a two-book deal for publication in Spring 2023.
July 12th, 2021
Next Year In the White House sold to PJ Library
Author-illustrator and SCBWI Crystal Kite Award winner Janice Hechter's NEXT YEAR IN THE WHITE HOUSE, an illustrated nonfiction account of Eric Lesser's experience as a young Jewish staffer who organized an impromptu Passover Seder during Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, to Alexander Zablotsky at PJ Library
June 9th, 2021
How To Be A Good Puppy sold to Seymour Science
Children's science author Seymour Simon's HOW TO BE A GOOD PUPPY, a creative nonfiction story about a child and their new puppy each learning from the other, to be published both in print and as a Read-to-Me eBook, illustrated by Doug Cushman, to Seymour Science.
June 3rd, 2021
Every Body sold to Holiday House
Author-illustrator of the children's photo essay book SHADES OF PEOPLE Shelley Rotner's EVERY BODY, a photo essay book about inclusivity, to Mary Cash at Holiday House, for publication in Spring 2023
May 25h, 2021
The Other Pandemic sold to Charlesbridge
Author/illustrator of the 2020 YALSA finalist THE GREAT NIJINSKY Lynn Curlee's THE OTHER PANDEMIC: AN AIDS MEMOIR, an illustrated account of coming of age during the gay liberation movement in NYC and living through the AIDS pandemic, losing friends and his life partner, to Yolanda Scott at Charlesbridge Teen
February 12th, 2021
Four Frogs Sold to Forever
90 Day Fiance producer Lissette Decos's debut FOUR FROGS, an #OwnVoices Latinx romantic comedy in which the producer of a hit reality TV show decides to date four different men, sure she can find one prince, to Leah Hultenschmidt at Forever, in a two-book deal, for publication in Spring 2023
July 27th, 2020
Border Crossings sold to Harper Design
Author-illustrator Emma Fick's BORDER CROSSINGS: A JOURNEY ON THE TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY, which documents the longest railway journey in the world—winding from China, through Mongolia and Siberia to Moscow—in watercolor illustrations and handwritten text, to Elizabeth Sullivan at Harper Design
June 8th, 2020
The Adventures of Robo-Kid sold to Neal Porter Books
Author-illustrator of the Gilbert and Friends series Diane deGroat's THE ADVENTURES OF ROBO-KID, tracking two parallel stories, one in the real world and one inside a comic book; they intersect when the real-life kid and the comic book superhero find they need each other's help, to Neal Porter at Neal Porter Books
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