Booksellers’ Favorite Top 25 Titles of 2018
December 21, 2018
SUPER SATYA SAVES THE DAY by Raakhee Mirchandani
We Need Diverse Books Q&A Spotlight
December 4, 2018
SUPER SATYA SAVES THE DAY by Raakhee Mirchandani
Thriller Awards Best First Novel Finalist
April 9, 2018
THE RED LINE by Walter Gragg
Bank Street Best Children’s Books 2018 OUTSTANDING MERIT
April 8, 2018
GRACE HOPPER: QUEEN OF COMPUTER CODE by Laurie Wallmark
Barnes & Noble Kids Blog Roundup – 7 High-Interest Picture Book Biographies for Women’s History Month
March 12, 2018
GRACE HOPPER: QUEEN OF COMPUTER CODE by Laurie Wallmark
West Australian Young Readers Book Award Short List!
February 3, 2018
PANDEMIC by Yvonne Ventresca
KIRKUS STARRED REVIEW!
January 30, 2018
DOWN BY THE RIVER by Andrew Weiner & illustrated by April Chu
Wanda Sykes selection for Sag-Aftra Foundation Storyline Online
January 8, 2018
THE CASE OF THE MISSING CARROT CAKE (Wilcox & Griswold Series Book 1) by Robin Newman
Junior Library Guild Selection Fall 2017!
September 28, 2017
GRACE HOPPER: QUEEN OF COMPUTER CODE by Laurie Wallmark
Scholastic Book Club Selection Fall 2017!
September 19, 2017
MING GOES TO SCHOOL by Deirdre Sullivan
Starz offers Direct to Series TV deal, with Bruckheimer producing and Common starring!
August 22, 2017
BLACK SAMURAI by Marc Olden
FLORIDA BOOK AWARD GOLD WINNER 2017
August 6, 2017
LIZZIE AND LOU SEAL by Patricia Keeler
IPPY GOLD NATIONAL WINNER!
April 12, 2017
BLACK FLOWERS, WHITE LIES by Yvonne Ventresca
Number 1 on Buzzfeed Fall Must Read List!
September 13, 2016
BLACK FLOWERS WHITE LIES by Yvonne Ventresca
CBC Seasonal Showcase Selection!
September 13, 2016
WHEELS OF CHANGE by Darlene Beck Jacobson
Liza Fleissig guest panelist on How Will You Keep Your Child Reading This Summer?
July 6, 2016
RZA and Andre Gaines developing BLACK SAMURAI for TV with Common to Star!
June 17, 2016
CRYSTAL KITE WINNER! Atlantic Region (PA/DE/NJ/DC/VA/WV/MD)
May 18, 2016
ADA BYRON LOVELACE by Laurie Wallmark & illustrated by April Chu
Northern California Book Award 2016 for Children’s Literature
May 15, 2016
IN A VILLAGE BY THE SEA by Muon Van and illustrated by April Chu
COOK HONOR 2016 by Center for Children’s Literature at Bank Street College
April 27, 2016
ADA BYRON LOVELACE by Laurie Wallmark
AMELIA BLOOLMER LIST 2016 selection!
January 14, 2016
ADA BYRON LOVELACE by Laurie Wallmark
OUTSTANDING BOOK DISTINGUISHED LIST by Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California
January 4, 2016
ADA BYRON LOVELACE by Laurie Wallmark
SIBA OKRA WINTER PICK 2016
January 1, 2016
SECRET TO HUMMINGBIRD CAKE by Celeste Fletcher McHale
FUGITIVE COLORS author Lisa Barr talks to Good Morning America about Stopping Social Engineering!
December 31, 2015
SLJ STARRED REVIEW and JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD SELECTION!
December 22, 2015
ADA BYRON LOVELACE by Laurie Wallmark
FINALIST Truman Award!
December 15, 2015
JUST A DROP OF WATER by Kerry O’Malley Cerra
Booklist TOP TEN BOOKS OF 2015
December 2, 2015
ADA BYRON LOVELACE by Laurie Wallmark
Kirkus BEST BOOKS OF 2015
November 30, 2015
THE CASE OF THE MISSING CARROT CAKE (Wilcox & Griswold Series Book 1) by Robin Newman
OUTSTANDING SCIENCE TRADE BOOKS K-12 by National Science Teachers Association!
November 14, 2015
ADA BYRON LOVELACE by Laurie Wallmark
EUREKA GOLD MEDAL for distinctive nonfiction
October 26, 2015
ADA BYRON LOVELACE by Laurie Wallmark
GOLD MEDAL Moonbeam Awards 2015 Pre-Teen Fantasy!
October 7, 2015
THE THREE THORNS (Brotherhood and the Shield Series Book 1)
HONORABLE MENTION Grateful American Book Prize 2015!
October 1, 2015
WHEELS OF CHANGE by Darlene Beck Jacobson
Denver Comic Con Panels: What Teen Girls Want To Read/Strong Women in Film and Fiction
May 23-25, 2015
THE ALMOST GIRL and ALPHA GODDESS author Amalie Howard
New Hampshire School Library Conference BEST BOOKS 2015!
May 15, 2015
THE CASE OF THE MISSING CARROT CAKE (Wilcox & Griswold Series Book 1) by Robin Newman
CRYSTAL KITE WINNER! Atlantic Region (PA/DE/NJ/DC/VA/WV/MD)
May 1, 2015
PANDEMIC by Yvonne Ventresca
CRYSTAL KITE WINNER! Southeast REGION (FL/GA/SC/NC/AL)
May 1, 2015
JUST A DROP OF WATER by Kerry Cerra
Booklist HARD BOILED CRIME SELECTION 2015!
May 1, 2015
THE CASE OF THE MISSING CARROT CAKE (Wilcox & Griswold Series Book 1) by Robin Newman
Voya BEST SCI/FI, FANTASY & HORROR 2014!
April, 2015
ALPHA GODDESS by Amalie Howard
FINALIST Maine Student Book Award!
March 15, 2015
JUST A DROP OF WATER by Kerry O’Malley Cerra
MIGHTY GIRL PICK Spring 2014!
February 9, 2015
WHEELS OF CHANGE by Darlene Beck Jacobson
FLORIDA BOOK AWARD 2014!
February 5, 2015
JUST A DROP OF WATER by Kerry O’Malley Cerra
KIRKUS STARRED REVIEW
February 3, 2015
THE CASE OF THE MISSING CARROT CAKE (Wilcox & Griswold Series Book 1) by Robin Newman
Voya TOP SHELF FICTION FOR MIDDLE READERS 2014!
February, 2015
JUST A DROP OF WATER by Kerry Cerra
SELECTION NOTABLE SOCIAL STUDIES TRADE BOOKS for Young People 2015 by the National Council for Social Studies and CBC!
January 28, 2015
WHEELS OF CHANGE by Darlene Beck Jacobson
IDRIS ELBA options Marc Olden’s POE MUST DIE for development into feature film trilogy!
January 12, 2015
ALA YALSA HUB – Call to Diversity #WENEEDDIVERSEBOOKS
December 15, 2014
ALPHA GODDESS by Amalie Howard
NY Comic Con Panel: How to Survive in a Dystopian World!
October 9, 2014
SURVIVAL COLONY NINE author Joshua David Bellin
RUSH HOUR Producer Arthur Sarkissian to develop Lisa Barr’s FUGITIVE COLORS into a feature film!
August 19, 2014
Liza Fleissig featured in Southern Writer’s Magazine’s ASK THE AGENTS!
May/June, 2014 Edition
IPPY GOLD AWARD for Literary Fiction 2014 by Independent Publishers!
May 28, 2014
FUGITIVE COLORS by Lisa Barr
WINNER LEGAL THRILLERS Beverly Hills Book Award
March 28, 2014
THE PROFESSOR by Robert Bailey
2014 Spring Kids’ INDIE NEXT PICK!
February 21, 2014
ALPHA GODDESS by Amalie Howard
EDGAR NOMINATED by Mystery Writers of America!
January 17, 2014
THE SIXTH STATION by Linda Stasi