Sarah Glenn Marsh – Jill Grinberg Literary Management

Sarah Glenn Marsh

Sarah Glenn Marsh is an author of young adult novels and picture books. Her YA titles include Fear the Drowning Deep, Dread the Harvest Moon, the Reign of the Fallen series, and The Girls Are Never Gone. Her picture book titles include Selfie Sebastian, Ninita’s Big World: The True Story of a Deaf Pygmy Marmoset, The Bug Girl: Maria Merian’s Scientific Vision, Ellie’s Crayon Adventure and The Mystery of the Love List. She has also authored the middle grade title Your Birthstone Book, published by Running Press Kids. Her forthcoming books include a new picture book, Bigfoot’s Big Heart, and several books in the “How to Spot” series from Running Press Kids, including How to Spot a Fairy, How to Spot a Magical Woodland Creature, and How to Spot a Mermaid. She lives with her family in Richmond, Virginia.

Agent

Katelyn Detweiler

How to Spot a Mermaid: A Field Guild to Magical Sea People

Sarah Glenn Marsh’s HOW TO SPOT A MERMAID: A FIELD GUIDE TO MAGICAL SEA PEOPLE, book three in the “How to Spot a…” series of illustrated field guides, exploring the history and mythology and how/where to find these magical beings, and featuring interactive quizzes, crafts, and recipes, illustrated by Lilla Bolecz, to Allison Cohen at Running Press Kids, for publication in summer 2025, by Katelyn Detweiler at Jill Grinberg Literary Management for the author (world).

Publisher

Running Press Kids

Publication Date

Summer 2025

Age Category

Middle Grade

Genre

Fantasy/Mythology

Rights

Hachette

How to Spot a Magical Woodland Creature: A Field Guide to Enchanted Forest Creatures

Sarah Glenn Marsh‘s HOW TO SPOT A MAGICAL WOODLAND CREATURE: A FIELD GUIDE TO ENCHANTED FOREST ANIMALS, book two in the “How to Spot a…” series of illustrated field guides, exploring the history and mythology and how/where to find these magical beings, and featuring interactive quizzes, crafts, and recipes, illustrated by Lilla Bolecz, to Allison Cohen at Running Press Kids, for publication in winter 2025, by Katelyn Detweiler at Jill Grinberg Literary Management for the author (world).

Publisher

Running Press Kids

Publication Date

Winter 2025

Age Category

Middle Grade

Genre

Fantasy/Mythology

Rights

Hachette

Bigfoot's Big Heart

When Bigfoot loses the valentines he meant to send to his fellow monsters in hiding, scouts from all over the world come together to deliver the letters.

It’s lonely being a monster. But having other mythical pen pals helps. When Bigfoot loses the Valentine’s Day cards he so tenderly made for his friends around the world, a troop of scouts offers to help. But they will have to get creative to find every mythical creature in time! Sarah Glenn Marsh and Ishaa Lobo team up again for a sweet Valentine’s Day tale about the value of friends, both new and old.

Publisher

Viking Books for Young Readers

Publication Date

December 17, 2024

Age Category

Picture Book

Genre

Fiction

Rights

Penguin

How to Spot a Fairy: A Field Guide to Sprites, Sylphs, Spriggans, and More

An enchanting illustrated field guide to finding fairies (and their familiars) in the wild!

This stunning compendium explores the history & mythology of fairies and offers information on how/where to find these magical beings. From boggarts and pixies to weeping women, water nymphs, moon maids, and more, this book organizes fairies by habitat and offers tips on how to seek out the mystical beings in our midst. Complete with interactive elements like quizzes (“Which Type of Fairy Are You?”), crafts (“Build Your Own Fairy Garden” and “Make Your Own Fairy Potion”), and recipes (“Brew Your Own Fairy Tea”), there’s endless fun to be had while on the search for fairy folk.

Publisher

Running Press Kids

Publication Date

October 22, 2024

Age Category

Middle Grade

Genre

Fantasy/Mythology

Rights

Hachette

Your Birthstone Book

Learn the amazing (and sometimes magical) history of gemstones from around the world through the corresponding birthstones that represent each month of the year.

Gemstones are among Earth’s rarest and most beautiful creations. They are history’s preeminent symbols of wealth and power. They are valued because they are beautiful and rare, but also because their beauty is undiminished with time. The stone that once adorned a king or maharaja, might today be set in a ring or necklace, and if not destroyed, will continue to sparkle thousands of years from now. This history only increases the value of these stones.

What better way to teach young readers about gemstones than by focusing on the different birthstones that correspond to each month of the year? Everyone (mostly) knows their birthstone. But do they know the full history of these stones–where they were mined, how/why they were popular, or how to best harness a stone’s energy to help deal with matters of friendship, family, and life? Your Birthstone Book will give readers insight into the powers assigned different bithstones while exploring their fascinating uses over the course of history.

Publisher

Running Press Kids

Publication Date

December 6, 2022

Age Category

Middle Grade

Genre

Nonfiction/Reference

Rights

Hachette

Crayola: Ellie's Crayon Adventure

Welcome to a world of infinite colors!

When Ellie and her class take a field trip to the Crayola Factory to learn how crayons are made, they are greeted by rooms full of color and bustling with activity. From mixing pigments to wrapping and sorting, there are machines and people hard at work at every turn. There are even magical creatures called color catchers who travel the world in search of Pacific Blue, Wild Watermelon, and Sunglow who really steal the show. But it isn’t until Ellie accidentally knocks into some equipment that she and her friends learn just how limitless the world of color possibilities can be.

Publisher

Running Press Kids

Publication Date

September 27, 2022

Age Category

Picture Book

Genre

Nonfiction

Rights

Hachette

The Mystery of the Love List

A heart-warming Valentine’s mystery!

Pippa’s teacher tells her students to make a love list–a list of all the things that take up room in their hearts. Pippa makes her list, but when she finds someone else’s and sees that her own name has been written down, along with all of her favorite things, she discovers she has a secret admirer! Maybe the best friend she’s always hoped for is right in her classroom, if only she can crack the case. Good thing there’s nothing Pippa loves more than a good detective story. Will she solve the mystery of the love list and find a new friend?

Praise for The Mystery of the Love List

”Charming illustrations include several visual clues (such as Mitzi reading the same book Pippa loves) and the text includes a few silly puns (a game of “Deer, Deer, Moose” rather than “Duck, Duck, Goose”) that are perfect for young readers.… A fine addition to holiday story collections for young readers.” —School Library Journal

Publisher

Viking Books for Young Readers

Publication Date

December 13, 2022

Age Category

Picture Book

Genre

Fiction

Rights

Penguin

Dread the Harvest Moon

A companion novel to Fear the Drowning Deep, an NPR Great Read of 2016.

Three tasks. Two worlds. One deadly queen.

Always follow the rules.

That’s what seventeen-year-old barmaid Liss Corkill does. She’s never cursed or kissed a boy, and until two years ago, when a mythical serpent kidnapped her, she was never late to anything. She knows that if she were like her free-spirited older sister Bridey who sailed to America just before the Great War, her mother would be devastated. Liss is determined to be what everyone expects, even if that means giving up her dreams.

Unless the faeries make you break them.

When Liss accidentally interferes in a fairy queen’s quest for true love, she’s pulled into the vast and dangerous world of Un-Mann, a magical realm as old as the Isle of Man itself. As punishment for her mistake, Liss must complete three tasks for the queen by the night of the Great Harvest Moonlight, the fairies’ biggest yearly celebration.

Or you find something worth dying for.

Liss’s attempts to complete her tasks are met with constant misfortune, as if someone doesn’t want her to win. But she has powerful friends: the town witch, Morag, and her sister’s best friend, Cat, who she’s secretly falling for as they hunt sea monsters by night to protect their home. Sensing a need for inspiration as the final gruesome task draws near, the queen marks Liss’s little sister for death unless Liss succeeds.

Her sister. Her town. Her dreams. If she can’t own who she is and make some new rules, Liss will lose it all.

Publisher

Ivy Press

Publication Date

October 13, 2020

Age Category

Young Adult

Genre

Fantasy

Rights

JGLM