Dial Children’s Books has acquired the next picture book by author Billy Sharff. Joan in the Cone, which will be illustrated by Hala Tahboub, is slated for release in 2025. […]
Dial Children’s Books has acquired the next picture book by author Billy Sharff. Joan in the Cone, which will be illustrated by Hala Tahboub, is slated for release in 2025. […]
Beaming Books has bought the next picture book from author-illustrator Lindsey Yankey. The Dinosaur Seed is currently slated for publication in summer 2025. Yankey is the author-illustrator of Bluebird and […]
Celia Lee at Simon and Schuster has bought Imagine New Suns, a picture book about the life of Octavia Butler, written by Gwendolyn Wallace and illustrated by Hayden Goodman. Publication is slated for […]
Julia McCarthy at Atheneum has bought School Spirits, a picture book written by Charlotte Gunnufson and illustrated by Rebecca Crane. Publication is set for summer 2026. Charlotte Gunnufson is the author of several picture […]
We are so honored to share that illustrator Briana Mukodiri Uchendu has won the American Library Association’s Coretta Scott King – John Steptoe Award for New Talent for We Could […]
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky has acquired the debut picture book from Alda P. Dobbs. The book, illustrated by Emily Mendoza, is slated for release in Fall 2025. Dobbs is the author of […]
Holt Children’s has bought a new picture book illustrated by Hayden Goodman. The book, a diverse visual reimagining of the classic poem by Clement Clarke Moore, is slated for release […]
Viking has acquired the next picture book by Sarah Glenn Marsh. Bigfoot’s Big Heart, illustrated by Ishaa Lobo, is currently slated for publication in Fall 2024. Marsh is the author […]
FSG Books for Young Readers has bought, at auction, a new picture book illustrated by Federico Fabiani. I Quit!, written by Kristen Tracy, is currently slated for publication in Fall […]
We were so honored that Briana Mukodiri Uchendu was awarded a Silver Medal at the Society of Illustrators Original Art Show for her illustrations for The Talk, written by Alicia […]
Debut author Bex Tobin Fine‘s picture book You Are Home, which will be illustrated by Andrés Landazábal, was bought by Chronicle at auction, and is currently slated for publication in […]
Scott Westerfeld will be publishing his debut picture book in 2024. Everywhere was acquired by Roaring Brook and will be illustrated by Jessica Lanan. Scott Westerfeld is the #1 New York […]
Debut author-illustrator Pavonis Giron has sold their first three projects to Holt Children’s. The first book, A Rainbow in Brown is slated for publication in Winter 2024, to be followed […]
Author-illustrator Elise Matich‘s debut picture book biography Sew Sister: The Untold Story of Jean Wright and NASA’s Seamstresses was acquired by Tilbury House and is slated for publication in Fall […]
Hayden Goodman will illustrate Masquerade for Grandpa, a picture book by Ana Otaru, which is currently slated for release in fall 2023 from Atheneum. Goodman will also illustrate The Green […]
Sakika Kikuchi‘s latest picture book, Milo Walking, written by Bunnicula author James Howe, will be published by Abrams in fall 2023. Kikuchi is also the illustrator of Show Us Where […]
Sarah Glenn Marsh new picture book, Ellie’s Crayon Adventures, illustrated by Tiffany Rose, is slated for release in September 2022 from Running Press Kids. Marsh’s other picture book titles include […]
Lindsey Yankey latest picture book, My Father’s House by Mina Javaherbin, has been acquired by Candlewick and is set for publication in 2024. My Father’s House is a companion to […]
Hayden Goodman will illustrate The Green Piano by Grammy Award-winner Roberta Flack, with Tonya Bolden, in her publishing debut. It is currently scheduled for publication in spring 2023. Her forthcoming […]
Briana Mukodiri Uchendu will illustrate Soul Step, a picture book written by New York Times bestselling author Jewell Parker Rhodes (Ghost Boys) and her daughter Kelly McWilliams (Agnes at the End […]
We are so pleased to announce that Briana Mukodiri Uchendu will illustrate Night Market, a picture book written by Seina Wedlick. It is scheduled for publication in summer 2024 from Random House Studio.
We’re thrilled to announce the debut picture book from author-illustrator Ruth Whiting. Candlewick acquired world rights to a trilogy of picture books in a pre-empt. The first book, Lonely Bird, […]
We’re excited to announce a new picture book deal for Dream Submarine by Charlotte Gunnufson, which will be illustrated by Cleonique Hilsaca. In her first deal as an agent at […]
We are delighted to share that Briana Mukodiri Uchendu will illustrate We Could Fly, a picture book by musician Rhiannon Giddens, written with Dirk Powell, based on Giddens’s song of the […]
We are thrilled to announce the publishing debut of Briana Mukodiri Uchendu, who will illustrate The Talk by Newbery Honor winner Alicia D. Williams (Genesis Begins Again). The book is […]
We are so excited to share news of a deal for Billy Sharff‘s debut picture book. When Santa Came to Stay, which will be illustrated by Eda Kaban, was sold […]
We are so pleased to share news of Sarah Glenn Marsh‘s latest picture book, The Mystery of the Love List, coming in Fall 2022 from Viking Books. The book will […]
We are so pleased to announce a brand-new picture book deal for The Comet by author-illustrator Ashley Benham-Yazdani. In her first deal as an agent at JGLM, Jessica Saint Jean […]