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Author Michelle Markel has teamed up with photographer Marian Brickner for PRESS THE BUTTON—QUICK!, a picture book of Marian's remarkable photos of wild animals and her emotional connection to them. Kids can discover how to express their own passion for wildlife. Out on submission.

It's back to school! Celebrate with BETH AND CLOUD WON'T CHANGE by Ciara Gavin, her picture book about a little girl Beth, who is about to start school for the first time, and Cloud, who drifts into her room and decides to become an inside cloud: mailchi.mp/26668f1142ad/b…

In THE LITTLE FANTASMA by Cynthia De La Torre, Doña Angelina arrives at the abandoned orphanage she has just bought and discovers a little ghost searching for love and her place in the world. Illustrated in a cut-paper technique rooted in Cynthia's Mexican heritage. Out on submission.

Thank you to Allison Ofanansky for sending this picture of A VISIT TO MOSCOW and GREENHORN on the shelf of the Geiger English Library in Tzfat, Israel, a non-profit organization that serves as a community center and English language resource for the area: geigerlibrary.org

A new Olswanger Literary deal! Tantor Audio has acquired audio rights to COPYBOY and MANBOY by Vince Vawter, the sequels to his Newbery Honor book Paperboy that take the character Victor Vollmer to the five days in Memphis, April, 1968, when the world changed. Coming summer 2025.

Congratulations to Miri Leshem, recognized by The Chicago Weekly as one of the "Top 10 Artists of 2024." The CW journalist approached Miri a few months ago after seeing her reel on Instagram "How to draw an elephant with scissors" that went viral: thechicagoweekly.com/recognize-the-…

A fun "faux" award! TOMFOOLERY!: RANDOLPH CALDECOTT AND THE RAMBUNCTIOUS COMING-OF-AGE OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS by Michelle Markel and illustrated by Barbara McClintock received the "Malarkey!" award by the The Horn Book Magazine as one of its 2024 "Mind the Gap Awards."

When Rabbi Rafael Grossman, whose story is the basis of A VISIT TO MOSCOW, traveled to the Soviet Union in 1965, he was able to take a few slides, including this one of Moscow University. The car and bus in the foreground were evocatively transformed by illustrator @ZNayberg.

In honor of the first sighting of stinkbugs this month in 1998 at Muhlenberg College, here's a sneak peek at Jeffrey Turner's A STINKY STORY about the unlikely friendship between a stinkbug and two other bugs who are awakened to the inner song they each have. Now on submission.

Summer is over! Wax nostalgic with a sneak peek at MY SUMMER VACATION by author-illustrator Miri Leshem, her picture book about an upside-down world (sounding familiar?). Now out on submission.

In September of 1965, two months after Rabbi Rafael Grossman, whose story is the basis of the Eisner nominated A VISIT TO MOSCOW, traveled to the Soviet Union to investigate reports of Jewish persecution, the Soviets cracked down on dissidents and arrested two Jewish writers.

A new page from ESCAPE FROM DOG COUNTRY, the debut graphic novel by Marki Krasner about a young dog who lives in a world rooted in order, tradition and collectivism, where every dog sees in black and white, but who discovers he has the ability to see in color. Now on submission.

Writer and Howard University professor Michael Ralph (he/him/his) will be at the CBCF Inc. Conference on September 12 in DC to talk about his debut graphic novel BEFORE 13TH and the importance of examining historical figures with full nuance. Book signing to follow: cbcfinc.org/events/annual-…

CROWS: AN EGG-TO-SKY STORY author-illustrator Margaret Peot will give the keynote speech and teach two fabric painting workshops at the Silk Painters International Festival from September 29-October 5 at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts: silkpainters.org/festival.php

Artist @ZNayberg visited The Jewish Museum Shop and signed copies of her books A QUEEN TO THE RESCUE, written by @NChurnin, A VISIT TO MOSCOW, written by Anna Olswanger, and A PARTY FOR FLORINE, which she both wrote and illustrated: shop.thejewishmuseum.org/a-visit-to-mos…

Artist Martin Lemelman didn’t see much flora where he grew up in Brooklyn (other than a few maple trees cracking the sidewalk with their roots), but he developed a fascination with the natural world that he expresses in his new MG #graphicnovel WORLD OF TREES, now on submission.

Author-illustrator Julie Hampton exhibits her paper goods and books, including BETTY BUILDS IT!, her debut picture book about a genius engineering robot girl who discovers how to build the ultimate friend, at Pannikin Coffee &Tea in Encinitas until October 31: pannikincoffeeandtea.com

Out now from Open Road Media: a new edition of THE WAY I WAS, the memoir of Broadway and Hollywood composer @MarvinHamlisch, one of two people in history to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony and Pulitzer Prize: bit.ly/3ZNvPSr

In 1965 Rabbi Rafael Grossman, whose story of Soviet antisemitism is the basis of A VISIT TO MOSCOW illustrated by @ZNayberg, visited Patrice Lumumba University, now RUDN University. The RUDN Journal recently published "Everyday Anti-Semitism in the USSR": journals.rudn.ru/russian-histor…

From the Washington Independent Review of Books review of ALL SHOOK UP by Enid Langbert, the story of a 1950s Jewish teen who discovers rock music: "Langbert’s debut captures the melodramatic narcissism that makes the universal struggles of adolescence feel painfully unique": bit.ly/3BecC1E