We can't wait for KidLitCarousel author @tracihuahn's ᅟ #pb MAMIE TAPE FIGHTS TO GO TO SCHOOL ilus.Michelle Jing Chan 🎨 陈芷萍 (UPDATES ONLY) coming 2024!

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This month, Hip-Hop turns 50! It's an honor to be recognized by one of the pioneers.

Apply for a mentorship in picture book text! PB writers, here's your chance to work with published children's book creators Meera Sriram, Aya Khalil, Alyssa Reynoso-Morris. Pre-order Plàtanos Are Love, or @lauriegoodluck over the course of a year. Info/application here: bit.ly/WNDBMentorship

Meet #KidLitCarousel 🎠member Bonni Goldberg (she/they) an award-winning author whose #debut #picturebook ✨DONA GRACIA SAVED WORLDS✨illus. by Alida Masari is coming from Kar-Ben Publishing on December 5, 2023, and is available for 🌠pre-order now! #kidlit #nonfiction #diversebooks #donagracia

Meet #KidLitCarousel member Brentom Jackson, whose #debut #picturebook✨ELIJAH'S EASTER SUIT✨illus. by Emmanuel Boateng, is coming from LucyDoubleday on Jan 23, 2024 and is available for 🌠 pre-order now! #kidlit #holidaybooks #easterbooks #eastersuit #diversebooks

Meet #KidLitCarousel member Shruthi Rao, award-winning author of multiple titles in India, now with her U.S. #debut #picturebook✨KADOOBOO!✨illus. by Darshika Varma. Page Street Kids Feb 6, 2024, available for pre-order now! #kidlit #indianfolktales #desikidlit #desikidlitcommunity

Meet #KidLitCarousel member Gabrielle Nidus! We can’t wait for her #debut #picturebook QUIET VIOLET FINDS HER VOICE, illus. by Stephanie Dehennin, celebrating the power of bold, quiet people. From Free Spirit Publishing Mar 19, 2024 - available for pre-order! #kidlit #SELbooksforkids

Meet #KidLitCarousel member @tracihuahn🎠We’re excited for her #debut #PB✨MAMIE TAPE FIGHTS TO GO TO SCHOOL✨illus. Michelle Jing Chan 🎨 陈芷萍 (UPDATES ONLY), about Chinese American #changemaker Mamie Tape's brave fight to go to school in San Francisco in the 1880s 📓🍎From Crown/Penguin Random House 🐧🏠📚 May 7, 2024

Meet #KidLitCarousel member Sarah Sassoon! We’re excited for her next #PB THIS IS NOT A CHOLENT, illus. by Viviana Garofoli, about a girl who enters a cooking contest with an Iraqi dish that everyone scoffs at for being “different”–until they taste it!😋Fr Kar-Ben Publishing May 7, 2024

Meet #KidLitCarousel member @jewishartbyann! We’re excited for her next #PB PING PONG, SHABBAT, illus. by abi 🕊, about a ping pong champ's difficult choice btwn her passion or her faith when faced with a championship match on the Sabbath. little bee books Sep 7, 2024

Meet #KidLitCarousel member Agatha Rodi! We’re excited for her upcoming #picturebook MY GRANDPA FROM MILOS ISLAND, illus. by Eva Karadinou, about a young boy finding connection to his grandpa and the Aegean island of Milos. Coming from Weaving Waves Publications, Summer 2024.

Meet #KidLitCarousel member Marina Ploumpi! We’re excited for her upcoming #PB THE JUBILEE PLAYGROUND, illus. by Konstantina Archontaki, about a playground made for everyone! From Sweet Serendipities Books, publishing in Greek later this year, and English and French spring 2024.

Meet #KidLitCarousel member Joyce Schriebman! We’re excited for her #debut #picturebook OY! SANTA, illus. by Gila von Meissner, about a child who learns to control his temper while trying to explain that Hanukkah and Christmas are not related. From Intergalactic Afikoman, coming Fall 2024.

Meet #KidLitCarousel member Roxanne Troup! We’re excited for her upcoming #picturebook COUNTDOWN TO SPACE, illus. by Amanda Lenz, a celebration of space and humanity's return to the moon…this time with a woman! From @schifferkids, Summer 2024.

Meet #KidLitCarousel member @sgassmanbooks! We’re excited for her upcoming #picturebook PEANUT AND BUTTER CUP about the unlikely friendship between a sassy racehorse🏇and a smelly goat🐐From Clear Fork Publishing in 2024 (illustrator TBA)

Meet #KidLitCarousel member Sita Jit! We're so excited for her upcoming #debut #chapterbook✨DIVYA FAR FROM HOME✨(illus. Abhilasha Khatri), first in a new series about a young girl's adventures adjusting to life far from her native home in India. Fr @capstonepub Fall 2024!