Mourning the loss of a kidlit giant 😢 💔

🚨 We Need Diverse Books (WNDB) condemns the recent decision by Scholastic Book Fairs to segregate books that deal with race, gender, and sexuality in response to the rising spate of book bans and challenges across the country. 🚨 ⁠ ⁠ diversebooks.org/condemns-book-…

I've waited all week to open this delish piece of bookmail... And what a treat it is!!! 🍩🍩🍩🥳🎉 Jerrold's creativity knows no bounds, and the same's true for his generosity 💖 Jerrold Connors #DonutsForEverybody #kidlit

Delighted to see TAKE ME TO LĂOLAO (out Jan 9, 2024) receive positive reviews from both Kirkus and the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books ahead of publication!! 📚 📖 😍 Pre-order your copy now! bit.ly/Laolao #kidlit #pb #wndb #poc #aapi #WritingCommmunity

Super excited to unbox my translator copies of the delightful GRANDMA’S ROOF GARDEN!! 😍🍅🫛🍆🌻 Out Jan. 16, 2024 w Levine Querido Pre-order your copy➡️ bit.ly/GrandmaGarden #kidlit #pb #kidsbooks #childrensbook #grandma #translation #translatoronthecover #wndb #worldkidlit

2024 is my kidlit debut year! My Chinese-mythology infused PB TAKE ME TO LĂOLAO comes out Jan 9th. My translation of Chinese PB GRANDMA’S ROOF GARDEN releases Jan 16th (and it's already got 2 starred reviews!) and upper MG novel TILTED SKY comes out in May. Feeling grateful🙏

Thank you to the wonderful Andrew Hacket of #TheBackstory where I talk about my process & inspirations for writing TAKE ME TO LĂOLAO. Read and enter for a chance to win a 30-minute critique/AMA with me! 🤩

There are FOUR cooks in the Will Write for Cookies kitchen & that is definitely NOT too many! Stop by and say hello to Kelly Zhang Maria Marianayagam Brentom Jackson Dazzle Ng They are sharing insights, info, yummy recipe & a #giveaway KidLitClubhouse viviankirkfield.com/2024/01/13/kid…

Happy Birthday 🎂 to GRANDMA’S ROOF GARDEN by TANG Wei, translated by me. You'll fall in ❤️ w this quirky, green-thumbed Granny! 🌻🍅🍐🍊🍒🫛🍆 TWO starred reviews! ✨️🤩 Levine Querido #kidlit #grandma #cny #LunarNewYear #translation #translatoronthecover #wndb #worldkidlit

Join me at the lovely @PerfectBooksOtt next Saturday (Feb 3rd) for my first in-person author event😍! I'll be signing books & giving away cute Year of the Dragon goodies! 🧧🐲 📖 📚

Thank you for featuring Tang Wei and GRANDMA’S ROOF GARDEN! It's an honor to be able to translate this project. What a delightful interview! Wei's art and creative process are a true treasure trove!!! 🤩

What a pleasure it was to meet the wonderful Kelly Zhang at @PerfectBooksOtt today! Congrats again on the amazing book! 🤗

Absolutely love the audiobook version of GRANDMA’S ROOF GARDEN! Award-winning narrator CindyKayVO's voice radiates warmth & joy and perfectly captures the delightful, nurturing soul that is Granny 😍. Levine Querido

“Grandma’s Roof Garden” by Tang Wei, tr. Kelly Zhang (Levine Querido, 2024) - featured in “Foodie World Kid Lit: Food and Eating in International Children’s and YA Literature”, by Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp #worldkidlit GlobalLiteratureinLibrariesInitiative Levine Querido Kelly Zhang World Kid Lit: global literature for young people

📢📚Looking for outstanding #SummerReading? KidLit TV has a Heads Up for you from Levine Querido! Today’s pick is TILTED SKY by Yao Emei, translated by Kelly Zhang. Watch for more! ❤️

Happy Book Birthday to TILTED SKY! This poignant coming-of-age MG novel by Yao Emei, translated by me, tells of an 11yo Chinese boy’s heart-rending search for a safe home & loving family ❤️💙💜 Levine Querido #MG #YA #kidlit #BookBirthday #Translation #TranslatorontheCover #WNDB

I'm beyond grateful & honored to have translated this heart-rending coming-of-age tale by Yao Emei! And I couldn't have asked for a better interviewer than Avery Udagawa 💕 *OMG, did THE Jason Reynolds just respond?! 😍 World Kid Lit: global literature for young people Levine Querido #Translation #kidlit #MG

📣 Don't miss out on our IG giveaway for East and South East Asian Heritage Month! 🎉 Enter to win a bundle of captivating children's picture books celebrating cultural richness: instagram.com/p/C_idsSaMgob/ #ESEA #AsianHeritageMonth #Giveaway