hello, everybody. Good afternoon. Welcome to our publisher picks presentations. So unlike yesterday where it was more of a speed dating format, get in touch on Unlike yesterday, which was a speed dating format, this is a format where the presenters will come up on the stage and speak to you briefly and tell you a little bit about their publishing programs do you have on the table, packets of the presenters and some of the books that you'll be hearing about and we will hear from each of them in the order that is presented. If you need for a copy, just put your hand in the air. I have some colleagues wandering around with some extra copies and we'll be able to get one to you. Now without any further ado, we should get started here. Please welcome from the American Psychological Associations imagination press. Katie Palace, Zola. Thank you.
Hi, everyone. Oh, do they prep? Imagination, pitch? Or do I? Okay, great. Okay, I am Katie, from imagination press, which is the children's imprint of the American Psychological Association, really excited to share some books with you. Our first one is called True or False. It's the science of perception, misinformation and disinformation. This is a nonfiction book for preteens young teens focused on critical thinking skills, understanding the psychology between how the brain works and more importantly, how it doesn't work, how it can glitch and how that makes you more prone to follow this and misinformation. Again, for that teen audience. If you can see here on the image, this basically sums up the four portions of the book that this impacts the source of the message that you're receiving the message itself, any social pressures you might be feeling, whether you feel that you need to align, and your reaction to the message, whether that's emotional, or illogical. databased we also have the second edition of our most popular selling what to do serious, but what to do when you worry too much. A lot of the information here is still the psychological best practices, the things I have changed are more focused on self care, where you feel that anxiety in your body, and understanding how to quiet those alarms. So a lot of this workbook features how to put anxiety in its place so that way it doesn't overtake your life or ruin your day in a full spiral. We also have the thing about love, which is a little bit different. This one does not have any notes, but it focuses on the grief and heartbreak associated with losing a pet, which is a really important topic that we don't see much of in many of our books that are our notes to caregivers. This is not one of those books, it's following the beautiful illustration of a scrapbook format. It's up at our table on floor four. So if you want to come take a look, please do. It mainly has an emphasis of the thing about Love Is it never goes away, it ends happy note. The thing about love is that having an instant, one of the most important books you might have seen yesterday at the signing is Jacob's missing book. This is the newest in the Jacob series. So it's following all the same class of kids in the book. It's covering two important topics. One is that one of the characters has two dads. And that's a pretty minor point, just not really a plot point. When she brings it up about how our dads pack carrots. In lunch. They say Oh, you have two dads, that's just like the penguin book. And when they go to find it in the library, it's missing. The Penguin book is never explicitly stated. But we know what we're talking about. There's a discussion about banned books. But furthermore, the kids go to recess and they say Why is it even banned? What's it even about? So they act it out? And it's showing the kids are so much more kind and accepting of these things. And they act out the whole story all trying to take turns being the daddy of penguins. So it's important that even if you don't have a physical book where it's been banned, you can keep a story alive. Very important topics here. Speaking of having two dads, we have real siblings by Seamus curse. This follows Harper and her little brother Wyatt. So they also have two dads they are both adopted. When they go to a park. They are confronted by a pair of twins, let's say well, you don't look alike. So you must not be real siblings. And the rest of the book is basically them having a breakdown. It ends up again this one does not have notes but it focuses very heavily on love is what makes a family a family. They go through all their different ways that they know I've highlighted one of my favorites from the interior page. I know we are real siblings because even when you really get on my nerves i still want I share my choice with you small little heartbreaking things like that, that really prove family as family. We have another one of my favorites is waffle Kansas side, this is in the same series as taco falls apart. Avocado feels a bit worried. So all of these very relatable very punny titles. This one is about overthinking or under thinking a decision how overwhelming that can be how to help kids make that decision a little bit smaller, so it's more manageable in your day. Also, I just love it, you should definitely be interested. One of our last ones is a weightless letter. This is a multiple multicultural bilingual story. Alma lives with her family and her grandmother. And unfortunately, the grandmother gets sick and passes away. About a year later, when she's going to honor her with like a tea service. She founds a letter and a card that her grandmother wrote, so this inspires her Oh, I wish I could share the things that are still going on in my life. And they encourage her to write letters back.
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you can write, you can do any other kind of activity. This book is full of very full notes, both in English and in Spanish. This one is also at the table. So I recommend you come by. And then our last one is a backless Title I like it's called don't hug the quokka just because they're a smiley, this is actually a book on consent, bodily autonomy. And when you have to understand to say yes or no, definitely come by and visit. Thanks so much, guys.
All right. Thank you very much, Katie. Now please welcome Lynette Kim to tell you about Astro books for young readers.
Hello, everyone. Yeah. Okay. Hi, I'm Lynette from Master. I'm excited to tell you about fall 2024 We're going to jump right in starting with the most perfect persimmon in this charming debut picture book you follow the story of a Korean American girl who is impatiently waiting out the harvest season to pick a perfectly ripe persimmon for her grandmother. This sweet book is packed with vibrant illustrations that will put a smile on your face like this fan favorite. And this is of course a must have for your AAPI Heritage Month collection. But it's sure to be year round too because who doesn't love a good food book no matter what your cultural background? All right. From New York Times and indie Best Selling Author Katherine Arden author of the beloved winternight fantasy trilogy comes our wonderfully strangest book The strangest fish inspector will debut is story of a little girl who goes to a fair wins a goldfish and then finds out that the goldfish is a little bit more than what it seems. The book has all the whimsy of Catherine's fantasy work and it's perfect for readers young and old looking for a bit more magic in their lives. is given magic Okay, Rosemary Wells needs very little introduction. I'm excited to tell you she's back. This time with three short stories of magical kitchen mayhem made the little chefs a troupe of recipe rescuers who are just a secret phone call away and my secret phone think like the bat phone but for kids cooking emergencies I wish we all really had one. Each chapter opens with a comical little chefs in history notes. And the pages feature silver ink throughout appearing whenever the little chefs arrived to the scene in their Zeplin the books eight by eight trim size festive settings and message of helping others make this a perfect holiday book. Okay hearing things, so you're gonna meet little Tim he's really into sound he's been collecting them for fun especially now that family has moved into a new neighborhood just waiting to be explored. His older goth musician sister Martha on the other hand, not as thrilled with the move. Luckily Tim's trusted sidekick Frankie the cat knows of a rundown little place where they just might find the perfect sounds to round out Martha says scary music making and cheer her up. And by rundown we mean haunted. You'll see the clever Frankie here pantomiming the situation to the home's ghostly inhabitants. Hopefully you got to meet the veteran comic book artist Ben Sears here at Children's Institute. He enjoys he injects a dose of freshness to the tune list with this smart funny and big hearted early reader graphic novel read. Ken I'm gonna skip ahead for a second. All the truth I can stand up this is this is an LGBTQ coming of age story that draws inspiration and reimagines the horrific 1990 A murder of Matthew Shepard. It's a story of first love tragedy and tough decisions and it was written by white debut author Mason Stokes, a professor at Skidmore College in upstate New York. I promise this is an intense emotional journey and why fiction at its most heartfelt and thought provoking. National Book Award finalist Eliot Schaeffer called a boy an account of first love made especially poignant by the brutality of what follows. And New York Times bestselling author Steve Shinken calls the book a masterful blend of wholehearted fiction and absolutely essential American history. And tobacco. It's a gem of a book from the legendary Art Spiegelman and we are releasing it this fall just in time for the holidays. And there's a wonderfully weird story a pup would like to convince you that he's a dog on it. He he only looks like a book because of a series of unfortunate events that ended with the wizards curse. And he makes an excellent, excellent point that he makes a better pet because let's face it, he's portable, it doesn't have fleas, he won't bite. And if you're still not convinced, there's a little leash that goes with it. There's fuzzy and papers on both ends, and even has a wagging tail. So definitely check it out. That is it from me, my contact information is on the slide. Thank you for listening.
Thank you very much, Lynette. Now please welcome a net he was to tell you about beaming books.
Hi, there. Let's see when my slides come up. Theming area. So hello, everyone. I'm Annette Hughes, and I'm representing beaming books. Thank you so much for listening to just three and a half titles. There'll be three fall and a peek to a very special storybook Bible coming out in February. So first up is Rainbow allies by Nancy Chernin. This book is already available for Pride celebrations, you should be able to put it up right away. But remember that this story of kids who make a real difference in supporting the LGBTQ plus community will sell all year long. It starts with a true story of two kids in Natick, Massachusetts about 10 years ago, who decided to do something when their neighbors a lesbian couple get egged? And so their rainbow flag is torn down. You can see this poor dog is very, very upset. It's something they really want to address. So the kids get together and come up with some ideas. Well, should they patrol the house to protect it? Maybe they could build a wall. But they ended up deciding that it's even better not to retaliate, but to go down to a local retailer who lends them or gives them rainbow flags. And then they go across the entire neighborhood and get the kids and the families around to support pride. So they really make a difference in the community. Here we go. Well went too far. So this is written by Nancy Chernin, who has a strong track record with reviews and awards and sales. You might remember the William horse story, and also Monchi moves a mountain. There is a downloadable discussion guide that on how to be an ally for the kids, and that's in our landing page. Next, we have this charming debut picture book, the ghost who was afraid of everything by Nadia Achmed. Here, this is a perfect Halloween title for kids who themselves are a little bit spooked by Halloween. Our friend Finn, who's up there in the window has two big problems. First of all, he's afraid of a bunch of things, including the color orange, and flying, and kids who make loud noises. So Halloween is kind of a problem for this ghost. But the second problem is this year, his siblings are not going to give him the chocolate bats from their trick or treating. He's going to have to do it himself. So Finn works it out and he's decides he's going to figure out how to get over those fears. Over the year, he takes this his own version of exposure therapy, and he touches a tree for one second and then 10 seconds. And here you see him dealing with the really frightening He butterflies, but he's making good progress. He has a few setbacks. But just in time very, very soon before Halloween, he gets himself up in the air and and learns how to fly again. So here he is at the end of the book in fine form. And he's actually stealing chocolate bats from that little human trick or treater because that's what goes through on Halloween. So it's a really fun theme of self reliance and conquering your fears coupled with great glorious art. And I think this will be a great Halloween book for all your customers.
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Sad saying what I look like when the bookstore is closed. And we have stickers, and I think you'll just have a great time with that title. Kirkus just reviewed it this week saying it's a sweet, seasonally inspired social, emotional, motional learning book. Our third picture book is a heartwarming tale of two very different friends, and how they resolve those differences. For those of us who love Pooh and Piglet to puddle frog and toad, well you gotta meet hawk and Luna. When a bear and a moon become besties, in this natural paradise, what could possibly go wrong? But just as kids in real life often experience, sometimes some things are just not going to change. Huck cannot dive to the bottom of the lake, and Luna cannot climb trees, this is a problem. So tensions rise, harsh words are exchanged. They are not going to be friends anymore. But after cooling off for one very long day, hook comes back with this special offering for Luna. And I just love this. He, he says here on the bottom page. I like blueberries and I like climbing. But they are not my favorite. You are. This gorgeously illustrated poignant tale of friendship and an appreciation of differences will resonate with kids and parents everywhere. And it's by Emily Kilgore, who is the author of the what ifs and the eye hurts, which are both very successful titles. And lastly, speaking to next February, we are publishing a just love story Bible. This is a collection for ages five through nine. And it stands back a completely separate from I think any other story Bible you might have known him has progressive themes of unconditional love, and social justice 52 stories half from the Old Testament half from the new and brilliant illustrations. It's 258 pages, it's 2499. But what's really exciting about it, as you can see from this page is the art and the text are beautifully entwined. And the fresh point of view is very exciting. Jackie Lewis is one of the two authors. She's a renowned senior medicine minister at New York City's middle church. And she is going to definitely get national publicity. She's really in the news a lot. We're going to have a massive marketing campaign. And we already have a blast out. We have a digital blast on Edelweiss. And I think if you take a look at the at the full book, you'll be ready to join the movement to thank you so much for listening and for serving kids and families and your communities. So faithfully with such passion. We couldn't do it without you and you give us joy
All right. Thank you. And now please welcome Karolina Schwartz to tell you about Clovis publishing
Hello, everybody. I'm very happy to be here with you today. I saw some of you yesterday as I was presenting some other titles from a different publisher but I hope you're enjoying those water bottles in your bags. And I am very excited to show a few titles from CloudBees today so the first one is it perfect. Yeah. The first one is a perfect Halloween titled can be read year round and this is part of our T collars competition the American edition of the key colors competition if you've been following classes, contests to new author illustrators. This is a hilarious book that this is a hilarious book that introduces kids to the idea of maybe your grandparents are vampires and And there's different scenarios where you can actually test out if your grandparents are grandparents or maybe there are no grandparents. It has a very funny comic feel to it. It's for the younger audiences. And each page, as you can see here has different clues that they can follow around off empires. But it makes for a great book to be read year round. Speaking about very funny, we have a new series debuting in the fall hilariously simple math. And I have a feeling that most people in this room are not math people. So this is for us. The cloud problem and that pig pen problem are debuting in the fall and we actually have a third edition which is going to come out in the spring of 2025. And the clock clock problem, as you can see here, it's going to be available in Spanish as well. This is a graphic novel that introduces kids to different math concepts in a very, very funny way to the point where they don't actually realize that they're learning math. It takes place in a farm. The first title the clock problem teaches kids to tell time, as you can see here, and the second one is it helps kids understand area and perimeter. I tested out with my eight year old son and he thought it was hilarious. So I really commend it and if you need to brush up on your math skills, it has endpapers Gertie is not all dogs is a story about a kid that knows everything about dogs until he gets a dog and the dog is really not following along with playing ball going to the park. It gets very upset when there are noises so this is a story about autism. This is a story about being different. This is a story about neuro divergence and this is a story about it being totally fine it's an it has really pet lovers, this spread it's just adorable. And it helps kids understand that it's it's fine you just need to find your you need to understand yourself and and find your your best friend. oddballs is a nonfiction book that publishing in October, it introduces kids to 16 very unusual animals like the up the ladder, which I know kids love to mention them. There is a glass frog and I was talking to somebody about this. I don't know if she's in the room, but she was like, wouldn't that be dangerous? Because this flood, this frog actually has a clear stomach. But that's nature and this book introduces this gets to all these different animals and it actually has a very funny other side of the page where what if you were the animal so it has many different applications where kids can learn about this different animals but they also wet if you know they have this conditional structure that they can learn and have some fun with it. Mr. Round and Mr. Square presents different perspectives. This is by Argentinian author illustrator who, who won the key colors competition in the European ecommerce competition from clovers, Patricia Fitty. And as you can see, Mr. Brown and Mr. Square are different and they live on different sides of the road. And these see things totally different, mainly because they're looking at things from a totally different perspective. And last but not least, if I have 10 seconds and I can do this more fun together. Then in the beginning, isn't that you? Some of you really love this piggie series. Their coops available distributed by consortium by PGW. Europe is in the room. Thank you so much
thank you so much. Karolina now please welcome from Creston books Marissa moss
All right, well, I'm glad to see all of you here. My name is Marissa moss, and you might know me as an author illustrator myself, I did the Emilio's notebooks ages ago, I more recently do. Yes, thank you. A lot of middle grade and picture book biographies of people I want you to know about but you probably don't. And my other hat is as publisher of Preston books, which I started 10 years ago to add to the diversity of the publishing scene because the big conglomeration was starting then. So we only have one book out this fall. a mitzvah for George Washington. And this is by Richelle. Burke, who's done other books with us, illustrated by Chiara fidelity. And it's based on actual history about the colonial Jews of Newport, Rhode Island, who are excited to welcome George Washington, this actually happened. And they want to thank him for enshrining freedom of religion into our country. And the children also want to thank him, but being children, they are crowded out, they aren't big enough to be seen. So they have to figure out how they can be heard saying thank you. And they come up with the idea of making candles. Don't try this at home, actually, that's hard to do, which they light and then they seem to him. There. Thank you. It's just leading up slightly. I certainly didn't know about and about, oops, sorry, I'll go back to that. And about kids being active and finding their voice, and getting grownups to actually listen to them. So that's always important. Now, I want to go to our two spring books that recently came out, Lola says goodbye. That seems to be a theme of grief. And this is Lola, the therapy dog we have many books with her kids love her because she's so relatable. But in this book, she has to say goodbye to her friend, Morris the goldfish, because we all know they never last long. And she is learning what it means to lose a friend and how they stay alive inside of you. And that you'll always have her memories of Morris. Of course, maybe she'll get another goldfish too. But this is what Lola does. She basically acts out for children's scenarios that are very familiar and makes it very relatable. And she's just I have to say that I have on my street, a family of kids who come trick or treating to my house every year to get another Lola book. They have just they want the same one over and over again. They're obsessed with Lola, she has that kind of fan base. Also out this spring, who's writing the story by Robin Newman, illustrated by Deborah Zamka, we have several books by this new really hilarious. It's a fractured fairy tale is the three little pigs deciding they don't like the way the writer is telling their story. So this also teaches kids the basic elements of storytelling, where you have characters, you have settings, you have the prompt plot, you have the problem, you have to have a solution. And they find their solution is to write their own story. And they get rid of that pesky writer. They don't need her. There'll be the writer themselves. It's very, very cute and funny. And I would hope would encourage kids to write their own stories. All of our books, by the way, have curriculum guides on our website, so that teachers and parents can follow up and do more fun things with kids. So this is the ending where they get to make their own ending is way better than the original fairy tale. I gotta tell you a good version. Now this is from our fall list last fall since we have so few books coming out this year, I'm going to promote backless books. This is Chloe's nature journal by Marie lession, pelle, and it's a great book to get kids to be Junior botanists little scientists because it's teaching the scientific method of just looking closely and patiently in your own backyard. But as Chloe thinks she's not going to find anything. And then she ends up with this big notebook full of birds and animals, including a neighbor's cat, and bugs. So it's just as she's also learning from the animals like camouflage and how to hide under her covers when she wants to read more at night. So it's basically making science very personal for kids and also very accessible. And we have olive by Jed Alexander who did gold for us before. It's again another fractured fairy tale. This is, I think, a stunning book. And he always takes fairy tales and kind of flips them on their head. And this is Jack in the Beanstalk, where the little girl starts out being awed by the giant butt back on Earth. She realizes she's a giant two, which I think all children are giants. So I love this story. And it's a great book because you can you actually flip the page. So when you're up in the width of Beanstalk, you're making the book taller, and then you're back on Earth, you're horizontal, just very clever and a lot of fun to read. And finally, we have picnic planet a lunchtime guide to your galaxies exoplanets by ASA Stahl, illustrated by Nadia say, And Asa has done the Big Bang book for us. He's an astrophysicist. And he is actually his family is actually exoplanets and he takes readers on a tour of actual exoplanets that are so bizarre, where the truth is truly stranger than fiction. So this is for all your budding planetary scientists to make science fun for kids. Our books are sold by learner who's speaking later so look at their website or our website, and thank you for representing small independent presses because you guys know that altogether
thank you so much, Marissa. Now please welcome from elsewhere editions Emma Raddatz and Sarah gal.
Hi everyone. I'm Emma and this is Sarah. We are with Elsberry editions The Children's imprint of archipelago books. We discover international picture books to bring two children here, and we work only in translations. First, I'll share Rocio arraez head in the clouds, a book that feels like it's being made before your eyes. I love how it feels full and wet with paint as if each copy is made just for the reader. Rocio employs different techniques, stamps, pencil drawings, collage snippets from magazines, and she also uses whitespace in delicate ways. She's a 2024 Maurice Sendak fellow. The book is about a young girl who asks questions your teacher doesn't know the answer to how can you measure a cloud? Why are grownups always in a rush? Can I be good and happy at the same time, we learn that the teacher has closed off her mind to curiosity, and in turn, Sofia's gentle questioning creates a crack of space for the teacher to start wondering again. With her use of found objects and ephemera. Rocio evokes the feeling of being in a classroom. It's a book that urges us to take inspiration from the language and openness of young people. A bookseller in Fort Collins Julie rowing ZOC says head in the clouds is an open window into the precious creative force of a child's mind and unfettered spirit free of obstacles settled by adults. The loose energetic renderings on soft dreamy palates flit like the birds from page to page and next up we have Nooshin, Safa, COO and have you Mohammadi is lyrical folktale, Munna Ruse and his violets. Our first book with the Iranian pair was in the meadow fantasies, which received a Bachelor honor in 2021. And this book introduces us to a classic story of the Persian New Year, the meeting of Nona sarma, a wintry queen with snow at her fingertips. Think Elsa Frozen but of ancient Persian myth, and I'm in our use the jubilant bubbly Herald of Spring. The story goes that they can only see each other once a year, the day winter ends and spring begins. But every year and on a summer falls asleep, falls asleep right before I move, Nowruz arrives, he does not have the heart to wake her and instead He plants a flower in the palm of her hand. In their tail, we encounter a story we all know as familiar as a ray of sun hitting your skin on a cold day. This moment when winter first meets spring. There are very few picture books about Nowruz so it could sit on a holiday shelf or simply be a tale for kids who love gardening, the magic of seasons, the puckish humor of moo Nowruz or what the book understands about what it means to be alone and how to be with yourself and with these feelings of loneliness. Thank you.
Roger Mello is a renowned children's book illustrator from Brazil. He's the winner of the Hans Christian Andersen award. And this summer the Eric Carle museum will exhibit his work in a career retrospective that will be on between June and the end of the year. And October we will have our fifth book with Roger the protagonists of this latest book is The Last Unicorn on Earth, the titular gresso Greece Oh deeply wishes to find another unicorn. But even the buffaloes tell him that this wish won't be granted. He is the only unicorn they've ever seen. So Greece's searches and searches, he goes to the place where the sun disappears at the end of the earth. He wanders past a night, in the mountains, he gallops over a bright saffron field Griesa the one and only is a book about yearning and through yearning exploration, the stroke of genius, his Roger mellows decision to depict Griesa through different artistic styles from around the world and across time. The painting you're looking at here is based on Vamana ancient sculptures from the Veneto region of Mali. And the painting you're looking at on this next slide is based on seventh century Tang Dynasty Merrill's Greece's shape shifts in each spread striding through 18th century Indian landscapes, Persian bass reliefs, resilient wood cuts, cave paintings and more. Children can learn about art styles and match up illustrations with a key in the back. Griesa was also a poignant book, one that can catch many different lights and express many different moods depending on the age and perception of the reader. I hope you'll love it as we do. And finally, the folder by Keno is the most famous and beloved Latin American comic strip in the world. Next spring, we will publish the first edition of five volumes that we will bring out in the next four years from my life and I'll do senses that the world may not be in the best hands. Her parents generation seems so lost. Mafalda causes her father many sleepless nights with questions about politics, war and the state of the world. And the father also spends a lot of time with her eclectic group Have playmates dreamy Philippe and gossipy sees Anita young capitalist Mina Leto and rebellious Miguelito. In the 1970s My father was a social phenomenon. It entered the political consciousness in Argentina and later far beyond in China, Korea, Spain, Italy, France and Indonesia. People found their own social and political meaning in the comic. Mafalda transcends place and creates new meaning wherever it goes. Even the Muffaletta is totally distinct from Calvin and Hobbes. There's a shared sophistication in the philosophical questioning and Mafalda that feels incredibly entertaining to read and as an adult, there is also delightful play in the fall this world, she can make a spaceship out of cardboard and soda bottles that actually does lift off. She makes up her own rules for chess and pranks her friends as you can see in this slide, where she passes off an Oreo as a yo yo. Above all, Keno takes children's perspective seriously, and through my fall does wonderfully mischievous and idealistic ways. He encourages children to find their own path, their own voice. Thank you all. We have some books and postcards, come find us and we can hand them off to you.
Thank you very much. Now please welcome Ashley Morales Guerrero to tell you about familiarise.
Okay, okay, so, a little bit about familias. So we are a publisher with a mission to help families be happy. And we do this by publishing books and media that fit into these 10 habits of a happy family. So we believe that any family no matter how you're made up, if you practice at least one of these habits every day, you'll just have a little bit more happiness in your life. It doesn't have to cost money and it doesn't have to be complicated. You just need to pick one and try it every day. We also have tons of different media that is free that people can access to learn about our books, learn about our authors and learn about the habits. I've talked to quite a few of you guys already but if you do follow us on social media and tag us, we do always share our tags. So please follow and get involved in the familiarise community. Okay, so first we have a 101st words for little bookworms. So this is part of our a 101st WORD series, which is kind of a punny play on traditional 101st words, books. This one focuses on words that are literary, so things that you would learn in English 101, or that you would learn just simply from being a bookworm. You'll see a classic literature references as well as some very fish reference type things. This is just as much for parents as it is for children. And we have already had a lot of feedback that book clubs are planning on buying it as gifts for each other. Our 101st WORD series takes a lot of these different topics and turns them into 100 Verse words. Again, they're just as much for the parents as they are for the kids and they make great baby shower gifts. We also have regional versions available with Texas coming in 2025. And we will continue adding more states. Our author Stephanie Campisi is a very active author, she will attend all of the book festivals that will accept her. So she will be going on a US tour with this book and to promote the other books that she has with familiarise. Next, robots don't make you go to bed. This book is the first children's book from our author Laura Gale, who has written several science fiction and horror, middle grade and older books. In this book, Owen decides that he needs a robot mother because his mom is just not letting him do what he wants to do. He can't have ice cream for breakfast. He can't play games all day. And of course he does when his robot and gets exactly what he asks for, because that's what robots do. And he learns. But having ice cream for breakfast really isn't a great idea. Through the end of the book, we find that the robot does see what Oh, and really needs through its little algorithm is that he needs his mom, and he learns to live with his mom and listen to her while also having an extra helper that is a robot. Do a 10 to one as well as reading guides and school visits to teach kids a little bit about technology and what the WORD algorithm means. Next, we have a final book in a languages fun series. This is Red Rover Red Rover snow fell over. And our author Kimberly Guard uses storytelling to teach children concepts of language arts. As a child in school, she had dyslexia and found it really hard to understand why letters had to be in certain places, or how to read certain sentences. And she found that making up these stories about all of the different letters helped her read better and learn better. So that is exactly what these books do. Once this book comes out, or as you can see the vowels start to make the words as they play the game. Once this book comes out there will be four books in the series and that will complete the languages fun series. I do have all of these out at our Meet the Press table on the second floor. Do you want to read through them they are available and she will be doing a Colorado State book tour for the final book in this series. You can also catch these books on flux on Netflix. So if parents have seen them and they want the physical copies there they are. Next we have nocturnal Nico. So this is a new book by Gabe Jensen that takes Nico who decides he wants to be nocturnal, like the creatures he's seen in books. As He's creeping about the house. You see nocturnal animals doing the same. But of course, he finds out that he is in fact not a nocturnal creature and needs to go to bed. Gabe Jensen will be doing a 10 city book tour. He is also doing some illustration classes online so that kids can learn to create characters like his. Finally I have hurray it's Three Kings Day. This is a new book that we will be releasing in English and Spanish at the same time. And it follows the story of Sophia, who's a warlock comes from Puerto Rico and teaches her about Three Kings Day traditions. So throughout the book, you'll see grandma teaching her about why they celebrate the holiday, different traditions and foods and back matter includes information on how to celebrate the holiday themselves. That's it.
Thank you, Ashley. Now please welcome Todd Jones to tell you about highlights.
Everybody, how y'all doing? All right, cool. All right. Here we go. So first off, I said, I want to talk about highlights a little bit. Highlights is a mission driven company and everything they do, whether it's magazines, educational programs, subscription programs, and books, which we're here to talk about, try. Next thing is that we believe that children are the world's most important people, everything that company does drives to that single statement. So with that in mind, before I get into my individual total presentations, I want to spend just a moment on what we do highlights and how that can ultimately help you sell more of our books and your stores. And don't worry, man, I'll be within the five minutes. So there's a lot of information on the slides up behind me right now. So just to summarize, highlights publishes three core magazines for ages three to 12. And with over 750,000 subscribers to the magazines, plus the plus the highlights magazine being back and most doctors and dentists offices in America in a nutshell, not to mention that over half a million followers. So highlight says directly relationships direct relationships with literally millions of families every month. Our job mine and yours is to make sure that when one of these families walks into your store, they can see the books that they can trust for their kids. And no brand represents that feeling more than highlights. And like I said, we also make books. So it's a pretty cool slide here with some books that I'll leave it up to everyone to look at for a second but I think my favorite on here is that one out of every six activity books sold in America as a highlights title. It's a lot of activity books. It's a very it's a huge part and for me that really stands out that the brand resonates in what is a very very very crowded space and it's a brand that's perfect for independent bookstores. Okay, there we go. Sorry I should also mention that every month, every month in all of the magazine's highlights books are featured. So brain play magazine is highlights newest venture and off to an amazing start in its first year. In fact, the response has been so great that we made the decision right away to immediately move into books with the with the brand and concept featured in the brain play magazines. Now we get to the books. So here we go the three highlights. Here you can unleash your child's inner genius with brain playbooks the Ultimate Collection for puzzle people, kids ages seven and up can solve a variety of challenging puzzles that offer brain boosting screen free play made especially for puzzle fans. Grownups love brain play books because they build kids brains while being the perfect candidate to I'm so bored there's nothing to do. And parents like him took his The puzzles are pretty hard. And like all highlights products brain playbooks are crafted by childhood experts to bring cure As kids meaningful benefits and maximum fun. So we're going to launch with three books this fall, trickiest puzzles and funniest puzzles. So there's a larger format 176 page type books with over 200 puzzles in each book, and then a slightly smaller version for Halloween at 72 pages and over 100 puzzles, I should call out to those little pumpkins on the Halloween book. They're neon and they glow in there awesome. So these will be on sale this fall. Okay, up next we have one of my favorite books here that we're publishing is find the kind who find the kind is highlights very first traditional picture book. In this book, the new family of news aren't sure how they will feel about moving to the new home. Once they arrive in kindness County, however, they discover that their new neighbors have big plans for them. Young ones will laugh out loud as the family and writer try to keep up with an itinerary. That only keeps getting bigger and more exciting. So like in the top corner there you see that guy hanging from the tree. His name is gratitude, the sloth and he's awesome. He's kind of like the Big Lebowski but he's a sloth is on every page doing something cool and chill and I don't know he's just the best ad to give him a shout out he's really awesome. Anyway, find the kind of as a thoughtful and fun read aloud experience that young children despite home or in the classroom, but the concepts of friendship, empathy and kindness. With so much to look for readers will discover new details every time they returned to this book. It really is the perfect book to be read and combed over again and again and again. This title was available in the valid in the gallery but it's sold out. So if you want one of these and didn't get a chance to get one I left some business cards in there and a one sheet just email me I'll make sure I get the one. Next up we have make your own kind of adventures. Young graphic novels are one of the best selling kids categories over the last several years. So let's give the kids a try making their own. Here kids can bring comic adventures to life disengaging. 96 Page activity book offers plenty of kid favorite highlights puzzles, plus prompts for kids to creative own comics. Creative Kids ages six and up will enjoy doodling, solving action packed puzzles, completing comic stories and inventing their own worlds. This title is available now. We have rainbow neon hidden pictures with stickers. This one's pretty simple. There's hidden pictures on every page. It comes with neon markers and stickers and kids love this stuff. And it's a great gift for the footfall. I mean, the pens are packaged upside down so they don't run out of ink. Little innovation for everybody right there. It's a nice cool idea. I think other people would do it. And last but not least, I do want to shout out that. A brief note here that highlights books sell the best when they merchandise together. I know not everyone has a ton of space for something like this. But it really does work. This, this rack can turn sometimes three times every six months, which is fantastic. We have this prepackaged for you if you want to order special books that you want to pick, you can do that too. So I'd like to thank you all very much for the time. Appreciate it very much for 56 seconds. Very good. And then before I go live, alright, so everyone, just give me a second here. I want to take a picture, y'all, because there's a lot of you in here and the people that I work with would never believe this many people here listen to me talk. So here we go.
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Thank you, Todd. Please welcome from as Kanchi press, Kenichi, who's our.
Hi, my name is Ken, he also I'm the founder of his country press for African writing. We're based out of Utah. I'm learning that that is not I don't know, there's always a reaction when I'm sad. Some bass from nobody told me but yeah. I teach writing at University of Utah. And that's one of the reasons why we started is can suppress. The whole idea is really in the world discourse. If you I'm sure. You notice, there's this. There's an exclusion of African perspectives from, you know, what I'll discuss, and we wanted to see how we can amplify African perspectives. And when we talk about not just about Nigeria, or South Africa, just picked four countries there and some of them I, what I do know, most of them. But yeah, so we want to highlight some of the books from some of those countries like one of our authors. He is based in Mauritania. I didn't know that, you know, he was he's a professor of Mauritania. The book was written in Arabic, which was loaded into English. And we published books from Angola and places like that. But yeah, that's our mission really to promote. Self. Here's my wonderful team. Emily is based in California, so Montana, Utah. My hair is based in Istanbul, Rosalie and unseated in Nigeria. So I'm just talking a bit more about the press. Because we're new about 15 months, I think this is this is some of our bulk lists, which we'll publish and burned down the tree. And this was like a trial run, we knew we had a good mission, then what are the American readers will do with it, and we got some very good review star reviews from Publishers Weekly. These are some of the titles back list, you can get this, again, our distributor is IPG. We got some star reviews. And, you know, some of the things I didn't know were important, but you know, it was nice to know. Because I'm near to the publishing scene in America. Um, but for our books we have for the fall, this year, and spring 2025, I'm very excited about the African folktales. Because most of these folktales will they were transmitted orally, and we are losing some of these stories. So we're starting a series of folktales, where we go across the cultures as much as we can find fit for countries with 1000s of cultures. This first one will be focusing on folktales from the house, a world outside is the house of languages cuts across several countries in Africa. I'm very excited about that. And then the next one for spring is the suit. This is a picture book about this young girl who is not about climate change. It's more about air pollution. And she's having this conversation with my mom about living in Lagos and seeing all of this black soot around and the mom gets to talk to her about trees and importance of plants and how plants can help keep the air cleaner, cleaner Baron. First way, the author is based in Canada. And the character is also she grew up in Canada In Canada 70 Oh, Tazza. This think of children of blood and bone Harry Potter, but based on Southern Africa. Now, I don't know if you know, but African magic is different. It's It's hardcore magic. We don't use ones. So this book, there's all kinds of gods and evil for us and stuff. It's an amazing book. I'm not really into Wi Fi. But I really recommend this. And then the finish line it sports. This young teen, she's competing with her friends, and she was under so much pressure as I am now. And she decided to cut some corners and somehow she has a finish line. She gets transported into this magical world of talking animals. And to get back to her watch. He has to compete with, you know, dogs and animals in a race to get back to the human world. And that's all we have. I think I bid the time. Wow. Yeah. So thank you so much.
Thank you very much. Now please welcome Wade Hudson to tell us about just us books.
Good afternoon, everyone. I am Wade Hudson. I am the other half of the young lady you heard this morning at the breakfast. Rather than spend time talking about some of the titles that we have coming out. I thought I would talk a little bit about a cup concern that troubles not only us at Justice books, but millions of others across the country. And that is the banning and challenging of books. We started just us books 35 years ago when books that represent the diversity that makes us who we are as a nation and as a world we're hard to find And we are published, representational books, our sales and have partnered as a publisher and also as authors, with companies such as scholastic and Penguin, Random House, and Astra. And there has been progress. There are more books that present groups that have been traditionally marginalized or excluded from our body of literature. Much more still needs to be done to ensure the diversity, inclusion and equity. But there has been progress and we must claim that and they have been a number of people who are responsible for that progress. Now, the progress that has been made, is under assault. Books are under assault in this country. They are disappearing from library shelves in both school and public library. And from classrooms. They are being challenged by school boards, legislators, and small but well funded and well organized groups. This persistent pattern of attempts to keep certain books from young readers combined with the back of the book publishing the range of stories and perspectives available to young people and to all of us. There have been a number of books across the country that have been said pour from the shelves in libraries and in schools. But people in the publishing community, librarians, educators, parents, and students are fighting back against this assault against free speech. Even booksellers have joined in the effort. And we have worked with a number of booksellers across the country, our sales at Justice books. Now, I encourage all of you as booksellers and retailers to be involved in helping to make sure that books that can enrich, inform, of lift, inspire, and sometimes rescue. And yes, even entertain our young people, that they are available. Now I'm sure that the bottom line is profit, to generate revenue, and not lose on investment. But it is crucial that bookstores and retailers be more of an option for more diverse books, especially for those that are being targeted. I know how important it is to see those who look like me and the books that I have had access to when I was growing up. They did not exist, nor did books that would triple because at least truthfully and realistically. Now I don't have all the answers. But there are those who are smarter than I who are sharing ideas, suggestions, methods, for those who, as an old black spiritual declares want to be in that number. Be willing. That's what I'll leave you with, be willing, from your desire to meet this challenge will come great ideas that can be implemented as there's our young, like the young man, the two young kids in this illustration by EB Lewis who are looking for a better and more accepting and caring world are depending on us. In the words of John Lewis, be willing to make good trouble. Now to find out more about justice books we ask you to view our website is justice books.com. Justice books.com Thank you for allowing me to share some thoughts about what really concerns us and concerns so many people around around the country thank you
thank you so much. Wait. Now please welcome from LA In our Publishing Group Rachel's hugs work
good afternoon everyone. Bear can't find his glasses. He's pretty sure he's left them at giraffes house. So he heads over and on the way he encounters all sorts of animals he didn't see before. A deer a crocodile and elephant a flamingo. It's so interesting. Once he gets to giraffe house giraffe finds bears glasses wear glasses always get lost. Then bear takes giraffe to see all of the animals that he saw on the way, but why do things look different now? Leo timmers book masterclass and imagination. He's at the peak of his career with a worldwide fan base. He's an international Mo Willems. timmers most recent book Elephant Island was a New York Times Best Picture Book and a New York Public Library best illustrated book. Bears last glasses out in August. In the remarkable, we will meet to 38 extraordinary children, a flying child an electric child and elastic child invisible miniature children, a child made of cake. Each child described their characteristics tells anecdotes and presents the the special powers that make them unique. A class photo brings everyone together at the end, and a quiz is there for hours. Build up this big book a fantasy and humor that entertains and provides a way to talk about emotions and identity. Through co tilde Perkins unique imagination this inclusive encyclopedia celebrates individuality, strengths and differences, allowing every reader to explore what miraculous superpower they would wish for. Or maybe already have. The remarkable sets out in September. Good night belly button. Baby is ready to sleep. So it's time to say good night all the way from nose to toes. And this is tricky to show off in the slot also brought some Show and Tell here. But with each new turn of the board book pages, the blanket covers baby up just a bit more. One by one baby and parents save together to little feet. Little ankles, little knees. And what about you little eyes? Are you ready to close? Then the light clicks off and everyone's fast asleep. Good night baby. This is an affectionate energy bedtime story to allow any baby to sleep. Next step the pincher dog Chase. Bo is a family of criminals going back three generations and he loves his family but he cannot tell a lie. In this illustrated chapter book series about a very law abiding child born to a family of robbers he has to learn how to stand up for himself and his family remaining true to chase we need a new police officer who is not nice even the other policemen are afraid of him. Everything even the dog must have a receipt to prove there is no stealing going on. Things without receipts get locked up. Of course FiOS family does not have a receipt for their dog. So when Sherlock is caught the O has to make a plan to get him back. Don't miss book one for the pitchers. Pitchers on the diamond heist which came out this spring John Cheska calls these criminally good writing. Here goes nothing is a fun, thoughtful queer retelling of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing. This one is available in the galley room and I will tell the ending they thought they buried us this is a why a like get out meets American Horror Story needs level 16 There is a young horror fan and aspiring film director goes to a boarding school where Something's just not quite right. The book is told both through prose and also through the script that she started writing in her head and it has three alternate endings just to improve the cinematic vibe. It's very creepy, very fun. Next is a deadly compendium of poisonous plants. Should you encounter any of the plants in this book, do not treat them lightly. They can kill you or cause you unbearable agony. You in jail. Consider yourself warned. Science history mystery and horror intersect and it's brilliantly illustrated Compendium that explains how certain plants have evolved to avoid being eaten and drop toxic chemicals have been used for medicine warfare and sinister acts. It's full of sidebars and additional information as well. And lastly, the gender binary is a lie. I'll be talking about this in the diverse voices panel in just a moment. This is a party of queer and nine non binary voices, hosted by author Lee wind, who covers how the gender binary is a big lie. And there have always been all genders throughout history throughout time throughout mythology throughout fiction, and throughout life. Thank you very much.
Thank you, Rachel. Now please welcome Ellen mirik. From pajama press.
I get started by canceling glasses. Oh, oh, here's your Thank you, Rachel. That's amazing. Great. So let's get started on my progress. So room for two. You know, sometimes you just want that Halloween book that isn't say Halloween anywhere in it. This is the book Safe, scary. This has got illustrated by Scott Ritchie was done seven weeks before and I think you'll agree that his illustrations are just full of life and humor and so much fun. So this little witch, I don't know if any of you've ever had this experience of not passing a driver's test. Just me. Okay, that's all right. So she can't pass. She just has a hard time or her room really looks kind of disreputable. And she doesn't really figure it out. Then one night she does an act of kindness, ramshackle rap rap, and which is a great name. How do you think and so she rescues him and he puts them on the back of her broom. And guess what, when she's got her, her friend on her back of her broom, she can do all the things and she can fly and it's all beautiful. Now the really cool thing about this, it's of course, things of perseverance and kindness. Is that a glow in the dark cover? Right now because the lights are on. Imagine this glowing in the dark and how amazing that's going to be in your bookstore. You'll just have to turn off the lights occasionally so you can show it off, but that's okay. That's all good. Right? Okay, next up, we've got mystery at the Biltmore. Harriet, the spy meets orders in the building right doesn't have to make fun mysteries are really having a moment with kids. This is an illustrated chapter book and the illustrations are amazing. They're full color. They're full color spot art throughout. So you can see it some of it right there. This is based on an actual building in New York. Called the app Thorpe. I go and tell them this but yes, it is based on that. And she is solving mysteries with her cute dog. Do we have a picture dog? What kind of dog is that? I don't know dogs. So rusty. Thank you. Okay, I'm more of a cat person. But anyway, here we go. Cute little Westie helping her solve all these mysteries by Billy Nelson. He did the undercover book list and the umbrella house and she is amazing. Next up, we have the light from my menorah. And this is a gorgeous book that starts with Hanukkah and the menorah. But did you know there are lots of holidays around the world that celebrate light? Who knew? Anybody want to name some? No, you're all shy. Kwanzaa. Yes. I heard Kwanzaa Yes. Diwali. Yes. Yes. Those are some of the ones in this book. Amazing. You've already read it. So this is communities around the world. There's gold foil on paper. It's pretty it's got bling. And it's got a surprise. Oh, I kind of shared it already. It has a poster on the back of jacket. Lu? Ah, no, just me. Okay. Oh, yes. Beautiful, beautiful book coming to us from pajama that we're so excited to have. And next up we have great expedition. Oh, let me show you some more pictures. Because pictures right. This is a picture book. The great it's an expedition by Peter Gunn nervous. And he is he did the quiet girl if you know that book. And this is that expedition goes into the backyard where you trade education and run wild. It's so much fun. He's an Australian author. He's nice. And it's done in this MK three style. So it's really really fun to read aloud. So yes, a backyard journey into the imagination. Next up, we've got friends we all have friends we are we're sitting in a room full of friends, right? Do you know these books by Mies Van Halen Do they not leap off the shelf? Whenever I'm having these at a conference? It just immediately draws people in to look at happy how can you not be happy when you're looking at happy? Surprise. Well guess what? It's in board book now. You're welcome. So friends is coming and board book happy is already in board book and supplies will be in board book fairly soon as well. So those are from Miss Van hood. And lastly, tea. Oh yes, I have to show the stages of a friendship. And lastly, we have the imaginary alphabet. And this you probably met last year if you were here for that Silvia Done your was here. And it is such a gorgeous thing. It's kind of like Animalia for new generation. She gets she's a capitalise artist and she did such a gorgeous job as New York Times gift guide. So, for that book that has really good book feel, you know what I mean, right? Yeah. And it probably smells good to any book sniffers that you know, just okay. All right, anyway, so it's gorgeous. It color is gorgeous. The art is amazing, so many things to delight, and just entrancing through it and to discover each time. So that is what I got for you from pajama Press. Thank you.
Thank you, Alan. Now, please welcome Kike Tyner to tell you about planting people growing justice.
Well, I'm excited to be here, right at home with this cold weather, we brought a little Minnesota with us in this room. But to warm us up. You've heard about all these books hot off the press, as an opportunity, as we heard the morning keynote address to make sure that we're bringing diversity and inclusion and equity and access to the shelves of our children in the schools and in the libraries. And wherever they are. When I grew up, we didn't have that. So when I think about the inspiration of who we are as planting people growing justice, I know it sounds like a mouthful, say it 10 times faster, but you can't. But what you need to know that truly our name is our mission and our vision, inspiring young people to discover joy in reading, while also inspiring them to unleash the leader within. So without further ado, let's look at our new titles hot off the press for the fall. We're starting with oftentimes when you hear we are the dreams of our ancestors, you think about a hashtag or a phrase. But truly, it's the very essence of who we all are. And maybe I'm just one of those strange ones. But I don't leave without my ancestors, I carry them with me. I have my great grandparents with me or a photo of someone that I love that love me before I was even born and essence of what that means. So in creating this book, it wasn't just about sharing stories. It was about encouraging our young people to learn more about their family history, and to build the courage and resiliency, to be themselves to know that others were dreaming of them before they were even born, what makes our books and particularly more. So imagine an intergenerational poetry collection, telling us a story that we are Regal, we Bloom from within the essence of who we are as a part of humanity. Next, I'd like to introduce to you John Haynes first commands, written by Zephaniah Martin is a fun story about this when his book was released by our publishing company, my book was as well I didn't get any awards. I didn't get any interviews, but Zephaniah Sure did. Yes. So I felt redeemed. But what was exciting about it, 10 year old Zephaniah Martin, we were doing a writing competition about Kwanzaa. And he went all in to explore the meaning of Kwanzaa. Because the essence of all the stereotypes that we have, when I grew up, I thought Kwanzaa was a religion. Don't tell Dr. Cohen. And now today, I find myself interested in learning Swahili, about culture, and even integrating this into our business principles, Bonnie face, and also means that we walk and work in purpose to make a great impact through our books. So this book is very special to me, because 10 year old Zephaniah Martin took the time to introduce us to culture and tradition through the power of His words. Next up, we have Kwame votes, this one also very inspirational, very timely, because the goal is to promote civic engagement, to encourage young people that you're never too young to make a difference. Tell your story, get involved. So it starts off with a student government election, but in the entire family, engaging in not only the electoral process, but building and strengthening their community. So you can see it starts here, mother as an Election Judge sounds a little familiar. My mother is an Election Judge, but you get the sense that you can be connected in meaningful ways in shaping your community, that community organizer Montra got voice got power. That takes us to a couple titles from our backless first justice makes a difference written by yours truly. So in case you're thinking she looks familiar, actually, she does. This is from my first grade citizen of the week photo. And I had a lot to say many people laugh. I was born like this. So I got there's a lot of books in me. But this particular book means a lot to me, because it was an opportunity to introduce some of those heroes and she rose that are not traditionally explored in children's books, whether it's Paul Robeson, we teach the young people about the importance for singing for justice. We have Ella Baker, who in Swahili was called foon D, because she inspired the young people to organize for justice. And then Ida B. Wells Young Justice picks up a pan and says I can write for justice. So you're getting a glimpse of all these heroes and she rose that can inspire young people say you too can make a difference. So here it is. You see Ida B. Wells here. And you also get that glance I love Sweet Honey in the Rock. So use that as your playlist when you're reading the book, get a glimpse of We who believe in freedom cannot rest. Last but not least you enjoy for lunch two days in a row, gumbo joy, Dumbo joy. What I love about this particular book of Louisiana native tells the story of coming together and community to not just prepare Gumball, but to prepare and connect in meaningful ways of preserving culture and history. So with that, it concludes my time but you can see the story of family of love of harmony, social emotional learning, you're learning all the components of coming together not just to make jumbo, but to cook up some joy. So with that, I thank you
thank you very much. Now, last but not least, please welcome David Goldberg to tell you about steer fourth Press
Thank you. Right Hey everyone, I'm David Goldberg representing steer fourth and Pushkin press which are distributed by PRH I have emailed you all the link to request galleys. All the galleys that I have on offer, I will send them to you at your home and as the last rep at the last rep picks session of Children's Institute. I also have a bunch of great giveaways that I will distribute up front at the end including many T shirts, including some of your favorites. Alright, V the breakout in the next pick What feelings do when no one's looking delighted readers with feelings personified as furry, relatable creatures now I am thrilled to present a funny and inventive sequel. What feelings like best is another delightful book Helping Children Build emotional resiliency. booksellers love these books. Angie from the country bookshop reports these books put a face on feelings in a fun way. Mary from the Raven says these lovely books help kids explore pleasant and unpleasant feelings. And Christine from Buttonwood books calls this a truly lovely book perfect for sharing conversation with children. Now, I couldn't figure out who this guy reminded me of until my kids got a hold of my glasses. So that is Jack who's my middle grade are now 11 and that is saw whose picture book reading has really taken off since we were together a year ago. cackling lagoons powerful story of an all black regiment in the civil wars the early breakout from the true adventures series of inspiring middle grade historical fiction. Focusing on bipoc excellence rather than histories of oppression these, this series introduces diverse new heroes and thrilling stories and amazing discoveries. We're up to five books in the series now with three coming on the fall list, and more to come and they all feature helpful extras like maps and timelines. My favorite is the mysterious life of Dr. Berry the story of Margaret Buckley, who enjoyed a long life and successful career in the 18th century, living as the male surgeon, Dr. Berry. Next, dive beneath the waves and explore the amazing books of these ocean creatures with fat filled books for middle grade readers. Everyone loves octopuses, everyone loves Betsy at the toadstool. These fun and interactive books offer a beautifully illustrated dopamine hit of facts and we are supporting them with really fabulous posters and bookmarks. We've got a second book coming on the fall list amazing jellyfish, and chapters are all loaded with really interactive elements including games and creative play. And a unique selling point I think of all these books is how they also take on earth science and natural history to their inspire during curiosity for the whole of the natural world. With a first paperback appearance of the murderer is deep all three of these murderers ape and Sally Jones middle grade books will be available in the US. Philip Pullman called them in genius moving charming, beautiful, exciting. And most importantly he says the characters are people I feel like I know like old friends from international bestseller le fountain check out these gripping standalone adventures that tackle timely social issues and help middle grade readers better understand important issues in their lives. Fake is a sunshine state young readers award book and a thrilling novel that confronts privacy and online life with a spectacular hacker heroine. These stunning books all put character and story first. And my favorite here taken on climate change melt is another favorite getting a big push. Next, a lonely pup dreams of finding a friend and this warm and funny picture book. The spreads of dogs are all a delight and Claire from weather bookworks called these two the spiritual successors to the pair and Go Dogs Go. Loaded with wry humor each dog's personality shines through and aren't children's booksellers a pack of our own that is a whoopee cushion on the cover of The Secret Life of farts, which is another hilarious favorite in my house. And my 11 year old loves letter for the king and we haven't even watched the Netflix adaptation of this best selling classic fantasy snail was featured was a feature title and CBOs read this next program. An unexpected friend helps a little sibling discover that maybe being slow isn't so bad. illustrated with Reese really nice splashes of red this gentle story is a charming reminder to find joy in tackling life at your own pace. Featuring big bold, colorful artwork these smart stem books are perfect for reading time or bedtime. The current best seller planets combines inspiring illustrations with jokes and facts that take readers on a fun filled journey. Three of Jack's favorite middle grade novels are these modern classics featuring timeless and enchanting children's fantasy with eye catching paperback covers. And lastly, Cornelia Fuquay revisits the near world with revised and expanded books in her reckless series, which now includes the recently published book, fourth book, The Silver tracks. So as I said, you can come up front now and get some AR C's you can have them sent home using the Google Form in the email. We've got a bunch of shirts, I've even got a few Carmilla shirts to give away right now. So come on down. And thank you so much to the ABA to indie presses and your support. And to bank please support bank and don't miss the 220 session on building diverse children's sections. Thank you very much.
All right. Thank you once again to all of our presenters today. Thank you. Round of applause please. Many of the books that you heard about are available in the galley room so go down and check that out on the second floor. Also quite a number of them have meet the presses, tables. Some are on this floor. Some are upstairs on the fourth floor outside the bayside rooms, so check that out. And a few new meet the presses tables went out today on the second floor outside the galley room, so be sure to visit those. They all have books to give away as well. Thank you again