Erin Dealey

This post brings together all the books we celebrated 2022 with Book Birthday Interviews. ICYMthem, check out these fascinating behind-the-scenes stories and writing/Illustrating tips shared by the #kidlit creators who joined us this year. (Great for Author Studies, Teacher friends.)

*Please note that many of the wonderful titles herein fit into multiple categories. Feel free to mix and match, and click the links to learn more!

Happy 2022 #BookBirthdays to…

Middle Grade Novels

The Unforgettable Logan Foster (Book 1*) by Shawn Peters (illus. Petur Antonsson / Harper Collins) *Book 2 coming Jan. 3rd–look for our Book birthday celebration!

Falling Short by Ernesto Cisneros (Quill Tree)

Flipping Forward, Twisting Backward by Alma Fullerton (illus. Sarah Mensinga / Peachtree)

Fractured Fairy Tales

The School of Failure: a Story About Success by Rosie J. Pova & Monika Filipina (Yeehoo Press)

The Three Canadian Pigs: a Hockey Story by Jocelyn Watkinson & Marcus Cutler (Sleeping Bear Press)

The Three Little Pigs and the Rocket Project by Lynne Marie & Wendy Fedan (Mac and Cheese Press)

Biographies + Nonfiction (+ one SCATalogical nf mystery*…)

Biographies

Dressing Up the Stars: The Story of Movie Costume Designer Edith Head: by Jeanne Walker Harvey & Diana Toledano (Beach Lane)

Her Name Was Mary Katharine, The Only Woman Whose Name Is on the Declaration of Independence by Ella Schwartz & Dow Phumiruk (Christy Ottaviano Books)

The Greatest Song of All: How Isaac Stern United the World to Save Carnegie Hall by Megan Hoyt & Katie Hickey (Quill Tree Books)

Ablaze with Color: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas by Jeanne Walker Harvey & Loveis Wise (Harper Collins)

Nonfiction

Washed Ashore: Making #Art from Ocean Plastic by Kelly Crull (Millbrook / Lerner)

A River’s Gifts: The Mighty Elwha River Reborn by Patricia Newman & Natasha M. Donovan (Lerner)

Rocks & Minerals –illustrated by Shiho Pate (Scholastic)

Plus…

Poo-Dunit, A Forest Floor Mystery* by Katelyn Aronson & Stephanie Lebaris (Candlewick)

Getting Along — Inclusion

Building Bridges: Peace, Shalom, Salaam by Callie Metler, Melissa Stoller, Shirin Rahman & Kate Talbot (Spork)

Moving to Mars by Stef Wade & Erin Taylor (Capstone)

Big Bear Little Fish by Sandra Nickel & Il Sung Na (Carolrhoda)

Ozzie and Prince ZEBEDEE by Gela Kalaitzidis (Flamingo)

Being Yourself

The Gentle Bulldozer by Amy Baron & Rogério Coelho (YeeHoo Press)

Black Girl Rising by Brynne Barnes & Tatyana Fazlalizadeh (Chronicle Books)

Anzu the Great Kaiju by Benson Shum (Roaring Brook)

When Glitter Met Glue by Karen Kilpatrick & Germán Blanco (Henry Holt & Co.)

Emet’s Box: A Colorful Story About Following Your Heart by Jeni Chen (Little Press)

Sometimes You Find a Red Rhinoceros by Andy Myer (PYP Academy Press)

Family

Sun and Son by Linda Joy Singleton & Richard Smythe (Amicus)

Some Daddies by Carole Gordon Eckster & Javiera Maclean Álvarez (Beaming Books)

Grandma’s Magic by Charlotte Offsay & Asa Gilland (Doubleday Books for Young Readers)

A Dog’s Guide to Being Human by Shanna Silva & Agnès Ernoult (YeeHoo Press)

Tofu Takes Time by Helen H. Wu & Julie Jarema (Beaming Books)

Concept Books

One Blue Gnu by Danna Smith & Ana Zurita (Amicus Ink)

So Much Snow by Kristen Schroeder & Sarah Jacoby (RH Studio)

Wake Up, Freight Train! by Danna Smith & Jon Andersen (Little Simon)

Again–huge thanks to all of the incredible #kidlit authors and illustrators

who joined us on the blog this year.

We encourage you to consider their books for your holiday gifts.

And if possible, #ShopIndie #indiecember.  

Happy and Healthy Book-filled Holidays to ALL.

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