Summer is here in full force. It’s the perfect time to curl up pool- or beachside with a good book! Look no further than our new spring and fall releases!
Finding the Music/En pos de la música
When Reyna accidentally breaks her abuelito’s old vihuela, she travels around her neighborhood trying to figure out how to repair it. In the process, she discovers her grandfather’s legacy. Written by Jennifer Torres and illustrated by Renato Alarcão.
Sunday Shopping
Evie and her grandma go shopping every Sunday. They put on their nightgowns, open up the newspapers, and turn on their imaginations. Written by Sally Derby and illustrated by Shadra Strickland.
Poems In The Attic 
A young girl finds her mother’s poems written when her mother traveled around in a military family. The young girl writes her own related poems. Written by Nikki Grimes and illustrated by Elizabeth Zunon.
Ira’s Shakespeare Dream
Ira Aldridge dreamed of acting in Shakespeare’s plays. Because of a lack of opportunity in the United States, Ira journeys to England to pursue his dream of becoming an actor. Written by Glenda Armand and illustrated by Floyd Cooper.
Maya’s Blanket
Maya has a blanket stitched by her Grandma. The blanket later becomes a dress, a skirt, a shawl, a skirt and a headband. This story is inspired by the Yiddish folk song “Hob Ikh Mir a Mantl” (“I Had a Little Coat”). Written by Monica Brown and illustrated by David Diaz.
New from the Tu Books imprint:
Ink and Ashes
Claire Takata discovers her deceased father’s connection to the yakuza, the Japanese mafia, and puts her and her family’s lives in danger. Written by Valynne E. Maetani.
Trail of the Dead
In this sequel to the award-winning Killer of Enemies, Lozen and her family, on the run from the tyrants who once held them hostage, embark on a journey along a perilous trail once followed by her ancestors, where they meet friends and foes alike. Written by Joseph Bruchac.
We pride ourselves on publishing diverse children’s books that feature characters and cultures from around the world. In 2012, we expanded when we acquired Children’s Book Press, an award-winning multicultural publisher based out of the Bay Area. Our new CBP imprint is a great place to find high-quality bilingual English/Spanish picture books and many more books by talented authors and illustrators of color.
We’re very excited to report that we’ve reprinted several Children’s Book Press titles already under our CBP imprint, and we have more on the way! We know some of you have been waiting quite a while to see your favorite CBP books back in print, so we’re happy to share our most recent reprints:
Animal Poems of the Iguazú/Animalario del Iguazú, by Francisco X. Alarcón, illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez
Bears Make Rock Soup, by Lise Erdrich, illustrated by Lisa Fifield
Birthday in the Barrio/Cumpleaños en el barrio, by Mayra L. Dole, illustrated by Tonel
Drum, Chavi, Drum!/¡Toca, Chavi, Toca!, by Mayra L. Dole, illustrated by Tonel
Featherless/Desplumado, by Juan Felipe Herrera, illustrated by Ernesto Cuevas, Jr.
From North to South/Del Norte al Sur, by René Colato Laínez, illustrated by Joe Cepeda
Home to Medicine Mountain, by Chiori Santiago, illustrated by Judith Lowry
Making Magic Windows, by Carmen Lomas Garza
A Man Called Raven, by Richard Van Camp, illustrated by George Littlechild
Moony Luna/Luna, Lunita Lunera, by Jorge Argueta, illustrated by Elizabeth Gómez
Nana’s Big Surprise/Nana, ¡Qué Sorpresa!, by Amada Irma Pérez, illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez
Prietita and the Ghost Woman/Prietita y la Llorona, by Gloria Anzaldúa, illustrated by Maya Christina Gonzalez
Quinito, Day and Night/Quinito, día y noche, by Ina Cumpiano, illustrated by José Ramírez
A Shelter in Our Car, by Monica Gunning, illustrated by Elaine Pedlar
Soledad Sigh-Sighs/Soledad Suspiros, by Rigoberto González, illustrated by Rosa Ibarra
What’s the Most Beautiful Thing You Know About Horses?, by Richard Van Camp, illustrated by George Littlechild
We’re looking forward to hearing your thoughts on these new reprints!
For a full list of Children’s Book Press titles that are currently available from Lee & Low Books or to place an order, contact our ordering department toll-free at 1-888-320-3190 x. 28. We also have a PDF of our latest catalog here.
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After 36 years of publishing groundbreaking multicultural and bilingual picture books, Children’s Book Press is moving into its next
phase of existence as an imprint of New York–based publisher Lee & Low. Please join us as we celebrate the enormous impact CBP has had on children’s literature and the lives of countless children and their families.
Saturday, March 3rd, 2012
7:00 PM (Program begins at 7:30 PM)
The Green Arcade Bookstore
1680 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Enjoy light refreshments while listening to tributes by authors, artists, former staff and other community members. A limited number of
Children’s Book Press’ archival paperbacks will be sold at their original 1975 prices! This event is FREE and open to the public. All
ages welcome!
Please RSVP to [email protected] by February 27th.
A partial list of books published by Children's Book Press
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During our session with the IFLA (International Federation of Libraries Associations and Institutions) in Bologna, both speakers (Patsy Aldana and Viviana Quiñones) stressed the importance of children having access to books which both reflect their experiences and open windows onto other customs and cultures. We were urged to pay a visit to the stand shared by a number of different African publishers, and there we met three very special publishers, all producing books to meet that demand.
The first two were librarians we had met at the session the day before: Antoinette F. Correa from BLD (Bibliothèque-Lecture-Développement) Éditions in Senegal and Pili Dumea of the Children’s Book Project (CBP) for Tanzania.
Antoinette, pictured right with a selection of her books, told me that she set up BLD Éditions to meet the needs of both teachers and pupils, who were crying out for access to good books in their own language. She is a well-known figure in the IFLA, and sees the continued development of libraries as crucial work: as well as publishing books, BLD helps to set up libraries and trains librarians.
Pili, pictured left, is secretary to the CBP for Tanzania, which, again, connects children with books published locally. Last year the CBP was awarded the UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize for its work promoting the love of books among children and adults. One eleven-year-old, talking about her school library, following the school’s affiliation to the CBP, said
“I have read most of the books in the school library which helped me learn about different topics through interesting stories told in our own national language, Kiswahili, which is easier to understand than English.”
The third publisher was Bakamé Éditions from Rwanda, who publish children’s books in the national language, Kinyarwanda, which is understood by all Rwandans. They also run various projects to promote reading, including their “Bibliothèque en route” – a rucksack library, which takes books out to children who do not have access to an actual library. It gets a tiny mention on their English pages, but if you read French, there’s more here. Editions Bakamé was the joint recipient of this year’s IBBY-Asahi Reading Promotion Award and this article on IBBY’s website is also an interesting read.
The work these organisations are doing is truly awe-inspiring and it was a real privilege to meet Antoinette and Pili.
Yes! Thank you for re-releasing these!
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