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Spring 2023 Flying Starts: Thien Pham
Thien Pham builds each chapter of his debut graphic memoir, ‘Family Style,’ around resonant food memories from his experience immigrating to the U.S. from Vietnam as a child.
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Spring 2023 Flying Starts: Balint Zsako
“Generous” is a word that Hungarian-born artist Balint Zsako uses often in conversation, and it’s a good one to describe his debut, ‘Bunny & Tree,’ a wordless hand-painted picture book that overflows with conceptual fireworks and deep emotion.
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Spring 2023 Flying Starts: Ari Tison
Structured in vignettes and verse, Ari Tison’s debut YA novel, ‘Saints of the Household,’ tells the poignant story of Bribri American brothers as they navigate the fallout after a misguided act of violence.
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Spring 2023 Flying Starts: Jesús Trejo
Comedian Jesús Trejo’s childhood experience working weekends alongside his father in the family landscaping business became the basis for his dynamic debut picture book, ‘Papá’s Magical Water-Jug Clock,’ illustrated by Eliza Kinkz.
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Spring 2023 Flying Starts: Beth Lincoln
In Beth Lincoln’s debut middle grade mystery, ‘The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels,’ an eccentric family bequeaths each newborn with a name from the dictionary that the child is intended to live up to; released in February, the book became an immediate bestseller and has now been sold in 14 territories.
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Spring 2023 Children’s Flying Starts
We spotlight six of the season’s most promising children’s and YA debuts.
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Q & A with Mitali Perkins
In National Book Award nominee Mitali Perkins’s forthcoming novel, 'Hope in the Valley,' 12-year-old aspiring poet Pandita "Pandu" Paul struggles to navigate grief and change in her rapidly gentrifying Silicon Valley neighborhood.
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Collaborating Couple Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann
Author Candace Fleming and illustrator Eric Rohmann’s newest title, 'Mine!', is the latest in a long stretch of picture books by the husband-and-wife team.
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Obituary: Byron Barton
Author-illustrator Byron Barton, known for his many picture books for very young children, died June 3 following a long illness; he was 92.
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Q & A with Chris Baron
PW spoke with Chris Baron about this new book, how his teaching and writing influence each other, and what he hopes for his readers who are fighting their own battles.
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Making Community: Chasten Buttigieg on Tour for YA Edition of His Memoir
We spoke with Chasten Buttigieg about the YA adapation of his memoir, 'I Have Something to Tell You,' and his book tour, which includes stops in several cities where anti-LGBTQ legislation and book banning are underway.
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Q & A with Daniel Salmieri
In his second solo picture book, 'Before, Now,' Daniel Salmieri tells the story of one person's life—and the paradoxes of life itself—through a series of opposites.
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Pride 2023: Q&As with Children's and YA Authors Centering Queer Identities
In celebration of Pride Month, we spoke with seven authors of LGBTQ+ stories for young readers.
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Q & A with Hayley Kiyoko
Musician, actor, and filmmaker Hayley Kiyoko has graced both stages and screens for a decade, and now turns her focus to the page with her YA debut 'Girls Like Girls.'
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Q & A with George Lopez
Comedian and actor George Lopez recently branched out and became a children's author, drawing upon his childhood experiences to create 'ChupaCarter,' in which 12-year-old Jorge Lopez is sent to live with his grandparents in rural New Mexico, where he befriends a lonely chupacabra.
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Queer Icons Unite: Musicians Tegan and Sara Team Up with Cartoonist Tillie Walden for Middle Grade Graphic Novel Debut
Twin sisters and indie pop duo Tegan and Sara Quin, known as Tegan and Sara, have partnered with Eisner Award-winning cartoonist Tillie Walden on 'Junior High,' a middle grade graphic novel.
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Centering Anxious, Sad Black Girls in YA
Mariama J. Lockington reflects on the joy and pain of growing up as a Black transracial adoptee, and the experiences that inspired her debut YA novel, 'Forever Is Now.'
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Children's Institute 2023: Authors and Illustrators to Meet
With more than 30 authors and illustrators introducing and signing new work at CI2023, booksellers will head home with tall to-be-read stacks and an abundance of fresh ideas.
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Children's Institute 2023: PW Talks with Jonathan Hamilt
By day, Jonathan Hamilt is executive director of Drag Story Hour and drag queen Ona Louise, presenting picture books to young audiences. Hamilt spoke with 'PW' about drag in the daytime, positive queer role models, and why kids love someone who’s a little extra.
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Nikki Grimes and Brian Pinkney Collaborate in 'A Walk in the Woods'
Nikki Grimes and Brian Pinkney’s 'A Walk in the Woods' collaboration honors Jerry Pinkney.
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