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Interview with Lulu Delacre about Alicia Afterimage
In this interview, Delacre talks about why she decided to write and publish this book and what she learned about her daughter by talking to the friends she left behind.
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Paula Yoo talks about her book Shining Star
Being a Film Pioneer is Not An Easy Role to Play. Starring Anna May Wong. A picture book biography written by Paula Yoo.
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Video Interview with Christy Hale about the East-West House
Author/illustrator Christy Hale discusses the motivation and process behind her book, The East-West House: Noguchi's Childhood in Japan.
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2019 New Voices Award Winner
Belen Medina Cabot of San Francisco, California, is an honor winner of the company’s twentieth annual New Voices Award.
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Inside the Artists' Studio with Ted and Betsy Lewin
Author/illustrators Ted and Betsy Lewin invite us inside their Brooklyn studio to talk about their book, Balarama.
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Desktop Backgrounds
Liven up your day with a beautiful desktop background, chosen from the art in one of LEE & LOW's award-winning picture books.
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The Staff of LEE & LOW Walks 12 Miles
Four brave desk jockeys set out to see what it is like to walk twelve miles through the streets of New York City.
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The Meaning of Home: A Q&A with Maham Khwaja and Daby Zainab Faidhi
In this Q&A, author Maham Khwaja and illustrator Daby Zainab Faidhi share the backstory of their upcoming picture book and its many themes, including displacement, resilience, and the meaning of home. The Home We Make will be availab...
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New Release: Kicked Out
Today, we are delighted to celebrate the release of Kicked Out by A. M. Dassu! In this stand-alone companion novel to the acclaimed Boy, Everywhere, A. M. Dassu returns to extend the story of Sami’s best friend Ali, who organizes a charity ...
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WHERE IS THE DIVERSITY IN PUBLISHING? THE 2023 DIVERSITY BASELINE SURVEY RESULTS
The 2023 Diversity Baseline Survey (DBS) was created by Lee & Low Books with co-authors Laura M. Jiménez, PhD, Boston University College of Education & Human Development Language and Literacy; Betsy Beckert, PhD candidate, Boston Universi...
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Five Questions for Five Stars for Breaking to the Beat!
To celebrate a brilliant FIVE STARS FOR BREAKING TO THE BEAT! we chatted with debut author Linda J. Acevedo about her reaction to the news, the gorgeous art, her writing process, and more!
Question 1: Congratulations on FIVE starred r...
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Mexican X Part X: What the Hex a ‘Latinx’? A Guest Post By David Bowles
This guest post by David Bowles dives into the origin and usage of the terms Hispanic, Latinx, Latine, and others. It was originally posted to Medium in December 2018. David is the author of numerous books for young readers, including T...
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Banned Books Resources
This year’s Banned Books Week takes place from October 1–7, 2023! Let Freedom Read Day is happening on the last day of Banned Books Week. For that day (and for every day afterwards), we’re asking you to stand up with us and take a...
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Multilingual Educator: The Journey Toward Literacy Begins at Birth: A Personal Narrative
DAD IS READING TO INFANT, Photo by infant’s mother Eva Lin Fahey (author’s daughter) and with permission of father, Nick Floyd 2/22
This essay by author Jean Ciborowski Fahey, Ph. D. originally appeared in the CABE 2023 Edition of Multilingual...
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Maya Gonzalez on Nonbinary Representation, the Language of the Nonverbal & Power of Pronouns
Award-winning kidlit creator Maya Gonzalez (illustrator of I Can Be . . . Me!) wrote a series of essays to celebrate Pride month. The excerpt below originally appeared on The Official SCBWI Blog, and Maya’s guest posts included:
The bias...
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10 Books for Back to School
It’s that time of the year again! September is around the corner and the summer season is winding down. Help kick the year off to a great start with our Back-to-School suggestions from Lee & Low Books.
Curated by our in-house literacy spe...
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Support Latine/Hispanic Heritage Month
Latine/Hispanic Heritage Month takes place September 15 to October 15. We have many ways to support Latine creators, including exciting new titles, an array of books now available in Spanish, and four creator programs at the 2023 Latinx Kidlit Bo...
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Silent Sam New Bebop 2015 PDF
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Guided Reading Level: H Silent Sam
Guided Reading with
SILENT SAM
Guided Reading: H
DRA: 14 Intervention: 13
written by Tabatha Jean DAgata
illustrated by Geraldo Valerio
Overview: Gus is trying to teach his parrot ...
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