Fall books cover reveal: Summer of the Mariposas by Guadalupe Garcia McCall
Check it out at The Open Book!
Stacy
“It’s Complicated” at CBC Diversity
As we’ve discussed on here before, diversity in children’s and YA books can be pretty controversial. Just reading the comments sections at any of the latest posts about diversity can make your head spin, between the people denying that white privilege exists and those saying that even if it does exist, it doesn’t matter, because … Read more
Review roundup–Cat Girl’s Day Off
Like I said yesterday, people are loving our spring books just as much as they loved those we published in the fall (for which we’re still getting reviews in–maybe I should do another roundup of those). Here’s what people are saying about Kimberly Pauley’s Cat Girl’s Day Off: Booklist: In a multicultural family bestowed with … Read more
Review roundup–Vodnik
Tu’s spring books are getting great reviews! Here’s what people are saying about Vodnik. Kirkus Reviews (full review): An American teen encounters monsters both fantastical and human in the land of his birth. After a fire destroys their home, Tomas and his parents move to Slovakia, a country Tomas hasn’t seen since he was 5 … Read more
Blogger whose cat reviewed Cat Girl says it should be a movie
And I so totally agree. (Here’s the cat’s review.) Hollywood, are you listening? Dani Alexis also has some pithy thoughts on Cat Girl‘s subtle commentary on celebrity culture: Behind the on-screen action of Cat Girl’s Day Off is a well-played critique of celebrity movie teen squee culture. Without giving too much away, I’ll say that … Read more
Blogging at CBC Diversity this week and last
Though I am frenetically working to get some fall ARCs out to the printer, making me absent here despite having a computer at home again (and friends coming into town last week and this weekend has made me busier than normal at home, too), I was able to write a couple posts over at the … Read more
Someone’s comfy
I am having more (of the same) computer issues. At least my new phone works (kind of. Apparently hulu plus stopped supporting Galaxy Nexus? If so, I may be returning the phone for that reason alone). In the meantime, have a Mogget picture.
LTUE handouts now available (I think)
It has been more than a month since my computer worked well on a regular basis, and most of that time I was without a computer at home at all. It still isn’t working well–there are days when it will take 15 minutes just to type a paragraph—but at least it kind of works… ish. … Read more
Lunacon
If you’re in the greater New York City area this weekend, you might be interested to know that I’ll be at Lunacon in Rye Brook tomorrow and Sunday. Here’s my schedule: • What’s Hot – Young Adult, Sat 13:00 – 14:00, William Odelle • The Tarnished Age of Science Fiction? (M), Sat 16:00 – 17:00, … Read more
What’s coming down the pipeline?
I’ve been talking a lot about Guadalupe Garcia McCall’s new book, Summer of the Mariposas, which we’ll be publishing at Tu this fall. Another thing coming out this fall that we’ll have more info about in the coming weeks is an amazing anthology edited by Tobias Buckell and Joe Monti featuring a list of authors … Read more