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✍🏿Debut You

Debut You: A 2021 Debut Author Series: Anne Wynter

Debut You is an interview feature on Our Stories Matter blog. Debut authors, who have released or have upcoming releases in 2021, are given five questions to answer about themselves and their book.

Read an👇🏿excerpt:

Explain your book’s journey—how long did it take—from idea to publication?

The journey from writing the book to signing with an agent and then getting a book deal was relatively quick—about six months in all. But that whole process happened in 2017, and the book is coming out about four years later. So that’s been the long part. 

Because I used to work in publishing, I wasn’t surprised by the long road to publication. But I also haven’t minded waiting. It gave me time to wrap my mind around the fact that I actually have a book coming out!

Continue here to read Anne Wynter’s Debut You.

📖Everybody in the Red Brick Building

Oge Mora

Balzer + Bray

October 12, 2021

Picture Book

32 Pages

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Congratulations to the 2019 Caldecott Books and all these amazing author-illustrators!  

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December 24th: A book that reminds you of the holidays

Thank You, Omu!, Oge Mora

Read it for: adorable collage art, plus a cozy & caring community 

(It's not a holiday book, but the themes of generosity, gratitude, and radical welcome are just right for the winter holidays)

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NoveList's Juvenile Brain Trust is a group of readers' advisory librarians and metadata librarians who focus on books for kids and teens. Once a week, the JBT gets together to catch up and share new books. On 10/10/2018, we discussed:

March Forward, Girl, Melba Pattillo Beals, illustrated by Frank Morrison

Ghoulia, Barbara Cantini

The Coral Kingdom, Laura Knowles, illustrated by Jennie Webber

Once Upon a Jungle, Laura Knowles, illustrated by James Boast

Thank You, Omu!, Oge Mora

Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise, David Ezra Stein

Have you read any of these books? What do you think of them?

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🙌🏿New Picture Book!!!

The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read

Rita Lorraine Hubbard

Oge Mora

Schwartz & Wade 

In 1848, Mary Walker was born into slavery. At age 15, she was freed, and by age 20, she was married and had her first child. By age 68, she had worked numerous jobs, including cooking, cleaning, babysitting, and selling sandwiches to raise money for her church. At 114, she was the last remaining member of her family. And at 116, she learned to read.

⭐“A lovely, inspirational picture-book biography about beating the odds and achieving your dreams.” —Booklist

⭐"Walker’s determination and her long, long life—she died at 121—offer genuine inspiration.” —Publishers Weekly

⭐“Enjoy this book with every child you know; let Mary Walker become a household name.” —Kirkus Reviews

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Saturday

Oge Mora

Little, Brown BYR

Today would be special. Today would be splendid. It was Saturday! But sometimes, the best plans don't work out exactly the way you expect....

In this heartfelt and universal story, a mother and daughter look forward to their special Saturday routine together every single week. But this Saturday, one thing after another goes wrong--ruining storytime, salon time, picnic time, and the puppet show they'd been looking forward to going to all week. Mom is nearing a meltdown...until her loving daughter reminds her that being together is the most important thing of all.

⭐"Special and splendid."-Kirkus 

⭐ "The family handles the stress of dashed expectations in a way that acknowledges disappointment while conveying the buoyancy of resilience and the joy of their bond. And a delightful coda may inspire readers to share the inventive way they salvage their day."-PW

⭐ " heartfelt story...the paper collage artwork...really packs a punch."-Booklist 

⭐ "holds universal lessons for children and adults."-The Horn Book 

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Thank You, OMU!

by Oge Mora

Everyone in the neighborhood dreams of a taste of Omu's delicious stew! One by one, they follow their noses toward the scrumptious scent. And one by one, Omu offers a portion of her meal. Soon the pot is empty. Has she been so generous that she has nothing left for herself? Debut author-illustrator Oge Mora brings to life a heartwarming story of sharing and community in colorful cut-paper designs as luscious as Omu's stew, with an extra serving of love. An author's note explains that "Omu" (pronounced AH-moo) means "queen" in the Igbo language of her parents, but growing up, she used it to mean "Grandma." This book was inspired by the strong female role models in Oge Mora's life.

October 2, 2018 | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers | PB | 40 Pgs

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Rita Lorraine Hubbard, The Oldest Student: How Mary Walker Learned to Read, iillustrated by Oge Mora, 2020.

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