Lee Wardlaw‘s feline-themed poem “Morning Yoga” won First Prize in the Poetry Category of the 2024 Cat Writer’s Association 30th Annual Communications Contest. Lee received the Muse Medallion and an award pin. Bumblebee, who was the, uh, catalyst for the poem, shared Lee’s delight in winning.

Latine book advocate and award-winning author Delia Ruiz sold the story of her heart titled Ways Papi Says I Love You at auction in a two-book deal to Natalia Torres at Charlesbridge. Other titles publishing in 2026 include Moon Chef with Charlesbridge and My Sister’s Quinceanera with Crown.

Mamie Takes a Stand: The True Story of Mamie Tape, a Chinese American Girl’s Fight for School Rights, by Marie Chan, received a 2024 Eureka! Gold Award for Excellence in Children’s Nonfiction from the California Reading Association.

Skybound! by Sue Ganz-Schmitt has achieved:
NSTA-CBC 2025 Best STEM list
Starred Review: Kirkus, Foreward Reviews
2024 Original Art Show at the Society of Illustrators selection
Mom’s Choice GOLD Award
Firebird Book Awards: 1st Place in both Children – Biography and Children – Interior Book Design for Nonfiction
Royal Dragonfly Award: 1st Place in Children’s Nonfiction and 2nd Place in Picture Books 6 & Older

Miso Magic by Moni Ritchie Hadley is recognized as one the the best children’s books of the year, as selected by Los Angeles Public Library!

The Spanish language version of Kitty Felde‘s Welcome to Washington Fina Mendoza – Bienvenida a Washington Fina Mendoza has won a 2024 Latino Book Award. The Fina Mendoza Mysteries series, translated by Jorge Flores Gonzáles, follows the adventures of the 10-year-old daughter of a congressman who solves mysteries inside the US Capitol. The book received a four star review in Foreword Clarion.

Volcanoes by Nell Cross Beckerman is a nominee for the Texas Library Association Bluebonnet Award List 2025-26, and a Junior Library Gold Standard Selection. The first in the series, Caves, is on the current TLA Bluebonnet List and the current Illinois Bluestem Award List, and received an NCTE Orbis Pictus Recommended Title award in 2023, along with three starred reviews.

Stem Cells to the Rescue by Helen M Blau and Margery J Fain, published October 22, 2024, is a nonfiction, fully illustrated tale told in rhyme. The book received a strong review by Science magazine (AAAS) at the end of November 2024, and in early January 2025, Helen Blau was awarded a Medal of Science at the White House for her research on stem cells.

Cowboy Cooper by Ben St. James has been honored at the 2024 Royal Dragonfly Book Awards! This international contest brings together a diverse range of works. Competing against both new and older titles, Cowboy Cooper earned an Honorable Mention in Picture Books 5 and Younger and won 1st Place in the Western category.

Tate’s Wild Rescue, Jenny Turnbull‘s debut picture book (Crown Books For Young Readers) honoring her love for animals, has been added to The Jane Goodall Institute Library! Told through letters, it is a sweet funny picture book about an animal-loving girl who invites wild animals to live in her house and be her best friend. Back matter offers ideas for how kids can help both wild and companion animals.