Young Adult Authors Unplugged From Arroe Collins

CARINA FELINA is a retelling of a hilarious folktale set in Havana, where Deedy was born. Inspired by a story that she first heard as a child, CARINA FELINA puts a Caribbean twist to “The Cat and the Parrot;” a folktale retold across the world including the Czech Republic and Denmark and with origins traced to India. It is a wickedly funny and inspiring picture book that proves the smallest of cre...

Thanks for being part of the conversation I am the Poet In The Forest. A children series I penned out in the 1990s. None of it would be possible if it wasn’t for this forest in South Charlotte, NC. I talk about it so much that I thought maybe it’s time you get to meet all that inspires me. Thanks for being part of the conversation

Horses are popular all over the world, as pets, participants in competitions, farm animals, and more. In fact, they’re one of humankind’s oldest animal companions. This fascinating, fun-filled book introduces you to different horse breeds; how horses became our stalwart companions; life in the herd; adorable foals; horse coloration, markings, and manes; and so much more. For kids who are absolutel...

YouTube Slime Queen Karina Garcia teams up with writer Kevin Panetta and artist Niki Smith for a fun, colorful adventure featuring three friends, Bailey, Sophia, and Jayden, who run the BSJ slime shop. What the three slime makers don't know is that when they're not around, the slimes come to life! When the creators start shipping slimes off to who-knows-where, the slimes left at the shop start to...

Authors Jason June, Sonora Reyes, and Abdi Nazemian are popular frontlist authors with new books on-sale in May, timed for Pride month. They are an eclectic mix of New York Times bestsellers, major awards winners and honors, and they all have a powerful backlist of titles that speak to the power of queer people and their communities. Jason June’s new book, Riley Weaver Needs A Date to the Gaybutan...

Put on your lab coat and grab hold of your stethoscope as you embark on a scientific mission to boost your brainpower on all topics about the human body! Explore anatomy and find out why bones break. Look into the sense and discover why sour foods make your mouth pucker. Get acquainted with genetics to find out why your hair changes over time. Be boggled by the power of your brain as you decipher...

Boom, boom, BOOM… That’s a T. rex coming your way! You’ve been transported back in time to the age of the dinosaurs. WHAT DO YOU DO???? Test your chops and discover if you have what it takes to survive at a time when Earth looked, well, a tad different in this ultimate survival guide to the prehistoric age. Find out how to make it through exploding volcanoes and mega monsoons- while dodging giant...

I ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY LOVE MY SPOTS by inspirational speaker, Lid’ya C. Rivera is a lyrical celebration of self-esteem, perseverance, and loving the skin you're in. Inspiring all children to appreciate their spots. Lid’ya’s love letter to kids with vitiligo is fun and empowering, featuring stunning artwork of a young girl who loves her skin, and can appeal to anyone who has something that makes...

With 1,000 new residents moving to Florida every day, and more than 100,000 acres of habitat lost to development each year, the window to save the natural habitat of Florida’s Panthers is closing quickly. The panther is the state animal of Florida, the last big cat surviving east of the Mississippi River, an emblem of the Endangered Species Act. A subspecies of the puma, the panther was driven to...

Steeped in ancient Korean mythology, driven by a plucky young heroine, and filled with action, suspense, and the possibilities of magic all around us, THE LAST FALLEN REALM is a work of fantasy and the perfect end to Graci Kim’s Gifted Clans saga. New York Times best-selling author, Kim, is a Korean-Kiwi diplomat turned author who writes about the magic that is inside all of us. Riley Oh wasn’t bo...

Everyone loves turtles. And no wonder: long-lived, unhurried, and ancient, these shelled reptiles are fascinating. Turtles are also endlessly surprising. There are turtles with soft shells, turtles with googly eyes, turtles with necks longer than their bodies, and turtles whose shells glow in the dark! Now, readers can meet more than 300 types of turtles in the beautiful new compendium, THE BOOK O...

From the author of The Summer Prince, Love is the Drug and Trouble the Saints comes a kaleidoscopic YA novel about the power of stories and their power to heal. THE LIBRARY OF BROKEN WORLDS follows Freida, born in The Library, AI considered to be Gods in a world of high technology. As she struggles to find the purpose of her creation by The Library, she discovers the peaceful world she’s a part of...

Two brothers. One Good. One Evil. In exchange for power and immortality, they watch over the Endless Woods and rule the School for Good and Evil. Yet all School Masters must face a test. Theirs is loyalty. But what happens when loyalty is corrupted? When the bonds of blood are broken? Who will survive? Who will die? And what will become of the school and its students? The journey that started a hu...

In this inspiring collection of essays, acclaimed author David Quammen journeys to places where civilization meets raw nature and explores the challenge of balancing the needs of both. For more than two decades, award-winning science and nature writer David Quammen has traveled to Earth’s most far-flung and fragile destinations, sending back field notes from places caught in the tension between hu...

To the mortal world—at least, to most people in Brooklyn—Mateo Matisse and Chela Hidalgo are simply two teenagers in love. Mateo is a brilliant pianist, but he’s also a typical, chaotic guy. And Chela, the short, fierce girl he met while playing piano at her bat mitzvah, is a terrific dancer and a terrible singer, who doesn’t get shook by bullies. As teenagers, the way they fell in love was dramat...

Alex Segura, the Anthony Award -winning author of Secret Identity and Star Wars Poe Dameron : Free Fall , brings two fan-favorite Spider-Verse heroes together in prose for the first time in ARAÑA AND SPIDER-MAN 2099:DARK TOMORROW. Araña. It means spider- and it also means Anya Corazon. She was a normal Brooklyn teenager with normal Brooklyn problems – until a few months ago, when she was gifted wi...

Warrior Princess . That’s what 17-year-old Nigeria Jones’ father calls her. He has raised her as part of the Movement, a Black separatist group based in Philadelphia. Nigeria is homeschooled and vegan and participates in traditional rituals to connect her and other kids from the group to their ancestors. But when her mother—the perfect matriarch of their Movement—disappears, Nigeria’s world is upe...

Ellie Engle doesn’t stand out. Not at home, where she's alone with her pet fish since her dad moved away and her mom has to work around the clock . Not at the bakery, where she helps out old Mr. Walker on the weekends. And definitely not at school, where her best friend Abby—the coolest, boldest, most talented girl in the world—drags Ellie along on her never-ending quest to “make her mark.” To som...

Solitaire introduces fan favorites Nick and Charlie from Heartstopper -and the unforgettable Tori Spring. Tori isn’t sure how to be happy again. Then she meets Michael Holden, and they try to unmask the mysterious Solitaire (and survive high school) in Oseman’s stunning, unflinchingly honest debut novel.

Inspired by Kai Shappley’s own life, the new novel for young readers Joy, to the World is a timely story of living life to the fullest, celebrating and centering trans joy, courage, and resilience. In the book, Joy, a twelve-year-old trans girl, just moved to Texas with her mother and older brother. Her family has accepted Joy as the girl she is early in her transition, with little fuss, leaving J...

Perry Firekeeper-Birch has always known who she is - the laidback twin, the troublemaker, the best fisher on Sugar Island. Her aspirations won't ever take her far from home, and she wouldn't have it any other way. But as the rising number of missing Indigenous women starts circling closer to home, as her family becomes embroiled in a high-profile murder investigation, and as greedy grave robbers s...

In The Sun and the Star, co-authors Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro present an action-packed story to grip fans of Percy Jackson and all their favorite demigods—and monsters. At its heart is a story of first love, with all its excitement and anguish, and exceptional courage. As Rick Riordan shares, “It was really important to me that writing a book entirely from the perspective of two queer character...

A propulsive social justice adventure by renowned activist and award- winning documentarian Ruchira Gupta, I Kick and I Fly is an inspiring, hopeful story of triumph about a girl in Bihar, India, who escapes being sold into the sex trade when a local hostel owner helps her to understand the value of her body through kung fu. On the outskirts of the Red Light District in Bihar, India, fourteen-year...

No doubt about it, water is fascinating! It’s also essential. Every living thing on Earth needs it, from big blue whales to teeny, tiny bacteria. But our planet is facing some serious water problems: Drinkable water isn’t easily accessible to everyone, the demands for water around the globe are increasing while the supply is limited, and some human actions are causing disastrous ripple effects dow...

A black mermaid and a black pirate build a friendship through kindness, empathy, and shared adventure in this heartwarming picture book by New York Times bestselling author Tracey Baptiste. Colorful and expressive illustrations by Leisl Adams dazzle on each page as the titular due get into trouble, share some laughs, and form a bond despite their differences. Baptiste who authored the indie-belove...