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Join Us for a Diversity Discussion at ALA in Las Vegas
Last year at the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference, we had a great turnout and discussion during our book buzz event. If you’ll be at ALA, join us again this year to keep the...
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2014 ALA Signing Schedule
It’s hard to believe that the ALA Annual Conference is just around the corner, but we’re looking forward to a fun-filled weekend in Las Vegas! We have an exciting signing schedule, which you can check...
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Join Us Tomorrow in New York City for the Harlem Book Fair!
Tomorrow, Saturday, July 12th is the Harlem Book Fair. LEE & LOW BOOKS will be there from 11 a.m., selling some of your favorite titles. We’ll be at table C32! For a full list of tables and...
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ALA 2014 Recap: Diversity All Around
Another year, another fantastic ALA Annual, this time in Las Vegas! While “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas,” we thought it would be OK to break that code, just this one time, in order to share...
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Lee & Low at the Brooklyn Book Festival on Sunday, 9/21
For those who are in the New York City Area, we’ve got lots of great things happening this weekend! On Saturday, September 20 at 10:30 am, Katheryn Russell-Brown, author of Little Melba and Her Big...
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Book Activities for the Family
Amanda Boyarshinov is one of the creators of the blog, The Educators’ Spin On It, a site that makes everyday moments into teachable opportunities. She has a Master of Reading Education for grades K-12...
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Recap: Diversity Panels at New York Comic Con 2014
Stacy Whitman, Publisher of the Tu Books imprint of LEE & LOW BOOKS, gives us a recap of the 2014 New York Comic Con (NYCC) event and two big panels on diversity. The #WeNeedDiverseBooks and...
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Recap: Horn Book’s Mind the Gaps Colloquium at Simmons College
On October 11, 2014, I attended a colloquium called Mind the Gaps, hosted by The Horn Book at Simmons College in Boston. There was an all-star line up consisting of Peter Brown (Mr. Tiger Goes Wild),...
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A Visit With the Open Book Foundation
Illustrator Frané Lessac shares a recent school visit that she and her husband, author Mark Greenwood, did in Washington, D.C. with An Open Book Children’s Literacy Foundation. One of the highlights...
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Mix it up! 15 Books about Kindness and Giving
Today is Mix It Up At Lunch Day, an annual day started by Teaching Tolerance over a decade ago to encourage kindness and reduce prejudice in schools by encouraging students to sit and have lunch with...
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Rukhsana Khan on Cross-Cultural Writing and Achieving True Diversity
This November I attended the NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) Annual Convention in Washington, DC and was overwhelmed by the broad focus on diversity in children’s books. Though many of...
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ALA Midwinter Day of Diversity Recap and Reflections
Chicago, IL, January 30, 2015 photos courtesy of Dan Bostrom This past weekend, I went to Chicago to attend the first ever Day of Diversity organized by the Association of Library Services for Children...
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2015 Texas Library Association Conference Signing Schedule
The Texas Library Association Annual Conference is next week! Will you be there? If so, we’d love to meet you. Here is our exciting signing schedule below: Wednesday, April 15 10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.:...
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How to Turn a Quiet Author Event into a Big Success
In this joint guest post, librarian Jane Levitan of the Martinsburg-Berkeley County Public Libraries and author/illustrator Lulu Delacre give their takes on a quiet event that turned into a great...
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Marketing 101: How to Prepare for Your First Conference
This post is part of an ongoing series at The Open Book answering questions about book marketing and publicity. With the 2015 American Library Association (ALA) conference just around the corner, many...
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Come meet LEE & LOW BOOKS at ALA 2015!
ALA is just around the corner and we would love to meet you! We’ll be in the North Exhibit Hall at Booth #1020! See below for our signing schedule as well as a few other events we’ll be participating...
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ALA 2015 Recap: Wins in Diversity
Another year, another successful ALA annual! We were so excited to be in San Francisco this year, especially in light of the recent SCOTUS ruling on gay marriage! What better city to be in than the one...
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Salt Lake Comic Con 2015: M.K. Hutchins & Valynne E. Maetani’s schedules
This weekend is the Salt Lake Comic Con (September 24-September 26). Tu Books authors M.K. Hutchins (DRIFT) and Valynne E. Maetani (INK AND ASHES) will be in attendance. See their schedules below. M.K....
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Recap: Diversity at New York Comic Con
This past weekend, we noticed an unusual number of superheroes, cosplayers, and characters from our favorite TV shows flooding the subways, buses, and streets of New York City. Did we unknowingly fall...
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Help Save a Life At Our Bone Marrow Registry Drive in NYC
We’re excited to share that we will be partnering with local businesses, organizations, and community members for a bone marrow donor registry drive this Saturday, November 21 from 2pm to 4 pm at La...
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