Torrey Maldonado’s fast-paced novels infuse young readers with a deep sense of recognition, generated both by Maldonado’s firsthand experiences as someone born and raised in Brooklyn’s Red Hook projects, and his nearly thirty years teaching in New York City public schools. His popular titles, including Hands (Nancy Paulsen Books, 2023), What Lane? (Nancy Paulsen Books, 2020), [...]

Mexikid (Dial, 2023)—Pedro Martín’s middle grade graphic memoir—features hilarity, family superhero stories, relatable sibling interactions, and an inspired exploration of cultural identity. The story, at times both laugh-out-loud funny and poignant, details the epic road trip that Martín’s childhood family took from California to Mexico and back. The book has also garnered a [...]

Epic historical events inspired some of Peter Sís’s most celebrated books, including titles such as Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued (Norton, 2021) and the Caldecott Honor Book The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2007). But Sís’s latest picture book, In Praise of Mystery (Norton, 2024), is linked to an [...]