BOOK COVER REVEAL
We're ecstatic to share the cover of Dinara Mirtalipova's upcoming illustrated book “Russian Tales: Traditional Stories of Quests and Enchantments" published by Chronicle Books & slated to be released in September 2021. Click on the link above to pre-order your copy today!
Hennie Haworth illustrated the cover of A Girl Called Shameless by Laura Steven (Electric Monkey/Egmont Publishing). The young adult novel promotes feminism and combats slut shaming and is the sequel to Steven’s previous title, The Exact Opposite of Okay.
For: Electric Monkey/Egmont Publishing
Dinara Mirtalipova collaborated with Compendium for Once Upon a Time: A storytelling kit to make family memories into tales, written by Miriam Hathaway.
“This captivating storytelling kit includes 20 illustrated cards to prompt the telling of family memories and also includes a companion storybook to capture every tale.”
For: Compendium
Great news from Dinara Mirtalipova – Salaam Reads, a Muslim children’s book imprint from Simon & Schuster, has purchased the rights to Rukhsanna Guidroz's Leila in Saffron, illustrated by Dinara Mirtalipova.
From Publisher's Weekly: "Zareen Jaffery at S&S/Salaam Reads has acquired world rights to Rukhsanna Guidroz's (l.) Leila in Saffron, illustrated by Dinara Mirtalipova. The picture book follows a Pakistani-American girl named Leila who uses her senses of sight, smell, taste, and touch to cook a family meal with her grandmother and delight in the various items in her grandmother's home that speak to Leila's unique identity. Publication is slated for summer 2019; Wendi Gu at Janklow & Nesbit represented the author while at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, and Chrystal Falcioni at Magnet Arts Collective represented the illustrator."
For: Salaam Reads, Simon & Schuster
GRAHAM ROUMIEU for A Manner of Being: Writers on Their Mentors Edited by Annie Liontas and Jeff Parker, published by University of Massachusetts Press
From Publishers Weekly: "What the writers share of their mentors, and what their mentors shared with them, makes for a fascinating work on writing and the student-teacher relationship."
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HENNIE HAWORTH for Color Paris (Harper Collins) Available May 2016; available for pre-order on Amazon "Illustrator Hennie Haworth captures the vibrancy, atmospheric flavor, and indelible beauty of the City of Light in this delightful collection of color-in cityscapes... As charming as a retro postcard, each of Haworth’s black-and white line drawings authentically depicts a quintessentially Parisian scene down to the tiniest quirky detail."
DINARA MIRTALIPOVA for Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan (Scholastic) "Music, magic, and a real-life miracle meld in this genre-defying masterpiece from storytelling maestro Pam Muñoz Ryan."
GRAHAM ROUMIEU for Hachette Book Group 'Findings: An Illustrated Collection' by Rafil Kroll-Zaidi. Available November 24th, 2015.
BELLA PILAR for Some Like It Witchy by Heather Blake Cover for the fifth book in the Wishcraft Mystery series
GRAHAM ROUMIEU for Penguin Books Life Among the Savages and Raising Demons by Shirley Jackson In this series from Shirley Jackson, "the author of 'The Haunting of Hill House' confronts the most vexing demons yet: her children." Available for pre-order now.
HENNIE HAWORTH for Big Picture Press Art Cards: Fashion – "The second in the vibrant series of ARTCARDS: original pieces of art made for you – and made by you! With 16 pull-out ARTCARDS to colour in and decorate with 20 pages containing over 600 stickers, this book features cheeky editorial and highly detailed contemporary illustrations."