With our newly updated Lexile® levels for our grades K-5 titles, schools across the country will now be able to bring more equity, inclusion and diversity into their classroom libraries. Our team will work with you to ensure your students have access to authentic, culturally responsive, and contemporary books at the Lexile® levels they need. Check out the latest Lexile® levels for some of our favorite titles for elementary school readers below: Grade K: BR345LL–150L BR10LBR50LBR60LBR70LBR110LAD120LAD230LAD300LGrade 1: 10L–570L 390L490L510L550L570LGrade 2: 290L–795L 340L400L530L560L570LGrade 3 ..read more

With our newly updated Lexile® levels for our middle and high school titles, schools across the country will now be able to bring more equity, inclusion and diversity into their classroom libraries. Our team will work with you to ensure your students have access to authentic, culturally responsive, and contemporary books at the Lexile® levels they need. Check out the latest Lexile® levels for some of our favorite titles for older readers below: Grade 6–8: 990L–1470L 990L1010L1050L1100L1140L1020LGrades 9–12: 1020L–1610L 1190L1070L1020L1090LHigh-Low for Grades 6 and Up HL680LHL760LHL520LHL760L F ..read more

Today, we are delighted to celebrate the release of The Wild Ones and the Spanish edition Los Bravos from Megan and Jorge Lacera! From the creators of Zombies Don’t Eat Veggies! comes a heartwarming and epic tale of four best friends who turn to the mythical monsters from their respective cultures to help them save the only home they’ve ever known. De los creadores de ¡Los zombis no comen verduras! llega una historia épica y conmovedora de cuatro mejores amigos que recurren a los monstruos míticos de sus respectivas culturas para ayudarlos a salvar el único hogar que han conocido. Check out t ..read more

It’s National Library Week. Join us in honoring librarians and library workers for all they do for readers and our communities every day. Visit your local library today to learn all that it has to offer. As part of this week-long celebration, today, Monday, April 8 is Right to Read Day. Read on to learn how to participate in this national day of action and protect our freedom to read. A record 4,240 unique book titles were targeted for censorship in 2023, a 65% increase over the 2,571 unique titles targeted in 2022 and a staggering 128% increase over 2021 numbers. Pressure groups in 2023 focu ..read more

Do you or someone you know write for middle grade or young adult readers? Are you an unpublished writer of color or Indigenous/Native writer hoping to break into the publishing industry for the first time? Don’t miss this terrific opportunity to have your work considered for publication by a publisher that takes pride in nurturing new talent. Submissions for our New Visions Award are open from now through June 30, 2024. submit your manuscript here! This contest is open to writers of color and Indigenous/Native writers who are residents of the United States and who hav ..read more

Today, we are celebrating two exciting book releases: Flap Your Hands by Steve Asbell and Safe Passage by G. Neri & David Brame! Flap Your Hands by Steve Asbell This fascinating, groundbreaking picture book by an autistic creator celebrates stims — the repetitive movements that provide focused stimulation to people on the autistic spectrum. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lee and Low Books (@leeandlow) Praise for Flap Your Hands: “This is truly a celebration of neurodiversity that goes against decades—perhaps centuries—of stigma and tells kids that stimming isn’t just O ..read more

Join Lee & Low, the largest multicultural publisher of children’s books in the country, on Wednesday, March 27 at 2 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. CT to hear about our upcoming fall and spring titles! During this free, one-hour Booklist webinar, you’ll learn about new picture books, chapter books, and young adult titles about everyone, for everyone. You’ll also learn about Lee & Low’s New Visions Writing Contest and hear from young adult authors Olivia Abtahi (Twin Flames) and Isabel Quintero (10th anniversary of Gabi, A Girl in Pieces), moderated by Booklist’s Ronny Khuri, Books for Youth senior e ..read more

The 2023 Diversity Baseline Survey (DBS) was created by Lee & Low Books with co-authors Laura M. Jiménez, PhD, Boston University College of Education & Human Development Language and Literacy; Betsy Beckert, PhD candidate, Boston University College of Education & Human Development Language and Literacy; Rory Polera, data analyst; and Jake C. Dietiker, undergraduate, Boston University College of Engineering. INTRODUCTION The Diversity Baseline Survey was created to answer a question: Does the book industry have a diversity problem? A benchmark to measure the demographics of the publ ..read more

Our Literacy team of former classroom educators develops teacher’s guides for each and every book we publish. That’s more than 900 free, high-quality resources, offering extensive teaching ideas, curricular connections, and activities that can be adapted to many different educational settings. We also bring our authors & illustrators into the process. Their feedback is vital to ensure that the content included is the best it can be. Check out their rave reviews, then download the guides to use with your readers! Fight Back by A. M. Dassu “Thank you so much for reading Fight Back and fo ..read more

Today, we are delighted to celebrate the release of Miles of Style: Eunice W. Johnson and the EBONY Fashion Fair, a chic biography about Eunice W. Johnson who brought elegant and contemporary fashion to Black America through the annual EBONY Fashion Fair! Eunice W. Johnson believed in the power of fashion and beauty to inspire people. After she and her husband, John H. Johnson, founded EBONY magazine, it quickly became the premiere lifestyle publication for mid-century Black readers. Among the many hats she wore, Eunice delighted in writing a fashion column describing the latest sty ..read more