Lee & Low is a proud partner of WORDBridge Now, LLC℠, an organization that was founded to help its members learn, empathize, and increase civility and compassion for a more just world. WORDBridge Now℠ Membership provides live online author meetups designed to inspire and uplift, and several Lee & Low authors have presented as part ..read more

This Q&A with author David Anthony Durham and Owner & CEO of The Dandiest Life, LLC Elizabeth Mobley originally appeared on The Dandiest Life Blog. David’s second novel The Longest Night in Egypt is available wherever books are sold! David Anthony Durham was born in New York to a Caribbean family and raised up on the mid-Atlantic coast. He holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Maryland, and teaches at the Stonecoast MFA Program and the University of Nevada, Reno. He is the author of seven books for grown-ups. Elizabeth Anne Greer (Mobley), affectionately ..read more

In this Q&A, author Maham Khwaja and illustrator Daby Zainab Faidhi share the backstory of their upcoming picture book and its many themes, including displacement, resilience, and the meaning of home. The Home We Make will be available on October 8, 2024! Maham Khwaja is a Pakistani American writer and filmmaker. Maham has worked in feature film and network television production, as well as children’s programming, including Sim Sim Hamara (Pakistan’s Sesame Street). Currently, Maham is developing her first feature, Auntie Express, a story about a boisterous ..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

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

To celebrate a brilliant FIVE STARS FOR BREAKING TO THE BEAT! we chatted with debut author Linda J. Acevedo about her reaction to the news, the gorgeous art, her writing process, and more! Question 1: Congratulations on FIVE starred reviews for Breaking to the Beat!! How does it feel to have such a warm reception for your debut picture book? Linda J. Acevedo: This journey has been a group effort. I’m appreciative of all the hard work everyone put into the final product, launch, and ongoing support. The reviews are a shared win. I’m joyful we are all being celebrated. Question 2: What did yo ..read more

This essay by author Christy Hale originally appeared in the CABE 2023 Edition of Multilingual Educator. Christy is the author of Todos Iguales: Un corrido de Lemon Grove/All Equal: A Ballad of Lemon Grove. Her latest book, Copycat: Nature-Inspired Design Around the World, is available now! Photo credit: Jenna Cole. Christy Hale has illustrated numerous award-winning books for children, including Dreaming Up: A Celebration of Building and several other titles for Lee & Low Books. As an educator, Hale currently teaches picture book writing at the Academy of Art Uni ..read more

Throughout American history, Native people have been intentionally silenced; their stories set aside, hidden, or drowned out. That’s why it’s critical to read stories about Indigenous characters, told by Indigenous voices. Teaching Indigenous history is essential all year-round. Katie Potter, Senior Literacy Manager, and Elise McMullen-Ciotti, editor at Tu Books and proud citizen of the Cherokee Nation, discussed the historical and curricular applications behind two award-winning Indigenous titles from Lee & Low: The People Shall Continue by Simon J. Ortiz and illustrated by Sharol G ..read more

This guest post by David Bowles dives into the origin and usage of the terms Hispanic, Latinx, Latine, and others. It was originally posted to Medium in December 2018. David is the author of numerous books for young readers, including The Witch Owl Parliament (Clockwork Curandera #1). In his full post, David provides important historical and linguistic context for the below excerpt regarding terminology. Read it here. Let’s take stock of these two terms. Hispanic. You/your ancestors came from a Spanish-speaking country formerly belonging to the Hispanic Monarchy. Argentina, Cuba, Col ..read more

DAD IS READING TO INFANT, Photo by infant’s mother Eva Lin Fahey (author’s daughter) and with permission of father, Nick Floyd 2/22 This essay by author Jean Ciborowski Fahey, Ph. D. originally appeared in the CABE 2023 Edition of Multilingual Educator. Jean’s picture book I’ll Build You a Bookcase has been translated into Arabic, Mandarin, Spanish, and Vietnamese. Jean Ciborowski Fahey is an author, parent educator, and speaker dedicated to promoting an early love of reading in children. She also consults for a variety of literacy initiatives and organizations and creates home lite ..read more