Beth Mills Ella McKeen, Kickball Queen In her debut picture book, Beth Mills offers a pitch-perfect look at recess, friendship, and being a good sport. First grader Ella McKeen is the undisputed kickball queen until a new girl named Riya shows up—and shows her up at recess. How does Ella handle losing? By throwing herself on the…
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Carolrhoda Lab is is an imprint of the Lerner Publishing Group and dedicated to publishing unflinching, voice-driven narratives that enthrall and challenge teen readers. Carolrhoda Lab books examine teenage life from many different perspectives, allowing YA readers to explore new and surprising ways of thinking about themselves and the world around them. Tackling relevant issues...
Carolrhoda Books is an imprint of the Lerner Publishing Group. It has been publishing high-quality, award-winning books since 1969. The picture books spark children’s imaginations and offer new ways of looking at the world. The middle-grade books stand out not only for their quality, but also for the breadth of genres encompassed, from...
Misadventures of a Giant Pig at the National Library by Marta Azcona and Anna Font has won the VIII Premio Muestra del Libro Infantil y Juvenil – which is a children’s and young people’s book fair prize, awarded with the aim of highlighting both the intellectual and artistic work as well as the editorial work of…
Four books from our portfolio have been nominated for the 2025 German Children’s Literature Award: Burying Grandma (Oma verbuddeln) by Birgit Schössow Rainy Day (Regentag) by Jens Rassmus The Cucumber Squad (Die Gurkentruppe) by Leslie Niemöller & Liliane Oser On Yer Bike (Fahr Rad) by Ondřej Buddeus and Jindřich Janíček – For more…
We are thrilled to share the news that three books from our portfolio have been selected for the 100 Outstanding Picture Books 2025: Dream Days by Clara Thomasset On Yer Bike by Ondřej Buddeus & Jindřich Janíček Rainy Day by Jens Rassmus – click on the covers for details –
The Berlin illustrator Nadia Budde receives the Uwe Lüders Prize for Illustration Art in Children’s and Young Adult Books 2025 for her previous work and in particular for the illustration of The Band Nobody Knows (Die Band, die keiner kennt), Peter Hammer 2024. – click on the cover for further details – The Jury: ‘Nadia…
Jennifer Mason-Black Sometimes the Girl Eighteen-year-old Holiday needs to sort her life out. She’s still shaken from her brother’s recent suicide attempt; still pining over her ex, Maya; and still struggling to write again after a long dry spell. To earn enough money for a rebalancing trip with Maya, Holi gets a short-term job: organizing…
Emma K. Ohland Here Goes Nothing A fun yet thought-provoking modern reimagining of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Eighteen-year-old Beatrice has never been a fan of her neighbor Bennie, but when Beatrice’s beloved younger sister starts dating one of Bennie’s closest friends, Beatrice is drawn into their social circle. As Beatrice wrestles with increasingly confusing…
Lyn Miller-Lachmann Torch Three teens struggle to carve out futures for themselves under a totalitarian regime. Czechoslovakia, 1969 Seventeen-year-old Pavol has watched his country’s freedoms disappear in the wake of the Soviet Union’s invasion. He’s seen his own dreams disappear too. In a desperate, fatal act of protest against the oppressive new government, he sets…
Lyn Miller-Lachmann Eyes Open Portugal, 1967. Sónia thinks she knows what her future holds. She’ll become a poet, and together she and her artist boyfriend, Zé Miguel, will rise above the government restrictions that shape their lives. The restrictions on what Sónia can do and where she can go without a man’s permission. The restrictions…
Dr. Rebecca E. Hirsch & Eugenia Nobati A Deathly Compendium of Poisonous Plants – Wicked Weeds and Sinister Seeds “Should you encounter any of the plants in this book, do not treat them lightly. They can kill you. Or cause you unbearable agony. Or land you in jail. Consider yourself warned.” Explore the strange and…
Sandra Nickel & Il Sung Na Big Bear and Little Fish Friendship comes in all sizes Bear loves being big! At the carnival, Bear wants to win a teddy bear as big as she is. Instead, she gets a fish. A very little fish. Bear is so very big and Fish is so very small…
Sandra Nickel & Il Sung Na Bear’s Big Idea Every day that Bear and Fish spend together is a good day. Fish always has the perfect idea for what to do! One day, it’s Bear’s turn to make a plan. She promises Fish something BIG! But when Bear goes looking for her brand-new big idea,…