Author-illustrator Maryam Khalifah’s debut LETTERS TO MOTHER EARTH, in which letters from all over the world are filled with imaginative, heartfelt wishes to help alleviate environmental issues in hopes of inspiring conversations of real change, to Sunita Apte at Reycraft, for publication in 2026, by Kaitlyn Sanchez at Bradford Literary Agency (world English).

Jolene Gutierrez and Minoru Tonai’s UNBREAKABLE: A JAPANESE AMERICAN FAMILY IN AN AMERICAN INCARCERATION CAMP, historical fiction picture with extensive back matter based on the experiences of Tonai, a Japanese American whose father was arrested by the FBI after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and whose family was imprisoned in an incarceration camp in Amache, Colorado, during World War II, illustrated by Chris Sasaki, to Meredith Mundy at Abrams Children’s, for publication in fall 2025, by Kaitlyn Sanchez at Bradford Literary Agency for the author, and by Kirsten Hall at Catbird Productions for the illustrator (world).

Author of FINDING PAPA and the forthcoming Words Between Us Angela Pham Krans’s ANOTHER WORD FOR NEIGHBOR, pitched in the vein of Up, which follows a boy and his budding—yet reluctant—relationship with his friendly and inquisitive young neighbors, illustrated by Phuong Thai, to Megan Ilnitzki at Harper Children’s, for publication in winter 2025, by Katherine Wessbecher at Bradford Literary Agency for the author, and by Christy Ewers at The CAT Agency for the illustrator (world).

Author-illustrator of THE DREAMS WE MADE Lisa Bentley’s I AM NOT YOUR HAT!, which follows two birds who always stick together until one pretends the other is his fabulous hat instead of his best friend, to Catherine Laudone at Paula Wiseman Books, in an exclusive submission, for publication in spring 2025, by Kaitlyn Sanchez at Bradford Literary Agency (world).