🎉Happy Harvey Milk Day!🏳️‍🌈 Harvey Milk was the first openly gay elected official in the U.S. His passion for equality has continued to inspire people to carry on his work today. 📚Learn more & check out our free teacher's guide for The Harvey Milk Story: leeandlowbooks.com/books/the-harvey-milk-story/

Are you looking for a conference where you can 💫meet industry leaders? 💫hone your craft with lessons taught by award winning authors? 💫connect with your communidad? Then the Latinx Storytellers conference is for you! Don't wait to sign up, early bird pricing ends in 10 days!

Unlock the secrets of publishing! 🗝️ This add-on experience at the Latinx Storytellers Conference takes you inside independent publisher Lee & Low headquarters to learn about author-publisher relationships, marketing strategies, and more. Transform your understanding of the industry!

Wondering if the Latinx Storytellers Conference is right for you? Don’t just take our word for it…see what real attendees experienced! Experience it for yourself! LINK IN BIO

📚Our New Voices Award writing contest is open for submissions! ✨Lee & Low is looking for unpublished authors of color or Indigenous/Native writers hoping to break into the publishing industry for the first time with their picture book manuscript. 💻Learn more: www.leeandlow.com/blog/new-voi...

Where is our humanity?

🎉 We're thrilled to have THREE Lee & Low titles included on Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of the 21st Century (So Far)!🎉 📚Learn more about these titles and access free, downloadable teacher's guides for each of them by visiting us at leeandlow.com!

🎨 Here’s an exclusive first look at our #StoriesSaveLives Art Auction — open to the public! All listings available to preview now! 📅 9:00 AM EST, April 7th - 9:00 PM EST, April 10th 🖼️ e.givesmart.com/events/EQl/i/

Excited to celebrate the publication of A SKY THAT SINGS (March 18)! Please enjoy this beautiful, high-flying picture book! @leeandlow.bsky.social @anitasanchezauthor.bsky.social

🏳️‍🌈 Meet Edie Windsor: a regular person who stood up for love! 📚 Our picture book biography, Edie for Equality: Edie Windsor Stands Up for Love releases on May 20, 2025 and is available for pre-order now! 💻 Learn more: www.leeandlow.com/books/edie-f...

🏳️‍⚧️While today is a great day to support transgender folks for Trans Day of Visibility, we'd like to encourage you to celebrate & support trans folks EVERY DAY. Learn about the 3 incredible young folks featured in this post in our upcoming title, Generation Queer: leeandlow.com/books/generation-queer

Are we in the Bad Place? It feels like we are in the Bad Place.

Releases May 20! 💕

Check out this book trailer for our new book EDIE FOR EQUALITY: EDIE WINDSOR STANDS UP FOR LOVE @leeandlow.bsky.social, illustrated by #CherylThuesday. Pre-order your copy! Support books about queer history & history-makers. Book trailer by Ruby Beckerman. #lgbtqpride #lgbtqrights #marriageequality

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Small & independent presses are publishers that function on a smaller scale than traditional publishing houses and imprints. They publish less books per year, have limited resources compared to Big 5 publishers, and often focus on specialized or niche genres/publications. Check these presses out ⬇️

March is #SmallPressMonth, so we’re sharing some small and indie presses that are committed to publishing diverse stories from marginalized authors and perspectives! 🧵

🚨NEW🚨: Donald Trump is attempting to strip away federal support for libraries. We will NOT let that happen. Last night the President signed an order to gut the Institute of Museum & Library Services. But together, we know we can show up & defeat it. Full EO: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

March is Indie Press Month! Lee & Low is proud to be an independent publisher that began in 1991 with a simple mission: publish beautiful books about everyone, for everyone. We hope you continue to support our mission so our authors' & illustrators' stories can be shared with readers who need them!

Looking to break into the publishing industry with a summer internship? The 2025 WNDB Internship Grant application is now officially OPEN! 🥳📚 💻 bit.ly/InternshipGrants2025 📅 March 1st - April 30th, 2025 (closing at 12 AM PST)

🎉We're thrilled to release our new & improved Bebop Books® Catalog featuring an exciting new offering: the Drumbeat Decodable Book Collection published in collaboration with Indigenous Education Press! 📚Learn more: www.leeandlow.com/blog/new-beb...

Guess who's back? Back again? Tell a friend! Stay tuned to learn how your favorite Latinx Storytellers Conference is bringing you MORE! 💫More Community 💫More Craft 💫More Industry Access[ Subscribe: buff.ly/4h5zGyS And 👀 this space. Sept. 12-13, NYC

Catcher in the Rye—all still true for me.

Join the #economicblackout. ➡️Here are more upcoming blackout weeks E*%lon is making $8M a day, while the GOP is trying to slash Medicare, Medicaid & more. #resist #sharewidely

just gonna be the thousandth person to remind you all that segregationists start the open bigotry with people they feel they can target most easily but do not end there

🎉March is Women's History Month! Which books will you be reading to celebrate? Check out our recommendations here: www.instagram.com/p/DGlvFknxcp... 📚Visit leeandlow.com to access free, downloadable teacher's guides for each of these titles!

Edie for Equality is a biography picture book that tells the inspiring story of Edie Windsor and her courageous fight for marriage equality. Written by Michael Genhart and illustrated by me and published by @leeandlow Officially releasing on May 20, 2025. Pre-order link in bio. #kidlit #picturebook

💞To celebrate Valentine's Day, we're sharing a few books that radiate love in various ways! Check them out here: www.instagram.com/p/DGEIbtzxHpe/ 📚Do you see any favorites? Are you sharing books with your loved ones this Valentine's Day? #leeandlowbooks #abouteveryoneforeveryone

🎉Thank you to all who joined us for our most recent webinar, The Power of Connection, Community & Civics in Children’s Books! 📚Watch a full recording, learn more about the webinar's featured titles, and access our free & downloadable educator resources: www.leeandlow.com/blog/watch-t...

🎉 Lee & Low Books is celebrating 50 years of Children's Book Press! 💻Visit leeandlow.com & use discount code CBP50 at checkout through Feb. 28, 2025 for 25% off any Children's Book Press titles!

✨February is Black History Month! Remember: celebrating the accomplishments & contributions made by Black folks is important, but it’s ALSO important to remember that Black history is American history & should be celebrated and taught ALL. YEAR. LONG. 📚Learn more: www.instagram.com/p/DFgNt08v0E...