🎶 COVER REVEAL! 🎶 WNDB is thrilled to help Yamile Saied Méndez reveal the cover for her next YA book, HEAR YE MORTALS, forthcoming from Levine Querido on May 5th, 2026! 🎨 Cover illustration by Victor Bizar Gómez 🎸 bit.ly/HearYeMortals

My latest graphic novel, Flip, is out tomorrow! ✨

🎉📚Now available📚 🎉 The full content of our 2025 festival is now available for all your classroom needs. Now with an easy and convenient format that allows you to select content by age and panel type. Make sure to check it out! Link in bio. 🔗 #lkbf2025 #EducatorResources #LKBF25

$1346 to make this happen, BY TOMORROW help the African Translation Project! ko-fi.com/africantrans...

It’s always a good day to draw Kamala Khan. Did the cover for the upcoming Ms. Marvel novel!

richincolor.com/2025/09/revi... #booksky #yalit

Breaking Through the Historical Walls of Silence, a post by Pablo Leon To echo Guatemalan Archbishop Gerardi’s words, “Knowing the truth is painful, but liberating. Without it, the scars will never heal.” teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/09/18/b... @tltkaren.bsky.social @artsypabster.bsky.social

For #SapphicSeptember Cold Steel! Buy links: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/cold-steel... books2read.com/u/brxNnW

HAPPY RELEASE DAY CESAR!!! Woke up late but had to do a little photo shoot to celebrate release day! The Golden Boy’s Guide to Bipolar is finally out in the world and I couldn’t be more proud 🥰

We have eight books for you this week! Which ones will you be checking out? richincolor.com/2025/09/new-...

Call Me Emma is a young adult graphic novel memoir about identity, family, art, and more. Check out our review here richincolor.com/2025/09/revi... #booksky

Today marks the first day of #LatineHeritageMonth! We’ve put together a (non-comprehensive) reading guide to help grow your TBR this Latine Heritage Month – and beyond!

We'll be reviewing Call Me Emma by Makee on the blog tomorrow. Meanwhile, here is the trailer for this newish YA #graphicnovel memoir from @streetnoisebooks.bsky.social. youtu.be/ZK9vNNxrops?... #bookstagram

🎉We're less than 3 days away from the start of Latine Heritage Month! Today we're sharing a few middle grade and young adult books that will help you celebrate.🎉 ✨Visit our blog for Latine Heritage Month resources you can use this month and all year long! www.leeandlow.com/blog/latine-...

Check out the Retelling Classics & Fairy tales workshop with Hailey Alcaraz and Sandra Proudman now available on our YouTube channel. As they discuss how to effectively retell a story. Ideal for 13-18 educators. 📚 For more, explore the full schedule at latinxkidlitbookfestival.org/2025-festival

📚From Sept 8–14, when you buy books from Lee & Low Books, 50% of proceeds support Worldreader. Shop books today: www.leeandlow.com?coupon-code=...

SILENCED VOICES by @artsypabster.bsky.social is a great tool to teach the history of Guatemala and start important conversations about global politics. Librarian and educator @juliaerin80.bsky.social has written a blog post on how you can use this book in classrooms and libraries: bit.ly/46bzoTV 📚

Hooray and congrats to all the National Book Awards Longlist Authors for Young People's Literature!!!! www.nationalbook.org/2025-nationa... @nationalbook.bsky.social

Pick up a copy of HOW THE WORD IS PASSED (ADAPTED FOR YOUNG READERS) when it comes out September 30: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/clint...

Author @clintsmithiii.bsky.social joined @zinnedproject.bsky.social to talk about the new young readers edition of HOW THE WORD IS PASSED (adapted by @sonjacherrypaul.bsky.social). Listen to an excerpt here and watch the full session at the link below. www.zinnedproject.org/news/how-the...

#DVpit 2025 is coming up! 🎉And we have over 70 agents & editors committed to participate in this pitch event for marginalized creators!🎉 ✍️Polish up those pitches before October 8, 2025 🔗And go to dvpit.carrd.co for more info #writersky #authorsky #booksky

An Embroidery of Souls, Split the Sky, and Blood Moon were released today richincolor.com/2025/09/new-... #booksky #yalit

Are you a marginalized author (or the editor/agent/publicist of one) who has a trad pub YA or adult SFF/H book coming out Sept 2025 - March 2026? This book critic wants to know about it! Small press strongly encouraged. bookjockeyalex.com/contact/

🔔 The third author panel in our “Magic Stories are for Everyone” series is officially available to stream on YouTube starting today! ✨ bit.ly/MagicStories3

please help us spread the word about this mentorship opportunity for writers of color & share it with anyone you think might be interested!

Join YABC for an #authorinterview with Khadijah VanBrakle about #new #YAlit MY PERFECT FAMILY! yabookscentral.com/interview-wi... #BlackMuslimWomen #contemporaryYA #intergenerational

#YAlit #bookreview ROSA BY ANY OTHER NAME is at YABC! yabookscentral.com/ya-review-ro... #Historicalfiction #starcrossedlovers #hope #friendship

Listen Back: Adib Khorram shares DARIUS THE GREAT IS NOT OKAY. In Adib’s debut novel we meet Darius, a nerdy, overweight, Iranian-American boy who you will love deeply from the outset. www.matthewcwinner.com/post/listen-... 📚👍🏽 #mglit #yalit #ChildrensBkPod @adibkhorram.bsky.social

yikes! I need to get my ARC read and reviewed! 4weeks #librarians #yalit #weneeddiversebooks #blackhistoryisamericanhistory #stopbookbans

Joanne Yi’s All the Tomorrows After is emotional YA read bit.ly/45Mv9hq #yalit

Abigail Hing Wen talks about her bestselling romance series, her newest AI-inspired middle grade, and the power of writing effective relationships for teen readers on the YALSA Hub. #yalit

Really liked this one - queer romance about two girls from the Bangladeshi community in Dublin. Well worth getting into your YA library #books #kidlit #YAlit #schoollibraries

The month of September has a lot of great book releases as you can see on our calendar richincolor.com/release-cale..., but wow September 30th is pretty astounding. #yalit #youngadult #newreleases

An excerpt from the graphic novel CHAMPION by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with Raymond Obstfeld and illustrated by Ed Laroche Get a sneak peek at CHAMPION, which comes out on September 2. teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/08/29/a... @tltkaren.bsky.social

Pamela N. Harris talked with us about her latest book Through Our Teeth — richincolor.com/2025/09/q-a-... #yalit It’s a compelling thriller you’ll want to grab when it’s released on Sept. 16.

Fun book trailer for Good Old-Fashioned Korean Spirit by Kim Hyun Sook and Ryan Estrada via the Latinx Kidlit Festival youtu.be/tCEXv-9ctFs?...

Black to school book list for your teens: pearlsandrubys.slj.com/2025/08/24/b...

Black to School reading for teens: pearlsandrubys.slj.com/2025/08/30/b...

Let's get those teens reading for some real learning this fall pearlsandrubys.slj.com/2025/08/26/b...

Starting tomorrow! @latinxkidlitbf.bsky.social pearlsandrubys.slj.com/2025/08/31/l...

📣⚡️Schedule has dropped !!📣 Calling all educators, librarians and Latinx kid-lit fans to check out our full schedule of events. Plan ahead! The schedule is packed with learning opportunities and talks from your favorite industry professionals.

📣📖NEW BOOK DEAL ANNOUNCEMENT📣📖 GODS & COMICS--about a girl whose viral webcomic inadvertently brings back the Korean gods--comes out Spring 2026 with Penguin! 🤴👸hot teenage gods 👹🌩🌊mythological monster 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩lgbtq secondary romance 🐶derpy Korean mythology creature sidekick! #booksky #bookannouncement

More #bookrecommendations if you loved K-Pop Demon Hunters. All books by amazing Korean authors: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Speculative, K-Pop Themed #kpopdemonhunters

If you loved K-Pop Demon Hunters, here are book recommendations by amazing Korean authors: K-Pop Themed, High Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Contemporary, MG Fantasy, Mythology. #kpopdemonhunters #bookrecommendation

Sorry I had to 😅 My bad Photoshop skills strike again! #kpopdemonhunters style this time! www.instagram.com/p/DL5FwihAR8...

In a time where support for diverse books feels like it's waning, we wanted to bring back a way to create community & support. It's amazing to see so many rallying to participate in a pitch event far marginalized voices in trad pub! Marginalized creators, join us on 10.08.25 at #DVpit! #writersky

☀️COVER REVEAL for Gods & Comics☀️ 🎨 by Robin Har I am obsessed with this beautiful cover for GODS & COMICS! The comic panels, Grace reaching for Haemosu as he comes alive! It's everything I could have dreamed of! #GodsAndComics #booksky @penguinteen.bsky.social 🔗: www.katchowrites.com/gods-comics

It’s official—All the Tomorrows After by Joanne Yi is not only an Indies Introduce, it’s also an Indies Next Pick! I am so grateful for all the Indie love for this gorgeous book 🥰

ALL THE TOMORROWS OFTEN by Joanne Yi is about a Korean American teen navigating grief and first love, launches from Atheneum BFYR Aug. 19, 2025. Starred ⭐ Kirkus review, Summer/Fall 2025 Indies Introduce Selection. I must seek out a copy! #YALit #EduSky

How Chloe Gong and Alex Aster Inspired Dustin Thao’s New Book: Exclusive Excerpt! https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/94047/ NEED TO KNOW Author Dustin Thao is revisiting Oliver, a fan-favorite character from his 2021 bestseller You’ve Reached…