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What is Chinese New Year?
This Sunday is Chinese New Year and that means firecrackers, food, and family! You can greet someone by saying Gong Xi Fa Cai (Mandarin) or Gung hay fat choy (Cantonese), which means “wishing you...
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Meet Our New Visions Finalists
Last month we announced the finalists of our first New Visions Award, a new writing award for a debut author of color for a middle grade or young adult science fiction, fantasy, or mystery novel. Over...
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Meet Our New Visions Finalists, Part II
Last month we announced the finalists of our first New Visions Award, a new writing award for a debut author of color for a middle grade or young adult science fiction, fantasy, or mystery novel. Over...
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The Origins of the Coretta Scott King Award
In this guest post, Dr. Henrietta M. Smith, Professor Emerita and the first African-American professor at the University of South Florida, School of Information shares her memories of how the Coretta...
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Meet Our New Visions Finalists, Part III
Last month we announced the finalists of our first New Visions Award, a new writing award for a debut author of color for a middle grade or young adult science fiction, fantasy, or mystery novel. Over...
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Black History Month: Why Remember Bill Traylor?
Everyone knows Frederick Douglass and Martin Luther King, Jr., but there are many other African Americans who have contributed to the rich fabric of our country but whose names have fallen through the...
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Meet Our New Visions Finalists, Part IV
In January we announced the finalists of our first New Visions Award, a new writing award for a debut author of color for a middle grade or young adult science fiction, fantasy, or mystery novel. Over...
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Meet Our New Visions Finalists, Part V: Diversity in Genre Fiction
In January we announced the finalists of our first New Visions Award, a new writing award for a debut author of color for a middle grade or young adult science fiction, fantasy, or mystery novel. Over...
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Spring into Multicultural Children’s Books!
While it may not feel like it, today is the first day of spring! We’re very excited for our forthcoming spring titles, which you can check out here. To kick off the spring season, here’s an image and...
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Anna May Wong and Women of Color in Hollywood Today
Continuing our entries for Women’s History Month, we asked the talented writer and producer Paula Yoo (author of Shining Star: The Anna May Wong Story, Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee...
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The Only Book in the House
In light of our recent grant from First Book we decided to ask our authors to reflect on the idea of receiving one’s very first book. Guest blogger, author Joseph Bruchac talks about the influence...
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Growing Up without Books: Discovering DeShawn
In light of our grant from First Book we asked our authors to reflect on why diverse books are important. Guest blogger, author/poet Tony Medina talks about growing up in the projects without books and...
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Book-Hungry Hands: A guest post by Pat Mora
Our recent grant from First Book prompted us to ask our authors to reflect on why diverse books are important. Guest blogger, author/poet Pat Mora, talks about witnessing the special connection...
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Shana Mlawski’s Blog Tour: Being a writer/reviewer, writing about rape, & more
To celebrate the release of her book Hammer of Witches, author Shana Mlawski is doing a blog tour from today until May 16! For all you Shana groupies out there, her schedule is below. Whether or not...
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The Gift of Hope: Guadalupe Garcia McCall on first books
Our recent grant from First Book inspired us to ask our authors about the crucial role multicultural books play in children’s lives. Guest blogger, author/poet Guadalupe Garcia McCall, reveals how the...
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The Inspiration Behind the Artwork: World Travel
Our new picture book How Far Do You Love Me? takes readers on a trip around the world with illustrations of children and their loved ones. Here’s a fun fact: author and illustrator Lulu Delacre has...
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10 Great Resources for Teaching About Racism
It’s been 59 years since Brown vs. Board of Education overturned the “separate but equal” doctrine in schools, but that doesn’t mean discrimination has disappeared from the classroom. Teaching children...
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Remembering My Grandfather on Memorial Day
To be honest, I don’t usually think very much about Memorial Day. It was designated by the federal government as a national holiday to remember Americans killed while in the military service, but most...
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New Voices Award Winners: “How I Started Writing”
This year marks our 14th annual New Voices Award writing contest. Every year, LEE & LOW BOOKS gives the New Voices Award to a debut author of color for a picture book manuscript. Did you know that...
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ALA Book Buzz: A Conversation with Two Multicultural Publishers
If you’ll be at ALA in Chicago this year, please join Lee & Low Books and Cinco Puntos Press for a special ALA Book Buzz session on Monday morning: Jason Low, Publisher, Lee & Low Books Lee...
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