Hi everyone! Here are the books I referenced during my keynote at the Children’s Book Academy’s Kidlitpalooza 2022.
Available to purchase/order/preorder from your favorite local indie bookstore!
| Age Category | Book Title | Author | Publisher | Released |
| Picture Book | Julián Is A Mermaid | Jessica Love | Candlewick | 2018 |
| Picture Book | Call Me Max | Kyle Lukoff (illus. Luciano Lozano) |
Reycraft Books | 2019 |
| Picture Book | When Aidan Became A Brother | Kyle Lukoff (illus. Kaylani Juanita) |
Lee & Low | 2019 |
| Picture Book | The Meaning of Pride | Rosiee Thor (illus. Sam Kirk) |
Versify | 2022 |
| Middle Grade | Melissa | Alex Gino | Scholastic Inc. | 2015 |
| Middle Grade | Star-Crossed | Barbara Dee | Aladdin | 2017 |
| Middle Grade | Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World | Ashley Herring Blake | Little, Brown BFYR | 2018 |
| Middle Grade | Hurricane Child | Kacen Callender | Scholastic | 2018 |
| Middle Grade | Hurricane Season | Nicole Melleby | Algonquin Young Readers |
2019 |
| Middle Grade | In The Role of Brie Hutchens … |
Nicole Melleby | Algonquin Young Readers |
2020 |
| Middle Grade | Hazel Bly And The Deep Blue Sea | Ashley Herring Blake | Little, Brown BFYR | 2021 |
| Middle Grade | How To Become A Planet |
Nicole Melleby | Algonquin Young Readers |
2021 |
| Middle Grade | This Is Our Rainbow: 16 Stories of Her, Him, Them, And Us | Katherine Locke & Nicole Melleby (editors) |
Knopf BFYR | 2021 |
| Middle Grade | A Touch Of Ruckus | Ash Van Otterloo | Scholastic Press | 2021 |
| Middle Grade | The Science Of Being Angry |
Nicole Melleby | Algonquin Young Readers |
2022 |
| Middle Grade | Sir Callie And The Champions of Helston | Esme Symes-Smith | Labyrinth Road | 2022 (Nov. 8) |
| Middle Grade | The Best Liars In Riverview | Lin Thompson | Little, Brown BFYR | 2022 |
| Middle Grade | Skating On Mars | Caroline Huntoon | Feiwel & Friends | 2023 (May 30) |
| Middle Grade | The Otherwoods | Justine Pucella Winans | Bloomsbury | 2023 (Fall) |
| Middle Grade | Jude Saves The World | Ronnie Riley | Scholastic Press | 2023 (Apr. 18) |
| Young Adult | Ash | Malinda Lo | Little, Brown BFYR | 2009 |