Tomo Explores the World by author-illustrator Trevor Lai, the founder of UP Studios, a leading animation studio in China, has a three-book deal. The picture book series is about a young inventor who, with the help of his best friend and dog, sets out to complete the unfinished tasks in his great grandfather’s… Read More February Book Deals

title: Building a New Land: African Americans in Colonial America authors: James Haskins and Kathleen Benson illustrator: James Ransome date: Amistad/Harper Collins 2001 middle grade non-fiction Building a New Land is a nonfiction book about the development of enslavement in the original colonies. The book begins with the history of Africans in the Americas and… Read More book review: Building A New Land