Category Archives: Book News

Out TODAY: Awakening and Hammer of Witches!

April 9, 2013 – 12:37 pm

Tu Books is excited to announce the release of our two new spring titles: AWAKENING by Karen Sandler, and HAMMER OF WITCHES, by Shana Mlawski.

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First Book, Stories for All Project Chooses LEE & LOW

March 13, 2013 – 11:15 am

In a groundbreaking announcement, First Book, a non-profit social enterprise launched the Stories for All project. The project’s aim is to introduce a significant number of multicultural books into the hands of low-income children. LEE & LOW was chosen as one of two publishers to be a part of this endeavor and receive a $500,000 award.

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Hurricane Sandy Update: We’re Here

November 5, 2012 – 4:53 pm

Hi all, just a quick note to let you know everything’s back up and running here at the Lee & Low offices following last week’s blackout. We were very lucky: not only is our office building okay, but no one on the Lee & Low staff suffered any real damage – just a few days […]

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Out today: DIVERSE ENERGIES

October 18, 2012 – 12:42 pm

Today marks the release of Diverse Energies, our new YA dystopian anthology! It features stories from some of today’s best speculative fiction authors, including Ursula K. Le Guin, Paolo Bacigalupi, Cindy Pon, Malinda Lo, and many more. “This sophisticated science-fiction anthology is diverse in nearly every sense of the word. . . . Careful, curious […]

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Cover reveal: DIVERSE ENERGIES

July 17, 2012 – 12:00 pm

For a long time we’ve been talking about our upcoming anthology, Diverse Energies, and I am thrilled to be able to share the cover with all of you at last! Diverse Energies is a YA anthology of dystopian stories with a focus on diversity, and features stories by several award-winning speculative fiction writers including Ursula […]

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Come See Our Authors at TLA!

April 17, 2012 – 6:03 pm

We won’t be at the Texas Library Association annual conference this week, but if you’ll be there you can still connect with two fantastic Lee & Low authors! Don Tate, author of It Jes’ Happened and illustrator of books like Summer Sun Risin’, will be a keynote speaker at the Black Caucus Roundtable (April 19, […]

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First Look: an excerpt from Guadalupe Garcia McCall’s ‘Summer of the Mariposas’

April 10, 2012 – 5:27 pm

Today is National Siblings Day, so we thought it would be the perfect time to share a sneak peek of one of our most highly anticipated upcoming books: Morris finalist and Belpré winner Guadalupe Garcia McCall’s Summer of the Mariposas!  Out in fall 2012 from our Tu Books imprint, Summer of the Mariposas is a […]

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Play Ball! Baseball Stats for William “Dummy” Hoy

April 5, 2012 – 5:49 pm

Happy Baseball Season, readers! As Major League Baseball is gearing up for another rousing year, Lee & Low is releasing a picture book biography about a little talked about baseball legend who made a powerful impact. William “Dummy” Hoy was a talented player with a standout record who made an immense impact on the way […]

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Guadalupe Garcia McCall thanks the committee…

February 3, 2012 – 2:36 pm

Under the Mesquite author Guadalupe Garcia McCall thanks the William C. Morris and Pura Belpre award committees that honored her book, along with readers: Here’s one of my very favorite parts of Guadalupe’s Morris Ceremony speech at the American Library Association Midwinter Conference: I realized that I had to write not to be published, but […]

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BIG news: We’ve acquired Children’s Book Press

January 26, 2012 – 5:07 pm

We’ve got some exciting news to share: LEE & LOW BOOKS has acquired multicultural children’s book publisher Children’s Book Press. From the press release: January 26, 2012—Continuing to expand despite a difficult economy, LEE & LOW BOOKS, an independent publisher of high quality books for children that focuses on diversity, announced today that it has […]

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