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Kelly Sonnack (like "Sonic") @ksonnack.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

I'm over the moon to see that LIFE AFTER WHALE won the Sibert Medal! I fell in love with this manuscript years ago and still get teary each time I read it. Bravo Lynn Brunelle and @jasonchin.bsky.social - this book is such a beauty. So deserving!

Cover of book LIFE AFTER WHALE which depicts a blue whale swimming from beneath the surface alongside a school of fish.

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Kelly Sonnack (like "Sonic") @ksonnack.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Steve Watkins and I have worked together for 18 years. His first book for kids was the first novel I ever sold and his 13th comes out today- an explosive historical novel about the wolf children who fought for their survival in WW2. The feeling is mutual, Steve. The honor has been all mine. 😭💕

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Kelly Sonnack (like "Sonic") @ksonnack.bsky.social · 13/08/2024

TROOP ESME publishes today! Soooo excited for this 2nd installment starring one of the spunkiest chapter book heroines out there. These books are SO FUN. Words by Lourdes Heuer, art by Marissa Valdez. (A client match made in heaven, if I do say so myself!) @lourdesheuer.bsky.social

Book cover of TROOP ESME written by Lourdes Heuer, illustrated by Marissa Valdez. Cover shows Esme, the main character, wearing glasses and with binoculars in her hand, pointing up in the air with enthusiasm. On her right is a cat dressed in a scout vest and holding flags, with a whistle in its mouth. On Esme's left is a boy wearing glasses and with a scout sash on with lots of badges. He looks surprised/unsure.

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Kelly Sonnack (like "Sonic") @ksonnack.bsky.social · 08/08/2024

WHO'S IN CHARGE publishes this week and it is THE book you want in your home to reinforce your kids' right to set their own boundaries, take charge of their bodies, voices and choices! Marissa's art is on another level in this one! Annnnnnd there's a song! www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLs0...

Cover image of picture book I'M IN CHARGE by Stephanie Allain & Jenny Klion, illustrated by Marissa Valdez. The cover shows a racially and ability diverse group of children on a hilltop who have exuberant body language. There is a rainbow background. Art is done in textured colored pencil.

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Kelly Sonnack (like "Sonic") @ksonnack.bsky.social · 24/07/2024

It's a bird, it's a plane, no, it's a BOOK about blasting off into space. 🚀👩‍🚀 Ashlyn's art is amazing - you're gonna love this one! @hunderdown.bsky.social @kane-press.bsky.social

Screenshot of deal announcement: Harold Underdown at Kane press has acquired world rights to GET READY TO BLAST OFF by Frieda Wishinsky, illustrated by Ashlyn Anstee, in which a woman prepares for astronaut tryouts and trains for a journey to space, with her young daughter by her side, kicking off in the 3, 2, 1, Space! series. Publication is set for fall 2025; the author represented herself and Kelly Sonnack at the Andrea Brown Literary Agency represented the illustrator.
Headshots of Frieda and Ashlyn are included.

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Kelly Sonnack (like "Sonic") @ksonnack.bsky.social · 17/07/2024

Wishing this spunky, sweet book a (belated) Happy Pub Day! BIJAN ALWAYS is about a kid who wins everything. He's the winner at drawing, at dinosaurs, and even lunch. But, you guessed it, that doesn't make him everyone's fave playmate and Bijan comes to realize that maybe friendship can't be "won." 🦖

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Kelly Sonnack (like "Sonic") @ksonnack.bsky.social · 02/07/2024

Happy Book Birthday to CAMPINGLAND!!! This hilarious book has a super fun National-Lampoon's-Vacation vibe to it. It's a perfect summer read! ☀️ 🏕️ Congrats James and Ame! @jamesburks.bsky.social @amedyckman.bsky.social

cover of CAMPINGLAND - a family sits enthusiastically in a canoe moving through an outdoor landscape. on closer inspection, the is running on wheels along a rail and the landscape is artificial

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Kelly Sonnack (like "Sonic") @ksonnack.bsky.social · 12/06/2024

And it's finally out! Happy Birthday to Lynn Brunelle's LIFE AFTER WHALE which has received ⭐⭐FIVE starred reviews⭐⭐⭐ so far. With illustrations by the amazing Jason Chin, this is a book you will pore over!

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Kelly Sonnack (like "Sonic") @ksonnack.bsky.social · 12/06/2024

Wishing a belated birthday to 2 special books! Happy Birthday to the 2nd book in the INSIDE SCOUTS series: THE BRAVE GIRAFFE in which Sanjay and Viv travel into the gut to help fix giraffe's tummy troubles! This series is illustrated by Francesca Mahaney (with words by Mitali Banerjee Ruths). 💛💛💛

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Kelly Sonnack (like "Sonic") @ksonnack.bsky.social · 12/06/2024

My auction item is live for the #auctionforchange2024. Please share!! givebutter.com/c/MsVK8X/auc...

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Kelly Sonnack (like "Sonic") @ksonnack.bsky.social · 11/04/2024

Starred reviews pouring in for LIFE AFTER WHALE 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩: ★ “Brunelle’s prose is both lucid and poetic, while Caldecott-winning illustrator Chin depicts all of these changes in precise but lyrical ways. . . Grand and engrossing. “—Kirkus

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Kelly Sonnack (like "Sonic") @ksonnack.bsky.social · 11/04/2024

I was out last week and didn't get to celebrate two new books bursting into the world. Without further ado: Happy Publication to SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE AN OAK, a book that explores the beauty and personality of trees through lyrical poetry. Congrats Danielle! houseofanansi.com/products/som...

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Kelly Sonnack (like "Sonic") @ksonnack.bsky.social · 11/04/2024

And another poetry book but one of the gross variety... Happy Publication to HAIKU EW: Celebrating the Disgusting Side of Nature. This book had my youngest in stitches (with lots of "ewww" remarks). How can gross science be SO FUN. Congrats Lynn!! lernerbooks.com/shop/show/23...

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Kelly Sonnack (like "Sonic") @ksonnack.bsky.social · 28/03/2024

Three cheers!!! 🌟🌟🌟 Marissa and Meena are back again for another book in the Ambitious Girl lineup!

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Kelly Sonnack (like "Sonic") @ksonnack.bsky.social · 28/03/2024

Picture book announcement time! Congrats Gina - this is going to be such a fun summer "camp" book for families!

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Kelly Sonnack (like "Sonic") @ksonnack.bsky.social · 28/03/2024

And a belated Happy Pub Day to this beautiful book too! It's a story about, "finding your footing, facing your fears, and discovering the lion-like roar within." www.beamingbooks.com/store/produc...

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Kelly Sonnack (like "Sonic") @ksonnack.bsky.social · 19/03/2024

What's that? A new book series by James Burks? WOOOOOOO! 🤩 @jamesburks.bsky.social

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Kelly Sonnack (like "Sonic") @ksonnack.bsky.social · 13/03/2024

⚠️✨Deal alert!! ⚠️ ✨ This is going to be a particularly edgy and fun poetry book. Congrats David!

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Kelly Sonnack (like "Sonic") @ksonnack.bsky.social · 12/03/2024

Happy Book Birthday to this very special book - an affirming picture book about two household family and enduring love. Congrats, Jess! www.harpercollins.com/products/two...

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Kelly Sonnack (like "Sonic") @ksonnack.bsky.social · 08/03/2024

It's a ⭐ for I'M AFRAID, SAID THE LEAF by Danielle Daniel, illustrated by Matt James! "Every worry is addressed and every need is met in this eloquent portrait of the interconnectedness of the living world." www.publishersweekly.com/978177488070...

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Kelly Sonnack (like "Sonic") @ksonnack.bsky.social · 08/12/2023

Feeling merry about the 5 weeks that Alastair Heim's sequel to the Grinch has been on the NYT list 🎄

snapshot of the number nine spot on the NYT bestseller list, including the cover of How the Grinch Lost Christmas

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