I Paint My World is illustrated by Susan Gal. The art, rendered in acrylic, watercolor, pencil, and ink, is bold with expressive brushstrokes.

Tonya Engel illustrated Wade Hudson's What Shall We Tell You?, a picture book poem empowering children to face life's challenges with courage.

Evgenia Penman illustrated lyrical picture book and Forward INDIES winner Bringing The Beach Home by Laura Atkins.

Brian Britigan’s illustration is often focused on LGBTQ+ issues and identity, often drawing from his own experience as a member of the LGBTQ+ community.

Yes, the title of this post borrows from this gloriously AWEsome picture book (published March 3, 2026 by Scholastic Press), but I totally couldn’t resist! Both a visual treat (thank you, Sus…

Illustrated by Susan Gal and published by Scholastic, Awe! explores A. W. E., an Awesome Wondrous Empowering emotion!

Writing Towards Justice is a nonfiction picture book about Alice A. Dunnigan from author and illustrator Peggy Thomas and Tonya Engel.

Illustrated by Tonya Engel, Sweet, Sweet Memory is about a young girls experience with death and memories.

As someone with cerebral palsy who runs a lab to help others with cerebral palsy, Dr. Kathleen Friel is rewriting the rules, defying expectations, and opening up new possibilities for herself and others. Rewriting the Rules: How Dr. Kathleen Friel Created New Possibilities for Brain Research and Disability is the incredible true story of how a determined scientist rewrote the rules and followed her dreams.

This summer may have gone by fast, but it sure was eventful. Catch up on the latest news from Morgan Gaynin before we celebrate the last long weekend of the season.

In Before I Lived Here, illustrated by Victo Ngai, a boy peels away each layer of the history of the land his house sits on.