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Our Most-Anticipated Books of 2022
Astra Publishing House has a lot of great books coming in 2022. Here are our most anticipated book releases... Read More
Time-Traveling with Clara Barton and Illustrator Christopher Cyr
A guest post peeking into illustrator Christopher Cyr‘s process of creating the stunning art in To the Front!, a new historical nonfiction picture book featuring the biography of nurse Clara Barton, founder of the Red Cross. There are a lot of small details in an illustration. Like puzzle pieces, they all come together to create... Read More
Sunflowers for Loujain: Using Picture Books to Tell the Stories of Human Rights Defenders
A guest post by Lina AlHathloul and Uma Mishra-Newbery As human rights activists and co-authors of Loujain Dreams of Sunflowers: A Story Inspired by Loujain AlHathloul, we have been asked many times why we decided to write a children’s picture book instead of a nonfiction biography about our inspiring hero Loujain AlHathloul. Who is Loujain... Read More
“Why Garfield?” by Author Gail Jarrow
Why did I choose to write about James Garfield’s assassination? Many people have asked me this question since the October 2021 publication... Read More
An Open Letter to School and Library Districts – Please Stop Censoring Books
It has been brought to my attention that some people have asked you to remove books from your classrooms and libraries... Read More
19 Poetry Books for Children! National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month, and we’re so proud to share these 19 poetry books for children. There’s a poem in each collection for every... Read More
24 Picture Books that Celebrate Women’s History
March is Women’s History Month and we are so excited to share the little-known stories of American women all month long. Each book on this list tells... Read More
Read an Excerpt of The Town of Babylon
Chapter 3: Italian Restaurants I am unsettled by the past. Not a generalized, conceptual, or theoretical past, but three very real and specific events. All of them, deaths. All murders, of a sort. The first was undeniable, even if it remains unpunished and its perpetrator, Paul, at large, and possibly present at this reunion. The... Read More
TOON Books joins Astra Publishing House
Before Dolly Parton became the famous singer we know today, she was simply a little girl with a big voice. We're celebrating Dolly with... Read More
Five Dolly Parton Facts You May Not Know
Before Dolly Parton became the famous singer we know today, she was simply a little girl with a big voice. We're celebrating Dolly with... Read More