Naseem Hrab's STICK BUG RULES, about a bunch of hide-and-seek loving stick bugs and the one outlier in the bunch who hates playing by the rules; HOW TO BE BRAVE LIKE A SNAIL, book three in the Snail & Stump series, for publication in fall 2024; and OTIS & PEANUT FIND A WAY, book three in the Otis & Peanut series, for publication in spring 2025, all illustrated by KellyCollier, to Karen Boersma at Owl Kids, with Jennifer Stokes editing, in an exclusive submission, by Erzsi Deak at Hen&ink for the illustrator (world).
Maureen Shay Tajsar's MIDNIGHTMOTORBIKE, in which a mother lulls a daughter to sleep with a mesmerizing motorbike ride through the splendor of a South Indian jungle, illustrated by Ishita Jain, to Taylor Norman at Neal Porter Books, for publication in spring 2025, by Erzsi Deak at Hen&ink for the author, and by Eryn Kalavsky at Salky Literary Management for the illustrator (world).
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