The Weekly 411 (1/25/19)
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Jan. 25, 2019, vol. 4
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KIDLIT NEWS
ILLUSTRATOR SPOTLIGHT
Agent News: Rachel Brooks has joined Bookends Literary Agency and is open to YA submissions.
Today we are excited to feature author-illustrator Emile Boon and her recent picture book, ELLA & MONKEY AT SEA (Candlewick, August 7, 2018). Be sure to enter to win a copy.
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| All images from ELLA AND MONKEY AT SEA. Copyright © 2018 by Emilie Boon. Reproduced by permission of the publisher, Candlewick Press, Somerville, MA. |
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- Prize: agent attention and requests for submissions
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What a fun book -- thanks for sharing! Wishing you all the best of success!
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