Spring Releases by Wisconsin Authors and Illustrators

The Wisconsin chapter of the Society for Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) sent us a list of Spring Releases by Wisconsin Authors and Illustrators.  Here's a partial list--wouldn't this be a fun book display?  If you are looking for more Wisconsin authors to feature, check out past winners and outstanding books recognized by YSS's own Wisconsin Children's Book Award Committee!  You can also find a directory of Wisconsin book creators on the Cooperative Children's Book Center's website.

Young Readers

Boom!  Boom!  Boom!  (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) by Jamie A. Swenson,

pictures by David Walker. ISBN-10: 0374308683 13: 978-0374308681

Open This Little Book (Chronicle Books) by Jesse Klausmeier,

pictures by Suzy Lee ISBN-10: 0811867838 13: 978-0811867832

Squirrel’s Fun Day (Candlewick Press) by Lisa Moser,

pictures by Valerie Gorbachev ISBN-13: 978-0763657260

Ten Lucky Leprechuans (Cartwheel) Kathryn Heling & Deborah Hembrook,

pictures by Jay Johnson ISBN: 10:0545436486 13:978-0545436489

Tiger in My Soup (Peachtree Publishers) Kashmira Sheth,

pictures by Jeffrey Ebbeler ISBN-10:1561456969 13:978-1561456963

MIDDLE GRADE AND YOUNG ADULT

Animal Icons:  Armadillos, Buffaloes, Bald Eagles, Coyotes, Gray Wolves, and

Grizzly Bears (ABDO) by Sheila Llanas ISBN: (Lib) 978-1-61783-566-7

Father Groppi:  Marching for Civil Rights (Wisconsin Historical Society Press)

by Stuart Stotts ISBN: 978-1-87020-575-0

The Sin Eater’s Confession (Carolrhoda Lab-YA) by Ilsa J. Bick  ISBN: 978-0-7613-5687-5

Traitor in the Shipyard: A Caroline Mystery (American Girl) by Kathleen Ernst

ISBN-10: 1609580842

Walt Whitman, Great American Author Series (ABDO) Sheila Griffin Llanas

ISBN (Lib) 978-1-16783-720-3 ISBN PB: 978-1-61783-770-8

Write a Poem Step by Step: A Simple, Logical Plan You Can Follow to Create Your Own Poems (Earlybird Press) by JoAnn Early Macken ISBN: 9780985765002

Spring is really coming--you can tell because of the announcement of spring book releases!