It’s time for a whole bunch of Good News! SIX 12 x 12 picture books made their way into the world this month. Plus, we have agent signings, book deals, and some amazing awards to celebrate too! So, take a moment to revel in the celebration and congratulate your fellow 12 x 12 members. If you have good news in any of these categories, be sure to let us know by filling out the Good News form in the Important Announcements section of the 12 x 12 forum.

All of today’s good news was submitted before August 1st. If you submitted news after August 1st, it will be included in our September post. Be sure to have your good news submitted by the 1st of the month for inclusion in that month’s Good News Post.

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Book Birthdays

Congratulations to Laura Gehl on the August 10th release of BAT WINGS! CAT WINGS? (The Creative Company/Creative Editions)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Shelly Becker on the August 10th release of ONE, TWO, GRANDMA LOVES YOU (Abrams Appleseed)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Kate Allen Fox on the August 15th release of PANDO: A LIVING WONDER OF TREES (Capstone)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Gloria Amescua on the August 17th release of CHILD OF THE FLOWER-SONG PEOPLE (Abrams Books for Young Readers)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Katelyn Aronson on the August 17th release of CLOVIS KEEPS HIS COOL (Page Street Kids)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Nadia Salomon on the August 31st release of GOODNIGHT GANESHA (Philomel)! (Click to Tweet)

Signed! Look who has an agent!

Brandi-Ann Uyemura signed with Tricia Lawrence at Erin Murphy Literary Agency! Congrats!Carolyn Leiloglou signed with Keely Boeving at Wordserve Literary! Awesome!
Jennifer Concepcion (a 12 x 12 2021 Scholarship Winner!) signed with Dan Cramer at Flannery Literary Agency! Awesome!Kelly Conroy signed with Sarah Stephens at Red Fox Literary Agency! Awesome!

Moni Ritchie Hadley signed with Sarah Stephens at Red Fox Literary! Huzzah!

New Book Deals

Congratulations to Chiara Colombi on the sale of ROCKET SHIP, SOLO TRIP to Aneeka Kalia at Viking! Scott Magoon will illustrate.

Congratulations to Kimberly Wilson on the sale of  A DOLLAR’S GRAND DREAM to Kayla Tostevin at Page Street Kids! Mark Hoffman will illustrate.

Congratulations to Namita Moolani Mehra on the sale of THE GREATEST RIVER to Clarissa Wong at HarperCollins! Khoa Le will illustrate.

Congratulations to Rebecca Gardyn Levington on the sale of BRAINSTORM! to Sarah Rocket at Sleeping Bear! Kate Konreif will illustrate.

Congratulations to Shirin Shamsi on the sale of MOON FROM DEHRADUN to Alyza Liu at Atheneum! Tarun Lak will illustrate.

Congratulations to Suzy Levinson on the sale of POEMS ABOUT ANIMALS IN PANTS to Amy Novesky at Cameron Books! Kristen Howdeshell and Kevin Howdeshell will illustrate.

Congratulations to Valerie Bolling on the sale of CITY FUN and NEIGHBORHOOD JAM to Meredith Mundy at Abrams Appleseed in a two-book deal! Sabrena Khadija will illustrate both books!

Award Winners

Congratulations to Angela Kunkel on DIGGING FOR WORDS: JOSÉ ALBERTO GUTIÉRREZ AND THE LIBRARY HE BUILT being awarded the Américas Award from Consortium of Latin American Studies (CLASP)! How exciting!

Congratulations to Anne Wynter on EVERYBODY IN THE RED BRICK BUILDING being selected as a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection! Wow!

Congratulations to Valerie Bolling on LET’S DANCE being awarded the Crystal Kite Award from SCBWI! What an honor!

Congratulations to all our members on seeing their hard work pay off! We are so proud of you!

All of today’s good news was shared prior to August 1st. 12 x 12 members, if you have good news about a new book release, agent signing, book deal, or writing award, share it with us. Please submit your good news by September 1st to be included in our September Good News post. You can find the Good News form in the Important Announcements section of the forum.

Keep on keeping on!