It’s time to fall in love with new 12 x 12 books! We have 14 new 12 x 12 books to celebrate this month! FOURTEEN! Plus, we have agent signings, book deals, and some amazing awards to celebrate too! Take a moment cheer on 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 September 1st. If you submitted news after September 1st, it will be included in our October 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 Katie Munday Williams on the summer release of POET, PILGRIM, REBEL: THE STORY OF ANNE BRADSTREET, AMERICA’S FIRST PUBLISHED POET (Beaming Books)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Rajani LaRocca on the August release of MY LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS (Golden Books)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Andrea Koehle Jones on the summer release of THE WISH TREES! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Stacy McAnulty on the August release of BRAINS! NOT JUST A ZOMBIE SNACK (Henry Holt & Co.)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Elisa Boxer on the September 7th release of A SEAT AT THE TABLE: THE NANCY PELOSI STORY (Crown/Random House Kids)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Laura Gehl on the September 7th release of BRILLIANT BABY EXPLAINS SCIENCE and BRILLIANT BABY FIGHTS GERMS (little bee)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Carter Higgins on the September 14th release of CIRCLE UNDER BERRY (Chronicle)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Rajani LaRocca on the September 14th release of THE SECRET CODE INSIDE OF YOU (little bee)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Alexandra Katona on the September 17th release of DINNER ON DOMINGOS (Barefoot Books)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Christy Mihaly on the September 17th release of WATER: A DEEP DIVE OF DISCOVERY (Barefoot Books)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Maureen Gaspari on the September 21st release of I DON’T LIKE BIRTHDAY BIRTHDAY PARTIES (Welbeck Publishing Group)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Nancy Tupper Ling on the September 21st release of FOR EVERY LITTLE THING (Eerdmans Publishing)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Kirsten Larson on the September 28th release of A TRUE WONDER: THE COMIC BOOK HERO WHO CHANGED EVERYTHING (Clarion)! (Click to Tweet)

Signed! Look who has an agent!

Anna Ouchchy signed with Ana Crespo at East West Literary! Congrats!

Brenna Jeanneret signed with Dan Cramer at Page Turner Lit! Awesome!

Danni Mund signed with Vicki Selvaggio at Storm Literary Agency! Way to go!

Gabriella Aldeman signed with Delia Berrigan at Martin Literary Management! Woohoo!

Katie Williams signed with Suzy Evans at Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency! Huzzah!

Lisa Varchol Perron signed with Tricia Lawrence at Erin Murphy Literary Agency! Wow!

Marcy Salenieks signed with Elisa Houot at The Seymour Agency! Fantastic!

Megan Woodward also signed with Elisa Houot at The Seymour Agency! You’re on your way!

Zewlan Moor signed with Amy Thrall at Rubin Pfeffer Content! What great news!

New Book Deals

Congratulations to Chana Stiefel (and her husband Larry!) on the sale of OY MENDEL!: A HANUKKAH MIRACLE to Lili Rosenstreich at Kalaniot! Daphna Awadish will illustrate.

Congratulations to Kirsten Pendreigh on the sale of LUNA’S GREEN PET to Barb McNally at Sleeping Bear Press! Carmen Mok will illustrate.

Congratulations to Monica Acker on the sale of BEING BRAVE to Naomi Krueger at Beaming Books! Paran Kim will illustrate.

Congratulations to Natasha Khan Kazi on the sale of MOON’S RAMADAN to Ann Rider at Versify! Natasha will also illustrate!

Award Winners

Congratulations to Carolyn Leiloglou on LIBRARY’S MOST WANTED being a finalist for the 2021 WILLA Literary Award in Children’s Fiction and Nonfiction from Women Writing the West! How exciting!

Congratulations to Dane Liu on FRIENDS ARE FRIENDS, FOREVER being selected as a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection! What an honor!

Congratulations to Keila Dawson on NO VOICE TOO SMALL being awarded the 2021 Social Justice Literature Award from the International Literacy Association! So well deserved!

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 September 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 October 1st to be included in our October Good News post. You can find the Good News form in the Important Announcements section of the forum.

Keep up the good work, everyone!