In Monrovia, the River Visits the Sea is out today!
Happy publication day to Patricia Jabbeh Wesley and Leslie Lumeh!
The river behind Cheede’s house in Monrovia, Liberia, is long and wide and beautiful. Some days it rushes, swish, swish, swish, and some days it moves slow, slow, slow. Some afternoons it’s up to her knees and swampy behind her home, and on other days she can walk across the backyard on hard ground. Where does the river go? Her big brother Klon has an answer: the river visits the sea.
Told by seven-year-old Cheede, this lyrical picture book introduces young readers to the Mesurado River and to a Liberian childhood shaped by the rhythm of the tides. It’s a story about curiosity, family, and loving the place you call home. First published in 2012, it returns in a new edition with all-new, full-color illustrations by acclaimed Liberian artist Leslie Lumeh.
Ages 4–8 · Hardcover $24.99 · Paperback $14.99 · Order In Monrovia
What a weekend for Superhero Kids!
Micaela Myers, author of Superhero Kids (illustrated by Leslie Lumeh), had a busy launch weekend! Thank you to the students at Red Feather Lakes Elementary, and to everyone who joined us at Red Feather Library, Inkberry Books in Niwot, Second Story Books in Laramie, Barnes & Noble in Fort Collins, and the 5th grade students at Kruse Elementary! A special thank-you to Dana Perella and Robbie Crow, two of the book’s real-life superheroes, for joining us.
Missed the events? Copies are available here.
Never Only: pre-order the revised edition
When Mother Nature goes to therapy, humanity is on the couch. Shape-shifting into human form, Min seeks help from the first human she believes will listen: Dr. Thomas Smith, a small-town therapist. Their sessions spiral between reason and truth as Min faces her dilemma. If humanity is destroying life on Earth, must she sacrifice one species to save the rest? Blending psychological suspense and speculative fiction with Mother Nature’s dry sense of humor, Laurie Fairchild’s “almost apocalyptic” novel dares readers to consider the one question no one wants to answer.
Publishing November 17 · Paperback $19.95 · Pre-order Never Only
Coming Soon from Carmel Mawle
For young readers: the Collected Wisdom picture books
Love One Another (Collected Wisdom, Book Two) · November 24
In the same forest where a rabbit once learned the Golden Rule, a bear cub in need finds that every creature she meets has something to teach her about love. Where The Golden Rule gathered the ethic of reciprocity from eighteen of the world’s faiths and philosophies, this book gathers what those same traditions say about love itself: love as a command, a practice, and the thread that holds the world together. Each tradition speaks in its own brief words, while a gentle forest story carries young readers from one to the next. Includes a short foreword for parents and teachers.
Ages 4–8 · Hardcover $24.99 · Paperback $14.99 · Pre-order
The Golden Rule (Collected Wisdom, Book One) · New paperback, November 24
One winter day, a hungry bunny is given a gift of carrots, and a choice: keep them for himself, or share them with his friends. Bunny chooses to share and sets out through deepening snowdrifts, and just when the way seems hardest, the animals of the forest come to his aid. Alongside Bunny’s story, young readers hear the Golden Rule, treat others as you would like to be treated, in the words of eighteen of the world’s cultures, traditions, and faiths, and discover how many people, across centuries and continents, arrived at the same simple truth.
Ages 4–8 · Hardcover $24.99 · Paperback $14.99 · Order
For adult readers: One Day at a Time: A Journal of Recovery · December 1
A quiet place to show up for yourself, one day at a time. Each week opens with a carefully chosen quote from the author and from writers and thinkers who have offered comfort and courage for generations, among them Thoreau, Emerson, Helen Keller, Kahlil Gibran, L. M. Montgomery, and Julian of Norwich. Six half pages follow, one for each day of the week, with room to record gratitude, struggles, small victories, or simply the fact that you made it through. Undated, so you can begin any day of the year and start over whenever you need to.
With a cover photograph and foreword by Carmel Mawle, who has walked the path of recovery for more than four decades, it’s written for anyone in recovery and for those who love them. Whether you’re counting your first days or your fortieth year, no one has to do it all at once: just today.
Paperback $16.99 · Pre-orders opening soon
Upcoming events
- Sat, Nov 21, 2:00 pm: Superhero Kids with Micaela Myers, Justin Sather, and Helena Donato-Sapp, MiraCosta College Child Development Center, Oceanside, CA
Still to come this fall:
🌍 Nov 17 – Never Only by Laurie Fairchild, revised edition
🐻 Nov 24 – Love One Another, Book Two of the Collected Wisdom series, and The Golden Rule in paperback
❄️ Dec 1 – One Day at a Time: A Journal of Recovery
Out now: 🌊 In Monrovia, the River Visits the Sea · 🦸 Superhero Kids · 🌎 Inspire the World · 🪶 Here and Elsewhere.
Thank you for reading, sharing, and supporting independent publishing. Books that build empathy start with readers like you. 💙
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