“A great narrative nonfiction purchase on a topic that is rarely discussed.”
It's an SLJ star for THE FIG TREE, illustrated by @leahgiles.bsky.social
🌟 “A great narrative nonfiction purchase on a topic that is rarely discussed.” 🌟
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A picture book cover. The title is The Fig Tree: A story about building friendship and peace in Cyprus, written by Costantia Manoli, illustrated by Leah Giles. The cover depicts two children looking up at figs falling from a grand, tall tree.
A page from the picture book The Fig Tree. Text from left to right reads: The old tree remembers fig-picking days from years before, when the two sides of her divided island were bound together; friends gathered to collect her fruit while children played. Then they spread their patchwork blankets under her gauzy shade to share food and recipes, stories and songs, until their shadows stretched long on the ground. The page depicts a beautiful idyllic scene of a large fig tree in a field of green grass, with a blue sky and a small white house on the horizon. Kids play in the tree, sit on pink blankets together, and eat food.
THE FIG TREE by @costantia.bsky.social and @leahgiles.bsky.social is out today! War separates two sides of an island, and a solitary tree brings together two children across the divide, in this touching picture book with a star from SLJ ❤️ bit.ly/4mUARWk
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Overjoyed that THE FIG TREE is officially out in the world! I feel honoured to have worked on this heartbreakingly beautiful story by @costantia.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social
Thank you everyone who worked on this thoughtful and touching story!
As always, thank you @jemiscoe.bsky.social
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2 new Natasha Tripplett books: PLANTED WITH LOVE is about a boy at a new foster home & helps in the garden. DOWNTOWN DOORS, illustrated by @leahgiles.bsky.social is about a boy noticing all the doors as he walks through his city
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THE BELLY SONG is out today!! I absolutely loved working on this book about loving your unique belly! Mother Moon wrote an adorable song I can’t wait for you to hear! Make sure to check out the sequel SHOWING I LOVE YOU coming out November 5th! Thank you to the wonderful team at Little Bee Books!
Seina Wedlick joins #TheBackstory today with her latest, NAMING CEREMONY w/illos by Jenin Mohammed.
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Hi #kidlit Mega Feed! I’m Leah! I’m a picturebook illustrator and collage enthusiast (WHEN ISAAC HEARS THE RAIN + THE BELLY SONG). I love everything bright, bold, and radically lovely!
I am represented by the lovely @jemiscoe.bsky.social
You can kind my work here:
leahgiles.com/illustrations
Illustrating WHEN ISAAC HEARS THE RAIN was like a dream come true! This is the kind of story I always wanted a hand in telling. Every time I see it I smile 🩵🩵🩵
I am here and feeling Extremely Hip and Cool for being on an app so early