Publisher’s Weekly Rights Report: Week of February 21, 2022

Written By Sophia Lee
From L-R: A photo of author Maya Gabeira, Illustrator Ramona Kaulitzki, Author Sophia N. Lee, and illustrator Christine Almeda

A screencap of my latest book deal as it was announced on Publishers Weekly!

Julia McCarthy at Atheneum has acquired Lolo's Sari-Sari Store by Sophia N. Lee (l.), a picture book about a child's love for her Lolo and the sweet memories of helping in his sari-sari store before moving to the U.S. where she discovers new connections between her two homes, to be illustrated by Christine Almeda in her first picture book. Publication is set for summer 2023; Wendi Gu at Sanford J. Greenburger represented the author, and Stefanie Sanchez Von Borstel at Full Circle Literary represented the illustrator.

Read the full rights report with all the other amazing deals re future books here.

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