Dr. Jenny Wang, clinical psychologist, Serendipity client, and author of the book Permission to Come Home, has offered mental health guidance and support on her Instagram page @asiansformentalhealth since 2019. This work, and her ongoing mission to improve mental health resources for the AAPI community, is being celebrated by Nordstrom with a feature on the front…
Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice by Dr. Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, and Dawud Anyabwile Kirkus Best Books of 2022 | Horn Book Magazine “Fanfare” Best Books of 2022 | School Library Journal Best Books of 2022 | Center for the Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature Best Books of 2022 | Kirkus Best Books of 2022 | Booklist Editors’ Choice 2022 | Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2022 | NPR “Books We Love” 2022 | Washington…
Congratulations to Serendipity clients Dr. Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, and April Harrison, whose books were honored at this year’s ALA Youth Media Awards! Victory. Stand!: Raising My Fist for Justice by Dr. Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, and Dawud Anyabwile earned Coretta Scott King Author and Illustrator Honors, as well as the YALSA Award for Excellence…
The series where we break down the ins-and-outs of the publishing industry is back! In this episode of “Books by the Numbers”, Serendipity Lit Senior Agent Charles Kim discusses how many illustrations go into making a picture book with Kim Taylor, expert quilter and debut author/illustrator of the new book A Flag for Juneteenth. Click…
We are honored that Victory. Stand! by Serendipity authors Tommie Smith and Derrick Barnes and illustrator Dawud Anyabwile is among the five finalists for the 2022 National Book Award in Young People’s Literature! “With collaborators Barnes and Anyabwile, Smith details his childhood leading up to his historic Olympic protest—and its aftermath—in this compelling graphic memoir… Anyabwile’s…
Showtime’s “The One and Only Dick Gregory”, directed by Andre Gaines, has been nominated for an Emmy! This documentary, which was a finalist for an NAACP Image Award, celebrates the extraordinary life and continuing legacy of the late comedian, civil rights activist, and author. And don’t miss The Essential Dick Gregory, a collection of his…
Submissions are back! For the next few months we will be opening our submission boxes on Saturdays only to successfully manage the influx of queries. We want to make sure we give each submission the attention and care it deserves! Submission boxes will be open starting THIS SATURDAY (August 13) through the end of October.…
Serendipity is proud to be a leader in African American children’s books, and we are thrilled that our clients’ books are currently filling the top three spots on Amazon: The King of Kindergarten and The Queen of Kindergarten by Derrick Barnes and Vanessa Brantley-Newton, and the new picture book Just Like Jesse Owens, written by…
Showtime’s “The One and Only Dick Gregory”, directed by Andre Gaines, has been nominated for an Emmy! This documentary, which was a finalist for an NAACP Image Award, celebrates the extraordinary life and continuing legacy of the late comedian, civil rights activist, and author. And don’t miss The Essential Dick Gregory, a collection of his…
Permission to Come Home by Dr. Jenny T. Wang, founder of Asians for Mental Health, takes Asian Americans on an empowering journey toward reclaiming their mental health and offers permission to return closer to home, a place of acceptance, belonging, healing, and freedom. For Asian Americans and Diaspora, this book is a necessary road map for the journey…
