Lisa Stringfellow's Blog

The inaugural Newton Children's Book Festival took place this past Saturday, December 14, 2024. Hundreds of families came out to the New Art Center in Newton, MA to meet over 60 children's book authors and illustrators.

The festival kicked off with a sold-out launch event on Monday, December 9 featuring New York Times bestselling author Tui T. Sutherland.

​I was honored to be Tui's conversation partner at the West Newton Cinema, and we had such a great time talking about fantasy, books, and...

​I'm thrilled to share that Kingdom of Dust, my West African-inspired middle grade fantasy, is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection! This is a huge honor and means that Kingdom of Dust now has an important boost in finding its readers. 

Junior Library Guild is a trusted organization that librarians and educators can use to find excellent books for their collections. On their website they state, "JLG titles are curated by our renowned editorial team who reads and reviews thousan...

I'm so excited that my forthcoming book Kingdom of Dust has a publication date! It will be released on 8/20/2024 by HarperCollins/Quill Tree Books.

I'm also excited for readers to see the amazing cover, illustrated once again by the fantastic Michael Machira Mwangi and designed by David Curtis.

I'm grateful to John Schu for hosting the cover reveal for me again. I loved the questions he asked me about A Comb of Wishes , and I can't wait to share my answers about this latest middle grade fant...

To celebrate the release of Disney's live-action movie The Little Mermaid, I am hosting a giveaway!

FIVE lucky educators will receive either a paperback copy of A Comb of Wishes or the grand prize, an OwlCrate Jr. FINDERS KEEPERS box!

The OwlCrate Box includes:A Comb of Wishes by Lisa Stringfellow (Exclusive OwlCrate Jr. edition)Signed bookplate and author letter from Lisa StringfellowEerie-On-Sea Book Sleeve (designed by Hanna Sandvig)Liquid Gold Bubble Elixir (created by Fiction Bath Co.)...

It was a surprise and an honor to find out that A Comb of Wishes is nominated for the 2024 Rhode Island Children's Book Award! Twenty titles were selected by the nomination committee in March and will be voted on by Rhode Island students in February of 2024.

An annotated list of all of the nominees is available on the RICBA website. Thank you again, Rhode Island librarians and teachers!

I'm so honored and excited that A Comb of Wishes is a nominee for the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Middle Grade Novel​! This is the inaugural year for the middle grade speculative fiction category and it is filled with wonderful dark speculative fiction that speaks to kids' courage and heart. So happy that more readers will find A Comb of Wishes due to this honor. 

The Stoker Award winners will be announced at a gala on June 17, 2023 in Pittsburgh during StokerCon. Good ...

I'm so honored and excited that A Comb of Wishes is a middle grade finalist for the Bram Stoker Award! This is the inaugural year for the middle grade speculative fiction category and it is filled with wonderful dark speculative fiction that speaks to kids' courage and heart. So happy that more readers will find A Comb of Wishes due to this honor. 

The Stoker Award winners will be announced at a gala on June 17, 2023 in Pittsburgh during StokerCon. Good luck to all of the nominees!  ...

It's been almost a year since the publication of A Comb of Wishes and it's been an amazing ride so far. Thank you to all of the readers, teachers, librarians, and booksellers who have embraced the book!

Now it's time to welcome the PAPERBACK of A Comb of Wishes! If you are in Massachusetts, I welcome you to join me on Saturday, January 21, 2023 at 1 pm at Whitelam Books in Reading, MA for a in-person event. I can't wait!

To celebrate the in-person Paperback Book Launch and the one-year publ...

I am thrilled that I'll be able to participate again in World Read Aloud Day!

World Read Aloud Day (or WRAD) will take place on Wednesday, February 1, 2023. 

LitWorld started the event in 2010 to celebrate the power of reading aloud and to advance literacy efforts around the world. In support of this work, many authors and illustrators offer free 15-20 minute virtual read alouds to teachers and classrooms. This year, I have several slots available and would love to read to your students! ...

One of the best features of the Little Free Kidlit Library is the cool book cover roof. When the library opened in April of 2021, the roof was covered with 2 x 3 wood tiles that I had painted black and decoupaged with mini-versions of almost 100 covers of early reader, middle grade, and YA books. It was a lovely mix of some of my favorites, like Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry and One Crazy Summer, and new releases (as of 2021) such as From the Desk of Zoe Washington and The Bridge Home. I...