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Want to know everything we’re doing at SDCC this year? Check out our full schedule below and don’t forget to visit booth #2800/2802! Are you interested in submitting work to us at the show? Please check out this post before you do. WEDNESDAY, 7/19 6:30 pm: Gigi D.G.’s Cucumber Quest Giveaway 7:00 pm: Ben Hatke’s Mighty Jack and the Read the Rest…

It is eight years after Colleen Cavanaugh’s home world was invaded by the Derichets, a tyrannical alien race bent on exploiting the planet’s mineral resources. Most of her family died in the war, and she now lives alone in the city. Aside from her acquaintances at the factory where she toils for the Derichets, Colleen Read the Rest…

First Second celebrates storytelling this May! The first part of making books is making sure that the stories are good!  We try to get that part right 100% of the time here at First Second.

We’re delighted to be celebrating Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki this month!  The authors of our amazing graphic novel This One Summer, Mariko and Jillian form an incredible team.

Yang Champions Diversity in All Forms and Reading for Non-Readers with his Platform, “Reading Without Walls” New York, NY, January 4, 2016—The Children’s Book Council (CBC), Every Child a Reader (ECAR), and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress (CFB) have announced the appointment of Gene Luen Yang, Printz Award winner and Read the Rest…

Happy holidays to everyone! We hope you’re having a great time this holiday season (and that great time is accompanied by a lot of great books)! All the best of reading to everyone!

From Calista Brill, Senior Editor: We got some sad news recently. We lost a member of the First Second family…someone who had a crucial role in bringing more than half our books to print. None of our authors or artists ever met her, and few of them even knew her name. I’ve worked at this Read the Rest…

(from the desk of :01 Editorial Director Mark Siegel) If one thing is reliable, it’s that things change. As many of you know, Colleen AF Venable is leaving First Second, to be an Associate Art Director at Workman Publishing. It was just one of those offers she couldn’t refuse. Here’s how Colleen started with First Read the Rest…

Congratulations, Jane Yolen and Mike Cavallaro, working their magic to even greater power! KIRKUS: “En garde! Gear up for more sword fights and trolls as well as an appearance from Baba Yaga in this swashbuckling sequel.” PUBLISHERS WEEKLY: “… Aliera is such an engaging hero…” You are in for a treat!

(from the Powerhouse Museum Collection.  Our office, luckily, looks nothing like this.  It’s upright and everything!) We’re safe and sound and back in the office — I even got a seat on the subway this morning; it was like nothing had ever happened besides a daylight savings time change. Back to work for us!  If Read the Rest…