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Dear First Second friends, It’s with some bittersweet feelings that we’re writing to you today, to let you know Gina Gagliano will be leaving First Second, for the next chapter in her career, with Penguin Random House.  There are many factors we can all point to in the past years, which have contributed mightily to Read the Rest…

Happy book birthday to Crafty Cat and the Great Butterfly Battle by Charise Mericle Harper! In this volume, everyone is excited about the school play and its lead role, the super-sparkly butterfly. Bossy Anya wants the part for herself. It will take all of Birdie’s crafting skills to convince her class that she should be Read the Rest…

We are so excited that all of the covers for our Fall 2018 books have been revealed! We didn’t want you to miss any, so we’re posting them all here. Check out the official reveal here. Kitten Construction Company: Meet the House Kittens by John Patrick Green, out 9/4/2018! Castle in the Stars: The Moon King by Read the Rest…

Are you going to be at NYCC this year? Well, so are we! Check out everything we’re doing in booth and which panels our creators will be at. Don’t forget to stop by booth #2239 and say hello! THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5 9:00 am – Talking About Tough Topics in YA Comics panel with Laurie Halse Read the Rest…

It’s that time of year again, NYCC is just around the corner. Check out all of the First Second creators that we’ll have at the show! Laurie Halse Anderson Ngozi Ukazu Nidhi Chanani Pénélope Bagieu Jorge Aguirre Scott Westerfeld Sara Varon Jerel Dye George O’Connor Molly Ostertag Jay Hosler John Patrick Green Alison Wilgus Molly Read the Rest…

All of our Spring 2018 covers have been revealed, so we’re posting them all here! Be sure to check out the official reveal here.  Animus by Antoine Revoy, out 5/8/2018! Chasma Knights by Kate Reed Petty and Boya Sun, out 5/15/2018! One Day a Dot by Ian Lendler, Shelli Paroline, and Braden Lamb, out 5/22/2018! Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol, out Read the Rest…

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…

KNIFE’S EDGE by Hope Larson and Rebecca Mock twins! pirates! blog tour! Get ready for the conclusion to the Four Points diptych (which began last year with Compass South) as Hope Larson and Rebecca Mock’s Knife’s Edge comes your way! What will happen to the twins in the final chapter of this tale of mistaken Read the Rest…

Dying to see more of The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins?  Check out the pages below!

We’ve officially revealed all of our Winter 2018 covers, so we wanted to put them all in one place. Be sure to check out the official reveal here.  The Silence of Our Friends by Mark Long, Jim Demonakos, and Nate Powell, new paperback edition out, 1/2/2018! Little Sid by Ian Lendler and Xanthe Bouma, out 1/23/2018! Hermes by George Read the Rest…