I’m so pleased to announce a new deal for Felicia Sanzari Chernesky
– the fifth picture book text that we’ve sold to Albert Whitman! The
third of those books is coming out this fall (SUGAR WHITE SNOW AND EVERGREENS),
and is going to be gorgeous, thanks to the beautiful artwork of Susan Swan, and
the good care that editor Wendy McClure and Albert Whitman have given Felicia’s
books every step of the way.
Felicia’s first four titles with AW are rhyming picture
books about four seasonal visits to a local farm, to pick pumpkins, to bring home
fresh corn, to tap maple syrup, and finally to see the baby chicks hatch.
The genius of these books is in their bouncy, irresistible rhythm, and the
concepts they each explore – shapes, numbers, colors and opposites. This
newest title is quite different, and very lovely. NONSENSE is about a boy
who rarely speaks, except to say numbers. Eleven seems to be his favorite. Those around him are often confused by this,
and his mother grows increasingly concerned—until the day she discovers that he
has been making sense all along.
Nonsense was
inspired by a member of the author's family, who is on the autism
spectrum. Felicia chose allegory to tell this tale, which focuses on the
ways in which we learn to communicate, because everyone sees the world
differently and uses different kinds of intelligence. The result is an
accessible story that stands on its own, while giving families, teachers, and friends
a way to talk about autism—or any other circumstance or condition that challenges
our ability to communicate and understand one another.
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Children's:
Picture book |
Felicia Chernesky's NONSENSE, the
story of a boy who rarely speaks except to say numbers; his mother is quite
worried, until the day she learns that he has been making perfect sense all
along, to Wendy McClure at Albert
Whitman, by Susan
Hawk of The
Bent Agency.
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Please visit Felicia on her twitter page (https://twitter.com/FChernesky) or
blog to say congratulations! (http://www.feliciachernesky.com/)
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