Deedee Cummings is a professional dreamer. She is also an author, therapist, attorney, and mom from Louisville, Kentucky. Cummings founded Make A Way Media in 2014 after struggling to find books with characters who looked like her own children and an extreme lack of stories that reflected their life experiences. Books published by Make A Way focus on hope, diversity, social justice, and therapeutic skills for children and adults. Her work has been featured in HuffPost, Forbes, NPR, USA Today, Essence Magazine, Psych Central, Well+Good, and The EveryGirl, among other media outlets. In 2021, she was appointed to the Kentucky Early Childhood Advisory Council by Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear, and reappointed to a second term in 2025, acknowledging her decades long service to the children and families of Kentucky. Deedee is also the founder of The Louisville Book Festival. She was inspired to work to highlight and celebrate a culture of reading in her community after working as an in-home therapist and visiting homes of children who had no books. Cummings believes literacy is a fundamental human right. Her work highlights inspiring messages that remind us all it is never too late to begin again. In the fall of 2025, Deedee will release Hope In the Nick of Time—the third book in the highly popular In the Nick of Time series—inspired by what she calls a crisis of hope.
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Language Lizard is an independent publisher and provider of bilingual children’s books and resources in over 60 languages to support educators, libraries, families, and literacy organizations. Our resources help develop literacy skills among language learners, build inclusive classrooms, and celebrate cultural diversity.
Our extensive catalog ranges from board books to those suited to the older language learner. Many of our books, including our Premium Collection, come with free lesson plans, activities, and English audio. We also feature the popular PENpal Audio Recorder Pen, a teacher’s manual, multilingual posters, bilingual dictionaries, and more!
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Jeanne Walker Harvey is an award-winning author of primarily picture book biographies of inspiring creative people who have overcome challenges and discrimination, including the recently published THE GLASS PYRAMID: A Story of the Louvre Museum and Architect I.M Pei; ELSE B. IN THE SEA: The Woman Who Painted the Wonders of the World; DRESSING UP THE STARS: The Story of Movie Costume Designer Edith Head; ABLAZE WITH COLOR: A Story of Painter Alma Thomas; MAYA LIN: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines; and MY HANDS SING THE BLUES: Romare Bearden’s Childhood Journey. Jeanne studied literature and psychology at Stanford University and has worn many job hats, ranging from being a roller-coaster operator to an attorney, a middle school language arts teacher, and a long-time docent for school groups at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. She lives in Northern California and her sweet adopted cat is her writing pal.
Publisher Spotlight aims to be a key discovery spot for books by international and independent publishers. With more than three decades in the book industry, our marketing ranges from the independent bookseller world, to library collection developers and programmers, to pitching and promoting to national book review journals and important influencers. Myrick Marketing & Media is uniquely positioned to target niche markets in ways that maximize both sales and visibility. Located just outside Nashville, Tennessee, we are also strategically close to Ingram, one of the world’s largest book wholesalers.
Red Comet Press is a small independent children’s publisher providing a home for talented creators who seek a boutique experience and the personal touch of a passionate publisher.
Aloha Everything is a 2025 APALA Picture Book Winner, an ALSC Notable Children’s Book, A Best Book of 2024–Center for the study of Multicultural Literature, Winner Notable Books for a Global Society, and New York Public Library Top Ten Best Kids Books of 2024. Aloha Everything is both a captivating read and a fantastic educational resource for learning about Hawaiian history, ecology, and culture.
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Kathleen Choi is a writer and editor. Her first job as a child actress on Sesame Street sparked a lifelong interest in education. She currently is a writer and managing editor of District Management Journal, a journal on education management. She also is a founding member and board member of FitMoney, a non-profit providing free, unbiased financial literacy education.
Born and raised in New York City, Kathleen is a proud Korean American, passionate about keeping alive Korean traditions and celebrating Korean culture. She loves collaborating with her mother Sook Nyul Choi to write picturebooks featuring Korean traditions and culture.
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Scholastic inspires all children to become life-long readers and learners, unlocking an imaginative curiosity about themselves and the world. For more than 100 years, Scholastic has been meeting children where they are – at school, at home and in their communities – by creating quality content and experiences, all beginning with literacy. Scholastic delivers stories, characters, and learning moments that empower all kids to become lifelong readers and learners through bestselling children’s books, literacy- and knowledge-building resources for schools including classroom magazines, and award-winning, entertaining children’s media.
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Fabled Films Press LLC is creating original content for young readers and middle-grade audiences that combines strong literary properties with high quality production values to connect books with generations of parents and their children. Each book series is supported by websites, educator guides and activities for bookstores, educators, and librarians, as well as videos, social media content and supplemental entertainment for additional platforms.
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