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Hitting The Shelves: July 2025

Launch party of Arcana: The Lost Heirs by Sam Prentice-Jones

Agent Adventure: Márcia in Germany

Ten Minutes To Bed Illustrated by Chris Chatterton

Behind the Book: Choose Your Own Evolution

New Series: My Life Is Weird, Illustrated by Jeff Harter

Wild Child: Behind the Book

Hitting The Shelves: June 2025

When We Go to Grandma’s House Illustrated by Corrie Gorman

Icy Fruit, illustrated by Vivian Mineker

So Devin Wore a Skirt illustrated by Lucy Fleming

Badger Books by Paddy Donnelly

Out Now: I Could Be Eaten by a Shark, illustrated by Mark Chambers

Hitting the Shelves: May 2025

What To Do With Your Whirly, Swirly Thoughts, illustrated by Nadia Gunawan

Out Now: Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus, illustrated by Honie Beam

Amoya Blackwood Is Brave illustrated by Aaron Marin

Behind the Book: Shell Song, by Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson

So Many Books! illustrated by Alexandra Colombo

Artist Resources

Out Now: The Bear and the Hare and the Fair

Behind The Book: The Biggest Breakfast

Creating Characters to Remember: Bright's Artist Retreat

Hitting The Shelves: March 2025

MEGA: The Most Enormous Animals Ever - Behind the Book with Gavin Scott

13 February 2025

Hitting The Shelves: February 2025

03 February 2025

Pauline Gregory: Behind the Book Dragons Can't Eat Snow Cones

28 January 2025

Vicki Willden-Lebrecht's Trends in Children’s Literature 2025: What we're looking for

08 January 2025

Bright Agency celebrates 21 Years of Success at Annual Winter Party

18 December 2024

Behind the Book: All the Greatness in You

06 November 2024

Behind the Book: A Voice in the Storm

05 November 2024

Hitting The Shelves: November 2024

01 November 2024

In Loving Memory of Mechal Roe

22 October 2024

Behind The Book: Captain Christmas

10 October 2024

Hitting the Shelves: October 2024

01 October 2024

Yasmeen Ismail goes behind the book: Meena's Saturday

01 October 2024

META’s Artificial Intelligence Model: How to have your artwork removed from AI training

27 September 2024

Behind The Book: Merry Christmas Zoo

24 September 2024

In Conversation With Becca Hall

19 September 2024

Hitting The Shelves: August 2024

Artist Interview with Ryan Nelsen

Behind the Book: A Crocodile Should Never Skip Breakfast

Celebrating Pride 2024

Behind the Book: The Very Worst Ever #3: Catch Zoo Later

The 2024 Bank Street Best Children's Books of the Year

Behind the Book: Brown Bears

Hitting The Shelves: May 2024

In conversation with Sofia Cardoso

5 Kids Books to Celebrate Earth Day

Bright at Bologna '24

In Conversation with Naomi Skinner

Hitting the Shelves: April 2024

Hitting The Shelves: March 2024

Behind the Book: Determined Dreamer

27 February 2024

Behind the Process with Alex Patrick

21 February 2024

There's No Place Like Hope: A Conversation with Janet Lawler and Tamisha Anthony

29 January 2024

Interview With An Agent: Vicki Willden-Lebrecht

17 January 2024

Hitting the Shelves: January 2024

01 January 2024

Happy Holidays from Bright

19 December 2023

Hitting the Shelves December 2023

01 December 2023

We are Bright Education!

08 November 2023

Ghoulish Gallery

30 October 2023

Books about Black Joy

26 October 2023

In Conversation With Lisa Hunt

17 October 2023

Hitting the Shelves: October 2023

02 October 2023

In Conversation With Dahlia Mouton

07 September 2023

Hitting the Shelves: September 2023

01 September 2023

Let's Get Limited!

01 September 2023

In Conversation With Lee Cosgrove

Interview With An Agent: Emily Fernandez

In Conversation With Claudia Vlakancic

In Conversation With Aaron Marin

Hitting the Shelves: June 2023

In Conversation With: George Ermos

In Conversation With Dana Sanmar

In the studio with Juliana Oakley

23 February 2023

In Conversation With Hatem Aly

17 February 2023

In Conversation With Annabel Tempest

24 January 2023

Introducing Naomi Skinner

18 January 2023

SOI 2022 Original Art Show Recap!

28 November 2022

In Conversation With Zoe Damoulakis

23 November 2022

In the Studio with Diane Ewen

26 October 2022

Happy Year of the Tiger

02 February 2022

Spooky Reads: Halloween 2021

27 October 2021

Artist Journey: James Rey Sanchez

15 October 2021

Imaginary Friends

06 October 2021

Once Upon a Dream

06 October 2021

Publishing this Month: September 2021

01 September 2021

Artist Journey: Stephanie Laberis

Behind the Book: What is God Like?

Right's Report: July 2021

Artist Journey: Andrés Landazabal

Behind the Book: Stop That Poem

Publishing this Month: July 2021

June 2021 Right's Report

Pride Month 2021

Artist Journey: Nabi H. Ali

Behind the Book: What Are Your Words?

Publishing this Month: June 2021

Behind the Book: This Is Ruby

May 2021 Right's Report

Artist Journey: Howard Gray

Publishing this Month: May 2021

April 2021 Right's Report

Behind the Book: Afraid of the Light

Earth Day: Loving Our Planet Through Art

Agent Profile: Get to Know the Agents of Bright U.S.

Publishing this Month: April 2021

Behind the Book Blog: Doggo and Pupper

March Right's Report

Artist Journey: Ginnie Hsu

Publishing this Month: March 2021

Artist Journey: Mechal Roe

25 February 2021

February Right's Report

24 February 2021

Behind the Book: I Love Us, A Book About Family

16 February 2021

Publishing This Month: February 2021

02 February 2021

January Right's Report

28 January 2021

Bright's 2020 Highlights: A Final Farewell the Year Nobody Will Miss

24 December 2020

December Right's Report

23 December 2020

Behind the Book: I Love Being Me

17 December 2020

Artist Journey: Violet Tobacco

16 December 2020

November Right's Report

25 November 2020

Behind the Book: Hello, Little Dreamer

23 November 2020

Artist Journey: Aura Lewis

18 November 2020

Society of Illustrators 2020

05 November 2020

Publishing this Month: November 2020

01 November 2020

October 2020 Right's Report

31 October 2020

Artist Journey: Mirelle Ortega

28 October 2020

Behind the Book: The Joy In You

15 October 2020

Celebrating Latinx Heritage Month

15 October 2020

Publishing This Month: October 2020

01 October 2020

September 2020 Rights Report

30 September 2020

Publishing this Month: September 2020

01 September 2020

August 2020 Rights Report

Publishing this Month at Bright: July '20

Happy Children's Book Week!

Artist Journey: Melanie Demmer

BANK STREET'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2020

James + Lucie Celebrate 10 Years at Bright

Lucie Luddington's U.S. Adventure: 2020

Eric Wilkerson at the 57th Annual Boskone Convention

28 February 2020

Artist Journey: Katy Hudson

12 February 2020

Emily Balsley's Residency at the Madison Bubbler

17 January 2020

Bright US Highlights of 2019

23 December 2019

Behind the Book: The Proudest Blue

18 December 2019

Bright US Holiday Party 2019

09 December 2019

Behind the Book: This Is My Room!

31 October 2019

Artist Journey: Julia Iredale

15 October 2019

Behind the Book: Hey Grandude!

25 September 2019

Artist Journey: Rachael McLean

Behind the Book: We Are the Gardeners

Artist Journey: Maike Plenzke

ARTIST JOURNEY: ROSIE BUTCHER

New Books Publishing this Spring at Bright

Behind the Book: GEORGIA'S TERRIFIC, COLORIFIC EXPERIMENT by Zoe Persico

BEHIND THE BOOK: WAKEY BIRDS by Maddie Frost

Artist Journey: Mechal Roe

Becca Stadtlander Wins The SCBWI Golden Kite Award

12 February 2019

Artist Journey: Ebony Glenn

08 February 2019

Bright US' Highlights of 2018: Top Publications, Deals & Awards

14 December 2018

Bright US Holiday Party 2018

10 December 2018

Behind the Book: THE VAST WONDER OF THE WORLD, Illustrated by Luisa Uribe

06 December 2018

Suzie Mason's First Year at Bright!

11 October 2018

Talking with Maria Karipidou, Illustrator of Angry Cookie

05 September 2018

BE KIND, Illustrated by Jen Hill, Climbs the NY Times Bestseller List

Bright Celebrates its 15th Anniversary

Suzie Mason Climbs to #1 on NYT Children's Bestseller List

Artist Journey: Richard Jones

February '18 Rights Report

28 February 2018

Bright's First #KidLitArt Bootcamp in NYC!

24 January 2018

River Rose and the Magical Christmas Illustrated by Lucy Fleming [Behind the Book]

25 December 2017

Celebrating the Art of Fiona Woodcock

21 December 2017

Meet Christopher A. Brown from the Free Library of Philadelphia [The Insider]

29 November 2017

What is the SOI Original Art Show?

30 October 2017

Vicki Willden-Lebrecht Profiled in UK's Sunday Times

15 September 2017

Princesses Wear Pants Illustrated by Eva Byrne [Behind the Book]

The Percy Jackson Coloring Book, Illustrated by Keith Robinson [Behind the Book]

Artist Journey: Becca Stadtlander

Instagram for Illustrators: Here’s How to Make it Work for You

Jarvis Wins UK's Prestigious V&A Award for Alan's Big, Scary Teeth

Why Do Rights and Royalties Matter?

Do I Need an Agent? A Chat with Bright Managing Agent James Burns

10 February 2017

Bright Art Licensing & The Art Group Collaborate on New Picture Book Inspired Card Range

27 January 2017

Race Car Dreams by Dave Mottram [Behind the Book]

01 December 2016

The Storm Whale In Winter, by Benji Davies [Behind the Book]

29 November 2016

Fiona Woodcock: From Art Licensing to Children's Books and Beyond!

A Day in the Life of Ben Mantle

28 November 2014

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