Welcome to our April Good News! And, who doesn’t need a shot of good news this month? We have new books, new agent deals, and new book contracts to celebrate! If you have good news in any of these categories, be sure to let us know on the Good News form in the Important Announcements section of the 12 x 12 forum.

All of today’s good news was submitted before April 1st. If you submitted news after April 1st, it will be included in our May post. Be sure to have your good news submitted by the 1st of the month for inclusion in that month’s Good News Post.

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Book Birthdays

Congratulations to Julia Richardson on the March 15th release of LITTLE DANDELION SEEDS THE WORLD (Sleeping Bear Press)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Moni Ritchie-Hadley on the April 1st release of THE STAR FESTIVAL (Albert Whitman)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Michal Babay on the April 1st release of I’M A GLUTEN-SNIFFING SERVICE DOG (Albert Whitman)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Carol Bullman on the April 1st release of YOUR NURSERY IS AN EVERYWHERE (Blue Whale Press)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Jacquie Sewell on the April 6th release of WHALE FALL CAFE (Tilbury House Publishers)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Christine Van Zandt on the April 13th release of A BRIEF HISTORY OF UNDERPANTS (becker&mayer! kids, a Quarto Kids imprint)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Rina Singh on the April 13th release of MY HEART BEATS (Orca Book Publishers)! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Stephanie Wildman on the April 27th release of BRAVE IN THE WATER (Lawley Publishing)! It’s also being released in Spanish on the same day as VALIENTE EN EL AGUA! (Click to Tweet)

Signed! Look who has an agent!

CK Malone signed with Dan Cramer at Flannery Literary! Woohoo!

Natasha Khan Kazi signed with Tanusri Prasanna at DeFiore and Company! Way to go!

New Book Deals

Congratulations to Marzieh Abbas on the sale of A DUPATTA IS… to Emily Settle at Feiwel and Friends! Anu Chouhan will illustrate.

Congratulations to Namita Moolani Mehra on the sale of ANNI DREAMS OF BIRYANI to Marilym Brigham at Amazon/Two Lions! Chaaya Prabhat will illustrate.

Congratulations to Natalie Morales on the sale of a new picture book series to Young Dragons Press!

Congratulations to Shirin Shamsi on the sale of ZAHRA’S BLESSING: A RAMDAN STORY to Lisa Rosinsky at Barefoot Books! Manal Mirza will illustrate.

Congratulations to all our members on seeing their hard work pay off! We are so proud of you!

All of today’s good news was shared prior to April 1st. 12 x 12 members, if you have good news about a new book release, agent signing, book deal, or writing award, share it with us. Please submit your good news by May 1st to be included in our May Good News post. You can find the Good News form in the Important Announcements section of the forum.

Keep up the great work!