Today we give you the gift of 12 x 12 Good News! Check out these new books from your fellow 12 x 12 members, plus, an agent signing, new book deals, and awards to celebrate!

If you have good news in any of these categories, be sure to let us know by filling out the Good News form in the Important Announcements section of the 12 x 12 forum.

All of today’s good news was submitted before November 25th. If you submitted news after November 25th, it will be included in our January post.

Easy ways to help 12 x 12 members and their books:

1. Click on the “Click to Tweet” links to share on Twitter and get the word out about these books on social media.
2. Submit a request to your local library to carry these books.
3. Write reviews on Amazon, GoodReads, and B&N.
4. Consider purchasing these books from your local independent bookstore or the 12 x 12 Bookshop.org site. (Purchases made at the 12 x 12 Bookshop.org help to fund our diversity and scholarship programs.)

Your fellow authors appreciate your support!

Book Birthdays

Congratulations to Claire Annette Noland on the December 1st debut of RAVEN’S GIFT: A FEATHERED FLIGHT OF FAITH published by The Little Press and illustrated by Desirée Cordón!  (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Teresa Traver on the December 1st release of SPRINKLES TO THE RESCUE! Teresa self-published this book and it’s illustrated by Jitumoni Goswami! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Meredith Steiner on the December 6th debut of JUST. LIKE. YOU. This awesome book is published by POW! Kids Books and illustrated by Avneet Sandhu! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Eva Wong Nava on the December 8th (UK) debut of I LOVE CHINESE NEW YEAR published by Scholastic UK and illustrated by Xin Li! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Tziporah Cohen on the December 13th debut of ON THE CORNER OF CHOCOLATE AVENUE: HOW MILTON HERSHEY BROUGHT MILK CHOCOLATE TO AMERICA published by Clarion/HarperCollins Children’s Books and illustrated by Steven Salerno! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations to Katrina Moore on the December 13th debut of GRUMPY NEW YEAR published by Little Bee Books and illustrated by Xindi Yan! (Click to Tweet)

Congratulations upon congratulations to Eva Wong Nava on the December 22nd debut of her EXPLORING SOUTHEAST ASIA series! This series published by Penguin Random House SEA and illustrated by Quek Hong Shin! Books include ANITA MAGSAYSAY-HO: ONE OF THEM, CHUAH THEAN TENG: FATHER OF BATIK PAINING, AFFANDI: THE HUMANIST ARTIST, and LIU KANG: MASTER OF COLOURS.  (Click to Tweet)

Signed! Look Who Has an Agent!

Jenna Johnson is now represented by Christie Megill at The CAT Agency! Way to go!

New Book Deals

Congratulations to Becca McMurdie on the sale of CONGA, WILD AND FREE: A HOWLER MONKEY’S TRIUMPHANT RESCUE to Kayla Tostevin at Page Street Kids! Hooray!

Congratulations to Bridgitte Rodguez on the sale of A WALK THROUGH THE REDWOODS to Winsome Bingham at Reycraft! Natalia Bruno will illustrate.  Awesome!

Congratulations to Heather Morris  on the sale of  TRUNK GOES THUNK to Sandra Sutter at Little Gnome! Chantelle Thorne and Burgen Thorne will illustrate. Amazing!

Congratulations to Kirsten Pendreigh  on the sale of WHEN A TREE FALLS to Naomi Kirsten at Chronicle! Matthew Cruikshank will illustrate. So cool!

Award Winners

Congratulations to Aimee Satterlee! Her manuscript RED TRUCK won the 2022 Work-in-Progress Award for Picture Book Text from SCBWI! Woohoo!!

Congratulations to all our members for pursuing your dreams! We are so proud of you!

All of today’s good news was shared prior to November 25th. 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. You can find the Good News form in the Important Announcements section of the forum.

Keep up the good work, everyone!

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