Nov 4, 2025
Papa always speaks of someday bringing his granddaughter back home to Cabo Verde. But the young girl has never set foot on their ancestral island’s faraway shores. And each time Papa urges her to speak Kriolu, the Portuguese creole native to the West African country, the girl’s tongue betrays her, and she stumbles over her own words. If she can’t even get the language right, can her grandfather’s home ever truly be hers, too?
But each Saturday afternoon when she helps guide her sight-impaired grandfather through their close-knit Massachusetts community, the girl swears she can smell, hear, feel Kriolu. And each Saturday she comes closer to discovering where home truly lies.
Summer 2026
Deeba Zargarpur at S&S has acquired, in an exclusive submission, world rights to Emerald (working title) by Stefanie Foster Brown (l.), illustrated by Shahrzad Maydani, a picture book about a child who grows an unwieldy and lush forest inside her bedroom, reflecting her wild inner emotions and longing for her old home in the country. Publication is set for summer 2026; Wendi Gu at GreenburgerKids represented the author, and Kirsten Hall at Catbird Productions represented the illustrator.
Winter 2027
Erika Turner at Little, Brown has bought world rights to The Bridge to School, a picture book by Stefanie Foster Brown (l.), illustrated by Rahele Jomepour Bell, about the bond between siblings and the paths that the eldest paves for those that come after. Publication is slated for winter 2027; Wendi Gu at GreenburgerKids represented the author, and Christy Ewers at the CAT Agency represented the artist.
Spring 2028
Taylor Norman at Neal Porter Books has acquired world rights to Yet Still Radiant by Stefanie Foster Brown (l.), illustrated by Caldecott, Sibert, and Coretta Scott King-honored artist Cozbi A. Cabrera, a picture book about Charles Ethan Porter, a largely unknown 19th-century still-life painter who was rejected from the white-dominated arts industry, pursued his passion nevertheless, and was eventually rediscovered and exhibited globally. Publication is set for spring 2028; Wendi Gu at HG Literary represented the author, and Victoria Sanders at Victoria Sanders & Associates represented the illustrator.