Huge congrats to the talented 2021 PBParty finalists. We received over 1000 entries and are thrilled to showcase our 50 favorites in a variety of genres…plus the incredible Illustration Showcase at the end. The judges and I can’t wait for you to view them all. 🙂
Agents and PAL editors can request the full manuscript (or whatever materials you’d like) in the comment section of each entry.
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PBParty Entry #1 : Dance, Little Seed
GENRE: Own Voices, SEL, Lyrical WORDS: 480 ...
PBParty Entry #2 : Chef Goaton Ramsey’s World Famous Food Truck
GENRE: Humor WORDS: 390 ...
PBParty Entry #3 : SHOES FOR HASANI: A Giraffe’s True Story of Hope and Triumph
GENRE: STEM, SEL, NF WORDS: 1160 ...
PBParty Entry #4 : What Will the Pockets Carry?
GENRE: Own Voices, Diverse WORDS: 350 ...
PBParty Entry #5 : Across the Frozen Sea: An Arctic Fox’s Journey from Norway to Canada
GENRE: STEM, NF WORDS: 465 ...
PBParty Entry #6 : Big, Bad Dinosaur #1
GENRE: Character Driven, STEM, Humor WORDS: 365 ...
PBParty Entry #7 : Utterly Unstoppable: The Story of Stuntwoman Kitty O’neil
GENRE: NF, Biography WORDS: 950 ...
PBParty Entry #8 : The Happy Donkey Handbook
GENRE: Humor, Concept WORDS: 450 ...
PBParty Entry #9 : Stara the Space Garbage Truck
GENRE: Character Driven, Humor, Environment WORDS: 455 ...
PBParty Entry #10 : This is Not a Numbers Book!
GENRE: Character Driven, STEAM, Humor WORDS: 335 ...
PBParty Entry #11 : Origami Superstar
GENRE: Own Voices, STEAM, Humor WORDS: 505 ...
PBParty Entry #12 : Love Letter from the Stars
GENRE: Rhyming, Lyrical, Climate change WORDS: 250 ...
PBParty Entry #13 : Dig It, Digby!
GENRE: Character Driven, SEL, Rhyming WORDS: 360 ...
PBParty Entry #14 : Inventions to Count On: A Counting Book of Black American Innovators
GENRE: Own Voices, STEM, Concept WORDS: 190 ...
PBParty Entry #15 : The Sky Is Crying
GENRE: Character Driven, SEL WORDS: 265 ...
PBParty Entry #16 : A Very Special Bee
GENRE: STEM, Humor WORDS: 465 ...
PBParty Entry #17 : A Friend for Honey Badger
GENRE: Own Voices, Diverse WORDS: 510 ...
PBParty Entry #18 : Dragonfly!: An Auto-Bug-Ography
GENRE: STEM, Humor, Informational Fiction WORDS: 655 ...
PBParty Entry #19 : Safa and the Perfect Roti
GENRE: Own Voices, Diverse WORDS: 600 ...
PBParty Entry #20 : Penny’s Prototypes
GENRE: Character Driven, STEM, Rhyming WORDS: 515 ...
PBParty Entry #21 : Peter Piper’s Predicament
GENRE: Humor WORDS: 315 ...
PBParty Entry #22 : Born to Move!
GENRE: Own Voices, Diverse, Character Driven WORDS: 400 ...
PBParty Entry #23 : The Great Haredini
GENRE: Character Driven, SEL, Humor WORDS: 600 ...
PBParty Entry #24 : My Block Looks Like
GENRE: Own Voices, Lyrical WORDS: 405 ...
PBParty Entry #25 : Heart of a Singer: The Story of Hazel Dickens
GENRE: Lyrical, NF, Biography WORDS: 845 ...
PBParty Entry #26 : Glow in the Dark
GENRE: Rhyming, Bedtime WORDS: 335 ...
PBParty Entry #27 : Marina and the Turtle
GENRE: Diverse, Character Driven, SEL WORDS: 450 ...
PBParty Entry #28 : Let Go Pinecone
GENRE: STEM, Lyrical WORDS: 405 ...
PBParty Entry #29 : The Prince of the Revolutionary War
GENRE: Diverse, Character Driven, NF WORDS: 700 ...
PBParty Entry #30 : Cock-A-Doo-Ah-CHOO!
GENRE: Humor, Rhyming WORDS: 525 ...
PBParty Entry #31 : Moe Skeeto
GENRE: STEM, Humor WORDS: 470 ...
PBParty Entry #32 : Freedom at Dawn: The Robert Smalls Story
GENRE: Own Voices, Diverse, Historical Fiction WORDS: 710 ...
PBParty Entry #33 : Goodies for Sweet Granny Mae
GENRE: Rhyming, Heart, Fiction WORDS: 590 ...
PBParty Entry #34 : Stitching Seasons
GENRE: Lyrical WORDS: 370 ...
PBParty Entry #35 : SHABBAT IN SPACE: Astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman’s Cosmic Mitzvah
GENRE: Diverse, NF, Biography WORDS: 1020 ...
PBParty Entry #36 : Annabelle The Truck Fairy
GENRE: Character Driven, Humor WORDS: 415 ...
PBParty Entry #37 : Faith: The Bravest Cat
GENRE: Lyrical, NF WORDS: 545 ...
PBParty Entry #38 : Planets Play
GENRE: STEM, Rhyming, Bedtime WORDS: 380 ...
PBParty Entry #39 The Extra Stocking
GENRE: Character Driven, Lyrical, Holiday WORDS: 390 ...
PBParty Entry #40 : Haleema’s Curls, Swirls and Whirls
GENRE: Own Voices, Diverse WORDS: 545 ...
PBParty Entry #41 : Railroad Cake
GENRE: Rhyming, Bedtime, Historical Fiction WORDS: 300 ...
PBParty Entry #42 : Cardboard Castles
GENRE: Own Voices, Diverse, Character Driven WORDS: 340 ...
PBParty Entry #43 : SHE THREW LIKE A GIRL: The Jackie Mitchell Story
GENRE: NF, Biography WORDS: 960 ...
PBParty Entry #44 : I’m Going to Tony’s House! *ART*
GENRE: Fiction, Semi-autobiographical WORDS: 400 ...
PBParty Entry #45 : Standing on the Shoulders of Giants *ART*
GENRE: Diverse, Fantasy WORDS: 375 ...
PBParty Entry #46 : Being Boris *ART*
GENRE: Character Driven, Humor, Contemporary WORDS: 475 ...
PBParty Entry #47 : My Lost Idea *ART*
GENRE: Diverse, STEAM, SEL WORDS: 405 ...
PBParty Entry #48 : A Wig for Rigby *ART*
GENRE: Humor, Inspirational WORDS: 405 ...
PBParty Entry #49 : Littlefoot *ART*
GENRE: Character Driven, Lyrical WORDS: 350 ...
PBParty Entry #50 : A Home for Jack *ART*
GENRE: Character Driven, Contemporary WORDS: 295 ...
PBParty 2021 Illustration Showcase
I'm thrilled to share the 2021 PBParty Illustration Showcase! Agents and editors can request which author/illustrators they'd like to see ...