Midwinter might be cold and harsh, but in today's newsletter, Stress Resets offers "evidence-based techniques for quickly diffusing moments of stress" from an experienced psychologist, and poet Nadia Colburn's collection I Say the Sky "may be the perfect accompaniment for the short days and long nights of winter." Additionally, the "openhearted" picture book The Last Stand, written by Antwan Eady and illustrated by Jarrett and Jerome Pumphrey, sends "a 'love letter' to Black farmers and the towns they serve."
For The Writer's Life, author/illustrator Vashti Harrison talks about big feelings and big wins related to her 2023 picture book Big, as the first Black woman to receive the Randolph Caldecott Medal.
--Dave Wheeler, senior editor, Shelf Awareness