Cheryl B. Klein
@chavelaque
Editorial director at Lee & Low Books and author of THE MAGIC WORDS and WINGS (3/19). I tweet about books, writing, politics, diversity, & goofiness.
Brooklyn, NY
Cheryl B. Klein @chavelaque · Jan 30
Cheryl B. Klein @chavelaque
I found an exit out of Grand Central that I had never used before, & it got me two blocks closer to my destination than I expected. In this cold, that counts as a New York Win (tm).Also, surely there is a fantasy novel featuring Grand Central as a wild nexus of portals to magical worlds? If not, I would love for an author of color to write that & send it to me. #MSWL
Cheryl B. Klein @chavelaque · Jan 9
Writers, agents: I would REALLY like a quality biographical #ownvoices picture-book MS about Bayard Rustin -- one that honors his integrity & complexity. Hook me up in 2019? #MSWL npr.org/2019/01/06/682…
Cheryl B. Klein @chavelaque · 12 Sep 2018
Coming late to #MSWL Day: Educational PBs that read like trade ones; character-driven MG; truth-telling YA; all of it diverse; #ownvoices preferred.
Cheryl B. Klein @chavelaque · 20 Apr 2018
I'm reading a YA novel where the protagonist measures herself against her confident, bubbly, flirty best friend, & *just once* I'd like a submission where that best friend is the protagonist. #mswl
Cheryl B. Klein @chavelaque · 23 Mar 2018
Ibi Zoboi @ibizoboi
We need more diverse children's historical fiction. Because history.🙋🏼🙋🏼🙋🏼 #MSWL & watch for THE WIND CALLED MY NAME and ALL THE STARS DENIED from @tubooks this fall!
Cheryl B. Klein @chavelaque · 17 Mar 2018
Elizabeth McCracken @elizmccracken
When will Hazel Scott get the biopic she deserves? smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/h…Dang, this woman was amazing: Juilliard at age 8, her own TV show in the 1950s, stood up to HUAC. Write me a PB bio, pls! #MSWL
Cheryl B. Klein @chavelaque · 24 Feb 2018
Ibi Zoboi @ibizoboi
We love Martin & Malcolm, of course. But what abt Marcus? There are virtually no mainstream pub'd children's books abt Marcus Garvey & the Back to Africa Movement & the Black Star Line. Why not? Malcolm's parents were Garveyites.I would LOVE a Marcus Garvey book for @LEEandLOW. #MSWL
Cheryl B. Klein @chavelaque · 3 Dec 2017
Tracey the Hutt @TraceyBaptiste
Nanny, a Jamaican Maroon who held the British off from escaped slaves by establishing lookouts, a communication network, and disguising her soldiers as trees and teaching them to be still and slow their breathing so they could attack w/o warning. twitter.com/xnulz/status/9…Aw, hell, any reply to this starring a WOC is #MSWL
Cheryl B. Klein @chavelaque · 3 Dec 2017
Samantha Mash 🌲 @anamericanghost
Khutulun was the great-great-granddaughter of Genghis Khan. She was a strong fighter and insisted that any man who wished to marry her must defeat her in wrestling, but any man who she beat would have to give her a horse. She wound up with 10,000 horses. twitter.com/xnulz/status/9…Cheryl B. Klein @chavelaque · 10 Oct 2017
wendy wu 🇳🇬 @M_eazyyyy
Netflix just picked up a show centered around a single black mother who’s raising a black 7 year old kid who has superpowers, I can’t wait!! pic.twitter.com/Z23DgcJuRrThis sounds so cool & I would love to read/publish the MG/YA version. #MSWL
Cheryl B. Klein @chavelaque · 9 Oct 2017
Alia Jones @readitrealgood
I'd love a graphic novel about Jim Thorpe and Duke Kahanamoku's friendship.#MSWL for me as well. But in the meantime, @LEEandLOW has picture books about both!
Cheryl B. Klein @chavelaque · 11 Aug 2017
The New Yorker @NewYorker
After thirty-three years, the National Double Dutch League’s Summer Classic returns to Lincoln Center Out of Doors. pic.twitter.com/LDTKPhS51C#MSWL a novel about these girls & their friendships/rivalries RIGHT NOW please
Cheryl B. Klein @chavelaque · 20 Jul 2017
ICYMI, I tweeted last night about #betterAltUSHistory. All of those ideas are #MSWL, too, esp. written by POC/Native writers.
Cheryl B. Klein @chavelaque · 20 Jun 2017
Philip Lewis @Phil_Lewis_
50 years ago on this date, Muhammad Ali was convicted of draft evasion for refusing to serve.“I aint got no quarrel with them Viet Cong." pic.twitter.com/bQDBMU2UoM
I'd love to see a picture book focused on this side of Muhammad Ali. #mswl
Cheryl B. Klein @chavelaque · 1 May 2017
I'd love to see more non-dominant perspectives on US history, for picture book thru YA. #mswl
Cheryl B. Klein @chavelaque · 3 Apr 2017
Off a tweet by @rabihalameddine, I'm reading abt pachucas & the Zoot Suit Riots, & someone write me this YA: museumofthecity.org/project/la-pac… #MSWL
Cheryl B. Klein @chavelaque · 9 Sep 2016
I'd love a YA novel about academic competition--debate, quiz bowl, Science Olympiad--that makes them as exciting as physical sports. #MSWL