Karen Li and Shelley Tanaka at Groundwood has bought Abbie Harlow‘s debut YA novel, Butterfly’s Sting, the story of a teenage girl’s efforts to save herself and her siblings from her abusive guardian, against the violent backdrop of an illegal boxing ring. Publication is slated for fall 2025; Ammi-Joan Paquette at Erin Murphy Literary Agency did the deal for North American English/French rights….

Kathy Landwehr at Peachtree has bought world rights to Allie the Alpaca and the 100% Perfect, Frustration-Free Day by Megan Wagner Lloyd, illustrated by Ellie Snowdon, about a little alpaca with big dreams: to make each day absolutely perfect in every way. That doesn’t seem too much to ask, does it? Publication is slated for spring 2026; Ammi-Joan Paquette at Erin Murphy Literary Agency represented the author, and Maddy Jeffery at the Plum Agency…

Sarah Alpert at Algonquin Young Readers has acquired world rights to Knightly by Sara Holly Ackerman, illustrated by Mape, a picture book told in rhyming text about a rambunctious young knight who would rather keep jousting and run around the castle than tuck in and go to sleep. Publication is scheduled for 2025; Tricia Lawrence at Erin Murphy Literary Agency represented the author, and Vickie Savanella at Advocate Art represented the illustrator….

Poet and educator Sun Yung Shin and scholar Sarah Park Dahlen‘s adaptation of Catherine Ceniza Choy’s ASIAN AMERICAN HISTORIES OF THE UNITED STATES, providing young readers with a nearly 200-year history of Asian migration, labor, and community formation in the US, filling the gaps of diverse Asian American experiences and contributions in US history, to Joanna Green at Beacon Press, by Tia Ikemoto at CAA for Shin and Tricia Lawrence at Erin Murphy Literary…