LQ 2021 Year in Review

LQ 2021 Year in Review

In July 2021, LQ was named North America’s Best Children’s Book Publisher of the Year at the Bologna Children's Book Fair. And that’s just one of many awards, accolades, and praise bestowed on our books and our small but mighty team this year. Here's a brief report of highlights from January’s Youth Media Awards Ceremony (where we took home 3 awards) to December’s 37 Best of the Year designations—including another National Bestseller.

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Publishing

• 26 New Books

  • 14 Translations (54% of total list)

  • 9 Picture Books

  • 9 Middle Grade Titles

  • 5 Nonfiction Books

  • 4 Young Adult Titles

  • 2 Chapter Books

  • 1 Graphic Novel

• 38 Creators (authors, Illustrators, and translators)

  • 19 BIPOC creators (50% of total)

  • 8 Jewish creators (21% of total)

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PUBLICITY

• 45 Starred Reviews (!!!) [See them all]

• 37 Best of the Year nominations [See them all]

• 13 National Media Hits [See them all]

  • 7 New York Times reviews

  • 3 Wall Street Journal reviews

  • 2 TIME mentions

  • 1 NPR feature

• 3 National Bestsellers [Elatsoe, Everything Sad Is Untrue, A Snake Falls To Earth]

• 1 IndieNext & Indies Introduce Selection - Neverforgotten

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AWARDS

• 1 Best Publisher of North America Award

• 1 Printz Medal Winner — Everything Sad Is Untrue

• 1 Printz Honor Book — Apple (Skin to the Core)

• 1 National Book Award longlisted title — A Snake Falls to Earth

• 1 Sid Fleischman Award Winner - Lupe Wong Won’t Dance

• 1 Locus Award Winner — Elatsoe

• 1 Pura Belpré Honor — Lupe Wong Won’t Dance

• 1 Christopher Award Winner — Everything Sad Is Untrue

• Judy Lopez Memorial Award Winner — Everything Sad Is Untrue

• Canadian Jewish Literary Award Winner - Osnat And Her Dove

• 1 Middle East Book Award Winner — Everything Sad Is Untrue

• Submitted LQ titles to +60 Awards and state lists

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SOCIAL MEDIA

• 6,000 — Total social followers across platforms

• 2,615 — Instagram Followers (90% Increase)

• 3,131 — Twitter Followers (33% increase)

• 10,500 — Opt-in Newsletter Subscribers

• 135,529 — YouTube views (65% increase)

• 23 Videos Produced for YouTube (35% increase)

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ARCS & CATALOGS

• 1,559 Edelweiss downloads (127% increase)

• 12,940 ARCs distributed

• 11 ARCs produced (Spring 21 & Fall 21)

• 2 Catalogs designed and printed

• 10,000 Catalogs produced

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EVENTS & AdVERTISING

• 50+ Events including major conferences like ALA, WI16, and SLJ Day of Dialog.  

• 15+ virtual bookstore events 

• 8 titles advertised in 5 Regional Holiday Catalogs

• National Ads in Horn Book, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and School Library Journal