Our logo was designed after the koel bird ('kokila' in Sanskrit). A harbinger of new beginnings, it sings before the monsoon comes.

Calling all early-career artists from historically marginalized communities who are interested in illustrating picture books! 📚 Join us for a virtual webinar on November 14th from 7-9pm EST! Learn more and register for this free event here: https://t.co/UvAzNbxaJr

📌 Topics covered include: what Art Directors consider when looking for an illustrator, the steps of the picture book making process as it relates to the visual story line, technical art files set up, industry vocabulary, and more. There will also be a moderated Q+A.

Calling all early-career artists from historically marginalized communities who are interested in illustrating picture books! 📚 Join us for a virtual webinar on November 14th from 7-9pm EST! Learn more and register for this free event here: https://t.co/UvAzNbxaJr

Apply at https://t.co/LoYbIix2Jg! NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Enter between March 29, 2024 – April 12, 2024. Open to US residents, 18 and older. Void where prohibited or restricted by law. See Official Rules at https://t.co/vCgJvDHFwU or at the link in our bio for full details.

🌟 Happy Book Birthday to Bless The Blood by Walela Nehanda! Follow the harrowing experience of a Black cancer patient who faces medical racism after being diagnosed with leukemia in their early twenties. Available now wherever books are sold! Get your hands on a copy today!

@EuniceWongActor @BerkleyPub @doubledaybooks @TanisParenteau @thewritinghippo ⭐Young Listeners: TWELVE DINGING DOORBELLS by Tameka Fryer Brown (@teebrownkidlit), read by @justjanuary @penguinkids @KokilaBooks

BLACK GIRL YOU ARE ATLAS (@KokilaBooks/@penguinkids @PenguinTeen) by Renée Watson @reneewauthor; illus. by Ekua Holmes @imaroxburygirl will receive a starred review in the March/April 2024 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars https://t.co/6bjC9eXqPw

A HUGE congratulations to @tracisorellauthor and @arigonstarr for CONTENDERS, which receives a 2024 American Indian Youth Literature Award Honor from the American Indian Library Association. ⚾🏆 #CONTENDERS #picturebook #tracisorell #arigonstarr #ALAYouthMediaAwards

📚 Swipe for Kokila’s 2023 in review. We’re proud to announce that 20 new Kokila books were published in 2023 from this list of stellar creators. Thank you for trusting us to publish your work and thank you to all our readers! 📚 #teamkokila #2023YearInReview #reading #kidlit

Congraulations to all of our @ALA_Booklist Editor's Choice (aka Best Books) of 2023 including @RutaSepetys @lilliamr @JackieWoodson @KokilaBooks and more! 🎉🎉🎉

Your support is making waves! 😌🙏🏾🎨 Thank you all! #TheArtivist #USATodayBestseller @USATODAY

Wow! That Flag and The Artivist are getting some Award List love today!! 🙏🏾📚💛✨ 1-Jane Addams Award Finalist List for The Artivist AND That Flag! 2-Charlotte Huck Honor Book Award win for That Flag!! 3-NPR “Books We Love List” for That Flag!

The #BooksforPalestine auction is live! Kokila has donated 4 auction items you can bid on: - Kokila MG and YA Book Bundle + Tote - Kokila Baby Book Bundle + Tote - Two AMA sessions with Publisher Namrata Tripathi - 20-page Critique + Chat with Executive Editor Zareen Jaffery

Check out this auction item! #booksforpalestine #bookauction

Congrats to @CeliaCPerez on her heartwarming, gripping story #Tumble, a 2023 Judy Lopez Memorial Award Honor Book🔸 Join us this Sunday, October 1, 2 pm PDT/5 pm EST to celebrate! https://t.co/XxcZ6JKx9F #judylopezaward2023

THIS SUNDAY! Join me at @vromans Bookstore in Pasadena CA for storytime and book signing at 11am📚🎨🚀✨ So excited to read The Artivist to kids for the first time and inspire young artivists 🖍🎨 695 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91101 #TheArtivist #KidLit #fREADom #Art

You are invited to a free virtual event hosted by @schulerbooks to celebrate GIRLS ON WHEELS. I am super excited that Kate Wadsworth will be presenting with me. Please RSVP via QR code to register and support indie bookstores by ordering your copy from Schuler Books. Thank you!

Happy #BookBirthday @AutumnAAllen! All You Have to Do is on shelves today!

Oscar-winner @MatthewACherry and best-selling illustrator @VashtiHarrison have teamed up again for a new book called “Hair Love ABCs,” which aims, they say, to share the joy of styling and taking care of Black hair: “It’s all about being who you want to be.”

Happy #BookBirthday to BARELY FLOATING by @Lilliamr A dazzling story full of heart about how one twelve-year-old channels her rage into synchronized swimming dreams from The Education of Margot Sanchez author Lilliam Rivera. Ages 8-12. ➡️ https://t.co/GiBdK4aVRC