Publisher Profile / Lee & Low Books
Facts
Mission: “Lee & Low BOOKS is the largest multicultural children’s book publisher in the country.” A Publisher deeply committed to diversity and #WeNeedDiverseBooks, they have “a simple mission: to publish contemporary diverse stories that all children could enjoy.”
Founder and Publisher: Jason Low
An Interview with the Publisher
Foreword This Week spoke with Jason Low about the ways in which Lee & Low is not only producing diverse books but attempting to quantify the problem to help the industry improve. Read the interview below.
Tell us about the Diversity Baseline Survey. What will it measure and what do you hope to do with the data?
The survey will give us a peek at where we are now as an industry when it comes to diversity. We have a hunch that there is a lack of diversity in publishing, but we don’t know to what extent. Having a baseline number will give us a statistic that we can work toward improving. Businesses use numbers to gauge their performance; the same methodology should be applied to issues such as equality.
Read the interview with Jason Low of Lee & Low.
Reviews
***Song for Cambodia***, by Michelle Lord and Shino Arihara, Illustrated by Shino Arihara
Juna’s Jar by Jane Bahk, Illustrated by Felicia Hoshino
Summoning the Phoenix: Poems and Prose About Chinese Musical Instruments by Emily Jiang, Illustrated by April Chu
¡Olé! Flamenco by George Ancona
Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace by Jean Cullerton Johnson, Illustrated by Sonia Lynn Sadler
Horse Song: The Naadam of Mongolia by Betsy Lewin and Ted Lewin
Chess Rumble by G. Neri, Illustrated by Joshua Watson
The Last Black King of the Kentucky Derby by Crystal Hubbard, Illustrated by Robert McGuire
Su Dongpo: Chinese Genius by Demi
Little Sap and Monsieur Rodin by Michelle Lord, Illustrated by Felicia Hoshimo
La Vasija Que Juan Fabric by Nancy Andrews-Goebel, Illustrated by David Diaz
Prairie Dog Song: The Key to Saving North America’s Grasslands by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore
The Mangrove Tree: Planting Trees to Feed Families by Susan L. Roth and Cindy Trumbore
Hot, Hot Roti for Dada-ji by F. Zia, Illustrated by Ken Min
Awards
Foreword Reviews Names Lee & Low Books 2014 Indie Publisher of the Year
To Read the Whole Rainbow, You Don’t Need to Point Out the Different Colors
Foreword Mentions
Indie Publishers, Authors Tweet Comfort While Vowing to Fight Trump Threat
Not Just for Giggles: The Best Children’s Books of the Summer
Independent Publishers Take Home 2015 Youth Media Awards
Foreword Reviews’ INDIEFAB Winners Represent the Best of the ‘Indie Spirit’
Press Releases
WHERE IS THE DIVERSITY IN PUBLISHING? THE 2015 DIVERSITY BASELINE SURVEY RESULTS
CELEBRATING 25 BOOKS FROM 25 YEARS: BASEBALL SAVED US
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