Take the Read Local Challenge!

thumbnail cover images for all 27 Read Local Challenge 2022/23 books, with bold text that says Meet the 2022/23 Read Local Challenge KidLit Creators

The books featured in our annual challenge may have been published by many different publishers (Harper Collins, Macmillan, Penguin Random House, and more), but all of the books were written and/or illustrated by members of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) from Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, West Virginia, and Washington D.C.! Travel with us from the ocean to the desert, and all around the world. Find stories that happened Once Upon a Time, in the future, or right here and now … and meet remarkable, real-life heroes. Have an adventure without leaving your own backyard, when you Read Local with us! https://mddewv.scbwi.org/read-local/

Ann McCallum Staats

Ann is the award-winning author of over a dozen books for kids. Her latest is FANTASTIC FLORA: THE WORLD'S BIGGEST, BADDEST, AND SMELLIEST PLANTS illustrated by Zoe Ingram (Candlewick/MIT Kids Press, 2025).
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