Publications & Awards
American Booksellers Association selected City Girls for the prestigious Winter/Spring 2024 Indies Introduce lis—awarded to only 10 books each season, recognizing exceptional new titles chosen by independent booksellers.
Loretta is a recipient of the Turkey Land Cove Foundation grant, a competitive working residency supporting female artists and entrepreneurs.
City Girls is one New York Public Library’s Best Books for Kids 2024.
Loretta is a recipient of the Gold Portfolio Award from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, recognizing outstanding creative achievement.
City Girls was shortlisted for the Children's Book Council Goddard Riverside Prize for Social Justice—an honor recognizing powerful contributions to social justice in children’s literature.
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