Lauren Simone Blogs
Illustrator Feature: Zachary Clarke
Zachary Clarke one of our talented illustrators here at Lauren Simone was featured in Bubblah Magazine. Bubblah Magazine is an e-zine which seeks to educate, inspire, and celebrate children. Zachary’s art was featured on the cover of the December 2021 issue. Zach grew to love animated movies, writing fiction, developing and designing fictional characters, and creating graphic novels. He also enjoys animation, cooking gluten-free foods, and caring for his pets. Zach, along with his older sister Simone-Anais Clarke, have illustrated over a dozen books including Olivia Lauren’s Occupations A to Z, Olivia Lauren’s A Guide to Things We Wear, Disco Balls of the Universe, The...
To Dads on Father’s Day
Happy Father’s Day to all our authors, illustrators and supporters out there! We wouldn’t be here without you guys being the super dads that you are; being our rock, taking care of us, supporting us, and encouraging us to chase our dreams. In celebration of dads we are including some of the cool dads from some of our books here at Lauren Simone. Image from Proskater: Images from Olivia Travels and Virtual Lift Off Images from You are the U in Unique: Image from The Tale Of Princess Alicia: And of course these next images, inspired by true events in...
How We Celebrated Juneteenth
Learn about how Amari and Dr John celebrated Juneteenth in their respective communities.
Celebrating Juneteenth: Our Black Author Children's Book Reading List
At Lauren Simone we celebrate diversity everyday with our collection of books representing authors and illustrators of all backgrounds. This weekend, in light of Juneteenth, we decided to compile a list of 19 great children’s books, which contain empowering stories and we hope you love. Read here to find out what those titles are…
Black Children's Reading Lounge Event
This past Sunday, June 12th, Simone Adeji and Liberated Home School hosted a black children’s reading lounge via zoom. The event kicked off with some fun music and introductions about Lauren Simone Publishing House and Liberated Home School. Over 20 children and their parents attended this wonderful event! Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. Burke, bookstore owners from Canada, and others from Nigeria, the U.S. and Canada. Olivia John, co-author of the Olivia Lauren Series read Olivia Lauren’s: Olivia Travels. Afterwards Dr. John answered questions from children and adults alike. The questions ranged from “what’s your favorite book?” to “what’s...