Jashar Awan

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Geisel Honor-winning author-illustrator; EVERY MONDAY MABEL out now from Simon & Schuster; repped by Erica Rand Silverman at Stimola Literary Studio

The book cover for WHERE I GREW by Jashar Awan and illustrated by Rahele Jomepour Bell, featuring a young girl in glasses and a beret looking closely at a newly sprouted plant with her grandfather

A silver Caldecott Honor sticker is on the upper right hand side of the cover of the book EVERY MONDAY MABEL. The cover features a little girl pulling a chair past a window. Through the window, a garbage truck can be seen on a cloudy day.

Cover of the book LOOPS by Geisel Honor Winner Jashar Awan shows a child tying laces, admiring the tied shoe, and running off

Vignettes of a boy stopping to tie his shoe, admiring his tied shoe, and running off in front of a script type that says "LOOPS"

Text below reads:
Celia Lee at Simon & Schuster has acquired Loops by Geisel Honor author-illustrator Jashar Awan, a picture book about the perseverance and positive self-talk needed to learn to tie your shoelaces, and be a big kid. Publication is scheduled for spring 2026; Erica Silverman at Stimola Literary Studio negotiated the deal for world English rights.

Opened box with filled with paper and copies of the book Towed by Toad which has a Toad driving a tow truck on the cover and a variety of animals driving vehicles on the back cover

Colorful illustration of a girl with pigtails carrying a bowl of cereal outside of her house as her father watches from the window. Below is text that reads:

Celia Lee at Simon & Schuster has bought Every Monday Mabel by author-illustrator Jashar Awan, in which every Monday, young Mabel drags her chair past her confused and disinterested family, out the front door, and waits for the best thing in the world: the garbage truck. Publication is slated for spring 2025; Erica Silverman at Stimola Literary Studio negotiated the deal for world English rights.

Below the text is a colorful illustration of a garbage truck.

Illustration of a cartoon toad driving a tow truck above text that says, "Tara Walker at Tundra Books has acquired a picture book series by Jashar Awan, centered around a tow truck driving toad. In the first book, Towed by Toad, Toad learns that sometimes even helpers need to ask for help. Publication of book one is planned for fall 2024 with the second following in fall 2025; Erica Rand Silverman at Stimola Literary Studio sold North American rights."