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May 6, 2025

Detective Dogs announcement: Alexandra Aceves at Holiday House as acquired, in an exclusive submission, Detective Dogs by Alison Pearce Stevens, a nonfiction middle grade book about incredible conservation projects that utilize working dogs. Alexandra Weiss and Azantian Literary Agency handled the deal for world rights.

From Holiday House’s Books for a Better Earth collection, this book about the incredible sniffer dogs helping to keep our ecosystems free of invasive species is due out in September. I got to do some adventurous research for this one–including rafting down the Snake River in Grand Teton National Park with some phenomenal dog-handler teams.

2025

Detective Dogs announcement: Alexandra Aceves at Holiday House as acquired world rights to The Wild Mile by Alison Pearce Stevens as part of the publisher's Books for a Better Earth Collection. Set in downtown Chicago, this nonfiction middle grade book highlights the efforts to transform urban waterways into wildlife sanctuaries and promote access to green spaces within big cities. Alexandra Weiss at Azantian Literary Agency brokered the deal.

Another book for the Books for a Better Earth collection! This book is all about—you guessed it—Chicago’s Wild Mile. This stretch of the Chicago River is bounded by steel retaining walls. No river banks. No plants. No wildlife. And no way for people to get down to the water to kayak or canoe. But Urban Rivers is changing that by adding floating habitat—for animals and people. It’s just one example of ways people are helping to rewild cities to make way for all the creatures that belong there.

2026

Laura Godwin at Godwin Books has bought world English rights to When Beavers Move In, a debut picture book by Alison Pearce Stevens, illustrated by Natasha Donovan. The science writer and Métis illustrator have teamed up to showcase the extraordinary ways the Tulalip Tribes are healing their traditional lands by relocating beavers into the Cascade Mountains. Publication is set for winter 2026; Alexandra Weiss at Azantian Literary represented the author, and lIndsay Auld at Writers House represented the illustrator.

My debut picture book, this story showcases one of many ways we can reintroduce animals to their ancestral homelands to restore our natural ecosystems. I am so grateful to the Tulalip Tribes for allowing me to share this story about their restoration efforts and can hardly wait to see how Métis illustrator Natasha Donovan brings it to life.