Kitty Kelley has signed a deal with the Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing imprint, Atheneum Books for Young Readers. This journalist and biographer (pictured, via) plans to write her debut picture book, Martin’s Dream Day.
This children’s book will feature photographs taken by the late photojournalist Stanley Tretick (who was also Kelley’s friend). The publication date has been scheduled for Jan. 3, 2017.
Here’s more from the press release: “In Martin’s Dream Day, Kelley combines elegant storytelling with Tretick’s iconic photographs to transport readers to the 1963 March on Washington, bringing that historic day vividly to life in both words and pictures…Emma Ledbetter, who will edit, acquired world rights from Wayne S. Kabak, WSK Management, LLC.”