The summer sale! A bit of sunshine in one’s mailbox. But followed by a cloud.
Out of the 42 books, only 4 are by women. One Edith Warton, one Tove Jameson and two picture books for the 3-7 year old crowd (Ester Averill and Ruth Kraus).
At 50% of the picture books authors, women clearly have a niche.
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