Talk:First Second Books

COI Request to Update Selected Titles Into 2020s, Update Name
I'm an intern with First Second and have been directed to make sure information regarding our authors and imprint is up-to-date. I'm disclosing this in accordance with Wikipedia's conflict of interest policy and am requesting these updates in compliance with the policy to the best of my understanding. I'm happy to change or stop my requests if it turns out that I'm in conflict with the policy.

The selected titles for First Second only go up to 2019, leaving out titles published from 2020 onward that may merit mentioning (and many of which have Wikipedia pages of their own). I've compiled a list of concise proposals for Selected Titles from the 2020s, with sourced reviews/industry accolades for each. While not all of these might end up meeting the notability criteria for inclusion, I've endeavored to present a well-cited list that provides an accurate picture of breakout titles during the past 4-5 years that are not already mentioned elsewhere on the First Second page.

2019:

- Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Conell's Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me already has its own Wikipedia page. The book was critically acclaimed with praise from Horn Book, Kirkus Reviews, NPR, and Forbes; and won many industry awards, being recognized at the 2019 Harvey Awards, the 2019 Ignatz Awards, and the 2020 Eisner Awards.

2020:

- Gene Luen Yang's Dragon Hoops already has its own Wikipedia page; received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, The Horn Book, Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, and Booklist; was included on "Best Of" lists by all of these plus the New York Times, the Washington Post, Amazon, and Forbes; and was honored at the 2021 Michael Printz awards.

- Kat Leyh's Snapdragon already has its own Wikipedia page, received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews and Publishers Weekly, and was nominated for an Eisner Award.

2021:

- Harmony Becker's Himawari House already has its own Wikipedia page; received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal and The Horn Book; and received a 2022 Kirkus Prize for Young Readers' Literature.

2022:

- Claribel Ortega and Rose Bousamra's Frizzy has received critical acclaim with starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, The Horn Book, and Bookpage; and was the winner of the American Library Association's Pura Belpré Children’s Author Award.

- Hayao Miyazaki's Shuna's Journey already has its own Wikipedia page and First Second's English translation has received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal; as well as praise from the New York Times, the New Yorker Online, and Entertainment Weekly.

2023:

- Zach Weinersmith's Bea Wolf has received critical acclaim with starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, and Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, as well as praise from the New York Times. Weinersmith is also a notable cartoonist with his own Wikipedia page.

Additionally, I have been asked to see if it's possible to change the name of the article and the references to the imprint from "First Second Books" to "First Second". While the First Second website and several social media pages use "First Second Books," the copyright page on any given novel published by the imprint simply refers to it as "First Second". Obviously this is a little bit weirder to cite, since the information is on the copyright page in every First Second book, but to be safe I'll cite a couple recent titles: Shuna's Journey, Snapdragon , InvestiGators: Heist and Seek.

Leif Budget (talk) 15:53, 18 May 2023 (UTC)

Reply 28-JUN-2023
Your edit request could not be reviewed because the request is not formatted correctly. In the collapsed section below titled Request edit examples, I have illustrated two: The first shows how the edit request was submitted; the second shows how requests should be submitted in the future.
 * 1) The citation style predominantly used by the First Second Books article appears to be Citation Style 1. The citation style used in the edit request consists of bare URL's. Any requested edit of yours which may be implemented will need to resemble the current style already in use in the article – in this case, CS1. (See WP:CITEVAR.)
 * 2) Citation ref tags have not been placed within the requested text indicating which portions of the text the source is referencing. (See WP:INTEGRITY.)

INCORRECT The Sun's diameter is 864,337.3 miles, while the Moon's diameter is 2,159 miles. The Sun's temperature is 5,778 Kelvin.

In the example above there are three URL's provided with the claim statements, but these URL's have not been placed using Citation Style 1, which is the style predominantly used by the First Second Books article. Additionally, ref tags have not been placed within the text at the exact positions where the information they reference resides. Using the correct style and the correct positioning of the ref tags, the WikiFormatted text should resemble the following:

CORRECT The Sun's diameter is 864,337.3 miles, while the Moon's diameter is 2,159 miles. The Sun's temperature is 5,778 Kelvin. Which displays as: The Sun's diameter is 864,337.3 miles,[1] while the Moon's diameter is 2,159 miles.[2] The Sun's temperature is 5,778 Kelvin.[3]

References

^ Sjöblad, Tristan. . Academic Press, 2020, p. 1. ^ Harinath, Prisha. , Science, 51(78):46. 2020. ^ Uemura, Shū. . Academic Press, 2020, p. 2. 

In the example above the references have been formatted according to Citation Style 1, which shows the author, the source's name, date, etc. Also, the ref tags are placed in the exact location where the text which they reference resides. As Wikipedia is a volunteer project, edit requests such yours are generally expected to have this formatting done before the request is submitted for review.

Kindly rewrite your edit request so that it aligns more with the second example shown in the collapsed section above, and feel free to re-submit that edit request at your earliest convenience. If you have any questions about this formatting please don't hesitate to ask myself or another editor. Regards, Spintendo  02:03, 29 June 2023 (UTC)