A Day with the Panye

Carter Hasegawa at Candlewick has acquired world rights to Freedom Soup author Tami Charles's (l.) picture book, A Day with the Panye, about a girl carrying the panye to market for the first time in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in a story of family legacy, cultural roots, and hope. Sara Palacios will illustrate; publication is set for spring 2020. Lara Perkins at Andrea Brown Literary Agency represented the author, and Kendra Marcus and Minju Chang at BookStop Literary Agency represented the illustrator.