“A delightful adventure, excellent for reading aloud. This book will make you want to study Van Gogh and get out the paintbrushes!”

Sarah Mackenzie, Founder + Host, Read-Aloud Revival ® Author, The Read-Aloud Family

“Carolyn Leiloglou is a wonderful writer with a big heart for her readers. Many modern novels for kids are so much negative space, but this carefully composed story is certain to captivate and delight your creative kids.”

S. D. Smith, author of The Green Ember Series

“What a timely tale of uplifting the good and slow work of art making. In this current age, where AI imagery threatens to leave nothing tangible or teachable to future generations, Carolyn sets out to restore humanity’s fractured connection with history’s great painters, and pulls young readers in so close to historic works of art that they can almost smell the paint.”

– Joe Sutphin, Illustrator of Little Pilgrim’s Progress and the official graphic novelization of Watership Down

by Carolyn Leiloglou

Beneath the Swirling Sky

Book One of THE RESTORATIONISTS

Ages 8 – 12+, WaterBrook, an imprint of Penguin Random House, September 2023

2024 Selah Award Winner 

2024 ECPA Christian Book Award Finalist

A house full of paintings, a missing sister, and a family secret send a boy and his cousin into a world where art is the key in this fantasy adventure perfect for fans of The Wingfeather Saga and Pages & Co.

by Carolyn Leiloglou

Between Flowers and Bones

Book Two of THE RESTORATIONISTS

Ages 8 – 12+, WaterBrook, an imprint of Penguin Random House, September 2023

In a world where paintings become portals and adventure lurks behind every canvas, the young Restorationists discover that every Gift was made to fight the darkness in the second novel in the thrilling middle grade series from the award-winning author of Beneath the Swirling Sky.

Children’s Author

Carolyn Leiloglou

 

Carolyn Leiloglou (lay-LAW-glue) lives in San Antonio, Texas with her husband, Demetrios, a pediatrician, and their four kids, who she homeschools. Carolyn’s stories and poems have been published in over a dozen children’s magazines including Highlights, Ladybug, Cricket, The School Magazine, and Clubhouse Jr. Carolyn is a member of SCBWI and 12×12 and was a finalist for the 2018 Katherine Paterson Prize. Her book, Beneath the Swirling Sky won a 2024 Selah Award and was a finalist for the 2024 ECPA Christian Book Award. Carolyn is represented by Keely Boeving at WordServe Literary.

Events

 

September 14, 2024, 1:00 Book Signing at Barnes & Noble at the Forum, Selma, Texas

September 17, 2024, 5:30-7 Author event at The Twig, San Antonio, Texas (This event has limited seating. Please arrive early!)

October 10, 2:00-3:00 Landmark Booksellers, Franklin, TN

October 10 – 13, 2024, Hutchmoot speaker–“Writing in the Margins: Balancing Motherhood and Creative Pursuits in the Footsteps of Madeleine L’Engle” 

By Carolyn Leiloglou

Library’s Most Wanted

Picture Book, Pelican Publishing Company, May 2020

2021 WILLA Literary Award Finalist in Children’s Fiction and Nonfiction

Libby longs to be a great librarian like her Aunt Nora, so it chaps her hide when kids vandalize books. Inspired by a Wild West display, Libby hangs Wanted Posters to drive the outlaws from her territory. But she must lure them back when she realizes a librarian’s real job isn’t corralling books but rounding up readers.

Other Books

Noah Green Junior Zookeeper and the Garage Sale Pet

Noah Green has never had a pet, unlike her best friend Carlos, and she wants a dog more than anything. But after a dog-sitting disaster, she’s certain her mom will never agree to a pet. When Noah finds a mysterious critter at a garage sale, she can’t believe her parents let her buy it. But her new pet won’t stop growing or making mischief, leaving Noah with both a mystery and a dilemma.

Wild Things and Castles in the Sky Anthology

A guide to choosing the best children’s literature with over 40 contributors. Carolyn contributed an essay about contemporary picture books as well as an interview with Mitali Perkins.

A Hug for the World Anthology

Proceeds benefit victims of Hurricane Harvey. Carolyn’s story, “Dominos on Ice,” and her poem, “Hug Exchange,” are both featured