Blog: #kidlit Book of the Day

Delivery
by Anastasia Suen (Author) and and Wade Zahares (Illustrator)

Booktalk: I was driving on the 405 freeway one day when I saw a car carrier truck loaded with new cars coming uphill in the slow lane through the Sepulveda Pass, and I realized–everything gets delivered–even cars!

As I drove through the city I saw trucks and trains, ships and planes–making deliveries. That’s where the idea for the 90-word picture book poem, Delivery, began.

Many drafts later, it was published as a picture book by Viking Children’s Books in 1999, but this poem kept making deliveries. Delivery came out again (with another publisher) as a PreK literacy program big book and audio-book. A third publisher used a printed and audio excerpt of Delivery in their first grade reading program.

It’s #ThrowbackThursday!
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There is a new page on the Fuse Literary webpage for Garrett Alwert: “Garrett is an Agent at Fuse Literary focusing on Children’s Literature with select Adult Romance. He joined Fuse after 10 years as an agent with Emerald City Literary Agency.”

(FYI: The owner of his former agency changed careers and closed the agency in March 2026.)

The new agency page at Fuse Literary also says: “A long-time book lover, Garrett can be found reading just about anything he can get his hands on. He is currently representing multiple authors and eagerly looking to add more.

His QueryTracker page says: “Please note I represent ONLY projects targeted at the Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult and the Adult Contemporary Romance market. I am interested in any novels (regardless of genre) for this audience. I only represent Romance projects for adults. I do not represent novellas, short stories, poetry or screenplays of any kind.”