Four indie picks flagged

A Red Penguin Books social post is steering readers toward a small batch of current titles, with three identifiable picks spanning children’s fiction, disability advocacy, and eco-fiction. (redpenguinbooks.com 1) (redpenguinbooks.com 2) Red Penguin’s site lists Penny Pappas’s *Artemis ~ The Dragon Slayer* and Latavia Sturdivant’s *The Illusion of Inclusion* among its recent publications as of April 2026. Barnes & Noble lists *Artemis* with a Red Penguin Books publication date of April 1, 2026, 44 pages, and an age range of 2 to 7. (redpenguinbooks.com) (barnesandnoble.com) Red Penguin’s book page says *Artemis ~ The Dragon Slayer* centers on a girl who has been told dragon-slaying “is only for boys” before facing her own test. Shop Books Direct, a retail site carrying Red Penguin titles, lists the book at $16 in paperback and $26 in hardcover. (redpenguinbooks.com) (shopbooksdirect.com) Sturdivant’s *The Illusion of Inclusion* is positioned as a reflective journal and action guide built from her TEDx talk on disability, access, and equity. Red Penguin says the book is aimed at readers moving beyond “diversity checkboxes,” while Sturdivant’s TEDx speaker bio identifies her as a licensed speech-language pathologist with degrees from Lehman College and Columbia University. (redpenguinbooks.com) (youtube.com) A third title, *Against the Grain*, appears to be Lâle Davidson’s novel rather than a brand-new release. Red Penguin’s catalog lists both *Against the Grain* and *Against the Grain – 2nd Edition*, and Davidson’s faculty page at State University of New York Adirondack says the original novel was published in 2022 by Emperor Books, a Red Penguin imprint. (redpenguinbooks.com) (sunyacc.edu) Red Penguin’s current page for the book says the second edition includes an interview with environmental activist Tracy Frisch and ties the story to Redwood Summer 1990 in Northern California. Shop Books Direct describes it as based on clashes among corporate raiders, loggers, and activists. (redpenguinbooks.com) (shopbooksdirect.com) The mix shows how small presses package very different books together in one promotional push: a picture book, a social-justice workbook, and a literary environmental novel. Red Penguin’s homepage currently places *Artemis ~ The Dragon Slayer* and *The Illusion of Inclusion* in its “Recent Publications” carousel, suggesting those two are the freshest arrivals in the group. (redpenguinbooks.com 1) (redpenguinbooks.com 2) For readers trying to decode the post, the clearest through line is not genre but timing: Red Penguin is surfacing titles that are newly published, newly reissued, or newly being pushed across its own storefront and partner retail pages in April 2026. (redpenguinbooks.com) (shopbooksdirect.com)