Michele McAvoy at The Little Press, in partnership with Debra Goldstein from the environmental nonprofit One Little Earth, has bought world rights to Pioneer Tree by Robin Currie, illustrated by Merry Miller-Gass. In this first-person telling, a Quaking Aspen describes a forest fire's damage and the tree's unique role as the first to regrow. Publication is set for fall 2026; Cyle Young at Cyle Young Literary Elite represented the author.
