Hooray!! ❤️🎉 Honored that Grandpa Grumps is on the Monarch Award IL 2025 Master List! Happy #reading & #voting #Illinois K-3 #readers ❤️📚❤️🎉

TY to #librarians #teachers #educators #readers who give our 📘 such ❤️🥰 AISLEd

Xindi Yan Art little bee books Andrea Morrison ❤️🎉

Among the LTC grant recipients so far:
A Pennsylvania library studying how to support autistic patrons; a Kansas library addressing community illiteracy and dyslexia; and an Iowa library, looking to install a chair lift at its facility, which serves as the town storm shelter.

Happy to find RISSY NO KISSIES recommended to parents on Common Sense Media Media as 'an important discussion of #consent and #boundaries wrapped in a sweet, flowing story about a baby bird..a wonderful communication tool and conversation starter.' Lerner Books
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Happy to share the beautiful animated cover of SOURGRASS! It brought a smile to me instantly. A story about two best friends who, whether they’re right next door or far apart, find a way to keep their friendship alive. It will be out next month, March 26!

Happy Book Birthday to my critique partners and Kidlit For Growing Minds authors and to my newest picture book! Vivian Kirkfield Heather L Montgomery Keila Dawson charges $5 to answer: Where r u from? Amy Hevron KidLit For Growing Minds #kidlit #bookbirthday

🌕CHANG’E ON THE MOON 🌕 🩷 Cover Reveal!💕✨ We’re honored that The Conscious Kid shared the #coverreveal for our #picturebook ! This cover by @cornelia_illo @katherinetegenbooks HarperKids quite literally took my breath away. ✨

🌕Out 9.3.24💕 🐇
🌕 preorder now!💕🐇⬇️

It's time to sharpen your pencils, dear #kidlit folk! #50PreciousWords 2024 is coming soon with GREAT PRIZES, a wonderful #Literacy Initiative that donates 100s of books to schools in need, and loads of fun! Magic Happens When You Make Every Word Count: viviankirkfield.com/2024/02/14/hea…

Happy Valentine's Day! 💕 We made some greetings for you to share with the library lovers in your life. (Especially the Library of Congress lovers!)💘

On this day six years ago, everything changed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Since then, #ILoveMyLibrarian Award winner Diana Haneski has worked tirelessly to make the library a sanctuary and place of healing for students and staff.
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Super sweet way to celebrate Library Lovers Day & Valentine’s Day! Share your 1st crush or 1st Valentine for a chance to win THE WISHING FLOWER by kip alizadeh / find me at kipalizadeh.bsky.social and me! 💝 #giveaway #libraryloversday #valentinesday2024 #kidlit #queerkidlit #lgbtq Picture Book Junction KidLitCollective

It’s a silly tradition, but a new book calls for new socks! 🧦

#kidlit creators, what’s your special treat on a book birthday? 🥳 📚

#TaxiGo
#MariaKaripidou
Candlewick Press
Walker Picture Books

On journalism-to-kidlit, acquisitions, illustrator awe, book promotion, advice for fellow creatives, and what's next: A sweet treat visiting WritersRumpus to talk about DANCING WITH DADDY, WILLOW AND BUNNY, STARLIN, and other topics dear to my heart 🩷 writersrumpus.com/2024/02/13/kid…

Happy Lunar New Year!! 🧧
I wish you all the happiness, love and laughter as we enter the year of the dragon 🐉

This #BlackHistoryMonth , listen to our interview with Dinah Johnson about her new book 'Ida B. Wells Marches for the Vote' celebrating the fearless activism of Ida B. Wells against lynching and for women's suffrage. Hear Dinah discuss Wells' impact and lessons we can learn today

Wonderful! I’m so glad they are featuring Maya Lin! 🌟

🎉 So thrilled to share Marc Rosenthal’s cover for our 3rd (!!!) book together, MABEL WANTS A FRIEND! 🎉 Pubs 10/1/24 & available for pre-order now wherever books are sold! 📚

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Lmao Mychal is so amazing, he ended the Parks and Recreation department feud against librarians

YIPPEE! 🎉! THANKS, Simon Kids! L👀K, everybody! It’s adorable bookworm Cat, from BAT, CAT & RAT #1: 🏠THE COZY HOME🏠, pubbing ⭐️TOMORROW, 2/6/24⭐️! By me, #MarkTeague , and the good folks at Beach Lane Books, S&S! Hope y’all ❤️ it! 🦇🐈🐀! #TheCozyHome

🦩 Cover Reveal! 🦩

So thrilled to present the cover of FLAMINGOS ARE PRETTY FUNKY! Joey the snake is back to learn all about the six species of flamingo!

Available June 4 from Greenwillow Books!
Design: Paul Zakris

Pre-order signed copies: banksquarebooks.com/book/978006323…

Day 3, we celebrated Andrea J. Loney. thebrownbookshelf.com/28days/day-3-a…