School libraries are the heart of learning 💙 a place where every student belongs, every question is welcome, and every story matters. Celebrate your school librarian this April! #SchoolLibraryMonth
- Amanda Kordeliski, AASL President
#AASLslm #AASL
THE NOT SO QUIET LIFE OF MARCEL MARCEAU - written by @jennbailey.bsky.social & Sherry Bushue, illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski
During WWII, Marceau joined the French Resistance & forged life-saving ID cards. Later, he led Jewish orphans to safety.
What an important, timely PB! Beautiful, too!
It's incredible!❤️❤️❤️❤️
Woohoo! Go, Anica!
Thanks, @vickyweberbooks.bsky.social for this honest look at the industry.
#kidlit #writingcommunity #amquerying
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Wow! Beautiful!
Cookies! Aren't they amazing? They were delicious, too. You'll have to trust me on that!
Congrats, Faith and Annette!
And happy 100th birthday, Pooh! You're a silly old bear, and we love you.💛
After reading and leading games and art-making, @faithpray7.bsky.social signed books. Friends who are fans and fans who are friends gathered while nibbling sweet treats.
And since Pooh, who's 100 this year, loves honey so much, I think it's more than okay to go back to the sweet treats...
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On 3/31, Liberty Bay Books had a fun-derful Pooh Party for @faithpray7.bsky.social, celebrating HOW A BEAR BECAME A BOOK: THE COLLABORATION THAT CREATED WINNIE THE POOH. The PB, written by @annettepimentel.bsky.social & illustrated by Faith, is beautiful!
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Yes!
Alina is hoping you're having a good day and that you're getting plenty of cookies and cheese.
A purple crayon
My thoughts on what's going on in #kidlit publishing now, a little history, and what we can do:
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I'll bet!
Yum! It all looks and sounds delish!
If you do a lot of searching on the internet (as I do), this is a really useful article. Multiple things I didn’t know and will use going forward.
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THERE WAS AN OLD LADY WHO SWALLED A CLOVER by Lucille Colondro & Jared Lee HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY, CURIOUS GEORGE by H.A. Rey MR. MISCHIEF AND THE LEPRECHAUN by Roger Hargreaves & Adam Hargreaves HOW TO CATCH A LEPRECHAUN by Adam Wallace & Andy Elkerton HOW TO TRAP A LEPRECHAUN by Sue Fliess & Emma Randall THE GINGERBREAD MAN AND THE LEPRECHAUN LOOSE AT SCHOOL by Laura Murray& Mike Lowery PETE THE CAT: THE GREAT LEPRECHAUN CHASE by James Dean BABY'S FIRST ST. PATRICK'S DAY by DK Publishing
ELMO'S LUCKY DAY by Andrea Posner-Sanchez & Joe Mathieu THE SECRET LIFE OF LEPRECHAUNS by Luna James THE BERENSTAIN BEARS' ST. PATRICK'S DAY by Mike Berenstain LARRY THE FARTING LEPRECHAUN by Jane Bexley LIAM THE LEPRECHAUN LOVES TO FART by Humor Heals Us PEPPA PIG: PEPPA LOVES ST. PATRICK'S DAY by Neville Astley & Eone DISNEY BABY: MY FIRST ST. PATRICK'S DAY by Walt Disney Company NINJA LIFE HACKS' ST. PATRICK'S DAY RACE by Mary Nhin
ST. PATRICK'S DAY - IRISH TRADITIONS AND HISTORY FOR CHILDREN by Matilda Walsh LEPRECHAUN VS. EASTER BUNNY by Todd Tarpley & Stephanie Laberis YOU'RE MY LITTLE LUCKY CHARM by Natalie Marshall HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY FROM THE CRAYONS by Drew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers MEET MARCH by April Martin WHY WE CELEBRATE ST. PATRICK'S DAY by John O'Brien Jr. THE MYSTERIOUS MARCH WIND by Jessica Bryan LET'S CELEBRATE ST. PATRICK'S DAY by Eloisa Desmond
It's St. Patrick's Day! Cuddle up with your little one and read them a picture book about all the fun things to do with the holiday. 💚🍀
Book lists in ALT text.
#stpatricksday #holiday #stpatricksdaybooks #picturebooks #kidlit #kidsbooks #bookpost #booksky #books
A new book by @anicarissi.bsky.social will be out in three weeks!
I'm excited to be starting AT THE EDGE OF LOST, a MG by the brilliant and fabulous @marthabee.bsky.social!
I LOVED Harriet the Spy as a kid. I need to reread it!
#kidlit announcement! @eileenwrobinson.bsky.social , @hunderdown.bsky.social , and @drydenbks.bsky.social are joining forces to support writers - join us at Kid's Book Revisions PLUS @kbrplus.bsky.social! Announcement and links:
How cool is that?! Congratulations!
This unboxing video by @jennbailey.bsky.social is amazing! Like Jenn!
THE NOT SO QUIET LIFE OF MARCEL MARCEAU will be hitting bookshelves on April 7th! You can preorder a copy now.
The blooms will continue until the world improves
(Pawpaw flowers) #BloomScrolling #NativePlants 🌿
Cool! And yay, Laura!
#12x12PB Founder @juliefhedlund.bsky.social talks about comp titles in #picturebook query letters. #kidlit #kidlitart #amquerying
#KidLit friends, I am hearing rumblings that the desire for middle grade is slowly inching up again. Your moment may be closer than you think, so maybe it's time to consider dusting off that manuscript you've been too afraid to even think about.
Eeeee! This is fabulous news!
I sent my agent a new MS, a SHORT contemporary MG with autumnal vibes.🍂🍁 I drafted it last year in The Short Novel, an incredible @whalerockworkshops.bsky.social workshop, and I revised it this fall & winter. I'm super excited about this project, and I can hardly wait to go on sub with it!