With themes of cooperation and community, this book follows townspeople and the prank-playing trolls that live underground as they work together to save the place they both call home. The pen-and-ink illustrations are rich, vibrant, and detailed, leaving something new to be discovered with each read

Truman Toad and the Quest for the Perfect Hug — Enchanted Lion Books Written by Oren Lavie Illustrated by Anke Kuhl A self-important but good-hearted toad, with an ample amount of self-love, discovers his love for others in this entertaining and charming pi...

Out today: TRUMAN TOAD AND THE QUEST FOR THE PERFECT HUG

★ "An engrossing mix of William Steig and Arnold Lobel." —Kirkus, STARRED REVIEW! 

★ “Absolutely ribbiting… Irresistibly funny.” —Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW!

Learn more 👇
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See y’all at MoCCA! Enchanted Lion is at table 103 at the Metropolitan Pavilion, today and tomorrow from 11am-6pm 🦁📚

#mocca2026 #comicsandartfest

I was incredibly moved by the @enchantedlion.bsky.social panel discussion about "The Strange Birds of Flannery O'Connor, A Life."

Thanks so much to the Hank Center @loyolachicago.bsky.social for hosting a lovely event.

Learn more: enchantedlion.com/all-books/th...

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Happy Snow Day from Enchanted Lion Books! ❄️☃️🌨️
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Art from:
- Jenni Desmond’s THE POLAR BEAR
- Yuki Ainoya’s SATO THE RABBIT, A SEA OF TEA
- Daniel Salmieri’s BEAR AND WOLF
- Ryoji Arai’s THE SNOW THEATER

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The brilliant Laura Carlin and her picture book THE BOY WHO BECAME A PARROT are featured in the latest issue of Eye Magazine!

Read an excerpt of the piece here: www.eyemagazine.com/feature/arti...

#kidlit #illustration #picturebooks

The cover of ODDS AND ENDS illustrations of memories are taped down from mushrooms, a snowflake, a tooth, a shell to puddle jumping are the collection of lasts. Written and illustrated by Maija Hurme translated by Mia Spangenberg https://enchantedlion.com/all-books/odds-and-ends?rq=Odds%20 https://enchantedlion.com/all-books/odds-and-ends?rq=Odds%20

Forthcoming from @enchantedlion.bsky.social ODDS AND ENDS from Maija Hurme Tr by Mia Spangenberg is a Finnish book that enchanted me at first sight originally published by Etana Editions #workdkidlit #finnishkidlit This is the book that I will be talking about for 2026!

Thanks so much, Wendy! Picaresque indeed 🧅✊💙

Our first book of 2026 is here!!!

Natalia Shaloshvili’s WHAT A SMALL CAT NEEDS, trans. from Russian by Lena Traer, is an adorable picture book about an adorable cat 🐾

Learn more 👇
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#kidlit #worldkidlit #bookbirthday #newpicturebook

THE ADVENTURES OF CIPOLLINO is a 2026 Batchelder Honor Book (most outstanding children’s translations)!

Gianni Rodari wrote this book in 1950s Italy, and in the US today, his themes of hope, justice, & human dignity remain just as relevant as ever.
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Dring-dring! 🚲 Here’s a #sneakpeek at the newest Chirri & Chirra adventure: CHIRRI & CHIRRA, AMONG THE CHERRY BLOSSOMS 🌸🌸🌸

Out this April from Enchanted Lion: enchantedlion.com/all-books/ch...

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Odds and Ends [Forthcoming: May] — Enchanted Lion Books Written & illustrated by Maija Hurme Translated from Finnish by Mia Spangenberg In this charming translated work from Finland, an imaginative child makes a scrapbook of "lasts" instead of ...

enchantedlion.com/all-books/od... I am so excited for ODDS AND ENDS by Maija Hurme translation from the Finnish by Mia Spangenberg coming this May from @enchantedlion.bsky.social #worldkidlit It was love at first sight when I saw it in 2023 at an Etana Editions event

📣 Happening tomorrow at 11am!!!

Come one, come all for a special story time of TEDDY, LET’S GO! with author @michnott.bsky.social 🧸🧡

We hope to see many of you at Spiral Books in Soho!

📆 Sat, Jan 17 at 11am
📍Spiral Books (147 Sullivan St, NYC)

#kidlit #nycevents

Cover of The Snow Thearer by Ryoji Arai, translated from Japanese by David Boyd

For Day 14 of my PB reading challenge I was blown away by THE SNOW THEATER by Ryoji Arai. This wintry PB is brimming with childlike imagination and surreal magic. I always love seeing the books that @enchantedlion.bsky.social releases! ❄️🎭🦋📖 #StoryStudy #KidLit

Happening THIS SATURDAY Jan 17 at 11am: Join @michnott.bsky.social for a story time of TEDDY, LET’S GO! at Spiral Books in Soho!

📆 Saturday, January 17 at 11 am
📍Spiral Books (147 Sullivan St, NYC)
🎟️ FREE & open to public!

RSVP here: enchantedlion.com/events/2026/...

#kidlit #nycevents

Look into Edward Lear's incredibly magical and interesting life and my conversation with #author Barry Wolverton Hill in the #bookbug column/Story Monsters Ink magazine @storymonsters.bsky.social 📚

#poetrycommunity #edwardlear @enchantedlion.bsky.social #childrensbooks #readers #booksky #libraries

🎉🎉🎉 THE ADVENTURES OF CIPOLLINO is in the @nytimes.com!!

“Tolstikova’s lush watercolor illustrations and the prominent theme of freewheeling underdogs triumphing over a stuffy bureaucracy will carry young readers effortlessly through this anthropomorphic adventure.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/b...

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My translation into English of Argentine author/illustrator Isol, for @enchantedlion.bsky.social

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Enchanted Lion's 2026 Hot-Off-the-Press Subscription Box! — Enchanted Lion Books This special subscription box is for all EIGHTEEN of Enchanted Lion’s 2026 titles:  we’ll send you an  advance copy  of each book as soon as it’s available and always a couple of ...

Looking for a last minute gift idea? One of my favorite independent publishers @enchantedlion.bsky.social offers subscriptions (full of translations for kids) #worldkidlit
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TOMORROW Dec 18 at 6pm: Eya Gina discusses the power of wordless books with our very own Claudia Bedrick at Sullaluna NYC!

Join us for the book launch of UN POSTO FRA LE STELLE:

📆 Thurs, 12/18, 6-6:30pm
📍Sullaluna NYC (41 Carmine St, NYC)
🎟️ Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/no-words-n...

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Fanfare 2025 Booklist Our choices for the best books of the year.

SATO THE RABBIT: MORNING LIGHT by Yuki Ainoya, trans. from Japanese by Michael Blaskowsky @enchantedlion.bsky.social is on our #Fanfare25 list. Congratulations! #BestBooks #KidLit #HBMag #HornBookMagazine #HBFanfare25 #PictureBooks #HBFanfare sbee.link/dtvnxeqg4y

SATO THE RABBIT, MORNING LIGHT is a #HBFanfare selection for Best Picture Book of the Year!!!!!!

Covers of THE BOY WHO BECAME A PARROT a man leans back on a tree surrounded by sketches of animals and a child with a kite. DON’T EAT ME! The belladonna plant fills the cover with a center bloom with a face https://enchantedlion.com/

My favorite 2025 books that were not translations
both from @enchantedlion.bsky.social
THE BOY WHO BECAME A PARROT: A Foolish Biography of Edward Lear Who Invented Nonsense by Wolverton Hill & Laura Carlin
DON’T EAT ME: The Almost True Story of Belladonna by Kate Finney & Esmé Shapiro #kidlit

In celebration of 2025 coming to a close, we’re holding a FLASH SALE for 25% off ✨everything✨ on enchantedlion.com for the next 7 days! Plus, we’re covering any extra costs to make sure your orders arrive by Dec 23.🎁📚✨

It’s our gift to you, dear readers—happy reading, and happy holidays! 🫶

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My translation of THE BOOK OF DENIAL by Ricardo Chávez Castañeda & Alejandro @magallanes71.bsky.social ( @enchantedlion.bsky.social ) is included.

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#booksky #horrorsky #horror #xl8 #mexico #diadelosmuertod

THE SNOW THEATER has been featured in the Wall Street Journal!

“Sublime artwork and a mystical story of escape and forgiveness give Ryoji Arai's picture book THE SNOW THEATER a redemptive holiday feeling.” —Meghan Cox Gurdon, for @wsj.com

Full review: www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

6 Great Folk Horror Novels in Translation, Recommended by a Translator of Folk Horror Togetherness that’s on the side of suffocating, history that won’t stay put or past, and nature that doesn’t just exist, benignly, but watches and waits….Folk horror deals in dissonance, drea…

Gracias to @missadadoom.bsky.social for including my translation of THE BOOK OF DENIAL by Ricardo Chavez Castañeda & Alejandro @magallanes71.bsky.social ( @enchantedlion.bsky.social ) in her folk #horror in #translation roundup for CRIME READS:

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#booksky #xl8

We’re absolutely thrilled that LOOSE THREADS is one of @burleyfisher.bsky.social’s Best Books of the Year 2025–and the only children’s book to make the list!

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THIS Wed, 12/3 is Rizzoli’s Holiday Fair! Featuring:

Esme Shapiro & Kate Finney (DON’T EAT ME! THE ALMOST TRUE STORY OF BELLADONNA)

Giselle Potter (BEFORE SHE WAS MY GRANDMOTHER)

Dasha Tolstikova (ADVENTURES OF CIPOLLINO)

📆 Wed 12/3, 6-8pm
📍Rizzoli Books (1133 Broadway, NYC)

Free & open to all!

They love working with schools and libraries. I emailed them and told them about the afterschool program and the demographics of our students. They’ve curated these books for us.

Email them or check them out: enchantedlion.com/all-school-a...