PB’s I’m loving right now: “For as long as Sylvester can remember, he has always been alone.” A Winter’s Morning, Angélique Leone & Grégoire Solotareff @postwavebooks.bsky.social #ChildrensBooks, #ChewyReviewy, #WritingCommunity. 📚‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

PB’s I’m loving right now: “… you need a land where you are welcome…” All you Need, Howard Schwartz, Jasu Hu, Neal Porter Books @holiday-house.bsky.social s, . #ChildrensBooks, #ChewyReviewy, #WritingCommunity. 📚‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

A rite of almost spring for me is @viviankirkfield.bsky.social #50PreciousWords. For the Literacy Initiative this year, I am donating the amazing A Winter’s Morning by Angélique Leone & Grégoire Solotareff, @postwavebooks.bsky.social #ChildrensBooks, #ChewyReviewy. 📚‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
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PB’s I’m loving right now: “I didn’t think I’d ever tell why I draw an owl so well…” I Know How to Draw an Owl, Hilary Horder Hippely, Matt James, Neal Porter Books, @holiday-house.bsky.social. #ChildrensBooks, #ChewyReviewy, #WritingCommunity. 📚‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

PB’s I’m loving right now: “What did I know?... I just knew that Astro was my friend.” Astro @manuelmarsol.bsky.social, translated by @lizziedavis.bsky.social Transit Children’s Editions @transitbooks.bsky.social. #ChildrensBooks, #ChewyReviewy, #WritingCommunity.📚‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

PB’s I’m loving right now: “Maybe becoming the us is where our story really starts.” Stalactite & Stalagmite, Drew Beckmeyer, Atheneum Books for Young Readers. #ChildrensBooks, #ChewyReviewy, #WritingCommunity.📚‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

PB’s I’m loving right now: “A sea turtle, big as a dinner plate…stranded, far from home.” Turtles Heading Home! @lizalives.bsky.social, Phyllis Root, and Jacqueline Briggs Martin, @charlesbridge.bsky.social. #ChildrensBooks, #ChewyReviewy, #WritingCommunity. 📚‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

PB’s I’m loving right now: “Emmie was little. But her ideas were big.”: Emmie builds Something New, @crosby-fairall.bsky.social @redcometpressbooks.bsky.social #ChildrensBooks, #ChewyReviewy, #WritingCommunity. 📚‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

PB’s I’m loving right now: What is it doing way out here, over grassless sea? An Owl at Sea, Susan Vande Griek, Ian Wallace, ‪@groundwoodbooks.bsky.social‬, @houseofanansi.bsky.social‬. #ChildrensBooks, #ChewyReviewy, #WritingCommunity. 📚‬‬

Mommy's New Friend Mommy's New Friend is a heartfelt, lyrical story about …

Today's #ChewyReviewy is "Mommy's New Friend" by
Shelley Tougas and Sara Palacios.
A tough subject, handled with care and authenticity throughout.
Online review here, Insta, Amazon & Goodreads!
#pb #mirrorsandwindows #toughsubjects #divorce #newfamily #classroom
www.goodreads.com/book/show/11...

PB’s I’m loving right now: “A swirl of wind erased their final pawprints and they were gone”: Cheetahs Return to India: The True Story of Aasha and Pavan, Kate Rietema, @ashwilliebee.bsky.social‬, Tillbury House Publishers. #ChildrensBooks, #ChewyReviewy, #WritingCommunity. 📚‬‬

Elayne Crain's review of World of Rot 5/5: Last year got away from me, and one elusivity was a lot of outstanding reading I wasn't organized enough to share. Thankfully, as one might expect, "World of Rot: Learn All About the Wriggly, Sli...

Today's #ChewyReviewy is "World of Rot" by
@grumpynaturalist.bsky.social and @brunice.bsky.social.
Spoils its readers rotten with facts and fascinations!
#kidlit #bookrecs #pb #science #nature #visualstorytelling
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Elayne Crain's review of Where the Deer Slip Through 5/5: I bought "Where the Deer Slip Through" by Katey Howes and Beth Krommes on the Friday morning of ALA, read it in a hotel room, and have been thinking about its writing, on and off, ever since--its...

Today's #ChewyReviewy is "Where the Deer Slip Through" by @kateywrites.bsky.social and Beth Krommes.
Brilliant use of language to enhance the theme of 'when wild beauty creeps into established structure.'
#kidlit #bookrecs #pb #poem #heart #visualstorytelling
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

Cover of Rachel Michelle Wilson's picture book, "To Catch a Ghost," which features a kid with a ghost caught in a net.

Today's #ChewyReviewy is "To Catch a Ghost" by
@rachmakesbooks.bsky.social‬.
You are advised: catch this one!
Online review here, Insta, Amazon & Goodreads!
#kidlit #bookrecs #pb #humor #heart #visualstorytelling #showandtell
www.goodreads.com/book/show/21...

PB’s I’m loving right now: Here is a Book, Elisha Cooper, Abrams Books for Young Readers. #ChildrensBooks, #ChewyReviewy, #WritingCommunity. 📚‬‬

Elayne Crain's review of Can You Imagine? 5/5: During my late 90s college years, there were two versions of songs about (but not really about) Yoko Ono on the non-Beatles/JohnLennon/PlasticOnoBand CDs I owned. One was the Barenaked Ladies' "B...

Today's #ChewyReviewy is "Can You Imagine? The Art and Life of Yoko Ono" by
@lisatolin.bsky.social and @yasimamura.bsky.social.
Beautiful!
Online review here, Insta, Amazon & Goodreads!
#kidlit #bookrecs #pb #heart #visualstorytelling #art #arthistory #pbbio
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

PB’s I’m loving right now: “I closed my eyes and made a wish”: Chloe and the Fireflies, Chris Clarkson, Julie Jarema ‪@rainbowfish523.bsky.social‬, Abrams Books for Young Readers. #ChildrensBooks, #ChewyReviewy, #WritingCommunity. 📚‬

PB’s I’m loving right now: When memory bubbles up: Cape, Kevin Johnson, Kitt Thomas, Roaring Brook Press @mackidsbooks.bsky.social ‬. #ChildrensBooks, #ChewyReviewy, #WritingCommunity. 📚‬

Five-star review of the picture book, "Blue" by Suzanne Kaufman (click to follow link to read actual review content).

Today's #ChewyReviewy is "Blue" by @suzannekaufmanart.bsky.social.
The perfect bedtime read!
Online review here, Insta, Amazon & Goodreads!
#kidlit #bookrecs #pb #heart #visualstorytelling
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

PB’s I’m loving right now: “It was my great revolution against a world I knew was not listening”: The Rock in My Throat, @kaokaliayang.bsky.social‬, Jiemei Lin, Carolrhoda Books, ‪@lernerbooks.bsky.social‬. #ChildrensBooks, #ChewyReviewy, #WritingCommunity. 📚

Elayne Crain's review of JIM! 5/5: While I didn't know much about illustrators as a kid, there were a handful whose work I could recognize from 50 paces. In Little Elayne's mind, Shel Silverstein was the freaky one, Quentin Blake ...

Today's #ChewyReviewy is "JIM! Six True Stories About One Great Artist: James Marshall" by @jerroldconnors.bsky.social.
'Marshalls' every resource, presenting the reader a rich gift of six stories to ponder; 5 stars!
#kidlit #bookrecs #heart #pbbio #arthistory #pb
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

PB’s I’m loving right now: A wish, one lie, and an almost barbecue: Stranded! A MOSTLY True Story from Iceland, Ævar Þór Benediktsson, Anne Wilson, @barefootbooks.bsky.social‬. #ChildrensBooks, #ChewyReviewy, #WritingCommunity. 📚

5-star review of Every Monday Mabel by Jashar Awan.

Today's #ChewyReviewy is "Every Monday Mabel" by @jashar.bsky.social.
Five (!) starred reviews already say it, but I might as well pick up the rear: the charms of this book are anything but routine.
#kidlit #bookrecs #pb #heart #joy #anticipation
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

PB’s I’m loving right now: Waiting for the flicker of pedal and wheel. “We want to see them. We want to be them”: Noodles on a Bicycle, @kyomaclear.bsky.social & Gracey Zhang, Random House Studio, Penguin Random House LLC. #ChildrensBooks, #ChewyReviewy, #WritingCommunity. 📚

Elayne Crain's review of Once Upon an Alphabet 5/5: I think of signs and omens as mirrors of subconscious yearnings--we see them when our brain thinks we need to, like little lunch bag reminders from it. So, when I began my deep-dive into Alphabet...

Today's #ChewyReviewy is "Once Upon an Alphabet: Short Stories For All the Letters" by Oliver Jeffers.
With nary a letter simply dashed off, it's a true abecedarian treasury.
#kidlit #bookrecs #pb #humor #abc #shortstories
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

5-star review of "You Are a Raccoon!" (part of the "Meet Your World" series)

Today's #ChewyReviewy is "You Are a Raccoon!" by
@lauriethompson.com and Jay Fleck.
Perfect for budding backyard naturalists--and a great read-aloud!
#kidlit #bookrecs #pb #stem #backyardnaturalist #readaloud
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

5-star review of The Reindeer Remainders by Katey Howes and Marie Hermansson.

Today's #ChewyReviewy is "The Reindeer Remaineders" by @kateywrites.bsky.social and @mariehermansson.bsky.social.
A hopeful story of overcoming division.
#kidlit #bookrecs #pb #stem #heart #inclusion
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

5-star review of Tumblebaby by Adam Rex and Audrey Helen Weber.

Today's #ChewyReviewy is "Tumblebaby" by Adam Rex and
@audreyhelenweber.bsky.social.
Give it to your own tumblebaby, as they roll out into the world.
#kidlit #bookrecs #pb #humor #heart #parenting
www.goodreads.com/review/show/...

PB’s I’m loving: Art and Science at their best: Bompa’s Insect Expedition, @davidsuzukifdn.bsky.social @tanyakyi.bsky.social Qin Leng, Greystone Kids, @greystonebooks.bsky.social #ChildrensBooks, #ChewyReviewy, #WritingCommunity. 📚

PB’s I’m loving: I wish I had this book as a kid and a while parenting my own children (great for marriage counselors, too): I’m Sorry You Got Mad, @kylelukoff.bsky.social, Julie Kwon, Dial Books for Young Readers, Penguin Random House LLC, #ChildrensBooks, #ChewyReviewy, #WritingCommunity.📚