Books purchased from any publisher qualify for the pencil (while supplies last)! Just submit proof of purchase at the link in my bio. If you want a signed copy, order from Eight Cousins. They ship anywhere in the U.S. #RootedInWonder #SteamTeamBooks #Nature #trees #KidsLoveNonfiction

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I was interviewed about my next book, Rooted in Wonder: Celebrating the World's National Trees, for the most recent issue of Askews Childrens. Flip to pages 28-29. #RootedInWonder #STEAMTeamBooks pubhtml5.com/xyqa/yapx/

Image shows the cover of Rooted in Wonder: Celebrating the World's National Trees plus the same text in the comment. Cover illustration is leafed out baobab tree with a fat trunk. A variety of animals swing from the branches such as snakes and monkeys and a warthog is in front of the tree.

Friends in Ireland and the U.K.
Get 25% off ROOTED IN WONDER at Waterstones online (link in bio) or via the app. Just enter the code FEB26 at the checkout.

Sale ends 20th February 2026!

#childrensbooksale #moonandbirdbooks #WPreorder #STEAMTeamBooks #STEM

This has been in the works for several months. I was finally PQed (Physically Qualified) just before Thanksgiving, so now I’m officially allowed to go. The PQ process took two months!
Stay tuned for updates. #STEAM #STEAMTeamBooks
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Cover of the book shows the title, Jellyfish Scientist: Maude Delap and her Mesmerizing Medusas by Michelle Cusolito, illustrated by Ellen Rooney. Maude looks out at the reader through a bell jar holding a jellyfish medusa. A JLG medal is on the bottom right.

Today is #WorldJellyfishDay! A great day to introduce young readers to Maude Delap, a pioneering scientist from rural Ireland who was the first person to raise them in captivity through their full life cycle. She did this back in 1899! #kidslovenonfiction #STEAM #JellyfishScientist
#SteamTeamBooks

Congratulations, Jen Swanson, on Atlas Obscura! Thank you so much for sharing the recent release of Atlas Obscura: The Explorer’s Guide to Inventing the World with us! Young readers lov...

Congrats, @jenswanbooks.bsky.social !
#kidlit #books #STEAMTeamBooks
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STEAMTEAM BOOKS The 20245 line up of STEM and STEAM picture books by award-winning children's authors.

#teachers, #librarians, #educators - @STEAMTeamBooks authors & illustrators have books to support your curriculum. They also do AUTHOR VISITS, both in-person and virtual. Start here- www.steamteambooks.com to find your next guest!

#steamteambooks #STEMForKids #EduSky #BackToSchool #BackToSchool2025

It’s back to school time and @STEAMTeamBooks authors and illustrators have been busy! Check out all of the new books that published over the summer at www.steamteambooks.com.

#steamteam2025 #steamteambooks #STEMForKids #EduSky #BackToSchool #BackToSchool2025

Science+ Writing+ Art, Part 4 — Michelle Cusolito If this is the first post you’re seeing in this series, I encourage you to read the first three for context. I initially envisioned using my shrunken plastic diatoms in paintings like in my prev...

www.michellecusolito.com/blog/2025/8/... Part 4, in which I describe the three dimensional piece I created as a result of going to sea with @whoi.edu #STEAM #STEM #KidsLoveNonfiction #oceanexploration #3ShipsOneOTZ #SteamTeamBooks #OceanScience #MarineScience #Oceans #TwilightZone #KidLit #SciComm 🌊

In and around the sea From the August 2025 issue of Notes from the Horn Book.

Thanks to @thehornbook.bsky.social for featuring Jellyfish Scientist: Maude Delap and Her Mesmerizing Medusas alongside these wonderful books! #STEAM #MarineScience #STEMinist #SciComm #KidsLoveNonfiction #STEAMTeamBooks @steamteambooks.bsky.social www.hbook.com/story/in-and...

Light blue background. Heading in black says: 6 STARS! Above the cover of IN THE WORLD OF WHALES, which shows two adult sperm whales supporting a calf at the surface while a freediver holding a camera dives below them. Quotation reads “…a brief yet powerful moment of intimacy, inspiration, and awe…” Kirkus reviews. ⭐️Publisher’s Weekly ⭐️Kirkus ⭐️Booklist ⭐️School Library Journal ⭐️Book Page ⭐️The Horn Book

6 stars for IN THE WORLD OF WHALES! 🐳@thehornbook.bsky.social review went live last week, so it’s official! ⭐️ Thank you Horn Book! (Read all six reviews at link in bio). @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social #STEAM #KidsLoveNonfiction #Whales #animals #kidlitbooknews #SteamTeamBooks 🌊

Science + Writing + Art, Part 3 — Michelle Cusolito Words and Books and Block Prints. (I encourage you to read parts 1 and 2 before this one to understand the progression). Around the time when I was making the painting described in my last post , ...

How my art informs my writing and my writing informs my art. Do your work in one medium influence your work in other media? #STEAM #STEM #KidsLoveNonfiction #SteamTeamBooks #OceanScience #Oceans #TwilightZone #KidLit #SciComm 🌊 www.michellecusolito.com/blog/2025/8/19/science-writing-art-part-3

Kids Will Go Wild for These Books About Animals | Kirkus Reviews New nonfiction picture books about fauna are more creative in their approach than ever before.

Thank you Kirkus and @mahnazdar.bsky.social for spotlighting IN THE WORLD OF WHALES alongside these wonderful books! www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea... #STEM #STEAM #Nature #STEAMTeamBooks @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social @jessicalanan.bsky.social 🐋🐙

Flyer shows dates of upcoming events along with the cover of IN THE WORLD OF WHALES, Written by Michelle Cusolito and illustrated by Jessica Lanan. All event details listed in caption.

Upcoming events. Details: link in bio.
8/18/25: 10:00, Unlikely Story, Plainville, MA
8/20/25: 1:00, WHOI Discovery Center, Falmouth, MA
8/23/25: 11:00, Porter Square Books, Cambridge, MA
9/27/25: 10:30, Charter Books, Newport, RI. 🌊🐋
#KidsLoveNonfiction #STEAM #KidLit #SteamTeamBooks #nonfiction

Science + Writing + Art, #2 — Michelle Cusolito In 2017, when I was living in Ireland and researching for my book Jellyfish Scientist: Maude Delap and Her Mesmerizing Medusas , I silk-screened prints of sea jellies from my line drawings. I alway...

Part 2 of my series about how research for my books leads to visual art. (My art informs my writing and my writing informs my art). #SciComm #STEAM #STEM #KidsLoveNonfiction #oceanexploration #SteamTeamBooks #OceanScience #MarineScience #KidLit www.michellecusolito.com/blog/2025/8/...

Art and Science #1 — Michelle Cusolito Until now, my public facing persona has primarily been as an author, educator, speaker and science communicator. But over the past few years, I’ve been creating more art. I’ve always been a maker and ...

Read about my recent art inspired by my work as a #ScienceCommunicator and #STEAM author. 🌊www.michellecusolito.com/blog/2025/8/4/art-and-sc...
#KidsLoveNonfiction #oceanexploration #womenoffshore #3ShipsOneOTZ #SteamTeamBooks #TwilightZone #MarineScience #OceanScience #SciComm

STEAMTeamBooks - Check out this website for awesome steam-related books for kids - From The Mixed Up Files Happy 6th Anniversary to STEAMTeamBooks!     If you’re looking for some great new STEM/STEAM (Science, Technoloy, Engineering, Art and Math) and titles to add to your classroom or library this year? L...

6 years of #STEAMTeamBooks !!

Come check out this great list of titles for your classroom or library.

#kidlit, #middlegrade, #MGlit, #STEM, #WritingCommunity, #EDUsky, #ALA, #NCTE

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#steamteambooks It took decades for the species to come back from the brink after being listed as Extinct in the Wild. Fascinating story.

Happy book birthday to NOT EXTINCT! It's about the endangered horse species, the Przewalski's Horse (Or P-horse for short). Such a different species. #kidlit #steamteambooks #horses #horselovers #endangered #tlsky #edusky

The Children's Book Council has named NOT EXTINCT a Hot Off the Presses book for July! To write this, I visited Prague Zoo and Denver Zoo (where I got to feed a P-horse!). Talked to amazing scientists! #horse #horselover #stem #conservation #STEAMTeamBooks #kidlit #edusky #tlsky

ALA was fun, signing books, talking books, and seeing everyone’s new books! #kidlit #horses #tlsky #edusky #steamteambooks #stem

Michelle sits in the ABC CHAIR in front of Eight Cousins books holding IN THE WORLD OF WHALES.

A stack of copies of IN THE WORLD OF WHALES.

It’s book launch day for IN THE WORLD OF WHALES! I signed preorders & a pile of stock at 8 Cousins Books. Also took a pic in the ABC chair. (Note my octopus arm earrings & whale fluke necklace!) 🐳#KidsLoveNonfiction #SteamTeamBooks #MarineScience #STEAM #STEM
#kidlitbooknews #Whales #SpermWhales.

CLIMATE: How Wladimir Köppen Studied Weather and Drew the First Climate Map Elementary science history. Who created the idea for climate? How do we track climate change? By looking at maps created by meteorologist Wladimir Koppen! Come read this story that explains weather an...

This week, NPR is focusing reports on the climate. Here's my contribution to climate information for kids! #stem #climate #NPR #kidlit #edusky #TLSky #readaloud #steamteambooks

In the World of Whales

I'm gobsmacked to share that IN THE WORLD OF WHALES has received a 4th star!
Preorder a copies wherever books are sold. (Comes out Tuesday!) Order signed ones from @eightcousinsbooks.bsky.social (link in bio). 🐳 #KidsLoveNonfiction #STEM #STEAM #SteamTeamBooks www.slj.com/review/in-th...

Upcoming Appearances for In the World of Whales June 20, 2025 at 1:00, Falmouth Public Library June 25, 2025 at 9:30, Titcomb’s Bookshop, Sandwich, MA June 28, 2025 at 10:00, Book Love in Plymouth, MA July 21, 2025, at 4:30, Joseph H. Plumb Memorial Library, Rochester Cover of the book: Title, In the World of Whales by Michelle Cusolito Illustrated by Jessica Lanan. Overall blue cover shows a man freediving beneath two adult whales pushing a calf to the surface to breathe.

Upcoming appearances for In the World of Whales. Details on website. (Link in bio) #kidlit #nonfictionforkids #whales #spermwhale #KidsLoveNonfiction #STEM #STEAM #MarineScience #SteamTeamBooks
More dates announced soon & added to website. 🐋🌊 @holidayhouse.bsky.social @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social

It’s world #WorldOceanDay 🌊
I tell true stories about the ocean to increase knowledge & encourage people to protect our oceans. #oceanexploration #marinelife #KidsLoveNonfiction #SteamTeamBooks #MarineScience #OceanScience #STEAM #STEM #SciComm #OceanMatters #WOD2025 #WomenInStem #nonfiction

Join me tomorrow, May 31, 2025 at 10:00 am @booklove_pinehills in Plymouth, MA.
#JellyfishScientist #WomenInStem #KidsLoveNonfiction #SteamTeamBooks #STEMinist #MarineScience #OceanScience #nonfiction #STEAM #STEM #kidlitbooknews #Indies #BookLove #kidLit 🌊

Best Dog Books Archives - Annemarie O'Brien Best Dog Books is a go-to-resource for parents, teachers, librarians, and kids who want to find the next best dog book to read.

Honored & thrilled TROUBLE DOG, FROM SHELTER DOG TO CONSERVATION HERO is on Annemarie O'Brien's 101 Best Dog Books for Kids! Interview with her: annemarieobrienauthor.com/category/bes... #STEM #wd4c #kidlit #shelterdogs #eerdmansbooks #picturebooks #kidsbooks #steamteambooks @ebyrbooks.bsky.social

Cover of the book shows the title, Jellyfish Scientist: Maude Delap and her Mesmerizing Medusas by Michelle Cusolito, illustrated by Ellen Rooney. Maude looks out at the reader through a bell jar holding a jellyfish medusa.

Young readers become adult readers. Join me in supporting #ChildrensBookWeek. Share a book with a kid today or let them share one with you! #StoryOcean #JellyfishScientist #KidsLoveNonfiction #SteamTeamBooks #nonfiction #STEAM #STEM @charlesbridge.bsky.social

Michelle Cusolito's review of Zero! The Number That Almost Wasn't 5/5: The book description and other reviews describe the content of the book, so I won’t repeat all that. I’ll stick to my personal response, which is I love this book! I wish I had it when I was stil...

Elementary teachers, you're going to want this book by @sarahalbee.bsky.social and @chrishsu1861.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #STEAMTeamBooks #KidsLoveNonfiction #STEM #STEAM