Congrats to Norah O’Donnell for her bestseller We the Women: The Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America. For young readers, these are wonderful picture-book biographies of some of the women O’Donnell writes about in her book.
truestorybookshop.com/we-the-women/
#WomensHistoryMonth #kidlit #pbbio
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Happy birthday #GloriaSteinem !! Let’s celebrate by sharing Gloria’s book with young readers: RISE, GIRL RISE by Gloria Steinem and Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee & illustrated by Kah Yangni
truestorybookshop.com/women/
#WomensHistoryMonth #kidlit #pbbio
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@alexkelnag.bsky.social Gotta love book mail! Debuting on March 24, FROM THE FIELDS TO THE FIGHT: HiOW JESSICA GOVEA THORBOURNE ORGANIZED FOR JUSTICE by Angela Quezada Padron illustrated by Sol Salinas.A must have! @simonkids @angela.padron @solsticeillo @alex_kelski #cesarchavez #kidlit #pbbio

Holiday Book Giveaway Extravaganza: WOODY’S WORDS: WOODROW WILSON RAWLS AND WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS by Lisa Rogers Lisa Rogers has another non-fiction picture book, WOODY’S WORDS: WOODROW WILSON RAWLS AND WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS,  illustrated by Susan Reagan and published by Calkin’s Creek/Asztra Publish…

kathytemean.wordpress.com/2025/12/09/h... interview with @lisaljrogers.bsky.social on Kathy Temean's blog
WOODY'S WORDS: WOODROW WILSON RAWLS and Where The Red Fern Grows, illustrated by #SusanReagan
#Booksky #Edusky #NF #PBBio

Happy birthday #JulieAndrews
🎂 🏔️ 🎶 ☂️ 👑
Song After Song: The Musical Life of Julie Andrews
by @juliefhedlund.bsky.social & #IlariaUrbinati
bookshop.org/a/17044/9781...
#kidlit #biographyaday #pbbio #truestory #bornonthisday

For the kid who dreams of flying:
bookshop.org/lists/true-s...
#kidlit #narrativenonfiction #truestory #pbbio
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Are we still celebrating #NationalDogDay with @lisaljrogers.bsky.social and her inquisitive hound? Don't miss WOODY'S WORDS launching in September with an event @ Wellesley Books
#BookSky #EduSky #Librarians #PBBio #Dogs #WhereTheRedFernGrows #kidlit

BOOK DEAL!!

Erin Fennell's debut pb TANGO MAN: THE MUSICAL LIFE OF ASTOR PIAZZOLLA, illustrated by Martina Peluso, fall of 2027.

Congratulations Erin & Martina!

#kidlit #kidlitart #ChildrensBooks #PictureBooks #pb #pbbio #biography #nonfiction #nf #publishing #bookdeal #bookannouncement

BOOK DEAL!!

Erin Fennell's debut pb TANGO MAN: THE MUSICAL LIFE OF ASTOR PIAZZOLLA, illustrated by Martina Peluso, fall of 2027.

Congratulations Erin & Martina!

#kidlit #kidlitart #ChildrensBooks #PictureBooks #pb #pbbio #biography #nonfiction #nf #publishing #bookdeal #bookannouncement

Day 10 🎉🎉🎉 celebrating great #picturebooks!!!
The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown by #MacBarnett and #SarahJacoby
#nonfictionpb #pbbio #matgaretwisebrown

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/...

💙📚 #BookSky 💡📚 #Nonfiction
And more favorites for June — #Pride month!
#kidlit #nonfiction #pbbio #LGBTQ+
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#TrueStory @bookshop.org
bookshop.org/lists/true-s...

💙📚 #BookSky 💡📚 #Nonfiction
A few favorites for June — #NationalImmigrantHeritageMonth
#kidlit #nonfiction #pbbio #multiculturalbooks
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#TrueStory @bookshop.org
bookshop.org/lists/true-s...

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/...

True Stories for May— AANHPI Heritage Month As an author, I have read hundreds of narrative nonfiction titles. These are some of my favorite picture-book biographies for 2nd-5th graders. Click on the names to link to the book titles-true storie...

A book-a-day calendar to celebrate May—Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander #AANHPI HeritageMonth. Each day links to a #pbbio — true stories of leaders, artists, athletes, scientists, makers, and activists.
www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/True...

Illustration shows woman in a maroon graduation gown, diploma in her hand, floating blissfully among the clouds with birds swooping around her (one bird holding her mortar board in its beak). Below this fanciful image we see grass, trees, and a college campus.

I loved the Chagall vibes of the art in Breaking through the Clouds: The Sometimes Turbulent Life of Meteorologist Joanne Simpson.

by @senickel.bsky.social and HelenaPerezGarcia #PictureBooks #pbbio #nonfictionpb 💡📚👍💙

Join me in celebrating Mary Boone's beautiful new #PB, Pedal Pusher: How One Woman’s Bicycle Adventure Helped Change the World, illus by the talented @lisa.anchin
Pub by @henryholtbooks.bsky.social
Creative Point of View #uGROnews
#kidlit #PB #PBbio #biking
open.substack.com/pub/ugronews...

This is a 'must have' for my bookshelf! I can't wait! 🥳

#kidlit #nonfiction #pbbio

I did not know this was dropping today but I am SO SO excited to share the news of this #pbbio to be illustrated by the very talented Tara Anand. Mary Kom is an icon and an incredible role model.

TY to the marvelous Rob Sanders who gave me feedback on my ms and that final push to send to my agent!

I'm delighted that SEEKER OF TRUTH is on @chicagopubliclibrary 's Best of the Best Books 2024 list in the 'Best Informational Books for Younger Readers' category.

Thank you, CPL! 🙏🏽 You're the best!🎊

@yetanotherbydanica
@littlebeebooks

#picturebooks #socialjustice #pbbio #southasiantrailblazers

Picture book Mountain Chef waiting on a library shelf with other books on hold.

I was picking up my own library holds and saw that somebody had put a hold on a #pbbio I wrote, Mountain Chef. It's not quite spying someone in an airport reading my book but it felt close.

#kidlit #nonfictionpicturebook #tiesing #publiclibrary

My book AS THE SEAS RISE is on sale for only $12 on Amazon for a limited time! a.co/d/1gwHsEW #kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbooks #picturebooks #teachers #librarians #school #science #nonfiction #pbbio #climatechange #climatejustice #sealevelrise #community #latina #latinx #latinascientist

I first wrote this story as a #pbbio but it never found a publisher. Years later, I rewrote it as a #graphicnovel script & (after much #revision ) it’s in bookstores today! So #kidlit writers, consider a new goal—transform an old manuscript into a gn script. You never know…

You can also enter by going to Rafflecopter: rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/9… #giveaway #childrensbooks #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks #nonfiction #biography #pbbio

Get TWO entries for a book review on Amazon, B&N, or Goodreads. Add link to review in a comment.

5 winners chosen!

BACK-TO-SCHOOL GIVEAWAY TIME! Enter to win a signed copy of AS THE SEAS RISE along with a swag bag. 5 winners will be chosen in this round which ends 8-23-24. Don't miss out! www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display... #giveaway #childrensbooks #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks #nonfiction #biography #pbbio

#EDUCATORS & #LIBRARIANS:
I'm giving away free virtual school visits for SEEKER OF TRUTH (releasing July 23) if you pre-order the book.
To sign up, please scan the QR code or visit link - docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS....
#teachers #southasian #southasiankidlit #PBBio #picturebooks #SeekerofTruth

Picture Book Bios – Market Shift Based on some comments from an agent or two, and things I've been hearing about a shift in the picture book biography market, I'm currently playing with a new version of my pb bio manuscript. What I'm...

In which I talk a bit about some new styles of picture book biographies that I'm seeing...and studying. beckylevine.com/2024/07/07/p... #picturebook #biography #pbbio

Author Srividhya Venkat on Telling Difficult Stories- plus a GIVEWAY! Hello world!! Welcome to my blog, Blissfully Bookish. Please welcome Srividhya Venkat, here to chat about her new nonfiction picture book, SEEKER OF TRUTH: KAILASH SATYARTHI'S FIGHT TO END CHILD LABOR...

Here's an interview I did recently with the lovely Lydia Lukidis @lydialukidis.bsky.social on her Blissfully Bookish blog.
Don't miss the giveaway!

Link below:
lydialukidis.wordpress.com/2024/06/12/a...

#SeekerofTruth
@littlebeebooks
#picturebooks
#kidlit
#pbbio
@yetanotherbydanica

Crystal Kites Each year we recognize great books from around the world. The Crystal Kite Awards are chosen by other children's book writers, illustrators, and translators, making them the only peer-given awards in ...

#SCBWI members! DESERT QUEEN by me and Svabhu Kohli (along with so many great books) is in the running for a Crystal Kite Award in the NY Division. All members can vote in all divisions. 1st round voting ends 5/15 - do vote! scbwi.org/crystal-kite
#kidlit #pbbio #pbart

If Lin Can picture book biography

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I recommend this #pbbio in 4 #TrueStory categories:
📕 #Basketball
📕 #Athletes
📕 #Activists 
📕 #AAPI Stories
 
Tie-in dates for #IfLinCan:
🗓️Feb. 4: #Linsanity.
🗓️Mar.: March Madness
🗓️May: AANHPI Month
🗓️Aug. 23: Lin's birthday
🗓️Nov. 6: National 🏀 Day

Author Q&A: www.karlingray.com/blog/posts/4...