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Claire Bobrow
@clairebobrow.bsky.social
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Reader. Writer. Art admirer. Friend of gardens and growing things. Indie bookseller. Debut board book: WHEN BUMBLEBEES GO TO SLEEP (Sourcebooks Aug 2025). Rep'd by Rachel Orr at Prospect Agency
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Claire Bobrow @clairebobrow.bsky.social · Nov 17
Hi everyone! Here’s the cover of my debut board book with illustrator extraordinaire Natalia Vasilica, coming August 2025 from Sourcebooks eXplore. Huge bouquets to Rachel Orr and Anna Sargeant for making this dream come to life! 🐝🌼💐 #KidLit #writingcommunity #boardbook #bedtime #bumblebee
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Thank you for the shout-out, Paisley!! The pollinators & I appreciate it 😊🐝🌼🦋💜
October 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Thank you!!
September 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Yeehaw! It’s a 25% off Preorder sale from @barnesandnoble.com for all Rewards and Premium members!! From 9/3-9/5 lasso your copy of COWBOYS AT THE BALLET using code PREORDER25

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Cover of the forthcoming picture book COWBOYS AT THE BALLET, showing an illustration of a stage set designed to look like a Western landscape in dusty oranges with a dramatic sky and a corral fence. There are 3 dancers in Western garb dancing in the foreground.
September 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Thanks for sharing, Stephanie! 🐝
August 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Thank you, @ajirving.bsky.social for this lovely boost! 💜🐝
ajirving.bsky.social A.J. Irving 🩷💜💙 @ajirving.bsky.social · Aug 16
This gentle bedtime board book follows Bumble the bee as she gets ready for sleep. Little ones will adore the dreamy art and cozy rhyming text in WHEN BUMBLEBEES GO TO SLEEP by @clairebobrow.bsky.social & Natalie Vasilica. A precious must-have for baby’s first library! 💜🐝💜 #kidlit #booksky
August 17, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Looking forward to this book about legendary children’s book editor Ursula Nordstrom by @nancyhudgins.com!

#nonfiction #mg #middlegrade #kidlit #kidlitillustration #megakidlitfeed
August 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Can’t wait for this one!
August 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Tossing it out there one last time #kidlitart ...Illustration Institute based on Peaks Island in Maine has fantastic free programming. I'll be attending a workshop with LeUyen Pham on Wednesday - I think there are still a few spots left. More info: www.illustrationinstitute.org/summer-2025-...
Summer 2025 Events — Illustration Institute
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August 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Thank you, Nancy!! 😊🐝
August 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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When a Tree Falls, by Kirsten Pendreigh and Elle Boschinger, is an excellent one!
Cover illustration showing a fallen tree trunk in the forest with a bird, squirrel, and various plants and fungi on or near it.
August 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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Thanks, Lynn!!
July 30, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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Hooray! When Bumblebees Go to Sleep is releasing August 5th! And @barnesandnoble.com is offering 25% off on pre-orders TODAY (July 11th) using the code PREORDER25. Don’t snooze on this excellent deal! 🐝🌼😊 #kidlitmegafeed #boardbook #bumblebee #lullaby
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Promotional graphic showing 25% off pre-orders at Barnes & Noble bookstore of the forthcoming board book When Bumblebees Go to Sleep. The cover illustration depicts a bumblebee snuggled up inside a purple dahlia flower with a starry night sky and full moon behind.
July 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Cowboys at the Ballet is coming your way next March! It’s a #picturebook about the legendary Agnes de Mille, by me & #IlariaUrbinati, from Atheneum Books/Simon & Schuster. Pre-order now @ Barnes & Noble, 25% off July 8-11 with code PREORDER25. #kidlitmegafeed

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Cowboys at the Ballet: The Story of Choreographer Agnes de Mille|Hardcover
A spirited picture book about the epic struggle and dramatic breakthrough of Agnes de Mille, the legendary choreographer of Oklahoma! and Carousel whose work changed the course of Broadway history.Som...
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July 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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This artist, Sarah Jacoby, is also an incredibly gifted author/illustrator of picture books, including one of my all-time favorites, Forever or a Day. Magnificent! #picturebook #kidlit #art #illustration
Cover of the picture book Forever or a Day, by Sarah Jacoby, with an illustration showing 2 seated children in silhouette from behind, facing a large body of water, with a city and hills in the distance and a gorgeous sky drenched in sunset colors.
July 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Good morning #kidlitmegafeed 😊I’m thrilled to introduce you to the cover of Cowboys at the Ballet, my debut picture book, created with awesome illustrator #IlariaUrbinati and coming next March from Atheneum Books/Simon & Schuster. Yeehaw! #kidlit #picturebook #nonfiction #ballet #dance #cowboy
Cover of the forthcoming picture book Cowboys at the Ballet, with an illustration showing 3 dancers in Western wear on a stage decorated to look like a corral with wooden fences and a reddish-orange, earth-toned background that evokes the Western landscape.
July 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Yeehaw! Cowboys at the Ballet, my debut #picturebook, is coming next March, created with illustrator #IlariaUrbinati and published by Atheneum Books/Simon & Schuster. Available for pre-order now @ Barnes & Noble, 25% off July 8-11 with code PREORDER25. #kidlit www.barnesandnoble.com/w/cowboys-at...
Cover of the forthcoming picture book Cowboys at the Ballet: The Story of Choreographer Agnes de Mille, showing a stage with 3 dancers in Western wear against a backdrop of a corral with a wooden fence and hilly, earth-toned landscape behind.
July 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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I’m thrilled to share the cover of my debut #picturebook, created with super-talented illustrator #IlariaUrbinati! Please say hello to…Cowboys at the Ballet:The Story of Choreographer Agnes de Mille, coming from Atheneum Books/Simon&Schuster next March!! #kidlit #picturebook #dance #ballet #cowboy
Cover of the forthcoming picture book Cowboys at the Ballet: The Story of Choreographer Agnes de Mille. The cover shows an illustration of 3 dancers in cowboy and Western clothing dancing on a stage whose backdrop shows a corral with wooden fences set against a reddish-orange dry Western landscape and a dramatic sky.
July 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Hello friends! My first book is releasing next month & you can get 25% off all Barnes & Noble pre-orders from July 8th-11th! So buzz on over today to barnesandnoble.com for your copy of WHEN BUMBLEBEES GO TO SLEEP!! Art by the fab Natalia Vasilica. Thank you! 🐝 #kidlit #boardbook #bedtime #bumblebee
Cover image of the forthcoming board book WHEN BUMBLEBEES GO TO SLEEP showing an illustration of a night sky, full moon, stars, and a bumblebee snuggled up in a purple dahlia, ready to snooze.
July 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Thank you!
July 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Thank you!
July 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Here’s one snoozing in a dahlia in our garden. It’s such a fun thing to spot I wrote a book about it! Coming August 5th to a bookstore or library near you 😊🐝 #bumblebees #flowers #snoozing #kidlit
A bumblebee snoozing inside a yellow dahlia flower, with its little butt and legs sticking out. Cover of the forthcoming board book When Bumblebees Go to Sleep, showing a night sky with stars, the full moon, and a bumblebee snuggled up in a purple dahlia. Illustrations by Natalia Vasilica.
July 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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😂
July 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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Pierpont? Or Portcullis. Something construction-y 😃
July 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Thanks A.J.!!
June 27, 2025 at 2:55 AM
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It’s my first book! Coming August 5th 😊🐝 If you’re curious to learn how I came to write a lullaby for children (and bumblebees), please check out my latest Substack post:

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My First Book--the Backstory!
How I came to write a lullaby for children and bumblebees
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June 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM