June Smalls
@junesmalls.bsky.social
Children's Author
Digging for Dinosaurs
They Work: Honey Bees, Nature's Pollinators
bookshop.org/shop/JuneSmalls
www.junesmalls.com
Digging for Dinosaurs
They Work: Honey Bees, Nature's Pollinators
bookshop.org/shop/JuneSmalls
www.junesmalls.com
Pinned
June Smalls
@junesmalls.bsky.social
· May 5
Ever wonder what’s hiding underground? 🧐 Go digging for dinos (& other fun surprises!) in this adorable lift-the-flap book. 🦖 Preorder now & let the fossil hunt begin!
Digging for Dinosaurs and Digging for Dinosaurs: At the Beach (On sale: May 6, 2025)
✍️ June Smalls
🎨 Grace Habib
#Booksky
Digging for Dinosaurs and Digging for Dinosaurs: At the Beach (On sale: May 6, 2025)
✍️ June Smalls
🎨 Grace Habib
#Booksky
November 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Had a great time kicking off Dino-vember at Bowman Library. Got to meet Stevie the T-Rex from Dinoquest Adventures and found out his favorite book is Digging for Dinosaurs!
Crafts, storytime, & dino dancing made for a perfect Saturday!
#LibrariesRock #Dino #paleontology @sbkslibrary.bsky.social
Crafts, storytime, & dino dancing made for a perfect Saturday!
#LibrariesRock #Dino #paleontology @sbkslibrary.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Had a great time kicking off Dino-vember at Bowman Library. Got to meet Stevie the T-Rex from Dinoquest Adventures and found out his favorite book is Digging for Dinosaurs!
Crafts, storytime, & dino dancing made for a perfect Saturday!
#LibrariesRock #Dino #paleontology @sbkslibrary.bsky.social
Crafts, storytime, & dino dancing made for a perfect Saturday!
#LibrariesRock #Dino #paleontology @sbkslibrary.bsky.social
A moment of silence for everyone who realized if you had glitter as part of your Halloween costume, or were close with someone who did, that glitter is now a part of your life for the foreseeable future.
November 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
A moment of silence for everyone who realized if you had glitter as part of your Halloween costume, or were close with someone who did, that glitter is now a part of your life for the foreseeable future.
From now through November 10th if you buy 3 or more STEM books you get 40% off!
Perfect for National STEM Day on November 8.
Check these and more out at:
familius.com/stem-and-ste...
#sale #kidlit #STEM #STEAM #ChildrensBooks #nonfictionforkids #holidaygifts #picturebook #Classroom #homeschool
Perfect for National STEM Day on November 8.
Check these and more out at:
familius.com/stem-and-ste...
#sale #kidlit #STEM #STEAM #ChildrensBooks #nonfictionforkids #holidaygifts #picturebook #Classroom #homeschool
October 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
From now through November 10th if you buy 3 or more STEM books you get 40% off!
Perfect for National STEM Day on November 8.
Check these and more out at:
familius.com/stem-and-ste...
#sale #kidlit #STEM #STEAM #ChildrensBooks #nonfictionforkids #holidaygifts #picturebook #Classroom #homeschool
Perfect for National STEM Day on November 8.
Check these and more out at:
familius.com/stem-and-ste...
#sale #kidlit #STEM #STEAM #ChildrensBooks #nonfictionforkids #holidaygifts #picturebook #Classroom #homeschool
Why do these never cease to amaze me?
October 11, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Why do these never cease to amaze me?
Reposted by June Smalls
It's an amazing feeling when you see something you helped create being shared across the globe.
THEY WORK: HONEY BEES, NATURE'S POLLINATORS
Like a hive, we had to work together to create something amazing!
🖋 June Smalls
🎨 Yukari Mishima
🐝
#KidLit #Teamwork #HoneyBee #Art #Illustration #STEM #NF
THEY WORK: HONEY BEES, NATURE'S POLLINATORS
Like a hive, we had to work together to create something amazing!
🖋 June Smalls
🎨 Yukari Mishima
🐝
#KidLit #Teamwork #HoneyBee #Art #Illustration #STEM #NF
October 1, 2025 at 12:42 AM
#KidLitChat
I always forget too that some of our favs have been rewritten for the modern sensibility.
My kid got fussed at in preschool for telling the other kids that the grasshopper froze to death in the story of the Ants and the Grasshopper.
Apparently now he moves in with the kind ants.
I always forget too that some of our favs have been rewritten for the modern sensibility.
My kid got fussed at in preschool for telling the other kids that the grasshopper froze to death in the story of the Ants and the Grasshopper.
Apparently now he moves in with the kind ants.
October 1, 2025 at 1:36 AM
#KidLitChat
I always forget too that some of our favs have been rewritten for the modern sensibility.
My kid got fussed at in preschool for telling the other kids that the grasshopper froze to death in the story of the Ants and the Grasshopper.
Apparently now he moves in with the kind ants.
I always forget too that some of our favs have been rewritten for the modern sensibility.
My kid got fussed at in preschool for telling the other kids that the grasshopper froze to death in the story of the Ants and the Grasshopper.
Apparently now he moves in with the kind ants.
#KidLitChat
What about favorites that teachers read or that we read as a class?
I loved:
Mouse and the Motorcycle
Trumpet of the Swan
Island of the Blue Dolphin
There was something I loved about certain teachers reading out loud.
What about favorites that teachers read or that we read as a class?
I loved:
Mouse and the Motorcycle
Trumpet of the Swan
Island of the Blue Dolphin
There was something I loved about certain teachers reading out loud.
October 1, 2025 at 1:21 AM
#KidLitChat
What about favorites that teachers read or that we read as a class?
I loved:
Mouse and the Motorcycle
Trumpet of the Swan
Island of the Blue Dolphin
There was something I loved about certain teachers reading out loud.
What about favorites that teachers read or that we read as a class?
I loved:
Mouse and the Motorcycle
Trumpet of the Swan
Island of the Blue Dolphin
There was something I loved about certain teachers reading out loud.
It's an amazing feeling when you see something you helped create being shared across the globe.
THEY WORK: HONEY BEES, NATURE'S POLLINATORS
Like a hive, we had to work together to create something amazing!
🖋 June Smalls
🎨 Yukari Mishima
🐝
#KidLit #Teamwork #HoneyBee #Art #Illustration #STEM #NF
THEY WORK: HONEY BEES, NATURE'S POLLINATORS
Like a hive, we had to work together to create something amazing!
🖋 June Smalls
🎨 Yukari Mishima
🐝
#KidLit #Teamwork #HoneyBee #Art #Illustration #STEM #NF
October 1, 2025 at 12:42 AM
This makes me and my inner child happy!
Reading Rainbow is back with @mychal3ts.bsky.social as the host!!!
#ReadingRainbow
Reading Rainbow is back with @mychal3ts.bsky.social as the host!!!
#ReadingRainbow
🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈
#FollowTheRainbow
September 29, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This makes me and my inner child happy!
Reading Rainbow is back with @mychal3ts.bsky.social as the host!!!
#ReadingRainbow
Reading Rainbow is back with @mychal3ts.bsky.social as the host!!!
#ReadingRainbow
On our walk today, this majestic heron posed for us before coming out of the water just to poop in front of us, then return to his perch.
Ah, the beauty of nature.
Ah, the beauty of nature.
September 28, 2025 at 11:59 AM
On our walk today, this majestic heron posed for us before coming out of the water just to poop in front of us, then return to his perch.
Ah, the beauty of nature.
Ah, the beauty of nature.
Reposted by June Smalls
SHE LEADS: THE ELEPHANT MATRIARCH
by June Smalls @junesmalls.bsky.social
(& Yumi Shimokawara)
(2020, Familius)
Africa. An elephant matriarch. A leader.
#PB #picturebooks #childrensbooks #kidsbooks
#kidlit #KidLitCommunity #kidlitillustrators #kidauthors
#kids #teachers #librarians #parents
by June Smalls @junesmalls.bsky.social
(& Yumi Shimokawara)
(2020, Familius)
Africa. An elephant matriarch. A leader.
#PB #picturebooks #childrensbooks #kidsbooks
#kidlit #KidLitCommunity #kidlitillustrators #kidauthors
#kids #teachers #librarians #parents
September 26, 2025 at 4:19 AM
SHE LEADS: THE ELEPHANT MATRIARCH
by June Smalls @junesmalls.bsky.social
(& Yumi Shimokawara)
(2020, Familius)
Africa. An elephant matriarch. A leader.
#PB #picturebooks #childrensbooks #kidsbooks
#kidlit #KidLitCommunity #kidlitillustrators #kidauthors
#kids #teachers #librarians #parents
by June Smalls @junesmalls.bsky.social
(& Yumi Shimokawara)
(2020, Familius)
Africa. An elephant matriarch. A leader.
#PB #picturebooks #childrensbooks #kidsbooks
#kidlit #KidLitCommunity #kidlitillustrators #kidauthors
#kids #teachers #librarians #parents
Got this little statue a year ago. Named her Flurry and started giving it scarves. A Halloween costume is obviously the next step, right?
#Halloween #costume #homedécor
#Halloween #costume #homedécor
September 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Got this little statue a year ago. Named her Flurry and started giving it scarves. A Halloween costume is obviously the next step, right?
#Halloween #costume #homedécor
#Halloween #costume #homedécor
How do folks feel about the word "ain't"? I'm working on a picture book with a title and recurring phrase with this word.
It is the perfect word for this story / a phrase I use a ton. But some people seem to have big feelings about this informal word.
#kidlit
It is the perfect word for this story / a phrase I use a ton. But some people seem to have big feelings about this informal word.
#kidlit
September 14, 2025 at 12:36 PM
How do folks feel about the word "ain't"? I'm working on a picture book with a title and recurring phrase with this word.
It is the perfect word for this story / a phrase I use a ton. But some people seem to have big feelings about this informal word.
#kidlit
It is the perfect word for this story / a phrase I use a ton. But some people seem to have big feelings about this informal word.
#kidlit
Whether its a birthday or holiday, books make the perfect gifts especially when paired with a perfect toy or activity.
Dig up some ideas with the interactive series Digging for Dinosaurs.
bookshop.org/shop/JuneSma...
#KidLit #GiftIdeas #GiftGuide #holidayshopping #Dinosaur #paleontology #STEM
Dig up some ideas with the interactive series Digging for Dinosaurs.
bookshop.org/shop/JuneSma...
#KidLit #GiftIdeas #GiftGuide #holidayshopping #Dinosaur #paleontology #STEM
September 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Whether its a birthday or holiday, books make the perfect gifts especially when paired with a perfect toy or activity.
Dig up some ideas with the interactive series Digging for Dinosaurs.
bookshop.org/shop/JuneSma...
#KidLit #GiftIdeas #GiftGuide #holidayshopping #Dinosaur #paleontology #STEM
Dig up some ideas with the interactive series Digging for Dinosaurs.
bookshop.org/shop/JuneSma...
#KidLit #GiftIdeas #GiftGuide #holidayshopping #Dinosaur #paleontology #STEM
Reposted by June Smalls
We LOVE how creative our authors get when promoting their books ❤️
Check out what @junesmalls.bsky.social (author of our Animal Life Cycles series) is doing ⤵️
#BookPromotion #BookMarketing #ChildrensAuthor #KidLit
Check out what @junesmalls.bsky.social (author of our Animal Life Cycles series) is doing ⤵️
#BookPromotion #BookMarketing #ChildrensAuthor #KidLit
As an author, I go to conferences, signing, school visits and more where I have to wear name tags. Now I have my own books on my lanyard.
When folks ask what I write, I can point and smile! Maybe I'll start a #kidlit trend?
#picturebook #Author #schoolvisit #art @familiusbooks.bsky.social
When folks ask what I write, I can point and smile! Maybe I'll start a #kidlit trend?
#picturebook #Author #schoolvisit #art @familiusbooks.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
We LOVE how creative our authors get when promoting their books ❤️
Check out what @junesmalls.bsky.social (author of our Animal Life Cycles series) is doing ⤵️
#BookPromotion #BookMarketing #ChildrensAuthor #KidLit
Check out what @junesmalls.bsky.social (author of our Animal Life Cycles series) is doing ⤵️
#BookPromotion #BookMarketing #ChildrensAuthor #KidLit
As an author, I go to conferences, signing, school visits and more where I have to wear name tags. Now I have my own books on my lanyard.
When folks ask what I write, I can point and smile! Maybe I'll start a #kidlit trend?
#picturebook #Author #schoolvisit #art @familiusbooks.bsky.social
When folks ask what I write, I can point and smile! Maybe I'll start a #kidlit trend?
#picturebook #Author #schoolvisit #art @familiusbooks.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
As an author, I go to conferences, signing, school visits and more where I have to wear name tags. Now I have my own books on my lanyard.
When folks ask what I write, I can point and smile! Maybe I'll start a #kidlit trend?
#picturebook #Author #schoolvisit #art @familiusbooks.bsky.social
When folks ask what I write, I can point and smile! Maybe I'll start a #kidlit trend?
#picturebook #Author #schoolvisit #art @familiusbooks.bsky.social
August 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Doing book research and came across this.
You cannot tell me that the alien thing in Alien isn't just a horseshoe crab with no shell!!
You cannot tell me that the alien thing in Alien isn't just a horseshoe crab with no shell!!
August 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Doing book research and came across this.
You cannot tell me that the alien thing in Alien isn't just a horseshoe crab with no shell!!
You cannot tell me that the alien thing in Alien isn't just a horseshoe crab with no shell!!
Hey Teachers, Homeschoolers, & Librarians. Did you know you can download free educator's guides for the entire Leads series?
Geared towards 1st - 5th grade, these guides align with Common Core State & Next Generation Science Standards.
Created by DK Ryland
www.junesmalls.com
#Kidlit #Classroom
Geared towards 1st - 5th grade, these guides align with Common Core State & Next Generation Science Standards.
Created by DK Ryland
www.junesmalls.com
#Kidlit #Classroom
August 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Hey Teachers, Homeschoolers, & Librarians. Did you know you can download free educator's guides for the entire Leads series?
Geared towards 1st - 5th grade, these guides align with Common Core State & Next Generation Science Standards.
Created by DK Ryland
www.junesmalls.com
#Kidlit #Classroom
Geared towards 1st - 5th grade, these guides align with Common Core State & Next Generation Science Standards.
Created by DK Ryland
www.junesmalls.com
#Kidlit #Classroom
Kids today, with whole computers in their pockets, will never know the struggle of phone cords so short you needed special furniture in your homes...
#old #reallyold #IthinkIturnedtodust
#old #reallyold #IthinkIturnedtodust
August 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Kids today, with whole computers in their pockets, will never know the struggle of phone cords so short you needed special furniture in your homes...
#old #reallyold #IthinkIturnedtodust
#old #reallyold #IthinkIturnedtodust
Writing a wordless picture book as an author only can be challenging. I have this whole concept and hope that I'm conveying it fully enough to express the story well, but vaguely enough to let the future illustrator do their thing freely.
#KidLit #AmWriting #AuthorSky
#KidLit #AmWriting #AuthorSky
August 17, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Writing a wordless picture book as an author only can be challenging. I have this whole concept and hope that I'm conveying it fully enough to express the story well, but vaguely enough to let the future illustrator do their thing freely.
#KidLit #AmWriting #AuthorSky
#KidLit #AmWriting #AuthorSky
Reposted by June Smalls
If you love a book, write a nice review. It gives the author encouragement for bad days when they want to take up scorpion petting. - @lianabrooks.bsky.social
#WriterSky #BookSky #KidLit
#WriterSky #BookSky #KidLit
August 17, 2025 at 2:28 AM
If you love a book, write a nice review. It gives the author encouragement for bad days when they want to take up scorpion petting. - @lianabrooks.bsky.social
#WriterSky #BookSky #KidLit
#WriterSky #BookSky #KidLit
Did you know that today is #WorldHoneyBeeDay ?
Learn all about these important pollinators and the many jobs they do. (Hint: They do so much more than just collect pollen.) 🐝
Free Educator's guides at www.JuneSmalls.com
#Classroom #Homeschool #library #honeybee #PictureBook #kidlit #STEM
Learn all about these important pollinators and the many jobs they do. (Hint: They do so much more than just collect pollen.) 🐝
Free Educator's guides at www.JuneSmalls.com
#Classroom #Homeschool #library #honeybee #PictureBook #kidlit #STEM
August 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Did you know that today is #WorldHoneyBeeDay ?
Learn all about these important pollinators and the many jobs they do. (Hint: They do so much more than just collect pollen.) 🐝
Free Educator's guides at www.JuneSmalls.com
#Classroom #Homeschool #library #honeybee #PictureBook #kidlit #STEM
Learn all about these important pollinators and the many jobs they do. (Hint: They do so much more than just collect pollen.) 🐝
Free Educator's guides at www.JuneSmalls.com
#Classroom #Homeschool #library #honeybee #PictureBook #kidlit #STEM