Ellen Myrick
@libraryellen.bsky.social
Library advocate, and children’s book enthusiast, cat fancier, history geek, nature lover
Sasha, the @pubspotlight.bsky.social kitty, loves reading about her friends! @childs-play.co.uk @childsplayusa.bsky.social
#kidlit #boardbooks #bilingualbooks
#kidlit #boardbooks #bilingualbooks
January 7, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Sasha, the @pubspotlight.bsky.social kitty, loves reading about her friends! @childs-play.co.uk @childsplayusa.bsky.social
#kidlit #boardbooks #bilingualbooks
#kidlit #boardbooks #bilingualbooks
The @pubspotlight.bsky.social team is so excited to be working g with these publishers!
Today we turn again to the small publishers, seeing what they have coming out. Get ready for books from Beaming Books, Eternal Tree Books, NSTA Kids, and Shout Mouse Press. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2026/01/07/p...
Publisher Spotlight Spring/Summer 2026 Preview!
Today we turn again to the small publishers, seeing what they have coming out. Get ready for books from Beaming Books, Eternal Tree Books, NSTA Kids, and Shout Mouse Press
afuse8production.slj.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:03 PM
The @pubspotlight.bsky.social team is so excited to be working g with these publishers!
Sasha, the @pubspotlight.bsky.social office kitty, has questions. Big Questions!
Join her in checking out this great series from @hungrytomato.bsky.social and Beetle Books.
#kidlit #cats #catswithbooks #kidsnonfiction
Join her in checking out this great series from @hungrytomato.bsky.social and Beetle Books.
#kidlit #cats #catswithbooks #kidsnonfiction
January 5, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Sasha, the @pubspotlight.bsky.social office kitty, has questions. Big Questions!
Join her in checking out this great series from @hungrytomato.bsky.social and Beetle Books.
#kidlit #cats #catswithbooks #kidsnonfiction
Join her in checking out this great series from @hungrytomato.bsky.social and Beetle Books.
#kidlit #cats #catswithbooks #kidsnonfiction
Thank you, Betsy, for lifting these important creators up!
Some lived here in the States and some abroad, but we do our best to remember the creators of books that have made changes to the minds, hearts, and general beings of children worldwide. #kidlit afuse8production.slj.com/2026/01/02/i...
In Memoriam: Remembering Those Lost in 2025
Some lived here in the States and some abroad, but we do our best to remember the creators of books that have made changes to the minds, hearts, and general beings of children worldwide.
afuse8production.slj.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Thank you, Betsy, for lifting these important creators up!
Reposted by Ellen Myrick
Susan Beth Pfeffer and Peg Kehret hit especially hard. I read so many of their books and recommended them so many times that I felt like I KNEW them. And Ms. Pfeffer posted her Wordle scores on Twitter for a while.
Some lived here in the States and some abroad, but we do our best to remember the creators of books that have made changes to the minds, hearts, and general beings of children worldwide. #kidlit afuse8production.slj.com/2026/01/02/i...
In Memoriam: Remembering Those Lost in 2025
Some lived here in the States and some abroad, but we do our best to remember the creators of books that have made changes to the minds, hearts, and general beings of children worldwide.
afuse8production.slj.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Susan Beth Pfeffer and Peg Kehret hit especially hard. I read so many of their books and recommended them so many times that I felt like I KNEW them. And Ms. Pfeffer posted her Wordle scores on Twitter for a while.
Sasha the office kitty says "One Can Be by Pat Zietlow Miller is the perfect book for World Introverts Day!" #kidlit #cats #Bookcats #introverts @kidlitchat.bsky.social @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social
January 2, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Sasha the office kitty says "One Can Be by Pat Zietlow Miller is the perfect book for World Introverts Day!" #kidlit #cats #Bookcats #introverts @kidlitchat.bsky.social @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social
Sasha the @pubspotlight.bsky.social office kitty has some recommendations for wintry reads! #kidlit #cats #catswithbooks
December 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Sasha the @pubspotlight.bsky.social office kitty has some recommendations for wintry reads! #kidlit #cats #catswithbooks
This “How Do” book is perfect for collab by Art and Math—HOW DO YOU TURN DATA INTO DRAWINGS, a Matical Honor Book from @flowerpotpress.bsky.social @pubspotlight.bsky.social
#NCSS2025
#nonfiction #kidlit
#NCSS2025
#nonfiction #kidlit
December 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
This “How Do” book is perfect for collab by Art and Math—HOW DO YOU TURN DATA INTO DRAWINGS, a Matical Honor Book from @flowerpotpress.bsky.social @pubspotlight.bsky.social
#NCSS2025
#nonfiction #kidlit
#NCSS2025
#nonfiction #kidlit
A perfect publisher for teaching about sustainable agriculture? Readers to Eaters of course! @pubspotlight.bsky.social FARMER EVA , plus it’s on audio too from @liveoakmedia.bsky.social ! #NCSS2025 #kidlit
December 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
A perfect publisher for teaching about sustainable agriculture? Readers to Eaters of course! @pubspotlight.bsky.social FARMER EVA , plus it’s on audio too from @liveoakmedia.bsky.social ! #NCSS2025 #kidlit
It’s always a good day to SMASH THE PATRIARCHY (this from @helvetiq.bsky.social ). These amazing educators find this Eureka-winner at @NCSS2025 @pubspotlight.bsky.social #kidlit
#graphicnonfiction
#graphicnonfiction
December 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
It’s always a good day to SMASH THE PATRIARCHY (this from @helvetiq.bsky.social ). These amazing educators find this Eureka-winner at @NCSS2025 @pubspotlight.bsky.social #kidlit
#graphicnonfiction
#graphicnonfiction
Museum educator building her civics resources looking forward to adding Fault Lines in the Constitution from @holidayhouse.bsky.social and Peachtree Publishing at @NCSS2025 @pubspotlight.bsky.social
#kidlit #civics
#kidlit #civics
December 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Museum educator building her civics resources looking forward to adding Fault Lines in the Constitution from @holidayhouse.bsky.social and Peachtree Publishing at @NCSS2025 @pubspotlight.bsky.social
#kidlit #civics
#kidlit #civics
THE SPY IN THE MUSEUM from @simonandschuster.bsky.social infiltrates the International Spy Museum stand at #NCSS2025 !
@pubspotlight.bsky.social #kidlit
#kidsnonfiction
@pubspotlight.bsky.social #kidlit
#kidsnonfiction
December 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
THE SPY IN THE MUSEUM from @simonandschuster.bsky.social infiltrates the International Spy Museum stand at #NCSS2025 !
@pubspotlight.bsky.social #kidlit
#kidsnonfiction
@pubspotlight.bsky.social #kidlit
#kidsnonfiction
White House Clubhouse kids travel back to the second Roosevelt White House and meet First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt! @wwnorton.com #NCSS2025 #historyforkids #Kidlit
@pubspotlight.bsky.social
Thanks to the Women’s Foundation for the cool cutout!
@pubspotlight.bsky.social
Thanks to the Women’s Foundation for the cool cutout!
December 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
White House Clubhouse kids travel back to the second Roosevelt White House and meet First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt! @wwnorton.com #NCSS2025 #historyforkids #Kidlit
@pubspotlight.bsky.social
Thanks to the Women’s Foundation for the cool cutout!
@pubspotlight.bsky.social
Thanks to the Women’s Foundation for the cool cutout!
Two AFRICANA honored books featured at the Education About Africa booth at #NCSS2025 — I’ll See You in Ijebu from @barefootbooks.bsky.social and What Happened on Thursday from Amazon Crossing Kids. @pubspotlight.bsky.social #kidlit #globalkidlit
December 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Two AFRICANA honored books featured at the Education About Africa booth at #NCSS2025 — I’ll See You in Ijebu from @barefootbooks.bsky.social and What Happened on Thursday from Amazon Crossing Kids. @pubspotlight.bsky.social #kidlit #globalkidlit
A professor hunting for new Asian Asian children’s books is thrilled to discover PAPA’S BUTTER CHICKEN from @tigertalesbooks.bsky.social . #kidlit just won the Gourmand Prize for books too! @pubspotlight.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
A professor hunting for new Asian Asian children’s books is thrilled to discover PAPA’S BUTTER CHICKEN from @tigertalesbooks.bsky.social . #kidlit just won the Gourmand Prize for books too! @pubspotlight.bsky.social
What better way to start the day than with Ruth Bader Ginsberg? Check out this great middle grade bio of the great dissenter from @sourcebooks.bsky.social at #NCSS2025 @pubspotlight.bsky.social #kidlit
December 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
What better way to start the day than with Ruth Bader Ginsberg? Check out this great middle grade bio of the great dissenter from @sourcebooks.bsky.social at #NCSS2025 @pubspotlight.bsky.social #kidlit
Did you know JUST IN CASE from @charlesbridge.bsky.social just won a nonfiction award from NCTE? Learn about the seed vault on Svalbard! As seen here at #NCSS2025 @pubspotlight.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Did you know JUST IN CASE from @charlesbridge.bsky.social just won a nonfiction award from NCTE? Learn about the seed vault on Svalbard! As seen here at #NCSS2025 @pubspotlight.bsky.social
An educator with the Federal Reaerve Bank is excited about @rubytuesdaybooks.bsky.social “Money and You” series at #NCSS2025 @pubspotlight.bsky.social #kidlit
December 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
An educator with the Federal Reaerve Bank is excited about @rubytuesdaybooks.bsky.social “Money and You” series at #NCSS2025 @pubspotlight.bsky.social #kidlit
BITTERSWEET about the WWII Berlin Candy Bombers finds a perfect backdrop with the WWII National Museum at #NCSS2025. @pubspotlight.bsky.social @simonandschuster.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
BITTERSWEET about the WWII Berlin Candy Bombers finds a perfect backdrop with the WWII National Museum at #NCSS2025. @pubspotlight.bsky.social @simonandschuster.bsky.social
This professor found a perfect book to model conflict resolution just before her session on the topic! @tigertalesbooks.bsky.social #NCSS2025
December 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This professor found a perfect book to model conflict resolution just before her session on the topic! @tigertalesbooks.bsky.social #NCSS2025
In honor of small business Saturday, here are books from independent presses captured in the wild in independent bookstores including Wild Rumpus and Green Bean Bookshop. #kidlit
November 29, 2025 at 11:07 PM
In honor of small business Saturday, here are books from independent presses captured in the wild in independent bookstores including Wild Rumpus and Green Bean Bookshop. #kidlit
Marc Aronson m is on a campaign to replace nonfiction and informational books with “curiosity books.” #IBBYRegional #kidlit #nonfiction #curiositybooks
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Marc Aronson m is on a campaign to replace nonfiction and informational books with “curiosity books.” #IBBYRegional #kidlit #nonfiction #curiositybooks
Mary Ann Cappiello: “extraordinary book that explains how animals see!” IBBYRegional
November 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Mary Ann Cappiello: “extraordinary book that explains how animals see!” IBBYRegional
Marc Aronson: current trend in nonfiction is looking at a topic through two perspectives. #nonfiction #IBBYRegional #
November 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Marc Aronson: current trend in nonfiction is looking at a topic through two perspectives. #nonfiction #IBBYRegional #
Deborah Heilegman: “What is the author’s through line?” For Deborah, it’s connection. For Cynthia LEVINSON it’s social justice. #IBBYRegional #nonfiction #kidlit
November 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Deborah Heilegman: “What is the author’s through line?” For Deborah, it’s connection. For Cynthia LEVINSON it’s social justice. #IBBYRegional #nonfiction #kidlit