Lisa Tolin
@lisatolin.bsky.social
Editorial Director @ PEN America (formerly Today Show, NBC News, AP) and I write for kids. HOW TO BE A ROCK STAR (2022) CAN YOU IMAGINE? (Atheneum, 2025). #12x12
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#Nonfiction #HBReviewoftheWeek CAN YOU IMAGINE?: THE ART AND LIFE OF YOKO ONO by @lisatolin.bsky.social + @yasimamura.bsky.social (@simonkids.bsky.social): "Tolin centers her subject’s rich, sometimes polarizing, life advocating for peace, creativity, + individuality" www.hbook.com/story/review...
July 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
#Nonfiction #HBReviewoftheWeek CAN YOU IMAGINE?: THE ART AND LIFE OF YOKO ONO by @lisatolin.bsky.social + @yasimamura.bsky.social (@simonkids.bsky.social): "Tolin centers her subject’s rich, sometimes polarizing, life advocating for peace, creativity, + individuality" www.hbook.com/story/review...
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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/...
@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/...
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...
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June 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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/...
@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/...
What a joy to speak to @affinitolit.bsky.social about CAN YOU IMAGINE? THE ART AND LIFE OF YOKO ONO.
Why did I focus on butts? (That’s a question for myself.) #yokoono
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Why did I focus on butts? (That’s a question for myself.) #yokoono
open.spotify.com/episode/3T1r...
May 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
What a joy to speak to @affinitolit.bsky.social about CAN YOU IMAGINE? THE ART AND LIFE OF YOKO ONO.
Why did I focus on butts? (That’s a question for myself.) #yokoono
open.spotify.com/episode/3T1r...
Why did I focus on butts? (That’s a question for myself.) #yokoono
open.spotify.com/episode/3T1r...
🎙️ Had a fantastic conversation with @tcbrbookreview.bsky.social about CAN YOU IMAGINE? THE ART AND LIFE OF YOKO ONO by me and @yasimamura.bsky.social.
The conversation took some fascinating turns and I hope you'll give it a listen! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
The conversation took some fascinating turns and I hope you'll give it a listen! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Imagining Yoko Ono: Lisa Tolin on Bringing a Misunderstood Artist to Young Readers
Podcast Episode · The Children's Book Review: Growing Readers Podcast · 04/29/2025 · 41m
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April 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
🎙️ Had a fantastic conversation with @tcbrbookreview.bsky.social about CAN YOU IMAGINE? THE ART AND LIFE OF YOKO ONO by me and @yasimamura.bsky.social.
The conversation took some fascinating turns and I hope you'll give it a listen! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
The conversation took some fascinating turns and I hope you'll give it a listen! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
My story about a banned picture book was labeled “adult content!” You really can’t beat the irony.
@lisatolin.bsky.social on the banning of Eric Carle’s Draw Me A Star: “What those who redact Carle’s childlike art probably don’t realize is that it was inspired by his own response to censorship growing up in Nazi Germany.”
Draw Me a Controversy: On the Banning of Beloved Children’s Book Author Eric Carle
Spend any time scanning a list of banned books and you’ll find some head-scratchers: picture books challenged for including seemingly gay characters in the background, or describing a difficult mom…
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March 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
My story about a banned picture book was labeled “adult content!” You really can’t beat the irony.
Join us tomorrow! booksofwonder.com/blogs/upcomi...
March 8, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Join us tomorrow! booksofwonder.com/blogs/upcomi...
So honored by this piece in Forbes on Can You Imagine? @yasimamura.bsky.social #yokoono #picturebook
“Imamura’s dreamy, ethereal imagery amplifies Tolin’s triumphant text – infused with feminism and passion for art, love, and peace – and underscores Ono’s enduring impact on the global art world.”
“Imamura’s dreamy, ethereal imagery amplifies Tolin’s triumphant text – infused with feminism and passion for art, love, and peace – and underscores Ono’s enduring impact on the global art world.”
🌐 Children Gain Valuable Lessons On Art, Gender, Family, Love, And Peace In New Yoko Ono Picture Book
#Peace
https://www.forbes.com/sites/natashagural/2025/02/27/children-gain-valuable-lessons-on-art-gender-family-love-and-peace-in-new-yoko-ono-picture-book/
Children Gain Valuable Lessons On Art, Gender, Family, Love, And Peace In New Yoko Ono Picture Book
Children navigate a changing world, moving with Ono to New York City in 1952 and witnessing her early struggles through Tolin’s emotional, poetic narrative Yoko an...
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February 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
So honored by this piece in Forbes on Can You Imagine? @yasimamura.bsky.social #yokoono #picturebook
“Imamura’s dreamy, ethereal imagery amplifies Tolin’s triumphant text – infused with feminism and passion for art, love, and peace – and underscores Ono’s enduring impact on the global art world.”
“Imamura’s dreamy, ethereal imagery amplifies Tolin’s triumphant text – infused with feminism and passion for art, love, and peace – and underscores Ono’s enduring impact on the global art world.”
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Nice to see Forbes highlighting a #nonfictionpicturebook
They could have added that grown-ups gain valuable lessons on art, gender, family, love, and peace in new Yoko Ono book.
@lisatolin.bsky.social
They could have added that grown-ups gain valuable lessons on art, gender, family, love, and peace in new Yoko Ono book.
@lisatolin.bsky.social
🌐 Children Gain Valuable Lessons On Art, Gender, Family, Love, And Peace In New Yoko Ono Picture Book
#Peace
https://www.forbes.com/sites/natashagural/2025/02/27/children-gain-valuable-lessons-on-art-gender-family-love-and-peace-in-new-yoko-ono-picture-book/
Children Gain Valuable Lessons On Art, Gender, Family, Love, And Peace In New Yoko Ono Picture Book
Children navigate a changing world, moving with Ono to New York City in 1952 and witnessing her early struggles through Tolin’s emotional, poetic narrative Yoko an...
www.forbes.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Nice to see Forbes highlighting a #nonfictionpicturebook
They could have added that grown-ups gain valuable lessons on art, gender, family, love, and peace in new Yoko Ono book.
@lisatolin.bsky.social
They could have added that grown-ups gain valuable lessons on art, gender, family, love, and peace in new Yoko Ono book.
@lisatolin.bsky.social
So excited to be joining this @booksofwonder.bsky.social picture book panel with @brendanwenzel.bsky.social, Carmen Agra Deedy and Raul Colon! #canyouimagine? #yokoono
February 27, 2025 at 1:56 AM
So excited to be joining this @booksofwonder.bsky.social picture book panel with @brendanwenzel.bsky.social, Carmen Agra Deedy and Raul Colon! #canyouimagine? #yokoono
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This picture book biography by @lisatolin.bsky.social and Yas Imamura is stunning in every way. An instant favorite!
February 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This picture book biography by @lisatolin.bsky.social and Yas Imamura is stunning in every way. An instant favorite!
Such a delight to talk to @jonfreadom.bsky.social and @penamerica.bsky.social!
In a new PEN Ten, our editorial director @lisatolin.bsky.social & illustrator Yas Imamura talk with @jonfreadom.bsky.social about their new picture book Can You Imagine? The Art and Life of Yoko Ono (Simon & Schuster), which explores the fascinating life of the famous artist: pen.org/lisa-tolin-y...
February 15, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Such a delight to talk to @jonfreadom.bsky.social and @penamerica.bsky.social!
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A beautiful #PictureBook #biography looking at Yoko Ono as an artist in her own right, not just an appendage to John Lennon. Fascinating text, expressive art.
by @lisatolin.bsky.social and Yas Imamura
💡📚👍#nonfictionpb
by @lisatolin.bsky.social and Yas Imamura
💡📚👍#nonfictionpb
February 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
A beautiful #PictureBook #biography looking at Yoko Ono as an artist in her own right, not just an appendage to John Lennon. Fascinating text, expressive art.
by @lisatolin.bsky.social and Yas Imamura
💡📚👍#nonfictionpb
by @lisatolin.bsky.social and Yas Imamura
💡📚👍#nonfictionpb
One month until CAN YOU IMAGINE? THE ART AND LIFE OF YOKO ONO, my book with Yas Imamura, is out in the world!
It’s years in the making — 20, if you count from when I interviewed Yoko Ono for the AP!
More on the book: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Can-Yo...
It’s years in the making — 20, if you count from when I interviewed Yoko Ono for the AP!
More on the book: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Can-Yo...
January 11, 2025 at 11:35 PM
One month until CAN YOU IMAGINE? THE ART AND LIFE OF YOKO ONO, my book with Yas Imamura, is out in the world!
It’s years in the making — 20, if you count from when I interviewed Yoko Ono for the AP!
More on the book: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Can-Yo...
It’s years in the making — 20, if you count from when I interviewed Yoko Ono for the AP!
More on the book: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Can-Yo...
Thank you for the kind words @ajirving.bsky.social!
Wow. The powerful text and art in this gorgeous picture book biography about Yoko Ono gave me goosebumps. CAN YOU IMAGINE? by @lisatolin.bsky.social and Yas Imamura is a fascinating exploration of the life of a true visionary. An unforgettable read! #kidlit #picturebook #biography
December 16, 2024 at 3:56 AM
Thank you for the kind words @ajirving.bsky.social!
May I suggest two brand new, very cool children’s books by @kellyconroy.bsky.social and @authorlauragehl.bsky.social to make you forget all the things?
November 12, 2024 at 3:48 PM
May I suggest two brand new, very cool children’s books by @kellyconroy.bsky.social and @authorlauragehl.bsky.social to make you forget all the things?