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Thursday Nov. 13th is #WorldKindnessDay . Kindness is contagious. The more you spread it, the more there is out there. Here are some of our favorite #picturebooks celebrating #kindness. #KindnessMatters #PBJam #kidlit
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Thursday Nov. 13th is #WorldKindnessDay . Kindness is contagious. The more you spread it, the more there is out there. Here are some of our favorite #picturebooks celebrating #kindness. #KindnessMatters #PBJam #kidlit
For #BannedBooksWeek we are sharing some of our favorite #picturebooks that have been removed from #libraries & #classrooms . Please respect everyone's right to choose what they want to read. For more information on challenged/banned books - ala.org/bbooks/banned
October 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
For #BannedBooksWeek we are sharing some of our favorite #picturebooks that have been removed from #libraries & #classrooms . Please respect everyone's right to choose what they want to read. For more information on challenged/banned books - ala.org/bbooks/banned
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New interview up with Heather Macht at Seasons of Kidlit. Check out the whole series of interviews and learn more about new fall books coming out. www.seasonsofkidlit.com/post/trick-o... #kidlit #childrensbooks #picturebook @mackidsbooks.bsky.social
Trick or Treat with Mirka Hokkanen!
Hi, readers, writers, and seasons lovers of all kinds! We’re thrilled to welcome author and illustrator Mirka Hokkanen, who’s here today to share her wonderful new books - perfect for fall or any time...
www.seasonsofkidlit.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
New interview up with Heather Macht at Seasons of Kidlit. Check out the whole series of interviews and learn more about new fall books coming out. www.seasonsofkidlit.com/post/trick-o... #kidlit #childrensbooks #picturebook @mackidsbooks.bsky.social
Are you going to #Chappaqua this weekend? If so, we hope you’ll say hi to our members @kazwindness.bsky.social & @mattforrestvw.bsky.social.
You can find Kaz in the blue, and Matt in the orange tent. Saturday, 10 AM to 4 PM. ccbfestival.org.
#BookFestival #KidLit #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks
You can find Kaz in the blue, and Matt in the orange tent. Saturday, 10 AM to 4 PM. ccbfestival.org.
#BookFestival #KidLit #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks
September 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Are you going to #Chappaqua this weekend? If so, we hope you’ll say hi to our members @kazwindness.bsky.social & @mattforrestvw.bsky.social.
You can find Kaz in the blue, and Matt in the orange tent. Saturday, 10 AM to 4 PM. ccbfestival.org.
#BookFestival #KidLit #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks
You can find Kaz in the blue, and Matt in the orange tent. Saturday, 10 AM to 4 PM. ccbfestival.org.
#BookFestival #KidLit #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks
Our members @mattforrestvw.bsky.social and @kazwindness.bsky.social will be at the Chappaqua Children's festival this weekend! #kidlit #picturebooks
If you're heading to Chappaqua Children's Book Festival this weekend, I hope you’ll swing by the orange tent and say hi!
Lots of fun & books for every age, and more than 150 creators!
#KidLit #childrensbooks #picturebooks
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Lots of fun & books for every age, and more than 150 creators!
#KidLit #childrensbooks #picturebooks
w/ @pbjamboree.bsky.social @ebyrbooks.bsky.social @powkidsbooks.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Our members @mattforrestvw.bsky.social and @kazwindness.bsky.social will be at the Chappaqua Children's festival this weekend! #kidlit #picturebooks
And the winner is . . . Congratulations Lindsay! You are the winner in our #backtoschool2025 #giveaway #picturebooks. #PBJam
September 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
And the winner is . . . Congratulations Lindsay! You are the winner in our #backtoschool2025 #giveaway #picturebooks. #PBJam
Happy publication day to Little Seasons: Autumn Leaves! So excited for this book to be out in the world making little ones smile while teaching them all about leaves and how they change color. Great for a classroom or homeschool. mirkah.com/autumnleaves
#stembooks #kidlit #autumnbooks #edusky
#stembooks #kidlit #autumnbooks #edusky
September 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
It’s a #backtoschool #giveaway! One lucky #teacher or #librarian will win this wonderful collection of #picturebooks! Like, comment, or repost by 9/1/25 to win. #kidlit #edusky #librarysky #booksky #literacy #pbjam #childrensbooks
August 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
It’s a #backtoschool #giveaway! One lucky #teacher or #librarian will win this wonderful collection of #picturebooks! Like, comment, or repost by 9/1/25 to win. #kidlit #edusky #librarysky #booksky #literacy #pbjam #childrensbooks
Happy book birthday to Wendi and Mirka! We love this book! 🎉 #kidlit
Yay! This beauty is out today. Available online and in bookstores. "How the Forest Feels" Written by Wendi Silvano and illustrated by me. Published by Holiday House. For buying options visit mirkah.com/forestfeels #kidlit #sensorybook #picturebook
August 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Happy book birthday to Wendi and Mirka! We love this book! 🎉 #kidlit
Awesome to see this fun interview and doodle with Mirka and Bonnie! #kidlit #newpicturebook #skybrarians #edusky
Check out the newest DOODLE CHAT show featuring special guest Mirka Hokkanen @mirkahokkanen.bsky.social
Doodle autumn leaves with us as we chat about fun things to do with leaves, photosynthesis, and more! #kidlit #kidlitart #parents #forkids #drawalong #teachers #librarians youtu.be/mVesSPOnsjU
Doodle autumn leaves with us as we chat about fun things to do with leaves, photosynthesis, and more! #kidlit #kidlitart #parents #forkids #drawalong #teachers #librarians youtu.be/mVesSPOnsjU
Doodle Chat with Special Guest Mirka Hokkanen
YouTube video by Bonnie Kelso, Artist and Author Illustrator
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August 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Awesome to see this fun interview and doodle with Mirka and Bonnie! #kidlit #newpicturebook #skybrarians #edusky
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It’s a #bookbirthday for Let’s Rumble! Like, repost, tag, or follow for a chance to win the #bookgiveaway! #kidlit #edusky #picturebook #letsrumblebook
July 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
It’s a #bookbirthday for Let’s Rumble! Like, repost, tag, or follow for a chance to win the #bookgiveaway! #kidlit #edusky #picturebook #letsrumblebook
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New free activity sheets just posted on my website for "How the Forest Feels". The book launches in just a few days on Aug 5th. Can't wait to share it with everyone. It got great reviews on both SLJ and Kirkus. 🫶
➡️ mirkah.com/forestfeels to download and find out more about our book. #kidlit #edusky
➡️ mirkah.com/forestfeels to download and find out more about our book. #kidlit #edusky
July 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
New free activity sheets just posted on my website for "How the Forest Feels". The book launches in just a few days on Aug 5th. Can't wait to share it with everyone. It got great reviews on both SLJ and Kirkus. 🫶
➡️ mirkah.com/forestfeels to download and find out more about our book. #kidlit #edusky
➡️ mirkah.com/forestfeels to download and find out more about our book. #kidlit #edusky
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Painting process photo for one of the illustrations for How the Forest Feels. It's a wonderful rhyming book full of great descriptions for things outdoors. Fun book to read and then go out and explore. Coming out everywhere Aug 5th. #kidlit #kidlitillustration #edusky #librarians
July 31, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Painting process photo for one of the illustrations for How the Forest Feels. It's a wonderful rhyming book full of great descriptions for things outdoors. Fun book to read and then go out and explore. Coming out everywhere Aug 5th. #kidlit #kidlitillustration #edusky #librarians
So, will we see you at #ALA2025?? If you're planning to attend, please make sure you say hi! My friends and I from the PB Jamboree group (pb_2023 on IG) would love to meet you!
#skybrarians #edusky @kdmaz.bsky.social @rpayne.bsky.social @mattforrestvw.bsky.social #kidlit #childrensbooks
#skybrarians #edusky @kdmaz.bsky.social @rpayne.bsky.social @mattforrestvw.bsky.social #kidlit #childrensbooks
June 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
So, will we see you at #ALA2025?? If you're planning to attend, please make sure you say hi! My friends and I from the PB Jamboree group (pb_2023 on IG) would love to meet you!
#skybrarians #edusky @kdmaz.bsky.social @rpayne.bsky.social @mattforrestvw.bsky.social #kidlit #childrensbooks
#skybrarians #edusky @kdmaz.bsky.social @rpayne.bsky.social @mattforrestvw.bsky.social #kidlit #childrensbooks
Celebrating #juneteenth2025 with a bunch of our favorite #PictureBooks about the history of slavery and the Juneteenth holiday. Do you have a favorite picture book you'd like to recommend? #kidlit #childrensbooks #PBJam
June 19, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Celebrating #juneteenth2025 with a bunch of our favorite #PictureBooks about the history of slavery and the Juneteenth holiday. Do you have a favorite picture book you'd like to recommend? #kidlit #childrensbooks #PBJam
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I'm chatting about my #pb Let's Rumble! with illustrator @jopi.bsky.social & editor Cecily Kaiser at @slj.com's Picture Book Palooza on July 27- a virtual conference & one of my favorite virtual events. All are welcome! Link in comments. Thanks @penguinkids.bsky.social! #kidlit
June 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I'm chatting about my #pb Let's Rumble! with illustrator @jopi.bsky.social & editor Cecily Kaiser at @slj.com's Picture Book Palooza on July 27- a virtual conference & one of my favorite virtual events. All are welcome! Link in comments. Thanks @penguinkids.bsky.social! #kidlit
We're celebrating a momentous occasion in the U.S. with some of our favorite #picturebooks about the history of slavery and #Juneteenth.
Any you think we should have included?
#Juneteenth2025 #childrensbooks #AmericanHistory
Any you think we should have included?
#Juneteenth2025 #childrensbooks #AmericanHistory
June 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
We're celebrating a momentous occasion in the U.S. with some of our favorite #picturebooks about the history of slavery and #Juneteenth.
Any you think we should have included?
#Juneteenth2025 #childrensbooks #AmericanHistory
Any you think we should have included?
#Juneteenth2025 #childrensbooks #AmericanHistory
We're celebrating the longest-running children's literacy initiative in the country with our 2025 releases! That's right, this is #ChildrensBookWeek, sponsored by the @cbcbooks.bsky.social
What books are you and your kids reading this week?
#KidLit #PictureBooks #edusky #ChildrensBooks #Poetry
What books are you and your kids reading this week?
#KidLit #PictureBooks #edusky #ChildrensBooks #Poetry
May 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
We're celebrating the longest-running children's literacy initiative in the country with our 2025 releases! That's right, this is #ChildrensBookWeek, sponsored by the @cbcbooks.bsky.social
What books are you and your kids reading this week?
#KidLit #PictureBooks #edusky #ChildrensBooks #Poetry
What books are you and your kids reading this week?
#KidLit #PictureBooks #edusky #ChildrensBooks #Poetry
We are super-excited for #PBJam member Katie Mazeika's new #picturebook hitting shelves on April 22nd. Check out the curriculum guide and activity sheets she has on her website to go with it: www.katiemazeika.com/new-page-3
#reading #kidlit #socialemotionallearning #edusky #skybrarians #education
#reading #kidlit #socialemotionallearning #edusky #skybrarians #education
April 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM
We are super-excited for #PBJam member Katie Mazeika's new #picturebook hitting shelves on April 22nd. Check out the curriculum guide and activity sheets she has on her website to go with it: www.katiemazeika.com/new-page-3
#reading #kidlit #socialemotionallearning #edusky #skybrarians #education
#reading #kidlit #socialemotionallearning #edusky #skybrarians #education
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Happy to help support my fellow neurodivergents!
Check out all the cool auction items, then get your bids in!
#KidLit #childrensbooks @pbjamboree.bsky.social @ebyrbooks.bsky.social
Check out all the cool auction items, then get your bids in!
#KidLit #childrensbooks @pbjamboree.bsky.social @ebyrbooks.bsky.social
💸🧠AUCTION LIVE:
@mattforrestvw.bsky.social will critique up to a half-dozen children’s poems
Bid: champ.ly/2XHVBIEq
Auction: champ.ly/xSRrqf-V
<a href="/hashtag/ndkidlitauction" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#ndkidlitauction #picturebooks #diversebooks #childrensbook #autism #autismacceptance #adhd #writingcommunity #mentalhealth #booksky #charity #nonprofit
@mattforrestvw.bsky.social will critique up to a half-dozen children’s poems
Bid: champ.ly/2XHVBIEq
Auction: champ.ly/xSRrqf-V
<a href="/hashtag/ndkidlitauction" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#ndkidlitauction #picturebooks #diversebooks #childrensbook #autism #autismacceptance #adhd #writingcommunity #mentalhealth #booksky #charity #nonprofit
April 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Happy to help support my fellow neurodivergents!
Check out all the cool auction items, then get your bids in!
#KidLit #childrensbooks @pbjamboree.bsky.social @ebyrbooks.bsky.social
Check out all the cool auction items, then get your bids in!
#KidLit #childrensbooks @pbjamboree.bsky.social @ebyrbooks.bsky.social
Yay for #EarthDay2025 ! There are so many amazing picture books - here are a few of our favorites. How about sharing some of your favorite Earth Day books?
#PBJam #kidlit #picturebooks #reading #edusky #skybrarians
#PBJam #kidlit #picturebooks #reading #edusky #skybrarians
April 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Yay for #EarthDay2025 ! There are so many amazing picture books - here are a few of our favorites. How about sharing some of your favorite Earth Day books?
#PBJam #kidlit #picturebooks #reading #edusky #skybrarians
#PBJam #kidlit #picturebooks #reading #edusky #skybrarians
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B&N is having their preorder sale! Get my fall books at 25% off. Barnesandnoble.com/s/mirka+hokkanen
Autumn Leaves is a funny nonfiction book about leaf life cycle and photosynthesis and Forest Feels is a sensory adventure written in soothing rhymes.
#kidlit #edusky #planlifecycleunit #sensoryplay
Autumn Leaves is a funny nonfiction book about leaf life cycle and photosynthesis and Forest Feels is a sensory adventure written in soothing rhymes.
#kidlit #edusky #planlifecycleunit #sensoryplay
April 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
B&N is having their preorder sale! Get my fall books at 25% off. Barnesandnoble.com/s/mirka+hokkanen
Autumn Leaves is a funny nonfiction book about leaf life cycle and photosynthesis and Forest Feels is a sensory adventure written in soothing rhymes.
#kidlit #edusky #planlifecycleunit #sensoryplay
Autumn Leaves is a funny nonfiction book about leaf life cycle and photosynthesis and Forest Feels is a sensory adventure written in soothing rhymes.
#kidlit #edusky #planlifecycleunit #sensoryplay
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“A reminder that kids with disabilities are the authorities of their own stories.” Thank you Kirkus!
Out April 22 from Beach Lane Books/ Simon & Schuster #disabilityawareness #disabilitypride @ssedlib.bsky.social
Out April 22 from Beach Lane Books/ Simon & Schuster #disabilityawareness #disabilitypride @ssedlib.bsky.social
April 2, 2025 at 1:00 AM
“A reminder that kids with disabilities are the authorities of their own stories.” Thank you Kirkus!
Out April 22 from Beach Lane Books/ Simon & Schuster #disabilityawareness #disabilitypride @ssedlib.bsky.social
Out April 22 from Beach Lane Books/ Simon & Schuster #disabilityawareness #disabilitypride @ssedlib.bsky.social
Yay! We're celebrating #PBJam member @mattforrestvw.bsky.social book birthday. And bonus: It's perfect for #NationalPoetryMonth .
#poetry #picturebooks #kidlit @ebyrbooks.bsky.social #edusky #skybrarians
#poetry #picturebooks #kidlit @ebyrbooks.bsky.social #edusky #skybrarians
April 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Yay! We're celebrating #PBJam member @mattforrestvw.bsky.social book birthday. And bonus: It's perfect for #NationalPoetryMonth .
#poetry #picturebooks #kidlit @ebyrbooks.bsky.social #edusky #skybrarians
#poetry #picturebooks #kidlit @ebyrbooks.bsky.social #edusky #skybrarians
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Guess which book is the @shelfawareness.bsky.social "Trailer of the Week!" www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?i...
#AUniverseOfRainbows #KidLit #ChildrensBooks
w/ @ebyrbooks.bsky.social @pbjamboree.bsky.social
#AUniverseOfRainbows #KidLit #ChildrensBooks
w/ @ebyrbooks.bsky.social @pbjamboree.bsky.social
Shelf Awareness for Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Welcome to the Web site for Shelf Awareness: Daily Enlightenment for the Book Trade, the free e-mail newsletter dedicated to helping the people in stores, ...
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March 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Guess which book is the @shelfawareness.bsky.social "Trailer of the Week!" www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?i...
#AUniverseOfRainbows #KidLit #ChildrensBooks
w/ @ebyrbooks.bsky.social @pbjamboree.bsky.social
#AUniverseOfRainbows #KidLit #ChildrensBooks
w/ @ebyrbooks.bsky.social @pbjamboree.bsky.social