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Ariel Bernstein
@arielbbooks.bsky.social
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I have the voice of illustrated characters.

https://www.arielbernsteinbooks.com
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teresarobeson.com
I am thrilled!!! to have CLOUDS IN SPACE as one of @smithsonianmag.bsky.social scholars’ picks for “Best Books of 2024” 😍 www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t... Wait, have I mentioned that I am thrilled??? 😉
The Best Books of 2024, as Chosen by Smithsonian Scholars
Staff at the Institution pick their favorite reads of the year, including riveting memoirs, fascinating true histories and fun fiction
www.smithsonianmag.com
December 12, 2024 at 7:14 PM
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fuse8.bsky.social
Day 10: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2024 Math Books for Kids. Math! It's beautiful, isn't it? Its logic. Cadences. Sublime applications. Today we celebrate it when it's put into children's books brilliantly. Don't be scared. Math is for everyone. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2024/12/10/3...
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2024 Math Books for Kids
Math! It's beautiful, isn't it? The perfection of it. Its logic. Cadences. Sublime applications. Today we celebrate it when it's put into children's books brilliantly. Don't be scared. Math is for eve...
afuse8production.slj.com
December 10, 2024 at 2:37 PM
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jeanreidy.bsky.social
The world has lost a luminary. But let's keep her words alive by continuing to share them far and wide.

Nikki Giovanni, Poet Who Wrote of Black Joy, Dies at 81 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/o...

#poetry
#kidlit
Nikki Giovanni, Poet Who Wrote of Black Joy, Dies at 81
As a writer, she tackled race, gender, sex, politics and love. She was also a public intellectual who appeared on television and toured the country.
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2024 at 12:39 PM
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kmcmahoney.bsky.social
Big thanks to @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social and @ala-booklist.bsky.social for their starred reviews of A POCKET FULL OF ROCKS (illustrated by E.B. Goodale and written by me 🙂)! It's being published by Knopf on January 28, and is available for pre-order now! @prhlibrary.bsky.social
December 8, 2024 at 7:39 PM
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laurimeyers.bsky.social
Loving this spooky cover for the 2024 issue of Ghostlight which includes my poem “How to be a Final Girl.” (And yes I still jump into bed just in case there’s something under there.) a.co/d/5r0rBkx
December 8, 2024 at 2:58 PM
arielbbooks.bsky.social
🎉 So thrilled that MABEL WANTS A FRIEND, by me & the awesome @marcrosenthal.bsky.social, is a @wsj.com Best Children’s Book of 2024 selection! Very proud to see it among so many wonderful books! 🦊🐰📚🎉

www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
December 8, 2024 at 2:40 PM
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ajirving.bsky.social
Thank you for this beautiful review of THE BI BOOK by Cynthia Alonso and me, @phaeacrede.bsky.social!

#thebibook #bivisibility #bipride #queerkidlit #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebook #bookreview @bookhive25.bsky.social
December 3, 2024 at 1:48 PM
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alisonmcgauley.bsky.social
It's World Disability Day &Giving Tuesday!

Today - and every day - let's show awareness, appreciation & kindness to the wonderful people that live with visible and invisible disabilities.

#worlddisabilityday #givingtuesday #disability #invisibledisability #bekind #DisabilitySky #EduSky #kidlit
A graphic with the title World Disability Day 03 December, 2024 in front of a heart. Under the title from the left, we see a person with a sore back, someone in a wheelchair, a man using crutches with a limb difference, another person with dark glasses and a dog, a little girl, a couple holding an infant, and on the right, a woman with her hands on her belly.
December 3, 2024 at 11:31 AM
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thisone0verhere.bsky.social
Public library energy is the best energy. Like here is all the knowledge we could find, it's been meticulously organized and vetted and it will cost you nothing today, welcome to the absolute pinnacle of human civic evolution, feel free to pull up any bean bag chair you like
November 26, 2024 at 1:32 PM
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ypsilibrary.org
Stories wait patiently, while we spin and shift and grow. 🌱
An illustration of an open journal with a quote written on the left page - the right page has expressive scribbles, like a windmill and little flowers. The quote is written in a font that looks like handwriting: "If a book told you something when you were fifteen, it will tell you it again when you're fifth, though you may understand it so differently that it seems you're reading a whole new book." - Ursula K. L. Guin
November 26, 2024 at 2:26 AM
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teresarobeson.com
What an awesome group of kid lit creators I belong to! @kl4gm.bsky.social
jbradley.bsky.social Jeanette Bradley @jbradley.bsky.social · Nov 22
My feet hurt, but my heart is full. So much hope and energy in this building! Book people are the best. #ncte24 #kidlit @viviankirkfield.bsky.social @bandersonwriter.bsky.social @kdmaz.bsky.social @teresarobeson.bsky.social @kl4gm.bsky.social
Members of Kidlit for Growing Minds stand in front of signs for the NCTE exhibit hall
November 25, 2024 at 9:35 PM
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dowphumiruk.bsky.social
An oldie from 2014. A fairy masquerade party. #kidlitart #kidlit #illustration #art #artist #asianamericanartist #sketch #drawing #artists #fairy #fairies #party
Two young fairies run through the grass towards a group of fairies at a party
November 25, 2024 at 8:08 PM
arielbbooks.bsky.social
Achievement unlocked! It only took 20 or so takes but I’ve now got a read aloud for Simon Kids of MABEL WANTS A FRIEND, illustrated by @marcrosenthal.bsky.social! youtu.be/Zk-7ASfMttU?...
Mabel Wants a Friend read aloud with Ariel Bernstein | Read & Learn with Simon Kids
YouTube video by Simon Kids
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November 25, 2024 at 9:03 PM
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schwartzwords.bsky.social
“But it’s the book bans themselves that cause the most harm, robbing youngsters of opportunities to think critically, explore ideas and learn about experiences different from their own.”

New from @sciam.bsky.social showing the science says let kids read:

www.scientificamerican.com/article/book...
Book Bans Harm Kids
Censoring what children read deprives them of reality and the chance to feed their curiosity and develop empathy
www.scientificamerican.com
November 20, 2024 at 9:50 PM
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jodywrites4kids.bsky.social
I am honored & stunned! Thank you from the bottom of my heart, SCBWI friends, for recognizing CREEP, LEAP, CRUNCH! A FOOD CHAIN STORY as the 2024 Crystal Kite Award Winner for the Midsouth Region! WOW!!! @csneal.bsky.social @randomhousekids.bsky.social
November 22, 2024 at 7:27 PM
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elaynecrain.bsky.social
Today's #ChewyReviewy is "Towed by Toad" by @jashar.bsky.social.
Toad-ally delightful.
Online review on Amazon & Goodreads!
#kidlit #bookrecs #pb #heart #humor
www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...
Five star review of Towed by Toad by Jashar Awan.
November 22, 2024 at 4:26 PM
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danawulf.bsky.social
Still can’t get over that they took this tweet and made an entire picture book out of it
The cover of Vincent D’onofrios book, called “Pigs can’t look up.” It’s a large pig and a child pouring water into a trough under a starry sky. Illustrated by Shelly Cunningham
November 21, 2024 at 6:57 PM
arielbbooks.bsky.social
Reposting because I can now tag @marcrosenthal.bsky.social who is on BlueSky!
arielbbooks.bsky.social Ariel Bernstein @arielbbooks.bsky.social · Feb 6
🎉The only thing I want today is to share illustrator Marc Rosenthal's cover of MABEL WANTS A FRIEND, our 3rd (!!!) book together! 🎉 Pubs 10/1/24 from S&S and is available now for pre-order! www.simonandschuster.com/books/Mabel-...
November 21, 2024 at 6:39 PM
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tarajhannon.bsky.social
I made you something…
November 21, 2024 at 5:16 PM
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katemessner.com
It's been fun seeing familiar faces pop up here this week!

If you're just arriving & are an author, illustrator, educator, or librarian, here's a list of like-minded folks to follow: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

And here's how to add yourself to the list: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Kidlit Community on Bluesky Social (Responses)
docs.google.com
November 12, 2024 at 9:37 PM
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melissaroske.bsky.social
Excellent post on today's @themixed-upfiles.bsky.social blog about MG books that focus on grief. #kidlit #MGlit fromthemixedupfiles.com/finding-ligh...
Finding Light After Loss: 5 MG Books Appreciating What Remains - From The Mixed Up Files
"Discover five heartfelt middle-grade books that navigate grief and loss with honesty and hope, offering comfort and connection during the holiday season. Perfect for educators and readers seeking sto...
fromthemixedupfiles.com
November 21, 2024 at 2:16 PM
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valeriebolling.bsky.social
I looking forward to seeing you at #NCTE if you'll be there!
November 20, 2024 at 3:51 PM
arielbbooks.bsky.social
🐲🔥 Many thanks to @imaginationsoup.bsky.social for including WARREN & DRAGON (by me & illustrator @mikemalbrough.bsky.social) among the 65 BEST DRAGON BOOKS FOR KIDS! Check out all the very fun 🐉📚 here: imaginationsoup.net/dragon-books...
November 21, 2024 at 2:22 PM
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teresarobeson.com
I’m delighted to be on a panel with @tanyakonerman.bsky.social @debrakshumaker.bsky.social & @marciefatkins.bsky.social at the annual #NCTE conference this weekend!

I’ll also be signing books at booth 704 on Friday at 10:30am if you want to snag a free copy of #QueenOfPhysics 🤩
A graphic for the panel called “the poetry of nature: instilling awe, wonder, and the gift of language for sharing and exploring our world” at the national council of teachers of English conference. Saturday, November 23, from 2:45 to 4:00 PM, room 104A Cover of my book, Queen of Physics, illustrated by Rebecca Hwang, published by uUnion Square
November 20, 2024 at 3:54 PM
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writerjolene.bsky.social
I'm so honored that THE OFRENDA THAT WE BUILT by my daughter Shaian Gutiérrez, illustrator @gabbyzapata.bsky.social, and me is included in the Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best Books 2024/Best Informational Books for Younger Readers of 2024! 🥳🎉
chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...
An image of the book The Ofrenda That We Built as a Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books of 2024
November 21, 2024 at 2:06 AM