Enchanted Lion Books
@enchantedlion.bsky.social
𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗹𝘆𝗻, 𝗡𝗬 🦁📚✨ We publish wonder-saturated illustrated books from around the world!
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Out today: THE COZIEST PLACE ON THE MOON ✨✨✨
Have you ever felt like the loneliest creature in the world?
This picture book from @mariapopova.bsky.social & #SarahJacoby is a lunar love song to soul-nourishing solitude.
Learn more: enchantedlion.com/all-books/th...
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Have you ever felt like the loneliest creature in the world?
This picture book from @mariapopova.bsky.social & #SarahJacoby is a lunar love song to soul-nourishing solitude.
Learn more: enchantedlion.com/all-books/th...
#kidlit
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They love working with schools and libraries. I emailed them and told them about the afterschool program and the demographics of our students. They’ve curated these books for us.
Email them or check them out: enchantedlion.com/all-school-a...
Email them or check them out: enchantedlion.com/all-school-a...
Shop School & Library Collections — Enchanted Lion Books
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November 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
They love working with schools and libraries. I emailed them and told them about the afterschool program and the demographics of our students. They’ve curated these books for us.
Email them or check them out: enchantedlion.com/all-school-a...
Email them or check them out: enchantedlion.com/all-school-a...
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Look at these beautiful breathtaking @enchantedlion.bsky.social books!!! This is for the library of the afterschool program where I volunteer. Thank you, Enchanted Lion!!!
November 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Look at these beautiful breathtaking @enchantedlion.bsky.social books!!! This is for the library of the afterschool program where I volunteer. Thank you, Enchanted Lion!!!
Out today: THE COZIEST PLACE ON THE MOON ✨✨✨
Have you ever felt like the loneliest creature in the world?
This picture book from @mariapopova.bsky.social & #SarahJacoby is a lunar love song to soul-nourishing solitude.
Learn more: enchantedlion.com/all-books/th...
#kidlit
Have you ever felt like the loneliest creature in the world?
This picture book from @mariapopova.bsky.social & #SarahJacoby is a lunar love song to soul-nourishing solitude.
Learn more: enchantedlion.com/all-books/th...
#kidlit
November 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Out today: THE COZIEST PLACE ON THE MOON ✨✨✨
Have you ever felt like the loneliest creature in the world?
This picture book from @mariapopova.bsky.social & #SarahJacoby is a lunar love song to soul-nourishing solitude.
Learn more: enchantedlion.com/all-books/th...
#kidlit
Have you ever felt like the loneliest creature in the world?
This picture book from @mariapopova.bsky.social & #SarahJacoby is a lunar love song to soul-nourishing solitude.
Learn more: enchantedlion.com/all-books/th...
#kidlit
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I had the great honor of writing the introduction to the @enchantedlion.bsky.social edition of Gianni Rodari's Adventures of Cipollino, translated by Antony Shugaar. This expands on that introduction! Huge thanks to Max Nelson for letting me dig into kids' books, produce, and the joy of the absurd.
“It is impossible not to extrapolate freely from Cipollino’s dense materiality, not to transpose our own urgent concerns onto its sly inventions. That we’re mostly dealing with fruits and vegetables shouldn’t discourage…generative projection.” — @markkrotov.bsky.social
‘Who is Mr. Babycarrot?’ | Mark Krotov
My daughter Daria and I first encountered Antony Shugaar’s translation of Gianni Rodari’s Telephone Tales several years ago, peering out at us from the
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November 3, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I had the great honor of writing the introduction to the @enchantedlion.bsky.social edition of Gianni Rodari's Adventures of Cipollino, translated by Antony Shugaar. This expands on that introduction! Huge thanks to Max Nelson for letting me dig into kids' books, produce, and the joy of the absurd.
Out in English for the very first time: THE ADVENTURES OF CIPOLLINO!
In this whimsical tale by Gianni Rodari (Italy's greatest children's author), a young onion named Cipollino sets out to study scoundrels, fighting for freedom & justice for all.
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#kidlit
In this whimsical tale by Gianni Rodari (Italy's greatest children's author), a young onion named Cipollino sets out to study scoundrels, fighting for freedom & justice for all.
enchantedlion.com/all-books/th...
#kidlit
October 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Out in English for the very first time: THE ADVENTURES OF CIPOLLINO!
In this whimsical tale by Gianni Rodari (Italy's greatest children's author), a young onion named Cipollino sets out to study scoundrels, fighting for freedom & justice for all.
enchantedlion.com/all-books/th...
#kidlit
In this whimsical tale by Gianni Rodari (Italy's greatest children's author), a young onion named Cipollino sets out to study scoundrels, fighting for freedom & justice for all.
enchantedlion.com/all-books/th...
#kidlit
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Friday spotlight on our Reviews of the Week. Read the reviews here: hbook.com/section/book...
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#hbreviewoftheweek #fridayreads #kidlit #yalit
@enchantedlion.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social
#hbreviewoftheweek #fridayreads #kidlit #yalit
October 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Friday spotlight on our Reviews of the Week. Read the reviews here: hbook.com/section/book...
@enchantedlion.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social
#hbreviewoftheweek #fridayreads #kidlit #yalit
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#hbreviewoftheweek #fridayreads #kidlit #yalit
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#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Esme Shapiro from Don’t Eat Me! The Almost True Story of Belladonna, written by Kate Finney. Pretty foreground detail in a wide scene illustrates a charming picturebook about a poisonous plant. Enchanted Lion 14 October @enchantedlion.bsky.social @esmeshapiro.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 6:26 AM
#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Esme Shapiro from Don’t Eat Me! The Almost True Story of Belladonna, written by Kate Finney. Pretty foreground detail in a wide scene illustrates a charming picturebook about a poisonous plant. Enchanted Lion 14 October @enchantedlion.bsky.social @esmeshapiro.bsky.social
Out today: DON’T EAT ME! THE ALMOST TRUE STORY OF BELLADONNA ✨✨✨
From award-winning illustrator #EsmeShapiro & debut talent Kate Finney, this picture book follows Belladonna—a spunky, beautiful plant who learns that “no one gets far growing alone.”
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#kidlit
From award-winning illustrator #EsmeShapiro & debut talent Kate Finney, this picture book follows Belladonna—a spunky, beautiful plant who learns that “no one gets far growing alone.”
enchantedlion.com/all-books/do...
#kidlit
October 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Out today: DON’T EAT ME! THE ALMOST TRUE STORY OF BELLADONNA ✨✨✨
From award-winning illustrator #EsmeShapiro & debut talent Kate Finney, this picture book follows Belladonna—a spunky, beautiful plant who learns that “no one gets far growing alone.”
enchantedlion.com/all-books/do...
#kidlit
From award-winning illustrator #EsmeShapiro & debut talent Kate Finney, this picture book follows Belladonna—a spunky, beautiful plant who learns that “no one gets far growing alone.”
enchantedlion.com/all-books/do...
#kidlit
Enchanted Lion’s edition of THE BOOK OF WHYS is a 2025 #WhiteRaven!
“English readers finally get the chance to enjoy Rodari’s ingenious texts via Shugaar’s inspired translations… Yoon’s bright and bubbly colored-pencil illustrations take readers on a whimsical visual journey.”
#kidlit #worldkidlit
“English readers finally get the chance to enjoy Rodari’s ingenious texts via Shugaar’s inspired translations… Yoon’s bright and bubbly colored-pencil illustrations take readers on a whimsical visual journey.”
#kidlit #worldkidlit
October 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Enchanted Lion’s edition of THE BOOK OF WHYS is a 2025 #WhiteRaven!
“English readers finally get the chance to enjoy Rodari’s ingenious texts via Shugaar’s inspired translations… Yoon’s bright and bubbly colored-pencil illustrations take readers on a whimsical visual journey.”
#kidlit #worldkidlit
“English readers finally get the chance to enjoy Rodari’s ingenious texts via Shugaar’s inspired translations… Yoon’s bright and bubbly colored-pencil illustrations take readers on a whimsical visual journey.”
#kidlit #worldkidlit
This Sat at NYC’s Society of Illustrators: Draw with Mari Kanstad Johnsen, the NYT Best Illustrated artist behind BEDTIME FOR BO!
For kids & families: Mari will share her creative process, read from BEDTIME FOR BO, & lead an animal drawing workshop.
Tickets: societyillustrators.org/event/pictur...
For kids & families: Mari will share her creative process, read from BEDTIME FOR BO, & lead an animal drawing workshop.
Tickets: societyillustrators.org/event/pictur...
Picture Book Spotlight with award-winning illustrator Mari Kanstad Johnsen - Society of Illustrators
Meet Mari Kanstad Johnsen, an award-winning and acclaimed visual artist, children's book author, and illustrator from Norway. She earned her bachelor’s degree f
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October 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This Sat at NYC’s Society of Illustrators: Draw with Mari Kanstad Johnsen, the NYT Best Illustrated artist behind BEDTIME FOR BO!
For kids & families: Mari will share her creative process, read from BEDTIME FOR BO, & lead an animal drawing workshop.
Tickets: societyillustrators.org/event/pictur...
For kids & families: Mari will share her creative process, read from BEDTIME FOR BO, & lead an animal drawing workshop.
Tickets: societyillustrators.org/event/pictur...
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Last night went to see Brian Isett and Claudia Biçen talk about their new book THE FORGOTTEN TEACHERS: How nature wrote the story of life at White Whale Bookstore in Pittsburgh from Unruly @enchantedlion.bsky.social Truly a beautiful and fascinating book that combines art and science.
October 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Last night went to see Brian Isett and Claudia Biçen talk about their new book THE FORGOTTEN TEACHERS: How nature wrote the story of life at White Whale Bookstore in Pittsburgh from Unruly @enchantedlion.bsky.social Truly a beautiful and fascinating book that combines art and science.
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I adore everything by @enchantedlion.bsky.social. Will look for this gem! Thank you, Maria. #poetry #picturebooks
A poem … is when you are in love and have the sky in your mouth.”
This is so wonderful www.themarginalian.org/2017/03/24/t...
This is so wonderful www.themarginalian.org/2017/03/24/t...
This Is a Poem That Heals Fish: An Almost Unbearably Wonderful Picture-Book About How Poetry Works Its Magic
“A poem … is when you are in love and have the sky in your mouth.”
www.themarginalian.org
October 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I adore everything by @enchantedlion.bsky.social. Will look for this gem! Thank you, Maria. #poetry #picturebooks
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Oh gosh. We lost a great one. I love her letter to children about her love of books and reading. This is from @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy A Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader published by @enchantedlion.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Oh gosh. We lost a great one. I love her letter to children about her love of books and reading. This is from @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy A Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader published by @enchantedlion.bsky.social
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Happy International Translation Day and final day of World Kid Lit Month! So great to join illustrator Matthew Forsythe and Claudia Zoe Bedrick @enchantedlion.bsky.social for a conversation about THE GRAMMAR OF FANTASY by Italian author/educator Gianni Rodari. Buona lettura! @worldkidlit.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Happy International Translation Day and final day of World Kid Lit Month! So great to join illustrator Matthew Forsythe and Claudia Zoe Bedrick @enchantedlion.bsky.social for a conversation about THE GRAMMAR OF FANTASY by Italian author/educator Gianni Rodari. Buona lettura! @worldkidlit.bsky.social
THE FORGOTTEN TEACHERS is out today!!!!
Interweaving science & storytelling, spirituality & art, neuroscientist Brian Isett & artist Claudia Biçen guide us toward a deeper understanding of how radically interconnected all of life is.
enchantedlion.com/all-books/th...
#newnonfiction
Interweaving science & storytelling, spirituality & art, neuroscientist Brian Isett & artist Claudia Biçen guide us toward a deeper understanding of how radically interconnected all of life is.
enchantedlion.com/all-books/th...
#newnonfiction
September 30, 2025 at 5:45 PM
THE FORGOTTEN TEACHERS is out today!!!!
Interweaving science & storytelling, spirituality & art, neuroscientist Brian Isett & artist Claudia Biçen guide us toward a deeper understanding of how radically interconnected all of life is.
enchantedlion.com/all-books/th...
#newnonfiction
Interweaving science & storytelling, spirituality & art, neuroscientist Brian Isett & artist Claudia Biçen guide us toward a deeper understanding of how radically interconnected all of life is.
enchantedlion.com/all-books/th...
#newnonfiction
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One of my favorites for fall PUMPKIN ISLAND by Arthur Geisert from @enchantedlion.bsky.social it’s a visual treat!
September 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
One of my favorites for fall PUMPKIN ISLAND by Arthur Geisert from @enchantedlion.bsky.social it’s a visual treat!
Our web sale has been a huge success & we discovered more boxes of books in our office, so…
we’re extending our web sale to the end of the week!!!!
✨ 40% off $100+ at enchantedlion.com/all-books ✨
Thank you so much to all who’ve made a purchase & helped spread the word 🫶
#kidlit lovers unite!
we’re extending our web sale to the end of the week!!!!
✨ 40% off $100+ at enchantedlion.com/all-books ✨
Thank you so much to all who’ve made a purchase & helped spread the word 🫶
#kidlit lovers unite!
September 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Our web sale has been a huge success & we discovered more boxes of books in our office, so…
we’re extending our web sale to the end of the week!!!!
✨ 40% off $100+ at enchantedlion.com/all-books ✨
Thank you so much to all who’ve made a purchase & helped spread the word 🫶
#kidlit lovers unite!
we’re extending our web sale to the end of the week!!!!
✨ 40% off $100+ at enchantedlion.com/all-books ✨
Thank you so much to all who’ve made a purchase & helped spread the word 🫶
#kidlit lovers unite!
📣 Attn book lovers: Enchanted Lion is hosting a HUGE moving sale!
✨ONLINE SALE: 40% off all orders $100+ on enchantedlion.com✨
=> Order before 9/10, no code necessary!
✨COURTYARD SALE: Sun 9/14, 12-5pm @ 248 Creamer St, Brooklyn, NY ✨
=> Many shelf-worn books for sale—all priced $5-10!#kidlitit
✨ONLINE SALE: 40% off all orders $100+ on enchantedlion.com✨
=> Order before 9/10, no code necessary!
✨COURTYARD SALE: Sun 9/14, 12-5pm @ 248 Creamer St, Brooklyn, NY ✨
=> Many shelf-worn books for sale—all priced $5-10!#kidlitit
September 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
📣 Attn book lovers: Enchanted Lion is hosting a HUGE moving sale!
✨ONLINE SALE: 40% off all orders $100+ on enchantedlion.com✨
=> Order before 9/10, no code necessary!
✨COURTYARD SALE: Sun 9/14, 12-5pm @ 248 Creamer St, Brooklyn, NY ✨
=> Many shelf-worn books for sale—all priced $5-10!#kidlitit
✨ONLINE SALE: 40% off all orders $100+ on enchantedlion.com✨
=> Order before 9/10, no code necessary!
✨COURTYARD SALE: Sun 9/14, 12-5pm @ 248 Creamer St, Brooklyn, NY ✨
=> Many shelf-worn books for sale—all priced $5-10!#kidlitit
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#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Nahid Kazemi from her picturebook The Other Side of the Rocks. Based on a Rumi story about a frog who goes to explore the world. The almost abstract image expresses the strangeness of the venture. Enchanted Lion 26 Aug @enchantedlion.bsky.social @nahidkazemi.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 7:09 AM
#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Nahid Kazemi from her picturebook The Other Side of the Rocks. Based on a Rumi story about a frog who goes to explore the world. The almost abstract image expresses the strangeness of the venture. Enchanted Lion 26 Aug @enchantedlion.bsky.social @nahidkazemi.bsky.social
✨✨Out today: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROCKS, the latest picture book by #NahidKazemi!
“At its heart, this is a tale about going out into the world to find yourself.” —Betsy Bird, @fuse8.bsky.social (A @slj.com blog)
Learn more 👇
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#kidlit #newpicturebook #booktrailer
“At its heart, this is a tale about going out into the world to find yourself.” —Betsy Bird, @fuse8.bsky.social (A @slj.com blog)
Learn more 👇
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#kidlit #newpicturebook #booktrailer
August 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
✨✨Out today: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROCKS, the latest picture book by #NahidKazemi!
“At its heart, this is a tale about going out into the world to find yourself.” —Betsy Bird, @fuse8.bsky.social (A @slj.com blog)
Learn more 👇
enchantedlion.com/all-books/th...
#kidlit #newpicturebook #booktrailer
“At its heart, this is a tale about going out into the world to find yourself.” —Betsy Bird, @fuse8.bsky.social (A @slj.com blog)
Learn more 👇
enchantedlion.com/all-books/th...
#kidlit #newpicturebook #booktrailer
Did you know that fewer than 31% of translations into English are written by women?
Celebrate #WomenInTranslation Month this August (and year-round!) by reading books written by women from around the world!
Looking for recommendations?👇
#witmonth
Celebrate #WomenInTranslation Month this August (and year-round!) by reading books written by women from around the world!
Looking for recommendations?👇
#witmonth
August 21, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Did you know that fewer than 31% of translations into English are written by women?
Celebrate #WomenInTranslation Month this August (and year-round!) by reading books written by women from around the world!
Looking for recommendations?👇
#witmonth
Celebrate #WomenInTranslation Month this August (and year-round!) by reading books written by women from around the world!
Looking for recommendations?👇
#witmonth
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Child of Glass (Alemagna, 2019)
This tells the story of Gisele, a child who is “sparkling and luminous, sensitive and transparent.”
Published by @enchantedlion.bsky.social 💙
This tells the story of Gisele, a child who is “sparkling and luminous, sensitive and transparent.”
Published by @enchantedlion.bsky.social 💙
August 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Child of Glass (Alemagna, 2019)
This tells the story of Gisele, a child who is “sparkling and luminous, sensitive and transparent.”
Published by @enchantedlion.bsky.social 💙
This tells the story of Gisele, a child who is “sparkling and luminous, sensitive and transparent.”
Published by @enchantedlion.bsky.social 💙
Out today: #GisellePotter’s BEFORE SHE WAS MY GRANDMOTHER!
“Written and illustrated with characteristic sublimity by Giselle Potter, here is a tender account of a child’s connection with a grandparent.” —The Wall Street Journal
Learn more & order 👇
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#kidlit
“Written and illustrated with characteristic sublimity by Giselle Potter, here is a tender account of a child’s connection with a grandparent.” —The Wall Street Journal
Learn more & order 👇
enchantedlion.com/all-books/be...
#kidlit
August 13, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Out today: #GisellePotter’s BEFORE SHE WAS MY GRANDMOTHER!
“Written and illustrated with characteristic sublimity by Giselle Potter, here is a tender account of a child’s connection with a grandparent.” —The Wall Street Journal
Learn more & order 👇
enchantedlion.com/all-books/be...
#kidlit
“Written and illustrated with characteristic sublimity by Giselle Potter, here is a tender account of a child’s connection with a grandparent.” —The Wall Street Journal
Learn more & order 👇
enchantedlion.com/all-books/be...
#kidlit
“An absolute joy of a picture book—celebrating nonsense, play, art, storytelling and the life of the writer and artist Edward Lear.” ✨✨✨
#JonScieszka reviews THE BOY WHO BECAME A PARROT: A FOOLISH BIOGRAPHY OF EDWARD LEAR, WHO CREATED NONSENSE for the @nytimes.com 👇
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/b...
#JonScieszka reviews THE BOY WHO BECAME A PARROT: A FOOLISH BIOGRAPHY OF EDWARD LEAR, WHO CREATED NONSENSE for the @nytimes.com 👇
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/b...
The Children’s Writer Who Drew Himself as a Bird
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August 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
“An absolute joy of a picture book—celebrating nonsense, play, art, storytelling and the life of the writer and artist Edward Lear.” ✨✨✨
#JonScieszka reviews THE BOY WHO BECAME A PARROT: A FOOLISH BIOGRAPHY OF EDWARD LEAR, WHO CREATED NONSENSE for the @nytimes.com 👇
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/b...
#JonScieszka reviews THE BOY WHO BECAME A PARROT: A FOOLISH BIOGRAPHY OF EDWARD LEAR, WHO CREATED NONSENSE for the @nytimes.com 👇
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/b...
BEFORE SHE WAS MY GRANDMOTHER was reviewed in the @wsj.com!
Created with “characteristic sublimity by Giselle Potter,” the picture book is praised as “a tender account of a child’s connection with a grandparent.”
Full review: www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
#kidlit
Created with “characteristic sublimity by Giselle Potter,” the picture book is praised as “a tender account of a child’s connection with a grandparent.”
Full review: www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
#kidlit
Children’s Books: Giselle Potter’s ‘Before She Was My Grandmother’
Plus reviews of “Peggy Goes for a Walk,” “The Land of Faraway,” “Aggie and the Ghost” and “The Bear and the Hare and the Fair.”
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August 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
BEFORE SHE WAS MY GRANDMOTHER was reviewed in the @wsj.com!
Created with “characteristic sublimity by Giselle Potter,” the picture book is praised as “a tender account of a child’s connection with a grandparent.”
Full review: www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
#kidlit
Created with “characteristic sublimity by Giselle Potter,” the picture book is praised as “a tender account of a child’s connection with a grandparent.”
Full review: www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
#kidlit