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Enchanted Lion Books
@enchantedlion.bsky.social
𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗹𝘆𝗻, 𝗡𝗬 🦁📚✨ We publish wonder-saturated illustrated books from around the world!
https://enchantedlion.com
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.

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#kidlit
November 4, 2025 at 6:05 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.

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#kidlit
October 28, 2025 at 10:12 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.”

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#kidlit
October 14, 2025 at 3:01 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
October 13, 2025 at 8:41 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.

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#newnonfiction
September 30, 2025 at 5:45 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
September 4, 2025 at 8:38 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 👇
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#kidlit #newpicturebook #booktrailer
August 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
We suggest two of our Unruly titles, both powerful feminist retellings written, illustrated, & translated by women:

- YOU CAN’T KILL SNOW WHITE
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- THE TRUE STORY OF A MOUSE WHO NEVER ASKED FOR IT
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#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
August 21, 2025 at 12:36 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 👇
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#kidlit
August 13, 2025 at 12:51 AM
A very happy publication to our latest picture book — THE BOY WHO BECAME A PARROT: A FOOLISH BIOGRAPHY OF EDWARD LEAR, WHO INVENTED NONSENSE ✨✨✨

Who was Edward Lear? A nonsense poet, a natural history artist, & so much more!

Learn more & order at enchantedlion.com/all-books/th...

#kidlit
July 29, 2025 at 10:53 PM
We’re having a flash summer sale on our middle grade & YA books!!

Discover great graphic novels, middle-grade fiction with full-color illustrations, and picture books for teens & adults✨

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#kidlit
July 14, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Announcing the #ELBSummerReads challenge!!

☀️😎⛱️ Summer time is reading time! We challenge you to complete our bingo card (and if you need book ideas, swipe to see our recommendations).

Share this summer reading challenge with a young person in your life, or complete it yourself!

#kidlit
July 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
We're back from #ALAAC25, beaming from ear to ear!

Thanks to all who came to ALA—to book signings & panels w our superstar creators, to our evening soirée, & to our booth—& to all librarians everywhere.

So grateful for the important work you do in fostering a love for reading in your community!
July 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Librarian friends, come visit Enchanted Lion at #ALA2025!

We’re in booth # 316 on the exhibition floor, where we have books hot off the press & sneak peeks of F&Gs 🦁📚✨

Joining the fun are @mattforsythe.bsky.social, #SarahJacoby, & #WolvertonHill!
👇 for book signings, mini-galleys, & artist talks
June 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
To our UK followers: tune into #cbeebieshq tonight at 18.50!!!!

#LoyleCarner will be reading I TOUCHED THE SUN by #LeahHayes for tonight’s #BedtimeStories segment ☀️

#kidlit #cbeebies
June 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Happy #FathersDay from Enchanted Lion Books!

To the ones who give us warmth and love, who play with us and guide us, who raise us and help us grow 💛

(Art from I’M LIKE A TREE AND A TREE’S LIKE ME and ON ALL FOURS)

#kidlit #kidlitart #fathersday2025
June 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Children’s Institute attendees, @mattforsythe.bsky.social is signing copies of THE GRAMMAR OF FANTASY at table 5! ✨✨✨✨

Written by the father of modern Italian children’s literature & with luminous art from Forsythe, this is one of the great works about the imagination & how stories are made 👇
June 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Bookseller friends at #ABAChildrensInstitute:

Do wonder-saturated illustrated books for kids from around the world make your heart sing?

Then visit ENCHANTED LION at table 17, today & tomorrow!!!

We’d love to see you, hear your news, and share some amazing books, including:
June 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
👏👏👏 @bankstreet.edu’s #BestChildrensBooksOfTheYear list is here—and SIX of our titles were selected!!!

COMET & STAR
NIGHT SONG
THERE WAS A SHADOW
OUT OF THE BLUE
THANK YOU, EVERYTHING
THE BOOK OF DENIAL

Congrats to all the authors, illustrators, & translators who brought these stories to life 💐
June 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
And did we mention that THE WANTING MONSTER is Foreword Reviews’s #BookOfTheDay today?

“Dreamlike illustrations track this fable about the dangers of envy.”

Full review: www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/the-...
May 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
THE WANTING MONSTER is out today!!!

From award-winning author Martine Murray (dubbed Australia's Kate DiCamillo) and painter Anna Read comes a timeless and timely tale about the monstrousness of envy, and every creature's—even a monster's—need for love.

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#kidlit
May 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
🥳Out today—ON THE MOVE: THINGS IN MOTION ON EARTH AND BEYOND🏃‍♀️

From Romana Romanyshyn & Andriy Lesiv, this is a brilliant nonfiction picture book originally published in Ukraine about movement, migration, maps, travel, trade, transportation, & more!

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#kidlit
May 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
THIS SATURDAY in the West Village!! Join in the #SantJordiNYC festivities celebrating books in translation & the NYC community 💛

Enchanted Lion will be tabling at the St Jordi Street Fair on Christopher St (halfway between Waverly Pl & Greenwich Ave), from 12-5pm. We hope to see many of you there!
May 15, 2025 at 4:44 PM
🥳THE GRAMMAR OF FANTASY is finally here!!

From the great Italian children's author Gianni Rodari & illus. by Matthew Forsythe, this is one of the great works about the imagination & how stories get made📚📖✍️

Essential reading for all teachers, parents, & creatives 👇
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May 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM