Reading Bartimaeus when I was younger, I never understood why it didn't have the widespread success of Harry Potter. This story helped me realize that my favorite books would not necessarily be the most popular.

(For anyone who has not read it, this series is absolutely fantastic #Kidlit!)

I never questioned it! And then I did, and now I can't unthink these thoughts. Poor little piggy who went to the market. 😢

This was my first #kidlitchat, and I thought it was fantastic. Well done, @bonnieadamson.com and @gregpincus.bsky.social! Will definitely tune back in (so long as the 2yo sticks to our 7-book bedtime contract).

Well this sounds fantastic.

Bumping this up here to highlight some recent PB favorites:
The Truth About Dragons by Julie Leung and Hanna Cha
Knight Owl & Knight Owl and Early Bird Christopher Denise
The Questioneers by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts
All the Books by Hayley Rocco
#kidlitchat

Some recent favorites include:
The Truth About Dragons by Julie Leung and Hanna Cha
Knight Own & Knight Owl and Early Bird Christopher Denise
The Questioneers by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts
All the Books by Hayley Rocco

I always thought myself a writer of MG and YA after starting off my book life with HP. Still love those genres, but also really fell in love with PBs over the past two years of reading with my daughter. Julia Donaldson is everything. I was floored by Room on the Broom, The Gruffalo, etc. #kidlitchat

I gotta say it. Harry Potter was it for me. It was my entry point into reading and fantasy and magic, and it came into my life when I needed -- 11 yo, recently moved, friendless, and a great escape. The escape into reading quickly became an escape into similar and then different writing. #kidlitchat

This is an awesome story. Congratulations!

Great response. Warrior Cats also made me think of Redwall, which I read at about the same time -- and it seems I forgot about it until this very moment. Ha. #kidlitchat

I always thought I was a MG and YA writer... until I started reading PBs to my daughter. We started collecting just about everything by Julia Donaldson after we met the witch in Room on the Broom and the mouse in The Gruffalo. #kidlitchat

This was everything. Thank you so much (for this and everything else) @debbieohi.com!

Thanks for the very warm welcome! (Spellbinders looks and sounds fantastic, BTW!)