Jan Carr
@jancarr.bsky.social
Author of kids' books, including numerous picture books + BUDDY AND BEA chapter book series; Balletomane; Socialist heart
rep: Andrea Cascardi, www.transatlanticagency.com
Author website: https://www.jancarr.net/
rep: Andrea Cascardi, www.transatlanticagency.com
Author website: https://www.jancarr.net/
May 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Another sunny Sunday canvass for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
(I spy @sengonzalezny.bsky.social)
Let's do this thing!
(I spy @sengonzalezny.bsky.social)
Let's do this thing!
April 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Another sunny Sunday canvass for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
(I spy @sengonzalezny.bsky.social)
Let's do this thing!
(I spy @sengonzalezny.bsky.social)
Let's do this thing!
Another opportunity to stand up and be counted. This one organized by a host of trusted organizations -- including NY Working Families Party, Indivisible Brooklyn, UAW, and my own beloved NYC Democratic Socialists. Two rallies this Wed. Feb. 19th -- Noon & 5:30. See you there!
February 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Another opportunity to stand up and be counted. This one organized by a host of trusted organizations -- including NY Working Families Party, Indivisible Brooklyn, UAW, and my own beloved NYC Democratic Socialists. Two rallies this Wed. Feb. 19th -- Noon & 5:30. See you there!
Jeez, NYT, what might you have printed in 1930s Germany? Young Brownshirts Get Together at Beer Hall to Raise a Stein to The Third Reich! All in Good Aryan Fun!
February 14, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Jeez, NYT, what might you have printed in 1930s Germany? Young Brownshirts Get Together at Beer Hall to Raise a Stein to The Third Reich! All in Good Aryan Fun!
Snow on the Skylight
+ Sadie on Weather Watch
+ Sadie on Weather Watch
February 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Snow on the Skylight
+ Sadie on Weather Watch
+ Sadie on Weather Watch
Hold onto your hats, Readers! It's World Read Aloud Day! Last night, I visited a school in Japan. Today, it's NY, PA, and TX. Happy Reading, everybody! #WRAD #worldreadaloudday #WRAD25 #authorvisits #kidlit #kidlitart #edusky #authorsofsky
February 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Hold onto your hats, Readers! It's World Read Aloud Day! Last night, I visited a school in Japan. Today, it's NY, PA, and TX. Happy Reading, everybody! #WRAD #worldreadaloudday #WRAD25 #authorvisits #kidlit #kidlitart #edusky #authorsofsky
I'm thinking of @krismukai.bsky.social , LA-based cartoonist. Her interior art for my chapter book series BUDDY AND BEA is so much fun. It has a delineated classroom setting, fun ensemble cast, lots of movement and humor. Kris, might you be interested?
January 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I'm thinking of @krismukai.bsky.social , LA-based cartoonist. Her interior art for my chapter book series BUDDY AND BEA is so much fun. It has a delineated classroom setting, fun ensemble cast, lots of movement and humor. Kris, might you be interested?
I used to review kids' books professionally, and on awards day, my editor & I used to watch the livestream & text back and forth. Sometimes, a book we hadn't reviewed would snag a big award so I'd buy a copy quickly, & turn a review around in an hour. Congrats to all winners!
#ala #yma #alayma
#ala #yma #alayma
January 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Just finished reading MAA, a Bengali novel by Anurupa Devi, originally published in 1920, and newly translated into English. MAA follows two co-wives trapped in an ill-fated love triangle, and is a page turner in all the best senses.
@rupa_publications #bengali #books #bengalibooks
January 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Just finished reading MAA, a Bengali novel by Anurupa Devi, originally published in 1920, and newly translated into English. MAA follows two co-wives trapped in an ill-fated love triangle, and is a page turner in all the best senses.
@rupa_publications #bengali #books #bengalibooks
Weekend Plans: Lying on clean laundry, breaking in bags and boxes, lobbying for multiple breakfasts, lunches, dinners, & midnight snacks, plus, of course, the daily high-wire work that keeps her fit.
January 18, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Weekend Plans: Lying on clean laundry, breaking in bags and boxes, lobbying for multiple breakfasts, lunches, dinners, & midnight snacks, plus, of course, the daily high-wire work that keeps her fit.
I got a copy of STILL LIFE by @alexlondon.bsky.social and @paulozelinsky.com for my young friend Mara, thinking she would grow into it, but her (artist) mom tells me she's repeatedly asked her to read it, and is in love with the illustrations. I cornered Paul at Books of Wonder to sign it. Perfect!
January 7, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I got a copy of STILL LIFE by @alexlondon.bsky.social and @paulozelinsky.com for my young friend Mara, thinking she would grow into it, but her (artist) mom tells me she's repeatedly asked her to read it, and is in love with the illustrations. I cornered Paul at Books of Wonder to sign it. Perfect!
I am constantly insulted on this platform.
December 28, 2024 at 10:37 PM
I am constantly insulted on this platform.
Holy Shit. Timothée Chalamet was filming A COMPLETE UNKNOWN, the scene where Dylan's playing Newport Folk Festival, and (my son) Charlie was in the "audience" as a SAG-AFTRA background actor. Timmy spotted him, and mentioned it in this interview.
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December 17, 2024 at 2:50 AM
Holy Shit. Timothée Chalamet was filming A COMPLETE UNKNOWN, the scene where Dylan's playing Newport Folk Festival, and (my son) Charlie was in the "audience" as a SAG-AFTRA background actor. Timmy spotted him, and mentioned it in this interview.
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Look who stopped by for copies of BUDDY AND BEA! Gloria & Gail Quintos. I ❤️ the Quintos family so much!
December 14, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Look who stopped by for copies of BUDDY AND BEA! Gloria & Gail Quintos. I ❤️ the Quintos family so much!
Books of Wonder has the cutest elves, plus signed copies of my BUDDY AND BEA chapter books, both paperback & hardcover. What more could you want for Christmas or Hanukkah?
#chapterbooks #chapterbooksforkids #kidsbooks #holidays #Christmas #Hanukkah
December 13, 2024 at 3:18 AM
Books of Wonder has the cutest elves, plus signed copies of my BUDDY AND BEA chapter books, both paperback & hardcover. What more could you want for Christmas or Hanukkah?
#chapterbooks #chapterbooksforkids #kidsbooks #holidays #Christmas #Hanukkah
PET-A-PALOOZA
Buddy and Bea #3
Comes out in paperback today.
This book has everything: Wild Cats, Playful Pups, and Funny 2nd Graders!
#chapterbooks #kidsbooks #chapterbooksforkids #pets
Buddy and Bea #3
Comes out in paperback today.
This book has everything: Wild Cats, Playful Pups, and Funny 2nd Graders!
#chapterbooks #kidsbooks #chapterbooksforkids #pets
December 10, 2024 at 8:15 PM
PET-A-PALOOZA
Buddy and Bea #3
Comes out in paperback today.
This book has everything: Wild Cats, Playful Pups, and Funny 2nd Graders!
#chapterbooks #kidsbooks #chapterbooksforkids #pets
Buddy and Bea #3
Comes out in paperback today.
This book has everything: Wild Cats, Playful Pups, and Funny 2nd Graders!
#chapterbooks #kidsbooks #chapterbooksforkids #pets
Yo! That's my boy Charlie with the hot take on Kareem Rahma's YouTube/Insta show SubwayTakes. Ad is on the subway platform, of course!
#subwaytakes
#subwaytakes
December 3, 2024 at 4:43 AM
Yo! That's my boy Charlie with the hot take on Kareem Rahma's YouTube/Insta show SubwayTakes. Ad is on the subway platform, of course!
#subwaytakes
#subwaytakes
AND SO IT BEGINS
√ Beets washed
√ Potatoes washed
√ Olives pitted
Actual cooking will start tomorrow
#Thanksgiving
√ Beets washed
√ Potatoes washed
√ Olives pitted
Actual cooking will start tomorrow
#Thanksgiving
November 27, 2024 at 4:02 AM
AND SO IT BEGINS
√ Beets washed
√ Potatoes washed
√ Olives pitted
Actual cooking will start tomorrow
#Thanksgiving
√ Beets washed
√ Potatoes washed
√ Olives pitted
Actual cooking will start tomorrow
#Thanksgiving
I love this NYCB ballerina, and she has kids just the right age for my books. This was a no-brainer.
November 25, 2024 at 9:53 PM
I love this NYCB ballerina, and she has kids just the right age for my books. This was a no-brainer.
Princess and the Pea
Clean Sheets + Cat
Clean Sheets + Cat
November 22, 2024 at 1:12 AM
Princess and the Pea
Clean Sheets + Cat
Clean Sheets + Cat
I'm not a librarian, but I write kids' books, so I'm library *adjacent*. I bought these snazzy shoes a couple of weeks before the election to buoy my spirits. Now, they have some heavy lifting to do!
November 19, 2024 at 12:37 AM
I'm not a librarian, but I write kids' books, so I'm library *adjacent*. I bought these snazzy shoes a couple of weeks before the election to buoy my spirits. Now, they have some heavy lifting to do!
What a treat it was to hear @armyvet5.bsky.social & @rahele.bsky.social present their moving new book together, MISSING MOMMA at Books Of Wonder. These two are a perfect pairing. The book is suffused with emotional honesty and radiates warmth.
November 18, 2024 at 3:29 PM
What a treat it was to hear @armyvet5.bsky.social & @rahele.bsky.social present their moving new book together, MISSING MOMMA at Books Of Wonder. These two are a perfect pairing. The book is suffused with emotional honesty and radiates warmth.
All the books suggested are excellent choices. I'll throw in A HAT FOR MRS. GOLDMAN by Michelle Edwards & G. Brian Karas. Spotlights kindness, cross-racial & intergenerational friendships, limns a sweet community, a world I'd like to live in. Similarly, LAST STOP ON MARKET STREET
November 18, 2024 at 1:00 PM
All the books suggested are excellent choices. I'll throw in A HAT FOR MRS. GOLDMAN by Michelle Edwards & G. Brian Karas. Spotlights kindness, cross-racial & intergenerational friendships, limns a sweet community, a world I'd like to live in. Similarly, LAST STOP ON MARKET STREET