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Julie Honan Johnston
@juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social
Picture Book Author. Owner of Coyote Kids, a secondhand clothing and bookstore for kids in Albany, CA. It's all about the kids!
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Thank you @shelf-awareness.com for posting our book trailer for IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? by @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social and @megsodano.bsky.social as your Book Trailer of the Day!

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Book Trailer of the Day: If You Lived in the Sea, Who Would You Be?
If You Lived in the Sea, Who Would You Be? by Julie Honan Johnston (Web of Life Children's Books).
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September 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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TODAY is PUB DAY!!! I'm so excited that *If You Lived in the Sea, Who Would You Be?* is out! Here are my top four favorite pages from this book.

#kidlitartist #kidlit #childrensbooks #picturebooks #ocean #sealife #turtle #fish #seals
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September 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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Happy #BookBirthday to author @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social (left) and illustrator @megsodano.bsky.social (right) for creating such a beautiful, whimsical and educational book about some of the many sea creatures with which we share the world. Congratulations!
September 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Thank you Shelf Awareness!
September 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Thanks @publisherswkly.bsky.social for your review of IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE?! "This is a remarkable introduction to sealife for young readers. Fascinating peek at the creatures who populate our oceans.” @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social @megsodano.bsky.social @icebird.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Thanks MBR for this terrific review! "Original, informative, featuring a rhyming text and museum quality images, 'If You Lived in the Sea, Who Would You Be?' by author/storyteller @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social and artist/illustrator @megsodano.bsky.social is a fun read from cover to cover."
June 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Thank you to the utterly brilliant @louiestowell.bsky.social for this gorgeous review of @jamesbluecat.bsky.social's Pagans! If you trust Louie's taste – AND YOU SHOULD, OBVIOUSLY – you can get the hardback, audiobook or ebook of Pagans now: www.amazon.co.uk/Pagans-James...
June 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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June 12, 2025 at 1:28 AM
What a fun event at the #Children'sInstitute in Portland! So many amazing authors and talented booksellers there.
We had a fab time at the #Children'sInstitute in Portland! Debut author, Julie Honan Johnston, can be seen here getting ready to sign her book IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? at the Author's Reception! @americanbookseller.bsky.social @megsodano.bsky.social @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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It's Independent Bookstore Day this Saturday, April 26th. Mr. Mopps' is so independent that our events are on Sunday, April 27th. Storytime for littles at 2pm. And Picture Book Club for Grown Ups at 3.30pm www.eventbrite.com/e/april-2025...
April 2025 Picture Book Club for Grown Ups
An opportunity for grown-ups to read aloud and listen to great picture books.
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April 23, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Happy #EarthDay from Kidlit Collective! 💙🌍💚

#kidlit #kidlitart #booksky
April 22, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Happy Earth Day everyone! Without the Earth, where would we be? We wish everyday was Earth Day! Alligator and flamingos by Melanie Cataldo from MUD TO THE RESCUE! Orcas and octopus by Meg Sodano from IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE?
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April 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
YAY! @megsodano.bsky.social did such a beautiful job illustrating my debut picture book. Pre-order is available now.
My #picturebook, IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE?, is swimming to bookstores on 9/23/25! Author Julie Honan Johnston. Publisher @weboflifebooks.bsky.social. So glad I can share this cover with all of you! 🐋🐠🦀🐧🐙🐙🪼 #oceananimals #sealife #marinebiology #kitlit #kidlitart #digitalillustration
April 22, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I'm so thrilled to announce that my debut picture book, "If You Lived in the Sea, Who Would You Be?" is available for pre-order! Hooray!
April 22, 2025 at 1:36 AM