Web of Life Children's Books
@weboflifebooks.bsky.social
Web of Life Children’s Books publishes timeless picture books introducing children to the wonders of nature. For more information, visit: weboflifebooks.com
It's so thrilling that three of our books have been named EUREKA! Book Award Winners for excellence in nonfiction. Thank you California Reading Association for recognizing the merit of these titles! @tanyakonerman.bsky.social @icebird.bsky.social @greatdoglit.bsky.social @susanschulman.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It's so thrilling that three of our books have been named EUREKA! Book Award Winners for excellence in nonfiction. Thank you California Reading Association for recognizing the merit of these titles! @tanyakonerman.bsky.social @icebird.bsky.social @greatdoglit.bsky.social @susanschulman.bsky.social
Thank you Kirkus for such a terrific review of IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
"An accessible and eye-opening introduction to the marvels of marine life.” #kirkus #kirkusReviews
@juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social @megsodano.bsky.social
"An accessible and eye-opening introduction to the marvels of marine life.” #kirkus #kirkusReviews
@juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social @megsodano.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Thank you Kirkus for such a terrific review of IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
"An accessible and eye-opening introduction to the marvels of marine life.” #kirkus #kirkusReviews
@juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social @megsodano.bsky.social
"An accessible and eye-opening introduction to the marvels of marine life.” #kirkus #kirkusReviews
@juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social @megsodano.bsky.social
Thank you Children's Literature for this terrific review of IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? Congrats to @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social and @megsodano.bsky.social for creating such a glorious book!
October 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Thank you Children's Literature for this terrific review of IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? Congrats to @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social and @megsodano.bsky.social for creating such a glorious book!
So excited to announce that MUD TO THE RESCUE! HOW ANIMALS USE MUD TO THRIVE AND SURVIVE has won a silver EUREKA! HONOR BOOK AWARD from the California Reading Association! Congratulations to author Tanya Konerman and illustrator Melanie Cataldo! @tanyakonerman.bsky.social @greatdoglit.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
So excited to announce that MUD TO THE RESCUE! HOW ANIMALS USE MUD TO THRIVE AND SURVIVE has won a silver EUREKA! HONOR BOOK AWARD from the California Reading Association! Congratulations to author Tanya Konerman and illustrator Melanie Cataldo! @tanyakonerman.bsky.social @greatdoglit.bsky.social
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
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!
We are thrilled that Julie Honan Johnston and Meg Sodano's book, IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? will be launching this week! Please join Julie at Mrs. Dalloways Books for her book signing on Saturday, September 27 from 11:00-12:00! @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social @megsodano.bsky.social
September 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
We are thrilled that Julie Honan Johnston and Meg Sodano's book, IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? will be launching this week! Please join Julie at Mrs. Dalloways Books for her book signing on Saturday, September 27 from 11:00-12:00! @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social @megsodano.bsky.social
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
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
Thank you @skippingstones.bsky.social for giving HAWK MOTHER RETURNS by Kara Hagedorn & Marlo Garnsworthy and AT HOME WITH THE PRAIRIE DOG by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent, photos by William Muñoz the Skipping Stones Honor Award for Nature & Ecology Books!
@icebird.bsky.social @susanschulman.bsky.social
@icebird.bsky.social @susanschulman.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Thank you @skippingstones.bsky.social for giving HAWK MOTHER RETURNS by Kara Hagedorn & Marlo Garnsworthy and AT HOME WITH THE PRAIRIE DOG by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent, photos by William Muñoz the Skipping Stones Honor Award for Nature & Ecology Books!
@icebird.bsky.social @susanschulman.bsky.social
@icebird.bsky.social @susanschulman.bsky.social
Today is #InternationalMudDay! Who would have thought there would be such a day? Well, we're glad there is!
@tanyakonerman.bsky.social
@tanyakonerman.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Today is #InternationalMudDay! Who would have thought there would be such a day? Well, we're glad there is!
@tanyakonerman.bsky.social
@tanyakonerman.bsky.social
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
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."
Congrats to @tanyakonerman.bsky.social and Melanie Cataldo for this wonderful review from Publishers Weekly for MUD TO THE RESCUE! HOW ANIMALS USE MUD TO THRIVE AND SURVIVE!
"...a fully immersive and engaging experience that will captivate young readers.”
"...a fully immersive and engaging experience that will captivate young readers.”
June 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Congrats to @tanyakonerman.bsky.social and Melanie Cataldo for this wonderful review from Publishers Weekly for MUD TO THE RESCUE! HOW ANIMALS USE MUD TO THRIVE AND SURVIVE!
"...a fully immersive and engaging experience that will captivate young readers.”
"...a fully immersive and engaging experience that will captivate young readers.”
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 7:30 PM
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
Today is #WorldOceanDay! We must do everything we can to protect our precious oceans!
Contact these organizations to see how you can help:
The Ocean Cleanup (theoceancleanup.com)
@oceana.bsky.social
@seatree.bsky.social
Ocean Futures Society (oceanfutures.org)
@megsodano.bsky.social
Contact these organizations to see how you can help:
The Ocean Cleanup (theoceancleanup.com)
@oceana.bsky.social
@seatree.bsky.social
Ocean Futures Society (oceanfutures.org)
@megsodano.bsky.social
June 8, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Today is #WorldOceanDay! We must do everything we can to protect our precious oceans!
Contact these organizations to see how you can help:
The Ocean Cleanup (theoceancleanup.com)
@oceana.bsky.social
@seatree.bsky.social
Ocean Futures Society (oceanfutures.org)
@megsodano.bsky.social
Contact these organizations to see how you can help:
The Ocean Cleanup (theoceancleanup.com)
@oceana.bsky.social
@seatree.bsky.social
Ocean Futures Society (oceanfutures.org)
@megsodano.bsky.social
We are thrilled that Julie Honan Johnston will be signing her book IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? illustrated by @megsodano.bsky.social at the @americanbookseller.bsky.social Children's Institute conference in Portland OR! Details below. Way to to, Julie!
May 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
We are thrilled that Julie Honan Johnston will be signing her book IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? illustrated by @megsodano.bsky.social at the @americanbookseller.bsky.social Children's Institute conference in Portland OR! Details below. Way to to, Julie!
Today is #EndangeredSpeciesDay. The effectiveness of the #EndangeredSpeciesAct is now threatened because the Trump administration has proposed changing the definition of "harm" in the law. This change would weaken the ESA by making it easier to destroy the habitats where the animals live.
May 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Today is #EndangeredSpeciesDay. The effectiveness of the #EndangeredSpeciesAct is now threatened because the Trump administration has proposed changing the definition of "harm" in the law. This change would weaken the ESA by making it easier to destroy the habitats where the animals live.
#HappyBookBirthday! Congratulations @tanyakonerman.bsky.social and Melanie Cataldo for creating such a whimsical, fun, engaging, and interesting book about the ways animals use mud to thrive and survive! Tanya Konerman will be reading and signing books at @morgenstern.books this Saturday.
May 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
#HappyBookBirthday! Congratulations @tanyakonerman.bsky.social and Melanie Cataldo for creating such a whimsical, fun, engaging, and interesting book about the ways animals use mud to thrive and survive! Tanya Konerman will be reading and signing books at @morgenstern.books this Saturday.
Here's what @KirkusReviews has to say about MUD TO THE RESCUE!
"An engaging resource for young nature enthusiasts.”
Congrats to author @tanyakonerman.bsky.social and illustrator Melanie Cataldo @greatdoglit.bsky.social
Pub Date: 5/20/25
"An engaging resource for young nature enthusiasts.”
Congrats to author @tanyakonerman.bsky.social and illustrator Melanie Cataldo @greatdoglit.bsky.social
Pub Date: 5/20/25
May 2, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Here's what @KirkusReviews has to say about MUD TO THE RESCUE!
"An engaging resource for young nature enthusiasts.”
Congrats to author @tanyakonerman.bsky.social and illustrator Melanie Cataldo @greatdoglit.bsky.social
Pub Date: 5/20/25
"An engaging resource for young nature enthusiasts.”
Congrats to author @tanyakonerman.bsky.social and illustrator Melanie Cataldo @greatdoglit.bsky.social
Pub Date: 5/20/25
Julie Honan Johnston author of IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? holds her book for the first time at an event put on by #publishersgroupwest at #MrsDallowaysBookstore! Congratulations, Julie!
Preorder here: bookshop.org/p/books/if-y...
@megsodano.bsky.social
Preorder here: bookshop.org/p/books/if-y...
@megsodano.bsky.social
April 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Julie Honan Johnston author of IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? holds her book for the first time at an event put on by #publishersgroupwest at #MrsDallowaysBookstore! Congratulations, Julie!
Preorder here: bookshop.org/p/books/if-y...
@megsodano.bsky.social
Preorder here: bookshop.org/p/books/if-y...
@megsodano.bsky.social
Thank you Horn Book for reviewing HAWK MOTHER RETURNS: A STORY OF INTERSPECIES ADOPTION by Marlo Garnsworthy and Kara Hagedorn! Reviews are vital to the survival of tiny publishing companies like ours! @icebird.bsky.social @thehornbook.bsky.social
See here: www.hornbookguide.com/site/?review...
See here: www.hornbookguide.com/site/?review...
April 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Thank you Horn Book for reviewing HAWK MOTHER RETURNS: A STORY OF INTERSPECIES ADOPTION by Marlo Garnsworthy and Kara Hagedorn! Reviews are vital to the survival of tiny publishing companies like ours! @icebird.bsky.social @thehornbook.bsky.social
See here: www.hornbookguide.com/site/?review...
See here: www.hornbookguide.com/site/?review...
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?
@megsodano.bsky.social @tanyakonerman.bsky.social
@megsodano.bsky.social @tanyakonerman.bsky.social
April 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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?
@megsodano.bsky.social @tanyakonerman.bsky.social
@megsodano.bsky.social @tanyakonerman.bsky.social
Thank you Midwest Book Review for reviewing MUD TO THE RESCUE! “Illustrated throughout with the museum/art gallery quality artwork of Melanie Cataldo, the informative and fun descriptive commentary of Tanya Konerman ... is charming, informative, entertaining, and unreservedly recommended.... ”
April 4, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Thank you Midwest Book Review for reviewing MUD TO THE RESCUE! “Illustrated throughout with the museum/art gallery quality artwork of Melanie Cataldo, the informative and fun descriptive commentary of Tanya Konerman ... is charming, informative, entertaining, and unreservedly recommended.... ”
We are delighted to announce that MUD TO THE RESCUE! HOW ANIMALS USE MUD TO THRIVE AND SURVIVE by debut author @tanyakonerman.bsky.social, illustrated by Melanie Cataldo will be released on May 20, 2025. Find out the ingenious ways animals use mud in their lives! @greatdoglit.bsky.social
March 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
We are delighted to announce that MUD TO THE RESCUE! HOW ANIMALS USE MUD TO THRIVE AND SURVIVE by debut author @tanyakonerman.bsky.social, illustrated by Melanie Cataldo will be released on May 20, 2025. Find out the ingenious ways animals use mud in their lives! @greatdoglit.bsky.social