Ellen Myrick
@libraryellen.bsky.social
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Library advocate, and children’s book enthusiast, cat fancier, history geek, nature lover
Sasha, the
@pubspotlight.bsky.social
kitty, loves reading about her friends!
@childs-play.co.uk
@childsplayusa.bsky.social
#kidlit
#boardbooks
#bilingualbooks
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The
@pubspotlight.bsky.social
team is so excited to be working g with these publishers!
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Sasha, the
@pubspotlight.bsky.social
office kitty, has questions. Big Questions! Join her in checking out this great series from
@hungrytomato.bsky.social
and Beetle Books.
#kidlit
#cats
#catswithbooks
#kidsnonfiction
3 days ago
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Thank you, Betsy, for lifting these important creators up!
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Ms. Yingling
6 days ago
Susan Beth Pfeffer and Peg Kehret hit especially hard. I read so many of their books and recommended them so many times that I felt like I KNEW them. And Ms. Pfeffer posted her Wordle scores on Twitter for a while.
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Sasha the office kitty says "One Can Be by Pat Zietlow Miller is the perfect book for World Introverts Day!"
#kidlit
#cats
#Bookcats
#introverts
@kidlitchat.bsky.social
@beamingbooksmn.bsky.social
6 days ago
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Sasha the
@pubspotlight.bsky.social
office kitty has some recommendations for wintry reads!
#kidlit
#cats
#catswithbooks
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This “How Do” book is perfect for collab by Art and Math—HOW DO YOU TURN DATA INTO DRAWINGS, a Matical Honor Book from
@flowerpotpress.bsky.social
@pubspotlight.bsky.social
#NCSS2025
#nonfiction
#kidlit
about 1 month ago
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A perfect publisher for teaching about sustainable agriculture? Readers to Eaters of course!
@pubspotlight.bsky.social
FARMER EVA , plus it’s on audio too from
@liveoakmedia.bsky.social
!
#NCSS2025
#kidlit
about 1 month ago
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It’s always a good day to SMASH THE PATRIARCHY (this from
@helvetiq.bsky.social
). These amazing educators find this Eureka-winner at @NCSS2025
@pubspotlight.bsky.social
#kidlit
#graphicnonfiction
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Museum educator building her civics resources looking forward to adding Fault Lines in the Constitution from
@holidayhouse.bsky.social
and Peachtree Publishing at @NCSS2025
@pubspotlight.bsky.social
#kidlit
#civics
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THE SPY IN THE MUSEUM from
@simonandschuster.bsky.social
infiltrates the International Spy Museum stand at
#NCSS2025
!
@pubspotlight.bsky.social
#kidlit
#kidsnonfiction
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White House Clubhouse kids travel back to the second Roosevelt White House and meet First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt!
@wwnorton.com
#NCSS2025
#historyforkids
#Kidlit
@pubspotlight.bsky.social
Thanks to the Women’s Foundation for the cool cutout!
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Two AFRICANA honored books featured at the Education About Africa booth at
#NCSS2025
— I’ll See You in Ijebu from
@barefootbooks.bsky.social
and What Happened on Thursday from Amazon Crossing Kids.
@pubspotlight.bsky.social
#kidlit
#globalkidlit
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A professor hunting for new Asian Asian children’s books is thrilled to discover PAPA’S BUTTER CHICKEN from
@tigertalesbooks.bsky.social
.
#kidlit
just won the Gourmand Prize for books too!
@pubspotlight.bsky.social
about 1 month ago
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What better way to start the day than with Ruth Bader Ginsberg? Check out this great middle grade bio of the great dissenter from
@sourcebooks.bsky.social
at
#NCSS2025
@pubspotlight.bsky.social
#kidlit
about 1 month ago
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Did you know JUST IN CASE from
@charlesbridge.bsky.social
just won a nonfiction award from NCTE? Learn about the seed vault on Svalbard! As seen here at
#NCSS2025
@pubspotlight.bsky.social
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An educator with the Federal Reaerve Bank is excited about
@rubytuesdaybooks.bsky.social
“Money and You” series at
#NCSS2025
@pubspotlight.bsky.social
#kidlit
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BITTERSWEET about the WWII Berlin Candy Bombers finds a perfect backdrop with the WWII National Museum at
#NCSS2025
.
@pubspotlight.bsky.social
@simonandschuster.bsky.social
about 1 month ago
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This professor found a perfect book to model conflict resolution just before her session on the topic!
@tigertalesbooks.bsky.social
#NCSS2025
about 1 month ago
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In honor of small business Saturday, here are books from independent presses captured in the wild in independent bookstores including Wild Rumpus and Green Bean Bookshop.
#kidlit
about 1 month ago
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Marc Aronson m is on a campaign to replace nonfiction and informational books with “curiosity books.”
#IBBYRegional
#kidlit
#nonfiction
#curiositybooks
2 months ago
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Mary Ann Cappiello: “extraordinary book that explains how animals see!” IBBYRegional
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Marc Aronson: current trend in nonfiction is looking at a topic through two perspectives.
#nonfiction
#IBBYRegional
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Deborah Heilegman: “What is the author’s through line?” For Deborah, it’s connection. For Cynthia LEVINSON it’s social justice.
#IBBYRegional
#nonfiction
#kidlit
2 months ago
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The Urgency of Nonfiction panel at @IBBYRegional delves into this overlooked and urgently needed category with Marc Aronson, Deborah Heilegman, Vicky Smith and Mary Ann Cappiello.
2 months ago
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DYK that Helen wang started the
#namethetranslator
hashtag? Lots of top Shenjeng books are translated from around the world.
#IBBYRegional
2 months ago
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Helen Wang delivering the Teale lecture at
#IBBYRegional
#kidlit
2 months ago
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“For Jella Lepman, nourishment for the souls always came from books”—Katherine Paterson on what inspired the creation of the International Youth Library.
#IBBYRegional
#kidlit
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Where to share Jella Lepman’s Library of Dreams? Marc Aronson suggests with World War II. So often studies end with the bomb but what about the thousands of children orphaned and impacted by the war?.
#IBBYRegional
#kidlit
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“The human Jella is the gift that Claudia gave to me.”—Katherine Paterson, on the depth and wealth of knowledge gained from family letters shared by Jella s granddaughter
#IBBYRegional
#kidlit
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“The greatest gift my grandmother [Jella Lepman] gave me was Katherine Paterson.—Claudia Lepman-Logan.
#IBBYRegional
#kidlit
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“Making friends all over the world is what Jella Lepman has done for us.”—Katherine Paterson, author of Jella Lepman’s Library of Dreams
#IBBYRegional
#kidlit
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“Where there are children, there is hope.”—Baserat Kazim, IBBY President at the IBBY Regional event in Boston.
#kidlit
#Ibbyregional
2 months ago
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Graphic Novel Creator Alert! Tune into what is sure to be a fascinating conversation about graphic novels from around the world!
#kidlit
#graphicnovels
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3 months ago
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Thanks
@fuse8.bsky.social
for highlighting some of our favorite Fall books! And you even included the Hank the Goose plushie!
#kidlit
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Myrick Marketing/Publisher Spotlight Publishing Preview: Tiger Tales, Toon Books, and Walker Books (Summer/Fall 2025 & Winter 2026)(Part Five)
Nefarious bluebirds, hilarious waterfowl, historical comics and more in our latest preview of some of the smaller publishers.
https://afuse8production.slj.com/2025/09/24/myrick-marketing-publisher-spotlight-publishing-preview-tiger-tales-toon-books-and-walker-books-summer-fall-2025-winter-2026part-five/
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Kalaniot Books
4 months ago
L’shana tova to all our Kalaniot family and friends! Illustration by Zeynep Ozatalay from A Turkish Rosh Hashanah by Etan Basseri
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Only murders meets Harriet the Spy!
@pajamapress.bsky.social
#kidlit
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Independent publishers are brave and nimble—qualities we need in this world!
#kidlit
@redcometpressbooks.bsky.social
@barefootbooks.bsky.social
@ebyrbooks.bsky.social
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Bring on the school counselors! We have GREAT bibliotherapy tools for you at ASCA!
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6 months ago
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Some fave moments from
#alaac25
with
#kidlit
folks!
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Rachel Plummer
7 months ago
On my way to read The Big Day with lovely families at the Edinburgh Bookshop ☺️
@edinburghbookshop.bsky.social
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Little Island Books
7 months ago
"Writing The Brightest Star was a beautiful experience ... I felt sturdy in my relationship with words and language and expression." Thank you
@rte.ie
for hosting
@megcathwrites.bsky.social
to talk about her new book
#TheBrightestStar
and writing in verse.
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Author Meg Grehan: How writing in verse helped me find my voice
'Poetry is a scary word for so many...' Acclaimed Donegal-based author Meg Grehan introduces her latest novel for young readers The Brightest Star, written entirely in verse.
https://www.rte.ie/culture/2025/0618/1516517-author-meg-grahan-how-writing-in-verse-helped-me-find-my-voice/
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High on my list of Favorite Things: Spotting books from Publisher Spotlight clients in the wild. And WOW, Green Bean Books in Portland is fabulous in all the ways!
#kidlit
#kidlitmegafeed
#Bookstores
7 months ago
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It’s always a treat to have authors in town so imagine our delight to host Judith McQuoid, whose GIANT pinned on June 3, in Nashville for her book birthday!
#kidlit
#middlegrade
@littleislandbooks.bsky.social
@pubspotlight.bsky.social
7 months ago
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Join me and my friends at
@ala-booklist.bsky.social
and publishers Free Spirit and Tundra for a collection of SEL children's book titles for public and school libraries. It's a free webinar--register here!
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Reading, Learning, Growing: SEL Titles for Young Readers. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Inspire important conversations around mental wellness and social-emotional learning with the titles presented during Booklist’s free, one-hour webinar on Tuesday, April 22 at 2 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. CT. D...
https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/1017431685341/WN_snQIVvwyR6-6vUQGYjoWYA#/registration
9 months ago
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Check out this cool way to display award winners at the Bologna Children’s Bookfair!
#kidlit
9 months ago
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Bologna Book Fair was a visual feast!
#kidlit
#illustrator
#picturebooks
#bcbf2025
9 months ago
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Summer reading anyone? Catch
@pubspotlight.bsky.social
titles on creativity and art for this summer and all things underground (dinosaurs, archaeology, etc.) for next summer this Thursday, thank you NJ!
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#summerreading
#kidsbooks
#kidlitmegafeed
#kidlit
10 months ago
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Very excited for Kidlit.TV’s annual
@pubspotlight.bsky.social
Showcase today at 3EST! Tune in for Rocco Staino and I discussing 50 books, sharing a book trailer, interview Kirsten Cappy, and even do storytime!
www.kidlit.tv/2025/02/live...
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LIVE! Publisher Spotlight Spring 2025 KidLit Showcase! - KidLit TV
• A KidLit Spring 2025 Preview • Picture Books, Middle Grade, Graphic Novels and More! Watch LIVE: The Publisher Spotlight shines... Read more »
https://www.kidlit.tv/2025/02/live-publisher-spotlight-spring-2025-kidlit-showcase/
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