LOOKING FOR GREAT HALLOWEEN READ—Home in the Cave fits the bill. A baby bat & packrat tour their cave & learn lots about their role in the community! A reviewer who wasn't fond of bats said the book changed her mind! @arbordalekids.bsky.social @shennen.bsky.social #Halloween youtu.be/jExBa5S_Blk

Had lots of fun chatting about children's books Saturday at TOSA Locally Made Fall Pop-Up! Thanks to all who stopped by, my wonderful helpers, and those who created the event. #kidlit

Come chat with me about my children's books this Sat Oct 5, 10-3, at the TOSA Locally Made Fall Pop-Up Oct 4, 2025!

Excited to chat with many children's book lovers this coming Sat from 10-3 at the TOSA Locally Made Fall Pop-Up Oct 4, 2025. Always so festive and fun and great time to shop books for holiday gifts! See you there!

TIME TO GET CHILDREN'S BOOKS FOR THE HOLIDAYS and MORE! Can't wait to sign and sell my children's books at the Tosa locally made Pop-Up, Sat Oct 4, 10 to 3. www.jamessteeno.com/tosa-pop-up.... www.facebook.com/events/14187...

Fun Thurs at festive NIGHT MARKET. Thanks to all who came by, fellow vendors, family helpers, & volunteers. @arbordalekids.bsky.social @starbrightbooks.bsky.social @leeandlow.bsky.social @blueapplebooks @brandypublish @blackrosewriting @quartokids.bsky.social

Looking forward to signing and selling my children's books at the Washington Heights NIGHT MARKET this Thursday Sept 11, 4-8, between 53rd and 54th on Washington Blvd, Milwaukee. Sponsored by Mount Olive Lutheran Church and School.

Thanks to all who voted ANIMAL TEACHERS 2nd place WINNER in Children's Books Bonanza @ebookfairs! The book showcases how animals teach their young skills like swimming, fishing, and finding food much like humans do. Here's a link to a look inside the book: youtu.be/uCWP2OTfvxw

Hope you'll join me tomorrow Sat at the Story Hill FireHouse Summer Market, 10-3, 407 N. Hawley Rd, Milwaukee. Can't wait to chat children's books with you!

Animal Teachers, a look at animals teaching their young important living skills much like humans do, is in this new Children's Book Bonanza EbookFairs. Check out the fair, vote for favorites, and enter to win a $50 gift card if you like. #kidlit ebookfairs.com/Fair/Book?id=8vx1Zvt5rU2fxlFLCbzcZg

I'll be signing and selling my children's books this Sunday Aug 10 from 10-2 at the Riverwest Farmers Market, Pierce and Center, Milwaukee. Hope to see you there!

So many great memories at Friends of Grant Park Art Fair—from the grandma who bought more books so her grandson wouldn't keep asking her to read the same two books of mine to a mom and a teen who stopped to share that my books were the teen's favorites as a child. Thanks to all the organizers.

If an assisted living or senior center or senior in your life doesn't yet have a copy of the intergenerational friendship story Grandma's Window, now's the perfect time to gift it one—now a STEAL at $4.90 for the paperback! www.amazon.com/Grandmas-Win...?

Heartwarming experiences yesterday at the Jackson Park Farmers Market—a young girl who wanted a picture with me, a young reader who was reluctant to part with his book for the moment it took to get it signed, and many kids who coaxed their parents into the booth to get a closer look at the books!

Excited to be at the Jackson Park Farmers Market signing and selling my children's books this Thursday July 10, 3-6:30, 3500 W. Forest Home, Milwaukee. Hope to see you there! jacksonpark.us/farmers-mark...

Fun day yesterday chatting with book lovers at the Oak Creek Farmers Market and watching my grandson's handmade bookmarks sail off the table! Thanks to all involved! @arbordalekids.bsky.social @quartokids.bsky.social @leeandlow.bsky.social #kidlit

Happy that my book How Can We Be Kind? and Speak Up by Miranda Paul are included in the Teaching Children Kindness activity guide created by Kids Included Together (Kit). www.kit.org/blog-teachin... @quartokids.bsky.social @clarionbooks.bsky.social

Excited to be signing and selling my children's books at the upcoming June 22 Riverwest Farmers Market. Hope to chat with you there!

WITH SPRING COMES CATERPILLARS & tadpoles & perfect time for Caterpillar's Surprise, which I'm happy is in this @ebookfairs. It's a friendship story with fun science. Check out the books, vote favorites, & register to win a free $50 gift card. ebookfairs.com/Fair/Book?id=tYpGvqLJOk6DD5KJmpTzzw

Just in time for Spring, my FRIENDSHIP STORY of a caterpillar and a tadpole, Caterpillar's Surprise, is a STEAL at $5.91 (hardcover) at Amazon. There's a masquerade ball, adventure, growing up, and lots of changes! Black Rose Writing @emilykrueger.bsky.social www.amazon.com/Caterpillars...? #kidlit

PERFECT BEDTIME BOOK! I've often lulled my grandkids to sleep with Good Night, Little Sea Otter, and apparently lots of others have too—it has a whopping 1.6 thousand reviews on Amazon! Perfect baby shower gift—available in board, hard & softcover, & 10 languages. www.amazon.com/Good-Night-L...

THANKS to all who voted for Grandma's Window, a friendship story between the young & the elderly, in the Stories That Shape Us EbookFairs. Perfect book for Grandmas and GreatGrandmas for Mothers' Day! Brandylane Publishers/Belle Isle Books www.amazon.com/Grandmas-Win... bookshop.org/p/books/gran...

So happy to see my book Little Skink's Tail has a StoryWalk on the river trail in potterparkzoo, a place I often visited growing up and living many years in Michigan. Happy Reading to Everyone! #kidlit @arbordalekids.bsky.social www.janethalfmannauthor.com/little-skink...

PERFECT GIFTS FOR GRANDMAS & GREAT-GRANDMAS ON MOTHERS' DAY! GRANDMA'S WINDOW, intergenerational story of friendship, & GRANDMA IS A SLOWPOKE, story of cherishing every moment with those you love. #mothersday #mothersdaygift www.amazon.com/Grandmas-Win... starbrightbooks.com/english/482-...

More kindness is always a plus so I'm happy to have my book, Grandma's Window, a story of kindness across generations, in this Stories That Shape Us EbookFairs. Check out the books, vote for favorites, and register for a free gift card. #kidlit ebookfairs.com/Fair/Book?id...

Yay for Big Brothers! is the perfect book to read on this #NationalSiblingsDay. @shennen.bsky.social @arbordalekids.bsky.social www.arbordalepublishing.com/bookpage.php... www.janethalfmannauthor.com/yayforbigbro...

EASTER BASKET FILLING TIME! Lots of great choices! bookshop.org/beta-search?... www.barnesandnoble.com/s/janet%20ha... www.amazon.com/s?k=janet+ha... www.walmart.com/search?q=jan...

Fun day at the WEMTA conference sharing my books with attendees. Thanks so much for the opportunity! @leeandlow.bsky.social @quarto.org Star Bright Books blue apple books Black Rose Writing Brandylane Publishers/Belle Isle Books @arbordalekids.bsky.social #kidlit

During #WomensHistoryMonth, I hope my books inspire readers of all ages—Midnight Teacher: Lilly Ann Granderson and Her Secret School, and The Clothesline Code: The Story of Civil War Spies Lucy Ann and Dabney Walker. www.leeandlow.com/books/midnig... www.brandylanepublishers.com/pro.../cloth...

FREE BOOK FOR TEACHERS, LIBRARIANS: To celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth, I will give The Clothesline Code, a Black couple's story of spying for the Union using a laundry code, to 15 teachers/librarians. Books go to the first 15 to send me contact info thru www.janethalfmannauthor.com/contact US only.

Tomorrow is #RandomActsOfKindnessDay, and the animals are ready to inspire with easy everyday ways to be kind. How Can We Be Kind: Wisdom from the Animal Kingdom is available in bookstores on and offline. #kidlit www.barnesandnoble.com/w/how-can-we... www.amazon.com/How-Can-We-B...?

So love these fun hearts that Laurie Allen Klein created several years ago for our books Fur and Feathers and Little Skink's Tail. Even more important to me this year with Laurie's recent passing. Hope they bring smiles to all from Laurie and me on this #valentinesday! @arbordalekids.bsky.social

Today's LOOK-INSIDE-BOOKS for #BlackHistoryMonth are Seven Miles to Freedom & The Story of Civil War Hero Robert Smalls. Both tell of Robert Smalls escape to freedom by stealing a Confederate gunboat, & are available at bookstores on & offline. @leeandlow.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Em0...

Today's LOOK-INSIDE book for #BlackHistoryMonth is The Clothesline Code, a true story of an enslaved couple who spied for the Union during the Civil War using laundry on a clothesline as a code. @brandylane.bsky.social Available at bookstores off & online. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHNa...

For all looking for inspirational books for kids for #BlackHistoryMonth, I'm taking you inside the 4 I was honored to write, starting with Midnight Teacher, the story of an enslaved teacher who ran a secret school from midnight till 2 am. @leeandlow.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf94...