It's time to celebrate BIG RHINOCEROS LITTLE RHINOCEROS out next week from Boxer Books! Starting with THE ALL NEW BOOK TRAILER!

🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶 🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈 #FollowTheRainbow

Here are 10 books I'm excited about this fall. 100scopenotes.com/2025/09/29/1...

Here's a page from my book POETRY COMICS, out now in paperback from @chroniclekidsbooks.bsky.social!

Over at the New York Times, I share a group of books for all the Pilkey heads out there. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/b...

Fall prediction time! Our penultimate prediction post before final considerations. Here are the titles I think have the best show at the two major literary awards. Do you agree? Disagree? Find out! #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/09/17/2...

Should it stay or should it go? Endangered Series #31: Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls 100scopenotes.com/2025/09/09/e...

Is it too early to start calling Caldecott 2027 contenders? That's not an idle question since today we're talking to Steven Weinberg about a book that, honestly? You're going to need to see this thing. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/09/10/a...

Celebrate TOWED BY TOAD’s first birthday by taking a peek behind-the-scenes! jashar.substack.com/p/towed-by-t...

The book of our librarian dreams and we’re making it?! 👀

Announcing new deals for @tiffanyjwang.bsky.social @diterlizzi.bsky.social @carterhiggins.bsky.social @100scopenotes.bsky.social + more

Very excited to announce that @carterhiggins.bsky.social and I are making a book! She's writing the words, and I'm making the pictures: 100scopenotes.com/2025/09/05/s...

New books on the way from @stevenrowley.bsky.social @carterhiggins.bsky.social @100scopenotes.bsky.social @melindabeatty.bsky.social + more buff.ly/9sPHt6A

Thanks, Kathy 100scopenotes.com/2025/08/21/t... @kishizuka.bsky.social

Can you Guess the Guest? Find new episodes of Origin Stories with JJK wherever you get your pods—new episodes drop on Saturday mornings. Here’s a hint about this Saturday’s guest: she hails from the Beehive State. 🤔

#Bookaday I added @cordellmatthew.bsky.social's 102 to my 2026 Books I Love presentation: www.pinterest.com/mrschureads/...

Teachers! Librarians! Start the school year off right - read CABOOSE with your students. It's a laugh-out-loud look the high-stakes world of . . . lining up. store.abramsbooks.com/products/cab...

Do You Remember These Lines From Five Popular Children’s Books? | New York Times

Not a wave in sight. Liam tries waiting, implores seagulls to help, builds a sandcastle. But NOTHING disturbs this lake. Liam kicks a rock. An idea ripples. Travis Jonker’s Just One Wave makes a wonderful splash. A timeless story perfect for after-beach-before-nap reads. #breakfastandabook

If you have a kindergartener (or a classroom of them), I updated my books for kids starting kindergarten article for the New York TImes: www.nytimes.com/2024/08/30/b...

Over at the New York Times, I share 10 books for kids starting preschool (illustration by Limoo Park): www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/b...

Well, that's a wrap on 24 yrs at SLJ, most recently as Editor in Chief. Unlike Peggy Olson, I didn't leave of my own accord-I was laid off this am, along with our publisher. There's a lot to be proud of, especially the staff, it was a pleasure to work alongside them. So, yeah, this swagger.

The Yarn: How Candace Fleming Made the Award Winner 'The Enigma Girls' (via 100 Scope Notes) 100scopenotes.com/2025/07/09/h...

It’s our 2025 Newbery winners! Coming out soon as an episode of The Yarn podcast

Packed and ready for #alaac25

I'm interviewing all of the 2025 Newbery Winners LIVE on the Real Page-Turner Stage at #ALAAC25. Come by at 9:30 on Saturday, June 28th to see Erin Entrada Kelly, Ruth Behar, Chanel Miller, Lesa Cline-Ransome, and Kate O'Shaughnessy

If you're attending #alaac25 this weekend, I'll be signing books in the ABRAMS booth on Sunday @ 4pm. Stop by!

"The Littlest Elephant brings the world of Ruby, the charming baby elephant from the One and Only series, to gorgeous life in a whole new way, thanks to Lita’s breathtaking art." —Newbery Medalist @kaaauthor.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/06/cove...

Are you an illustrator coming to #ala25 next week? Would you like a fun soiree to attend? It appears that Mr. Brian Biggs is local to the area and he's organizing a get together. Come! Hang out! More info here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ala-illust...

Fireworks: A Magical Summer Picture Book 🎆

🎥 Part 2 of 2 In Nov I had #kidlit illustrator Shamar Knight Justice on Gab ‘n’ Doodle. 👀 it on my Insta or YouTube. See Part 1 below ⬇️ 🐊 Thanks to all who did the #DrawThisInYourStyle of this piece! 🎨 Materials in comment of last post #crocodiles #alligators #kidlitart #illustration #collage

Top 10 Circulated Early Readers of the ’24-’25 School Year (That Aren’t Elephant & Piggie)

This Thursday at 2PM Eastern I’ll be joined by the magnificent and multi talented renaissance man Travis Jonker @100scopenotes.bsky.social on insta. #kidlit #kidlitart #illustration #kidlitillustration #kidlitillustrators #childrensbookstagram #kidlitartists

At long last, bestselling author Pablo Cartaya visits The Yarn podcast to talk about his latest book, A Hero’s Guide to Summer Vacation.

SAVE THE DATES!!! June brings warmer weather and cooler illustrators. I’m sure the artwork will be so hot it’s on fire. On insta. #kidlitillustration #kidlit #kidlitillustrators #childrensbookstagram #kidlitartists @lagaia.bsky.social @100scopenotes.bsky.social @jenrofe.bsky.social

For those who've been supporting my work since the very start, you might remember I used to have Punk Farm T-shirts. For PF’s 20th anniversary, I'm bringing them back! I created a Bonfire storefront where I'll add T-shirt designs, including some with their proceeds assigned directly to non-profits.

Ten years ago Jason Reynolds wrote Soundtrack. Now a decade later, it comes to us entirely as an audiobook. Today, I talk with Jason and his producers about the logistics of such a huge project. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/05/22/i...

My next book of science cartoons Physics for Cats is available to preorder now! Links here: www.tomgauld.com

Always one of my favorite lists to share. The Unexpecteds: 6 Sneakily Popular Books in Our K-3 School Library This Year. 100scopenotes.com/2025/05/21/t...

Who's Waldo? 6 Seek-and-Finds for 2025. 100scopenotes.com/2025/05/20/w...

Netflix Picks Up 'Sesame Street' Worldwide Streaming Rights After Max Deal Ends | Variety

Which books were checked out the most in our K-3 school library this year? Today we look at nonfiction: 100scopenotes.com/2025/05/19/t...

My sister Jenni and I have a fun project to announce: Sunny and Grumpy Cloud! m.youtube.com/@SunnyandGru...

I've updated my listing of children's literary statues available in the United States. Take a deep dive into characters old and new. #kidlit afuse8production.slj.com/2025/05/14/a...

As we wrap up the school year I'm sharing one visualization a day as I build my end of year report. Today's visualization is authors with at least 150 circulations.

10 books I'm looking forward to this summer ☀️ 100scopenotes.com/2025/05/13/1...

Members of Congress, authors, and librarians express their anger over Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden's removal. www.slj.com/story/Outrag...

Whaaaa? Coming October 7th.

Arms! Tentacles! Real estate in the board book format! I'm talking with two picture book-turned-board book creators (@shannonhale.bsky.social & LeUyen Pham) about how you create a funny title for the littlest of readers. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/04/24/t...

Find out all about the making of EVERY MONDAY MABEL in my newsletter LONG STORY SHORT!! jashar.substack.com/p/making-eve...