"This true life story of an Indian sage who became revered...is inspiring....earth-toned illustrations depict the mighty work of Manjhi and the awe and respect of his village friends" -MBR Manjhi Moves a Mountain by @nchurnin.bsky.social illustrated by Danny Popovici www.crestonbooks.co/manjhi

Here's to a new year of great Canadian picture books! Please follow our 2026 authors & illustrators on Bluesky who are participating in Picture Books, Eh! Check out our Starter Pack below! Anyone interested in joining our little co-promotional community can get in touch at [email protected].

Some stories don’t need words to make their meaning clear — and some friendships can transcend barriers like our own HELLO by Aiko Ikegami "Although wordless, this deftly expresses our simple need to build connections that can endure across a galaxy" - Kirkus www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

How does Sawyer the Critter Lawyer get two squabbling squirrels to settle their dispute? Find out in TRIAL AND ERROR. Available in stores, libraries & ant hills everywhere! 2025 Northern Lights Book Award winner for graphic novels. @crestonbooks.bsky.social #middlegradebooks #middlegrade

The @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Youth Media Awards are three weeks from today -- Monday January 26 at 11:00am ET. This will be the year that ALL the presenters pronounce the names of ALL the winners correctly. Pronounce the names correctly. www.ala.org/ala-youth-me...

Happy New Year! This is a good year to introduce kids to the themes of justice, fairness, and right & wrong and thankfully Sawyer is on hand to help in TRIAL AND ERROR by @robinnewmanbooks.bsky.social & Deborah Zemke www.crestonbooks.co/_files/ugd/6...

Characterizing Thoughts Eight types of thoughts that will help your readers understand your character. #kidlitlinkoftheday #kidlit #writing #writingtips kidlit.com/writing-char...

Are you ready to sing HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! to the new year? lernerbooks.com/shop/show/25...

Don't Let the Few Silence the Many. Join PEN America to Fight for the Freedom to Read. pen.org/eoy25-suppor... #bannedbooks #censorship #freedomtoread

Looking ahead to 2026: @nchurnin.bsky.social and Marissa Moss together will bring The Miracle Menorah of Mariupol to young readers www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-miracl...

Holiday PB Countdown: The Christmas Mitzvah, Inspired by a True Story, Jeff Gottesfeld, Michelle Laurentia Agatha, @crestonbooks.bsky.social, #PictureBooks, #ChildrensBooks, #Christmas #winter. 📚

Happy #Mathematics Day. Celebrate by reading NUMBERS IN MOTION, a #biography of Sophie Kovalevski, solver of a problem called the mathematical mermaid. @crestonbooks.bsky.social #math #bookposse #teachers #librarians #homeschoolers #booksky #edusky #WomenInSTEM #scicomm #STEM #STEAM #STEMeducation

Meet artist Kim Holt illustrator of our California Reading Association Eureka Honor Book in 2025 Fight For The Right To Read kimscollectionofstuff.com/about

What a great response! Thank you!

Thank you @jeffgottesfeld.bsky.social for A CHRISTMAS MITZVAH WHICH blends traditions of of Hanukkah and Christmas to feature the generous spirit of both holidays: doing good for others www.crestonbooks.co/christmasmit...

"Moss' words seamlessly build beautiful, dark -- and beautifully dark -- images, canvas after canvas. A must read for students, art lovers, or anyone driven to succeed, Caravaggio: Painter on the Run is historical fiction at its finest." Foreword Reviews www.crestonbooks.co/caravaggio

It’s an honor for a book to be chosen for Oprah’s book club, but it’s hard to beat being a Pope’s pick! @lauriewallmark.bsky.social’s Ada Byron Lovelace and the Thinking Machine, illustrated by April Chu, recently caught the Pope’s eye

Congratulations to Carrie Jones

Make connections in the classroom to TRIAL AND ERROR by @robinnewmanbooks.bsky.social carolinestarrrose.com/classroom-co...

Day #10 of 31 Days, 31 Lists: Books to inspire a love of reading? Sure. That's a thing. But a little math along the way couldn't hurt either. #31days31lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/10/3...

Happy CS Education Week! (12/8-14). Read: ADA BYRON LOVELACE AND THE THINKING MACHINE and GRACE HOPPER: QUEEN OF COMPUTER CODE. @crestonbooks.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social #bookposse #teachers #librarians #homeschoolers #booksky #edusky #WomenInSTEM #scicomm #STEM #STEAM #WomenWhoCode

We've acquired world rights to 1000 Red Stitches by @nchurnin.bsky.social, illustrated by Kathryn Otoshi, a #picturebook about Robert Yano, who was sent as a teenager to an internment camp for Japanese Americans and proved his love for his country by serving in the 442nd "Go for Broke" battalion

“A Mitzvah for George Washington...will interest young readers about Jewish American citizens who lived during the formative years in Colonial times” @crestonbooks.bsky.social Booth 701 #NCSS2025 www.sydneytaylorshmooze.com/2024/10/revi...

Happy Birthday to You! “will delight everyone who has ever had a birthday…YES! That’s you and you and you!” @crestonbooks.bsky.social Booth 701 #NCSS2025 viviankirkfield.com/2025/09/12/p...

Food for Hope is a “loving tribute to grassroots activist John van Hengel, said to be the founder of the first food bank” @crestonbooks.bsky.social Booth 701 #NCSS2025 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

“Fight for the Right to Read is a beautifully written and illustrated book that can inform current struggles for free access to books” @crestonbooks.bsky.social Booth 701 #NCSS2025 www.zinnedproject.org/materials/fi...

Come see us at #NCSS2025 Booth 701 and chuckle over TRIAL AND ERROR by @robinnewmanbooks.bsky.social and Deborah Zemke! Law was never this fun!

Excerpt and teaching guide available for our #picturebook #biography HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! lernerbooks.com/shop/show/25...

Start your morning with an interview with the prolific @nchurnin.bsky.social who brings #kidsbook readers stories of all kinds of #heroes past and present youtu.be/ZPlOb7dRTZY?...

Over 200 authors will be Zooming into classrooms & libraries for World Read Aloud Day on 2/4! Teachers/librarians - Want to be first to see the list so you can book a free visit? It'll go out in my email newsletter in early December! Sign up here: katemessner.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...

HUGE THANKS to the @thenorthforker @suffolktimes for including TRIAL AND ERROR on your holiday list. 🎁🌲🎅🕎 TRIAL AND ERROR is available at @burtonsbooks in Greenport. WOOHOO! (Not pictured author doing a happy dance.) @crestonbooks.bsky.social @pubspotlight.bsky.social

Just in time for #Thanksgiving you can hear a readaloud of FOOD FOR HOPE by @jeffgottesfeld.bsky.social mc.lernerbooks.com/nonfiction-n...

Today's the day you can hear a reaaloud of THE BIG BANG BOOK! Are you registered? mc.lernerbooks.com/nonfiction-n...

carolinestarrrose.com/classroom-co... @crestonbooks.bsky.social @pubspotlight.bsky.social

What happens when the light is broken and a 🐓crosses the road to get to the other side? Find out in TRIAL AND ERROR. Available in bookstores, libraries, chicken coops, and ant hills EVERWHERE! 🐜 ⚖️ @crestonbooks.bsky.social #graphicnovels #middlegrade #middlegradebooks #lawyers

“a unique and unreservedly recommended pick for family, elementary school, and community library picture book collections” Happy Birthday to You!: The Sisters Who Wrote the Most Famous Song in the World @crestonbooks.bsky.social Booth 200 #naeycAC kathytemean.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/b...

Even one small ant can make the world a better place. @crestonbooks.bsky.social @pubspotlight.bsky.social #lawyers #middlegrade #booksbooksbooks #graphicnovels

Come visit Booth 200 during #naeycAC25 and we'll sing HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

Interested in winning a copy of TRIAL & ERROR? Comment on the TRIAL & ERROR trailer’s premiere page @kidlittv.bsky.social and sign up for the @kidlittv.bsky.social newsletter. That's it! Link is below 👇 www.kidlit.tv/BookTrailerP... Good luck! 🤞 @crestonbooks.bsky.social @pubspotlight.bsky.social

Rachelle Burk Presents: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU: THE SISTERS WHO WROTE THE MOST FAMOUS SONG IN THE WORLD + a giveaway darlenebeckjacobson.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/r... @rachelleburk.bsky.social @crestonbooks.bsky.social

Want to win a FREE copy of TRIAL AND ERROR? Simply comment on the book trailer’s premiere page at @kidlittv.bsky.social & sign up for the @kidlittv.bsky.social newsletter. Link is below 👇👇👇 www.kidlit.tv/BookTrailerP... Good luck! 🤞 @juliegribble.bsky.social @crestonbooks.bsky.social

WOW!

This week! Discover Happy Birthday to You!: The Sisters Who Wrote the Most Famous Song in the World at Booth 200 during #naeycAC kathytemean.wordpress.com/2025/10/09/b...

"Up for a little American history that you probably don’t know? Well, way way back in 1939 there was a sit-in strike… in a library!" says @fuse8.bsky.social as she tours FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO READ afuse8production.slj.com/2025/11/07/m...

Since 2024, EveryLibrary has served as a national organizational partner for Take Your Child to the Library Day, promoting the importance of libraries for families.

If you're looking for the perfect holiday gift for your aspiring lawyer & ant enthusiast, on Monday I'm popping by my favorite bookstore in San Francisco, Book Passage, to drop off swag & sign copies of TRIAL AND ERROR. Can't wait!!!! ⚖️🐜 @crestonbooks.bsky.social @pubspotlight.bsky.social

An interview with Jeff Gottesfeld about FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO READ coauthored by Michelle Y Green & illustrated by Kim Holt yabookscentral.com/author-chat-...

This Saturday! Please come by, grab a book (or two or three) and some uber-cool ant-as-tic, lawyerly swag! Yes, that is a thing! @crestonbooks.bsky.social

Teachers! Librarians! It's time for the Sibert Smackdown. The perfect Mock Sibert activity for kids who love nonfiction. tinyurl.com/3c9harym @sarahalbee.bsky.social @lindsayhmetcalf.bsky.social @juanamartinezn.bsky.social @safajarwrites.bsky.social @rajanilarocca.bsky.social @mcusolito.bsky.social

Thank you to @marylannnireads.bsky.social for this delightful introduction to TRIAL AND ERROR youtu.be/zsxA1NCO_UQ?...