Time to build your bookstack! publishingperspectives.com/2026/01/usbb...

How lovely! 2 books I translated are on the 2026 @usbby.bsky.social (United States Board on Books for Young People) Outstanding International Book List! www.usbby.org/2026oib.html (11 books I've translated have now made the OIB list since the honor began in 2019.) #kidlit #scbwi #worldkidlit

Congratulations to our 2026 @usbby.bsky.social Outstanding International Books! #worldkidlit #childrensbooks

Congratulations to @usbby.bsky.social #OutstandingInternationalBookAward winners from @toonbooks.bsky.social @geckopress.bsky.social @florisbooks.bsky.social @lantanapub.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @postwavebooks.bsky.social @redcometpressbooks.bsky.social @transitbooks.bsky.social

Grateful to see my forthcoming SF thriller THE FIST OF MEMORY on this list of excellent African fiction in 2026. 🙏🏾

'Leaf Journal' is a scholarly journal that publishes insights and observations on the act of creative writing for young people. We are currently welcoming submissions of articles for Volume 4. ojs.library.lancs.ac.uk/lj/about/sub... #UKkidLit #academicsky

Don't Miss the @ncte.org Children's Literature Assembly Conference tinyurl.com/bdd8up6c #kidlit #edusky #literacy #TLSky #Skybrarian @nctecla.bsky.social

Given the ubiquity of mobile-phone use on public transport, to read a book openly is its own act of advocacy, says Philip Jones in this week's editor's letter 👇 #BookSky

Join Books Across Borders to see new books in translation coming in 2026! Hear from @europaeditions.bsky.social Other Press @northsouthbooks.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social @archipelagobooks.bsky.social & more 1/21/26 8pm ET us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Unban Coolies is a YouTube channel launched by Christopher Lau | He brings you interviews with many well-known authors, illustrators, editors, and librarians who are defending book access - be sure to check this out & share widely! @freadomfighters.bsky.social youtube.com/@unbancoolie...

Have YOU renewed your USBBY membership? www.usbby.org/join--renew-...

May you soar to new heights in the coming year! -from all of us at USBBY

Welcome to #EduSky 🍎 a communuty for educators! Check out the list: tinyurl.com/EduSky Join the list: tinyurl.com/EduSkyForm Pin the feed: tinyurl.com/EduSkyFeed ⬇️

Sasha the @pubspotlight.bsky.social office kitty has some recommendations for wintry reads! #kidlit #cats #catswithbooks

'Tis the season for USBBY membership renewal! Renew your USBBY Membership by December 31st! www.usbby.org/store/p17/in...

Katherine Paterson's #kidsbook about Jella Lepman earns a #Star "Paterson portrays her as a woman whose boundless energy, practicality, and persistence enabled her to achieve her goals...in this well-researched, insightful, and consistently engaging story" www.booklistonline.com/products/979...

Thank you for pointing up all the wonderful #translations recognized thos year by @nytimes.com in their #BestIllustrated awards worldkidlit.org/2025/11/24/n...

Loved the @usbby.bsky.social panel on #curiositystories (nonfiction for kids). Like @dheiligman.bsky.social and other panelists, I’m dazzled by the challenges and possibilities. Here: path for my new pb through old @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social and my daughter’s office at @bostoncollege.bsky.social

🎨✨ Did you know? This year’s NYT / NYPL Best Illustrated Children’s Books include five translated titles! @nytimes.com 📕 A beautiful reminder that picture-book art truly has no borders. #WorldKidLit #kidlit #picturebooks worldkidlit.org/2025/11/24/n...

Dreaming Knows No Borders Celebrating International Literature for Young People with @usbby.bsky.social Tomorrow at 3:30-4:45 PM Room 612 Colorado Convention Center

Today at @pubperspectives.bsky.social Eric Dupuy offers a recap of the Frankfurt Kids conference that I moderated during #fbm25 at the Frankfurter @buchmesse.de publishingperspectives.com/2025/11/fran... #booksky #kidlit #publishing

Editor’sCoice by @ala-booklist.bsky.social ! Jella Lepman and Her Library of Dreams: The Woman Who Rescued a Generation of Children and Founded the World’s Largest Children’s Library by Katherine Paterson. Illus. by Sally Deng “insightful, engaging” www.booklistonline.com/Booklist-Edi...

If you are attending #NCTE25 join us for this @usbby.bsky.social program

"Old as Stone, Hard as Rock of Humans and War" is a book that must be experienced and deeply reflected upon, according to this month's WOW Recommends by Cynthia Ryman. #books #VisualNarratives #AlessandroSanna wowlit.org/blog/2025/11...

Yay for new books, writing buddies/sisters and terrific illustrators and editors! #dinosaurs #stem #nerdymoms @bsky.app @simonandschuster.bsky.social

It was lovely being on a panel with Jekap Omod at @usbby.bsky.social trading books about two beautiful places in #ethiopia Also reconnecting with IBBY president and discussing the impact of the iRead Global Reading Promoter Award in my volunteer life

Just one week until #NCTE25 in Denver! We’re excited that several Red Comet Press authors will join us for signings and more. Come see us at Booth #830!

Looking forward to finishing up #NCTE2025 with this fantastic group of educators and book creators, talking about #nonfiction and #kidlit. @dontate.bsky.social @karilavellewrites.bsky.social @authorjasonchin.bsky.social @xeniahadj.bsky.social

Will you be at NCTE2025? Join us for the USBBY-sponsored session celebrating international literature for young people with Patrick Ness. @usbby.bsky.social @patricknessbooks.bsky.social

Lectorum Publications, the largest independent distributor of Spanish-language books in the U.S., is closing after more than 60 years in business buff.ly/RaFja2t

Welcome Susan Polos as our incoming president of USBBY! Susan has served with USBBY for eight years, four as @amlibassoc.bsky.social representative and four as an elected USBBY board president. She is a school librarian in Greenwich, CT

Librarian idea: take a photo of your kindergartners with their first library books. #TLSky

"Death is very confusing to the living, and stories can help us navigate the strange displacement in the wake of bereavement." A talk with Kevin Maillard and Rafael López about a necessary book for a modern age. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/11/12/f...

Look what’s available at Debenhams As a kid I used to go to there with my Mum Now, my books are on their shelves! shorturl.at/0sgxN @seymouragency.bsky.social @kubepublishing.bsky.social @picnicheist.bsky.social @joycekay.bsky.social IG @fatmazehrakoprulu IG @valentigubianas_il.lustracio

I’ve found the KidLit world to be very welcoming and encouraging! ❤️

@usbby.bsky.social sharing books and stories and building on the support from IBBY for our #bilingual books.

Thank you for sharing these @writerjane.bsky.social

I was so busy BEING there at @usbby.bsky.social I forgot to take photos. If anyone has some of my panel, please send! Thank you. Here are some slides from our talk about #Kidlit #nonfiction @mackidssl.bsky.social

@usbby.bsky.social #usbby folks, please feel free to add photos!

Yay! Please let me know what you think of EG!!

Live in Eastern MA? Mark your calendars for this fun family event! newtonchildrensbookfest.com #edusky #tlsky #skybrarian #kidlit

These are the books I assigned for week two of our study of picture books. We expanded our learning to include some early readers. (This is for Writing 1 in the @simmonsuniversity MFA in writing for Children and Young Adults). #ChildrensLiterature #KidLit #Picturebooks

O indeed! thanks @abluebox.bsky.social for featuring this novel in translation from Italian! Glad to see #kidsbooks from around the world arriving in the US

There is also danger of the loss of access to science information due to #censorship points out Jeanette Bradley #IBBYRegional 2025

Excellent speakers and trenchant reminders that blue states are under threat of #censorship happening w/ RI #kidsbook authors Jeanette Bradley, Anika Denise, Jamie Michalak, Padma Venkatrama (and Oge Mora in absentia) #IBBYRegional2025

Friendly faces from the #IBBYRegional2025 conference

And we’re off withe a panel discussing #FightingTheRisingTide of #censorship with panelists from RI

Although the library does not open today until 11 the guards are well tuned into #IBBY2025 attendees arriving so you will be kindly greeted and shown down to the Rabb Hall on the first Lower Level

It was a great Saturday at the @usbby.bsky.social regional in Boston!

Doors Open 10 #IBBYRegional2025 10:15-2 Transportation choice both directions depends on your comfort level w/ walking, public transit, etc. Subway (T) and bus options on Sunday just as any other day & the walk through the Fens can be pretty. The T leaves you practically at the library’s door