Merry Christmas from my sweet Christmas cactus, now with matching joggers! 🌵🌸 (Materialism wins out when it comes to plant themes...I'm so excited about this gift.) 💚 Hope everyone has a beautiful day. #Christmas #plants #cactus

Happy #WinterSolstice! We celebrated with a nice walk, chocolate, and piles of new & used books, borrowing the essence of Jolabokaflod. 💙 Loved reading THE LITTLEST SOLSTICE TREE by Lisa Varchol Perron, with beautiful art by Ahya Kim. #kidlit 📚👍

where walnuts once grew starling murmurations roost fleeting seasons Happy #HaikuSaturday and #WinterSolstice eve! 💙

Happy #FungiFriday! I'd misplaced this photo, but I'm so glad I found it. Is this Hydnellum peckii, or some other spectacular sap-oozing specimen? Photo taken at @hawkmountain.bsky.social several summers ago. #fungi #nature

no boot prints ahead between where I stand and the light at tunnel's end if only every new path led straight to its warm halo #TankaThursday prompt: boot #nature 💚 #morningwalk

THE GIVING FLOWER by Alda P. Dobbs taught me so much about poinsettias. I didn't know how much I didn't know about this fabulous plant's history. Beautiful text, and Emily Mendoza's artwork is gorgeous. #Sourcebooks #holiday #plants #kidlit 📚👍

nature's holiday wreath 💚 #lichen #ArtAdventCalendar #morningwalk

ICYMI, CBC Books has shared their best Canadian children's books of 2025 🎉 www.cbc.ca/books/the-be...

Less than a week until winter solstice! I love WINTER SOLSTICE WISH by @kateallenfox.bsky.social with gorgeous artwork by Elisa Paganelli. It's a beautiful text about togetherness.💙 (And a gentle reminder that not everyone's winter includes snow!) Great back matter as well. #kidlit 📚👍

black walnut trees stretch in #SundayYellow light weighted-blanket sleep #haiku 💙 #snowy 💙 #morningwalk

Planning more family reading time this holiday? Check out Menderist's *new* 'Winter Reads' recommendations for 10 children's books with mental health themes. See below: menderist.com/winter-readi...

homegrown holidays circle back to summer flowers sneak in 🤭 Happy #HaikuSaturday 💚

Angry about book banning? Take action; it helps: 1. Vote for THE LIBRARIANS documentary daily (or more) thru Dec 16 2. Tell friends to do same @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social

Carnivorous plants obtain nutrients from animals or protozoans, which they trap & digest. This #SciArt of "insektenfressnde pflanzen" (insectivorous plants) is from "Meyers Konversations-Lexikon" (1890). Contributed to #BHLib by @uoftlibraries.bsky.social: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/55161008 🧪

Happy #FungiFriday from the mushroom embodiment of a hug from Grandma with gingerbread cookie crumbs still on her apron. 💚

In case anyone is doing some Winter Holiday shopping today! 📚❤️📚

@meganclendenan.bsky.social and Brittany Cicchese have created a beautiful nonfiction #picturebook that introduces readers to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The global cooperation in this story is inspiring and hopeful! #kidlit

trees and moss sequestering our carbon calming our minds with grace and beauty carrying our burdens #tankathursday prompt: burden #thicktrunkthursday #moss Photo of this gorgeous tree stump taken in summer at Cook Forest State Park 💚

Yes! I read this aloud to my kids, and we were all into it! #MGLit #kidlit

Merry #MossyMonday morning! 🌱 May your day be: a soft place to sit a gentle stream of ideas a sunlit story #haiku

If you’re in the Nottinghamshire(UK) area this month, maybe pop into Patchings Art Centre at Calverton for the A5 Exhibition - lots of lovely small artworks, including my trio of Sanderlings 🔽 More details here: www.patchingsartcentre.co.uk 🪶🐡 #art

Loving the clarity of light & nature's edits at this time of year 🎃

wings and water as cold winds replace the warm both waving goodbye #HaikuSaturday 💙 #birds

garden party guests mingling chats with fancy hats spores of gossip shared Happy #FungiFriday! with a reused #Haiku from last summer

So glad to see EVERY MONDAY MABEL by @jashar.bsky.social getting attention on 2025 best book lists! Such a fun read that lots of kids and their grown-ups will find relatable. (And I love Mabel's mother's indoor plant jungle. #goals 😅🪴) #kidlit 📚👍

my apple trees died the pawpaw seeds didn't sprout squirrels ate all my pears the tried-and-true tomato fruit that restores daily hope #TankaThursday prompt: apple #gardening season's last tomato

bare oak branches warming outstretched hands by the fire Happy #HaikuSaturday 💙

Happy #FungiFriday! 💚 I love when fungi, ferns, lichen, and moss hang out together. Photo taken this summer at beautiful Cook Forest State Park.

Melissa Sweet's BALLOONS OVER BROADWAY is a fascinating look into the Macy's parade. I love her illustration style so much! #kidlit 📚👍 Happy Thanksgiving!

Red-shouldered Hawk wears her freedom on her sleeve wings glide past treetops ignoring tempting branches sits at tables on her terms #TankaThursday #poem prompt: table #birds 💙 #empowerment

Happy #SundayYellow 💛 #Maple #Trees

first fur, woolly bears then orange coats, tiger moths just missing lions Happy #HaikuSaturday! (I have The Wizard of Oz in my brain/heart after watching Wicked For Good last night 😅) #metamorphosis

Hericium coralloides/coral tooth fungus around a stump in my backyard. So gorgeous. Happy #FungiFriday! 💚

no reset button for birds crashing into glass template, paint marker, an afternoon reflecting on a better bird's eye view #TankaThursday prompt: button #bird - friendly window 💚 #nature

My family really enjoyed WHO OWNS THE MOON? by @cylev.bsky.social & Jennifer Swanson. Lots of intriguing questions posed here alongside a great history of space exploration! Loved the plants on the ISS. 💚 But eek, humans have littered so much in space. 😬 Fabulous art by Thomas Gonzalez. 📚👍 #kidlit

Had the opportunity to see The Librarians this weekend. So powerful. Encouraging to share this with a theater of people on the same page with collective gasps and group laughter at the right times. Thank you for your bravery @librarianjones.com, @sassylibrarian.bsky.social, and all librarians. 💛

last potatoes cleaned edible pink tourmaline autumn's gemstones #HaikuSaturday 💚 #gardening

Spotted these three brave sentinels on a summer hike at @hawkmountain.bsky.social. 💚 Happy #FungiFriday!

Just finished THE BURNING SEASON, a #MGLit novel in verse by Caroline Starr Rose. Such an engaging story and a fascinating glimpse into the lives of fire lookouts! Gorgeous cover art by David Dean. #kidlit 📚👍

frosty goldenrod swaps its yellow sundress for a fuzzy sweater #HaikuSaturday 💚 #nativeplants 💚 #gardening

slugs and fungi busy at work a booming metropolis in slow motion Happy #FungiFriday!

THE EXTRAORDINARY ORBIT OF ALEX RAMIREZ is an impactful novel in verse by Jasminne Paulino. 📚👍 Great cover by Dion MBD. #kidlit #MGLit

#supermoon at dawn thirty percent brighter...I conversed with cashiers momentum with each word past hello. Both: stellar efforts. #TankaThursday #introverts prompt: momentum

Planning/planting for spring in fall! Thinking about those early pollinators searching for food. Sowing @hungryhookfarm.bsky.social's fabulous seeds. #nativeplants 💚 #gardening

THE LIBRARIANS has been longlisted for the @cinemaeyehonors.bsky.social Audience Choice Award! Initial voting starts now & ends Mon Nov 3rd. Each year, audiences like you, have the opportunity to help choose the 10 nominees, & ultimately, the winner. Vote here: cinemaeyehonors.com/audience-cho...

a fungus face only Halloween could love bloody boo to you (nah, I love it, too 🙃) #HaikuSaturday inspired by @rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social's fun #facesinnature haiku. Spotted this #FungiFriday on an Appalachian Trail hike. 🥾🍃🍂 🍄

I love MILLIE FLEUR SAVES THE NIGHT by @christymandin.bsky.social. I've always been uneasy in darkness, so Millie is an inspiration. Fabulous back matter. One of my kids wants to go for a Halloween night walk in the woods, so I'll have to channel my inner Millie! #kidlit 📚👍

cold nights bury bright. pink flowers nearby long gone. pokeweed's stem shines on. #berrybright 💚 #haiku 💚 #nativeplants 💚 #gardening

Loved THE UNEXPECTED LIVES OF ORDINARY GIRLS by @jandersoncoats.bsky.social! 👏 This engaging and nuanced story discusses education, immigration, religion, family, equal rights, and libraries💛. Set in 1910. Relevant now. Lovely cover by Margarita Kukhtina. #girlpower #MGLit #kidlit 📚👍

rising from the ground spirits of soybeans past haunt monocrop harvests #HaikuSaturday #spookyseason