Today on the blog: my Shelf Awareness review of The Blue Velvet Chair, a poetic rumination on the world outside young child’s window, from the familiar comfort of a favorite chair. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/09/shel...

Today on the blog: my Shelf Awareness review of Squirrel and Bird, in which an increasingly irritated Bird is frustrated by the story’s narrator typecasting them and their friend Squirrel. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/09/shel...

Today on the blog: the deceptively simple, sweetly creative board book YOUR FOREST, by Jon Klassen. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/08/augu...

Today on the blog: Six Picture Books for August! lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/08/augu... @karenjameson15.bsky.social @ishaalobo.bsky.social @lourdesheuer.com @maxwelleaton.bsky.social @jashar.bsky.social @elizakinkz.bsky.social @barneysaltzberg.bsky.social @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social

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Ahoy! If you’ve in the Denver area, I hope you’ll come out and have a kraken good time at the farmers market this Sunday! Get some swag (and vegetables ?) and support a local indie bookstore!

Today on the blog: my Shelf Awareness review of YA Immortal Consequences, in which six competitive souls stuck in purgatory become “unfortunate acquaintances” as they investigate corrosive shadow magic in their school. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/08/shel...

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Check out this great article! 5 Research-Backed Strategies to Reduce Students’ Social Anxiety www.edutopia.org/article/5-re...

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We are a few days late in celebrating National Moon Day. These two beautiful books are perfect for today's new moon! Aliana Reaches for the Moon by the talented @ljrwritenow.bsky.social and June Moon by the talented @lynnbbooks.bsky.social #STEM #K12 #Moon #PB #STEAM #STEMEDUCATION ❤️📚🍀⭐🌜

Happy International Friendship Day! Check out these beautiful friendship books by our talented members @ljrwritenow.bsky.social @writerjolene.bsky.social @jilldanabooks.bsky.social @judithvaldesb.bsky.social @lynnbbooks.bsky.social @alicebianchini.bsky.social ❤️📚🍀 #k12 #PB #friendship

Today on the blog: July’s book of the month, the captivating, kirigami-based picture book, THE PAPER BRIDGE. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/07/july...

Today on the blog: My Shelf Awareness review of the enchanting Millie Fleur Saves the Night, a not-to-be-missed follow up to bestselling Millie Fleur’s Poison Garden, in which Millie Fleur encourages her neighbors in Garden Glen to be friends of the Dark. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/07/shel...

Today on the blog: July recommendations feature 6 terrific picture books! lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/07/july... @jesshgn.bsky.social @matthewburgessj.bsky.social @rebeccaglevington.bsky.social @rahele.bsky.social

Today on the blog: June’s Book of the Month is JIM! SIX TRUE STORIES ABOUT ONE GREAT ARTIST: JAMES MARSHALL, creatively written and illustrated by Jerrold Connors. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/06/june...

“If you don’t believe that the picture book is real literature, then in some level you don’t believe that children are real people. And that’s unacceptable.” Thank you, Mac Barnett. #ala25.

Happy Make Music Day! Celebrate this day by reading these two beautiful books about music and musicians: Mamiachi and Me by the talented @writerjolene.bsky.social BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE MUSIC OF JOHN CAGE by the talented @lisaljrogers.bsky.social ❤️📚🎼🎼

Today on the blog: Dream for the Land movingly portrays one child's experience farming in the drought-stricken Southwestern U.S. while eloquently bringing hope in the form of the wish-granting horned toad. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/06/shel...

Books from the Southwest and Southeast Divisions nominated for a Crystal Kite Award. Please vote for your favorites! @picturebookgold.bsky.social @writerjolene.bsky.social @ljrwritenow.bsky.social @bonniekelso.bsky.social @lynnbbooks.bsky.social

Happy National Pollinators' Month! Celebrate this month by reading these beautiful and informative books by the talented @martamagellan.bsky.social #Nonfiction #pollinators #NationalPollinatorsMonth #k12 #kidlit

Today on the blog: May recommendations feature 6 terrific picture books! @picturebookgold.bsky.social lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/05/may-...

Today on the blog: My Shelf Awareness review of Hurricane, Jason Chin's gripping look at these powerful storms, as well as the importance of weather monitoring, and specifically hurricane science, to keep residents safe. @picturebookgold.bsky.social lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/05/shel...

Revision! Figuring out how to make a manuscript 'better' is a challenge...for EVERYONE! Stop by the Official SCBWI blog - I'm sharing tips and techniques & actual endings from my books - comment on the post for a chance to WIN an AMA chat with me! #giveaway scbwi.blogspot.com/2025/05/stai...

Thank you so much, Heather, for your insightful review. ❤️🍀🎉🌺🎈🥟 @albertwhitman.bsky.social @picturebookgold.bsky.social #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIMonth #aapipb #bio

Today on the blog: two distinctive picture book biographies illustrated by Lauren Soloy. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/05/mays...

Put another copy of June Moon in the wee free library, just in time for warm summer evenings! @picturebookgold.bsky.social

Four years out from publication, and this little book just hit the NYT list for the 4th month in a row. Thanks to all the ALONE and AWAY fans who keep reading and sharing! @ssedlib.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social @mgauthorcade.bsky.social

Happy #AAPIHeritageMonth ! Love seeing young readers enjoying A Case of Sense written by me, illustrated by the talented @shennen.bsky.social @picturebookgold.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️📚📚📚🍀🍀🍀🌺🌺🌺#aapibooks #k12 #pb #aapiheritagemonth

Today on the blog: my Shelf Awareness review of I Come from Another Galaxy, a picture book using humor, heart, and a healthy dose of cuteness to beautifully illustrate how space-traveling Earthling James finds things very different in outer space. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/05/shel...

We're over the moon 🌙 celebrating #NationalSpaceDay w/JUNE MOON by @lynnbbooks.bsky.social illustrated by Nate Carvalho & ALIANA REACHES FOR THE MOON by @ljrwritenow.bsky.social illustrated by Ariel Boroff! #STEMbooks #PictureBooks #SpaceBooks

📸 from today’s storytime @barnesandnoble.com Boulder, CO with 💜 children & writing friends Signed ✍🏼 copies of AN ACCIDENTAL HERO, with art by Debbie Palen & ALIANA REACHES FOR THE MOON with art by Ariel Boroff are available in the store! 📚📚

Had a wonderful #IndieBookstoreDay at @nwawomenExpo last Saturday. Met new friends and greeted old ones! ❤️📚🌱 @albertwhitman.bsky.social @picturebookgold.bsky.social #k❤️🌱📚 #nonfiction #kidlit #AAPI #women #garden #k12

From a student whose librarian read Just Wild Enough to grades 2-4. @picturebookgold.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social

Another new book??? YES! YES! YES! Please join me in singing Happy Book Birthday to THE PEDDLER AND THE PRESIDENT, written by Ann Koffsky, illus by Pedro Rodriguez & published by Apples and Honey Press Stop by the blog to read a VERY humorous moment Ann had: viviankirkfield.com/2025/04/29/h...

Time to sing and dance with joy...it's a Happy Book Birthday for CALL ME GEBYANESH...PLEASE STOP BY THE BLOG FOR AN INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHORS and A #gIVEAWAY viviankirkfield.com/2025/04/28/h...

Happy Arbor Day! This recent book of mine culminates in an Arbor Day school assembly, fitting for a story that stars an heirloom apple tree, lone survivor of a vanished orchard, and the secrets concealed in its bark and branches.

Takes for joining POEM SHARE today, @patriciatoht.bsky.social! POEM SHARE: A great way to weave some poetry into your day all April long! www.poetryboost.com @ncte.org #kidlit #poetry #NationalPoetryMonth

Every day is #NationalPetDay!! ❤️ Nose boops from Rory, my sweet, beloved pup! Thx to Northeast Coonhound Rescue for matching us 🐾 🐾 #PetLovers #dogsofBluesky #hounds #RescueDogs

This weekend was a whirlwind of events including Día del Niño festivities with WOW! Childrens Museum and Edgewater Collective and Denver Botanic Gardens's Rooted in Reading program. I connected with so many amazing readers and writers! #kidlit #picturebook #picturebooks #amwriting #authorlife

Today on the blog: April’s Book of the Month, A UNIVERSE OF RAINBOWS lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/04/apri...

"Heather Brockman Lee’s illustrations are magical. She has captured the essence of Damascus with such remarkable precision and heart." — @nadinepresley.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-...

Time to celebrate with this perfect book! MAMIACHI &ME by @writerjolene.bsky.social, Dakota Gutiérrez, and Mirelle Ortega.

This super flying mammal keeps flying insects at bay and saves us pesticides. Lots to appreciate. it's all in my book, AMAZING, MISUNDERSTOOD BATS. @picturebookgold.bsky.social @batconservation.bsky.social #bats #conservation

Today on the blog: My Shelf Awareness review of Never Thought I'd End Up Here, the story of a Los Angeles-born, ex-model who is sent to China to learn Mandarin--with her now-extremely handsome childhood nemesis. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/04/shel...

Does anyone else want to join me in a few rounds of this incredibly catchy song-along book by my friend @lynnbbooks.bsky.social and illustrated by @scottbrundage.bsky.social Monsters in the Briny 🌊🐙⚓️ #kidlit #booksky

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Today on the blog: my Shelf Awareness review of EVERYBELLY, a picture book that takes readers on a funny, sweet, child-centric introduction to one child’s experience with the many different types of bellies at her neighborhood pool. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/04/shel...

Happy #bookBirthday to the paperback version of Our World: China! written by me, Illu. by Jam Dong @barefootbooks.bsky.social @picturebookgold.bsky.social 🥳🎂🎂🎈 #PB #k12 #kidlit #teachers #librarians #parents #mami #family #kidlit #families #librarian #library #teachers #aapi #diverse

@writerjolene.bsky.social joins today's POEM SHARE, free poetry videos by award-winning poets all National Poetry Month! www.poetryboost.com/2025/04/jole... @ncte.org #kidlit #poetry #NationalPoetryMonth @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social