Just in from #MaiStory a list of #kidsbooks with strong #Black kids characters including HALIMA, SUPERHERO PRINCESSS published by @florisbooks.bsky.social "This energetic, empowering picture book follows Halima...who learns to push past self-doubt and claim her own identity"

More praise heaped on SUPA NOVA from @nosycrowus.bsky.social this time with a placement on #TxLA's Little Mavericks list of 2025 titles! txla.org/reading-list...

From Monique Duncan, the author of FREEDOM BRAIDS published by @lantanapub.bsky.social www.hbook.com/story/articl...

Three cheers for #TapiocaStories!

Congratulations to all the lovely #kidsbook creators and publishers of this year’s Notable Books for a Global Society awards especially @redcometpressbooks.bsky.social on the inclusion of ORIGIN and @florisbooks.bsky.social publisher of MY HOME IS IN MY BACKPACK www.clrsig.org/nbgs-lists.h...

The TX Topaz Reading List has also been announced so congratulations to all! txla.org/news/2026-te...

Conmgratulations to @geckopress.bsky.social Leo Timmers, @nosycrowus.bsky.social Susannah Lloyd and Kate Hindly! THE MONSTER IN THE LAKE and WHO ATE STEVE? are #TxLA 2X2 winning #kidsbooks! txla.org/news/2026-2x...

“If we want children to read, we can’t treat books as gimmicks or afterthoughts. The book has to be the event. The experience. The invitation” www.thebookseller.com/comment/what...

I AM TREE REX! From @berbaybooks.bsky.social features a #dinosaur who gathers his forest pals to protect the trees www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/features/chi...

We are so thankful to @PBS Independent Lens for supporting our film and proud to say it is airing on PBS starting Monday at 12 ET streaming or airing on your local PBS on Independent Lens. We are so proud of this film and the advocates in it. 💕📚Please tune in!

REady to volunteer for a committee? www.usbby.org/volunteer-wi...

Praise for FIVE STORIES came in from @ala-booklist.bsky.social "Each child’s story is narrated in a voice that evokes the family’s immigrant background, with a rich soundscape that translates the lavishly detailed illustrations to audio" www.booklistonline.com/products/982...

Muslims Are Not a Monolith — Our Stories Shouldn’t Be Monolithic Either, a guest post by Seema Yasmin teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2026/02/09/m... @tltkaren.bsky.social

"It's just a book about a creative bunny." Due to a snafu, on the @fuse8nkate.bsky.social podcast we review today's book a little earlier than we should have. Was it worth bending the rules? You'll have to listen to find out. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2026/02/09/f...

The Dogwood Awards list from the Missouri School Library Association includes our SMALL STEPS, BIG CHANGE maslonline.org/award/dogwoo...

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Today we're viewing books from Barefoot Books, Beetle Books, Child's Play, Cicada Books, and Creston Books. Quite the line-up! Thanks @pubspotlight.bsky.social! #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2026/02/08/p...

Celebrate #PuertoRico with #kidsbooks from @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social @nubeocho.bsky.social and others cbcbooks.org/2026/02/05/l...

Harriet Tubman: Force of Nature is one of the books already chosen for #NewIllustrationOfTheDay that is also in the 2026 Empathy Lab selection of books to make us kinder, which has just been announced. See the full selection on empathylab.uk/rfe/ @whatonearth.bsky.social @empathylabuk.bsky.social

Need an activity for ages 3-5 on a winter’s day? @postwavebooks.bsky.social has a bunch including this one linked to the brand new PASS THE PARCEL postwavepublishing.com/resource/pas...

With especial congratulation to Sven Volker, whose art you can see in THE MUSEUM OF SHAPES from #CicadaPress and Carly Gledhill who illsuted PENCIL'S BEST STORY EVER from @postwavebooks.bsky.social #BCBF www.bolognachildrensbookfair.com/en/focus-on/...

“The librarians featured in this film are not symbols. They are real people who have endured harassment, retaliation, defamation, and loss for doing their jobs ethically.”

GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

Only about 8% of Americans agree with the current book ban movement. Book bans are a losing issue. buff.ly/d3kVEGN

“Pops of color and creatures with quizzical expressions make this story about how all is connected a visual and meditative delight” AND… from @berbaybooks.bsky.social www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/and/

“Shorelines is a perfectly formed pearl of a book … I feel fortunate to have read it.” A STUNNING review of Shorelines by @megcathwrites.bsky.social!

A book about friendship, challenge, and what co-operation can achieve and available in a #bilingual #BoardBook too! EL GATO Y EL PAJARITO/ CAT AND BIRD is one in the #NosotrosTambien/SoCanWe series from @childsplayusa.bsky.social childsplaybooks.myshopify.com/products/978...

Gosh it's horrible out isn't it?? Thank you so much to @nosycrow.bsky.social for this fantastic #Bookpost bundle to keep us busy reading while it rains and blows outside! 🌧️ #Bookstagram #ChildrensBooks #KidLit #NonFictionForKids #NationalYearOfReading2026 #GoAllIn

Music books for children and teens. 📚👍🏼 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/music... #kidlit Music books for children including titles by Giles Andreae, Rose Robbins, Jackie Morris, Brita Granström, Fiona Watt, Kes Gray, David Almond, James Ma...

ICYMI last month, Blog Manager Mary Voors shared blog highlights for 2025 -- top-viewed posts by month, activities, distinctions, and more!

From @whatonearth.bsky.social HARRIET TUBMAN, FORCE OF NATURE “details & honors...Tubman’s heroic efforts to help enslaved people escape the South & her service in the war...elevates points of quiet, everyday beauty, creating a distinct sense of intimacy” muse.jhu.edu/article/967711

"...what contemporary books do that most legacy titles don’t is reflect the world that children currently live in and its values" www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

“While the sparse words introduce each woman for four generations, it is the illustrations that show each generation's history - and the endpapers and cover that continue the family saga” @cuentodeluz.bsky.social THE QUILT OF OUR MEMORIES glassofwineglassofmilk.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...

Looking forward to this virtual conference on Feb 20. You can register here: tinyurl.com/9rc9d4yz @ncte.org @nctecla.bsky.social @juanamartinezn.bsky.social @macappiello.bsky.social #edsky #kidlit #nonfiction

"Spanning both preschool and early grade interests, each photo offers an opportunity to discuss details of interactions and emotions" in Marcia Goldman's series featuring therapy dog LOLA www.publisherspotlight.com/photo-perfec...

Look, it's HANK! youtube.com/shorts/1v4TI...

"The poems in HERE IN HARLEM were made to be performed...a chorus of voices from different eras and walks of life, full of joy and sorrow, pride and pain.... Thirteen talented narrators...bring utterly authentic emotions to their vocal performances" www.audiofilemagazine.com/reviews/read...

Here's a #BoardBook extravaganze from @slj.com featuring titles from @barefootbooks.bsky.social @nosycrowus.bsky.social @flowerpotpress.bsky.social @tigertalesbooks.bsky.social and more www.slj.com/story/26-bri...

Learn about bridges spanning deep valleys, raging rivers, bustling roads and vast seas, and the evolution of bridge-building, from the first fallen tree across a river to today’s engineering wonders in BRIDGES from @postwavebooks.bsky.social postwavepublishing.com/product/brid...

We love working with @imaginationsoup.bsky.social ! www.publisherspotlight.com/reviewer-spo...

“Whether a block with beautiful tomatoes from an aunt's garden or a paint palette representing great-aunt Lola's amazing landscapes on canvas, all the quilt blocks tell a specific and special story” in THE QUILT OF OUR MEMORIES from @cuentodeluz.bsky.social kissthebookjr.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-...

A RECIPE FOR ROBBERY the newest #MysteryAtTheBitlmore from @pajamapress.bsky.social “takes many twists and turns as Elodie tries to investigate every possible avenue of inquiry” luminouslibro.com/2026/01/24/b...

We’re delighted to announce that 18 titles from 14 publishers, 12 languages and 16 regions have won #PENTranslates awards. www.englishpen.org/posts/news/p...

WILL WE EVER LIVE ON THE MOON? “A nice beginning picture book about the kinds of tools it takes to research and, possibly in the future, live on the moon” from #BeetleBooks @hungrytomato.bsky.social kissthebookjr.blogspot.com/2026/01/will...

Did you know that "Honor and Perdita Cargill, the duo behind the #AccidentalWitch series, are a daughter/mother writing partnership" and you can learn more about them in this interview www.readingzone.com/authors/perd...

Includes THE BIG DAY a fractured fairytale from @tigertalesbooks.bsky.social

Teachers, if you are taking part in Empathy Day or other things ‘empathy’, you can get FREE guides for each book from Empathy Lab.

Until now, estimating how old a dinosaur was when it died has been a fairly simple process: Count up the growth rings in the fossilized bones. But new research into some of dinosaurs' living relatives, like crocodiles, suggests that this method may not always work. n.pr/4qTSIhz

Check out my chat with debut author Nazneen Akbari about her inspiration and insights into her touching picture book - Home Away From Home. mariacmarshall.com/single-post/... Rashin Kheiriyeh @barefootbooks.bsky.social #interview #kidlit #grandparents #family📚👍

Honoured to see Jakub’s Otter featured in the 2026 Read for Empathy Collection, esp in this National Year of Reading. This fantastic collection of 65 books for 3-16+ yr olds (curated by librarians, booksellers, teachers, academics) all help to encourage empathy in their readers.