Just a spectacular article about Kirbi Fagan's journey creating and launching THE BIG EMPTY! A great example of how a creator's emotional connection with a topic can shape their work.

Happiest of book birthdays to two picture books I adore! LIFTOFF! by @ninacrews.bsky.social and REVOLUTIONS ARE MADE OF LOVE by @sunyungshin.bsky.social, Mélina Mangal, and Leslie Barlow. 🎉📚🎉

So delighted to celebrate this wonderful book!! 🎉

So beautiful to celebrate REVOLUTIONS ARE MADE OF LOVE with an event at Leslie Barlow's studio and all of the paintings surrounding us! Congrats to @sunyungshin.bsky.social, Mélina Mangal, and Leslie on this incredible book that was years in the making!!

This is a brilliant new picture book, by @sunyungshin.bsky.social and Melina Mangal. Illustrated by the super talented Leslie Barlow! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 Don’t miss it, or the launch at @loftliterarycenter.bsky.social tomorrow.

@jessicafgwrites.bsky.social shares a creepy browseable nonfiction picture book about animal behaviors. Get ready to be amazed and horrified this Halloween season and every season. Get tips on research and writing nonfiction, too. groggorg.blogspot.com/2025/10/so-r...

Fantastic @mprnews.org story on REVOLUTIONS ARE MADE OF LOVE with @sunyungshin.bsky.social, Melina Mangal, and Leslie Barlow: www.mprnews.org/episode/2025...

Well here is something wonderful! Check out the full blog post for some great photos as well.

Hooray! Thrilled to see THE BLACK MAMBAS by @kellycrull.bsky.social on this list alongside @lernerbooks.bsky.social titles THE PECAN SHELLER by Lupe Ruiz-Flores and I'M A DUMBO OCTOPUS by @annelambelet.bsky.social! 🎉

Delighted to learn a new word today: skeuomorph. As @merriam-webster.com tells me, it is an ornament or design representing a utensil or implement.

Looking for a fun way to boost public speaking skills? In this new #LitLinks lesson, kids can learn to express viewpoints, argue persuasively, & understand sharks' importance to ocean ecosystems 🦈 www.patriciamnewman.com?p=13048 @steamteambooks.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social #edusky

This is a really lovely Q&A!

Registration is open! Sign up now for Nonfiction November—a month of free weekly read-alouds with inspiring true stories for your classroom or library. First video drops in November! qrly.me/24luw #NonfictionNovember #LernerBooks #ReadAloud

Thrilled by the first review for A HOME ON THE PAGE by @kaokaliayang.bsky.social and Seo Kim! Kirkus calls it, "A resonating, inspiring story that encourages creative resilience and strength." 💕 Full review: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Psst! I am opening up to unagented children's book submissions *just for the month of October*! This is an exciting experiment. The email to send submissions to is [email protected]. You can find out about what I'm looking for at www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/me...

Also happy book birthday to two fab science-themed photo books! SO RUDE! is great for younger kids and DINOSAUR SECRETS REVEALED! is excellent for middle grade. Both of these books have received starred reviews from School Library Journal!!

Happy book birthday to three amazing picture books! We have big sagebrush (a vitally important plant); World War II, peace, and reconciliation; and a big rig delivering toys. All nonfiction, and all utterly different. (Though all with fab back matter, of course!)

This is very bad.

🌊 This review of GIANT RAYS OF HOPE from Nat'l Marine Educators Assoc makes my heart soar! I'm thrilled they understand the hope + inspiration I tried to include throughout the story. 👉 bit.ly/4ctWczl @lernerbooks.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social #edusky #greensky @eastwestlit.bsky.social

Josée Bisaillon’s newest illustrated nonfiction picture book is here! Rewriting the Rules: Illustrated by @joseebisaillon.bsky.social, written by @drzathome.bsky.social, and published by @lernerbooks.bsky.social. morgangaynin.com/project/rewr... #kidlit #kidlitart #booksky #STEMbooks

I learned so many fascinating things while working with Danna on this book! Happy, happy birthday to Jeanne!! 🎉

This is such a gorgeous book!! 😍

Incredible to see UNSPEAKABLE by Carole Boston Weatherford and Floyd Cooper on Slate's list of the 25 Greatest Children's Books of the Century! 🎉📚🎉

Me, a rube: What is up with journalists being so credulous and/or disingenuous about [insert issue, pretty much any issue]? Do they not realize how ridiculous they sound? How could they possibly think this is responsible coverage? The historical record, every time: lol

Delighted to be publishing THE WORLD GAME by John Coy and Phung Nguyen Quang in time for the World Cup next summer!

As we mark the 10th anniversary of Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Pérez, we celebrate not just a literary milestone, but a decade of dialogue sparked by this bold and necessary story. Read on to download the free 10th anniversary discussion guide. #OutofDarkness #freeresource #anniversary

Stunning cover reveal and Q&A for A HOME ON THE PAGE by @kaokaliayang.bsky.social and Seo Kim! This incredible book is coming in February 2026.

This is such a fun and clever book! Congrats to @geckopress.bsky.social!!

This Q&A is great for a laugh! "It’s a story of politeness under pressure, lawn ornament invasion, and one boy’s noble quest to say no nicely." 😂🤣😂

Happy book birthday to 3 fabulous books! We have a polite pup encountering creepy gnomes; Dr. Kathleen Friel, a scientist who is redefining what is possible for people w/cerebral palsy (including herself); and an amazing look at the science of how baby animals develop. 🎉

Excited to have a poem about an inspiring athlete included in this anthology coming March 3, 2026. Pre-order your copy today from your favorite bookstore!

❤️ we are so thrilled and grateful!

Celebrate a book birthing-day with us! 🎉 Middle-grade STEM story reading, science facts, and a Tiny-To-Ready animal gestation game all at the Watch Them Grow library launch. Books for sale and signing. Deets below! @lernerbooks.bsky.social @carolhinz.bsky.social 📚🎂

Julian was such a joy to work with as illustrator of the forthcoming WHOSE TREE IS THIS? by Marilyn Singer! This is a great interview for aspiring illustrators (and honestly, all of us who love picture books)!!

Cover reveal for FOR THE WIN, a fabulous sports-themed poetry anthology edited by Irene Latham and Charles Waters! Poems and photos present twenty contemporary athletes: www.diverseverse.com/blog/3-2-1-s...

Love seeing SHARKS UNHOOKED featured! It's a great book to help diminish fears about sharks.

Overjoyed that the first review for REVOLUTIONS ARE MADE OF LOVE by @sunyungshin.bsky.social, Melina Mangal, and Leslie Barlow is a ⭐ from @slj.com: "An exceptional choice for libraries that cherish the stories of unsung, exceptional American people." www.schoollibraryjournal.com/review/revol...

Attention #educators: @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social has an awesome giveaway for you! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #kidlit

Wow, this is spectacular! A must-read for nonfiction readers and writers!! (And now I need to seek out the SLJ article as well...)

Making the picture book THE LIBRARY IN THE WOODS by Calvin Alexander Ramsey and R. Gregory Christie took six years! I share the story of the book's journey here: lernerbooks.blog/2025/08/the-...

Absolutely thrilled by this @slj.com STAR for THE BIG EMPTY by Kirbi Fagan: "With its lilting text and gorgeous artwork, this is the rare book that amplifies the ferocity and the necessity of fire in nature, employing the ecology of the sagebrush." www.slj.com/review/the-b...

Very excited to be sending this anthology from coanthologists @tychapmn.bsky.social and Ari Tison and artist Damon Davis into the world in 2026!

In case mRNA vaccine development just happens to be on your mind for some reason... "Informative as well as inspiring, this book shows how Karikó’s tenacity is proof to never give up. A first purchase for all biography collections."

Picture book THE LIBRARY IN THE WOODS by Calvin Alexander Ramsey and illustrator R. Gregory Christie is a “personal-feeling work about adult illiteracy that ends with a moving reflection on intergenerational connection and different kinds of knowledge”

A very happy book birthday (yesterday) to two books that are both great for back to school, one for older readers and one for younger!

Libraries will always have excellent books like WHERE WE COME FROM, but Beth Burns--the President of “The Friends of the St. Paul Public Library”--shares how libraries support communities in all kinds of ways in this Twin Cities Live segment! kstp.com/tcl/twin-cit...

Thrilled to see a PW review for The Library in the Woods by Calvin Alexander Ramsey and R. Gregory Christie: "a moving reflection on intergenerational connection and different kinds of knowledge." www.publishersweekly.com/9781541599123

They’re sneaking up in the dark of night. I think zooplankton need their own theme music…like Jaws! Coming March 3, 2026! #kidlit #picturebooks #nonfiction #ocean #migration

We also have some lovely titles for S26 in Carolrhoda--I edited the picture books and @amyarielfitz.bsky.social edited the novels!

Did you see that PW has posted S26 Sneak Previews? Here's what's in store for Millbrook Press! Check out all the previews here: www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...