Correction: Louis Slobodkin--as it says on the cover--illustrated "The Hundred Dresses." The story Eleanor Estes illustrated was "Ginger Pye." A big thank you to @gwendolynium.bsky.social for catching my error. (And I'm so happy the posts are getting read carefully!) #childrensbooks #kidlit

GIFT ARTICLE: Happy Birthday to a man who has not only made the world a better place, he has also brought joy and understanding to millions. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/a...

@juliefhedlund.bsky.social & @kellipanique.bsky.social --Thank you for this. Not only for "Intent vs Impact," but also for the reminder to be careful when things are taken out of context. A lot of pain caused when a little thought & perspective could have eased some of it mailchi.mp/12x12challen...

Thank you (not), Supreme Court, part of whose information that their recent decision was based on, as cited by Justice Alito, . was faulty

Media is whacked. No getting around it.

FLORA’S WISH ✍🏻 & 🎨 Fiona Halliday @fhalliday.bsky.social 2024, Dial BYR / Penguin Random House a 🐭 a dandelion 🌼 a friendship time . . . dandelion ages (you can guess what happens) 🐭😔 and then . . . 🥰🥰🥰 #PB #kidlit #librarians #teachers #parents #love #loss #friendship #dandelions

Deep inside Willow Wood, tidy little Tilda Trollbeth McTeacup meets wonderfully chaotic dragon Enid Brimstone Snufflebottom… and discovers that happy little messes can make the very best friendships 💜✨ A cosy rhyming fantasy picture book for ages 3–7. COMING 22ND MAY! #skybooks #KS1 #friends

Remembering Roger Hargreaves, British author-illustrator whose Mr. Man series has 49 books which were instant hits. "Little Miss" tries, started later, has 33: simple stories drawn with Magic Markers. #childrensbooks #kidlit #picturebooks

Remembering Eleanor Estes, whose first book, "The Moffat's," was an instant hit (1941). Her most read book, "The Hundred Dresses," she illustrated herself. It received Newbery Honors in 1945. She had other Newbery Honors and won the Medal in 1952 for "Ginger Pye." #chodrensbooks #kidlit

Remembering William Pène du Bois, author-illustrator best known for "The Twenty-one Balloons" which won the 1948 Newbery Medal. #childrensbooks #kidlit #kidlitart

Remembering J.M. Barrie, Scottish author best known for "Peter Pan or The Boy Who Would Never Grow Up (1904)--a play--which became a book, "Peter and Wendy," (1911). #childrensbooks #kidlit

Remembering Richard Adams, British writer who became an overnight sensation with the publication of his first novel, "Watership Down," an anthropomorphic fantasy. Carnegie Medal 1972. Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, 1973. #childrensbooks #kidlit #fantasy

Remembering Sybille von Olfers, author of German #childrensbooks and illustrator as well. "The Story of the Root Children is her best known work. #kidlit

Remembering Arthur A Dixon, English artist and illustrator of many fairy tale books as well as "schoolgirl novels" and editions of classics. #childrensbooks #kidlitart

Remembering Mary Q. Steele, American writer with a strong interest in nature. Her "Journey Outside" was a Newbery Honor Book in 1970. #childrensbooks #kidlit

Remembering Milton Meltzer, historian and prolific author of nonfiction (NYT obit). He was a leading figure in a new wave of nonfiction authors aiming to bring spirited writing based on primary source material to middle grade and young adult readers. #childrensbooks #kidlit #YAlit

It's pretty much a toss-up.

The WOMBAT WAITING tour rolls on! 🧡🐕 A week from today, I'm visiting @barnesandnoble.com Carle Place to meet young readers and sign books. #LongIsland, I'd love to see you there! You can get all the event info here: stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/978006...

Gee! Don't the Justices do any research? Don't they have law clerks? NOT IMPRESSED with the current Supreme Court. Sloppy. Regressive. And--some of them--bought.

Explore this GIFT ARTICLE from the New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/b...

#Trump has a genius for defacing our nation's capitol. Explore this GIFT ARTICLE from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/u...

Remembering Nonny Hogrogian, American illustrator/book designer and winner of 2 Caldecott Medals, 1966, 1972, and Caldecott Honors in 1977. As well as her mother's cookbook, she also illustrated some of her husband's anthologies of poems. #childrendbooks #picturebooks #kidlitart

Are you in the mood for some images from the vintage picture book of nursery rhymes? #vintageart #vintageillustration #vintagepicturebook #sugarplums #nurseryrhymes yesterdaysdream.seesaa.net/article/suga...

I've been to several places mentioned--and never knew about these markers. Aaaargh! Explore this GIFT ARTICLE FROM The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/t...

I've read both books by Leonie Swann and I can tell you--this is a must see. Explore this GIFT ARTICLE FROM The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/m...

I like that @literaticat.bsky.social points out that the book was written (& published in Italy) BEFORE Mr. Barnett became National Ambassador for Children's Literature. He was--mostly, as far as I can tell--writing philosophically to provoke thought. Which is OK. Bad timing, though!

@abicushman.com has done it again! FLAMINGOS ARE PRETTY FUNKY is chock full of fascinating information about flamingos. There's something for everyone in this clever, funny, factual picture book. 🦩

Awesome in every sense of the word. Enjoy! Explore this GIFT ARTICLE from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/06/p...

If you are flipping out, outraged, and feeling super-censorious about 94.7% (and counting?) read this and put on your thinking cap. I don't entirely agree with Mac Barnett, but...thinking is a good thing. readingmiddlegrade.substack.com/p/make-belie...

Remembering Ted Lewin, who always knew he wanted to be an illustrator. He financed his education at Pratt Institute by working as a wrestler. He collaborated on several books with his wife, Betsy, and both were inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame. #childrensbooks #picturebooks

Remembering Randall Jarrell, poet, critic and author of #childrensbooks. His "The Animal Family" (illustrated by Maurice Sendak, as was "The Bat Poet )was a 1966 Newbery Honor Book.

people.com/pizza-huts-b... My sons regularly won "BOOK IT" certificates which I deeply appreciated, both because they were reading for enjoyment and because it was one evening where I, a single mom, didn't have to cook!

So many writers liked, loved, and appreciated cats! #authors #cats

Time for #MetGalaBirds. Kevin the Rockridge peacock was born for this night. His train is absolutely stunning. And then he opened it. Big-time drama. #birds #EastCoastKin #ECK

Remembering Leo Lionni, first author of #childrensbooks to use collage as his main medium, and winner of the AIGA Gold Medal. When telling his grandkids stories, he'd draw the paivture as he talked. #kidlit #picturebooks

THE TRUE UGLY DUCKLING by @senickel.bsky.social illus by Calvin Nicholls brims with examples of Hans Christian Andersen’s fortitude & how neurodiversity played a part. Interview & more on Children’s Book Corner. #KidLit #EduSky #Libsky @levinequerido.bsky.social www.judybradbury.com/biography/th...

Every time I see this, I feel again the utter shock and horror that this happened--in America! And these people were pardoned--Shame!

Happy #BookBirthday to Happy Birthday, America! + Five Qs with Roxanne Troup = 4th of July in May! @roxannetroup.bsky.social @albertwhitman.bsky.social #kidlit #TLSky #Skybrarians New on the blog 🌟📚🌟 erindealey.com/book-birthda...

Summer is almost here, ready for some kayaking? 🐋 Full cover for MAYBE A WHALE — written by the always-amazing @kirstenpendreigh.bsky.social & pics by me! Take a trip to a BC island & see if you can spot some whales in this PB full of nature & wonder! #kidlitbooks #kidlitart #kidlit #picturebook

Happy May 4th to all who celebrate!

We 💚 teachers! Thank you for all you do to put wonderful books into the hands of our world's children! 📚🍎 #teacherappreciationweek #childrensbooks #teacher #school #education Art from Harriet's Reflections by Marion Kadi (2024).

May the Fourth be with YOU, from the Obama Presidential Center. Opening June 19.

May the 4th be with you! Did you know I (and Mike Deas!) have a really sweet picture book about becoming a Jedi that is perfect for your little star wars babies?? ✨: bookshop.org/p/books/star...

Remembering Clara Ingram Judson, American author of--primarily--nonfiction for young readers. She had 3 Newbery Honor books (1951, 1954, 1957) and received the 2nd Children's Literature Legacy Award (formerly Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal). #childrensbooks #kidlit

"We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." –Justice Louis Brandeis Words spoken many years ago that are just as relevant today. We must continue the fight to get big money out of politics.

The landing technique of Swans 🦢

We are witnessing a catastrophic collision between unchecked narcissism and obvious neurological decay. It is the most dangerous intersection in American history: a man with the absolute power of the Presidency and the absolute cognitive failure of a person no longer tethered to reality.

May the Fourth be with the teachers shaping the future 🌟🚀

Remembering Dodie Smith, English playwright and author of "The Hundred and One Dalmatians"- a Disney animated movie in 1961. She owned (NOT all at the same time) 9 Dalmatians. She also wrote "I Capture the Castle." #childrensbooks #kidlit