American Illustration 43 Winner @ellenweinstein.bsky.social AD #artdirector Paige Vickers @pmvickers vox @voxdotcom.bsky.social When is a Nose Just a Nose Bradley Cooper’s prosthetic nose portraying Leonard Bernstein in Maestro. #awardwinningillustrator

This beauty just arrived from @scbwi.bsky.social It is the Crystal Kite Award for Five Stories, the winner of the New York division. An enormous thank you to the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, and all who have voted for and championed this book!

For The Washington Post. These days demand humility, which includes acknowledging that we do not have a monopoly on truth. Shana Tova! May this year bring peace and freedom for all.

For Sierra Magazine. This Is How Climate Change Transformed a Maryland Neighborhood. “When a tree dies in a national forest, it’s one among thousands.  When it dies in a backyard, it’s a friend.”

For Nautilus magazine. How To Tell If You’re Dead. The line between life and death has never been clear—and modern technology blurs it further.

The reprint is in and Five Stories is back in stock at the Tenement Museum shop!Signed copies are available.

I had the pleasure of creating the illustration and graphics for the @nytransitmuseum.bsky.social 2025 Bus Festival. Look for the art across the MTA subway and bus network and on merch at the festival. Thank you @nytransitmuseum.bsky.social! More info: www.nytransitmuseum.org/busfestival/

I had the pleasure of creating the illustration and graphics for the @nytransitmuseum.bsky.social 2025 Bus Festival. Look for the art across the MTA subway and bus network and on merch at the festival. Thank you @nytransitmuseum.bsky.social! More info: www.nytransitmuseum.org/busfestival/

For The Washington Post Style section. The Definitive Rules of Office Fashion. Sweatpants? No. But elastic waistbands? Absolutely.

Each winning title showcases exceptional storytelling, imaginative illustration, and creative excellence, representing the very best of children’s literature produced by SCBWI members around the world. www.scbwi.org/announces-wi...

I am incredibly honored and thrilled that FIVE STORIES has won the Crystal Kite Award for the New York region!! Congratulations to the other winners and honorees, and thanks to the @scbwi.bsky.social and all who have voted and supported this book! #SCBWI #SCBWI25CK #CrystalKiteAward

For National Wildlife Magazine. By My Name. Humans are not the only animals that call one another by name.

I am honored that Five Stories, alongside excellent books and creators, is a finalist for the Crystal Kite Award in the New York division! I genuinely appreciate your support! SCBWI members can vote for finalists in all 15 regions until 7/19. www.scbwi.org/crystal-kite #SCBWI

I am thrilled to have Five Stories on Bank Street Center for Children's Literature 2025 Best Books of the Year. Being in such esteemed company with the other selected books is an honor. Many thanks to the Children's Book Committee!

I am honored to have this image selected for the American Illustration 44 Annual book and exhibition. Cover for Nautilus: Inside Your Memories. Many thanks to the stellar jury, Mark Heflin, and Nautilus magazine!

Shyness. One of a series of illustrations for Medicine at Michigan on the science of emotions.

Happy birthday to Yayoi Kusama who is 96 years old today! Thank you for your work and being an inspiration. From Yayoi Kusama: From Here to Infinity published by the Museum of Modern Art

Thank you to the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) for including FIVE STORIES in its 2025 Día Reading Lists! #alsc #ala #dia

Celebrating #internationalwomensday with these trailblazers. Yoko Ono, Maya Angelou, Frances McDormand and Frida Kahlo.

History Will Remember COVID. Why Can't We? For The Washington Post.

Zelensky is a Hero. From the archives for R&P anthology.

I am Honored to see Five Stories selected for the Notable Social Studies Trade Books 2025 list! An annual reading list of exceptional books for social studies classrooms, selected by social studies educators. Thank you to the National Council for Social Studies and the Children's Book Council!

When the Government Stops Doing Its Job. From the archives for The Washington Post during the first term. Art is in the permanent collection of the Library of Congress.

Thank you to all the wonderful students, teachers, and librarians. It was an honor to share "Five Stories" and "Yayoi Kusama: From Here to Infinity" with classes in Mumbai, India; Yokohama, Japan; Tashkent, Uzbekistan; and Briarcliff Manor, New York, on World Read Aloud Day! #WRAD

Happy Lunar New Year! From Five Stories published by Holiday House

We've got #Best plaudits for #kidsbook #audiobooks published in 2024! www.publisherspotlight.com/celebrating-...

Our digital downloads are available from many digital distributors including Overdrive, Audible, Spotify, Mackin, and more so you can share the joy of #audiobooks this season www.liveoakmedia.com

Are you kidding me? I edited that book! I acquired it! That was such a labor of love for her and she is SO talented. I am very very proud of it and so thrilled that you mention it here. #Kidlitchat

I loved FIVE STORIES by @ellenweinstein.bsky.social too! youtu.be/a6KcTKMu3Nc?...

Listen to @lernerbooks.bsky.social who calls our #Readalongs "distinctive because of the innovative process ... developed to produce audio of carefully-selected #picturebooks and #BeginningReaders" lernerbooks.com/products/sea...

Thank you @ala-booklist.bsky.social for naming Five Stories an EDITORS' CHOICE 2024: YOUTH AUDIOBOOK and for the wonderful starred review!! @liveoakmedia.bsky.social www.booklistonline.com/Five-Stories... www.booklistonline.com/Booklist-Edi...

Wow! We ARE the Little EngineThat Could….capture 20% of @ala-booklist.bsky.social #EditorsPicks of 2024 #audiobooks for youth! FIVE STORIES and NOTHING! www.booklistonline.com/Booklist-Edi...

Listen Up! Now that we have your attention, please take a moment to enjoy our 2024 #EditorsChoice:YouthAudio titles: bit.ly/41pINXd

Thank you, Society of Illustrators, for selecting my piece to appear in the Editorial category: Maestro and Bradley Cooper’s Prosthetic Nose—many thanks to the jury and Paige Vickers AD, Vox.

Thank you to Wide Rainbow for hosting me!

We love that this #kidsbook reaches new readers too with the full cast #audiobook! And @ellenweinstein.bsky.social reads the author's note herself! www.liveoakmedia.com/Five-Stories...

Thank you to the Center for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature for including Five Stories among its Best Books of 2024!

I am honored to receive the PJ Library's Grinspoon Jewish Story Award for Five Stories. In July 2025, a special edition of Five Stories will be sent to young readers! @pjlibrary.org

For The Washington Post's opinion. “One nation, peeling potatoes. In a Thanksgiving kitchen, there are no alternative facts.”

Episode 7: Purple Haze, Cat Head Geometry, Sorting, Collecting & Neighborhood Connecting Sam Sorts by Marthe Jocelyn Five Stories by @ellenweinstein.bsky.social Apple: apple.co/3Zl7pic Spotify: bit.ly/3ZjphtQ @paulvinelli.bsky.social @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social #kidlit

We’re back with a new Sartorial Librarians episode. Check it out: Give it a listen. One of my favourite things about talking #kidlit and #LibrarianFashion with @paulvinelli.bsky.social is the twists and tangents the conversation takes (see example below from episode description).

What are you reading? FIVE STORIES by @ellenweinstein.bsky.social published by #HolidayHouse over at Booth 500 #ncss24 You can, too!

“this cross section of American history celebrates the many diverse cultures that make up our nation—from the food we eat, to the ways we worship, and the families we love” Five Stories by @ellenweinstein.bsky.social #HolidayHouse #ncss24 Booth 500 holidayhouse.com/book/five-st...

New cover illustration for Nautilus, "Inside Your Memories. Your Past is Open to Interpretation." A fun collaboration about how our memories are like paintings rather than reliable reels we can play back, they are interpretations colored by our remembering selves.

Thrilled to have these pieces from Five Stories and a portrait for Vox selected for the American Illustration 43 Annual book and looking forward to seeing everyone at the party tonight!

Thank you, @thecuriousreader @glenrockguild for a fantastic book festival yesterday! I had a wonderful time meeting readers of all ages and fellow authors and illustrators. Sold out copies of Five Stories and signed many copies of Yayoi Kusama, thanks to everyone who dropped by!