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Happy Happy Book Birthday and REAL (in the book at least) Birthday to Esme!! Written by the coolest kid on the block, @LourdesHeuer and published by @TundraBooks.
Celebrate with us and pick up your copy today at your local independent bookstore! 🎂🎉😺
Celebrating Esme's birthday today! 🪅🎂🪘🥳
You can find signed copies of ESME'S BIRTHDAY CONGA LINE, a transitional chapter book illustrated by NYT Bestselling #kidlit illustrator @marissaillo, at my local bookstore @BooksandBooks
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We've got a case(wrap) of the Mondays!
From Who's in Charge? by Stephanie Allain, @JennyKlionWrite, and @marissaillo
(@Candlewick, August 2024)
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Who’s in Charge? August 6! Coauthor Stephanie Allain! Illustrator Marissa Valdez! Candlewick Press! @StephanieAllain @marissaillo @Candlewick Available for preorder everywhere!
¡Felicidades to team Emse! Love seeing this spunky kid get some recognition. Thank you @WeAreKidLit 🎉
Thank you @WeAreKidLit for including ESME'S BIRTHDAY CONGA LINE in your 2024 summer reading list. She's in great company! wtpsite.wordpress.com/2024/0…
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Thank you @WeAreKidLit for including ESME'S BIRTHDAY CONGA LINE in your 2024 summer reading list. She's in great company! wtpsite.wordpress.com/2024/0…
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More ESME! coming your way: In Book 2, Esme's neighbor Wendall is looking to earn his Cookie Empresario badge. Can Esme and El Toro help? 🍪 TROOP ESME is a funny and delightful story about cookies, badges, and, most importantly, friendship! penguinrandomhouse.com/books…
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🏆️ Why should you enter the World Illustration Awards this year? In this blog post we give you 5 reasons.
The deadline to enter is fast approaching this 13 February. Don't miss out! 👇️
theaoi.com/2023/12/19/five-r…
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Gennifer @choldenko and I can't wait to share our second DOGTOWN book with you later this year. It's such a joy to write with Gennifer. 🐭🐶
Watch out for MOUSE AND HIS DOG, coming in September from @MacKidsBooks!
us.macmillan.com/books/97812… #mglit
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Kick-off your week with this awesome @ALA_Booklist Meet the Artists webinar on Monday! Hear from Ekua Holmes, @juanamedina, @Aprilwharrison, and special guest @emmastraub & Susan Straub!
RSVP: penguinschoollibrary.com/Art…
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SAVE THE DATES!!!
Happy Leap Year! In celebration we are having 5 guest in the shortest month for Gab ‘n’ Doodle. That’s right! 5! Even more talent than should be possible. So make sure to tune in for two scoops of fabulous illustrators. #kidlitart #kidlit
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"Story is everything. It’s what connects us and makes us human. It binds the world." -Newbery Honor author Pedro Martín mrschureads.blogspot.com/202… @penguinkids
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A sneaky try out to see how Fox looks in an actual bookshop 🧡 He looks right at home next to the penguin @nishanireed and the puffins @anna_terreros 🦊
Thank you @ivybridgebooks looking forward to visiting again in October 🍂
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This morning I learned two things about this book of mine: it’s been nominated for an award — and removed from classrooms and school libraries in a city in Texas, along with many others. The overwhelming majority of those other books are by and/or about people of color.
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Excited to see the Chinese version of my book: Tu Youyou’s Discovery. Young readers in my home country can now read and be inspired by this amazing woman scientist! 🎉🍀📚@AlbertWhitman #k12 #nonfiction #womenintech #womeninSTEM #STEM #STEAM #asian #aapi @picturebookgold
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YAY!!! Congratulations to Musa @MonicaMancillas on her beautiful first novel, SING IT LIKE CELIA!!!! 🎉❤️🎉❤️🎉
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