In book #1 of Trudi Trueit’s
new #mg series, Explorer Academy Vela: The Sailor Cipher, adventure + danger await Cruz Coronado when he, along w/classmates, embarks on important global missions on a special school on a ship. Read an excerpt today. NatGeoKIDS wp.me/p3X25n-aYl

Happy #IndependentBookstoreDay ! I’m spoiled with three near me! Why not make tracks to your local indie to see what they’ve got planned for today. #shoplocal #indiebookstoreday

Happy #ArborDay ! 🌳 We have a majestic live oak in our backyard and, like our neighbors’ deodars, it’s a protected tree where I live.

Poetry Comics by Grant Snider is a unique + engaging #MiddleGrade graphic novel that brings poetry alive w/vibrant kid-friendly art as it welcomes comic fans, poetry lovers, + reluctant readers onboard. Chronicle Kids
#NationalPoetryMonth #graphicnovels
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Library joy is SO easy to spread when your life is full of kindness and encouragement from the greatest library workers, library grown-ups, library kids, library friends in the world 💚🌎

✨📚 SecretLifeOfLibrarians.org 📚✨

Beth Ferry + @brendan_wenzel team up for #EarthDay w/ #pb SOLAR BEAR by @HarperKids. And @peterwohlleben encourages kids to get outdoors in BE A NATURE EXPLORER!: OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND ADVENTURES, w/Belle Wuthrich art @greystonekids. @ChristineVZ reviews wp.me/p3X25n-aWP

New 4 #EarthDay : #chapbook SONA SHARMA: LOOKING AFTER PLANET EARTH (CHITRA SOUNDAR, Jen Khatun) + #pbs GREEN: THE STORY OF PLANT LIFE ON OUR PLANET (Nicola Davies, Emily Sutton) + LOVE, THE EARTH (Frances Stickley, Tim Hopgood) Candlewick Press @ChristineVZreviews
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These fab five fiction + nonfiction children's books for #EarthDay2024 Day feature rhyme, outdoor activities, polar bears, + environmental awareness to inspire + educate kids. Reviewed by Christine Van Zandt. MILKWEED FOR MONARCHS (2024). Candlewick Press Greystone Kids HarperCollins Children's Books #kidlit
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Following a racist experience, Aiko is comforted by her Oba (grandma) then learns the history of Japanese internment camps. Her goal: counter hate w/love + kindness. Love Grows Here by Chloe Ito Ward- Order LOVE GROWS HERE today♥️ w/kim DiaForce art.
Armineh Manookian reviews. Albert Whitman & Co. wp.me/p3X25n-aWS

'A unique concept in the picture book space, this book would make a great classroom read-aloud for Earth Day or throughout Earth Month to promote environmental awareness.' ☔️🌈

Thanks for the review, Ronna and Roxanne!

Inspire eco-friendly activities as kids learn to be waterwise w/this bright, spring rhyming picture #readaloud picture book from W. W. Norton & Company written
by Michelle Schaub w/art by Blanca Gómez: A PLACE FOR RAIN.  Reviewed by Roxanne Troup
#EarthDay #kidlit
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Fun in the partial sun for #Eclipse2024 !

Today we feature reviews of Noura's Crescent Moon by Zainab Khan w/art by Nabila Adani - Candlewick Press + Looking for the Eid Moon by  Sahtinay Abaza 🌙 w/ art by Sandra Eide - Sleeping Bear Press, two terrific new picture books to share w/kids this holiday.
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