Oh this picture book. It is beautiful and perfect. A true treasure. #kidlit

Been holding this in for a year! Coming 2025! #kidlit Honee Jang #diversepicturebook #RepresentationMatters #picturebook kiBookaBooks

Highly recommend this magical, uplifting book about the patterns all around us. LOOK by Gabi Snyder and #samanthacotterill pubs in April from Simon Kids. 💜❤️💜❤️

Beautiful cover! Looking forward to this lyrical MG graphic novel!

Two small wheels and one big heart! Annie Londonderry sets out on a journey around the globe in Vivian Kirkfield's latest. Happy belated book birthday! 🚲❤️

Like #querying , submissions can be long and uncertain. Sometimes books sell right away. Sometimes it takes FOREVER (even for PBs)--and there are myriad factors that can affect the timing.

If you've been on sub forever, you're not alone. Here are a few of my stats:

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Practice pith and support school libraries--a winning combination!

We’re cuddling up this #ValentinesDay with books that celebrate allll the ways we show our love! 💖 Which ones are you looking forward to reading and revisiting? 📚

A fantastic opportunity for PB writers. Check it out!

Congratulations to all the finalists!

Congratulations #alayma #sibert honor titles. Hooray for nonfiction!
Jessica Lanan 🌍 Sy Montgomery

Honored that JUST LIKE GRANDMA won the 2024 Charlotte Zolotow Award. A LETTER FOR BOB was named as a Highly Commended Title. 😭 Thank you to my agent and team at Heartdrum & the award committee. I am truly grateful. Cynthia Leitich Smith Read the release here: uwmadison.app.box.com/s/vrirganwo1vz…

The shore pine (pinus contorta) reminds me that with flexibility, perseverance, and an abandonment of vanity 😂 it's possible to thrive in unexpected places. ❤️🌲

Happy book birthday Dane Liu and shinyeonmoon! LAOLAO'S DUMPLINGS is a beautiful story of community connections and intergenerational love. (Plus, those dancing dumplings are adorable!)

Spent some time today hiding a few books around town. Our picture book group, Soaring20sPB, is partnering with @bookfairiesworldwide and @bookfairies_usa to scatter books in the paths of unsuspecting kids this weekend. 📕💕🧚‍♀️ #minibookfairies #ibelieveinbookfairies