⬇️ Author Kate Rietema shares about their picture book WHEN GOD MAKES SCRIBBLES BEAUTIFUL.
✨ "This is the perfect picture book for grief, loss, and finding hope."
Author: Kate Rietema
Illustrator: Jennie Poh
Publisher: B&H Kids
Publication Date: March 19, 2024
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⬇️ Author Darcie Naslund shares about their picture book MY MOM IS NOT A SUPERHERO!
✨ "This is the perfect picture book for families dealing with a chronic illness/invisible illness, more specifically Multiple Sclerosis."
📚 "This book can also be used for the representation and understanding of illnesses and disabilities—How can someone be supportive?"
Author: Darcie Naslund
Illustrator: Dania El Khatib
Publisher: DC Canada Education Publishing
Publication Date: May 4, 2024
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📌 Instagram: @darcienaslundwrites
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⬇️ Author Andrew Hacket shares about their picture book CURLILOCKS & THE THREE HARES.
✨ "This is the perfect picture book for self-acceptance."
📚 "This book can also be used by beginning readers who love fractured fairy tales."
Author: Andrew Hacket
Illustrator: Jan Dolby
Publisher: The Little Press
Publication: 5/1/24
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📌 www.andrewhacket.com
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⬇️ Author Lindsay H. Metcalf shares about their picture book OUTDOOR FARM, INDOOR FARM.
✨ "This is the perfect picture book for discovering how both outdoor and indoor farms sustainably grow the food we eat throughout the year."
"This book can also be used …
📚 to discuss how science and technology are used on farms,
📚 to learn how climate change affects farms,
📚 to study the seasons,
📚 and to understand rhyme."
Author: Lindsay H. Metcalf
Illustrator: Xin Li
Publisher: Astra Young Readers
Publication date: April 9, 2024
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📌 lindsayhmetcalf.com
📌 @lindsayhmetcalf
📌 @lixin.illustration
📌 @astrakidsbooks
⬇️ Author Anna Lazowski shares about their picture book DARK CLOUD.
✨ "This is the perfect picture book for opening up a discussion about depression, anxiety, or other mental health issues."
📚 "This book can also be used to help kids and adults see their own experiences with sadness or depression reflected in the pages."
Author: Anna Lazowski
Illustrator: Penny Neville-Lee
Publisher: Kids Can Press
Publication Date: May 2, 2023
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📌 https://twitter.com/anna_lazowski
⬇️ Author Brenna Jeanneret shares about their picture book THE LAW OF BIRTHDAYS.
✨ "This is the perfect picture book for starting the discussion around choice and body autonomy."
📚 "This book can also be used to discuss social emotional learning (and cake!)"
Author: Brenna Jeanneret
Illustrator: Marina Kondra
Publisher: Cardinal Rule Press
Publication Date/Year: May 1st 2024
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📌 https://brennajeanneret.com/
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⬇️ Author Jamie Ofelia shares about their picture book MIGUEL MUST FIGHT!
✨ "This is the perfect picture book for kids who love art and action-packed adventures!"
📚 "This book can also be used to improve Spanish vocabulary."
Author: Jamie Ofelia
Illustrator: Sara Palacios
Publisher: Little, Brown For Young Readers
Publication date: April 30th, 2024
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📌 Twitter: @JamieOfelia
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⬇️ Author Leah Moser shares about their picture book I AM A THUNDERCLOUD.
✨ "This is the perfect picture book for BIG feelers, people who sometimes feel angry, and metaphor lovers."
📚 "This book can also be used by children, parents, and educators to discuss the BIG feeling of anger. With beautiful illustrations by Marie Hermansson, the visuals complement the words of this SEL picture book."
Author: Leah Moser
Illustrator: Marie Hermansson
Publisher: Running Press Kids / Hachette
Publication Date: April 2, 2024
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⬇️ Author Steena Hernandez shares about their picture book LUPITA'S BROWN BALLET SLIPPERS.
✨ "This is the perfect picture book for any reader who loves dance."
📚 "This book can also be used to inspire children to ask big questions of belonging and inclusion in any activity they may be involved in."
Author: Steena Hernandez
Illustrator: Melissa Castillo
Publisher: Beaming Books
Publication Date: October 15, 2024
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⬇️ Author Kalee Gwarjanski shares about their picture book MISS MACDONALD HAS A FARM.
✨ "This is the perfect picture book for reading (singing!) aloud, farm fans, and veggie lovers."
📚 "This book can also be used to learn about gardening tasks, seasonality, and a variety of vegetables."
Author: Kalee Gwarjanski
Illustrator: Elizabet Vukovic
Publisher: Doubleday, Random House Children's Books
Publication Date: March 12, 2024
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📌 twitter: @kaleegwar
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⬇️ Author/illustrator Meg Auchenbach shares about their picture book IF YOU ARE AN ARTIST.
✨ "This is the perfect picture book for children who daydream, doodle, and ask...what if?"
📚 "This book can also be used as a supplement to an elementary visual arts curriculum, homeschool art classes, or as a creative conversation starter for any artsy child!"
Author/Illustrator: Meg Auchenbach
Publisher: Peter Pauper Press
Publication Date: February 1, 2024
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⬇️ Author Erin Dealey shares about their picture book JUST FLOWERS.
✨ "This is the perfect picture book for budding botanists and gardeners of all ages."
📚 "This book can also be used for STEM discoveries, to celebrate spring, and to encourage random acts of kindness."
Author: Erin Dealey
Illustrator: Kate Cosgrove
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Publication Date: March 2024
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⬇️ Author Sara Levine shares about their picture book SENSITIVE.
✨ "This is the perfect picture book for showing that sensitivity is also a strength."
📚 "This book can also be used to celebrate diversity and compassion."
Author: Sara Levine
Illustrator: Mehrdokht Amini
Publisher: Carolrhoda/Lerner
Publication Date: October 2023
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📌 https://www.saralevinebooks.com/
📌 @saralevinebook (insta and fb)
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⬇️ Author Jan Lower shares about their picture book THE BRILLIANT CALCULATOR: HOW MATHEMATICIAN EDITH CLARKE HELPED ELECTRIFY AMERICA.
✨ "This is the perfect picture book for kids who are excited about puzzles, math, or inventions."
📚 "This book can also be used to learn about curiosity, determination . . . and electricity!"
Author: Jan Lower
Illustrator: Susan Reagan
Publisher: Calkins Creek/Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub Date: March 13, 2023
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📌 www.janlower.com
⬇️ Author Amanda Davis shares about their picture book MOONLIGHT MEMORIES.
✨ "This is the perfect picture book for offering children a pathway to acknowledge and process their grief over the loss of a loved one. Written from a place of personal experience, this story strives to bring comfort to children hurting after loss."
📚 "This book can also be used as a guide for parents and caregivers by utilizing the end note, which features a message from a licensed children's counselor about how to use the book and where to find additional resources."
Author: Amanda Davis
Illustrator: Michelle Jing Chan
Publisher: WorthyKids/Hachette Book Group
Publication Date/Year: June 2023
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⬇️ Author Kris Tarantino shares about their picture book BE MY VALENSLIME.
✨ "This is the perfect picture book for Valentine's Day!"
"This book can also be used everyday!
📚 The story is a laugh-out-loud celebration of love that's full of monster mayhem!
📚 The book brings together the definition of everyday love on a kid-to-kid friendship level that reminds kids that love is patient, kind, and forgiving and that they can show love to others every day of the year!"
Author: Kris Tarantino
Illustrator: NYT best-selling Cori Doerrfeld
Publisher: WaterBrook, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Publication Date/Year: 12/19/23
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📌 www.kristarantino.com
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⬇️ Author Moni Ritchie Hadley shares about their picture book ANZU AND THE ART OF FRIENDSHIP.
✨ "This is the perfect picture book for the first day at a new school."
📚 "This book can also be used to recognize children's emotions and feelings in new experiences."
Author: Moni Ritchie Hadley
Illustrator: Nathalia Takeyama
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Co.
Published: June 22, 2023
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⬇️ Author Jennifer Raudenbush shares about their picture book IN THE PALM OF MY HAND.
✨ "This is the perfect picture book for exploring nature."
📚 "This book can also be used to increase self-esteem and to appreciate poetry."
Author: Jennifer Raudenbush
Illustrator: Isabella Conti
Publisher: Running Press Kids
Publication Date: March 14, 2023
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📌 Instagram: @jenraudenbush1
⬇️ Author/illustrator Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson shares about their picture book THE MOCHI MAKERS.
✨ "This is the perfect picture book for kids who love sweet, cozy stories about family, food, and love."
📚 "This book can also be used for learning about Japanese American culture and traditions and for learning to make mochi at home."
Author/Illustrator: Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson
Publisher: S&S/Beach Lane Books
Publication Date: March 19, 2024
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📌 website: sharonfj.com
📌 instagram: @sharonfjart
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⬇️ Author Brooke Hartman shares about their picture book WATCH OUT FOR THE LION.
"This is the perfect picture book for
✨ kids who love a fun, engaging read-aloud,
✨ kids who are sometimes wary of new situations,
✨ and anyone who loves animals!"
📚 "This book can also be used for teaching kids about assumptions and that jumping to them too quickly without knowing all the facts can sometimes lead to embarrassing situations."
Author: Brooke Hartman
Illustrator: Anna Sussbauer
Publisher: Page Street Kids
Publication Date: February 2023
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📌 www.BrookeAHartman.com