Happy Memorial Day!
Some folks celebrate this weekend with real vroom. Some call it Rolling to Remember. But our story calls the iconic motorcycle #MemorialDay ride by its original name -- Rolling Thunder.
#rollingthunder #childrensBooks #ReadAloud youtu.be/TiDHzgrxXas

Submissions close in two weeks! You have until the end of Sunday 9th June to send in your toy-themed poems, stories and artwork for our 5th edition.

#SubmissionsOpen #SubmissionsCall #PoetryCommunity #writingcommunity #illustrationcall

Virtual Book Launch + Giveaway!

Join us on 6/2 at 12 pm ET for a celebration of INTO THE MIGHTY SEA & ABUELO’S FLOWER SHOP! You might win one of our books + swag 🌼🎨

RSVP here: bit.ly/3Uvvn7W

Deise Lino Arlene Abundis Cynthia Alonso Beaming Books HarperKids

Celebrate Mermay with these wavebreaking mermaid tales. bookshop.org/lists/mythical…

With only 5 days left to go, check out our website for pitch tips and check out pitches with multiple likes from previous pitch events. #KidPitLit #PitchWars

Look who’s sailing into The Kuala Lumpur Book Fair!
RAISAH AND THE BOAT TRIP by Nadia Ali
illustrated by Fatma Zehra Köprülü
Dakwah Corner klibf.my Malay Mail WHSmith Shakespeare&Company Rarewaves Kube Publishing Waterstones Bookshop.org LoveReading4Kids Anafiya Gifts

“Thanks to the long days of rain, the blades of grass glowed with a deep-green luster, and they gave off the smell of wildness unique to things that sink their roots into the earth.”
— Haruki Murakami

#naturetwitter #RHSchelsea #GardenersWorld

The Three Little Pigs & the Big Bad Wolf are taking the narrative back! 🐷🐺 Resistance is futile, as the writer is about to learn.😲 Learning the elements of writing via twisted fairy tale is a play of wits!
WHO'S WRITING THIS STORY?! is our #ReadAloud @ youtu.be/NMZWwVqTqBQ

Had an absolute BLAST doing our first ever #PBRisingStars LIVE announcement with Ebony Lynn Mudd’s Merch & PB courses are LIVE!!

If you missed the event, announcements are now posted at

pbrisingstars.com/2024announceme…

Congrats to all! And remember, your art is the prize!

Look who’s sailing into The Halal Festival in the UK! Raisah and the Boat Trip by Nadia Ali illustrated by Fatma Zehra Köprülü
@justeatuk WHSmith Shakespeare&Company Rarewaves Kube Publishing Waterstones Bookshop.org LoveReading4Kids Al-Hidaayah Travel Imagination Library Anafiya Gifts

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” ~The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkein

Beyond the Secret Garden: How to Write Children’s Books about Africa - new piece with Karen Sands-O'Connor booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/beyond…

We are over-the-moon-and-back delighted to bring you the:
📣2024 Longlist for The Little Rebels Award for Radical Children’s Fiction📣

#LittleRebelsAward

That’s 17 books for readers aged 0-12 which hone in on social justice themes with empathy, urgency & joy!

LOOK! An Egg-straordinary reading by Kid Time Story Time of Humphrey the Egg-splorer by Nadia Ali, illustrations by Valenti Gubianas.
youtube.com/watch?v=IktLGr…
KidTime StoryTime The Seymour Agency Yeehoo Press Imagination Library Reese's Book Club IMC Literary Agency

Some great books that celebrate biodiversity for International Day for Biological Diversity. bookshop.org/shop/DaughterE…
#biodiversity

Look who’s sailing into The Halal Festival in the UK! Raisah and the Boat Trip by Nadia Ali illustrated by Fatma Zehra Köprülü

WHSmith Shakespeare&Company Rarewaves Kube Publishing Waterstones Bookshop.org LoveReading4Kids Al-Hidaayah Travel Imagination Library Anafiya Gifts

The perfect read for any Jane Austen fan!

Happy book birthday to Ame Dyckman✨ and Mark Teague's Vacation: Three-and-a-Half Stories (Bat, Cat & Rat #2)!

It’s the SLJ Day of Dialog! Come check out ARCS from Ame Dyckman✨, lindsaymward, Ged Adamson, James Burks, Christopher Weyant, Lee Harper, Jody Jensen Shaffer & more. #TwoLions #SLJDOD vshow.on24.com/vshow/SLJDODS/…