“A tender story of a father and his daughter—newcomers to Canada—and how each must hold the mantle of language for the other in an expression of love.” —Kao Kalia Yang, author of FROM THE TOPS OF THE TREES

I had the pleasure of witnessing Rebecca develop this brilliant concept book and it is still one my favourite things I've ever seen from any critique partner and I think about it a lot 👀

Check out this stunning and important #picturebook by Jack Wong! #picturebooklibrary #kidlit #kidlitillustration #kidlitpicks #kidlitreview #kidbooks #childrensbooks #librarybooks #storytime #reading #readingrecommendations #bookrecommendations #swimming #ireadcanadian

Happy Book Birthday Sam Francisco, King of the Disco by Sarah Tagholm, illustrated by Binny Talib and The Words We Share by Jack Wong🤩. These two picture books deserve a spot on every bookshelf.

THE WORDS WE SHARE is out now in 🇨🇦! No release day is complete w/o a visit to @woozlesbooks to see your book on shelves for the 1st time 🤩 & thx to everyone who pre-ordered a copy! We've drawn the winner of the raffle—congrats, & we'll be in touch to get the art prize to you!

I was so glad to chat w/ 🫖Jena Benton🧜🏻‍♀️ about THE WORDS WE SHARE, especially given her exp as a teacher who've met many students like the main character of the book. "That's why I imagine [WORDS] could have been written by any one of them." A beautiful affirmation — thank you Jena!

We had a wonderful time meeting author Jack Wong His story, The Words We Share, connected w our kids, many of whom are recent arrivals to Canada and relate to Jack’s experience of learning a new language while helping their family navigate their learning too. 🧵⬇️

THE WORDS WE SHARE comes out in the US tomorrow, which means it's the last day (sorry, messed up the date in previous graphic) to pre-order from these partnering bookstores for a chance to win an original piece of concept art! bookmarksnc.org/book/978177321… lindentreebooks.com/the-words-we-s… 🙏

"This lovely book about a hardworking Chinese Canadian father, and the daughter who helps him by translating English, is exactly the type of book I wished existed when I was a kid." —Bao Phi, author of the Caldecott Honor and Zolotow Award-winning A DIFFERENT POND

NEW: Register for the 2023 Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards Virtual Celebration. It's free & you're all invited! hbook.com/story/2023-bos… #BGHB23 The Boston Globe - The Horn Book Awards #BostonGlobeHornBookAwards2023 Jack Wong @StudioJJK Angeline Boulley - #FIREKEEPERSDAUGHTER @scholastic @mackidsbooks Macmillan Children's School & Library 📚

Pittsburgh! I'll be at CityofAsylumBooks tomorrow for a story hour as part of Pittsburgh Int'l LitFest, see ya there 😎 thank you City of Asylum for having me! In the meantime, checking out some sights around the city — the aviary is amazinggg 👀

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We are trying something new! A brand new club for introverts. You probably think - oh hey, introverts don’t like clubs - but they like this one! Silent Book Club. Every lunch in the library. Bring a book. Read. Enjoy the silence. It’s just awesome❤️ #rtla38 #sd38learn #introvert

An auction benefiting Armenian families from Artsakh *currently forcibly displaced & subject to ethnic cleansing* is on til 10/29! Pls do check it out, donate to the listed vetted orgs whether or not you win an item, and keep eyes & ear on this region 🙏 32auctions.com/booksforartsak…

Thank you again to EVERYONE who pre-ordered THE WORDS WE SHARE 🙏 The winner of the USA draw (for pre-orders from lovely partnering bookstores Linden Tree Books and Bookmarks) is... SARA F. We'll be in touch by email to get the prize to you!

REMINDER: Join me, @StudioJJK and Angeline Boulley - #FIREKEEPERSDAUGHTER in virtual conversation with The Horn Book celebrating the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards! There will be virtual speeches and virtual toasts 😎 Register via link below: Scholastic Scholastic Canada

Groundbreaking, poetic, entertaining and moving: here are the #GGBooks2023 winners in Fiction, Poetry, Drama, Non-fiction, Young People's Literature - Text, Young People's Literature - Illustrated Books, and Translation. Congratulations! buff.ly/2P9PWmx #GGBooks #CanLit

Jack Wong Congratulations! When You Can Swim by Jack Wong is one of NY Public Library's 2023 #BestBooks for Kids! nypl.org/books-more/rec…

We are thrilled to present this chat with 2023 #GGBooks winner Jack Wong! His illustrated children's book is WHEN YOU CAN SWIM (and if you enter, you might just WIN it!) 49thshelf.com/Blog/2023/11/2… Scholastic Canada Jack Wong Trevor Corkum