Dive into the season of love with these delightful reads that warm the heart! Perfect for reading cuddles with your forever Valentine! ❤️ #kidlit #kidlitart #ValentinesDay

Received Joyce Wan BE MY YUMMY ABC via a book giveaway recently & will put this fun, food-centered ABC book in my granddaughter’s Valentine’s Day bag. Not only does it reinforce the alphabet using foods from the world over, but says “I love you” w/all 26 letters!

My book DREAM BIG is part of Scholastic's special collection for Reach Out and Read’s 35th anniversary! 🎉 10K+ copies will be distributed by 36K clinicians to kids in under-resourced communitiesHonored to be included among such inspiring stories and creators.📖 #kidlit #dreambig

What I’ve been up to lately—the balancing act of being a book creator! Sharing all the behind-the-scenes fun in my latest Substack post. Check it out! 📚joycewanbooks.substack.com/p/the-creative… #kidlit #kidlitart

Hello, Spring!🌷Cuddle up with “Love Bug Cuties” and watch your little one’s curiosity blossom! Spring has never been so cute! 🐞🦋🐝🐌 Link in bio to learn more! 📚 #kidlit #kidlitart #boardbooks

New on Substack: Permission to Wander—highlights from my day at Luna Luna, an immersive art experience, and some thoughts on the value of taking a break to recharge. Read it here: joycewanbooks.substack.com/p/permission-t… #creativity #art #lunaluna

Five years of bedtime snuggles with my books? My heart! ❤️❤️❤️ Always honored to be part of these special moments with families.

New on Substack: The Obstacle Is the Way It’s the reminder I needed when my creative brain tried to run away from the hard stuff (again). Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/joycewanbo… #kidlit

Found this cute reading of one of my books that was posted 12 YEARS AGO & realized she’s probably in highschool now. HOW?! This looks like it could have been taken yesterday. Not even my kid but filled with all the feelings. 🥹 Time is wild. #kidlit youtu.be/lbENMMxXNCA?si…

NYC friends! Join us tonight for the opening reception of Imaginary Kingdom, a group art show of children’s book illustrators (including me)! 5:30–7:30pm at the Interchurch Center. Chase the rainy gloom away with an evening of #kidlitart and a peek at my upcoming book! #kidlit

New Substack Post: My reflections on being part of a group art show, Imaginary Kingdom, at The Galleries of the Interchurch Center in NYC. #kidlit #kidlitart open.substack.com/pub/joycewanbo…

My brother Chef Kenneth Wan is making his big TV debut on CHOPPED tonight! I'll drop a link with more info about the episode. Watch him do dramatic cooking under extreme pressure while I roast him from the couch like a proud sibling should. ❤️😂💁🏻‍♀️ foodnetwork.com/shows/chopped/…

Will be heading to the American Library Association Annual Conference for a weekend full of bookish joy—panel chatting, book signing, and soaking up the love of books with some really wonderful book people. If you will be around, please come by and say hi! 📚#alaacc25 #kidlit #kidlitart

So Many Books, So Many Hugs: Reflections on My First American Library Association Conference joycewanbooks.substack.com/p/so-many-book… #alaac25 #kidlit #kidlitart

Interview with me! Thanks Jane Smith!

Seeing KPop Demon Hunters break record after record is such a powerful reminder: diverse stories matter, and they resonate. When we make space for new voices, audiences respond…with their views, their dollars, and their hearts. #diversevoicesmatter

Humbled and honored to find my book You Are My Cupcake on the NYT list of 50 Great Board Books for Babies. Surreal to see my name with the classics I’ve loved forever. #kidlit #kidlitart nytimes.com/2025/09/11/boo…

Just dropped a new Substack! 🧁✨ About what it means to see my work on the New York Times’ list of 50 Great Board Books for Babies. Spoiler: it’s surreal, emotional, and yes… some tears may have even been shed. 🥹open.substack.com/pub/joycewanbo…

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