Michelle Sterling

Food helps Maribel find her footing in the United States while also staying connected to her identity as a Filipina in Maribel's Year by @averyaugustine_ and Sarah Gonzales. Read more about this Filipino American picturebook in #WOWReview! wowlit.org/on-line-public…

@kmoorebooks @JackieWoodson @nancyrosep @DisneyBooks @PenguinBooks @beckyscharn @KTegenBooks @HarperChildrens @HarperStacks @liantomato So wonderful to see Maribel there! Thanks so much, Katrina!!! 🥰🥰

It’s #backtoschool time for us, & these are the #picturebooks we’ve enjoyed most this first week back! ❤️🚌📚☀️ #BacktoSchool2023 ⬇️

Thank you so much, @kmoorebooks!!! 🥰🥰

TODAY IS THE DAY! “I WANT TO BE SPAGHETTI!” IS OUT!!! @theforestmori AND I CANT BELIEVE IT!

@TitaSteph @sgonzalesart @sophialeewrites @lynnorbontigao Love seeing these altogether! Thank you so much for sharing!!! 💛💛💛

Today's storytime with cousins was so cute! The grown ups and the little ones loved the books I read to them. @averyaugustine_ @sgonzalesart @sophialeewrites @lynnorbontigao

@jamieleesogn Thank you so much!!! ☺️

Also, PSA, When Lola Visits may make your real life Lola cry 😢 because of how wonderful it is!

Couldn’t let #AAPIHeritageMonth end without shouting about just three of the many beautiful AAPI picture books my son and I love right now! 📚🥭 Full list in the comment! Or in the tt! tiktok.com/t/ZTREqEFQ4/

Get a peak into @sgonzalesart's artistic process and @averyaugustine_ 's inspiration behind their new picture book, Maribel's Year! ❄️🌷☀️🍂fal.cn/3yctY

@growandglow7 @ClarkElemTampa Thank you so much for sharing! 💛

Day 165 of #ClassroomBookADay - When Lola Visits by @averyaugustine_ LOVED sharing about beautiful memories when Lola visits, & plucked a few sampaguita from the front yard to share how Lola’s soap smells! 🇵🇭🇺🇸#AAPIHeritageMonth @ClarkElemTampa #2ndGrade

Looking for children's books about the immigrant experience? New titles by @ErikaDraws, @JohnAgard1, @LawrencePatrice, @Succreart, @averyaugustine_, @sgonzalesart, and others approach the subject in a fresh way. bit.ly/3LVmhfm #ImmigrantStories

@FilTheShelves @xtian_as @RodAPulido @tracybwrites @RissMNeilson Thank you so much, @FilTheShelves! ❤️

THE WATER WE SWIM IN by @xtian_as CHASING PACQUIAO by @RodAPulido ONLY ONLY MARISOL RAINEY by Erin Entrada Kelly LA TERCERA by Gina Apostol THE TAKEOUT by @tracybwrites I AM NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE DARK by @RissMNeilson MARIBEL'S YEAR by @averyaugustine_

Check out these recent releases from creators of Filipinx Heritage! And show your support by following the creators tagged in the thread! #filtheshelves #AAPIHeritageMonth #AANHPIHeritageMonth #AANHPI #ANHPI #AAPI

@nicyulo @sgonzalesart Thanks so much, Nic! 🥰

⚡️Happy Pub Day⚡️ @sgonzalesart and @averyaugustine_ CANNOT WAIT to get my hands on this GEM! 🇵🇭🩵💛🩷

@sgonzalesart Happy pub day to Maribel’s Year! 🥳

@sgonzalesart Omg, love!!! 🥰😅

Thank you so much, @areaderlymom @BookRiot!!!! 💛

Baking up a little something special for the upcoming release of Maribel’s Year! May 9! 👩🏻‍🍳 There’s a preview of the beautiful interiors by @sgonzalesart in this reel! 🍊🍪 📚 instagram.com/reel/CrwuQ9wJL… @helloomabel @AndreaAgency @AllieLevick @HarperChildrens @KTegenBooks

❤️📚It’s National Library Week!📚❤️I’m giving away 6 copies of THIS IS A STORY by @MrSchuReads and illustrated by me. Our book celebrates libraries, librarians and the power and importance of story. RT for a chance to win a copy! I’ll select 6 winners on Tuesday 4/25 at 10pm EST

@genielyssereyes @HighlightsFound Congrats!!! 🥳🥳🥳

Ahh!! Truly honored to be the recipient of the Lee Bennett Hopkins Scholarship! 💛💚💙 Thank you @HighlightsFound for this wonderful opportunity. My spoken word and verse-novelist heart is singing, and I cannot wait to attend my first Highlights workshop!

In about two weeks, MARIBEL’S YEAR will be out on May 9! So much gratitude to everyone who has helped bring this book into the world!!! @sgonzalesart @helloomabel @andreaagency @allielevick @harperchildrens @ktegenbooks