Merrilees Brown

A boy  A wish 💫 A journey to find a friend 🛶 "Caspian Finds A Friend" releases in one week! We can't wait for you to join him on his adventure! It's available for preorder here: indiebound.org/book/978145213…  or here: amazon.com/Caspian-Finds-…

11 books for kids who are feeling lonely while stuck at home. businessinsider.sg/books-kids-who…

#CaspianFindsaFriend by @j_veissid & @MerrileesBrown (a story about the bond between a boy and a bear) is included in @businessinsider's list of "11 books for kids who are feeling lonely while stuck at home"🥰 businessinsider.sg/books-kids-who…

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I’m very excited and grateful to be longlisted for the Klaus Flugge Prize, awarded to the most promising and exciting newcomer to children’s picture book illustration, for “Caspian Finds a Friend.” @ChronicleKids @ChronicleBooks @j_veissid @AndreaAgency

"What you seek is seeking you." - #Rumi Happy New Year & New Decade friends! This is a spread from #CaspianFindsAfriend written by @j_veissid illustrated by @MerrileesBrown available in all good Childrens book stores.

@AndreaAgency @kmoorebooks Thanks so much Katrina !!! 🤩 yes I’m so thrilled to be working with Andrea!

@kmoorebooks @MerrileesBrown ☺️🥰

Hooray!! 🎉 So thrilled to be on your team @MerrileesBrown!!!

Exciting news, Im now represented by the wonderful @AndreaAgency of Writers House!🤩

#CaspianFindsaFriend made @pragmaticmom's list of Favorite New Picture Books of 2019 🙌 "There is something magical about this book from the illustrations to how Caspian’s wish for a friend gets fulfilled." READ MORE: bit.ly/2reF400 #friendshipgoals (📷: @bookroo_love)

Yay! #CaspianFindsAFriend by @j_veissid & @MerrileesBrown is one of @pragmaticmom's “Favorite New Picture Books of 2019!” pragmaticmom.com/2019/12/favori…

I spy Caspian Finds a Friend! Thank you for including it on your wonderful list of Bear Books For Kids! 🐻📚❤️@MerrileesBrown @ChronicleKids @ChronicleBooks @StimolaLiterary

Signed copies of CASPIAN FINDS A FRIEND and RUBY’S SWORD are available now at the one and only @strandbookstore in NYC! @ChronicleBooks @ChronicleKids @StimolaLiterary #picturebook #kidlit #childrensbooks #strandbookstore

Such a beautiful book and story! Today's review... Caspian Finds A Friend @j_veissid @MerrileesBrown @chroniclebooks #kidlit #pb #friendship #sea tinyurl.com/rfathg4

🎉New York City friends! This Sunday 11/24 at 11am illustrator @MerrileesBrown and I will be doing a reading and signing of CASPIAN FINDS A FRIEND at the one and only @strandbookstore! There will be a fun craft for kids as well. We hope you can make it! #nyc #picturebook

Thank you @SamJDThomas for your lovely review of CASPIAN FINDS A FRIEND! ❤️📖✨ “This definitely has all the vibes of a future classic, and with its timeless feel will definitely be a book that gets read by many generations, to many generations too.” samjdthomas.home.blog

For about a year, a documentary crew has been following @yuyimorales @macbarnett and me as part of a film about picture books. They’ve just launched a Kickstarter to help fund the production. Check it out! kickstarter.com/projects/story…

Thank you @ImaginationSoup for including "Caspian Finds a Friend" on this wonderful list on Picture Books about Friendship! 📚✨ @MerrileesBrown @ChronicleBooks @ChronicleKids @StimolaLiterary @AbramsChronicle

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Pleased to announce the first publication from my new research project, "Black Civic Organizations in the History of Education: Leadership, Curriculum, and Resistance." link.springer.com/referenceworke…

A Lovely review from School Library Journal. Thank you @sljournal bit.ly/32Cl0BU

Great way to spend a Saturday! EPA SCBWI event at @CBWHaverford with debut illustrator Merilees Brown, 5 senses Exhibit tour at Philadelphia Free Library, and tour of Author-illustrator @gregpizzoli studio. Thanks @v_lawmanning for organizing.