

Lisa Tolin
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@lisatolin
Editorial Director @PENAmerica (formerly @nbcnews @ap) and I write for kids. HOW TO BE A ROCK STAR; CAN YOU IMAGINE? (Atheneum, 2025). @lisatolin.bsky.social







Lisa Tolin on the banning of Eric Carle’s Draw Me A Star: “What those who redact Carle’s childlike art probably don’t realize is that it was inspired by his own response to censorship growing up in Nazi Germany.” lithub.com/draw-me-a-cont…


In a new PEN Ten, our editorial director @lisatolin & illustrator Yas Imamura talk with @jonfreadom about their new picture book Can You Imagine? The Art and Life of Yoko Ono (@simonschuster, 2025), which explores the fascinating life of the famous artist: pen.org/lisa-tolin-yas…





It’s so close I could cry! Can’t wait to see everyone!!!





This reading wall is *AMAZING*, love seeing TRICKY CHOPSTICKS (illus. @wenfancyart @SimonKIDS) in such awesome company!!! Thank you @lostitbad! So many to possibly tag, but quick-tagging @lisatolin @KaileiPew @KWindness @TeresaRobeson from what I spotted right away!


All the gorgeous books I shared with my 5th graders this past school year. Thanks to all the authors and illustrators for creating them. We had so many wonderful moments while enjoying the stories and meeting the characters.





“Mom! Wait! You have to hydrate before reading!”- my intense 4-year-old. 🥤 Books we were reading (again): 🚫The Book With No Pictures by @bjnovak 🔎Find Fergus by @MikeBoldt 🎸How to be a Rockstar by @lisatolin and @DanielDuncan #picturebooks #hydrate #read





