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Wow!!! Thanks @nytimes and @orahmark … next month #NightStories #CuentosDeNoche wherever you get cool books @ToonBooks nytimes.com/2024/05/17/boo…

Congratulations to @rubingo and @porliniers! THE TRUTH ABOUT THE COUCH is an instant @nytimesbooks bestseller! 🎉🎉 A giant THANK YOU to all the educators and librarians that shared this fun read aloud with your young readers! ❤️

@MrChuckD @Beyonce It's a great soundtrack for a graphic novel, Chuck!

Bring on the ⁦@Beyonce⁩ album music.apple.com/us/album/cowbo…

ICYMI: From Mar/Apr #HBMag #HornBookMagazine "Tall Tales" by Noah Van Sciver and Marlena Myles @ThisIsMarlena @ToonBooks @astrakidsbooks (page 1 below) hbook.com/story/tall-tal…

From Mar/Apr #HBMag #HornBookMagazine "Tall Tales" by Noah Van Sciver and Marlena Myles @ThisIsMarlena @ToonBooks @astrakidsbooks (page 1 below) hbook.com/story/articles…

@CarleMuseum of #amherstma hosts Very Hungry Caterpillar Day w/ lots of #familyfun inc. storytime w/ #author Kevin McCloskey (@toonbooks) Info: ow.ly/K4V450QVCe9 #kidlit #CenterForTheBook @MassLibAssoc @mblclibraries @NEIBAbooks

This week's #picturebook crushes: @benjaminflouw @ChronicleKids @ToonBooks @lindzamer @kipalizadeh @SimonKIDS @PeterPauperPres @davidgross_man @GroundwoodBooks @tigertalesbooks @geckopress @pubspotlight letstalkpicturebooks.com/2024/03/crushe…

Staff picks! ⭐️ See 14 great new books for all ages that our booksellers love: bluewillowbookshop.com/blog/fourteen-… @ToonBooks @DisneyBooks @GreenwillowBook @Candlewick @penguinkids @Scholastic @DelacortePress @EpicReads @MinotaurBooks @AtriaBooks @randomhouse @hyperionavebook @wwnorton

Meet our newest special guest! Liniers (@porliniers) is an Argentine cartoonist who creates fantastical books in English and Spanish. You might be familiar with Buenas Noches, Planeta (Good Night, Planet), which won the 2018 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Early Reader!

We spoke with essayist David Sedaris about ‘Pretty Ugly,’ his picture book debut with the late Ian Falconer, and the joy of grossing out loved ones and strangers alike buff.ly/3OUyDGO

Starting with Just Pretend, we really like Geoffrey Hayes' Benny and Penny books pitched at children who've just begun to read. Five of them reviewed today. @ToonBooks theslingsandarrows.com/benny-and-penn…

Review of the Day: Pretty Ugly by David Sedaris, ill. Ian Falconer afuse8production.slj.com/2024/01/09/rev…

GOOTA GO "is entertaining fun, and a great book for older readers with a sense of humor to share with newer readers" librarycomic.com/picture-book-r…

"Consider this little monstrosity a much-needed corrective to smarmy platitudes” PRETTY UGLY by David Sedaris & Ian Falconer  kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/d…

Happy New Year! May old tales, told anew, guide you into a 2024 of generosity, ingenuity, and insight publisherspotlight.com/old-tales-told…

"Whether it’s bound to be a moth or a butterfly, the life cycle of these backyard bugs is told with both humor and downright pretty pictures" says @FuseEight in her description of CATERPILLARS on her yearend list of best science and nature books afuse8production.slj.com/2023/12/25/31-…

The @neilhimself & Lorenzo Mattotti version of HANSEL & GRETEL has been reissued in paperback! Treatyourself today "lovers of visual storytelling will devour this eerie version of a classic" booklistonline.com/Hansel-and-Gre…