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In the top-selling book of 2025 in Japan, “Dai Pinchi Zukan 3,” a clumsy schoolboy with a bowl haircut and cowlick runs into familiar foibles of childhood such as “cat follows you home.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/12/21/books/kids-book-japan-daipinchi-zukan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #books #childrensbooks #children #parenthood #2025inreview

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Colorado Authors League

@ColoradoAuthors@romancelandia.club · 2 weeks ago

Too Much! by Jolene Gutiérrez is a reassuring rhyming picture book about sensory overload and what you can do when everything is too much. "this book provides much-needed representation and understanding."
#christmas2025 #childrensbooks #neurodivergent #sensoryprocessing
https://www.amazon.com/Too-Much-Overwhelming-Jolene-Guti%C3%A9rrez/dp/1419764268/

Amazon.com: Too Much!: An Overwhelming Day: 9781419764264: Gutiérrez, Jolene, Chang, Angel: Books

book cover. a child with her hands over her ears, sitting under a blanket as they are bombarded with multi-colored objects and synbols

Colorado Authors League

@ColoradoAuthors@romancelandia.club · 2 weeks ago

Amazon.com: Too Much!: An Overwhelming Day: 9781419764264: Gutiérrez, Jolene, Chang, Angel: Books

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Tiota Sram

@tiotasram@kolektiva.social · last month

Just checked out some truly excellent books from the library to read to my 4-year-old:

Adèle & Simon by Barbara McClintock (things to find), The Marvelous Now by Angela DiTerlizzi and Lorena Alvarez Gómez (rhyming & positive encouragement about mood regulation), and Forts by Katie Venit & Kenard Pak (lovely ode to children's forts).

I had a wonderful reverse-Magritte moment reading Adèle & Simon where Simon loses his drawing of a cat and my kid pointed out one of the actual cats in the image. I said "No, that's a cat, we're looking for a drawing of a cat," before realizing that technically we were looking for a drawing of a drawing of a cat, and the thing my kid pointed to was indeed a drawing of a cat, just not in that category relative to Simon's frame of reference...

#AmReading #ReadingNow #ChildrensBooks

Tiota Sram

@tiotasram@kolektiva.social · last month

Just checked out some truly excellent books from the library to read to my 4-year-old:

#AmReading #ReadingNow #ChildrensBooks

TheEdinburghBookshop

@TheEdinburghBookshop@bookish.community · 3 months ago

Sin Bin Island! Doug Naylor (yes, *that* Doug, the Red Dwarf co-creator!) has a most gigglesome new novel for younger readers, out now from David Fickling Books.

#books #livres #ChildrensBooks #LivresJeunesse #SinBinIsland #RedDwarf #DougNaylor #Fantasy #Humour #bookshops #librairies #bookstodon

Cover for children's fantasy-humour novel Sin Bin Island, by Doug Naylor, showing children running towards the viewer with a giant serpent reading up behind them

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Gretchen K Deahl

@gretchenkdeahl@pixelfed.social · 4 months ago

The Secret Lives of Monsters: The Mushroom Hunter

A chance encounter while hunting for mushrooms.

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(100% human-made) human imagined, drawn and painted, no AI whatsoever.

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Pencil/graphite tonal drawing of a landscape. Tucked behind ferns next to the trunk of a tree, a horned creature glares outward with a scowl at being disturbed. Unaware of the little beastie, the flowered boots of a young girl stand near by, for she is intent on hunting for tasty mushrooms. The two may become acquainted very soon, as there some lovely edible shrooms at her heel. NOTE: They both like mushrooms for dinner.

Gretchen K Deahl

@gretchenkdeahl@pixelfed.social · 4 months ago

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Gretchen K Deahl

@gretchenkdeahl@pixelfed.social · 4 months ago

Secret Corners: Hiding in Plain Sight

The Enchanted Forest. In the hidden corners of the world, sweet mysteries abound. NOTE: I created this piece quite a while ago, using a rubbing technique (a block of concrete) to get the texture of the tree bark. :-)

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Almost hidden within a pile of maple leaves and tucked into the roots of a tree, stands a solitary, spiky haired creature of unknown origin. Arms outstretched, with a slight scowl on its face, it appears to be thinking of something important - perhaps what it would like to eat for lunch. Far back, lurking behind a tree, a young girl is watching. Drawn in black, white and gray graphite/pencil.

Gretchen K Deahl

@gretchenkdeahl@pixelfed.social · 4 months ago

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Gretchen K Deahl

@gretchenkdeahl@pixelfed.social · 5 months ago

Cat Dreams

Of course, I'm just guessing... who really knows what cats dream? :-)

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A cat stands very still, slyly glancing at the tip of its tail, where a hopeful fish has come for a nibble. On the tip of its tail grows a bit of tasty-looking vegetation. Its orange body has seaweed shaped patterns. From the top of the kitties head, branching flowers of green and orange blossom and sway, enticing the unwary to come closer.

Gretchen K Deahl

@gretchenkdeahl@pixelfed.social · 5 months ago

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LordWoolamaloo

@LordWoolamaloo@mastodon.scot · 5 months ago

Goodbye to an absolute publishing legend, loved by generations of kids and parents https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jul/31/allan-ahlberg-beloved-childrens-author-dies-aged-87

#AllanAhlberg #books #livres #ChildrensBooks #LivresJeunesse #bookstodon

LordWoolamaloo

@LordWoolamaloo@mastodon.scot · 5 months ago

Goodbye to an absolute publishing legend, loved by generations of kids and parents https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jul/31/allan-ahlberg-beloved-childrens-author-dies-aged-87

#AllanAhlberg #books #livres #ChildrensBooks #LivresJeunesse #bookstodon

Alyn

@alyn@wandering.shop · 5 months ago

We had some great news today, and were over the moon to see my wife's book, 'The House At The Edge of Magic' shortlisted for the Barnes & Noble Children's & YA Book Awards! A huge honour.
Congratulations to all the other authors and illustrators of course!
#bookstodon #books #kidlit #childrensbooks

Shortlist awards announcement for the Barnes & Noble Children's and Y.A. Book Awards in the Young Readers category. A vague patterned background with a dark orange to dark yellow vertical fade is behind the text and images of the book covers. The books shortlisted and shown are:
The House At The Edge of Magic by Amy Sparkes; illu'd by Ben Mantle
Vanya and the Wild Hunt by Sangu Mandanna
The Flicker by H.E. Edgmon
Away by Megan E. Freeman
The Other Side of Tomorrow: A Graphic Novel by Tina Cho; illu'd by Deb JJ Lee
Afia in the Land of Wonders by Mia Araujo — Shortlist awards announcement for the Barnes & Noble Children's and Y.A. Book Awards in the Young Readers category. A vague patterned background with a dark orange to dark yellow vertical fade is behind the text and images of the book covers. The books shortlisted and shown are: The House At The Edge of Magic by Amy Sparkes; illu'd by Ben Mantle Vanya and the Wild Hunt by Sangu Mandanna The Flicker by H.E. Edgmon Away by Megan E. Freeman The Other Side of Tomorrow: A Graphic Novel by Tina Cho; illu'd by Deb JJ Lee Afia in the Land of Wonders by Mia Araujo

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Gretchen K Deahl

@gretchenkdeahl@pixelfed.social · 5 months ago

The Mysterious Monster March: THE CONVERSATION

Illustration from a children's picture book that I am working on.

"After Meenu gobbles the crisp tartlets that

are offered, he asks "Where is everyone going?"

"I'm not sure" growls one, scratching its neck.

"It is a BIG mystery!", another whispers, smiling

nervously. One teeny monster mumbles

"I'm just following the others."

(100% human-made) human imagined, drawn and painted, no AI whatsoever.

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The Mysterious Monster March: THE CONVERSATION
Illustration from a children's picture book that I am working on.

A strange crowd of monsters gather curiously around a small blue monster. They stare at it, with concern bordering on fear. A conversation is taking place about where they are going and why. — The Mysterious Monster March: THE CONVERSATION Illustration from a children's picture book that I am working on. A strange crowd of monsters gather curiously around a small blue monster. They stare at it, with concern bordering on fear. A conversation is taking place about where they are going and why.

Gretchen K Deahl

@gretchenkdeahl@pixelfed.social · 5 months ago

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TheEdinburghBookshop

@TheEdinburghBookshop@bookish.community · 5 months ago

Oi, Dinosaurs!! 🦖🦕

Jack has painted a dinotastic window to celebrate Hachette Children's releasing the latest in Kes Gray & Jim Field's fabulous Oi picture books series!

#books #livres #ChildrensBooks #LivresJuenesse #dinosaurs #OiDinosaurs #JimField #KesGray #PictureBooks #bookshops #librairies #IndieBookshops #bookstodon #WindowPainting #painting #illustration #art #bookstodon

The finished purple dinosaur on the window glass, viewed from the inside, looking out

Looking in the window of the bookshop as bookseller Jack fills in some colour in the outline he's already drawn on the window glass

Looking out the bookshop window at bookseller Jack as he draws an outline for the window painting

Finished window for Oi Dinosaurs, viewed from the outside, our large, purple dino sitting and looking out the glass

TheEdinburghBookshop

@TheEdinburghBookshop@bookish.community · 5 months ago

Oi, Dinosaurs!! 🦖🦕

Jack has painted a dinotastic window to celebrate Hachette Children's releasing the latest in Kes Gray & Jim Field's fabulous Oi picture books series!