In the quiet forest, walks a gentle bear. Upon his sunny back a young girl sleeps.

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Introducing Rashida and Orbit, her robot. There's something the matter with Orbit, she is on a mission to use problem solving & STEM to figure out what's wrong. Robot Explorations series books 1. #YoungRebelsPub #KidLIt
#ChildrensBooks #STEMBooks #KidSTEMBooks #KidRobotBooks #KidEngineeringBooks
https://getbook.at/OrbitBotExp1

GORGEOUS MONSTERS & THEIR PETS

Welcome to my new interview series. I am the official human spokesperson for the Guardian Monster Guild, editor of the "Monster Times & Review" and author of the glamorous tell-all book, "What Monsters Want". These are hard-won credentials that I have worked tirelessly to obtain. As an ordinary human being, entering the realm of Monsterdom requires a rigorous determination, and an ego that can survive all manner of taunts, threats and indignation. I have endured countless nips, pokes and licks from numerous monsters whose intent, it seems, was to provoke me into giving up. I have proved them wrong! NOTE: This latest set of interviews on monster pets is for human eyes only and includes interviews with a select group from the Gorgeous Monsters Society. (This is the name they give themselves.) Here we discuss their feelings of unabashed adoration for their beloved pets as well as their care and feeding.

Meet Mr. Vishnyt, a Spikey Bobster & his (terrified) Speckled Ignatium, Krinkle

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Read the INTERVIEW: https://www.behance.net/gallery/229691263/Gorgeous-Monster-Mr-Vishnyt-his-Speckled-Ignatium

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GORGEOUS MONSTERS & THEIR PETS

Welcome to my new interview series. I am the official human spokesperson for the Guardian Monster Guild, editor of the "Monster Times & Review" and author of the glamorous tell-all book, "What Monsters Want". These are hard-won credentials that I have worked tirelessly to obtain. As an ordinary human being, entering the realm of Monsterdom requires a rigorous determination, and an ego that can survive all manner of taunts, threats and indignation. I have endured countless nips, pokes and licks from numerous monsters whose intent, it seems, was to provoke me into giving up. I have proved them wrong! NOTE: This latest set of interviews on monster pets is for human eyes only and includes interviews with a select group from the Gorgeous Monsters Society. (This is the name they give themselves.) Here we discuss their feelings of unabashed adoration for their beloved pets as well as their care and feeding.

Meet Mr. Vishnyt, a Spikey Bobster & his (terrified) Speckled Ignatium, Krinkle

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Read the INTERVIEW: https://www.behance.net/gallery/229691263/Gorgeous-Monster-Mr-Vishnyt-his-Speckled-Ignatium

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

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Today's #Januread was from

Tove Jansson: Sent i November
(in English as "Moominvalley in November")

"En tidig morgon i Mumindalen vaknade Snusmumriken i sitt tält och kände att det var höst och uppbrott i luften." *

#Reading #Läsa #Bok #Svenska #ChildrensBooks

Januread is an initiative by the #ScottishBookTrust to support reading every day in January:
https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/reading-and-stories/januread

Today's #Januread was from

Tove Jansson: Sent i November
(in English as "Moominvalley in November")

"En tidig morgon i Mumindalen vaknade Snusmumriken i sitt tält och kände att det var höst och uppbrott i luften." *

#Reading #Läsa #Bok #Svenska #ChildrensBooks

Januread is an initiative by the #ScottishBookTrust to support reading every day in January:
https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/reading-and-stories/januread

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

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/

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/

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

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

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

The Secret Lives of Monsters: The Mushroom Hunter

A chance encounter while hunting for mushrooms.

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The Secret Lives of Monsters: The Mushroom Hunter

A chance encounter while hunting for mushrooms.

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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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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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NOW AVAILABLE in my Redbubble shop:
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(100% human-made) human imagined, drawn and painted, no AI whatsoever.

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Cat Dreams

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

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Cat Dreams

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

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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

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