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Enchanted Lion Books @enchantedlion.bsky.social · 2d

This Sat at NYC’s Society of Illustrators: Draw with Mari Kanstad Johnsen, the NYT Best Illustrated artist behind BEDTIME FOR BO!

For kids & families: Mari will share her creative process, read from BEDTIME FOR BO, & lead an animal drawing workshop.

Tickets: societyillustrators.org/event/pictur...

Picture Book Spotlight with award-winning illustrator Mari Kanstad Johnsen - Society of Illustrators

Meet Mari Kanstad Johnsen, an award-winning and acclaimed visual artist, children's book author, and illustrator from Norway. She earned her bachelor’s degree f

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Paula Holmes @qsprite.bsky.social · 4d

Last night went to see Brian Isett and Claudia Biçen talk about their new book THE FORGOTTEN TEACHERS: How nature wrote the story of life at White Whale Bookstore in Pittsburgh from Unruly @enchantedlion.bsky.social Truly a beautiful and fascinating book that combines art and science.

Cover THE FORGOTTEN TEACHERS featuring the tree of life whose branches sprout plants, birds, iguanas, fish, hands, and fungi. From Unruly https://enchantedlion.com/blog/2025/9/30/author-brian-isett-on-the-forgotten-teachers?rq=Forgotten%20

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Kristin L. Gray @kristinlgray.bsky.social · 5d

I adore everything by @enchantedlion.bsky.social. Will look for this gem! Thank you, Maria. #poetry #picturebooks

Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 5d

A poem … is when you are in love and have the sky in your mouth.”

This is so wonderful www.themarginalian.org/2017/03/24/t...

This Is a Poem That Heals Fish: An Almost Unbearably Wonderful Picture-Book About How Poetry Works Its Magic

“A poem … is when you are in love and have the sky in your mouth.”

www.themarginalian.org

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Louise @sstrohem.bsky.social · 9d

Oh gosh. We lost a great one. I love her letter to children about her love of books and reading. This is from @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy A Velocity of Being: Letters to a Young Reader published by @enchantedlion.bsky.social

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Emma Kantor @emkantor.bsky.social · 10d

Happy International Translation Day and final day of World Kid Lit Month! So great to join illustrator Matthew Forsythe and Claudia Zoe Bedrick @enchantedlion.bsky.social for a conversation about THE GRAMMAR OF FANTASY by Italian author/educator Gianni Rodari. Buona lettura! @worldkidlit.bsky.social

Emma Kantor of Publishers Weekly and author-illustrator Matthew Forsythe at Sullaluna bookstore + bistro in NYC.

Members of the audience joined in a drawing game inspired by Gianni Rodari's concept of the fantastic binomial, combining unexpected words/ideas at random to create the spark for a story. Pairs included "fairy + overalls"; "chicken + pizzazz"; "pig + escalator"; "pencil + garden" + more.

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Enchanted Lion Books @enchantedlion.bsky.social · 10d

THE FORGOTTEN TEACHERS is out today!!!!

Interweaving science & storytelling, spirituality & art, neuroscientist Brian Isett & artist Claudia Biçen guide us toward a deeper understanding of how radically interconnected all of life is.

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#newnonfiction

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Paula Holmes @qsprite.bsky.social · 19d

One of my favorites for fall PUMPKIN ISLAND by Arthur Geisert from @enchantedlion.bsky.social it’s a visual treat!

Cover of PUMPKIN ISLAND showing an ever expanding pumpkin patch https://enchantedlion.com/all-books/pumpkin-island-bg3zl

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Enchanted Lion Books @enchantedlion.bsky.social · Sep 8

Our web sale has been a huge success & we discovered more boxes of books in our office, so…

we’re extending our web sale to the end of the week!!!!

✨ 40% off $100+ at enchantedlion.com/all-books ✨

Thank you so much to all who’ve made a purchase & helped spread the word 🫶

#kidlit lovers unite!

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Enchanted Lion Books @enchantedlion.bsky.social · Sep 4

📣 Attn book lovers: Enchanted Lion is hosting a HUGE moving sale!

✨ONLINE SALE: 40% off all orders $100+ on enchantedlion.com✨
=> Order before 9/10, no code necessary!

✨COURTYARD SALE: Sun 9/14, 12-5pm @ 248 Creamer St, Brooklyn, NY ✨
=> Many shelf-worn books for sale—all priced $5-10!#kidlitit

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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · Aug 26

#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Nahid Kazemi from her picturebook The Other Side of the Rocks. Based on a Rumi story about a frog who goes to explore the world. The almost abstract image expresses the strangeness of the venture. Enchanted Lion 26 Aug @enchantedlion.bsky.social @nahidkazemi.bsky.social

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Enchanted Lion Books @enchantedlion.bsky.social · Aug 26

✨✨Out today: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROCKS, the latest picture book by #NahidKazemi!

“At its heart, this is a tale about going out into the world to find yourself.” —Betsy Bird, @fuse8.bsky.social (A @slj.com blog)

Learn more 👇
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#kidlit #newpicturebook #booktrailer

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Enchanted Lion Books @enchantedlion.bsky.social · Aug 21

We suggest two of our Unruly titles, both powerful feminist retellings written, illustrated, & translated by women:

- YOU CAN’T KILL SNOW WHITE
(enchantedlion.com/all-books/yo...)

- THE TRUE STORY OF A MOUSE WHO NEVER ASKED FOR IT
(enchantedlion.com/all-books/th...)

#witmonth

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Enchanted Lion Books @enchantedlion.bsky.social · Aug 21

Did you know that fewer than 31% of translations into English are written by women?

Celebrate #WomenInTranslation Month this August (and year-round!) by reading books written by women from around the world!

Looking for recommendations?👇

#witmonth

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Louise @sstrohem.bsky.social · Aug 19

Child of Glass (Alemagna, 2019)

This tells the story of Gisele, a child who is “sparkling and luminous, sensitive and transparent.”

Published by @enchantedlion.bsky.social 💙

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Enchanted Lion Books @enchantedlion.bsky.social · Aug 13

Out today: #GisellePotter’s BEFORE SHE WAS MY GRANDMOTHER!

“Written and illustrated with characteristic sublimity by Giselle Potter, here is a tender account of a child’s connection with a grandparent.” —The Wall Street Journal

Learn more & order 👇
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#kidlit

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Enchanted Lion Books @enchantedlion.bsky.social · Aug 8

“An absolute joy of a picture book—celebrating nonsense, play, art, storytelling and the life of the writer and artist Edward Lear.” ✨✨✨

#JonScieszka reviews THE BOY WHO BECAME A PARROT: A FOOLISH BIOGRAPHY OF EDWARD LEAR, WHO CREATED NONSENSE for the @nytimes.com 👇

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/b...

The Children’s Writer Who Drew Himself as a Bird

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Enchanted Lion Books @enchantedlion.bsky.social · Aug 5

BEFORE SHE WAS MY GRANDMOTHER was reviewed in the @wsj.com!

Created with “characteristic sublimity by Giselle Potter,” the picture book is praised as “a tender account of a child’s connection with a grandparent.”

Full review: www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

#kidlit

Children’s Books: Giselle Potter’s ‘Before She Was My Grandmother’

Plus reviews of “Peggy Goes for a Walk,” “The Land of Faraway,” “Aggie and the Ghost” and “The Bear and the Hare and the Fair.”

www.wsj.com

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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · Jul 23

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Laura Carlin. An absolute favourite. From The Boy Who Became a Parrot: A Foolish Biography of Edward Lear who Invented Nonsense written by Wolverton Hill. With incorporation of Lear’s work. Enchanted Lion Books 29 July @enchantedlion.bsky.social @lauracarlin.bsky.social

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The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · Jul 31

SATO THE RABBIT: MORNING LIGHT (@enchantedlion.bsky.social‬) by Yuki Ainoya; trans. from Japanese by Michael Blaskowsky will receive a starred review in the September/October 2025 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/blogs/...

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Louise @sstrohem.bsky.social · Aug 1

The library also has several books from @enchantedlion.bsky.social and this, of course, is a personal favorite!

Cry, Heart, But Never Break (Ringtved, 2001)

#booksky

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Louise @sstrohem.bsky.social · Aug 1

Another one from @enchantedlion.bsky.social about Pedro, a little boy who’s learning to read. #booksky

Lines, Squiggles, Letters, Words (Rocha, 2016)

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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · Aug 4

#NewIllustrationOfTheDay by Giselle Potter. Handmade watercolour image in a naive style from her picturebook Before She Was My Grandmother. A grandmother’s memory box tells us that there is always more to a life than you can see on the surface. Enchanted Lion 12 August. @enchantedlion.bsky.social

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Enchanted Lion Books @enchantedlion.bsky.social · Jul 29

A very happy publication to our latest picture book — THE BOY WHO BECAME A PARROT: A FOOLISH BIOGRAPHY OF EDWARD LEAR, WHO INVENTED NONSENSE ✨✨✨

Who was Edward Lear? A nonsense poet, a natural history artist, & so much more!

Learn more & order at enchantedlion.com/all-books/th...

#kidlit

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Betsy Bird @fuse8.bsky.social · Jul 17

"He is everything in the shape of fun!" High praise for one of our first children's book creators. I discuss Edward Lear with Barry Wolverton, and how he encouraged us to play. NOT to conform. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/07/17/a...

A Foolish Interview for a Foolish Biography: Wolverton Hill (a.k.a. Barry Wolverton) Talks Lear

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Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social · Jul 16

#NewIllustrationoftheDay by Yuki Ainoya from the fourth book in the Sato the Rabbit series, popular in Japan, about savouring experience. This is from Morning Light, celebrating light and imagination, simply drawn but revelling in colour. Enchanted Lion 17 July. @enchantedlion.bsky.social

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