MrsPowellsBooks
@mrspowellsbooks.bsky.social
TK-2nd grade librarian, Writer, Mom, Wife, & Grandma. Neurofibromatosis Advocate, Author of "The Library Kitty” & Owner of Academic Play Books.
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#Scholastic sent all of these Jory John & Pete Oswald books, but no copies of “Humble Pie.” 😟
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
#Scholastic sent all of these Jory John & Pete Oswald books, but no copies of “Humble Pie.” 😟
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Same author, different illustrators. Many will recognize the book on the right. Good Night Moon, written by Margaret Wise Brown. But did you know she also wrote the book on the left? And I illustrated it! Only $7.99! On Christmas Day is available at www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/marga....
November 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Same author, different illustrators. Many will recognize the book on the right. Good Night Moon, written by Margaret Wise Brown. But did you know she also wrote the book on the left? And I illustrated it! Only $7.99! On Christmas Day is available at www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/marga....
We hit the $3800 required to take our bookfair proceeds in cash! 🙂
This is essential since we don’t have an operating budget for supplies, and the Scholastic Dollars catalog is insufficient. Plus, cash (via district office purchase order) can be taken to independent bookstores! ❤️
This is essential since we don’t have an operating budget for supplies, and the Scholastic Dollars catalog is insufficient. Plus, cash (via district office purchase order) can be taken to independent bookstores! ❤️
November 21, 2025 at 11:33 PM
We hit the $3800 required to take our bookfair proceeds in cash! 🙂
This is essential since we don’t have an operating budget for supplies, and the Scholastic Dollars catalog is insufficient. Plus, cash (via district office purchase order) can be taken to independent bookstores! ❤️
This is essential since we don’t have an operating budget for supplies, and the Scholastic Dollars catalog is insufficient. Plus, cash (via district office purchase order) can be taken to independent bookstores! ❤️
Book fairs are valuable in our small town, two towns away from the closest book store.
However, as the librarian & an author publisher, it’s growing increasingly difficult to facilitate the excessive quantity of clutter being purchased.
#kidlit
However, as the librarian & an author publisher, it’s growing increasingly difficult to facilitate the excessive quantity of clutter being purchased.
#kidlit
November 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Book fairs are valuable in our small town, two towns away from the closest book store.
However, as the librarian & an author publisher, it’s growing increasingly difficult to facilitate the excessive quantity of clutter being purchased.
#kidlit
However, as the librarian & an author publisher, it’s growing increasingly difficult to facilitate the excessive quantity of clutter being purchased.
#kidlit
Love this! The concept of play-based learning is why I named my preschool “Academic Play” and my publishing company too! Learning is a side effect of play!
Play-based early literacy builds strong foundations for language, cognitive, and executive skills, making skill-building fun, engaging, and memorable, boosting growth and retention.
See how we explored letter T with book-based activities!
#edusky #booksky
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See how we explored letter T with book-based activities!
#edusky #booksky
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November 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Love this! The concept of play-based learning is why I named my preschool “Academic Play” and my publishing company too! Learning is a side effect of play!
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Is there anything more amazing than a baby’s first steps? I don’t think so, but drawing babies is a close second.
#kidlitart #picturebookart #boardbook #babydrawing
#kidlitart #picturebookart #boardbook #babydrawing
November 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Is there anything more amazing than a baby’s first steps? I don’t think so, but drawing babies is a close second.
#kidlitart #picturebookart #boardbook #babydrawing
#kidlitart #picturebookart #boardbook #babydrawing
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Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day!
My name is Alissa, and I am a Japanese-Canadian illustrator located in Vancouver.
I would love to work on a picture book or board book!
🦦 alissastaples.com
🐬 instagram.com/alistaps
#kidlitart #illustrator
My name is Alissa, and I am a Japanese-Canadian illustrator located in Vancouver.
I would love to work on a picture book or board book!
🦦 alissastaples.com
🐬 instagram.com/alistaps
#kidlitart #illustrator
November 6, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day!
My name is Alissa, and I am a Japanese-Canadian illustrator located in Vancouver.
I would love to work on a picture book or board book!
🦦 alissastaples.com
🐬 instagram.com/alistaps
#kidlitart #illustrator
My name is Alissa, and I am a Japanese-Canadian illustrator located in Vancouver.
I would love to work on a picture book or board book!
🦦 alissastaples.com
🐬 instagram.com/alistaps
#kidlitart #illustrator
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#kidlitartpostcard day is here again! I'm a children's illustrator based in North West England, currently seeking representation. I work largely digitally but also love coloured pencils and watercolours.
November 6, 2025 at 10:49 AM
#kidlitartpostcard day is here again! I'm a children's illustrator based in North West England, currently seeking representation. I work largely digitally but also love coloured pencils and watercolours.
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Hello!
Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day ✨️
I'm Ada, a Filipino illustrator looking and available for PB, MG, YA or any illustration work.
Seeking representation.
🎨: adaabigael.weebly.com
Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day ✨️
I'm Ada, a Filipino illustrator looking and available for PB, MG, YA or any illustration work.
Seeking representation.
🎨: adaabigael.weebly.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Hello!
Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day ✨️
I'm Ada, a Filipino illustrator looking and available for PB, MG, YA or any illustration work.
Seeking representation.
🎨: adaabigael.weebly.com
Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day ✨️
I'm Ada, a Filipino illustrator looking and available for PB, MG, YA or any illustration work.
Seeking representation.
🎨: adaabigael.weebly.com
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November #KidLitArtPostcard Day!
I’m an author-illustrator represented by @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social of @bradfordagents.bsky.social
Check out what I’m up to at briankirbystudio.com 🍁
I’m an author-illustrator represented by @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social of @bradfordagents.bsky.social
Check out what I’m up to at briankirbystudio.com 🍁
November 6, 2025 at 5:29 AM
November #KidLitArtPostcard Day!
I’m an author-illustrator represented by @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social of @bradfordagents.bsky.social
Check out what I’m up to at briankirbystudio.com 🍁
I’m an author-illustrator represented by @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social of @bradfordagents.bsky.social
Check out what I’m up to at briankirbystudio.com 🍁
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Author/illustrator for 30y. I love creating expressive, mischievous characters who are up for wild adventures. I create cozy worlds for readers to inhabit. Looking for picture, board, & chapter book projects. Rep'd by Elizabeth Bennett, Transatlantic. www.laurazarrin.com #kidlitartpostcard
November 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Author/illustrator for 30y. I love creating expressive, mischievous characters who are up for wild adventures. I create cozy worlds for readers to inhabit. Looking for picture, board, & chapter book projects. Rep'd by Elizabeth Bennett, Transatlantic. www.laurazarrin.com #kidlitartpostcard
It’s one of those days!
My desktop wouldn’t function for the first two classes causing stress & chaos.
Someone must have snuck behind my desk and flipped the tiny off switch on my keyboard and under the mouse. Guessing that child is also the reason my capybara is missing.
#Skybrarian #library
My desktop wouldn’t function for the first two classes causing stress & chaos.
Someone must have snuck behind my desk and flipped the tiny off switch on my keyboard and under the mouse. Guessing that child is also the reason my capybara is missing.
#Skybrarian #library
November 4, 2025 at 8:34 PM
It’s one of those days!
My desktop wouldn’t function for the first two classes causing stress & chaos.
Someone must have snuck behind my desk and flipped the tiny off switch on my keyboard and under the mouse. Guessing that child is also the reason my capybara is missing.
#Skybrarian #library
My desktop wouldn’t function for the first two classes causing stress & chaos.
Someone must have snuck behind my desk and flipped the tiny off switch on my keyboard and under the mouse. Guessing that child is also the reason my capybara is missing.
#Skybrarian #library
Yes, I’m old fashioned. I still like tangible books and creating book dummies in #Publisher.
#Microsoft is retiring it?
So I’m paying the monthly fee strictly for Word’s thesaurus? Guess it’s time dust off the paperback version (I’ve had since middle school) and cancel. #Skybrarians
#kidlit
#Microsoft is retiring it?
So I’m paying the monthly fee strictly for Word’s thesaurus? Guess it’s time dust off the paperback version (I’ve had since middle school) and cancel. #Skybrarians
#kidlit
November 2, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Yes, I’m old fashioned. I still like tangible books and creating book dummies in #Publisher.
#Microsoft is retiring it?
So I’m paying the monthly fee strictly for Word’s thesaurus? Guess it’s time dust off the paperback version (I’ve had since middle school) and cancel. #Skybrarians
#kidlit
#Microsoft is retiring it?
So I’m paying the monthly fee strictly for Word’s thesaurus? Guess it’s time dust off the paperback version (I’ve had since middle school) and cancel. #Skybrarians
#kidlit
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Just finished this one!💖 I always try to push past my comfort zone, and I channeled the raw energy of these kids into trying new techniques. Never stop learning! Happy Autumn. 🍁
#kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitillustrator
#kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitillustrator
October 28, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Just finished this one!💖 I always try to push past my comfort zone, and I channeled the raw energy of these kids into trying new techniques. Never stop learning! Happy Autumn. 🍁
#kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitillustrator
#kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitillustrator
Wearing this shirt as a reminder to myself.
This will be the fourth time we’ve read the chapter when the protagonist misses essential college classes to have his brain tumor surgically drained.
Even the oncologist says the kid is stuck in “a Groundhog Day” loop.
Yet, yay! It’s surgically fixable.
This will be the fourth time we’ve read the chapter when the protagonist misses essential college classes to have his brain tumor surgically drained.
Even the oncologist says the kid is stuck in “a Groundhog Day” loop.
Yet, yay! It’s surgically fixable.
October 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Wearing this shirt as a reminder to myself.
This will be the fourth time we’ve read the chapter when the protagonist misses essential college classes to have his brain tumor surgically drained.
Even the oncologist says the kid is stuck in “a Groundhog Day” loop.
Yet, yay! It’s surgically fixable.
This will be the fourth time we’ve read the chapter when the protagonist misses essential college classes to have his brain tumor surgically drained.
Even the oncologist says the kid is stuck in “a Groundhog Day” loop.
Yet, yay! It’s surgically fixable.
I love these "where we buy our books matter" conversations! And I especially love indie booksellers who practice what they preach. Shop small. Shop local. THANK YOU!!! #kidlit
Yet other indie bookstores get their stock from a single online distributor, unwilling to exert extra effort or risk. 🙁
Yet other indie bookstores get their stock from a single online distributor, unwilling to exert extra effort or risk. 🙁
October 17, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I love these "where we buy our books matter" conversations! And I especially love indie booksellers who practice what they preach. Shop small. Shop local. THANK YOU!!! #kidlit
Yet other indie bookstores get their stock from a single online distributor, unwilling to exert extra effort or risk. 🙁
Yet other indie bookstores get their stock from a single online distributor, unwilling to exert extra effort or risk. 🙁
It took me a month of deliberation, but today I finalized and sent our $2000 book quote using funds donated by the Rebekah’s Lodge. 97 books. 🙂
#kidlit
#kidlit
October 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
It took me a month of deliberation, but today I finalized and sent our $2000 book quote using funds donated by the Rebekah’s Lodge. 97 books. 🙂
#kidlit
#kidlit
Laura Zarrin’s art brings me joy!
It’s #portfolioday!!! I’m a published illustrator rep’d by Elizabeth Bennett, Transatlantic. Always on the look out for fun children’s book projects. Portfolio LauraZarrin.com
October 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Laura Zarrin’s art brings me joy!
Loved reading this interview! Joan’s books are found in my home and school collections! Plus, family members’ houses in Kansas. 🙂
This week's interview is with Joan Schoettler, whose new book BOOKS TRAVEL THE WORLD I had the honor of editing. We discuss her journey from professor to author & her passion for cross-cultural stories.
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#AuthorInterview #WritingCraft #KidLit #PictureBooks
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#AuthorInterview #WritingCraft #KidLit #PictureBooks
October 14, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Loved reading this interview! Joan’s books are found in my home and school collections! Plus, family members’ houses in Kansas. 🙂
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"Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me." - Judy Blume
#BannedBooksWeek #CensorshipIsSo1984 #LibrarySky
#BannedBooksWeek #CensorshipIsSo1984 #LibrarySky
October 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me." - Judy Blume
#BannedBooksWeek #CensorshipIsSo1984 #LibrarySky
#BannedBooksWeek #CensorshipIsSo1984 #LibrarySky
Picture book comps - that's my specialty. It comes from hanging out in an elementary library every morning. Providing suggestions to "I want a book about" is the joy of library life.
But you don't have to be in a library to search for titles. Go to your public library's online portal! #kidlitchat
But you don't have to be in a library to search for titles. Go to your public library's online portal! #kidlitchat
TOPIC: Queries, pitches, log lines, synopses, comps--all the stuff that someone other than you needs to see (sometimes before they agree to see your work itself!). What are you especially good at? What do you dread? Any tips for coming up with good versions of any of those steps? #kidlitchat
October 8, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Picture book comps - that's my specialty. It comes from hanging out in an elementary library every morning. Providing suggestions to "I want a book about" is the joy of library life.
But you don't have to be in a library to search for titles. Go to your public library's online portal! #kidlitchat
But you don't have to be in a library to search for titles. Go to your public library's online portal! #kidlitchat
Visited four 4th grade classes this week sharing THE BOOK CAT followed by THE LIBRARY KITTY. It’s so fun to hear their reactions. Especially when they ask for a chapter book version and list reasons that longer books are better. 🙂 #kidlit #Skybrarians #Edusky
October 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Visited four 4th grade classes this week sharing THE BOOK CAT followed by THE LIBRARY KITTY. It’s so fun to hear their reactions. Especially when they ask for a chapter book version and list reasons that longer books are better. 🙂 #kidlit #Skybrarians #Edusky
This is a wonderful book. As an elementary school librarian, it’s the one I share with classes when a friend is diagnosed with cancer.
WHEN A KID LIKE ME FIGHTS CANCER
by Catherine Stier @catherinestier.bsky.social
(& Angel Chang)
2021, Albert Whitman
An innocent kid. A fight. Discoveries.
#PB #picturebooks #childrensbooks #kidsbooks
#kidlit #KidLitCommunity #kidlitillustrators #kidauthors
#kids #teachers #librarians #parents
by Catherine Stier @catherinestier.bsky.social
(& Angel Chang)
2021, Albert Whitman
An innocent kid. A fight. Discoveries.
#PB #picturebooks #childrensbooks #kidsbooks
#kidlit #KidLitCommunity #kidlitillustrators #kidauthors
#kids #teachers #librarians #parents
October 4, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This is a wonderful book. As an elementary school librarian, it’s the one I share with classes when a friend is diagnosed with cancer.
When I added Jason Greco’s latest illustration to my dummy, I noticed that he has only three more to go and then the cover!!!Now I know how the Velveteen Rabbit felt when it became real! #kidlit #chemo
Going back to @valleychildrens.bsky.social for his 17th year of outpatient treatment was tough. Yet, with his typical optimism, Jaxon declared "chemo isn't the bad guy." From that sentiment came HEROES NEED HELP - a picture book about pediatric chemotherapy. #cancer #braintumors #kidlit
October 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM