NorthSouth Books
@northsouthbooks.bsky.social
We publish beautiful picture books from international authors, illustrators, and translators! Also home to Ediciones NorteSur, our Spanish language imprint.
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It’s on the early side but vistors to Booth 200 #naeycAC seem to be clamoring for WHAT’S FOR DINNER? From @northsouthbooks.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It’s on the early side but vistors to Booth 200 #naeycAC seem to be clamoring for WHAT’S FOR DINNER? From @northsouthbooks.bsky.social
Congratulations to two ENS titles, selected by the NYPL for their Los mejores libros para pequeños de 2025/Best Children's Books of 2025 list!
“¡Viva el aguacate!” & “Hermanas, lleuva o truene/Sisters, Rain or Shine”
Check out the full list –>
www.nypl.org/blog/2025/11...
“¡Viva el aguacate!” & “Hermanas, lleuva o truene/Sisters, Rain or Shine”
Check out the full list –>
www.nypl.org/blog/2025/11...
Los mejores libros para pequeños de 2025 | The New York Public Library
El personal experto de la Biblioteca ha compilado una lista de los mejores libros infantiles del año 2025 publicados en español.
www.nypl.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Congratulations to two ENS titles, selected by the NYPL for their Los mejores libros para pequeños de 2025/Best Children's Books of 2025 list!
“¡Viva el aguacate!” & “Hermanas, lleuva o truene/Sisters, Rain or Shine”
Check out the full list –>
www.nypl.org/blog/2025/11...
“¡Viva el aguacate!” & “Hermanas, lleuva o truene/Sisters, Rain or Shine”
Check out the full list –>
www.nypl.org/blog/2025/11...
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📣✨ HEADS UP! We’ve got a @bankstreet.edu Best Book of 2025🏅 for you! RUMI - POET OF JOY AND LOVE by Rashin Kheiriyeh is a gorgeous #picturebookbiography of the Persian poet that introduces children to Rumi’s life & teachings like, “Be a friend to everyone” — words needed now more than ever. ❤️📚
November 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
📣✨ HEADS UP! We’ve got a @bankstreet.edu Best Book of 2025🏅 for you! RUMI - POET OF JOY AND LOVE by Rashin Kheiriyeh is a gorgeous #picturebookbiography of the Persian poet that introduces children to Rumi’s life & teachings like, “Be a friend to everyone” — words needed now more than ever. ❤️📚
Eyes that literally glow in the dark! 👀✨
"Genius Eyes" by Lena Anlauf, illustrated by Vitali Konstantinov, translated by Marshall Yarbrough. Available at your favorite bookstore!
"Genius Eyes" by Lena Anlauf, illustrated by Vitali Konstantinov, translated by Marshall Yarbrough. Available at your favorite bookstore!
November 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Eyes that literally glow in the dark! 👀✨
"Genius Eyes" by Lena Anlauf, illustrated by Vitali Konstantinov, translated by Marshall Yarbrough. Available at your favorite bookstore!
"Genius Eyes" by Lena Anlauf, illustrated by Vitali Konstantinov, translated by Marshall Yarbrough. Available at your favorite bookstore!
Happy World Kindness Day! 🌟 "Davy in the Snow" by Brigitte Weninger, illus. by Eve Tharlet, trans. by David Henry Wilson is a heartwarming tale of sibling care and compassion. Kindness matters!
November 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Happy World Kindness Day! 🌟 "Davy in the Snow" by Brigitte Weninger, illus. by Eve Tharlet, trans. by David Henry Wilson is a heartwarming tale of sibling care and compassion. Kindness matters!
Congratulations, Dayeon Auh! "The-Three Year Tumble," her debut picture book, was selected as a New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Book.
"Auh retells a Korean folktale...with exuberant illustrations that are both incredibly skillful and endearingly childlike.” –Tracey Baptiste
"Auh retells a Korean folktale...with exuberant illustrations that are both incredibly skillful and endearingly childlike.” –Tracey Baptiste
November 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Congratulations, Dayeon Auh! "The-Three Year Tumble," her debut picture book, was selected as a New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Book.
"Auh retells a Korean folktale...with exuberant illustrations that are both incredibly skillful and endearingly childlike.” –Tracey Baptiste
"Auh retells a Korean folktale...with exuberant illustrations that are both incredibly skillful and endearingly childlike.” –Tracey Baptiste
Did you know that free Rainbow Fish resources are available at www.rainbowfish.us? Including an activity guide for the newest title, "Rainbow Fish and the Great Escape"!
Don't miss these free teacher resources for Pre-K and up!
Don't miss these free teacher resources for Pre-K and up!
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Did you know that free Rainbow Fish resources are available at www.rainbowfish.us? Including an activity guide for the newest title, "Rainbow Fish and the Great Escape"!
Don't miss these free teacher resources for Pre-K and up!
Don't miss these free teacher resources for Pre-K and up!
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We love when publishers treat translation as part of the art.
@northsouthbooks.bsky.social Editorial Director Alisah Niehaus Berger talks about nurturing bilingual books, amplifying new voices and giving translators cover credit 📖❤️
#WorldKidLit #Translation #kidlit
worldkidlit.org/2025/10/21/m...
@northsouthbooks.bsky.social Editorial Director Alisah Niehaus Berger talks about nurturing bilingual books, amplifying new voices and giving translators cover credit 📖❤️
#WorldKidLit #Translation #kidlit
worldkidlit.org/2025/10/21/m...
Meet the Editorial Director: NorthSouth Books
This week World Kid Lit contributor Ayo Oyeku talks to the Editorial Director of NorthSouth Books, Alisah Niehaus Berger to find out more about the history of the publisher and their current activi…
worldkidlit.org
October 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
We love when publishers treat translation as part of the art.
@northsouthbooks.bsky.social Editorial Director Alisah Niehaus Berger talks about nurturing bilingual books, amplifying new voices and giving translators cover credit 📖❤️
#WorldKidLit #Translation #kidlit
worldkidlit.org/2025/10/21/m...
@northsouthbooks.bsky.social Editorial Director Alisah Niehaus Berger talks about nurturing bilingual books, amplifying new voices and giving translators cover credit 📖❤️
#WorldKidLit #Translation #kidlit
worldkidlit.org/2025/10/21/m...
Sketch interview alert! ✨
Hannah Brückner answers our questions with charming doodles. Check out this bilingual visual interview! 🦕🎨
"Alboroto en el museo / Mayhem at the Museum" out now wherever books are sold.
Hannah Brückner answers our questions with charming doodles. Check out this bilingual visual interview! 🦕🎨
"Alboroto en el museo / Mayhem at the Museum" out now wherever books are sold.
October 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Sketch interview alert! ✨
Hannah Brückner answers our questions with charming doodles. Check out this bilingual visual interview! 🦕🎨
"Alboroto en el museo / Mayhem at the Museum" out now wherever books are sold.
Hannah Brückner answers our questions with charming doodles. Check out this bilingual visual interview! 🦕🎨
"Alboroto en el museo / Mayhem at the Museum" out now wherever books are sold.
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“A gorgeous picture book about turning mistakes into something to celebrate” says the #StarredReview in @slj.com of Alboroto en el museo @northsouthbooks.bsky.social Booth 206 #AASL25 www.slj.com/review/albor...
Alboroto en el museo
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October 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
“A gorgeous picture book about turning mistakes into something to celebrate” says the #StarredReview in @slj.com of Alboroto en el museo @northsouthbooks.bsky.social Booth 206 #AASL25 www.slj.com/review/albor...
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“Original and absorbing” says #Kirkus of A Chest Full of Words in which “words come to life—literally—as a young boy squishes, stretches, and hurls them through the air” @northsouthbooks.bsky.social Booth 206 #AASL25 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
A CHEST FULL OF WORDS | Kirkus Reviews
In this Swiss import, words come to life—literally—as a young boy squishes, stretches, and hurls them through the air.
www.kirkusreviews.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
“Original and absorbing” says #Kirkus of A Chest Full of Words in which “words come to life—literally—as a young boy squishes, stretches, and hurls them through the air” @northsouthbooks.bsky.social Booth 206 #AASL25 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
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For ages 4-7 Buzz! Boom! Bang!: The Book of Sounds is an “eclectic, original book in which creativity is key” @northsouthbooks.bsky.social Booth 206 #AASL25 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
BUZZ! BOOM! BANG! | Kirkus Reviews
Originally published in Germany, this compendium of silent sequences begs young readers to provide those sorely missing sound effects.
www.kirkusreviews.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
For ages 4-7 Buzz! Boom! Bang!: The Book of Sounds is an “eclectic, original book in which creativity is key” @northsouthbooks.bsky.social Booth 206 #AASL25 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
Happy pub day! Please help us welcome these shimmering Rainbow Fish titles to the world today. 🐠
Available where books are sold!
Available where books are sold!
October 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Happy pub day! Please help us welcome these shimmering Rainbow Fish titles to the world today. 🐠
Available where books are sold!
Available where books are sold!
¡Celebrando el Mes de la Herencia Latine!
Thank you to the Children's Book Council for featuring us in their Hispanic Heritage Month Showcase. Check our titles and more out with the link below!
www.cbcbooks.org/cbc-book-lis...
Thank you to the Children's Book Council for featuring us in their Hispanic Heritage Month Showcase. Check our titles and more out with the link below!
www.cbcbooks.org/cbc-book-lis...
October 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
¡Celebrando el Mes de la Herencia Latine!
Thank you to the Children's Book Council for featuring us in their Hispanic Heritage Month Showcase. Check our titles and more out with the link below!
www.cbcbooks.org/cbc-book-lis...
Thank you to the Children's Book Council for featuring us in their Hispanic Heritage Month Showcase. Check our titles and more out with the link below!
www.cbcbooks.org/cbc-book-lis...
"The Rainbow Fish" was including in The New York Times list of "52 Great Books for Toddlers." Don't miss this beautifully curated list of classics and modern stories for young readers!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/b...
52 Great Books for Toddlers
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
"The Rainbow Fish" was including in The New York Times list of "52 Great Books for Toddlers." Don't miss this beautifully curated list of classics and modern stories for young readers!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/b...
Happy pub day to "Buzz! Boom! Bang!" by @benjamingottwald.bsky.social! 🥳 This wordless picture book invites readers to make ALL the sounds. Watch Benjamin bring his book to life with playful sound effects. Can you buzz, boom, and bang along? Available wherever books are sold!
September 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Happy pub day to "Buzz! Boom! Bang!" by @benjamingottwald.bsky.social! 🥳 This wordless picture book invites readers to make ALL the sounds. Watch Benjamin bring his book to life with playful sound effects. Can you buzz, boom, and bang along? Available wherever books are sold!
Congratulations to our artists whose work has been selected for the Society of Illustrators Original Art Show!
Hannah Brückner, for “Mayhem at the Museum”
Martina Stuhlberger, for “9 Little People”
Torben Kuhlmann, for “Earhart”
Jessica Meserve, for “The Best Daddy of All"
Hannah Brückner, for “Mayhem at the Museum”
Martina Stuhlberger, for “9 Little People”
Torben Kuhlmann, for “Earhart”
Jessica Meserve, for “The Best Daddy of All"
September 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Congratulations to our artists whose work has been selected for the Society of Illustrators Original Art Show!
Hannah Brückner, for “Mayhem at the Museum”
Martina Stuhlberger, for “9 Little People”
Torben Kuhlmann, for “Earhart”
Jessica Meserve, for “The Best Daddy of All"
Hannah Brückner, for “Mayhem at the Museum”
Martina Stuhlberger, for “9 Little People”
Torben Kuhlmann, for “Earhart”
Jessica Meserve, for “The Best Daddy of All"
NorthSouth and @slj.com are proud to present a free virtual classroom visit with Marcus Pfister, internationally bestselling creator of "The Rainbow Fish!" Don't miss out, bring an author into your school for free!
🌈 🐟 Register today! →https://tinyurl.com/2ecca3f5
#therainbowfish #authorevents
🌈 🐟 Register today! →https://tinyurl.com/2ecca3f5
#therainbowfish #authorevents
September 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
NorthSouth and @slj.com are proud to present a free virtual classroom visit with Marcus Pfister, internationally bestselling creator of "The Rainbow Fish!" Don't miss out, bring an author into your school for free!
🌈 🐟 Register today! →https://tinyurl.com/2ecca3f5
#therainbowfish #authorevents
🌈 🐟 Register today! →https://tinyurl.com/2ecca3f5
#therainbowfish #authorevents
Don't miss this interview (featuring original sketches) with Hannah Brückner, author of MAYHEM AT THE MUSEUM on @jenanbenton.bsky.social blog Simply 7:
jenabenton.com/2025/09/03/s...
jenabenton.com/2025/09/03/s...
Simply 7 with Hannah Bruckner & sketches: MAYHEM AT THE MUSEUM
Have you ever felt like the world was falling down around your ears and you had failed? What did you do?
jenabenton.com
September 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Don't miss this interview (featuring original sketches) with Hannah Brückner, author of MAYHEM AT THE MUSEUM on @jenanbenton.bsky.social blog Simply 7:
jenabenton.com/2025/09/03/s...
jenabenton.com/2025/09/03/s...
Happy pub day! 🥳
"Lizzy Longlegs" by Kai Lüftner, illus. by Wiebke Rauers, trans. by Tim Mohr.
"9 Little People" by Regina Feldmann, illus. by Martina Stuhlberger.
"9 pequeñas personas" trans. by María José Ferrada & Silke Kleemann.
Available wherever books are sold! 🎵📚
"Lizzy Longlegs" by Kai Lüftner, illus. by Wiebke Rauers, trans. by Tim Mohr.
"9 Little People" by Regina Feldmann, illus. by Martina Stuhlberger.
"9 pequeñas personas" trans. by María José Ferrada & Silke Kleemann.
Available wherever books are sold! 🎵📚
September 2, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Happy pub day! 🥳
"Lizzy Longlegs" by Kai Lüftner, illus. by Wiebke Rauers, trans. by Tim Mohr.
"9 Little People" by Regina Feldmann, illus. by Martina Stuhlberger.
"9 pequeñas personas" trans. by María José Ferrada & Silke Kleemann.
Available wherever books are sold! 🎵📚
"Lizzy Longlegs" by Kai Lüftner, illus. by Wiebke Rauers, trans. by Tim Mohr.
"9 Little People" by Regina Feldmann, illus. by Martina Stuhlberger.
"9 pequeñas personas" trans. by María José Ferrada & Silke Kleemann.
Available wherever books are sold! 🎵📚
✨ "9 pequeñas personas únicas y diversas. 9 pequeñas personas ricas a su manera.”
This heartwarming celebration of friendship and individuality is now available on NetGalley: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book....
Out Sep 2nd!
This heartwarming celebration of friendship and individuality is now available on NetGalley: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book....
Out Sep 2nd!
August 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
✨ "9 pequeñas personas únicas y diversas. 9 pequeñas personas ricas a su manera.”
This heartwarming celebration of friendship and individuality is now available on NetGalley: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book....
Out Sep 2nd!
This heartwarming celebration of friendship and individuality is now available on NetGalley: www.netgalley.com/catalog/book....
Out Sep 2nd!
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This book! Get it for your classroom, get it for your library. Get it for your house. I promise you'll never have a more fun and energetic (and loud) read aloud. @northsouthbooks.bsky.social
August 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
This book! Get it for your classroom, get it for your library. Get it for your house. I promise you'll never have a more fun and energetic (and loud) read aloud. @northsouthbooks.bsky.social
NEW DEAL ANNOUNCEMENT! 📚🎉
We're thrilled to announce that editorial director, Alisha Niehaus Berger, has acquired world rights to “Welcome, Uncle Nowruz!” by the talented author-illustrator Rashin Kheiriyeh (“Rumi—Poet of Joy and Love”).
Coming Spring 2026!
We're thrilled to announce that editorial director, Alisha Niehaus Berger, has acquired world rights to “Welcome, Uncle Nowruz!” by the talented author-illustrator Rashin Kheiriyeh (“Rumi—Poet of Joy and Love”).
Coming Spring 2026!
August 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
NEW DEAL ANNOUNCEMENT! 📚🎉
We're thrilled to announce that editorial director, Alisha Niehaus Berger, has acquired world rights to “Welcome, Uncle Nowruz!” by the talented author-illustrator Rashin Kheiriyeh (“Rumi—Poet of Joy and Love”).
Coming Spring 2026!
We're thrilled to announce that editorial director, Alisha Niehaus Berger, has acquired world rights to “Welcome, Uncle Nowruz!” by the talented author-illustrator Rashin Kheiriyeh (“Rumi—Poet of Joy and Love”).
Coming Spring 2026!
What has Rainbow Fish been up to this summer? 🏖️
From cozy library reading sessions, soaking up the sun at the beach, and just plain enjoying a good libro— Rainbow Fish is having the ultimate summer!
What have you been up to this summer?
#rainbowfishsummer #summerreading #kidlit #storytime
From cozy library reading sessions, soaking up the sun at the beach, and just plain enjoying a good libro— Rainbow Fish is having the ultimate summer!
What have you been up to this summer?
#rainbowfishsummer #summerreading #kidlit #storytime
August 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
What has Rainbow Fish been up to this summer? 🏖️
From cozy library reading sessions, soaking up the sun at the beach, and just plain enjoying a good libro— Rainbow Fish is having the ultimate summer!
What have you been up to this summer?
#rainbowfishsummer #summerreading #kidlit #storytime
From cozy library reading sessions, soaking up the sun at the beach, and just plain enjoying a good libro— Rainbow Fish is having the ultimate summer!
What have you been up to this summer?
#rainbowfishsummer #summerreading #kidlit #storytime
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9 LITTLE PEOPLE by @reginafeldmann.bsky.social illus by @lamartinaart.bsky.social is a sweet rhyming counting book centered on joy, love, community, and commonality. Rec read-aloud Pre-K—K. @northsouthbooks.bsky.social #KidLit 📚 👍 #EduSky 🍎 #Libsky
July 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
9 LITTLE PEOPLE by @reginafeldmann.bsky.social illus by @lamartinaart.bsky.social is a sweet rhyming counting book centered on joy, love, community, and commonality. Rec read-aloud Pre-K—K. @northsouthbooks.bsky.social #KidLit 📚 👍 #EduSky 🍎 #Libsky