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Annette Bay Pimentel @annettepimentel.bsky.social · Sep 6

Firefly Song by @colleenpaeff.bsky.social and Ji-hyuk Kim uses text and art so inventively to explain what it means for fireflies to flash synchronously!

#nonfictionpicturebook #nonfictionforkids #pbillustration #illustration #firefly #kidlit 👍📚💡💙

Page of picture book is divided into horizontal strips. Top strip is solid black with the word "Dark" printed in yellow. The strip below shows a tree canopy dotted with many fireflies lit up in bright yellow. The strip below is again sold black with the word "Dark" printed in yellow. The bottom strip shows the trunks of the trees with many fireflies lit up in bright yellow.

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Annette Bay Pimentel @annettepimentel.bsky.social · Sep 3

I love the newsletter by @grantdraws.bsky.social and was excited to see his new book Poetry Comics at the library. He does wonderful, inventive things with the comics form. Strong recommend.

#poetry #comics #poetryforkids #amreading #kidlit

Page shows a nine-panel graphic novel format, but the illustration on the panel is page-wide. Each panel has a little bit of a single poem about a tree, but the page as a whole shows the tree, though every individual panel shows only a tiny bit of the tree.

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Annette Bay Pimentel @annettepimentel.bsky.social · Aug 13

A fascinating @publisherswkly.bsky.social article about "sneaky bias" in the gendering of animal characters in #kidlit. As the article says, "Animal characters don't just reflect our biases. They often deepen them." tinyurl.com/u9hjud9h @mellymeldubs.bsky.social

The Sneaky Gender Bias in Picture Books: Animal Characters

Melanie Walsh, an assistant professor in the Information School and an adjunct assistant professor in the English department at the University of Washington, shares her investigations into the subtle ...

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Annette Bay Pimentel @annettepimentel.bsky.social · Jul 16

Hooray! So glad it's on my shelf.

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Annette Bay Pimentel @annettepimentel.bsky.social · Jul 15

The original illustrations are by EH Shepard. The boating life! visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/the-or...

The Original Wind in the Willows

This online display, launched by the University of Oxford's Bodleian Library to celebrate World Book Day 2007, reveals the origins of Kenneth Grahame's masterpiece of children's literature, The Wind i...

visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk

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Annette Bay Pimentel @annettepimentel.bsky.social · Jul 15

An oldie but a goodie...Wind in the Willows.

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Annette Bay Pimentel @annettepimentel.bsky.social · Jul 15

How fantastic! I've only had people know books by my friends (looking at you @shawnajctenney.bsky.social). Which is also pretty fantastic, as it happens.

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Annette Bay Pimentel @annettepimentel.bsky.social · Jun 12

A great book list and a great book on that list!

Eija Sumner @eijasumner.bsky.social · Jun 10

Hooray!! Honored to have THE GOOD LITTLE MERMAID’S GUIDE TO BEDTIME included on @bankstreet.edu best children’s books of the year!

@nicigregory.bsky.social amazing illustrations brought this story to life, and I’m forever grateful for the amazing team at Tundra Books!

#kidlit #picturebooks

Cover of a mermaid picture book with a feisty mergirl with green hair and a mischievous look, along with the cover from Bank Street College of Education collection of best children’s books, and a quote about the book all on a teal green background.

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Annette Bay Pimentel @annettepimentel.bsky.social · Jun 12

I'm so sorry!

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Annette Bay Pimentel @annettepimentel.bsky.social · May 13

The scrappy staff! Our spaces are too small and our community's needs great, and the staff just keeps acquiring great books, dreaming up great programs, and making the library a joyful place.

Annette Bay Pimentel @annettepimentel.bsky.social · May 9

I'm running for re-election to the #Latah County #LibraryBoard. If you're in Latah County, I hope you'll vote on May 20. If not, I hope you support your local public library.
www.latahlibraries.com

@tarabethidaho.bsky.social

Video by Martin McGreevy and Eve Weston

Home | Latah Libraries

Vote May 20 for Annette Bay Pimentel, Marci Miller, and Rochelle Smith for Latah County library trustee!

www.latahlibraries.com

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Annette Bay Pimentel @annettepimentel.bsky.social · May 9

The illustrations look adorable! And I know the text will be amazing.

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Annette Bay Pimentel @annettepimentel.bsky.social · May 2

I loved the spread of the engineers talking, each with a speech bubble! Brilliant! Thanks for a great blogpost. I'm definitely watching out for this one.

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Annette Bay Pimentel @annettepimentel.bsky.social · May 2

I love these podcasts so much! Deep-dives into #nonfiction written for kids.

Kirsten W. Larson @kirstenwlarson.bsky.social · May 2

Ep. 10: Ensuring Cultural Authenticity with Carrie Tillotson and Mariana Llanos

Join host Kirsten Larson as she takes you behind the scenes of the delightful picture book Alpacas Here, Alpacas There with author Carrie Tillotson and authenticity reader Mariana Llanos. In this insightful episode of…

Ep. 10: Ensuring Cultural Authenticity with Carrie Tillotson and Mariana Llanos

Join host Kirsten Larson as she takes you behind the scenes of the delightful picture book Alpacas Here, Alpacas There with author Carrie Tillotson and authenticity reader Mariana Llanos. In this insightful episode of the Nonfiction Kidlit Craft Conversations Podcast, discover the crucial role of cultural authenticity in children's nonfiction and the collaborative process that brings diverse stories to life.

kirstenwlarson.com

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Annette Bay Pimentel @annettepimentel.bsky.social · Apr 30

One of the lovely things about running for library board is being invited into strangers' homes to talk about the library issues that they care about.

Strangers no more!

#libraryboard #Mayelection #democracy #genessee #latah

Five women, probably in their fifties, sixties, and seventies, standing in a cozy living room, smiling at the camera

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Annette Bay Pimentel @annettepimentel.bsky.social · Apr 30

Congratulations! And I'm glad all those Canadian kids will know how to deal with crocodiles from now on

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Annette Bay Pimentel @annettepimentel.bsky.social · Apr 28

The 3 y/o in my life put it on repeat the whole time it was checked out

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Annette Bay Pimentel @annettepimentel.bsky.social · Apr 28

Second-person narration, beautiful art, and fascinating facts: Golden Gate: Building the Mighty Bridge by Elizabeth Partridge and Ellen Heck @chroniclebooks.bsky.social
#PictureBooks #kidlit #nonfiction #nonfictionpb 💡📚👍💙

Illustration from book shows backs of a boy and a girl, her arm around a German shepherd, as they watch out their window the construction of a tower for the Golden Gate Bridge in the San Francisco Bay

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Annette Bay Pimentel @annettepimentel.bsky.social · Apr 24

Make a Pretty Sound shows where I lived as a Berkeley student! Barracks built for WWII shipyard workers housed students for many years after. It was torn down a few years ago, so this is an extra poignant illustration for me!

Art by @squinkyelo.bsky.social #nonfiction 💡📚👍 #kidlit

spread from picture book shows playground full of kids with AFrican American adult leaning over fence to chat with kids near San Francisco Bay. The playground is next to 4 barracks, each box-like with a few windows showing.

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Annette Bay Pimentel @annettepimentel.bsky.social · Apr 22

I'm so happy to be running for Library Trustee with my fellow incumbents, @marcimiller.bsky.social and Rochelle Smith! And grateful to the library for hosting a Meet and Greet for us.
#librarytrustee #election #latahcounty