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Village-dweller, puppy-wrangler, surrounded by books.

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Congratulations to everyone named in Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of the Year, including these books by ABLA creators! 🎉

Picture books:
📚 THE WISE PICKLE by Sarah Howden and Sabina Hahn (@meanwhileplaces)
📚 STORY RUG by Sophie Blackall and Phoebe Wahl (@phoebewahl)

Middle grade:
📚 LA BANDERA: POEMS OF RESISTANCE AND PRIDE by Anika Aldamuy Denise and Ericka Lugo (@erilu.jpg)
📚 THE QUEEN’S GRANDDAUGHTER by Diane Zahler (@dianezahler1)

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Happy October from Arapaho Classical Magnet School in Richardson, TX…where readers turn their favorite book characters into pumpkins for the library’s Storybook Pumpkin Patch! Didn’t this kiddo do an amazing job with AXOLOTL-ELLA: A SORT-OF CINDERELLA STORY? #library #axolotl #fairytale

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🐈 A new addition to the popular Big Ideas That Changed the World middle grade nonfiction graphic novel series, BEASTS TO BUDDIES!: HOW CATS AND DOGS BECAME OUR FRIENDS by award-winning author-illustrator Don Brown (@donsart) is coming to stores and libraries near you!

Go on a journey around the world as Bummer and Lazarus—two stray dogs who captured the hearts of San Franciscans in the 1860s—tell the history of dogs and cats, from the evolution and taming of wolves 40,000-20,000 years ago, to the revered cats of ancient Egypt, to the birth of the barnyard, and to the present day, when pets are part of our families.

Full of fascinating facts and key developments in the domestication of animals, Brown demonstrates the many ways that pets have shaped humankind, like protection, herding, and emotional support, and even saving lives. 🐕

Perfect for the classroom, this full-color book includes a timeline, endnotes, and a bibliography. Out on October 20 from Abrams (@abramskids) and available for preorder now! 📚

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The Big Ideas That Changed the World series celebrates the hard-won succession of ideas that ultimately changed the world. Humor, drama, and art unite to tell the story of events, discoveries, and ingenuity over time that led humans to come up with a big idea and then make it come true.

More from the Big Ideas That Changed the World series:
🚀 Rocket to the Moon!
💡Machines That Think!
💉A Shot in the Arm!
🗳️ We the People!
⚡️ All Charged Up!
⏰ It’s About Time!
🧼 Keep It Clean!

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Happy birthday “Nunu and the Sea”! 🌊
Can’t believe it’s a year already since this book baby hit the shelves by storm! Im celebrating by sharing this timelapse art process of ONE of my favorite illustrations, which can be found under the cover jacket ;) ENJOY!

#nunuandthesea #childrensbookillustration #picturebook #kidlit #kidlitart

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💫 BATHTIME FOR SNOW MONKEYS—a picture book written in haiku, offering a window into the serene and relaxing world of the snow monkeys of Nagano, Japan—has received three trade starred reviews! Congratulations, Maggie Tokuda-Hall (@maggietokudahall) and Yas Imamura (@yas.imamura)! ❄️

⭐ “A gentle gateway to haiku for children.”
—Kirkus Reviews

⭐ “An exquisite picture book.”
—Shelf Awareness

⭐ “This ritual-oriented work communicates a gentle, soothing gravitas.”
—Publishers Weekly

BATHTIME FOR SNOW MONKEYS is out tomorrow, October 13, from Candlewick Press (@candlewickpress) and available for preorder now! 📚

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CAMP HALF BLOOD: THE WILD ZONE by Rick Riordan and Annabelle Oh is an instant #1 New York Times bestseller, #1 indie bestseller, and USA Today bestseller!!!

Huge congratulations Annabelle!

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In celebration of ‘World Octopus Day’, I’m delighted to announce that @bryherandherbooks and I have made a second book with @walkerpicturebooks, The Underwater Library.

‘Imagine visiting an underwater library, choosing any book you like, and then being taken on a tour of the sea, guided by a friendly octopus librarian. The little child narrator swims with turtles, watches sleeping whales and dances with sea dragons, before returning to the library that hosts just the book to reassure each child’

I don’t know about you, but I could use a place like this to disappear to. Working with Bryher and Walker Books continues to be a dream within a dream.

Publishes 11th February, 2027. 🐙 📕 🐚 🐠

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Shambling in May 2027, Zeb & Brian are on another adventure!

Grab yourself a copy wherever you grab your books ooooor suggest it to your library so they can grab it for you and your community!!

With love from Team Z&B, S&L & Team Zombie
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#booktok #bookstagram #zombieandbrain #picturebook #spoopy

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“Baby Truck, time for bed!” 🌙

Buckle up and meet Baby Truck―an adorable little yellow truck who is learning how to be a Big Boy Truck!

BABY TRUCK BEDTIME by J. D. Davis (@jddavischildrensbooks) and Erica Sirotich (@ericasirotich) is the first in the humorous, energetic, character-led Baby Truck board book series, perfect for an audience of little ones who love things that go!

Available now from Sourcebooks (@sourcebookskids) wherever books are sold!

And stay tuned for the next books in the series as Baby Truck’s days continue to be filled with exhilarating activities that are familiar to babies and toddlers―and who, like them, is learning, growing, and having so much fun! 🛻

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Another way to celebrate the book birthday of THE NEW CAT is WITH AN ACTUAL NEW CAT!

Swipe to see who is in the carrier! 👀

And say hello to Okra!

Also, this was totally not planned but this was the day her foster mom could drop her off with us -- crazy kismet!

Okra was found in a backyard in San Jose by a TNR group who decided she was too pretty to release back into the wild. #adoptdontshop

#cats_of_instagram

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I am so thrilled our book is finally out in the world! More good news will be coming soon about it, but for today, I'm just grateful for everyone who helped make this happen!

@chris_d_park: Awesome artist
@literaticat: Amazing agent
@instachinz: Excellent editor
@carkneetoe: Delightful designer
@lernerbooks: Phenomenal publisher

#cats_of_instagram #kidlit #booksbooksbooks

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💫 THE NEW CAT has received a Kirkus star! Congratulations, Stephanie V. W. Lucianovic (@grubreport) and Chris Park (@chris_d_park)!

⭐ “Life lessons learned from an older (and furrier) sibling. Hunca Munca has it pretty good as a housecat. Then, one day, his family brings home the “New Cat” (in fact, a human infant). He stinks, has very little fur, and can’t even purr. Even so, the feline comes to care for the baby, determined to teach him everything that he needs to know . . . A twist on both new baby and mortality of pet tales, all the stronger for the merger.”
—Kirkus Reviews

THE NEW CAT from Carolrhoda Books (@lernerbooks) hits shelves tomorrow, October 6! You won’t want to miss this hilarious, heartfelt celebration of a very good cat. 🐈‍⬛📚

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