Anna Olswanger Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Anna Olswanger

In honor of Penguin Awareness Day, share PENGUINS DON'T WEAR PINK by Jeffrey Turner with a young friend. The story of a penguin who adores all things pink and finds friends who accept him for who he is might lead to a discussion about the rapidly shrinking penguin population. https://t.co/1hyBAzHYGq

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TOM FOOLERY: RANDOLPH CALDECOTT AND THE RAMBUNCTIOUS COMING-OF-AGE OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS, written by @MMarkel26 and illustrated by Barbara McClintock, is a 2024 Caldecott Prediction by Betsy Bird in her @FuseEight Production blog at @SLJournal: https://t.co/dvKsdX1eNk https://t.co/CRp1lUoGxi

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THE FANTASTIC JUNGLES OF HENRI ROUSSEAU by @MMarkel26 with art by Amanda Hall is one of the featured books in "Old Books, Young Readers: Backlist & Forgotten Books for Babies Through Teens," a newsletter to "discover and rediscover wonderful books": https://t.co/IuUKWI6lrj https://t.co/oPSM0FpYuw

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Pubs today from @DeadReckoningGN! TEDDY, the YA graphic novel by Laurence Luckinbill with art by @EryckTait about Teddy Roosevelt's final months as he grappled with the death of his son in World War I, a war that he had fought so hard for America to enter: https://t.co/6vEWE9Imxs https://t.co/7BP7jWmEuF

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In case you missed the dramatic television debut of the Tube-Lipped Nectar Bat, the only known pollinator of the Ecuadorian plant species Centropogon Nigricans, and star of BAT'S MOONLIGHT FEAST by Gordon McMillan, illustrated by @Carlydraws: https://t.co/AzZtyChAOL https://t.co/c6E3WpJT6y

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In celebration of @BatAppreciation Day, discover BAT'S MOONLIGHT FEAST by @CinnamonCyborg with art by @Carlydraws, the story of a tube-lipped nectar bat and her nocturnal search for the rare flower whose nectar sustains her. Published by the Muddy Boots imprint of @GlobePequot. https://t.co/pN6XZpHXVV

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From the INFODAD review of Robert Pizzo's LET'S BUILD A FARM and LET'S BUILD A SCHOOL: "These books reach well beyond their intended readership, and do so with such cleverness that adults can be captivated by the material even as it enthralls little ones": https://t.co/GKT0mOw7lM https://t.co/4Rv2zQju1i

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Just in time for #Passover! From the Rhapsody in Books review of SHLEMIEL CROOKS: "This adorable story, based on a true incident that happened in 1919 to the author’s great-grandparents, is told in the style of Yiddish folktales": https://t.co/rZq5vItD7s https://t.co/iPkoXd785D

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Explore @APAHeritageSF with HELLO by Aiko Ikegami, her wordless picture book that shows the power of friendship and communication across the galaxies. HELLO is under option for television by an American producer and its Japanese partner. https://t.co/g5TP9uuWiV

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Australian artist Andrew Finnie, who is working on a graphic novel adaptation of Nikolai Gogol's "The Nose” that brings alive the absurd realism of Russia's 19th century world, just sent along his visual comment on the absurd realism of Russia's 21st century world. https://t.co/eBhDktiqwY

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