Kristin Mangin Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Kristin Mangin

I finally read The Little Blue Cottage by Kelly Jordan and @jesscotickle and loved it so much! My kids grew frustrated as I kept sniffing. It's perfectly sincere and heart-battering. A beautiful read. #kidlit #kidlitart https://t.co/lrtfVMKuX5 https://t.co/1DIxXGoBWf

Kristin Mangin

My favorite #PB today is Sometimes I Grumblesquinch by Rachel Vail and Hyewon Yum. Deeply insightful, warm and witty. My scalp tingled reading this because it felt like ME on a page. Have you ever met yourself in a book? @rachelvailbooks @HyewonYum https://t.co/wA1OcJZ3eP https://t.co/EhVrh5fJum

Kristin Mangin

My favorite #picturebook today is Leila in Saffron by Rukhsanna Guidroz @RGui8, and ill. by Dinara Mirtalipova @mirdinara. My daughter loves helping cook anything w/ cilantro in it after reading this lush story. Rolling words, affirming message, warmth. https://t.co/GKh6vDYPyV https://t.co/rtxI0OPzRT

Kristin Mangin

Home in the Woods is a remarkable true story of a depression-era family making a home and living well. It is a good book for thinking outside of your comfort zone. A remarkably different life experience from my family's. Highly recommend! https://t.co/gr18swoyik @WheelerStudio https://t.co/9DjdUEVsqQ

Kristin Mangin

Birdsong by @julie_flett is a quiet, lyrical picture book that makes you feel--wonder and loneliness, earth and friendship, seasons and hope. There is a little journey tucked inside its pages. Add it to your to-read list! #kidlit #PB https://t.co/XamlMycbQb https://t.co/cWxYysEHae

Kristin Mangin

My favorite #PB today is Little Witch Hazel by @PhoebeWahl. It's a cover-to-cover "again-again" book in my house despite its thickness because the mystery and the earthy goodness of the narrative threads all woven through keep us turning pages. #kidlit https://t.co/6V3GetTIdf https://t.co/bVyZeQxgRx

Kristin Mangin

My favorite #picturebook today is My Papi Has a Motorcycle by Isabel Quintero & Zeke Pena. It's a love letter to a father and a city recorded in sublime detail. Lovely words zoom through every page! Makes me miss CA in my heart. @isabelinpieces @zpvisual https://t.co/TAUpXiBYPx https://t.co/CYa63VBvdB

Kristin Mangin

My favorite #PB today is Evelyn Del Rey is Moving Away by @Meg_Medina. After reading it I sent a copy to my childhood best friend--I had to, because this book illustrates the unbreakable thread of true friendship like no other book. It's lovely. #kidlit https://t.co/v4zwv7ANia https://t.co/Mj3lxazppC

Kristin Mangin

My favorite #pb today is MINA by @mattforsythe. Kids LOVE being in on dramatic irony, nothing is funnier, and this book is delightfully ironic. Family humor, real emotions, a neat plot and so much color make this one of the years most perfect picture books https://t.co/ANCgWi5ZC4 https://t.co/IonA0V7PgH