Lisa Tolin Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Lisa Tolin is a picture book author and journalist. Editorial Director @PENAmerica (formerly @todayshow @nbcnews @ap) and I write for kids. HOW TO BE A ROCK STAR (2022) CAN YOU IMAGINE? (Atheneum, 2024). #12x12

Tomatoes for Neela
Padma Lakshmi
At Joe’s Pub, @PadmaLakshmi gave us a glimpse at the origin story of her beautiful picture book Tomatoes for Neela — there was a dead squirrel involved. @PENamerica #PENWorldVoices https://t.co/P5wLkUylA5
Hardcover, 2021
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How to Be a Rock Star
Lisa Tolin
On how watching her kids read picture books helped her write “How to Be a Rock Star”: I learned by observing what made them laugh, what touched them, what made them clap at the end of a book.
Hardcover, 2022
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