⬇️ Author Ann Suk Wang shares about their picture book THE HOUSE BEFORE FALLING INTO THE SEA.

✨ "This is the perfect picture book for children 4-10 years old…on up! Even college students and grandparents will be using this as a tool to launch discussions on multi-generational storytelling and more!"

"This book can also be used for …

📚 discussing hard topics with children, from their perspective, in a kid-friendly way,

📚 refugees, Korean war, any war, 

📚 crowded living environments, 

📚 historical fiction, 

📚 loving your neighbor, and 

📚 hope in the midst of hardship."

Author: Ann Suk Wang

Illustrator: Hanna Cha (received a Caldecott honor for The Truth Abot Dragons 2023)

Publisher: Dial (Penguin Random House)

Publication date/year: March 12, 2024

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⬇️ Author Audrey Perrott shares about their picture book MOO HOO.

✨ "This is the perfect picture book for readers who love to laugh but also cry A LOT when feeling big feelings."

📚 "This book can also be used as a way to show readers how to accept themselves and their feelings, as well as have empathy for others. A SEL story of self-love and friendship."

Author: Audrey Perrott

Illustrator: Ross Burach

Publisher: Scholastic Press

Publication Date: April 16, 2024

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⬇️ Author Leslie Barnard Booth shares about their picture book A STONE IS A STORY.

"This is the perfect picture book for 

✨ curious kids, 

✨ kids who love rocks, 

✨ and teaching about rocks and the rock cycle."

📚 "This book can also be used to explore deep time and the ways Earth has changed over hundreds of millions of years."

Author: Leslie Barnard Booth

Illustrator: Marc Martin

Publisher: Simon & Schuster/McElderry

Publication Date/Year: October 3, 2023

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📌 Instagram: @lesliebarnardbooth.books

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⬇️ Illustrator Stephanie Cotta shares about their picture book THE MOUNTAIN OF GOLD.

"This is the perfect picture book for 

✨ readers who love fables (like Aesop's Fables),

✨ teaching where true riches/treasures are found,

✨ the dangers and consequences of greed,

✨ and life lessons."

📚 "This book can also be used to show the importance of family and teaching contentment."

Author: Fred J. Fisher

Illustrator: Stephanie Cotta

Publisher: Caterpillar Books

Publication Date: May 14, 2024

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📌 linktr.ee/StephanieCotta 

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⬇️ Author Charlotte Gunnufson shares about their picture book DREAM SUBMARINE.

✨ "This is the perfect picture book for ocean explorers."

📚 "This book can also be used for animal lovers, folks who geek out on facts and maps, and World Oceans Day."

Author: Charlotte Gunnufson

Illustrator: Cleonique Hilsaca

Publisher: Candlewick

Pub Date: June 4, 2024

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📌 https://www.booksbycharlotte.com/  

📌 @CharlotteGunnu1

⬇️ Author Kate Rietema shares about their picture book WHEN GOD MAKES SCRIBBLES BEAUTIFUL.

✨ "This is the perfect picture book for grief, loss, and finding hope."

Author: Kate Rietema

Illustrator: Jennie Poh

Publisher: B&H Kids

Publication Date: March 19, 2024

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⬇️ Author Darcie Naslund shares about their picture book MY MOM IS NOT A SUPERHERO!

✨ "This is the perfect picture book for families dealing with a chronic illness/invisible illness, more specifically Multiple Sclerosis."

📚 "This book can also be used for the representation and understanding of illnesses and disabilities—How can someone be supportive?"

Author: Darcie Naslund

Illustrator: Dania El Khatib

Publisher: DC Canada Education Publishing

Publication Date: May 4, 2024

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📌 Instagram: @darcienaslundwrites

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⬇️ Author Andrew Hacket shares about their picture book CURLILOCKS & THE THREE HARES.

✨ "This is the perfect picture book for self-acceptance."

📚 "This book can also be used by beginning readers who love fractured fairy tales."

Author: Andrew Hacket

Illustrator: Jan Dolby

Publisher: The Little Press

Publication: 5/1/24

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📌 www.andrewhacket.com

📌 @AndrewCHacket (all social media) 

📌 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/andrewchacket

⬇️ Author Lindsay H. Metcalf shares about their picture book OUTDOOR FARM, INDOOR FARM.

✨ "This is the perfect picture book for discovering how both outdoor and indoor farms sustainably grow the food we eat throughout the year."

"This book can also be used …

📚 to discuss how science and technology are used on farms,

📚 to learn how climate change affects farms,

📚 to study the seasons, 

📚 and to understand rhyme."

Author: Lindsay H. Metcalf

Illustrator: Xin Li

Publisher: Astra Young Readers

Publication date: April 9, 2024

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📌 lindsayhmetcalf.com 

📌 @lindsayhmetcalf 

📌 @lixin.illustration 

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⬇️ Author Anna Lazowski shares about their picture book DARK CLOUD.

✨ "This is the perfect picture book for opening up a discussion about depression, anxiety, or other mental health issues."

📚 "This book can also be used to help kids and adults see their own experiences with sadness or depression reflected in the pages."

Author: Anna Lazowski

Illustrator: Penny Neville-Lee

Publisher: Kids Can Press

Publication Date: May 2, 2023

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📌 https://twitter.com/anna_lazowski

⬇️ Author Brenna Jeanneret shares about their picture book THE LAW OF BIRTHDAYS.

✨ "This is the perfect picture book for starting the discussion around choice and body autonomy."

📚 "This book can also be used to discuss social emotional learning (and cake!)"

Author: Brenna Jeanneret

Illustrator: Marina Kondra

Publisher: Cardinal Rule Press

Publication Date/Year: May 1st 2024

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📌 https://brennajeanneret.com/ 

📌 @brennajeanneret (on Twitter, IG, Blue Sky and Threads)