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KidLit TV @kidlittv.bsky.social · 12h

📆 📚✨Mark your calendars for BOOKFEST@BANKSTREET on November 1 — featuring keynote speaker, award-winning, New York Times-bestselling #kidlit author @halseanderson.bsky.social!
✍️REGISTER to watch Live or online: www.bankstreet.edu/library/cent...

@bankstreetlibrary.bsky.social @bankstreet.edu

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csweill.bsky.social @csweill.bsky.social · 10h

A sincere thank you to all for sponsoring our November 1 BookFest!

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csweill.bsky.social @csweill.bsky.social · 6d

www.bankstreet.edu/library/cent...

Thrilled that Sonia Manzano a.k.a. Maria of Sesame Street will attend BookFest @ Bank Street this year. register now for Our November 1, 2025 event. @bankstreet.edu @bankstreetlibrary.bsky.social @kidlittv.bsky.social

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Bank Street College of Education @bankstreet.edu · 8d

Join us December 5 for our online #EmotionallyResponsiveSchools Conference! Enjoy a keynote by #BankStreet’s Soyoung Park and workshops on emotionally responsive strategies that support both children and adults. Early bird rate ends November 14! graduate.bankstreet.edu/educator-res...

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csweill.bsky.social @csweill.bsky.social · 7d

Can’t wait for this day!

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KidLit TV @kidlittv.bsky.social · 9d

Subscribe to the KidLit TV newsletter 📰 for a chance to win a signed copy of TRIAL AND ERROR, book swag, and a @booksofwonder.bsky.social book bag! 📘🛍️ www.kidlit.tv/newsletter/

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csweill.bsky.social @csweill.bsky.social · 19d

Set up and ready for a wonderful day at the Chappaqua book festival! @chappaqualibrary.bsky.social #CCBF2025

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csweill.bsky.social @csweill.bsky.social · 19d

Quite the crowd at the Chappaqua book festival. #ccbf2025

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KidLit TV @kidlittv.bsky.social · 17d

🎨We are all artists! Sometimes we just need the right bit of inspiration to pick up a crayon or pencil & create. Author Pat Blankenship has just the book to get creative juices flowing on Read Out Loud as she shares MARVELOUS MARGOT MAKES ART. Watch from 7AM ET: www.kidlit.tv/ReadOutLoudM... #kidlit

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csweill.bsky.social @csweill.bsky.social · 19d

Quite the crowd at the Chappaqua book festival. #ccbf2025

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csweill.bsky.social @csweill.bsky.social · 19d

Set up and ready for a wonderful day at the Chappaqua book festival! @chappaqualibrary.bsky.social #CCBF2025

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Publisher Spotlight @pubspotlight.bsky.social · 22d

Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards Ceremony Thursday, November 6, 2025, from 5:00–8:00 p.m., with a book signing to follow from 8:00–8:30 p.m
www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-bosto...

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School Library Journal @slj.com · 22d

Mock Newbery 2026 Sleeper Titles | Heavy Medal
heavymedal.slj.com/2025/09/24/n...

There may be 96 suggested Mock Newbery 2026 titles on Heavy Medal, but there's still many more possibilities for Newbery gold.

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KidLit TV @kidlittv.bsky.social · 23d

Join us in paying tribute to the generations of Hispanic Americans who have positively influenced and enriched our nation and society by adding these Children’s Books for Hispanic Heritage Month to your reading rotation.

www.kidlit.tv/2025/09/chil...
#kidlit #hispanicheritagemonth

Photos show book covers of book recommendations for kids to read that celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.

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csweill.bsky.social @csweill.bsky.social · Sep 16

educate.bankstreet.edu/ccl/29/
Celebrate Hispanic heritage month with the best Spanish language picture books of the year!
@bankstreet.edu @bankstreetlibrary.bsky.social @bankstreeter.bsky.social @leeandlow.bsky.social @candlewickpress.bsky.social @holidayhouse.bsky.social

The Best Children's Books of the Year in Spanish [2025 edition]

An annotated list of the best children's books in Spanish published or translated in 2024. In English and Spanish. Spanish title: Spanish title: Los mejores libros infantiles del año 2025.

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Lee & Low Books @leeandlow.bsky.social · Sep 16

🎉 Lee & Low is celebrating 50 years of Children's Book Press! Originally founded in 1975, Children’s Book Press was the first independent press in the U.S. to focus on publishing children’s literature by and about people of color. In 2012, Children’s Book Press became an imprint of Lee & Low.

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csweill.bsky.social @csweill.bsky.social · Sep 16

educate.bankstreet.edu/ccl/29/
Celebrate Hispanic heritage month with the best Spanish language picture books of the year!
@bankstreet.edu @bankstreetlibrary.bsky.social @bankstreeter.bsky.social @leeandlow.bsky.social @candlewickpress.bsky.social @holidayhouse.bsky.social

The Best Children's Books of the Year in Spanish [2025 edition]

An annotated list of the best children's books in Spanish published or translated in 2024. In English and Spanish. Spanish title: Spanish title: Los mejores libros infantiles del año 2025.

educate.bankstreet.edu

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Publisher Spotlight @pubspotlight.bsky.social · Sep 4

“The illustrations throughout” ARE BIRDS MODERN DAY DINOSAURS? “do an exceptional job of complimenting the story that is being told….introducing children to dinosaurs and birds ” #BeetleBooks from @hungrytomato.bsky.social #nonfiction for ages 5 and up yabookscentral.com/are-birds-mo...

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KidLit TV @kidlittv.bsky.social · Aug 20

Wow! @kidlittv.bsky.social Alum @csweill.bsky.social’s ✨NEW BOOK✨! #kidlit

csweill.bsky.social @csweill.bsky.social · Aug 20

Very excited to see my book Let’s Work @amnh.org Had o sign a few copies! @leeandlow.bsky.social @kandacec.bsky.social @kidlittv.bsky.social

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KidLit TV @kidlittv.bsky.social · Sep 1

Happy #LaborDay from @kidlittv.bsky.social ! 📚✨
Today, we celebrate the dedication, creativity, & hard work that make our communities thrive.

Whether you’re enjoying a good book, spending time with family, or taking a well-deserved break, we hope you have a wonderful day! #kidlit

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csweill.bsky.social @csweill.bsky.social · Aug 20

Very excited to see my book Let’s Work @amnh.org Had o sign a few copies! @leeandlow.bsky.social @kandacec.bsky.social @kidlittv.bsky.social

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csweill.bsky.social @csweill.bsky.social · Aug 20

Very excited to see my book Let’s Work @amnh.org Had o sign a few copies! @leeandlow.bsky.social @kandacec.bsky.social @kidlittv.bsky.social

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KidLit TV @kidlittv.bsky.social · Jul 31

This #NationalMuttDay join illustrator Fred Koehler on @kidlittv.bsky.social & learn to draw the puppy from his picture book with Julie Sternberg, PUPPY, PUPPY, PUPPY! Make sure to share your artwork with us using #ReadySetDraw:
www.kidlit.tv/ready-set-dr...
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KidLit TV @kidlittv.bsky.social · Aug 1

🌊✨Congratulations to Sue Heitner, winner of our THIS IS THE OCEAN giveaway!
⭐️ The perfect summer read for curious minds — discover the #booktrailer for @elizabetheverett.bsky.social’s exploration of the wondrous deep here:
www.kidlit.tv/BookTrailerP... #sciencenaturally

KidLit TV @kidlittv.bsky.social · Jul 8

🌊KLTV is honored to premiere the #booktrailer for THIS IS THE OCEAN by @elizabetheverett.bsky.social, illus by Evelline Andrya, from Science Naturally. From the biggest Blue Whale to the tiniest krill, discover how the ☀️ fuels life in this exploration of our oceans: www.kidlit.tv/BookTrailerP...

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Bank Street Library @bankstreetlibrary.bsky.social · Jul 30

🌟 The 2025 Best Board Books are here! Bank Street's Children's Book Committee has curated the finest board book treasures from 2023–2024, perfect for little ones ages 0–4. Discover your next favorite read! educate.bankstreet.edu/ccl/30/ @bankstreet.edu #bankstreet #bankstreetcbc #boardbooks

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