Ellen Myrick
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Ellen Myrick
@libraryellen.bsky.social
Library advocate, and children’s book enthusiast, cat fancier, history geek, nature lover
This “How Do” book is perfect for collab by Art and Math—HOW DO YOU TURN DATA INTO DRAWINGS, a Matical Honor Book from @flowerpotpress.bsky.social @pubspotlight.bsky.social
#NCSS2025
#nonfiction #kidlit
December 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A perfect publisher for teaching about sustainable agriculture? Readers to Eaters of course! @pubspotlight.bsky.social FARMER EVA , plus it’s on audio too from @liveoakmedia.bsky.social ! #NCSS2025 #kidlit
December 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
It’s always a good day to SMASH THE PATRIARCHY (this from @helvetiq.bsky.social ). These amazing educators find this Eureka-winner at @NCSS2025 @pubspotlight.bsky.social #kidlit
#graphicnonfiction
December 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Museum educator building her civics resources looking forward to adding Fault Lines in the Constitution from @holidayhouse.bsky.social and Peachtree Publishing at @NCSS2025 @pubspotlight.bsky.social
#kidlit #civics
December 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
THE SPY IN THE MUSEUM from @simonandschuster.bsky.social infiltrates the International Spy Museum stand at #NCSS2025 !
@pubspotlight.bsky.social #kidlit
#kidsnonfiction
December 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
White House Clubhouse kids travel back to the second Roosevelt White House and meet First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt! @wwnorton.com #NCSS2025 #historyforkids #Kidlit
@pubspotlight.bsky.social
Thanks to the Women’s Foundation for the cool cutout!
December 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Two AFRICANA honored books featured at the Education About Africa booth at #NCSS2025 — I’ll See You in Ijebu from @barefootbooks.bsky.social and What Happened on Thursday from Amazon Crossing Kids. @pubspotlight.bsky.social #kidlit #globalkidlit
December 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A professor hunting for new Asian Asian children’s books is thrilled to discover PAPA’S BUTTER CHICKEN from @tigertalesbooks.bsky.social . #kidlit just won the Gourmand Prize for books too! @pubspotlight.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
What better way to start the day than with Ruth Bader Ginsberg? Check out this great middle grade bio of the great dissenter from @sourcebooks.bsky.social at #NCSS2025 @pubspotlight.bsky.social #kidlit
December 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Did you know JUST IN CASE from @charlesbridge.bsky.social just won a nonfiction award from NCTE? Learn about the seed vault on Svalbard! As seen here at #NCSS2025 @pubspotlight.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
An educator with the Federal Reaerve Bank is excited about @rubytuesdaybooks.bsky.social “Money and You” series at #NCSS2025 @pubspotlight.bsky.social #kidlit
December 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
BITTERSWEET about the WWII Berlin Candy Bombers finds a perfect backdrop with the WWII National Museum at #NCSS2025. @pubspotlight.bsky.social @simonandschuster.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
This professor found a perfect book to model conflict resolution just before her session on the topic! @tigertalesbooks.bsky.social #NCSS2025
December 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
In honor of small business Saturday, here are books from independent presses captured in the wild in independent bookstores including Wild Rumpus and Green Bean Bookshop. #kidlit
November 29, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Marc Aronson m is on a campaign to replace nonfiction and informational books with “curiosity books.” #IBBYRegional #kidlit #nonfiction #curiositybooks
November 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Mary Ann Cappiello: “extraordinary book that explains how animals see!” IBBYRegional
November 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Marc Aronson: current trend in nonfiction is looking at a topic through two perspectives. #nonfiction #IBBYRegional #
November 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Deborah Heilegman: “What is the author’s through line?” For Deborah, it’s connection. For Cynthia LEVINSON it’s social justice. #IBBYRegional #nonfiction #kidlit
November 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The Urgency of Nonfiction panel at @IBBYRegional delves into this overlooked and urgently needed category with Marc Aronson, Deborah Heilegman, Vicky Smith and Mary Ann Cappiello.
November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
DYK that Helen wang started the #namethetranslator hashtag? Lots of top Shenjeng books are translated from around the world. #IBBYRegional
November 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Helen Wang delivering the Teale lecture at #IBBYRegional #kidlit
November 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
“For Jella Lepman, nourishment for the souls always came from books”—Katherine Paterson on what inspired the creation of the International Youth Library. #IBBYRegional #kidlit
November 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Where to share Jella Lepman’s Library of Dreams? Marc Aronson suggests with World War II. So often studies end with the bomb but what about the thousands of children orphaned and impacted by the war?. #IBBYRegional #kidlit
November 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
“The human Jella is the gift that Claudia gave to me.”—Katherine Paterson, on the depth and wealth of knowledge gained from family letters shared by Jella s granddaughter #IBBYRegional #kidlit
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
“The greatest gift my grandmother [Jella Lepman] gave me was Katherine Paterson.—Claudia Lepman-Logan.
#IBBYRegional #kidlit
November 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM