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Children’s Book Week at 100: New Board Books Are Inclusive

FGoldsmith / Barefoot Books, board books, Child's Play, Children's Book Week, Kube Publishing / Awards and Book Lists

This week marks the 100th anniversary of America’s longest running literacy initiative: Children’s Book Week. We’ll bring you a slice of inspiration each day here, from Board books (today) through picture books, chapter books, middle grade and teen choices, graphic novels and audiobooks. There’s something new for everyone as we honor this century-old occasion. The […]

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New Stories for a Traditional Holiday: Happy Halloween!

FGoldsmith / board books, Child's Play, Lonely Planet Kids, Manga Classics, Pajama Press / Linked by Lit

Whether you’re looking for a gentle picture book for a child new to the holiday or something to ratchet up the fear factor for a blasé teen, the crop of possibilities is glowing with options. From Pajama Press, Pumpkin Orange, Pumpkin Round, by Rosanna Battigelli and illustrated by Tara Anderson, provides seasonal rhymes and images

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An Abundance of Award Winners!

FGoldsmith / board books, Child's Play, Lantana Publishing, Pajama Press, Picture books, What On Earth Books / Awards and Book Lists

October has brought a wonderfully rich harvest of awards to our publishers. The Northern Dawn‘s book awards, Northern Lights, were announced in a range of categories “honoring children’s literature of extraordinary merit.” We are so pleased to see so many of the books we love on the roster of 2019 winners: Board Book/Toddler Winner: From

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World Kid Lit Month and the Richly Diverse Northern Hemisphere

FGoldsmith / board books, Child's Play, Floris Books, National Council for the Social Studies, Picture books, Tiger Tales Books, Tilbury House, Translations, What On Earth Books, World Kid Lit Month / Linked by Lit

This is the third in a series of four posts with which we ask you to join us in celebrating World Kid Lit Month (#WorldKidLit on social media). As we continue our month-long celebration of international kids’ publishers and some of their newest books, we find the Northern Hemisphere overflowing with delights to discover. We’ve

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Small Worlds

FGoldsmith / board books, Floris Books, Inhabit Media, outdoor story time, Picture books, Tilbury House, TOON Books, What On Earth Books / Linked by Lit

Summer days invite us to explore nature up close and in detail, including the small worlds of insects, bees and butterflies. All of these make fine topics for picture books as well, so pairing an outdoor reading time with observation and discovery can turn a plain afternoon into magic. Pack your hat, a magnifying glass,

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To the Moon!

FGoldsmith / Barefoot Books, board books, Flowerpot Press, Lonely Planet Kids, Maverick Books, Moon Landing 50th Anniversary, Peachtree Publishing Company, Picture books, Tiger Tales Books, Tilbury House / Linked by Lit

Today’s post is from Emerson Heflin of Publishers Spotlight’s marketing team. This Saturday, the world will celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of the most incredible feats known to history. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin planted the American flag on lunar soil in 1969, but they could not have achieved their infamous space walk without the

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Happy National Library Week!

FGoldsmith / board books, Child's Play, Gecko Press, National Library Week, What On Earth Books / Linked by Lit

In the US, it’s National Library Week, and we love our librarians! Many of you who follow us here work in libraries or are enthusiastic library users. Let’s celebrate libraries with a few good books–because that’s who we are (even though we recognize that, today, libraries are a lot more than “just books”). Jessica Spanyol’s

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Let’s Hear It for Multilingual Board Books!

FGoldsmith / board books, Child's Play, Flowerpot Press, literacy, multilingual books / Linked by Lit

Language is the marvelous attribute and skill that helps bind us together in relationships between individuals and across whole cultures. Being able to use more than a single language expands our capacities to: Consider other people’s perspectives Learn even more languages Improve problem solving skills Become better aware of our surroundings Learning language from the

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Inclusive Board Books for Every Bunny

FGoldsmith / Barefoot Books, board books, Child's Play, We Need Diverse Books / Linked by Lit

What better way to celebrate World Down Syndrome Awareness Day than with bright new board books from two different publishers! Both Child’s Play and Barefoot Books have new board book series inclusively featuring energetic and engaged toddlers. There are kids wearing glasses, kids of African heritage and Asian heritage, books in Spanish as well as

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