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24/03/2024

20/03/2024

Happy Nowruz! Happy Persian New Year! BABA’S GIFT celebrates a Persian American dad and his love for his six daughters.

07/03/2024

This beautifully illustrated lullaby book features shimmering salmon fry, a long-legged baby moose, feathery eaglets, and fifteen other Northwest animals bedding down for the night (or day!). ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Rhythmic and soothing four-line stanzas describe the animals' habitatas and sleeping patterns. Children will love learning about the familiar creatures in this special book, destined to become a regional classic.

05/03/2024

Happy to A Geoduck is Not a Duck: A Story of a Unique Pacific Northwest Mollusk by Candy Wellins; Illustrated by Ellie Peterson​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Learn about the Pacific Northwest’s most unique shellfish in this hilarious account of mistaken identity.

31/12/2023

And that's a wrap on 2023!

21/12/2023

Happy Winter Solstice! :snowflake:

07/11/2023

Happy to the Working Boats Coloring Book by Tom Crestodina​​​​​​​​​This richly illustrated coloring book, inspired by the bestselling picture book, is perfect for coloring enthusiasts of all ages who are curious about boats and the maritime world.

06/12/2022

A couple snowy settings for these adorable 2023 books. Have you read them?

The Birders is a humorous and heartwarming intergenerational story about the beginning of a sweet friendship.

When Winter Comes is a board book adaptation of the picture book by the same name. A sweet poetic board book celebrating the vibrancy of wildlife and families in the outdoors.

02/12/2022

The endpapers for 📚LIBRARY GIRL: How Nancy Pearl Became America’s Favorite Librarian 📚have been nominated for the School Library Journal’s 2022 ENDIES Endpapers Award in the category: ✨Fanciest ✨! The ENDIES celebrate endpapers (those first and last pages the reader encounters when they open any book, often pasted down to the inside covers). Endpapers are like a bonus feature in picture books that allow the illustrator a space to creatively introduce characters, give visual clues to important themes, or in this case, set the scene with a more vintage feel.📚✨ If you’d like to help Sheryl win the title for ✨”FANCIEST” ✨please go to the link in our bio and VOTE for LIBRARY GIRL with my most sincere thanks! Voting ends today, Dec 2nd! ✨📚📚📚📚📚✨

07/11/2022

27/09/2022

We have a few beautiful books going on-sale today 🥳

Library Girl: How Nancy Pearl Became America’s Most Celebrated Librarian 📚

Sumo Shapes & Sumo Colors 🎨🟡

15/09/2022

https://www.nationalfisherman.com/review-working-boats-an-inside-look-at-ten-amazing-watercraft-by-tom-crestodina

A great review for Working Boats! Publishing November 8th 🚢

When I was a young boy, I had a big book of ships that included cut-away images of some of the vessels. The British transatlantic passenger ship Queen Mary was one. I was fascinated to see not only the luxury salons, but the engine room and propeller shafts. I still find such representation of vesse...

26/08/2022

Happy 🐶 What is your sidekick and best friend’s name?

24/08/2022

How adorable are these 2 new books in the Little Sumo series! 😍

Coming September 27th by

Perfect for early learning, these board books feature adorable sumo wrestlers that introduce children to shapes and colors.

23/08/2022

1, 2, 3 Salish Sea is a finalist for The Washington State Book Award! 🥳

10/08/2022

Library Girl hits the shelf next month 🥳 It’s the inspiring childhood story of how beloved librarian, author, and Seattle icon, Nancy Pearl discovered her strengths and realized her passion. It is a loving tribute to the power of books and librarians have to transform children’s lives.

Written by Karen Henry Clark
Illustrated by

29/03/2022

UConn’s Women’s basketball team made it to the final four ⛹🏻‍♀️

Good luck to Sue Bird’s alma mater ☘️

Spread from The Heart of the Storm: A Picture Book Biography of Sue Bird

22/03/2022

Books are great Easter basket stuffers 📚 What kinds of books does your little one like to read? Books about animals? Other babies? Bright colors? We’ve got something for every child.

17/03/2022

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14/03/2022

It’s starting to feel a little bit like spring in the PNW with things some things starting to bloom 🌷🌸

Spring forward has us feeling a little 🥱

11/03/2022

How about those endsheets? 😍⛹🏻‍♀️

Heart of the Storm: A Biography of Sue Bird

04/03/2022

Happy 🌎

What is your favorite animal?

01/03/2022

To celebrate the beginning of Women’s History Month we are excited to share the release of our Sue Bird picture book biography, The Heart of the Storm .

You can order the book through any major retailer.
https://bit.ly/3IyDIzj

Happy 🥳

28/02/2022

The Heart of the Storm is among great company! ⛹️‍♀️

https://www.readbrightly.com/inspiring-childrens-books-starring-female-athletes/

The female athletes in these stories have faced many obstacles and continued to move forward to become record-breakers and world-changers.

27/02/2022

Big Congratulations to Julie Fry who is receiving the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) for her work teaching science to her first-grade class.

Julie has created educator guides for a number of our non-fiction titles (a few pictured here).

We are grateful for the work you do for us and the those lucky first graders in Yakima 🥳

17/02/2022

Sue Bird is returning for her 19th season with the Seattle Storm! Will you be watching? ⛹️‍♀️

https://www.seattleschild.com/sue-bird-featured-in-the-heart-of-the-storm-a-biography-for-kids/

Sue Bird is the subject of a new picture-book biography that recounts her New York childhood up through her remarkable Seattle Storm career.

10/02/2022

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09/02/2022

It’s the year of the tiger and we have loved seeing Where’s Halmoni? included in so many of your posts 🐯

Do you know which year were born in?

Stunning photo by

03/02/2022

In honor of the first day of the Winter Olympics we are sharing the cover of The Heart of the Storm: A Biography of Sue Bird. She has 5 gold medals herself 🥇⛹🏻‍♀️

What is your favorite Olympic sport? Summer or winter!

25/01/2022

Happy to The Birders by Rob Albanese! 🥳

This humorous graphic novel picture book shares an unexpected friendship between a young boy and his elderly neighbor as they discover they have a lot to learn from each other.