Librarians of Littles

Books: Punch! A Story About Kindness written and illustrated by Michael Hall, published by Greenwillow Press an imprint of HarperCollins, 2025 The Escape Artist: A True Story of Octopus Adventure written by Thor Hanson, illustrated by Galia Bernstein, published by Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins, 2025 Resources: https://michaelhallstudio.com/ https://thorhanson.net/ https://www.danc...

Books: Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug written by Jonathan Stutzman, illustrated by Jay Fleck, published by Chronicle Books, 2019 The Whale’s Tale and the Otter’s Side of the Story: A Book to Read from Front to Back and Back to Front written by Kate Messner, illustrated by Brian Biggs, published by Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperColins Publishers, 2026 Resources: https://www.jonathanstutzma...

Books: It’s Corn Picking Time! written by Jill Esbaum, illustrated by Melissa Crowton, published by Neal Porter Books, an imprint of Holiday House, 2025 Zip Zap Wickety Wack: A Story About Sharing written and illustrated by Matthew Diffee, published by Neal Porter Books, an imprint of Holiday House, 2025 Resources: https://www.jillesbaum.com/ https://www.melissacrowton.com/ https://www.youtube.com...

Books: My Dad and the Fart that Shook the World written by Matt Coyne, illustrated by Richard Merritt, published by Gorsset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2026 Dad written and illustrated by Christian Robinson, published by Balzer + Bray, 2026 Family Kisses written by Caitlin Roeder, illustrated by Kristen Chow, published by Caitlin Roeder, 2026 Resources: https://www.man-vs-baby...

Books: Every Monday Mabel written and illustrated by Jashar Awan, published by Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2025 If You Make a Call on a Banana Phone written by Gideon Sterer, illustrated by Emily Hughes, published by Clarion Books, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2025 Resources: https://jasharawan.com/ https://www.gideonsterer.com/ https://flyingeyebooks.com/creator/emily-h...

Books: Lift written by Minh Le and illustrated by Dan Santat, published by Hachette Book Group, 2020 The Very Impatient Caterpillar written and illustrated by Ross Burach, published by Scholastic Press, 2019 Resources: https://minhlebooks.com/ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/73850/dan-santat/ https://www.rossburach.com/ https://www.scholastic.com/content/dam/scholastic/educators/discuss...

Books: Big Family Beach Day written and illustrated by Nina Crews, published by Greenwillow books and imprint of HarperCollins, 2025 Summer Is Here written by Renee Watson and illustrated by Bea Jackson, published by Bloomsbury Children's Books, 2024 Resources: https://ninacrews.com/ https://www.reneewatson.net/ https://www.beagifted.com/ Social Media: Instagram: @librariansoflittles Threads: Libr...

Books: The Monster in the Lake written and illustrated by Leo Timmers, published by Gecko Press, 2025 Mistaco! A Tale of Tragedy y Tortillas written and illustrated by Eliza Kinkz, published by Kokila, 2025 Resources: https://www.leotimmers.com/ https://www.elizakinkz.com/ https://txla.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2026-Texas-2x2-List-One-Pagers.docx.pdf https://www.bookitprogram.com/ https://www...

Books: Downpour : Splish! Splash! Ker-splash! written by Yuko Ohnari, illustrated by Koshiro Hata, translated by Emily Balistrieri, published by Red Comet Press, 2025 Rain written by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Lisa Congdon, published by Beach Lane Books, 2023 Resources: https://kbirc.kodansha.co.jp/books?creator_name=Koshiro%20Hata https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/downpour_9781636551142/ ht...

Books: Flowers for Mama written and illustrated by Deborah Freedman, published by Penguin Random House, 2026 Saturday written and illustrated by Oge Mora, published by Little, Brown and Company, 2019 Resources: https://www.deborahfreedman.net/ https://www.ogemora.com/ Social Media: Instagram: @librariansoflittles Threads: Librariansoflittles Bluesky: littleslibrarians.bsky.social Substack: @librar...

Books: Who Ate Steve? by Susannah Lloyd, illustrated by Kate Hiindley, published by Nosy Crow, 2024 I Hate Everything! by Sophie Henn, published by Beach Lane Books, 2025 Resources: https://www.susannahlloyd.com/ https://katehindley.com/ https://txla.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2026-Texas-2x2-List-One-Pagers.docx.pdf https://www.lakeshorelearning.com/products/stem/building-engineering/engineer-...

Books: A Love Letter to My Library by Lisa Katzenberg, illustrated by Rob Sayegh Jr, published by Sourcebooks Explore, 2024 I’m So Happy You’re Here: A Celebration of Library Joy by Mychal Threets, illustrated by Lorraine Nam, published by Random House, 2026 Resources: https://lisakatzenberger.com/ www.robsayart.com https://www.instagram.com/mychal3ts/ https://www.lorrainenam.com/ https://www.make...

Books: Pop! Goes the Nursery Rhyme by Betsy Bird, illustrated by Andrea Tsurumi, published by Union Square & Co., 2025 Broken by X. Fang, published by Tundra, 2025 Resources: https://betsy-bird.com/ https://www.andreatsurumi.com/ https://www.xfang.studio/ https://txla.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2026-Texas-2x2-List-One-Pagers.docx.pdf https://www.lakeshorelearning.com/products/blocks-manipu...

Books: Bros by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Reggie Brown, published by Candlewick Press, 2024 Pig the Pug by Aaron Blabey, published by Scholastic Press, 2014 Resources: https://cbweatherford.com/ https://reggiebrownart.com/ https://www.aaronblabey.com/ https://www.scholastic.com/site/pig-the-pug.html https://www.basicfun.com/knex/

Books: Big Bike, Little Bike by Kellie DuBay Gillis, illustrated by Jacob Souva, published by HarperCollins, 2025 Cranky, Crabby Crow (Saves the World) by Corey Tabor, published by Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2025 Resources: https://www.kelliedubaygillis.com/ https://www.twofishillustration.com/ https://www.kevaplanks.com/ https://www.kevaplanks.com/shop/category/ele...

Books: Bruce Saves the Planet by Ryan T. Higgins, published by Disney-Hyperion, 2025 Our Planet: There’s No Place Like Earth by Stacy McAnulty, illustrated by David Litchfield, published by Henry Holt and Company, 2022 Resources: https://www.rodeenliterary.com/ryan-t-higgins https://sphero.com/products/indi-student-kit?variant=41964666847277 https://www.stacymcanulty.com/ https://www.davidlitchfie...

Books: Bear and the Three Goldilocks by Patrick Horne, illustrated by Dan Yaccarino, published by Holiday House (an imprint of Penguin Random House), 2025 Big Enough by Regina Linke, published by Little, Brown and Company, 2025 Resources: http://www.patrickhornebooks.com/ http://www.danyaccarino.com/ https://reginalinke.com/ https://www.learningresources.com/item-stem-robot-mouse?srsltid=AfmBOor2t...

Books: The Thing About Spring by Daniel Kirk, published by Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2020 Grumpy Monkey: Spring Fever by Suzanne Lang and illustrated by Max Lang, published by Random House Studio, 2024 Resources: https://www.danielkirk.com/ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/222967/suzanne-lang/ https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/305598/max-lang/ https://primotoys.com/

Books: You are (Not) Small by Anna Kang and illustrated by Christopher Weyant, published by Two Lions (an imprint of Amazon publishing ) 2014 We Are Growing! by Laurie Keller, published by Hyperion Books for Children 2016 Resources: http://www.annakang.com/ http://christopherweyant.com/ https://lauriekellerbooks.com/ Makerspace Spotlight: Fisher Price Think and Learn Code-a-pillar https://m.servic...

Books: Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed and illustrated by Stasia Burrington, published by Harper Collins, 2018 Change Sings by Amanda Gorman and illustrated by Loren Long, published by Viking, 2021 Other resources: https://rodaworld.com/ https://www.stasiaburringtonart.com/ https://www.theamandagorman.com/ https://lorenlong.com/ https://guidecraft.com/products/guidecraft-io-blocks-education-set

We are kicking off season 2 and look forward to sharing some incredible books with our listeners.

Books: Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell, published by Feiwel & Friends, an imprint of MacMillian Children’s Publishing Group, 2017 Hot Dog by Doug Salati, published by Alfred A. Knopf, 2022 Resources: https://www.matthewcordell.com/ https://dougsalati.com/ https://magnatiles.com/collections/all?srsltid=AfmBOoqaUbOr-gmBoFxv3Dg4PeL7YB-I1R3BPbTPyO34toUKORwS5aho

Books: Happy All-idays! by Cindy Jin, illustrated by Rob Sayegh Jr., published by Little Simon, an Imprint of Simon &Schuster Children’s Publishing Division, 2022 How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon Klassen, published by Candlewick Press, 2023 Resources: https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Cindy-Jin/2117326552 https://www.robsayart.com/ https://www.macba...

Books: Llama Destroys the World by Jonathan Stutzman, illustrated by Heather Fox, published by Henry Holt and Co. (an imprint of Macmillan Publishers), 2019 The Book That Almost Rhymed by Omar Abed, illustrated by Hatem Aly, published by Dial Books for Young Readers, 2024 Resources: https://www.jonathanstutzman.com/ https://www.adoodlefox.com/ https://www.omarabed.com/ https://www.metahatem.com/

Books: Unicorns are the Worst! by Alex Willan, published by Simon & Schuster books for Young Readers, 2020 Don’t Trust Fish by Neil Sharpson, illustrated by Dan Santat, and published by Dial Books for Young Readers, 2025 Resources: https://www.alexwillan.com/ https://us.macmillan.com/author/neilsharpson https://unshavedmouse.com/ https://theauthorvillage.com/presenters/dan-santat/ https://site...