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John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

#Bookaday I added @carterhiggins.bsky.social and @100scopenotes.bsky.social's Little Turtle Pond to my 2027 Books I Love presentation: www.johnschu.com/2027-books-i...

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Carter Higgins @carterhiggins.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Thanks, Mr. Schu! This was so fun to make with Travis. 🐢

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Carol Hinz @carolhinz.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Today is a very special book birthday for TAKE IT APART by @kateywrites.bsky.social and Elizabet Vukovic. Katey worked SO hard over so many years to write a manuscript she felt would be a worth companion to BE A MAKER.

Front cover of the picture book Take It Apart by Katey Howes, illustrated by E.V. The letters of the title are made from a variety of objects, including bones, sticks, a paint tube, and various tools. Beneath the large title is a light-skinned girl with curly medium-brown hair wearing red glasses, a dark gray dress with light gray bursts, and red tights. She is using a paint scraper to scrape off what appears to be wallpaper beneath the letter "A" in Apart, which also appears to have been scraped off.

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Elizabeth Metz @thefinestmuffins.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

"The illustrations in this book were cut and collaged from hand-painted paper and then assembled digitally." -One Whole Hippopotamus (2026) by @carterhiggins.bsky.social #copyrightpageartnotes

Photograph of a picture book: One Whole Hippotamus: A Book About Parts and Patterns by Carter Higgins.

Cover features four painterly cut paper illustrations in a grid. Top left is a wedge of apple with seeds. Top right are two orange wedges aligned to look like a full circle slice. Bottom left are three wedges of watermelon with seeds, aligned to look like a full circle slice. Bottom right is a purple hippopotamus, staring right at the reader/camera.

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chroniclekidsbooks.bsky.social @chroniclekidsbooks.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Let's meet @carterhiggins.bsky.social, creator of One Whole Hippopotamus🦛✨ Explore the early learning concepts of shapes, sorting, and parts of a whole with the latest addition to Carter's playful trio of books, where visual and math literacy meet. Available here: bit.ly/4gp56E3

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BookBreak @bookbreak4schools.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Happy book birthday to: 📚 One Whole Hippopotamus by @carterhiggins.bsky.social 📚 A Room with a View by @joannahowrites.bsky.social We can’t wait to read them! Thank you for being part of BookBreak!

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BookBreak @bookbreak4schools.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

We are so excited for another great week at BookBreak! For our littlest learners, Carter Higgins @carterhiggins.bsky.social will be sharing about Some of These are Snails. Ibi Zoboi will be discussing her powerful novel American Street with our high school subscribers.

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Carter Higgins @carterhiggins.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

The book of our librarian dreams and we’re making it?! 👀

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P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields) @pjpurtee.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

BIG AND SMALL AND IN BETWEEN by Carter Higgins @carterhiggins.bsky.social (& Daniel Miyares @danielmiyares.bsky.social) Sizes & experiences in the world Left me speechless. I love everything about this book! (2022, Chronicle Books) #PB #kidlit #librarians #teachers #illustrators

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Carter Higgins @carterhiggins.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Thank you so much! This book was a dream to make with Daniel and the rest of our team at Chronicle. 💛

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 23/05/2025

*Slams dictionary shut til Tuesday*

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Carter Higgins @carterhiggins.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

This reader! She knows that page says ‘upside down octopus’ 🥰🥰🥰

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Nancy Hudgins @nancyhudgins.com · 07/05/2025

A STORY TO SHARE: HOW RUTH KRAUSS FOUND ANOTHER WAY TO TELL A TALE, by @carterhiggins.bsky.social, illus. by Isabelle Arsenault, is a fun #PB #biography of Krauss, a one-of-a-kind iconoclast, who wrote many clever books. #UrsulaNordstrom teamed her up with #Sendak for 8 of them. #nonfictionkidlit

The cover is drawn by the illustrator. On a peach background, a young Ruth lies on her back, holding a book from which grows a carrot seedling, evoking her first book, The Carrot Seed. Other smaller drawing dot the page. The spine has an inch-wide springtime green binding.

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Carter Higgins @carterhiggins.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Oh, this is incredible. Thank you! 🤣

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Travis Jonker @100scopenotes.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

JUST ONE WAVE is out today! I'm sharing some of my favorite details from the book on the blog: 100scopenotes.com/2025/04/15/6...

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7 Randomly Random Facts About JUST ONE WAVE

Just One Flake is out TODAY! Here are some random facts about the book.

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Simon Smith @smithsmm.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

I love @carterhiggins.bsky.social writing and I love @danielmiyares.bsky.social art. I adore this. “Big and Small and In-between” perfectly captures the feelings and perspectives of a child. It’s both funny and thoughtful and profound. This will be brilliant with kids of any age. #PicturebookPage

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Carter Higgins @carterhiggins.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Thank you, Simon! So nice to see you here!

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Carter Higgins @carterhiggins.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Thank you! Ten years that feels like yesterday, current-era-time-warp or not. Can’t wait for JIM! Finally!

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Carter Higgins @carterhiggins.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Oh gosh, this is an incredible thing to say. Thank you! I’ve been in the pits for a few years but am climbing out. There’s so much more to make! ❤️

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Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic @grubreport.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

So @jerroldconnors.bsky.social is one of the smartest creators in the kidlit business and I always enjoy learning from him -- specifically about the art of illustration. I think you all should read this highly fascinating post of his. jerroldconnors.com/2025/02/23/p...

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Process and Processing

Alright. You've met Emotional Jerrold. Get ready to meet Angry Jerrold. You ready? JIM! received a review in which my illustrations were described as "digitally enhanced ink and watercolor artwork" an...

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Carter Higgins @carterhiggins.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Thank you for sharing this, Stephanie, and thanks for the peek, Jerrold! Not to be all ME—and it’s not something I throw around often!—but I have an Emmy. In compositing! It’s such an art! Great, great post.

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John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Congratulations, @emmykastner.bsky.social! 100scopenotes.com/2025/02/20/e...

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Carter Higgins @carterhiggins.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Thanks, Brenna! So fun to chat! 📚🎧

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John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Check out the case cover for Let’s Be Bees!

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Travis Jonker @100scopenotes.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Ruth Chan and I talk about making CABOOSE on The Yarn podcast: www.buzzsprout.com/536689/episo... @ohtruth.bsky.social

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John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Happy book birthday to @100scopenotes.bsky.social and @ohtruth.bsky.social's Caboose!

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

The Moon, by Gary Hume, 2009

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Carter Higgins @carterhiggins.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Congrats, Ame! This is so exciting! 🎉

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Carter Higgins @carterhiggins.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

That's all I could think about—you are a primary source for your 'the call' posts now! Absolutely thrilled for you. Thank you for sharing books and yourself with all of us for so long! 🧡

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Carter Higgins @carterhiggins.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

This is always a fun thread! The details! 👀

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Carter Higgins @carterhiggins.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Love this thread! Glad you brought it here! 🖍️💛✂️🗞️

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Carter Higgins @carterhiggins.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Thank you! I’m so glad you liked this. And happy almost birthday to your Valentine! 🎈

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Carter Higgins @carterhiggins.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Here’s where Mark and I show you the very best glue sticks to ever have stuck. 💯🎨✂️

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Carter Higgins @carterhiggins.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

A countdown for our calendar flip! Here’s to hooray-ing in 2025. 🎉 (from ROUND AND ROUND THE YEAR WE GO, Holiday House/Neal Porter Books 📚)

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Betsy Bird @fuse8.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Day 27: 31 Days, 31 Lists - Books Celebrating a Love of Nature and the Environment. Essentially these are nature and climate books inspired by my library's Blueberry Award. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2024/12/27/3...

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31 Days, 31 Lists: 2024 Blueberry Award Contenders (Celebrating A Love of Nature and the Environment)

The Blueberry Awards are given to,

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Carter Higgins @carterhiggins.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Here’s a charming song to wrap up your year—round and round we’ve gone and round and round we’ll keep going! Big thanks to longtime pal Emily Arrow for the music and lyrics and Neal Porter Books/Holiday House for publishing ROUND AND ROUND THE YEAR WE GO. For you! ☀️🌷❄️🍂🎶🐭 youtu.be/aWA3ZU_D91o?...

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Round And Round The Year We Go Song - Emily Arrow *book by Carter Higgins (final)

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Carter Higgins @carterhiggins.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Oh, Anne Marie. I’m so sorry to hear this. What a painful loss and a beautiful reflection. ♥️

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Carter Higgins @carterhiggins.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

It's here—your submissions, your favorites! Congrats all around! 🎉📚👀

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Carter Higgins @carterhiggins.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Love this collection of Brightly's Best Picture Books of 2024—partly because ROUND AND ROUND is here and partly because there are so so many good books to catch up on this year. Hooray all around! www.readbrightly.com/picture-book...

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The Best Picture Books of 2024 | Brightly

If your family is looking for a new read as the year draws to a close, here are some of our favorite picture books of 2024.

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