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Claire Bobrow @clairebobrow.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Thank you for the shout-out, Paisley!! The pollinators & I appreciate it 😊🐝🌼🦋💜

Claire Bobrow @clairebobrow.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Yeehaw! It’s a 25% off Preorder sale from @barnesandnoble.com for all Rewards and Premium members!! From 9/3-9/5 lasso your copy of COWBOYS AT THE BALLET using code PREORDER25 Here’s a handy link: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/cowboys-at... #BNPreorder #kidlitmegafeed @simonandschuster.bsky.social

Cover of the forthcoming picture book COWBOYS AT THE BALLET, showing an illustration of a stage set designed to look like a Western landscape in dusty oranges with a dramatic sky and a corral fence. There are 3 dancers in Western garb dancing in the foreground.

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Claire Bobrow @clairebobrow.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Thanks for sharing, Stephanie! 🐝

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Claire Bobrow @clairebobrow.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Looking forward to this book about legendary children’s book editor Ursula Nordstrom by @nancyhudgins.com! #nonfiction #mg #middlegrade #kidlit #kidlitillustration #megakidlitfeed

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Gina Perry @ginaperry.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Tossing it out there one last time #kidlitart ...Illustration Institute based on Peaks Island in Maine has fantastic free programming. I'll be attending a workshop with LeUyen Pham on Wednesday - I think there are still a few spots left. More info: www.illustrationinstitute.org/summer-2025-...

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Summer 2025 Events — Illustration Institute

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Claire Bobrow @clairebobrow.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

When a Tree Falls, by Kirsten Pendreigh and Elle Boschinger, is an excellent one!

Cover illustration showing a fallen tree trunk in the forest with a bird, squirrel, and various plants and fungi on or near it.

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Claire Bobrow @clairebobrow.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Hooray! When Bumblebees Go to Sleep is releasing August 5th! And @barnesandnoble.com is offering 25% off on pre-orders TODAY (July 11th) using the code PREORDER25. Don’t snooze on this excellent deal! 🐝🌼😊 #kidlitmegafeed #boardbook #bumblebee #lullaby www.barnesandnoble.com/w/when-bumbl...

Promotional graphic showing 25% off pre-orders at Barnes & Noble bookstore of the forthcoming board book When Bumblebees Go to Sleep. The cover illustration depicts a bumblebee snuggled up inside a purple dahlia flower with a starry night sky and full moon behind.

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Claire Bobrow @clairebobrow.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Cowboys at the Ballet is coming your way next March! It’s a #picturebook about the legendary Agnes de Mille, by me & #IlariaUrbinati, from Atheneum Books/Simon & Schuster. Pre-order now @ Barnes & Noble, 25% off July 8-11 with code PREORDER25. #kidlitmegafeed www.barnesandnoble.com/w/cowboys-at...

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Cowboys at the Ballet: The Story of Choreographer Agnes de Mille|Hardcover

A spirited picture book about the epic struggle and dramatic breakthrough of Agnes de Mille, the legendary choreographer of Oklahoma! and Carousel whose work changed the course of Broadway history.Som...

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Claire Bobrow @clairebobrow.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

This artist, Sarah Jacoby, is also an incredibly gifted author/illustrator of picture books, including one of my all-time favorites, Forever or a Day. Magnificent! #picturebook #kidlit #art #illustration

Cover of the picture book Forever or a Day, by Sarah Jacoby, with an illustration showing 2 seated children in silhouette from behind, facing a large body of water, with a city and hills in the distance and a gorgeous sky drenched in sunset colors.

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Claire Bobrow @clairebobrow.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Good morning #kidlitmegafeed 😊I’m thrilled to introduce you to the cover of Cowboys at the Ballet, my debut picture book, created with awesome illustrator #IlariaUrbinati and coming next March from Atheneum Books/Simon & Schuster. Yeehaw! #kidlit #picturebook #nonfiction #ballet #dance #cowboy

Cover of the forthcoming picture book Cowboys at the Ballet, with an illustration showing 3 dancers in Western wear on a stage decorated to look like a corral with wooden fences and a reddish-orange, earth-toned background that evokes the Western landscape.

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Claire Bobrow @clairebobrow.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Yeehaw! Cowboys at the Ballet, my debut #picturebook, is coming next March, created with illustrator #IlariaUrbinati and published by Atheneum Books/Simon & Schuster. Available for pre-order now @ Barnes & Noble, 25% off July 8-11 with code PREORDER25. #kidlit www.barnesandnoble.com/w/cowboys-at...

Cover of the forthcoming picture book Cowboys at the Ballet: The Story of Choreographer Agnes de Mille, showing a stage with 3 dancers in Western wear against a backdrop of a corral with a wooden fence and hilly, earth-toned landscape behind.

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Claire Bobrow @clairebobrow.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

I’m thrilled to share the cover of my debut #picturebook, created with super-talented illustrator #IlariaUrbinati! Please say hello to…Cowboys at the Ballet:The Story of Choreographer Agnes de Mille, coming from Atheneum Books/Simon&Schuster next March!! #kidlit #picturebook #dance #ballet #cowboy

Cover of the forthcoming picture book Cowboys at the Ballet: The Story of Choreographer Agnes de Mille. The cover shows an illustration of 3 dancers in cowboy and Western clothing dancing on a stage whose backdrop shows a corral with wooden fences set against a reddish-orange dry Western landscape and a dramatic sky.

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Claire Bobrow @clairebobrow.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Hello friends! My first book is releasing next month & you can get 25% off all Barnes & Noble pre-orders from July 8th-11th! So buzz on over today to barnesandnoble.com for your copy of WHEN BUMBLEBEES GO TO SLEEP!! Art by the fab Natalia Vasilica. Thank you! 🐝 #kidlit #boardbook #bedtime #bumblebee

Cover image of the forthcoming board book WHEN BUMBLEBEES GO TO SLEEP showing an illustration of a night sky, full moon, stars, and a bumblebee snuggled up in a purple dahlia, ready to snooze.

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Claire Bobrow @clairebobrow.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Here’s one snoozing in a dahlia in our garden. It’s such a fun thing to spot I wrote a book about it! Coming August 5th to a bookstore or library near you 😊🐝 #bumblebees #flowers #snoozing #kidlit

A bumblebee snoozing inside a yellow dahlia flower, with its little butt and legs sticking out.

Cover of the forthcoming board book When Bumblebees Go to Sleep, showing a night sky with stars, the full moon, and a bumblebee snuggled up in a purple dahlia. Illustrations by Natalia Vasilica.

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Claire Bobrow @clairebobrow.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Pierpont? Or Portcullis. Something construction-y 😃

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Claire Bobrow @clairebobrow.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

It’s my first book! Coming August 5th 😊🐝 If you’re curious to learn how I came to write a lullaby for children (and bumblebees), please check out my latest Substack post: open.substack.com/pub/clairebo...

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My First Book--the Backstory!

How I came to write a lullaby for children and bumblebees

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Megan Ranney MD MPH @meganranney.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

I categorically refuse to accept either of these as normal or routine. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/u...

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Like School Shootings, Political Violence Is Becoming Almost Routine

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Claire Bobrow @clairebobrow.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

We had Dr. Huey a few years back, though I didn’t recall planting it. And then I read this post and the💡went off! www.rosenotes.com/2012/03/dr-h...

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Dr. Huey a Rose Sucker

Did you ever wonder why your pink, yellow, or white rose turned red?

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Claire Bobrow @clairebobrow.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

It smells wonderful! If I had to guess, I’d say it has a tea rose fragrance? I’m not the best at characterizing rose scents…

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Claire Bobrow @clairebobrow.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

I definitely purchased The Prince some years back. It could be one of the two roses I planted (and failed to label) that languished for years in overly shady conditions. We finally moved them and this one bloomed—a miracle!

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Claire Bobrow @clairebobrow.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Yours is beautiful! I don’t think ours is Gabriel Oak, though, as I’ve drooled over it but never ordered it! 😊

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12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge @12x12challenge.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Want to speak up with more confidence? Advocating for Yourself and Your Work is 25% off through June 30! Code: YOUMATTER buff.ly/1TiDe0y

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Claire Bobrow @clairebobrow.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Hello #Rose people! A mystery rose just bloomed in our garden. Based on old purchasing records, I believe it’s either Baronne de Prevost or Marchioness of Lorne. I’d love to identify it properly. Any thoughts? Thank you! #roses #gardening #flowers #bloomscrolling

Photo of a deep pink, many-petalled, old-fashioned rose in full bloom.

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Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic @grubreport.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Did you know that bumblebees actually sleep in flowers for warmth? I learned this from @clairebobrow.bsky.social amazing book WHEN BUMBLEBEES GO TO SLEEP. Feel like this chonky bee is slipping into a Golden Poppy sleeping bag.

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Claire Bobrow @clairebobrow.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Awww-this photo is so cute! Thanks for the shout-out Stephanie!! 😊🐝

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Claire Bobrow @clairebobrow.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Here’s Bermuda’s Kathleen for #RoseWednesday —hands down our most popular rose with the bees. Bumblebees and honeybees can’t seem to get enough. The flowers start pale apricot, then go pale pink and finish dark pink, similar to Rosa mutabilis. #flowers #bloomscrolling #roses #nature #gardening

Photo of a honeybee on the pale apricot bloom of a Bermuda’s Kathleen rose. The older blossoms in the background have faded to pale pink and dark pink.

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Claire Bobrow @clairebobrow.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

For #FlowerFriday, here are the 2 roses in our garden most-beloved by bees of all stripes: Bermuda’s Kathleen and Clytemnestra. A couple of oddballs perhaps, but they’re practically indestructible, very vigorous and healthy, and a total delight. #roses #gardening #bloomscrolling

A bee on a Clytemnestra rose, which is pale pink with touches of apricot, and has a boss of deep golden stamens.

A bee on a Bermuda’s Kathleen rose, which starts out pale apricot, then turns pale pink, and then finally deep pink before fading. It reminds me of Rosa mutabilis, but with much smaller flowers.

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Claire Bobrow @clairebobrow.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

I missed #RoseWednesday, so Friday will have to do! Here’s New Dawn, the first rose to receive a patent. It got off to a slow start in our garden (I could barely dig a hole, thanks to neighboring roots), but after a few years, it’s finally hitting its stride. #roses #gardening #flowers

Close-up photo of the rose New Dawn, a pale pink, multi-petaled beauty surrounded by lots of unopened buds.

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Claire Bobrow @clairebobrow.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

‘Gentle Hermione’ rose for #RoseWednesday. It might have the most enticing fragrance of all our roses? The overall plant form is graceful and willowy, and the blossom color is a beautiful luminescent pink. Highly recommend this one! #roses #bloomscrolling #flowerreport

Photo of an open blossom of the rose ‘Gentle Hermione.’ The color is a gorgeous luminescent pink, and the leaves are a matte, mid-green.

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Nancy Hudgins @nancyhudgins.com · 19/05/2025

80 years ago today, in 1945, Harper & Row published THE CARROT SEED, by Ruth Krauss, illus. by her husband, Crockett Johnson, edited by the extraordinary #UrsulaNordstrom. A #PB, it was Ruth’s debut book. Ursula would edit and publish approximately 20 more of Ruth's books. #KidlitHistory #kidlit

The cover is a mustard yellow, with the title in big and bold red type. This is the 75th Anniversary edition. There's a drawing of Harold dropping a seed in the ground.

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Karen B. McCoy @karenbmccoy.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

In this podcast interview with The Academic Life, I talk about the importance of libraries! We delve into information literacy, and the importance of working with your campus libraries. Go to podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a... or wherever you get your podcasts!

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Academic Librarians: A Discussion with Karen McCoy

Podcast Episode · The Academic Life · 05/15/2025 · 56m

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Claire Bobrow @clairebobrow.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Rose ‘Madame Alice Garnier,’ a happy rambler scrambling up the garden fence (and threatening to swallow it…). #rose #bloomscrolling #flowers

Photo of the rose Madame Alice Garnier, a small-flowered, many-petaled, peachy pink rambler, in full bloom.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Roses are redde Noble are the manatees Yf we wante a bettir future Teach artes & humanityes

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