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Librarianchica @librarianchica.bsky.social · 12h

October has arrived, gente! It is also Banned Book Week! To observe we will celebrate picture books that have been banned in our country. 1. ALMA AND HOW SHE GOT HER NAME, 2018 Author & Illustrator: @juanamartinezn.bsky.social Banned: New York- 2021 Pennsylvania - 2022 #booksky 📚💙 #picturebooks

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LBYR School & Library @lbschool.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

MARIPOSA'S JOURNEY by Belen Medina and illustrated by @juanamartinezn.bsky.social is out now! Join Mariposa on her migration in this beautiful picture book with starred reviews from Booklist and the Horn Book. vimeo.com/1201444948

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Coming a Shelf Near You: Juana Martinez-Neal on MARIPOSA'S JOURNEY

Illustrator Juana Martinez-Neal introduces her picture book, MARIPOSA'S JOURNEY, written by Belen Medina. Available in hardcover.

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BookPage @readbookpage.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Meet the authors of Off The Wall, MOLLY IDLE & JUANA MARTINEZ-NEAL. The pair have many differences, yet they are best friends. Their picture book celebrates creativity in an explosion of playfulness and togetherness as friends decorate the walls around them with chalk and their imaginations.

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The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

July/August #HBMag #HBPubPreviews #5Qs for Molly Idle and @juanamartinezn.bsky.social about OFF THE WALL: MAKING STUFF TOGETHER (Porter/Holiday): "JMN: We each led at different stages—key in a collaboration." www.hbook.com/story/publis...

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Publishers' Preview: New & Noteworthy: Five Questions for Molly Idle and Juana Martinez-Neal

From the July/August 2026 issue of The Horn Book Magazine: Special Issue: ALA Awards.

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LBYR School & Library @lbschool.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

MARIPOSA'S JOURNEY by Belen Medina and illustrated by @juanamartinezn.bsky.social is the review of the day at booklistonline.com! "An enormously creative and compassionate exploration [of] a topic that touches all, both big and small" (⭐️ @ala-booklist.bsky.social, starred review).

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Booklist Online: Leading Book Discovery

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The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

MARIPOSA’S JOURNEY ( @littlebrownyr.bsky.social @lbschool.bsky.social ) by Belen Medina; illus. by @juanamartinezn.bsky.social will receive a starred review in the September/October 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congratulations! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/septem...

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Cait Darfler..... is on SUBMISSION! @caitdarfler.com · 10/07/2026

📚👍 So many good books. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks Swashby and the Sea Beth Ferry & Juana Martinez-Neal @juanamartinezn.bsky.social Very sweet. Grumpy old man and a fiddling sea befriend a little girl. Loved it.

Cover for Swashby and the Sea. Showing a small rowboat on a sandy shore with a grizzled old white man in a knit cap and a smiling black girl with large glasses beside him.

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Juana Martinez-Neal @juanamartinezn.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Hello all! I will be at ALA this weekend to get my Sibert Medal #2, signing books new and recognized, doing a couple of events and meeting those of you who will be there. I can’t wait! If you see me and want to, please say hi. I love meeting book people! Yes, that means you.

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The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

From May/June #HBMag Special Issue: #25YearsOfSibert "#HBWhatWeveLearned: Never Stop Playing" by 2026 #SibertAward winner Sara Andrea Fajardo: "Play can become the bedrock of major scientific achievements." www.hbook.com/story/what-w... @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

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What We've Learned: Never Stop Playing

From the May/June 2026 special issue of The Horn Book Magazine: The Sibert Award at 25.

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LBYR School & Library @lbschool.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

MARIPOSA'S JOURNEY by Belen Medina and illustrated by @juanamartinezn.bsky.social, a breathtaking picture book about the migration of both butterflies and people, comes out September 29, 2026. Preorder your copy now! vimeo.com/1201444948

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Coming a Shelf Near You: Juana Martinez-Neal on MARIPOSA'S JOURNEY

Illustrator Juana Martinez-Neal introduces her picture book, MARIPOSA'S JOURNEY, written by Belen Medina. Available in hardcover.

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Mark Hoffmann @studiohoffmann.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Gab ‘n’ Doodle w/Caldecott-honoree, NYT bestselling #kidlit creator Juana Martinez-Neal is up Ever wonder: 🎨What should I do when a piece isn't working? 🖌️How detailed should my book sketches be? ✍️What technique can be super freeing? youtu.be/r4Q3KXL68a4?... #kidlitart @juanamartinezn.bsky.social

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Gab ‘n’ Doodle with guest Juana Martinez-Neal

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The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

From May/June #HBMag Special Issue: #25YearsOfSibert "#HBWhatWeveLearned: Inclusive Endpapers" by 2020 #SibertAward winner Kevin Maillard: "I knew that the endpapers could not leave out a single tribe, no matter their recognition status." www.hbook.com/story/what-w... @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

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What We've Learned: Inclusive Endpapers

From the May/June 2026 special issue of The Horn Book Magazine: The Sibert Award at 25.

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Sujei @sujeilugo.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

For over 10 years I've been a member of the We Are Kid Lit Collective and each summer we create reading lists that center the experiences, lives & voices of BIPOC communities. Here is our 2026 Summer Reading List! #kidlit #yalit #booksky wtpsite.wordpress.com/2026/05/12/2...

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2026 Summer Reading List

The We Are Kid Lit Collective selects books for summer reading that are created by and about BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color), with attention to their intersecting identities. Books co…

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Caldecott Honorees Juana Martinez-Neal and Molly Idle “let their co-creative chemistry loose” in OFF THE WALL: MAKING STUFF TOGETHER, a picture book collaboration “that evokes the irresistible promise of a fresh bucket of sidewalk chalk”

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Off the Wall: Making Stuff Together by Juana Martinez-Neal

Collaborators Martinez-Neal and Idle (I Don’t Care), both Caldecott Honorees, let their co-creative chemistry loose on these kra...

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The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

From M/J #HBMag Special Issue: #25YearsOfSibert HB editors on the first 25 years: "21st century NF has been blossoming in varied + creative ways, as evidenced by the depth + breadth of #SibertAward winners + honorees" www.hbook.com/story/a-quar... @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @wearealsc.bsky.social

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A Quarter Century of the Sibert

From the May/June 2026 special issue of The Horn Book Magazine: The Sibert Award at 25.

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P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields) @pjpurtee.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

SWASHBY AND THE SEA ✍🏻 Beth Ferry 🎨 Juana Martinez-Neal @juanamartinezn.bsky.social 2020, Clarion a ☺️ man noisy neighbors the man: 😠 messages in the sand the sea 🌊 . . . (I can’t spoil it!) Caldecott Honor Winner 🥰 🥰 🥰 #friendship #sea #ocean #PB #kidlit #librarians #parents

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The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

OFF THE WALL: MAKING STUFF TOGETHER by Molly Idle and @juanamartinezn.bsky.social (Porter/Holiday) www.hbook.com/story/2026-s... #HBSummerReading #PictureBooks #SummerReading #HBFamilyReading #FamilyReading

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Mark Hoffmann @studiohoffmann.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Juana Martinez-Neal brings a level of rich tone and nostalgia to all of her #kidlit books. I am always impressed with her ability to create balance of soft and hard edges in her character designs. @juanamartinezn.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitart #illustration #kidlitillustration

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Macmillan Children's School & Library Marketing @mackidssl.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Today is National Science Appreciation Day! Celebrate with the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Winner, ALBERTO SALAS PLAYS PAKA PAKA CON LA PAPA by @safajarwrites.bsky.social & @juanamartinezn.bsky.social , about Peruvian scientist Alberto Salas 🥔 tinyurl.com/3rxpkfx4 #science #edusky

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Kathy Jo Watson @kathywatson.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Day 39 #365PictureBooks PAKA PAKA CON LA PAPA Sara Andrea Fajardo & @juanamartinezn.bsky.social Fascinating! Potato hide-and-seek with Peru’s Alberto Salas to save varieties critical to feeding our world. (& Spanish version is translated by @SCBWIOKAR ‘s @marianallanos.bsky.social!) #kidlit

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Melissa Stewart @mstewartscience.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

I'm looking forward to this virtual conference on Feb 20. tinyurl.com/9rc9d4yz @ncte.org @nctecla.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social #TLsky #Skybrarian #SchoolLibraries #TLchat #edsky #kidlit #nonfiction

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Melissa Stewart @mstewartscience.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Looking forward to this virtual conference on Feb 20. You can register here: tinyurl.com/9rc9d4yz @ncte.org @nctecla.bsky.social #TLsky #Skybrarian #SchoolLibraries #TLchat #edsky #kidlit #nonfiction

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Melissa Stewart @mstewartscience.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Looking forward to this virtual conference on Feb 20. You can register here: tinyurl.com/9rc9d4yz @ncte.org @nctecla.bsky.social @juanamartinezn.bsky.social @macappiello.bsky.social #edsky #kidlit #nonfiction

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Xenia Hadjioannou @xeniahadj.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Looking forward to the CLA Online Research Conference and this featured session with Lesa Cline-Ransome, Candace Fleming, @juanamartinezn.bsky.social, @mstewartscience.bsky.social, Nancy Johnson, @macappiello.bsky.social, Grace Enriquez, and Courtney Shimek.

CLA Online Research Conference, February 20, 2026. Featured session: Book creators and ed researchers in conversation. Registration Link

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Macmillan Children's School & Library Marketing @mackidssl.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Congratulations to our 2026 Youth Media Award Winners & Honors! Find out more about our these incredible books at the link! tinyurl.com/2hmzk89y @fineangeline.bsky.social, @adinaking.bsky.social, @vanlieshoutstudio.bsky.social, @juanamartinezn.bsky.social @alyssacolman.bsky.social

Congratulations, ALA Youth Media Award Winners & Honorees!

Uri Shulevitz - Sydney Taylor Lifetime Achievement Award

Candace Fleming - Legacy and Margaret A. Edwards Awards

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The Author Village @theauthorvillage.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Winner of the Robert F. Sibert Information Book Medal! Congratulations to Sara Andrea Fajardo and @juanamartinezn.bsky.social for winning the prestigious award at the 2026 @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Youth Media Awards for their extraordinary picture book ALBERT SALAS PLAYS PAKA PAKA CON LA PAPA.

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Justin Colón @justincolonbooks.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

And now it is a Sibert winner! Congratulations, @safajarwrites.bsky.social and @juanamartinezn.bsky.social !

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Decomposing Dame (Diandra Mae) @diandramae.com · 26/01/2026

Aaah! Congratulations, @juanamartinezn.bsky.social! 🎉

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Macmillan Children's School & Library Marketing @mackidssl.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

HOORAY! ALBERTO SALAS PLAYS PAKA PAKA CON LA PAPA by Sara Andrea Fajardo, illustrated by @juanamartinezn.bsky.social ocial is the WINNER of the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award! 🥔🥳 Discover lots of ways to bring this book into your library with our activity kit bit.ly/49ZSzC4

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Melissa Stewart @mstewartscience.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Teachers! Librarians! Build excitement for ALA Youth Media Awards with the Sibert Smackdown! tinyurl.com/mr2x4m2y @rajanilarocca.bsky.social @juanamartinezn.bsky.social @jessicalanan.bsky.social @4nikkolas.bsky.social @sarahalbee.bsky.social #TLsky #Skybrarian #edusky #kidlit

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Macmillan Children's School & Library Marketing @mackidssl.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

⭐ Stargaze with MacKids ⭐ Go on the hunt for wild potatoes in the playful picture book biography of Peruvian scientist Alberto Salas, by Sara Andrea Fajardo & @juanamartinezn.bsky.social! Tap the link to download our activity kit! bit.ly/3Y9l36G #edusky

“Smartly melds playful language with an urgent conservationist message”
“A lovely tribute to an unassuming yet impactful changemaker.”
—Publishers Weekly, starred review
—Booklist, starred review
“[A]n affable, often playful tone and a loose yet incredibly informative narrative”
—bookpage, starred review
“ will no doubt strike a chord with young readers.”
—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
“a highly recommended title for all nonfiction collections.”
—School Library Journal, starred review

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Sara Fajardo @safajarwrites.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Over the 🌔 to share that ALBERTO SALAS PLAYS PAKA PAKA CON LA PAPA has been selected as an @ncte.org Orbis Pictus honor book. Overjoyed that more kids will discover mine & @juanamartinezn.bsky.social ode to the Andes through this recognition. ncte.org/awards/orbis...

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Melissa Stewart @mstewartscience.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Teachers! Librarians! It's time for the Sibert Smackdown. The perfect Mock Sibert activity for kids who love nonfiction. tinyurl.com/3c9harym @sarahalbee.bsky.social @lindsayhmetcalf.bsky.social @juanamartinezn.bsky.social @safajarwrites.bsky.social @rajanilarocca.bsky.social @mcusolito.bsky.social

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The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

ICYMI on #CallingCaldecott: Call for first-round nominations—which four 2025 titles do YOU think are worthy of #Caldecott consideration? Comment by tomorrow, November 11! www.hbook.com/story/call-f... #kidlit

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Call for first-round nominations!

Calling our readers! Time to participate — which four 2025titles do YOUthink are worthy of Caldecott consideration?

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BookBreak @bookbreak4schools.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Family, identity, heritage, and self-discovery. What an amazing talk with @juanamartinezn.bsky.social! Plus she read part of Alma to us and taught us to draw a cute little bird. Did you watch the English version or the Spanish version?

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Sara Fajardo @safajarwrites.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Tickled to see Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka on the List, and even happier to see @juanamartinezn.bsky.social land on this list twice.

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Librarianchica @librarianchica.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

It's September, gente! We'll be celebrating picture books centering Latinx themes and stories for Hispanic Heritage Month! 8. ALMA AND HOW SHE GOT HER NAME , 2023 Author & Illustrator: juanamartinezneal.com @juanamartinezn.bsky.social 💙📚 #Booksky #picturebooks

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