Shennen Bersani

Happy New Year! Today I gave out my first clover pins of 2026, ones with Luna Moth stamps on them. Luna moths are the new non-machinable USA postage stamps, which makes all the clover pins with purple Colorado Hairstreak butterfly stamps on them now a Collector’s Edition. 🦋🍀

YouTube video by Janet Halfmann A look inside Home in the Cave

Children's books make great HOLIDAY GIFTS so I'm sharing videos looking inside mine. Thirteenth up is Home in the Cave, a fascinating tour of a cave with Baby Bat & Pluribus Packrat. Find out why bat poop is so important! @arbordalekids.bsky.social @shennen.bsky.social #kidlit youtu.be/jExBa5S_Blk

YouTube video by Janet Halfmann A Look Inside Yay for Big Brothers!

Children's books make great HOLIDAY GIFTS so I'm sharing look-inside videos. 12th up is YAY FOR BIG BROTHERS!--perfect for older siblings. And there's a free printable "puppets & clothes" activity! (link below). www.achoowhypollencounts.com/free-colorin...
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YouTube video by Janet Halfmann A look inside Home in the Cave

LOOKING FOR GREAT HALLOWEEN READ—Home in the Cave fits the bill. A baby bat & packrat tour their cave & learn lots about their role in the community! A reviewer who wasn't fond of bats said the book changed her mind! @arbordalekids.bsky.social @shennen.bsky.social #Halloween youtu.be/jExBa5S_Blk

Um yeah, about Salty… 🤫 @petersagal.bsky.social 🤷‍♀️

Updated: 35 of my over 40 children’s books. Click to see the full image. 📚 #illustrator #author #kidlit #books Currently working on: 🐍 🐉 🦕 🦖

Those who know, know! 😊

Each January I like to modify my clover pins and give them a fresh look for the new year. (This year I added glitter.) So I was joyful to learn at the post office today the purple butterflies are being phased out, and the green moths will be taking their place. 💚 for 2026.

I got Ducked!! ✌️ It’s a #Jeep thing. 😎

Dark green. Here are the darker green colors each brand offers in their 12 color pastel pencil set.

Green. Pastel pencils, 12 color sets. Cretacolor . Derwent. Conte a Paris, Faber-Castell, Caran d’Ache, Bruynzell. #Artsupplies #art #pastels #pastelpencils #artist #illustrator

Purples. @conteaparis doesn’t have a purple, they are the only brand to offer a pink (in their 12 color pastel pencil sets.).

Orange. I’ve now moved into each set’s Secondary colors. Here’s where each brand’s uniqueness will shine through. All are 12 color sets of pastel pencils.

Blues. From each brand’s 12 color set. Photo taken in direct sunlight, the background paper is regular white printer paper. #pastels #pastelpencils #art

The Yellows from each 12 color set. Pre-sharpened straight from their boxes, this photo shows the length and width of each brand. Cretacolor Derwentart ConteaParis FaberCastellUSA Caran d’Ache Bruynzeel #pastelpencils #creatingart #artsupplies

Pencil to pencil, how do these brands stack up against each other? I have a video coming out soon to compare them! #pastels #pastelpencils #artsupplies #illustrator #artist #creatingart

Updated: 35 of my over 40 children’s books. Click to see the full image. 📚 #illustrator #author #kidlit #books Currently working on: 🐍 🐉 🦕 🦖

I am thrilled to share my newest illustrated book, A Day To Play, written by Jennifer Butenas. Currently available in Kindle format on Amazon, soon to be in paperback. This is the second of Jen’s books I’ve illustrated, I previously illustrated this charming family in, A Family Walk. #picturebook

Oh yeah, that is a real four-leaf clover! 🍀

Happy #AAPIHeritageMonth ! Love seeing young readers enjoying A Case of Sense written by me, illustrated by the talented @shennen.bsky.social @picturebookgold.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️📚📚📚🍀🍀🍀🌺🌺🌺#aapibooks #k12 #pb #aapiheritagemonth

Meow!! 😻 Just received my newest Jerry Pallotta book, Where Do Book Ideas Come From? Goes great with bookBlack an Alphabet #lovemyjob #illustrator

Yay for Big Brothers! is the perfect book to read on this #NationalSiblingsDay. @shennen.bsky.social @arbordalekids.bsky.social www.arbordalepublishing.com/bookpage.php... www.janethalfmannauthor.com/yayforbigbro...

Achoo! Pollen Snow Globe Craft Step-by-step-step instructions to make your own pollen snow globe, brought to you by Achoo! Why Pollen Counts , and Shennen Bersani. There are two versions, one very inexpensive and easy, the other a....

The “pollen” on the pins is glitter encased under the plastic cover. For more “pollen” glitter fun, check out my free pollen snow globe craft:
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Luck clover pins, each painted and made by Shennen Bersani. Shennen.com

50 lucky 🍀 clover pins - mostly fours, some fives, and a six leaf - all real, found by me and pressed from last year’s collection. We are only a week or two away from the start of clover season 2025! All of these pins shown will be given to random people for a lucky St. Patrick’s Day!

It’s back!!! Pollen Season! I’ll be giving away 50 lucky 🍀 pins for St Patrick’s Day. Achoo! Why Pollen Counts @arbordalekids.bsky.social www.achoowhypollencounts.com

Celebrating the 10 year anniversary of Achoo! Why Pollen Counts. 🥳 Find free puzzles & activities at achoowhypollencounts.com and discover more at www.wild-fathers.com @arbordalekids.bsky.social

Hands up everyone who zooms in on every picture posted with a bookshelf in the background to check out the books

Thank you Barbara, I’m very excited for them. 🎉📚

New lucky 🍀 clover pins for 2025 - a splash of pink and a touch of glitter. Oh, and did I mention I have new books releasing this year… ☺️

I find lucky 🍀 I do paintings, I turn them into lucky art pins. I give them away to share joy.