P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)

SWEETY
✍🏻 & 🎨 Andrea Zuill @andreazuill.bsky.social
2019, Schwartz & Wade

A not-so-naked mole rat
Desire to fit in
Stay true to oneself
Find your people

🥰
#PB #librarians #parents

Congrats!

❤️

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This week’s #poetryprompt from my Rhyme Time group:

1st line: “March arrived with no clear plan”
or
The last snow of the season has turned into something magical. What is it? What does it do?

#kidspoetry #rhyme #poetry #poets #haiku

Hurray, I'M BUSY by @michaelianblack.bsky.social and me launches today from @simonkids.bsky.social!

Educators: Help us celebrate & I'll record a special video msg just for your students. More: debbieohi.com/2026/02/imbu...

#KidLit #BookBirthday #Edusky #LibrarySky

ANOTHER little library!
What a mission (and a great idea). @alisonpstevens.bsky.social

WAITING FOR SNOW
✍🏻 Marsha Diane Arnold
🎨 Renata Liwska
2016, Clarion

Badger 🦡
friends
wait
wait
wait
for 🌨️❄️

🥰
#PB #patience #friendship #winter #librarians

"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see." — Edgar Degas For me, art for children's picture books is the highest calling for an artist. It's an opportunity to cultivate the world's most vital resource, the imagination of children. If you have a passion project for children, I can help: https://www.studio-w.art/kidlit

For me, art for children's picture books is the highest calling for an artist. It's an opportunity to cultivate the world's most vital resource, the imagination of children.
If you have a passion project for children, I can help.
#kidlit #kidliitart #childrensbookillustrator #scbwi #digitalart

Me, too!

THE BOY AND THE GORILLA
✍🏻 Jackie Azua Kramer
🎨 Cindy Derby
2020, Candlewick

a funeral
a boy
a wise and gentle gorilla
comfort

🥰🥰🥰
#PB #grief #loss #death
#parents #librarians

PIE IN THE SKY
✍🏻 🎨 Remy Lai @rrremylai.bsky.social
2019, Macmillan

immigrants
language barrier
2 brothers
single mom
baking secrets

♥️ 🤣 ♥️
#MG #immigration

Orange tabby cat tilting its head curiously, captioned about standing at a little free library reading all the book titles.

😂 (or should we say 🤣)

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This week’s #poetryprompt from my Rhyme Time group:

Write a rhyme about cars, trucks, planes, buses, or some sort of transportation.

#kidspoetry #rhyme #poetry #poets #haiku

THE ARABIC QUILT, AN IMMIGRANT STORY
✍🏻 Aya Khalil @ayakhalilauthor.bsky.social
🎨 Anait Semirdzhyan
2020, Tilubury House

a move: Egypt to 🇺🇸
teasing
a quilt 🧵
a poem 📝
a school project

🥰
#immigration #bullied #inclusion #classroom #art #PB

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If money could buy time, I would be broke.

Love this infographic!
And the thinking it inspired
tinyurl.com/39kyr5tk
#TLsky #Skybrarian #SchoolLibrarians #TLskychat #edusky #kidlit

Green Little Free Library box filled with various books in a suburban yard during fall.

As spring approaches, are you looking to start a Little Free Library? Our kits make it super easy to get your own book-sharing box going! See just how easy as we break down the materials needed and the simple steps for assembly. https://lflib.org/kit-build

Happy birthday!

I love little libraries!

Another odd job, Dragon Tooth Brusher. Seems like a pretty scary job!

@kidlitart_drawing_challenge #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #dragonart

Collage of photos showing children, adults, and pets holding or reading books from the “I’M” picture book series, including I’M BUSY, I’M SAD, I’M WORRIED, I’M BORED, and I’M SORRY. Center text reads: “Reading the I’M picture books in the wild (Reader Gallery)” with the link https://debbieohi.link/ReaderGallery and a QR code. Bottom text reads: “DebbieOhi.com/im-picture-book-series/.”

Seeking fun photos of readers of all ages with I'M BUSY in the wild! There will be *prizes*. This new picture bk by @michaelianblack.bsky.social & me encourages kids and adults to slow down & find a healthier life balance. More info & submission form:
debbieohi.com/2026/02/seek...

#KidLit #ImBusy

This week’s #poetryprompt from my Rhyme Time group:

Write a poem inspired by this little beauty.
If anyone knows the creator of this picture, please credit them.

#kidspoetry #rhyme #poetry #poets #haiku

This year's prompt is a tough one: a superstitious Valentine story in 214 words or less.

This looks adorable! Happy Book Birthday!
#PB

MARS’ FIRST FRIENDS
✍🏻 Susanna Leonard Hill
🎨 Elisa Paganelli
2020, Sourcebooks Wonderland

lonely Mars
busy planets
enter Earth 🌎
playmates (not what you think)
friends

❤️
Giggle-out-loud-able 😂
illustrations add a LOT 🥰

#PB #science #solarsystem #space
#teachers #librarians
#friendship

Thank you for the what may seem like a small act of kindness to you, was likely a really big deal for the child.

I bet Snoopy's first sentence is "On a bright and sunny day"
(as opposed to "On a dark and stormy night").

I'd love to read his 1st draft.

Good one!