Jashar Awan

Thanks, Travis!

Loops by Jashar Awan Via artwork that evokes the peppy boldness of vintage screen-printed posters and a horizontal format that turns “learning to be ...

⭐ LOOPS got a starred review from @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social !!

Read the review here:
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Thanks for including LOOPS and TOAD ON THE GO!!

Thanks, Abbie!!

Books We Love Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.

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31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Picture Book Readalouds Whether you want to pep up your average storytime session or you're just starting out and in need of inspiration, here's a list of those picture books that just beg to be read out loud to large groups...

Day #2 of 31 Days, 31 Lists: Picture Book Readalouds. Whether you want to pep up your average storytime session or you're new and in need of inspiration, here's a list of those picture books that just beg to be read out loud to large groups! #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/02/3...

Publisher Preview: Norton Young Readers (Spring 2026) Take a trip into the future, where the new crop of Norton books tackle protests, codes, swallows, and the environment. Check out the upcoming titles here today!

Check out this Norton Young Readers 2026 preview, featuring a sneak peek of WHERE I GREW (written by me and illustrated by @rahele.bsky.social )!
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Slice of life picture books Every Monday Mabel by Jashar Awan (Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 48 pages, ages 3-7). Monday is the best day of the week as far as Mabel is concerned, and the reader slowly gets to fi…

A garbage truck and a broken cup are central to these two new slice-of-life picture books. @jashar.bsky.social kidsbookaday.com/2025/11/22/s...

Icon: A 25th Anniversary of Ian Falconer’s OLIVIA and a Talk with Caitlyn Dlouhy and Justin Chanda Bold and brassy (but never bratty) the iconic pig reaches her 25th year, and we've her editor and publisher on hand for a quick Q&A.

Bold and brassy (but never bratty) the iconic pig reaches her 25th year, and we've her editor and publisher on hand for a quick Q&A. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/11/20/i...

Great interview! So funny to hear how librarians have to read your book last at story time or else kids will be yelling "POP!" during every other book 😂😂😂

studiohoffmann presents GAB 'N' DOODLE with Jashar Awan THURSDAY 11/20 @ 6PM EASTERN ON INSTAGRAM LIVE

#kidlit star Jashar Awan @jashar.bsky.social makes books that’re so fabulous. I can’t get over his shape language & shape design. Can’t wait to find out how he is so good

🗣️🎨Join us LIVE for art-making & fun chat this Thursday at 6pm ET on Instagram!

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Thanks, Travis! It was great talking TOAD with you 🐸

VOTE! The 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards Make your voice heard by voting for the 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards.

It's time. Vote for your favorite case covers in the 2025 Undies Awards! 100scopenotes.com/2025/11/10/v... @carterhiggins.bsky.social @spikypenelope.bsky.social

Thanks, Stefan!

(I want that Christmas ornament, Adam)

Adam Rex always hits it out of the park and his latest book is no exception! #The13thDayofChristmas is an instant Christmas classic—a hilariously clever update to an old carol, illustrated beautifully. Bravo, @adamrex.bsky.social !

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“I don’t think we should write for the market. Your imagination is too important to the world to constrain it to what’s going on right now...”
-Ainissa Ramirez, author of SPARK!
from You May Contribute A Verse podcast
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SAVE THE DATES!!! November is upon us and so is a lineup of amazing guests for Gab ‘n’ Doodle on insta. It’s a cornucopia of skills and talent.

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Best Books 2025: Publishers Weekly Publishers Weekly Best Books 2025, Best Picture Books, Sara Andrea Fajardo, Corey R. Tabor, Neil Sharpson, Yuko Ohnari, Koshiro Hata, Jashar Awan, Matthew Burgess, Joy Harjo, Brian Floca, Caroline Kusin Pritchard, Lind...

Thank you for including EVERY MONDAY MABEL on your BEST BOOKS 2025 list, @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social !

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Every Monday Mabel Erica Marks on Jashar Awan's Every Monday Mabel:

#CallingCaldecott: Erica Marks on EVERY MONDAY MABEL by @jashar.bsky.social (@simonkids.bsky.social): "You could remove the words completely, and the story would still shine—that’s how strong the visual storytelling is." www.hbook.com/story/every-...

LOOPS Preview A peek at practice, perseverance, and how to tie your shoes

A sneak peek at my next book from @simonkids.bsky.social !

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Canadian Publishing 2025: Tundra’s Tara Walker Takes Risks and Reaps Rewards Tara Walker, the publisher of Tundra Book Group, discusses turning Canada’s oldest children’s publisher into its most successful

Spotlight on the great Tara Walker, courtesy of @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social !

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Kavalier & Clay Illustrated Amazing adventures from my archives

20 years ago, I adapted THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY by Michael Chabon for my senior project at Pratt Institute.

Check it out in my newsletter, LONG STORY SHORT.
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Meet award-winning author & illustrator @jashar.bsky.social this Saturday, Oct. 4 at 11am at @columbuslibrary.bsky.social (Karl Road)! events.columbuslibrary.org/event/13924352

Autumn '25 is here from @winterwaterfactory.bsky.social (with designs by my wife, Emily Eibel!)

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Best advice I can give to parents: once a week go to the library, pick out a stack of books (make sure your kid gets to pick out several on their own) and then throughout the week, read them together. Reread their favorites. Talk about them together. Snuggle and read. Ask open ended questions.

So glad you liked it! (The next TOAD book will be out next year!)

Thanks, Amanda!

Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:

Our funding depends on usage.

So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.