Librarians of Littles

Books:Downpour : Splish! Splash! Ker-splash! written by Yuko Ohnari, illustrated by Koshiro Hata, translated by Emily Balistrieri, published by Red Comet Press, 2025Rain written by Cynthia Rylant, illustrated by Lisa Congdon, published by Beach Lane Books, 2023Resources:https://kbirc.kodansha.co.jp/books?creator_name=Koshiro%20Hatahttps://www.abramsbooks.com/product/downpour_9781636551142/https://education.lego.com/en-us/lessons/preschool/#:~:text=Development%2C%20Creative%20Exploration-,Lessons,Understanding%20and%20learning%20about%20perseverance.Social Media:Instagram: @librariansoflittlesThreads: LibrariansoflittlesBluesky: littleslibrarians.bsky.socialSubstack: @librariansoflittlesWebsite:https://sites.google.com/view/librariansoflittles/home?authuser=0

Books:Flowers for Mama written and illustrated by Deborah Freedman, published by Penguin Random House, 2026Saturday written and illustrated by Oge Mora, published by Little, Brown and Company, 2019Resources:https://www.deborahfreedman.net/https://www.ogemora.com/Social Media:Instagram: @librariansoflittlesThreads: LibrariansoflittlesBluesky: littleslibrarians.bsky.socialSubstack: @librariansoflittlesWebsite:https://sites.google.com/view/librariansoflittles/home?authuser=0

Books:Who Ate Steve? by Susannah Lloyd, illustrated by Kate Hiindley, published by Nosy Crow, 2024I Hate Everything! by Sophie Henn, published by Beach Lane Books, 2025Resources:https://www.susannahlloyd.com/https://katehindley.com/https://txla.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2026-Texas-2x2-List-One-Pagers.docx.pdfhttps://www.lakeshorelearning.com/products/stem/building-engineering/engineer-a-coaster-activity-kit/p/LL570/https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Sophy-Henn/171204247Social Media:Instagram: @librariansoflittlesThreads: LibrariansoflittlesBluesky: littleslibrarians.bsky.socialSubstack: @librariansoflittlesWebsite: https://sites.google.com/view/librariansoflittles/home?authuser=0

Books:A Love Letter to My Library by Lisa Katzenberg, illustrated by Rob Sayegh Jr, published by Sourcebooks Explore, 2024I’m So Happy You’re Here: A Celebration of Library Joy by Mychal Threets, illustrated by Lorraine Nam, published by Random House, 2026Resources:https://lisakatzenberger.com/www.robsayart.comhttps://www.instagram.com/mychal3ts/https://www.lorrainenam.com/ https://www.make.do/

Books:Pop! Goes the Nursery Rhyme by Betsy Bird, illustrated by Andrea Tsurumi, published by Union Square & Co., 2025Broken by X. Fang, published by Tundra, 2025Resources:https://betsy-bird.com/https://www.andreatsurumi.com/https://www.xfang.studio/https://txla.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2026-Texas-2x2-List-One-Pagers.docx.pdfhttps://www.lakeshorelearning.com/products/blocks-manipulatives/building-sets/playstix/p/DB251/?srsltid=AfmBOoqHBHAqzTwpYE96_3Fy9l3zUeyLOlE42o6DM2oubSa7e6nrAPmP

Books:Bros by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Reggie Brown, published by Candlewick Press, 2024Pig the Pug by Aaron Blabey, published by Scholastic Press, 2014Resources:https://cbweatherford.com/https://reggiebrownart.com/https://www.aaronblabey.com/https://www.scholastic.com/site/pig-the-pug.html https://www.basicfun.com/knex/

Books:Big Bike, Little Bike by Kellie DuBay Gillis, illustrated by Jacob Souva, published by HarperCollins, 2025Cranky, Crabby Crow (Saves the World) by Corey Tabor, published by Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2025Resources:https://www.kelliedubaygillis.com/https://www.twofishillustration.com/https://www.kevaplanks.com/https://www.kevaplanks.com/shop/category/electronic-resources-free-resources-35https://www.coreyrtabor.com/https://txla.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2026-Texas-2x2-List-One-Pagers.docx.pdf

Books:Bruce Saves the Planet by Ryan T. Higgins, published by Disney-Hyperion, 2025Our Planet: There’s No Place Like Earth by Stacy McAnulty, illustrated by David Litchfield, published by Henry Holt and Company, 2022Resources:https://www.rodeenliterary.com/ryan-t-higginshttps://sphero.com/products/indi-student-kit?variant=41964666847277https://www.stacymcanulty.com/https://www.davidlitchfieldillustration.com/

Books:Bear and the Three Goldilocks by Patrick Horne, illustrated by Dan Yaccarino, published by Holiday House (an imprint of Penguin Random House), 2025Big Enough by Regina Linke, published by Little, Brown and Company, 2025Resources:http://www.patrickhornebooks.com/http://www.danyaccarino.com/https://reginalinke.com/https://www.learningresources.com/item-stem-robot-mouse?srsltid=AfmBOor2trQLrHaQJORWZcR9ZMnvwVpfwFPze1FYeI-A-3B4g2BUe68B

Books:The Thing About Spring by Daniel Kirk, published by Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2020Grumpy Monkey: Spring Fever by Suzanne Lang and illustrated by Max Lang, published by Random House Studio, 2024Resources:https://www.danielkirk.com/https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/222967/suzanne-lang/https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/305598/max-lang/https://primotoys.com/

Books:You are (Not) Small by Anna Kang and illustrated by Christopher Weyant, published by Two Lions (an imprint of Amazon publishing ) 2014We Are Growing! by Laurie Keller, published by Hyperion Books for Children 2016Resources:http://www.annakang.com/http://christopherweyant.com/https://lauriekellerbooks.com/Makerspace Spotlight:Fisher Price Think and Learn Code-a-pillarhttps://m.service.mattel.com/us/Technical/productDetail?prodno=DKT39

Books: Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed and illustrated by Stasia Burrington, published by Harper Collins, 2018Change Sings by Amanda Gorman and illustrated by Loren Long, published by Viking, 2021Other resources:https://rodaworld.com/https://www.stasiaburringtonart.com/https://www.theamandagorman.com/https://lorenlong.com/ https://guidecraft.com/products/guidecraft-io-blocks-education-set

Books:Wolf in the Snow by Matthew Cordell, published by Feiwel & Friends, an imprint of MacMillian Children’s Publishing Group, 2017Hot Dog by Doug Salati, published by Alfred A. Knopf, 2022Resources:https://www.matthewcordell.com/https://dougsalati.com/ https://magnatiles.com/collections/all?srsltid=AfmBOoqaUbOr-gmBoFxv3Dg4PeL7YB-I1R3BPbTPyO34toUKORwS5aho

We are kicking off season 2 and look forward to sharing some incredible books with our listeners.

Books:Happy All-idays! by Cindy Jin, illustrated by Rob Sayegh Jr., published by Little Simon, an Imprint of Simon &Schuster Children’s Publishing Division, 2022How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Jon Klassen, published by Candlewick Press, 2023Resources:https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Cindy-Jin/2117326552https://www.robsayart.com/https://www.macbarnett.com/ https://jonklassen.substack.com/

Books:Llama Destroys the World by Jonathan Stutzman, illustrated by Heather Fox, published by Henry Holt and Co. (an imprint of Macmillan Publishers), 2019The Book That Almost Rhymed by Omar Abed, illustrated by Hatem Aly, published by Dial Books for Young Readers, 2024Resources:https://www.jonathanstutzman.com/https://www.adoodlefox.com/https://www.omarabed.com/ https://www.metahatem.com/

Books:Unicorns are the Worst! by Alex Willan, published by Simon & Schuster books for Young Readers, 2020Don’t Trust Fish by Neil Sharpson, illustrated by Dan Santat, and published by Dial Books for Young Readers, 2025Resources:https://www.alexwillan.com/https://us.macmillan.com/author/neilsharpsonhttps://unshavedmouse.com/https://theauthorvillage.com/presenters/dan-santat/https://sites.google.com/g.risd.org/dansantat/home

Books:Please, Mr. Panda by Steve Antony, published by Scholastic Inc. 2016Mother Bruce by Rya T. Higgins, published by Disney/Hyperion, 2015Resources:https://www.steveantony.com/https://books.disney.com/ryan_t_higgins/https://www.rodeenliterary.com/ryan-t-higgins

Books:The Great Thanksgiving Escape by Mark Fearing, Published by Candlewick Press, 2014Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora, published by Little, Brown and Company, 2018Resources:https://www.markfearing.com/https://www.ogemora.com/http://thelibrariansfilm.com/

Books:Rolling Thunder by Kate Messner, illustrated by Greg Ruth, published by Scholastic Press an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2017Hero Dad by Melinda Hardin, illustrated by Bryan Langdo, published by Marshall Cavendish Children, 2010Resources:https://katemessner.com/https://www.gregthings.com/https://melindamhardin.com/https://www.bryanlangdo.com/http://thelibrariansfilm.com/

Books:The Very Last Leaf by Stef Wade, illustrated by Jennifer Davison, published by Capstone books, 2020Tap the Magic Tree by Christie Matheson, published by Greenwillow Books, 2013Resources:https://stefwade.com/https://jensketches.com/https://christiematheson.com/

Books:Monster Trouble by Lane Fredrickson, illustrated by Michael Robertson, published by Union Square Kids, 2015Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds, illustrated by Peter Brown, published by Simon and Schuster books for young readers, 2012Resources:https://rhymeweaver.com/https://www.michaelrobertsonillustration.com/https://www.peterbrownstudio.com/https://www.aaron-reynolds.com/

Books:I Need My Monster! by Amanda Noll, illustrated by Howard McWilliam, published by Flashlight Press, 2009Crakenstein by Samantha Berger, illustrated by Dan Santat, published by Little, Brown and Company, 2013Resources:https://www.howardmcwilliam.com/https://www.samanthaberger.com/https://theauthorvillage.com/presenters/dan-santat/https://us.macmillan.com/author/dansantat

Books:Troll Stinks by Jeanne Willis, illustrated by Tony Ross, and published by Andersen Press USA, 2016The Couch Potato by Jory John, illustrated by Pete Oswald, and published by Harper, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2020Resources:https://www.jeannewillis.com/https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Tony-Ross/707152https://us.macmillan.com/author/tonyrosshttps://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/26248/tony-ross/https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=98864https://www.joryjohn.com/

Books:Mango, Abuela, and Me by Meg Medina, illustrated by Angela Dominguez, published by Candlewick Press 2015Abuelo, the Sea, and Me by Ismee Williams, illustrated by Tatiana Gardel, published by Roaring Brook Press, 2024Resources:https://megmedina.com/https://www.angeladominguezbooks.com/https://www.ismeewilliams.com/ https://www.tatianagardel.com/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdwaLEm3Ni0

Books:Spider in the Well by Jess Hannigan, published by HarperCollins, 2024Outdoor Farm, Indoor Farm by Lindsay H. Metcalf, illustrated by Xin Li, published by Astra Young Readers, an Imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers, 2024Resources:https://www.jesshannigan.com/https://lindsayhmetcalf.com/ https://www.lixin.no/

Books:Lefty: A Story That Is Not All Right by Mo Wilems, illustrated by Dan Santat, published by Union Square Kids 2024Go and Get With Rex by David LaRochelle, illustrated by Mike Wohnoutka, published by Penguin Random House 2024Resources:https://www.pigeonpresents.com/https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=99653https://theauthorvillage.com/presenters/dan-santat/https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=95564https://davidlarochelle.com/https://www.mikewohnoutka.com/

Books:I Really Want to See you, Grandma by Taro Gomi, published by Chronicle Books LLC, 2018 (English translation), 1979 (original Japanese version)Drawn Together by Minh Le and illustrated by Dan Santat, published by Disney/Hyperion 2018Resources:https://www.medialynx.co.jp/artists/gomi_taro/gmtr-e.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar%C5%8D_Gomihttps://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=4214https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9o_4YUF-vw https://minhlebooks.com/

Books:The Boy with Big, Big Feelings by Britney Winn Lee, illustrated by Jacob Souva, and published by Beaming Books, 2019Bear Feels Sad. by Karma Wilson, illustrated by Jane Chapman, and published by Margaret K. McEdlerry Books, 2025Resources:https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=36783https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=38579britneywinnlee.comhttps://www.twofishillustration.com/https://karmawilson.com/ https://janekchapman.com/

Books:There Are No Ants In This Book by Rosemary Mosco, illustrated by Anna Pirolli, published by Tundra Books, a Division of Penguin Random House Books, 2024Lucky Duck by Greg Pizzoli, published by Alfred A. Knopf, 2024Resources:https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=101543https://rosemarymosco.com/https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2216214/anna-pirolli/https://www.gregpizzoli.com/

Books:The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by Rafael Lopez, published by Penguin Random House Books, 2018We Don’t Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins, published by Disney-Hyperion, 2018resources:https://jacquelinewoodson.com/https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=1406https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=3484https://rafaellopez.com/https://books.disney.com/ryan_t_higgins/

Books:Adela's Mariachi Band by Denise Vega, illustrated by Erika Rodriguez Medina, published by Penguin Random House, 2024Duck Goes Meow by Juliette MacIver, illustrated by Carla Martell, published by Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing, 2023Resources:https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=6364https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=36829https://www.denisevega.com/https://erikaim.com/http://www.juliettemaciverauthor.com/ https://carlamartell.com/

Books:Who Wet My Pants? by Bob Shea, illustrated by Zachariah O'Hora, published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2019Campingland by Ame Dyckman, illustrated by James Burks, published by Two Lions, 2024Resources:www.bobshea.comhttps://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=8859https://www.fuzzy.town/http://www.amedyckman.com/https://www.jamesburks.com/

Books:Into the Goblin Market by Vicki Van Sickle, illustrated by Jensine Eckwall, publiahed by Penguin Random House Books, 2024Pickle Words: Crunchy, Punchy, Pickles & Poetry by April Pulley Sayre, illustrated by Jialei Sun, published by Charlesbridge, 2024Resources:https://vikkivansickle.com/https://jensineeckwall.com/https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/April-Pulley-Sayre/19020072https://www.jialeidraws.com/aboutcontact

Books:We are Definitely Human written and illustrated by X. Fang, published by Penguin Random House 2024The Spice Box written by Meera Sriram and illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat, published by Alfred A. Knopf, 2024Resources:https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=45202https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/714331/we-are-definitely-human-by-x-fang/https://www.xfang.studio/abouthttps://meerasriram.com/ https://sandhyaprabhat.com/about

Books:F is for Flag by Wendy Cheyette Lewison and illustrated by Barbara Duke, published by Penguin Random House, 2002Duck For President by Doreen Croniin and illustrated by Betsy Lewin, published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2004Resources:https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=8089https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/17570/wendy-cheyette-lewison/https://www.doreencronin.com/ https://www.betsylewin.com/

Books:Dandy by Ame Dyckman and illustrated by Charles Santoso, published by Little Brown and Company, 2019Papa’s Magical Water Jug Clock by Jesus Trejo and illustrated by Eliza Kinkz, published by Minerva, 2023Resources:https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=20614https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=25231http://www.amedyckman.com/https://www.charlessantoso.com/https://www.jesustrejo.com/https://www.elizakinkz.com/

Books:The Man Who Didn’t Like Animals written by Deborah Underwood and illustrated by LeUyen Pham, published by Clarion Books an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2024Look written by Gabi Snyder and illustrated by Samantha Cotterill, published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2024Resources:https://www.deborahunderwoodbooks.com/https://www.leuyenpham.com/https://gabisnyder.com/https://www.samanthacotterill.com/fbmarketplace.org

Books:If You Ever Want to Bring a Circus to the Library, Don’t! by Elise Parsley, published by Little Brown and Company, 2017The Book With No Pictures by B.J. Novak, published by Dial Books for Young Readers, an Imprint of Penguin Group, 2014Resources:https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=25549https://www.eliseparsley.com/https://sites.prh.com/the-book-with-no-pictures

There Might Be Lobsters by Carolyn Crimi and illustrated by Laurel Molk, published by Candlewick Press, 2017Ursula Upside Down by Corey Tabor, published by Balzer and Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins, 2024https://www.carolyncrimi.com/https://www.laurelmolk.com/https://www.coreyrtabor.com/

Books:Bear's Lost Glasses written and illustrated by Leo Timmers, published by Gecko Books 2024Ahoy! written and illustrated by Sophie Blackall, published by Anne Schwartz Books, 2024Resources:https://www.sophieblackall.com/https://lernerbooks.com/shop/show/24489?srsltid=AfmBOopai1brPkOsmbE6jYHeC5xp9I0uORMT23tDpZ-LBuTSFKFlHhR-https://www.leotimmers.com/

Books:Acoustic Rooster’s Barnyard Boogie Starring Indigo Blume by Kwame Alexander and illustrated by Tim Bowers, published by Sleeping Bear Press 2020Mustache Baby Meets his Match by Bridget Heos and illustrated by Joy Ang, published by Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwame_Alexanderhttps://kwamealexander.com/https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=18785https://timbowers.com/https://www.authorbridgetheos.com/ https://joyang.ca/about-me/

Books:I'm Sorry You Got Mad written by Kyle Lukoff, illustrated by Julie Kwon, and published by Dial Books for Young Readers an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2024Towed by Toad written and illustrated by Jashar Awan and published by Tundra Books, 2024Resources: https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=34870https://www.kylelukoff.com/https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=39139https://www.juliekwonart.com/https://jasharawan.com/

Books:My Teacher is a Monster by Peter Brown, published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2014Thank You, Teacher written by Cate Berry and illustrated by Sara Varon, published by Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2023https://www.peterbrownstudio.com/https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=5189https://cateberry.com/ https://chickenopolis.com/Makerspace supply listshttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gZiYoaaliMdi38IFlbToTJ43zv-8_-_I/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=106405193131259030180&rtpof=true&sd=truehttps://docs.google.com/document/d/1mtGq6Y96W7E_bY-6jJq4gLMQErpZUQsWp7eqPug2pDY/edit?usp=sharing

Books:Anything by Rebecca Stead and illustrated by Gracey Zhang, published by Chronicle Books 2025Earl and Worm: The Bad Idea and other Stories, by Greg Pizzoli, published by Alfred A. Knopf, 2025https://rebeccasteadbooks.com/https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=8621https://www.graceyzhang.com/https://school.teachingbooks.net/authorBookAwards.cgi?id=39934https://www.gregpizzoli.com/https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=22327

A Pincone! by Helen Yoon, published by Candlewick Press 2024Millie Fleur's Poison Garden by Christy Mandin, published by Orchard Books, an Imprint of Scholastic, 2024https://helenyoon.com/https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=34994https://www.christymandin.com/

Books:Bearsuit Turtle Makes a Friend written and illustrated by Bob Shea, published by Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2025Mary Had a Little Jam written by Tammi Sauer and illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton, published by Union Square Kids, 2025www.bobshea.comhttps://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=8859https://www.amazon.com/Bememo-Realistic-Tortoises-Figurines-Decoration/dp/B07NQFCTJ3/ref=asc_df_B07NQFCTJ3?mcid=6ac70baa0cc737f9ae3aa2e52c42b93e&hvocijid=12767498902990513909-B07NQFCTJ3-&hvexpln=73&tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=721245378154&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=12767498902990513909&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9027282&hvtargid=pla-2281435179498&psc=1https://www.tammisauer.com/ https://www.vanessabrantleynewton.com/books

A discussion about our experiences at the 2025 Texas Library Association Conference.https://txla.org/www.TheLibrariansFilm.com

Books:Ronan the Librarian by Tarra Luebbe and Becky Cattie, illustrated by Victoria Maderna, published in 2020 by Roaring Book PressNo Cats in the Library by Lauren Emmons, published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers in 2024.https://victoriamaderna.com/https://beckytarabooks.com/about/https://teachingbooks.com/tb.cgi?tid=70197#Awardhttps://www.laurenemmons.com/

Books: Boop! written by Bea Birdsong and illustrated by Linzie Hunter, published by HarperCollins 2023Just One Flake by Travis Jonker, pubished by Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2023https://beabirdsong.com/https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/authors/bea-birdsong-20233231120513https://www.linziehunter.co.uk/https://www.travisjonkerbooks.com/https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?aid=33716