"We took a look at some books by Jeanne Walker Harvey and considered how the artists highlighted in her books 📚 make great inspiration for lesson development."- @INSTA scholtenart Free downloadable activities on my website: www.jeannewalkerharvey.com/projects @eastwestlit.bsky.social

"I love taking storytime to the dock. This week, I read gorgeous books that take place at the ocean. Else Bostelmann experimented with ways to paint underwater, and painted never-before-seen deep-sea creatures... What an incredibly inspiring story!"🎨-INSTA@ funreadsforkids @eastwestlit.bsky.social

THE GLASS PYRAMID:"Last week, in our ART EXPLORERS program, we learned about IM Pei, the architect behind the Louvre in Paris & built paper pyramids"🎨- INSTA@ bookbankregentpark Download free template on my website: jeannewalkerharvey.com/projects @eastwestlit.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social

"When Riley found a spot to play his blues guitar, life in Indianola turned golden as tupelo honey. Every Sat. night beneath a lamppost...he sang blues serenades, soft, slow, and soulful."- @harperstacks.bsky.social jeannewalkerharvey.com/single-post/... @eastwestlit.bsky.social

"But Harriet did not set out blindly. Always a keen observer, she had learned to use the North Star for a compass, to tell time by the stars, and to find her way by natural signs as well as any hunter could." #abramsbooks @eastwestlit.bsky.social www.jeannewalkerharvey.com/single-post/...

" In those days, women couldn't vote, couldn't own property, couldn't go to college. Mary did important work for science, but she worked in the shadows..But she kept learning and passing her enthusiasms on."-@simonkids.bsky.social www.jeannewalkerharvey.com/single-post/... @eastwestlit.bsky.social

"As he took his scissors from his pocket, they hushed their voices. And as he weaved magic with his words and scissors, he felt like the most beautiful swan of all."- @senickel.bsky.social My post of this beautiful book: www.jeannewalkerharvey.com/single-post/... @eastwestlit.bsky.social

So honored! 🌟 Spotted in the wild @obamalibrary! Our MAYA LIN: Artist-Architect of Light and Lines picture book biography illus. by @dowphumiruk.bsky.social is featured on a shelf in The Presidential Reading Room, the books selected by the Obamas! @macmillanusa.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social

Thanks for sharing! ❤️ And congrats to everyone @eastwestlit.bsky.social with such amazing news! 🌟 @ssedlib.bsky.social @bankstreetlibrary.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social

I love book mail! So uplifting ❤️ @eastwestlit.bsky.social

For these friends, and for everyone, she sang to let them know ... not to be afraid... how to show their true colors... that they are beautiful... and that they are all rainbows." - @amyguglielmo.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social #atheneumbooks My review: www.jeannewalkerharvey.com/single-post/...

"While visiting Colorado, Agnes attends a rodeo. The cowboys fascinate her, how they ride and rope. She studies their movements, feels their power, strength, and nerve." @ssedlib.bsky.social #atheneumbooks My review: www.jeannewalkerharvey.com/single-post/... @eastwestlit.bsky.social

"Joan sang with love, and her words rose high in the sky like stars, giving listeners the courage and light to fight for justice." - Monica Brown @simonkids.bsky.social #beachlanebooks My review: www.jeannewalkerharvey.com/single-post/... @eastwestlit.bsky.social

You started with an idea. And ideas that you think ... become stories you tell which... become books everyone can read." -@annettebayle.bsky.social My post: www.jeannewalkerharvey.com/single-post/... @henryholtbooks.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social

"In this land of promise, we hoped to find a place to belong. To our surprise, we were unjustly imprisoned. We came with only what we could carry." - Powerful reverso poem! @pragmaticmom.bsky.social My post: jeannewalkerharvey.com/single-post/... @redcometpressbooks.bsky.social

Thrilled 🌟 that the Bank Street Children’s Book Committee chose THE GLASS PYRAMID: A Story of the Louvre Museum & Architect I. M. Pei illus. by Khoa Le (Atheneum/ Simon & Schuster) as a 2026 Best Children’s Book of the Year in the biography category! @eastwestlit.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social

"'The institution of Little League is as American as the hot dog and apple pie,' she stated. 'There's no reason why that part of Americana should be withheld from girls.'" ⚾️ My post: www.jeannewalkerharvey.com/single-post/... @eastwestlit.bsky.social #christyottavianobooks

"With World Ocean Day approaching, it got me thinking of picture books where the water theme is significant. Venturing deep into the sea, Bostelmann painted exactly what she saw. A journey of discovery"-INSTA@ mama_filz @eastwestlit.bsky.social

So appreciative that my good news is shared with SO much good news of the @eastwestlit.bsky.social team! Yay!

Thanks @patricianewman.bsky.social for the opportunity to post on your blog - a terrific resource! What makes a great architect? The ability to solve problems beautifully. Inspire students to think like architects www.patriciamnewman.com/litlinks-eas... @eastwestlit.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social

"Recalling the shapes, spaces and sunlight in famous grand French parks and his childhood rock garden in China, Pei designed a modern glass pyramid for the Louvre... Invite students to design a new structure that solves a problem for a public building or space. Exp: a hot playground, a windy park."

"After a read-aloud, all the classes went outside and drew their own BIG feelings. It was so much fun! You want an easy lesson plan, friends? Give kids a bucket of chalk! Those students did NOT need to be asked twice!"

"Maya believed that a name brings back all the memories of a person, more than a photo of a moment in time... She wrote that her long, polished wall would be a quiet place to remember all those who died during the war."- From our book illus. by @dowphumiruk.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social

I love my writer life! 🌟 And as I told students at the 4 schools I visited this week, dreams come true! ❤️ And I was inspired by all the hands that were raised when I asked, "Does anyone want to be an author? And/or an illustrator?"Woo hoo!! 🖋️🎨 #SonomaValleyAuthorsFestival @eastwestlit.bsky.social

Woo hoo! ❤️ I'm walking on clouds after speaking at ... 4 elementary schools Grades K - 3rd at each school 1000 (!!) copies of THE GLASS PYRAMID given away thanks to the generosity of The Sonoma Valley Authors Festival and sponsors🎉 @eastwestlit.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social

I'm ready! 🌟1000 bookplates are signed (my cat "helped") and my presentation is ready for 4 school visits this week for the Sonoma Valley Authors Festival Young Readers Program! I'm excited to share THE GLASS PYRAMID about I.M Pei and the Louvre Museum @ssedlib.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social

"Hundreds of students and teachers, rabbis and pastors, neighbors and strangers became 'Operation Booklift.' They wound up the staircase like the flames had before, forged together by stories." 📚 www.jeannewalkerharvey.com/single-post/... @eastwestlit.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social

Absolutely delightful day at the San Anselmo CA library 📚as the guest author for the grand reopening! Such a terrific group of children and families. And they made paper boat mobiles ⛵️🚣‍♀️(downloadable printouts on my website www.jeanneharvey.com) @eastwestlit.bsky.social

Honored to be asked to be the featured children's book author for the Grand Reopening of the wonderful Carnegie library in San Anselmo, CA where I often visited when I lived nearby. I'll read BOATS ON THE BAY, a Sausalito story, with a craft activity! @eastwestlit.bsky.social @kidlittv.bsky.social

"To Marie, making pysanky at Easter with Baba was magical. For the legend goes that as long as pysanky are decorated, there will be good in the world." - Sandra Neil Wallace /Astra Books (Calkins Creek) www.jeannewalkerharvey.com/single-post/... @eastwestlit.bsky.social