P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)

@pjpurtee

SCBWI PBs Poet: The Toy, Little Thoughts Press Mira Reisberg's Children's Book Academy (featured poems) Honors: Madness! Poetry (Elite 8), #50PreciousWords, Valentiny, Halloweensie, Holiday, Spring Fling School volunteer Hx: pediatrics

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P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)@pjpurtee· 11d

THE YELLOW BUS ✍🏻 & 🎨 LOREN LONG 2024, Roaring Brook Press #1 NY Times Bestseller #PB #school a school bus 🚌 story new beginnings 🥰 🥰 🥰 #kidlit #librarians #teachers #parents

P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)@pjpurtee· 13d

TAKE YOUR PET TO SCHOOL DAY ✍🏻 Linda Ashman 🎨 Suzanne Kaufman @suzannekaufmanart.bsky.social 2019, Random House Studio #PB #school #rhyme classroom: kids & pets misbehaved pets threats to kick pets out reason pets came: 📝 and then . . . 🥰 🥰 🥰 #kidlit #librarians #teachers #parents

P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)@pjpurtee· 14d

HAROLD LOVES HIS WOOLY HAT ✍🏻 & 🎨 Vern Kousky 2018, Schwartz & Wade / Random House Studio #PB #caring #sharing a bear 🐻 a wooly hat a crow 🐦‍⬛ snatches the hat a 🌳 🐻: mission to retrieve the hat a nest 🪹 of course . . . 🥰 🥰 🥰 #kidlit #librarians #teachers #parents

P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)@pjpurtee· 20d

REAL TO ME ✍🏻 Minh Lè @bottomshelfbks.bsky.social (?) 🎨 Raissa Figueroa 2023, Knopf BYR #PB #imagination #friendship an imaginary friend friend disappears #sadness (surprise!) 🥰 🥰 🥰 #kidlit #librarians #teachers #parents

P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)@pjpurtee· 29d

Reminds me of WEST WITH GIRAFFES.

P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)@pjpurtee· Jul 12

IN A JAR ✍🏻 & 🎨 Deborah Marcero @deborahmarcero.com 2025 G.P. Putnam’s Sons BYR ❤️I read the 📖 & IMMEDIATELY bought the 📖!❤️ #PB #collections #memories #move #friendship a 🐇 🫙: 🪶, ♥️-shaped🪨s . . . another 🐇 🐇+🐇 🫙🫙🫙🫙. . . : 🌈,💨 . . . then 😢 then ☺️ 🥰🥰🥰 #kidlit #librarians #teachers #parents

P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)@pjpurtee· Jul 11

HELP ME FIND MY HAMSTER ✍🏻 Brooke Hartman 🎨 Anna Süßbauer 2025, Page Street Kids #PB #interactive #animals readers help find a hamster 1: clue = body part 2: guess 3: turn page repeat repeat repeat . . . #PB 🥰 🥰 🥰 #kidlit #librarians #teachers #parents

P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)@pjpurtee· Jul 9

I HATE EVERYTHING ✍🏻 & 🎨 Sophy Henn @sophyhenn.bsky.social 2025, Beach Lane Books #PB #mood #emotion #love a BIG 👻, “I hate everything.” a little 👻, “🍬? . . . 💐? . . . 🎈? . . . 🍓? . . .” time change of ❤️ 🥰 🥰 🥰 #kidlit #librarians #teachers #parents

P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)@pjpurtee· Jul 8

ZIP ZAP WICKETY WACK: A STORY ABOUT SHARING ✍🏻 & 🎨 Matthew Diffee 2025, Beach Lane Books #PB #animals #sharing #compromise #friendship MANY animals 🐸, “Ribbit.” 🐄, “Moo.” 🐴, “Neigh.” 🐑, “Baa.” 🐐, “Baa” 🐑“Mine.” 🐐“Mine.” . . . ah oh 🛸 and then . . . 🥰 🤣 😊🥰 #kidlit #librarians #teachers #parents

P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)@pjpurtee· Jul 7

HOW TO CATCH SOME ZZZS ✍🏻 Megan Wagner Lloyd 🎨 Jade Orlando 2025, Chronicle #PB #bedtime not-so-sleepy girl’s 🛏️-time routines: 🪥🛀 📚 etc. 🥰 🥰 🥰 #kidlit #librarians #teachers #parents

P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)@pjpurtee· Jul 5

LEO AND THE PINK MARKER ✍🏻 & 🎨 Mariyka Foster 2024, Peachtree #PB #imagination #creativity a boy a pink marker a gray dump yard . . . until . . . 😊 😊 😊 #kidlit #librarians #illustrators [2 moms]

P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)@pjpurtee· Jul 4

Happy Birthday, America!🎆🇺🇸⭐🥂🥳🎈🎂

P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)@pjpurtee· Jul 2

WE ARE DEFINITELY HUMAN ✍🏻 & 🎨 X. Fang 2024, Tundra Books #PB #kindness #acceptance 🛸 crash 💥 on 🌎 👽 👽 👽 “We are definitely human . . . our car broke down.” The townspeople . . . 😊 😊 😊 #kidlit #librarians #teachers #parents

P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)@pjpurtee· Jun 30

WHAT DO YOU SAY, DEAR? ✍🏻 Sesyle Joslin 🎨 Maurice Sendak 1986, HarperCollins 1958, W. R. Scott/Young Scott Books #PB #manners What do you say when you . . . meet an 🐘?: “How do you do?” bump into a 🐊?: “Excuse me.” etc. 🤣 🥰 🤣 #kidlit #librarians #teachers #parents

P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)@pjpurtee· Jun 28

Reminds me of TREVOR ✍🏻 Jim Averbeck 🎨 Amy Hevron @amyhevron.bsky.social 2018, Roaring Brook Press #PB #different #friendship 🐥 + 🍋 = friendship 🥰🥰🥰 #kidlit #librarians #parents

P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)@pjpurtee· Jun 27

A FLUFFLE OF BUNNIES ✍🏻 & 🎨 Christie Matheson 2026, Sourcebooks Jabberwocky #PB #mystery a 🐇 disappears a search ensues (woodland animals) a loveliness ♥️: a group of ladybugs a kaleidoscope ♥️: a group of butterflies etc. and then . . . (the tittle!) 🥰 #librarians #kidlit #nature #animals #parents

P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)@pjpurtee· Jun 25

I AM NOT HAPPY! ✍🏻 Caroline L. Perry @carolinelperry.bsky.social 🎨 Sydney Hanson @sydhanson.bsky.social 2025, S&S BYR #PB a quokka in the spirit of: don’t judge a 📖 by its . . . 🥰 🥰 🥰 #emotion #kidlit #librarians #teachers #parents

P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)@pjpurtee· Jun 24

I think this adorable little illustrator is pondering the perfect picture to paint. If anyone knows the artist of this cute piece, please tag them.

P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)@pjpurtee· Jun 22

Only Picture Books: The Weekly Rumpus of Picture Books Thank you, Ryan G. Van Cleave @ryangvancleave.bsky.social, for your tribute to Jane Yolan. The snacks, based on her books, you provided at the gathering you once held in her honor were brilliant! ♥️ OWL MOON PIGGINS YOU NEST HERE WITH ME

P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)@pjpurtee· Jun 20

PIE IN THE Sky ✍🏻 & 🎨 Remy Lai @rrremylai.bsky.social 2019, Henry Holt & Co. / Macmillan #MG #humor a widowed mom brothers adjusting after immigration baking 🥰 🥰 🥰 #immigration #school #kidlit #librarians #parents

P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)@pjpurtee· Jun 19

THE DIAMOND AND THE BOY: The Creation of Diamonds & The Life of H. Tracy Hall ✍🏻 Hanna Holt (Hall’s granddaughter!) @hannahholt.bsky.social 🎨 Jay Fleck 2018, HarperCollins #PB a 💎 story! 🥰 🥰 🥰 GREAT MENTOR TEXT FOR #authors #illustrators #kidlit #librarians #teachers #parents #inventor #history

P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)@pjpurtee· Jun 18

🪕🪕🪕 On a different note (pun intended), I sold my banjo yesterday. I didn't play her for years. Hopefully she will fall into the hands of an ambitious child. 🪕🪕🪕

P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)@pjpurtee· Jun 17

HUDDLE UP! CUDDLE UP! ✍🏻 Bethany Hegedus @bethanyhegedus.bsky.social 🎨 Michael Deas 2020, Viking BYR #PB 🏈 countdown how to tackle bedtime 🥰 🥰 🥰 #football #bedtime #kidlit #librarians #teachers #parents

P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)@pjpurtee· Jun 16

If you find a book smaller than this one, I want to see it!

P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)@pjpurtee· Jun 14

ODDER ✍🏻 Katherine Applegate @kaaauthor.bsky.social 🎨 Charles Santoso @charlessantoso.bsky.social 2026, Macmillan #MG #inverse a playful 🦦 a 🦈 bite a recovery at #MontereyBayAquarium a surprise! 🥰 🥰 🥰 #kidlit #librarians #teachers #parents #otter

P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)@pjpurtee· Jun 14

She might like this book, ROCKHOUND by Angela Morrison (regardless of age).

P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)@pjpurtee· Jun 11

DOZENS OF DOUGHNUTS ✍🏻 Carrie Finison 🎨 Brianne Farley 2020, G.P. Putnam’s Sons BYR a 🐻 prepares hibernation 🍩s knock-knock: 🦝 🦨🐿️ & others oh-no: a bare cupboard . . . winter approaching and then . . . #PB 🥰 🥰 🥰 #counting #sharing #kidlit #librarians #teachers #parents

P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)@pjpurtee· Jun 7

This recipe is in the cookbook my husband and I co-published when we owned Dreamcatcher B&B (Taos, NM). Top with: a large marshmallow on a candy cane dipped in chocolate (roll in crushed peppermint!). The hot cider recipe came from my mom. #autumn #fall #winter #Christmas #bed&breakfast #recipe

P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)@pjpurtee· Jun 3

It's vacation season! TRAVEL GUIDE FOR MONSTERS ✍🏻 Lori Degman @loridegman.bsky.social 🎨 Dave Szalay @daveszalay.bsky.social 2020, Sleeping Bear Press #PB #rhyme a guide traveling with monsters to destinations from coast to coast 🇺🇸 🥰 🥰 🥰 #kidlit #librarians #teachers #parents

P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)@pjpurtee· May 28

OTHERS: A STORY FOR ALL OF US ✍🏻 Kobi Yamada 🎨 Charles Santoso @charlessantoso.bsky.social 2026, Ten Speed Press / Penguin Random House #PB 2 children a hedge DIVIDES them from what’s on the other side 🥰 🥰 🥰 #prejudice #empathy #community #humanity #kidlit #librarians #teachers #parents