Lisa Tolin
@lisatolin.bsky.social
Editorial Director @ PEN America (formerly Today Show, NBC News, AP) and I write for kids. HOW TO BE A ROCK STAR (2022) CAN YOU IMAGINE? (Atheneum, 2025). #12x12
Love this beautiful #PBStudyBuddy guide!
Sylvia Chen 余愛莉@sylviaichen.bsky.social · 4mo ago📚💖🤩 So very happy to uplift these *fabulous* picture books with #PBStudyBuddy: I AM A BON DANCER, CAN YOU IMAGINE?, and BINNA’S DALGONA. Please share and support them too! 📚👍🏼 #PBStudyBuddy* #Kidlit #Edusky *For a closer-up view and more, visit pbstudybuddy.com
“Although Ono is known by many solely because of her adjacency to the Beatles, Tolin centers her subject’s own rich, sometimes polarizing, life advocating for peace, creativity, and individuality.”
The Horn Book@thehornbook.bsky.social · 5mo agoDay 21 of #HBWomensHistoryMonth featured CAN YOU IMAGINE?: THE ART AND LIFE OF YOKO ONO by @lisatolin.bsky.social ; illus. by @yasimamura.bsky.social (Atheneum/ @simonkids.bsky.social ) www.hbook.com/story/review... #WomensHistoryMonth #kidlit
Day 21 of #HBWomensHistoryMonth featured CAN YOU IMAGINE?: THE ART AND LIFE OF YOKO ONO by @lisatolin.bsky.social ; illus. by @yasimamura.bsky.social (Atheneum/ @simonkids.bsky.social ) www.hbook.com/story/review... #WomensHistoryMonth #kidlit
Honored to take part in @taralazar.bsky.social’s Storystorm - best part of the year! taralazar.com/2026/01/07/s...
Storystorm 2026 Day 7: Lisa Tolin Plays with Her Brain
by Lisa Tolin When Tara asked me to contribute to this year’s Storystorm, my initial response was panic. Who am I to give advice? What do I know? There’s a reason I had that response. We’ll call he…
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#Nonfiction #HBReviewoftheWeek CAN YOU IMAGINE?: THE ART AND LIFE OF YOKO ONO by @lisatolin.bsky.social + @yasimamura.bsky.social (@simonkids.bsky.social): "Tolin centers her subject’s rich, sometimes polarizing, life advocating for peace, creativity, + individuality" www.hbook.com/story/review...
Today's #ChewyReviewy is "Can You Imagine? The Art and Life of Yoko Ono" by @lisatolin.bsky.social and @yasimamura.bsky.social. Beautiful! Online review here, Insta, Amazon & Goodreads! #kidlit #bookrecs #pb #heart #visualstorytelling #art #arthistory #pbbio www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
Elayne Crain's review of Can You Imagine?
5/5: During my late 90s college years, there were two versions of songs about (but not really about) Yoko Ono on the non-Beatles/JohnLennon/PlasticOnoBand CDs I owned. One was the Barenaked Ladies' "B...
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What a joy to speak to @affinitolit.bsky.social about CAN YOU IMAGINE? THE ART AND LIFE OF YOKO ONO. Why did I focus on butts? (That’s a question for myself.) #yokoono open.spotify.com/episode/3T1r...
🎙️ Had a fantastic conversation with @tcbrbookreview.bsky.social about CAN YOU IMAGINE? THE ART AND LIFE OF YOKO ONO by me and @yasimamura.bsky.social. The conversation took some fascinating turns and I hope you'll give it a listen! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Imagining Yoko Ono: Lisa Tolin on Bringing a Misunderstood Artist to Young Readers
Podcast Episode · The Children's Book Review: Growing Readers Podcast · 04/29/2025 · 41m
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My story about a banned picture book was labeled “adult content!” You really can’t beat the irony.
Lit Hub@literaryhub.bsky.social · last yr.@lisatolin.bsky.social on the banning of Eric Carle’s Draw Me A Star: “What those who redact Carle’s childlike art probably don’t realize is that it was inspired by his own response to censorship growing up in Nazi Germany.”
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Picture Book Treasures!
Picture Books to Cherish! From a beloved tradition, to our favorite solar neighbor, to a legendary artist, these bright new picture books are sure to make storytimes a hit! Come over to our Manhattan ...
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Lisa Tolin@lisatolin.bsky.social · 2y agoSo excited to be joining this @booksofwonder.bsky.social picture book panel with @brendanwenzel.bsky.social, Carmen Agra Deedy and Raul Colon! #canyouimagine? #yokoono
So honored by this piece in Forbes on Can You Imagine? @yasimamura.bsky.social #yokoono #picturebook “Imamura’s dreamy, ethereal imagery amplifies Tolin’s triumphant text – infused with feminism and passion for art, love, and peace – and underscores Ono’s enduring impact on the global art world.”
🅽ew🆂mart EN 🍋🟩 Verified. Not Amplified.@toppnews.bsky.social · 2y ago🌐 Children Gain Valuable Lessons On Art, Gender, Family, Love, And Peace In New Yoko Ono Picture Book #Peace https://www.forbes.com/sites/natashagural/2025/02/27/children-gain-valuable-lessons-on-art-gender-family-love-and-peace-in-new-yoko-ono-picture-book/
Nice to see Forbes highlighting a #nonfictionpicturebook They could have added that grown-ups gain valuable lessons on art, gender, family, love, and peace in new Yoko Ono book. @lisatolin.bsky.social
🅽ew🆂mart EN 🍋🟩 Verified. Not Amplified.@toppnews.bsky.social · 2y ago🌐 Children Gain Valuable Lessons On Art, Gender, Family, Love, And Peace In New Yoko Ono Picture Book #Peace https://www.forbes.com/sites/natashagural/2025/02/27/children-gain-valuable-lessons-on-art-gender-family-love-and-peace-in-new-yoko-ono-picture-book/
So excited to be joining this @booksofwonder.bsky.social picture book panel with @brendanwenzel.bsky.social, Carmen Agra Deedy and Raul Colon! #canyouimagine? #yokoono
This picture book biography by @lisatolin.bsky.social and Yas Imamura is stunning in every way. An instant favorite!
Such a delight to talk to @jonfreadom.bsky.social and @penamerica.bsky.social!
PEN America@penamerica.bsky.social · 2y agoIn a new PEN Ten, our editorial director @lisatolin.bsky.social & illustrator Yas Imamura talk with @jonfreadom.bsky.social about their new picture book Can You Imagine? The Art and Life of Yoko Ono (Simon & Schuster), which explores the fascinating life of the famous artist: pen.org/lisa-tolin-y...
A beautiful #PictureBook #biography looking at Yoko Ono as an artist in her own right, not just an appendage to John Lennon. Fascinating text, expressive art. by @lisatolin.bsky.social and Yas Imamura 💡📚👍#nonfictionpb
One month until CAN YOU IMAGINE? THE ART AND LIFE OF YOKO ONO, my book with Yas Imamura, is out in the world! It’s years in the making — 20, if you count from when I interviewed Yoko Ono for the AP! More on the book: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Can-Yo...
Thank you for the kind words @ajirving.bsky.social!
A.J. Irving 🩷💜💙@ajirving.bsky.social · 2y agoWow. The powerful text and art in this gorgeous picture book biography about Yoko Ono gave me goosebumps. CAN YOU IMAGINE? by @lisatolin.bsky.social and Yas Imamura is a fascinating exploration of the life of a true visionary. An unforgettable read! #kidlit #picturebook #biography
May I suggest two brand new, very cool children’s books by @kellyconroy.bsky.social and @authorlauragehl.bsky.social to make you forget all the things?
