We are so incredibly honored to have IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? selected for the 2026 Riverby award by the John Burroughs Association! Congratulations to debut author, Julie Honan Johnston and illustrator Meg Sodano! @megsodano.bsky.social @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social

More good news for MUD TO THE RESCUE! HOW ANIMALS USE MUD TO THRIVE AND SURVIVE! This book has been named a finalist in the FOREWORD INDIES 2025 FINALISTS LIST! Congrats to author Tanya Konerman, and illustrator Melanie Cataldo! @tanyakonerman.bsky.social @greatdoglit.bsky.social

Woohoo! IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? has been included on The Nature Generation's 2026 Green Earth Book Award Long List along with all of these other incredible books! Congrats to author @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social and illustrator @megsodano.bsky.social Well done!

Join Julie Honan Johnston at Linden Tree Books for #storytime this Sunday! Thanks Julie for creating such a beautiful book, and thanks @lindentree.bsky.social for hosting Julie! IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? by @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social illustrated by @megsodano.bsky.social

Congratulations to the winners of the Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12! @CBCBook @NSTA #OSTB2026 MUD TO THE RESCUE! HOW ANIMALS USE MUD TO THRIVE AND SURVIVE by @tanyakonerman.bsky.social @greatdoglit.bsky.social

We are happy to announce that MUD TO THE RESCUE! HOW ANIMALS USE MUD TO THRIVE AND SURVIVE has been named an "Outstanding Science Trade Book" by the NSTA and CBC! Congrats author @tanyakonerman.bsky.social and illus Melanie Cataldo! bit.ly/2AKtZIr @CBCBook @NSTA #OSTB2026 @greatdoglit.bsky.social

It's so thrilling that three of our books have been named EUREKA! Book Award Winners for excellence in nonfiction. Thank you California Reading Association for recognizing the merit of these titles! @tanyakonerman.bsky.social @icebird.bsky.social @greatdoglit.bsky.social @susanschulman.bsky.social

Thank you Kirkus for such a terrific review of IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews... "An accessible and eye-opening introduction to the marvels of marine life.” #kirkus #kirkusReviews @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social @megsodano.bsky.social

Thank you Children's Literature for this terrific review of IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? Congrats to @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social and @megsodano.bsky.social for creating such a glorious book!

So excited to announce that MUD TO THE RESCUE! HOW ANIMALS USE MUD TO THRIVE AND SURVIVE has won a silver EUREKA! HONOR BOOK AWARD from the California Reading Association! Congratulations to author Tanya Konerman and illustrator Melanie Cataldo! @tanyakonerman.bsky.social @greatdoglit.bsky.social

Today's signing event = success! Thanks to Open Door Bookstore for hosting and to all the folks who attended. We sold out of both IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA and SALAMANDER SKY! 🌊🐬 Author @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social @weboflifebooks.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebook #picturebookillustrator

Thank you @shelf-awareness.com for posting our book trailer for IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? by @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social and @megsodano.bsky.social as your Book Trailer of the Day! www.shelf-awareness.com/theshelf/202...

Book Trailer of the Day: If You Lived in the Sea, Who Would You Be?

If You Lived in the Sea, Who Would You Be? by Julie Honan Johnston (Web of Life Children's Books).

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It’s #WorldElephantDay! I ❤️ 🐘 so much, I have one on the cover of #MudtotheRescue. My Spirit Animal is caring, intelligent, loyal, strong…see below for ways to help them every day! #elephants #nature #kidlit #STEM #picturebooks #animals @weboflifebooks.bsky.social

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How can you help elephants? 🐘 🌱 Choose products that protect habitats 📚 Share what you learn 💗 Donate: https://givebutter.com/WED2025 🌍 Pick ethical tourism 🤝 Support community-led conservation Every action helps. 🩷 #WorldElephantDay is this TUESDAY, Aug 12!

Happy #BookBirthday to author @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social (left) and illustrator @megsodano.bsky.social (right) for creating such a beautiful, whimsical and educational book about some of the many sea creatures with which we share the world. Congratulations!

We are so thrilled to be publishing this book! It is truly stunning! Congratulations!

Meg Sodano@megsodano.bsky.social · 11mo ago

TODAY is PUB DAY!!! I'm so excited that *If You Lived in the Sea, Who Would You Be?* is out! Here are my top four favorite pages from this book. #kidlitartist #kidlit #childrensbooks #picturebooks #ocean #sealife #turtle #fish #seals @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social @weboflifebooks.bsky.social

We are thrilled that Julie Honan Johnston and Meg Sodano's book, IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? will be launching this week! Please join Julie at Mrs. Dalloways Books for her book signing on Saturday, September 27 from 11:00-12:00! @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social @megsodano.bsky.social

Thanks @publisherswkly.bsky.social for your review of IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE?! "This is a remarkable introduction to sealife for young readers. Fascinating peek at the creatures who populate our oceans.” @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social @megsodano.bsky.social @icebird.bsky.social

Thank you for sharing these sketches, Meg! It's amazing the amount of work both authors and illustrators put into their work that never ends up being published in the book. The process is much more complicated than most people realize!

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These things didn't make it into IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA: Phytoplankton (not an animal), sea otters, kelp (not an animal), different version of oyster reef, baby octopus. @weboflifebooks.bsky.social @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social #picturebooks #illustrator #kidlitart #kidlit #octopus #seaotters

Thank you @skippingstones.bsky.social for giving HAWK MOTHER RETURNS by Kara Hagedorn & Marlo Garnsworthy and AT HOME WITH THE PRAIRIE DOG by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent, photos by William Muñoz the Skipping Stones Honor Award for Nature & Ecology Books! @icebird.bsky.social @susanschulman.bsky.social

Today is #InternationalMudDay! Who would have thought there would be such a day? Well, we're glad there is! @tanyakonerman.bsky.social

Thanks MBR for this terrific review! "Original, informative, featuring a rhyming text and museum quality images, 'If You Lived in the Sea, Who Would You Be?' by author/storyteller @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social and artist/illustrator @megsodano.bsky.social is a fun read from cover to cover."

Congrats to @tanyakonerman.bsky.social and Melanie Cataldo for this wonderful review from Publishers Weekly for MUD TO THE RESCUE! HOW ANIMALS USE MUD TO THRIVE AND SURVIVE! "...a fully immersive and engaging experience that will captivate young readers.”

We had a fab time at the #Children'sInstitute in Portland! Debut author, Julie Honan Johnston, can be seen here getting ready to sign her book IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? at the Author's Reception! @americanbookseller.bsky.social @megsodano.bsky.social @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social

Today is #WorldOceanDay! We must do everything we can to protect our precious oceans! Contact these organizations to see how you can help: The Ocean Cleanup (theoceancleanup.com) @oceana.bsky.social @seatree.bsky.social Ocean Futures Society (oceanfutures.org) @megsodano.bsky.social

Behind the Scenes: "Organizing Facts for the Audience and Current Market" by Tanya Konerman bethandersonwriter.com/2025/05/30/b...

Behind the Scenes: “Organizing Facts for the Audience and Current Market” by Tanya Konerman

Ah, the fun of mud! But how does one create a viable manuscript with this topic and a pile of information? Like a mudpie, it takes some squishing and slopping and playing around. Here’s a pos…

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We are thrilled that Julie Honan Johnston will be signing her book IF YOU LIVED IN THE SEA, WHO WOULD YOU BE? illustrated by @megsodano.bsky.social at the @americanbookseller.bsky.social Children's Institute conference in Portland OR! Details below. Way to to, Julie!

Today is #EndangeredSpeciesDay. The effectiveness of the #EndangeredSpeciesAct is now threatened because the Trump administration has proposed changing the definition of "harm" in the law. This change would weaken the ESA by making it easier to destroy the habitats where the animals live.

#HappyBookBirthday! Congratulations @tanyakonerman.bsky.social and Melanie Cataldo for creating such a whimsical, fun, engaging, and interesting book about the ways animals use mud to thrive and survive! Tanya Konerman will be reading and signing books at @morgenstern.books this Saturday.

Thank you Self Awareness for posting MUD TO THE RESCUE! HOW ANIMALS USE MUD TO THRIVE AND SURVIVE as their Book Trailer of the Day! #booktraileroftheday @tanyakonerman.bsky.social @greatdoglit.bsky.social @shelf-awareness.com www.shelf-awareness.com/theshelf/202...

Book Trailer of the Day: Mud to the Rescue!

Mud to the Rescue! How Animals Use Mud to Thrive and Survive by Tanya Konerman, illustrated by Melanie Cataldo (Web of Life Children's Books

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Here's what @KirkusReviews has to say about MUD TO THE RESCUE! "An engaging resource for young nature enthusiasts.” Congrats to author @tanyakonerman.bsky.social and illustrator Melanie Cataldo @greatdoglit.bsky.social Pub Date: 5/20/25