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Our favorite objects in the ELB office!
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Enchanted Lion Books
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𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗹𝘆𝗻, 𝗡𝗬 🦁📚✨ We publish wonder-saturated illustrated books from around the world! https://enchantedlion.com
New substack on building a book's presence beyond its pages ✨ enchantedlionbooks.substack.com/p/extras
Extras!
Booklets, stickers, postcards, and even posters made for our books.
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Read all about our teen and adult picture book imprint, Unruly Books, on Substack 🔖🌞 substack.com/home/post/p-...
Unruly Books
ELB's picture book imprint for adults and teens
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Read about Premio Andersen award winner Bruno Zocca's beautifully illustrated book, "I Forgot How to Sleep," on Substack 😴💙 substack.com/home/post/p-...
Happy pub day to
This book marks Zocca's English-language debut & we see a bright future ahead for this wry, comic artist!
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If you're not following Enchanted Lion on Substack already, check us out here! Our latest post celebrates "The Trolls of Turkey River" by the legendary Arthur Geisert, including a digital scrapbook of his creative process. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Happy pub day to "The Trolls of Turkey River"
From the incomparable craftsman and picture-book creator Arthur Geisert.
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With themes of cooperation and community, this book follows townspeople and the prank-playing trolls that live underground as they work together to save the place they both call home. The pen-and-ink illustrations are rich, vibrant, and detailed, leaving something new to be discovered with each read
Out today: TRUMAN TOAD AND THE QUEST FOR THE PERFECT HUG ★ "An engrossing mix of William Steig and Arnold Lobel." —Kirkus, STARRED REVIEW! ★ “Absolutely ribbiting… Irresistibly funny.” —Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW! Learn more 👇 enchantedlion.com/all-books/tr... #kidlit
Truman Toad and the Quest for the Perfect Hug — Enchanted Lion Books
Written by Oren Lavie Illustrated by Anke Kuhl A self-important but good-hearted toad, with an ample amount of self-love, discovers his love for others in this entertaining and charming pi...
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See y’all at MoCCA! Enchanted Lion is at table 103 at the Metropolitan Pavilion, today and tomorrow from 11am-6pm 🦁📚 #mocca2026 #comicsandartfest
I was incredibly moved by the @enchantedlion.bsky.social panel discussion about "The Strange Birds of Flannery O'Connor, A Life." Thanks so much to the Hank Center @loyolachicago.bsky.social for hosting a lovely event. Learn more: enchantedlion.com/all-books/th... #amreading #kidlit #picturebooks
Happy Snow Day from Enchanted Lion Books! ❄️☃️🌨️ . . . . . Art from: - Jenni Desmond’s THE POLAR BEAR - Yuki Ainoya’s SATO THE RABBIT, A SEA OF TEA - Daniel Salmieri’s BEAR AND WOLF - Ryoji Arai’s THE SNOW THEATER #kidlit
The brilliant Laura Carlin and her picture book THE BOY WHO BECAME A PARROT are featured in the latest issue of Eye Magazine! Read an excerpt of the piece here: www.eyemagazine.com/feature/arti... #kidlit #illustration #picturebooks
Forthcoming from @enchantedlion.bsky.social ODDS AND ENDS from Maija Hurme Tr by Mia Spangenberg is a Finnish book that enchanted me at first sight originally published by Etana Editions #workdkidlit #finnishkidlit This is the book that I will be talking about for 2026!
Our first book of 2026 is here!!! Natalia Shaloshvili’s WHAT A SMALL CAT NEEDS, trans. from Russian by Lena Traer, is an adorable picture book about an adorable cat 🐾 Learn more 👇 enchantedlion.com/all-books/wh... #kidlit #worldkidlit #bookbirthday #newpicturebook
THE ADVENTURES OF CIPOLLINO is a 2026 Batchelder Honor Book (most outstanding children’s translations)! Gianni Rodari wrote this book in 1950s Italy, and in the US today, his themes of hope, justice, & human dignity remain just as relevant as ever. enchantedlion.com/all-books/th... #kidlit #alayma
Dring-dring! 🚲 Here’s a #sneakpeek at the newest Chirri & Chirra adventure: CHIRRI & CHIRRA, AMONG THE CHERRY BLOSSOMS 🌸🌸🌸 Out this April from Enchanted Lion: enchantedlion.com/all-books/ch... #kidlit #worldkidlit
enchantedlion.com/all-books/od... I am so excited for ODDS AND ENDS by Maija Hurme translation from the Finnish by Mia Spangenberg coming this May from @enchantedlion.bsky.social #worldkidlit It was love at first sight when I saw it in 2023 at an Etana Editions event
Odds and Ends [Forthcoming: May] — Enchanted Lion Books
Written & illustrated by Maija Hurme Translated from Finnish by Mia Spangenberg In this charming translated work from Finland, an imaginative child makes a scrapbook of "lasts" instead of ...
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📣 Happening tomorrow at 11am!!! Come one, come all for a special story time of TEDDY, LET’S GO! with author @michnott.bsky.social 🧸🧡 We hope to see many of you at Spiral Books in Soho! 📆 Sat, Jan 17 at 11am 📍Spiral Books (147 Sullivan St, NYC) #kidlit #nycevents
For Day 14 of my PB reading challenge I was blown away by THE SNOW THEATER by Ryoji Arai. This wintry PB is brimming with childlike imagination and surreal magic. I always love seeing the books that @enchantedlion.bsky.social releases! ❄️🎭🦋📖 #StoryStudy #KidLit
Happening THIS SATURDAY Jan 17 at 11am: Join @michnott.bsky.social for a story time of TEDDY, LET’S GO! at Spiral Books in Soho! 📆 Saturday, January 17 at 11 am 📍Spiral Books (147 Sullivan St, NYC) 🎟️ FREE & open to public! RSVP here: enchantedlion.com/events/2026/... #kidlit #nycevents
Look into Edward Lear's incredibly magical and interesting life and my conversation with #author Barry Wolverton Hill in the #bookbug column/Story Monsters Ink magazine @storymonsters.bsky.social 📚 #poetrycommunity #edwardlear @enchantedlion.bsky.social #childrensbooks #readers #booksky #libraries
🎉🎉🎉 THE ADVENTURES OF CIPOLLINO is in the @nytimes.com!! “Tolstikova’s lush watercolor illustrations and the prominent theme of freewheeling underdogs triumphing over a stuffy bureaucracy will carry young readers effortlessly through this anthropomorphic adventure.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/b...
🥰🥰 My translation into English of Argentine author/illustrator Isol, for @enchantedlion.bsky.social #xl8
Emily Wahl@emilywahlwriting.bsky.social · 9mo ago30 day books-by-women challenge! Choose 30 books, one per day, no particular order, that you’ve read that were written by women. #booksky #bookchallenge #readingwomen #buchsky #buchliebe 21/30
Looking for a last minute gift idea? One of my favorite independent publishers @enchantedlion.bsky.social offers subscriptions (full of translations for kids) #worldkidlit Enchanted Lion Books enchantedlion.com/all-books/20...
Enchanted Lion's 2026 Hot-Off-the-Press Subscription Box! — Enchanted Lion Books
This special subscription box is for all EIGHTEEN of Enchanted Lion’s 2026 titles: we’ll send you an advance copy of each book as soon as it’s available and always a couple of ...
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TOMORROW Dec 18 at 6pm: Eya Gina discusses the power of wordless books with our very own Claudia Bedrick at Sullaluna NYC! Join us for the book launch of UN POSTO FRA LE STELLE: 📆 Thurs, 12/18, 6-6:30pm 📍Sullaluna NYC (41 Carmine St, NYC) 🎟️ Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/no-words-n... #kidlit
SATO THE RABBIT: MORNING LIGHT by Yuki Ainoya, trans. from Japanese by Michael Blaskowsky @enchantedlion.bsky.social is on our #Fanfare25 list. Congratulations! #BestBooks #KidLit #HBMag #HornBookMagazine #HBFanfare25 #PictureBooks #HBFanfare sbee.link/dtvnxeqg4y
Fanfare 2025 Booklist
Our choices for the best books of the year.
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SATO THE RABBIT, MORNING LIGHT is a #HBFanfare selection for Best Picture Book of the Year!!!!!!
The Horn Book@thehornbook.bsky.social · 9mo agoCongrats to everyone whose books are #HBFanfare selections! Here is PICTURE BOOKS youtu.be/qRW73ojuHMA; find the complete list here: www.hbook.com/story/fanfar... Annotations will be published in the Dec #NotesfromtheHornBook newsletter + in the Jan/Feb #HBMag. Happy reading! #Fanfare25 #HBFanfare25
My favorite 2025 books that were not translations both from @enchantedlion.bsky.social THE BOY WHO BECAME A PARROT: A Foolish Biography of Edward Lear Who Invented Nonsense by Wolverton Hill & Laura Carlin DON’T EAT ME: The Almost True Story of Belladonna by Kate Finney & Esmé Shapiro #kidlit
In celebration of 2025 coming to a close, we’re holding a FLASH SALE for 25% off ✨everything✨ on enchantedlion.com for the next 7 days! Plus, we’re covering any extra costs to make sure your orders arrive by Dec 23.🎁📚✨ It’s our gift to you, dear readers—happy reading, and happy holidays! 🫶 #kidlit
