Karlin Gray
@karlingray.bsky.social
Author and Founder of True Story Bookshop — helping parents and educators 🍎 find #truestories to match kids’ interests. True stories = true gifts. https://truestorybookshop.com/ 💙📚 #BookSky 💡📚 #Nonfiction #KidLit
Born in #August: the visionary who transformed American literature, the woman who designed London’s Reptile House, the U.S.’s highest-ranking trans political official, the artist who made a refugees’ life jacket installation & more. 📚👍 💡📚 💙📚 truestorybookshop.com/august-birth... #kidlit #truestory
TRUE STORY: With the fire of his pen, great American novelist, essayist, poet, playwright, orator, & artist James Baldwin dared a nation to dream of a more equitable world filled with love. 📚👍 💡📚 💙📚 #truestory #kidlit #jamesbaldwin #bornonthisday Jimmy's Rhythm & Blues: bookshop.org/a/17044/9780...
“At its core, Clothes to Make You Smile, is a book about creativity and I have always believed that young people…just might be the most creative of all.”— Author Eric Darnell Pritchard shares their process of crafting CLOTHES TO MAKE YOU SMILE truestorybookshop.com/qa-with-auth...
Karlin Gray@karlingray.bsky.social · 2w agoTRUE STORY: Patrick Kelly defied fashion norms with his vibrant designs, creating joy for outsiders until the world finally embraced his unique vision. Clothes to Make You Smile ~ #EricDarnellPritchard & @shanfiction.bsky.social bookshop.org/a/17044/9781... 📚👍 💡📚 💙📚 #truestory #kidlit #PatrickKelly
TRUE STORY: Patrick Kelly defied fashion norms with his vibrant designs, creating joy for outsiders until the world finally embraced his unique vision. Clothes to Make You Smile ~ #EricDarnellPritchard & @shanfiction.bsky.social bookshop.org/a/17044/9781... 📚👍 💡📚 💙📚 #truestory #kidlit #PatrickKelly
TRUE STORY: On this day in 1969, the Apollo 11 mission put men on the Moon for the first time. Read about the men on the lunar mission and the women who helped them get there. Moonshot: bookshop.org/a/17044/9781... Hidden Figures: bookshop.org/a/17044/9780... 📚👍 💡📚 💙📚 #kidlit #truestory #apollo11
TRUE STORY: #OnThisDayInHistory Gymnast Nadia Comaneci earned the first perfect 10 at the Olympics. #kidlit #truestory #nadiacomaneci 💙📚 💡📚
Karlin Gray@karlingray.bsky.social · 2mo ago10 years ago today, my first book was published: Nadia—The Girl Who Couldn’t Sit Still, illus. by Christine Davenier. And this summer marks the 50th anniversary of #NadiaComaneci ’s perfect 10 at the Olympics. Share this #truestory w/your favorite little #gymnast: truestorybookshop.com/gymnastics/
National Moth Week 2026 is July 18–26! Celebrate by reading AN EXTRAORDINARY ORDINARY MOTH with your favorite little nature lovers. #kidlit #mothweek #MothWeek26Art @mothweek.bsky.social amzn.to/4w8u67j
TRUE STORY: Born into slavery, Ida B. Wells became an educator, journalist, businesswoman, newspaper owner, suffragist, activist & women’s club leader. 📚👍 💡📚 💙📚 Ida B. Wells, Voice of Truth By Michelle Duster & Laura Freeman bookshop.org/a/17044/9781... #bornonthisday #kidlit #truestory #idabwells
#onthisday in 1999, the @uswnt.ussoccer.com made history 🏆 📚👍 💡📚 💙📚 #kidlit #truestory #womeninsports
Karlin Gray@karlingray.bsky.social · 2mo agoTRUE STORY: When you buy a book on @bookshop.org , you financially support local independent bookstores. Shoot and Goal! From 6/23-6/26, 2006: Buy MIA AND FRIENDS and more #truestories for kids at True Story Bookshop and get Free Standard Shipping—win, win! bookshop.org/shop/KarlinG... #kidlit
Celebrate the Semiquincentennial with true stories about American patriotism: 📚👍 💡📚 💙📚 truestorybookshop.com #kidlit #truestory #America250
Born in July: an astronaut from the 1st all-women spacewalk, the injured artist who grew into a celebrated painter, the “Pigeon Charmer” who revolutionized electricity distribution, a heroic WWII cyclist, and more! 📚👍 💡📚 💙📚 truestorybookshop.com/july-birthda... #kidlit #truestory #bornonthisday
TRUE STORY: When #SerenaWilliams was little, she played with donated tennis equipment. Because the balls were old, many had lost their bounce. But she kept using them because it was good practice for #Wimbledon — where grass courts made the balls bounce lower. 📚👍 💡📚 💙📚 #kidlit amzn.to/4va5PfQ
TRUE STORY: During his training as an architect, Antoni Gaudi’s teachers wondered: is he a “genius or a fool?” But Gaudí was simply ahead of his time. 📚👍 💡📚 💙📚 #kidlit #bornonthisday #Gaudi #truestory GAUDI: ARCHITECT OF IMAGINATION amzn.to/3R2x1PF
Happy Birthday Cyndi Lauper! 🌈 Celebrate by sharing her story with young readers. LIKE A RAINBOW: The Colorful Story of Cyndi Lauper by @amy-guglielmo.bsky.social , Jacqueline Tourville & @brigettebarrager.bsky.social 📚👍 💡📚 💙📚 bookshop.org/a/17044/9781... #kidlit #truestory #cyndilauper
TRUE STORY: When you buy a book on @bookshop.org , you financially support local independent bookstores. Shoot and Goal! From 6/23-6/26, 2006: Buy MIA AND FRIENDS and more #truestories for kids at True Story Bookshop and get Free Standard Shipping—win, win! bookshop.org/shop/KarlinG... #kidlit
Tomorrow is #WorldGiraffeDay 🦒 I was lucky enough to meet & interview Dr. Anne Innis Dagg—the world’s first giraffologist! Read all about this trailblazer and advocate for giraffe conservation in my book ANNE AND HER TOWER OF GIRAFFES: amzn.to/4axaZLF 📚👍 💡📚 💙📚 #Kidlit #truestory #giraffes
TRUE STORY: At twelve, Opal Lee’s home was burned down on Juneteenth by an angry mob. Instead of being intimidated, Opal was determined to fight for national recognition of the holiday and true freedom. 📚👍 💡📚 💙📚 #Kidlit #truestory #juneteenth bookshop.org/a/17044/9781...
RIP David Hockney—He lives on through his art and every time a child reads To See Clearly: A Portrait of David Hockney by Evan Turk #kidlit #truestory #davidhockney 📚👍 💡📚 💙📚 bookshop.org/a/17044/9781...
@amy-guglielmo.bsky.social & Jacqueline Tourville share how they created Like a Rainbow: The Colorful Story of Cyndi Lauper, illustrated by @brigettebarrager.bsky.social The perfect gift for young music lovers! 📚👍 💡📚 💙📚 Q&A: truestorybookshop.com/qa-with-auth... #kidlit #writingtips #truestory
Jacques Cousteau was born #onthisday Celebrate by reading the #truestory Manfish: A Story of Jacques Cousteau 📚👍 💡📚 💙📚 #summerreading bookshop.org/a/17044/9781...
‘99 Women’s #WorldCup flashback. Mia and Friends: Mia Hamm and the Soccer Sisterhood that Changed History. ⚽️ #soccer #kidlit #graphicnovel #truestory #womeninsports amzn.to/4uuBI2m
10 years ago today, my first book was published: Nadia—The Girl Who Couldn’t Sit Still, illus. by Christine Davenier. And this summer marks the 50th anniversary of #NadiaComaneci ’s perfect 10 at the Olympics. Share this #truestory w/your favorite little #gymnast: truestorybookshop.com/gymnastics/
Welcome back to the court #SerenaWilliams 🎾 It’s the perfect time to read SERENA: THE LITTLEST SISTER truestorybookshop.com/books-by-sub...
Need a #summerreadinglist for kids? Use this one from True Story Bookshop and find hundreds of books to choose from at truestorybookshop.com
Happy Pride 🏳️🌈 📚👍 💡📚 💙📚 #kidlit #lgbtq+ #truestory Find these books and more: truestorybookshop.com/lgbtq/
Celebrate June birthdays with #truestories about the golfer who shattered the PGA’s color barrier, the world’s first giraffologist, the aviator whose adventures inspired a timeless children’s book, and more! truestorybookshop.com/june-birthda... 📚👍 💡📚 💙📚 #kidlit #bornonthisday
#TRUESTORY : Walt Whitman is celebrated as an iconic American poet, but few know of the crucial and heroic role he played tending to the wounded and dying in Civil War hospitals. #WaltWhitman #TheSoldiersFriend #bornonthisdate 📚👍 💡📚 💙📚 bookshop.org/a/17044/9781...
RIP @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social Sonny Rollins lives on through his music and every time a child reads Sonny Rollins Plays the Bridge. 🎷 truestorybookshop.com/books-by-sub...
Sonny Rollins@thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · 2mo agoIt is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins. The Saxophone Colossus died this afternoon at his home in Woodstock, NY at the age of 95. 1/2
