Lynn Becker
Writer. Reader. Author of MONSTERS IN THE BRINY, JUNE MOON, and GHOST TOWN IN THE MOUNTAINS (2026). Children’s book reviewer for Shelf Awareness. http://lynnbeckerbooks.com
- Today on the blog: January Recommendations! lynnbeckerbooks.substack.com/p/january-re... @writerjolene.bsky.social @lorindragon.bsky.social @northsouthbooks.bsky.social @stephlaubooks.com
- Today on the blog: My Shelf Awareness review for picture book The Wildest Thing, which splendidly depicts the magic that happens when a girl unleashes the "wild things" inside of her. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2026/01/shel...
- Today on the blog: my Shelf Awareness review of Break Wide the Sea, the first book in a beguiling YA duology that's a dark, oceangoing fantasy marked by sparks of love, betrayal, and the "smell of petrichor and brine." lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2026/01/shel...
- Today on the blog: December Recommendations! 📚👍 @issiekatt.bsky.social @andenwilder.bsky.social @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social @dowphumiruk.bsky.social @katelynaronson.bsky.social lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/12/dece...
- Today on the blog: December’s Book of the Month is SANTA’S FIRST CHRISTMAS, warm, cozy, and bursting with holiday cheer! 📚👍 lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/12/dece...
- Reposted by Lynn Becker@meganclendenan.bsky.social and Brittany Cicchese have created a beautiful nonfiction #picturebook that introduces readers to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. The global cooperation in this story is inspiring and hopeful! #kidlit
- Reposted by Lynn BeckerThe Evolution of a Picture Book Biography from Sub to Pub by @drzathome.bsky.social 📕🥳 Check out this super post about the path of REWRITING THE RULES. And be sure to get in on the GIVEAWAY! #brainresearch #disability @lernerbooks.bsky.social #edusky bethandersonwriter.com/2025/10/17/b...
- Reposted by Lynn Beckercarolbaldwinbooks.com/2025/12/06/b... a beautiful blogpost celebrating voice in four different picture books! @carolbaldwinbooks.bsky.social #Booksky #EduSky
- Today on the blog: My Shelf Awareness review of heartfelt and lyrical Ren's Pencil, wherein Ren uses storytelling and a pencil to learn to create her own magical "something new.” 📚👍 lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/12/shel...
- Reposted by Lynn BeckerI'm excited to share this cover reveal with you for ANYONE ELSE AWAKE? A DAWN CHORUS. Written by the amazing Carmela LaVigna Coyle and illustrated by me. Releasing January 6 and is available for pre-order now. #coverreveal #kidlit #picturebooks #mustread #picturebook #dawnchorusday #newbooktuesday
- Today on the blog: My Shelf Awareness review of the dynamic and captivating Frog: A Story of Life on Earth which links the evolution of frogs with the origins of the universe. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/12/shel...
- Today one the blog: November’s Book of the Month is an exceptional picture book, THE BOY WHO BECAME A PARROT: A Foolish Biography of Edward Lear, Who Invented Nonsense. @enchantedlion.bsky.social 📚👍 lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/11/nove...
- Today on the blog: my second Shelf Awareness Children’s and Young Adult Gift Issue 2025 review! lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/11/shel...
- Today on the blog: my first Shelf Awareness Children’s and Young Adult Gift Issue 2025 review! lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/11/shel...
- Reposted by Lynn BeckerIt was so much fun finishing up final details for our #book #event tomorrow. Planning an event with @andreaywang.bsky.social is the best! We hope you will join us at the @boulderbookstore.bsky.social TOMORROW! I mean, did you see those awesome cookies Andrea ordered. You need to eat one! 🤩
- Reposted by Lynn BeckerPleased to post a one question interview with @zombicatures.bsky.social #kidlit #middlegrade #graphicnovel @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social bethsbiblio.blogspot.com/2025/11/inte...
- Today on the blog: October’s Book of the Month is AGGIE AND THE GHOST, by Matthew Forsythe lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/10/octo...
- Today on the blog: October Recommendations! lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/10/octo...
- Reposted by Lynn BeckerI am so happy to be able to share the wonderful cover, by artist Matt Rockefeller, for my forthcoming book CALLIOPE CALLISTO CLARK AND THE SEARCH FOR WISDOM, coming out from Holiday House Books for Young People in March. Available for preorder now! #kidlit @holiday-house.bsky.social
- Reposted by Lynn Becker#ReVISIONweek Day Five is up! Learn the Magic of Musicality with @shannonstocker.bsky.social Today's writing goals: 1. Begin revising back matter with musicality and kid-sensibility in mind. 2. Read and review mentor texts. 3. Take a walk. What are your goals? #kidlit #kidlitart #WritingCommunity
- Reposted by Lynn BeckerWhat a fabulous opportunity! www.seasonsofkidlit.com/post/trick-o...
- Today on the blog: my Shelf Awareness review of Moonleapers, Margaret Peterson Haddix's suspenseful series opener featuring 12-year-old Maisie who experiences a life-changing summer in which she learns how to take apart and reknit time. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/10/shel...
- Today on the blog: my Shelf Awareness review of The Spy in the Museum, a gripping picture book about how Rose Valland spied on Nazis as they stole, sold, and burned masterpieces from her Paris museum during World War II. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/10/shel...
- Today on the blog: My Shelf Awareness review of Broken, yet another winning picture book by author/illustrator X. Fang, which describes a passionate, child-centered experience that includes boredom, crisis, redemption, and... cake! lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/10/shel...
- Today on the blog: Late Again, September Recommendations! lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/10/sept...
- Ahoy, mateys! I’m grateful to @coloradoauthors.bsky.social for sharing this post about Monsters in the Briny today!!
- What do you do with a grumpy kraken, a sickly sea serpent, and a tearful gigantic tortoise? You sing them a tune, of course! "Love this one, so much fun to read." #childrensbooks #picturebook #booksky www.amazon.com/Monsters-Bri...
- Today on the blog: Guest post with Lisa Rogers, author of Woody’s Words: Woodrow Wilson Rawls and Where the Red Fern Grows! Please stop by! @lisaljrogers.bsky.social @picturebookgold.bsky.social lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com?m=1
- Today on the blog: my Shelf Awareness review of The Blue Velvet Chair, a poetic rumination on the world outside young child’s window, from the familiar comfort of a favorite chair. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/09/shel...
- Today on the blog: my Shelf Awareness review of Squirrel and Bird, in which an increasingly irritated Bird is frustrated by the story’s narrator typecasting them and their friend Squirrel. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/09/shel...
- Today on the blog: the deceptively simple, sweetly creative board book YOUR FOREST, by Jon Klassen. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/08/augu...
- Today on the blog: Six Picture Books for August! lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/08/augu... @karenjameson15.bsky.social @ishaalobo.bsky.social @lourdesheuer.com @maxwelleaton.bsky.social @jashar.bsky.social @elizakinkz.bsky.social @barneysaltzberg.bsky.social @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social
- Check out these inspiring interviews!
- 4 fabulous @steamteambooks.bsky.social authors share their four August #NF PBs. www.mariacmarshall.com/singlepost/t... Jennifer Swanson Workman Kids @jstremer.bsky.social Beach Lane Books @karenjameson15.bsky.social Yosemite Conservancy @deirdrelaide.bsky.social Tilbury House #interview #kidlit
- Ahoy! If you’ve in the Denver area, I hope you’ll come out and have a kraken good time at the farmers market this Sunday! Get some swag (and vegetables ?) and support a local indie bookstore!
- Today on the blog: my Shelf Awareness review of YA Immortal Consequences, in which six competitive souls stuck in purgatory become “unfortunate acquaintances” as they investigate corrosive shadow magic in their school. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/08/shel...
- Reposted by Lynn BeckerLove this!
- Reposted by Lynn BeckerCheck out this great article! 5 Research-Backed Strategies to Reduce Students’ Social Anxiety www.edutopia.org/article/5-re...
- Wonderful news, Julie!
- The paperback edition of my 25 yr old book just hit #5 on Amazon. What a gift this book has been for me...providing so many opportunities and experiences. Thank you teachers! Check out my website for lesson plan ideas. juliedanneberg.com/for-teachers/
- Reposted by Lynn BeckerWe are a few days late in celebrating National Moon Day. These two beautiful books are perfect for today's new moon! Aliana Reaches for the Moon by the talented @ljrwritenow.bsky.social and June Moon by the talented @lynnbbooks.bsky.social #STEM #K12 #Moon #PB #STEAM #STEMEDUCATION ❤️📚🍀⭐🌜
- Reposted by Lynn BeckerHappy International Friendship Day! Check out these beautiful friendship books by our talented members @ljrwritenow.bsky.social @writerjolene.bsky.social @jilldanabooks.bsky.social @judithvaldesb.bsky.social @lynnbbooks.bsky.social @alicebianchini.bsky.social ❤️📚🍀 #k12 #PB #friendship
- Today on the blog: July’s book of the month, the captivating, kirigami-based picture book, THE PAPER BRIDGE. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/07/july...
- Today on the blog: My Shelf Awareness review of the enchanting Millie Fleur Saves the Night, a not-to-be-missed follow up to bestselling Millie Fleur’s Poison Garden, in which Millie Fleur encourages her neighbors in Garden Glen to be friends of the Dark. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/07/shel...
- Today on the blog: July recommendations feature 6 terrific picture books! lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/07/july... @jesshgn.bsky.social @matthewburgessj.bsky.social @rebeccaglevington.bsky.social @rahele.bsky.social
- Today on the blog: June’s Book of the Month is JIM! SIX TRUE STORIES ABOUT ONE GREAT ARTIST: JAMES MARSHALL, creatively written and illustrated by Jerrold Connors. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/06/june...
- Reposted by Lynn Becker“If you don’t believe that the picture book is real literature, then in some level you don’t believe that children are real people. And that’s unacceptable.” Thank you, Mac Barnett. #ala25.
- Reposted by Lynn BeckerHappy Make Music Day! Celebrate this day by reading these two beautiful books about music and musicians: Mamiachi and Me by the talented @writerjolene.bsky.social BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE MUSIC OF JOHN CAGE by the talented @lisaljrogers.bsky.social ❤️📚🎼🎼
- Today on the blog: Dream for the Land movingly portrays one child's experience farming in the drought-stricken Southwestern U.S. while eloquently bringing hope in the form of the wish-granting horned toad. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/06/shel...
- Reposted by Lynn BeckerBooks from the Southwest and Southeast Divisions nominated for a Crystal Kite Award. Please vote for your favorites! @picturebookgold.bsky.social @writerjolene.bsky.social @ljrwritenow.bsky.social @bonniekelso.bsky.social @lynnbbooks.bsky.social
- Reposted by Lynn BeckerHappy National Pollinators' Month! Celebrate this month by reading these beautiful and informative books by the talented @martamagellan.bsky.social #Nonfiction #pollinators #NationalPollinatorsMonth #k12 #kidlit
- Today on the blog: May recommendations feature 6 terrific picture books! @picturebookgold.bsky.social lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/05/may-...
