The team of biologists featured in my book TRACKING PYTHONS: THE QUEST TO CATCH AN INVASIVE PREDATOR AND SAVE AN ECOSYSTEM is wrapping up a record year in the field - here's a great update to share with readers! conservancy.org/record-rytho...
Happy book birthday to Jennifer Torres & Molly Magnell, whose gorgeous new picture book ALIGHT: HOW URBAN PARROTS FOUND NEW PLACES TO BELONG is out today from @algonquinbooks.bsky.social! bookshop.org/p/books/alig...
AXOLOTL-ELLA: A SORT OF CINDERELLA STORY is out today!
It's illustrated by the amazing @liantomato.bsky.social & published by Ten Speed Press, and you can order a signed copy from my local indie, @bookstoreplus.bsky.social!
www.thebookstoreplus.com/item/p5lAnqx...
No wonder she's dancing!
✨ Happy book birthday to these two incredible titles!
📚ENCORE!
📚AXOLOTL-ELLA: A Sort-of Cinderella Story
Available now at your local library and wherever books are sold! 🥳
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@katemessner.com
It's a star for AXOLOTL-ELLA: A Sort-of Cinderella Story by Kate Messner, illustrated by Lian Cho! ⭐
Read the full Horn Book starred review on our IG!
In stores and libraries everywhere June 2, and available to preorder now!
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Four tons of invasive pythons removed as Conservancy of Southwest Florida continues long-term suppression efforts The Conservancy of Southwest Florida shattered its own record for Burmese python resea...conservancy.org
Cinderella has never been so adorable--or amphibious!--as in this fractured fairytale picture book by New York Times bestselling author Kate Messner, with art by award-winning illustrator Lian Cho.
AXOLOTL-ELLA: A SORT-OF CINDERELLA STORY (Ten Speed/ @randomhousekids.bsky.social @rhcbschoollibrary.bsky.social ) by @katemessner.com ; illus. by @liantomato.bsky.social will receive a starred review in the July/August 2026 #HornBookMagazine. Congrats! #HBMag #HBStars www.hbook.com/story/july-a...
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Me every time an editorial letter arrives in my inbox and I act as if I’ve never seen one before:
Check out this delightful post from @liantomato.bsky.social on illustrating AXOLOTL-ELLA (coming next week!) liantomato.substack.com/p/introducin...
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What happens when you put Cinderella and an axolotl together?
Wow!
Thank you @katemessner.com for this wonderful blurb of ALMOST TRUE!
Honored that you loved my story. That you connected with its heart and its surprising twists.
With heaps of gratitude and so much respect, thank you, my friend!
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Adorable young kestrels surprised by a butterfly.
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📚Liberty's Forgotten Hero: The Revolutionary Life of James Forten releases in just a few days on June 16, 2026!
➡️Learn more & find links to pre-order: www.leeandlow.com/books/libert...
