Lisa Tolin

Editorial Director @PENAmerica (formerly @nbcnews @ap) and I write for kids. HOW TO BE A ROCK STAR; CAN YOU IMAGINE? (Atheneum, 2025). @lisatolin.bsky.social

[Lisa Tolin @lisatolin]

Wow, today I’m officially a published picture book author. 🌟 HOW TO BE A ROCK STAR from me and @DanielDuncan is available now! https://t.co/IBgdMkbEEU

I am filled with gratitude, so forgive a little 🧵

[Lisa Tolin @lisatolin]

What a joy to speak to @AffinitoLit about CAN YOU IMAGINE? THE ART AND LIFE OF YOKO ONO.

Why did I focus on butts? (That’s a question for myself.) #yokoono #picturebooks

https://t.co/6Ie94BzsQR

[Lisa Tolin @lisatolin]

🎙️ Had a fantastic conversation with @TCBRbookreview about CAN YOU IMAGINE? THE ART AND LIFE OF YOKO ONO by me and @yasimamura.

The conversation took some fascinating turns and I hope you'll give it a listen! https://t.co/81qoQ8xh54

[Harriet Griffey💙 @HarrietGriffey]

Ono, now 93, told Tolin she wants to be remembered as “Yoko Ono, the wife, mother, and artist [...]I think most women are wearing many hats, we take all sorts of roles, and that’s how it goes.”
@lisatolin @yokoono @natashagural
https://t.co/1583TXPBAe

[Lisa Tolin @lisatolin]

Every book ban is outrageous. When you go after the guy whose beloved, childlike art was inspired by Nazi censorship, something is deeply wrong.

[Literary Hub @lithub]

Lisa Tolin on the banning of Eric Carle’s Draw Me A Star: “What those who redact Carle’s childlike art probably don’t realize is that it was inspired by his own response to censorship growing up in Nazi Germany.”
https://t.co/3OI37CvDLO

[Michael Maiello @MichaelMaiello]

If you have a precocious or creative child in your life, check out @lisatolin's latest book, an illustrated biography of Yoko Ono, reviewed here by @natashagural (link follows):

[Lisa Tolin @lisatolin]

Thank you @PENamerica and @jonfreadom for interviewing me and @yasimamura for the PEN Ten!

[PEN America @PENamerica]

In a new PEN Ten, our editorial director @lisatolin & illustrator Yas Imamura talk with @jonfreadom about their new picture book Can You Imagine? The Art and Life of Yoko Ono (@simonschuster, 2025), which explores the fascinating life of the famous artist: https://t.co/tTmHWtlFtc

[Lisa Tolin @lisatolin]

It's a book birthday! I hope you'll read and share "Can You Imagine? The Art and Life of Yoko Ono" by me and @yasimamura. https://t.co/NwkbnIiFvV

[Lisa Tolin @lisatolin]

@SimonKIDS @yasimamura @carrietillotson @elisachavarri Thank you! ☺️ In great company.

[Lisa Tolin @lisatolin]

They keep updating stories I wrote years ago, which is fine, but to be clear, this headline is not mine. Do not gift a 4-year-old. 💀

https://t.co/OW1dCuBrIk

[Lisa Tolin @lisatolin]

So excited for this amazing event! 😎

[Elizabeth Blye @MsBlyereads]

It’s so close I could cry! Can’t wait to see everyone!!!

[Lisa Tolin @lisatolin]

@ERICSORENSEN @MerriamWebster AP changed its style to allow over for more than and I hate it so much

[Lisa Tolin @lisatolin]

@KidLitTV_NYC @JulieGribbleNYC @carlemuseum Congratulations! 🐛🎉

[Lisa Tolin @lisatolin]

Amazing to see HOW TO BE A ROCK STAR hanging out with this crew! Thank you @lostitbad and @SylviaiChen for sharing — and I spy @llavoieauthor x2!

[Sylvia Chen 余愛莉 | kidlit author @SylviaiChen]

This reading wall is *AMAZING*, love seeing TRICKY CHOPSTICKS (illus. @wenfancyart @SimonKIDS) in such awesome company!!! Thank you @lostitbad!

So many to possibly tag, but quick-tagging @lisatolin @KaileiPew @KWindness @TeresaRobeson from what I spotted right away!

[Lisa Tolin @lisatolin]

@SylviaiChen @wenfancyart @SimonKIDS @lostitbad @KaileiPew @KWindness @TeresaRobeson Thank you for the tag! 🤩

[Lisa Tolin @lisatolin]

@lostitbad Wow! 🤩 Honored that @DanielDuncan and my book is in such great company.

[Lisa Tolin @lisatolin]

@estywrites @jenfierjasinski @GoGirlsGoBooks @doubledaybooks Congrats @jenfierjasinski! Sounds adorable.

[Lisa Tolin @lisatolin]

Rock stars always hydrate. 🤘🏼🥤

[Jen Fier Jasinski @jenfierjasinski]

“Mom! Wait! You have to hydrate before reading!”- my intense 4-year-old. 🥤

Books we were reading (again):
🚫The Book With No Pictures by @bjnovak
🔎Find Fergus by @MikeBoldt
🎸How to be a Rockstar by @lisatolin and @DanielDuncan

#picturebooks #hydrate #read

[Lisa Tolin @lisatolin]

@jenfierjasinski @bjnovak @MikeBoldt @DanielDuncan Honored to be in the re-read pile! Hydration is the secret final step to becoming a rock star.🌟 🎸 🌟

[Lisa Tolin @lisatolin]

@AbiCushman Woo! Congrats @AbiCushman!