Neal Porter

Itinerant and rapidly aging editor

[Kirkus Reviews @KirkusReviews]

@HolidayHouseBks and @nealporterbooks congratulates @brianfloca, @sydneydraws and ISLAND STORM for being selected as a Kirkus Prize Finalist for Young Readers' Literature! 🎉🎉🎉

[East West Literary @EastWestLit]

Save the dates, friends! Go see @aportisa & TO ACTIVATE SPACE PORTAL, LIFT HERE @NealPorterBooks
—coming to Children’s Book World @vromansupstairs & Mrs. Dalloway’s

[East West Literary @EastWestLit]

We spy two E/W titles by @aportisa @NealPorterBooks and @AudreyWoodBooks in @100scopenotes' NYT article: Books for Kids Starting Preschool

[East West Literary @EastWestLit]

STARRED review from @HornBook --more details soon!

Yay--> @aportisa's latest pb is taking off! @NealPorterBooks

Plus: @KirkusReviews Will generate a lot of giggles. . . . Portis extreme close-ups...give the artwork a surreal, Cubist feeling. . . .Zany, out-of-this-world fun.

[Vivian Kirkfield @viviankirkfield]

Just posted a COVER REVEAL for a beautiful book launching 4/29 from @NealPorterBooks @HolidayHouseBks ELSA'S CHESSBOARD written by Jenny Andrus & illus by Julie Downing https://t.co/uhhUy1xmOm

[Neal Porter @NealPorterBooks]

@BankStreetLib @bankstreetedu Hurrah! Congratulations Lynn and Jason!!

[@bankstreetlibrary.bsky.social @BankStreetLib]

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The 2025 Flora Stieglitz Straus Award (older readers) goes to "Life After Whale: The Amazing Ecosystem of a Whale Fall," by Lynn Brunelle, illustrated by Jason Chin. @bankstreetedu @NealPorterBooks #kidlit #bankstreet #bankstreetccl #bankstreetcbc

[Holiday House Publishing, Inc. @HolidayHouseBks]

For #MidWeekMiddleGrade, tune in to Executive Editor @taylor_norm as she introduces SCATTERGOOD, the first middle grade novel from @NealPorterBooks!

[John Parra @johnparraart]

SPANISH IS THE LANGUAGE OF MY FAMILY, has won the gold medal from the International Latino Book Awards Children’s, Chapter, & Young Adult Books: Alma Flor Ada Best Latino Focused Children’s Picture Book. @HolidayHouseBks @Empower_Latinos @MGenhart @NealPorterBooks

[The Horn Book @HornBook]

#Nonfiction #HBReviewoftheWeek A PARTY FOR FLORINE: FLORINE STETTHEIMER AND ME by @znayberg (@NealPorterBooks/@HolidayHouseBks): "Mixed-media and digital print illustrations copy Stettheimer’s sense of style and whimsical aesthetic" https://t.co/tkdiN8QnMB

[The Horn Book @HornBook]

⭐ #Nonfiction #HBReviewoftheWeek LIFE AFTER WHALE: THE AMAZING ECOSYSTEM OF A WHALE FALL by @LynnBrunelle; illus. by Jason Chin (@NealPorterBooks/@HolidayHouseBks): "Brunelle’s engaging voice strikes the right balance between narration and exposition" https://t.co/8pdcZE1X0o

[The Horn Book @HornBook]

Friday spotlight on our Reviews of the Week. Read the reviews here: https://t.co/19Z818zG3x
@LittleBrownYR @01FirstSecond @MacKidsBooks @NealPorterBooks @HolidayHouseBks
#hbreviewoftheweek #fridayreads #kidlit #yalit

[The Horn Book @HornBook]

⭐ #PictureBook #HBReviewoftheWeek DESERT SONG by @LaekanZeaKemp; illus. by @beatrizgh93 (@NealPorterBooks/@HolidayHouseBks): "A gorgeous, intergenerational reflection on being mindful of the present while remembering and honoring loved ones from the past" https://t.co/DTwPr6hk2O

[Simon Smith @smithsmm]

This is a superb #NonFiction picturebook.

“Life After Whale” by @LynnBrunelle and illustrated by #JasonChin is a brilliant exploration of what happens to its body after it dies. Full of detail it’s a wondrous look at the cycle of life. Stunning art as well. #PicturebookPage

[Maria Marshall @MariaMarshall_]

Hoping people will wonder & question, especially w/ their book's "fascinating facts about blue whales & strange creatures of the deep ocean." Jason Chin & @LynnBrunelle https://t.co/iQmRFLiMz3 @NealPorterBooks @penguinrandom #interview #STEM #kidlit