Enchanted Lion Books
@EnchantedLion
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Independent and family owned, we love books, well-told stories, and illustrations that open up the visual world and deepen a child's sense of story.
Brooklyn, New York
Joined May 2014
Out today: THE COZIEST PLACE ON THE MOON ✨✨✨ Have you ever felt like the loneliest creature in the world? This picture book from #MariaPopova & #SarahJacoby is a lunar love song to soul-nourishing solitude. https://t.co/sjDQ6PQiYB
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Out today for the first time ever in English: THE ADVENTURES OF CIPOLLINO! In this enchantingly whimsical tale from Gianni Rodari, a young onion named Cipollino sets out to study scoundrels, fighting for freedom & justice for all. https://t.co/KLbxRRSs1v
#kidlit
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Out today: DON’T EAT ME! THE ALMOST TRUE STORY OF BELLADONNA ✨✨✨ From award-winning illustrator #EsmeShapiro & debut talent Kate Finney, this picture book follows Belladonna—a spunky, beautiful plant who learns that “no one gets far growing alone.” https://t.co/c6cTThabtJ
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Enchanted Lion’s edition of THE BOOK OF WHYS has been selected for the 2025 #WhiteRavens! This catalog from the #InternationalYouthLibrary collects 200 notable titles of international children’s literature: https://t.co/AGxouJXLE5
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This Sat at @SOI128: Draw with Mari Kanstad Johnsen, the NYT Best Illustrated artist behind BEDTIME FOR BO! For kids & families: Mari will share her creative process and read from BEDTIME FOR BO, and then lead an animal drawing workshop. Tickets here: https://t.co/3kkRV5zXXn
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THE FORGOTTEN TEACHERS is out today!!!! Interweaving science & storytelling, spirituality & art, neuroscientist Brian Isett & artist @claudiabicen guide us toward a deeper understanding of how radically interconnected all of life is. https://t.co/7PCAkIGIwy
#newnonfiction
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Our web sale has been a huge success & we discovered more boxes of books in our office, so… we’re extending our web sale to the end of the week!!!! ✨40% off $100+ at https://t.co/mZ07vs2DnR✨ Thank you so much to everyone who’s made a purchase and helped spread the word 🫶
enchantedlion.com
Enchanted Lion Books is an independent publisher of thoughtful, daring, and beautifully produced children's and illustrated books from all over the world.
📣 Announcing Enchanted Lion’s HUGE moving sale! ✨40% off orders $100+ on https://t.co/mZ07vs2DnR✨ => Order before 9/10, no code needed! ✨COURTYARD SALE: Sun 9/14, 12-5pm @ 248 Creamer St, Brooklyn, NY ✨ => Many shelf-worn books for sale—all priced $5-10! #kidlit
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This week's pick for teachers is 'The Grammar of Fantasy' by Gianni Rodari, illustrated by @mattforsythe, translated by Jack Zipes and published by @enchantedlion. For more book recommendations: https://t.co/4HfxLbI1bq
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📣 Announcing Enchanted Lion’s HUGE moving sale! ✨40% off orders $100+ on https://t.co/mZ07vs2DnR✨ => Order before 9/10, no code needed! ✨COURTYARD SALE: Sun 9/14, 12-5pm @ 248 Creamer St, Brooklyn, NY ✨ => Many shelf-worn books for sale—all priced $5-10! #kidlit
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✨✨Out today: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROCKS, the latest picture book by #NahidKazemi! “At its heart, this is a tale about going out into the world to find yourself.” —Betsy Bird, Fuse 8 Production (A @sljournal blog) https://t.co/iA6ni31X1j
#kidlit #newpicturebook #booktrailer
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We suggest two of our Unruly titles, both powerful feminist retellings written, illustrated, & translated by women: - YOU CAN’T KILL SNOW WHITE ( https://t.co/p0jx9QfIzw) - THE TRUE STORY OF A MOUSE WHO NEVER ASKED FOR IT ( https://t.co/LE5DbDUJOW)
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Did you know that fewer than 31% of translations into English are written by women? Celebrate #WomenInTranslation Month this August (and year-round!) by reading books written by women from around the world! Looking for recommendations?👇 #witmonth
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Out today: #GisellePotter’s BEFORE SHE WAS MY GRANDMOTHER! “Written and illustrated with characteristic sublimity by Giselle Potter, here is a tender account of a child’s connection with a grandparent.” —The Wall Street Journal Learn more & order 👇 https://t.co/Elwjya94Hb
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“An absolute joy of a picture book—celebrating nonsense, play, art, storytelling and the life of the writer and artist Edward Lear.” ✨✨✨ The brilliant @jon_scieszka reviews @wolvertonhill & #LauraCarlin’s THE BOY WHO BECAME A PARROT for the @nytbooks! https://t.co/8VJN7nn8Pm
nytimes.com
Edward Lear, author of “The Owl and the Pussy-cat” and “A Book of Nonsense,” felt such a kinship with parrots that he wished he could become one.
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BEFORE SHE WAS MY GRANDMOTHER was reviewed in the @WSJBooks! Created with “characteristic sublimity by Giselle Potter,” the picture book is praised as “a tender account of a child’s connection with a grandparent.” Full review: https://t.co/WadqrQpTk8
#kidlit
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Out today — THE BOY WHO BECAME A PARROT: A FOOLISH BIOGRAPHY OF EDWARD LEAR, WHO INVENTED NONSENSE, by @wolvertonhill & #LauraCarlin ✨✨✨ Who was Edward Lear? A nonsense poet, a natural history artist, & so much more! https://t.co/G4gr8g0Rhe
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“This book is unlike anything that’s come before.” Betsy Bird interviews author @wolvertonhill about THE BOY WHO BECAME A PARROT: A FOOLISH BIOGRAPHY OF EDWARD LEAR, WHO INVENTED NONSENSE! https://t.co/9OUYoS5jUL
#kidlit #picturebook #meettheauthor
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We’re having a flash summer sale on our middle grade & YA books!! Discover great graphic novels, middle-grade fiction with full-color illustrations, and picture books for teens & adults✨ https://t.co/rAamoGcL65
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Announcing the #ELBSummerReads challenge!! ☀️😎⛱️ Summer time is reading time! We challenge you to complete our bingo card (if you need book ideas, swipe to see our recommendations). Share this summer reading challenge with a young person in your life, or complete it yourself!
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We're back from #ALAAC25, beaming from ear to ear! Thanks to all who came to book signings & panels w our superstar creators, our evening soirée, & our booth—& to all librarians everywhere. So grateful for all the important work you do in fostering reading in your community!
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