Children's book author and illustrator Visit me at www.ninacrews.com https://bsky.app/profile/ninacrews.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ninacrews.bsky.social/post/3mimd443djk2eThank you Betsy Bird for this great feature about CLICK!: Photographers Make Picture Books. CLICK! will be on view at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Illustration through June 7th. https://afuse8production.slj.com/2026/04/01/click-photographers-make-picture-books-a-discussion-with-leonard-marcus-and-a-team-of-featured-photographers/03 Apr 2026 18:12 +0000at://did:plc:mtbpf6btbwekpgshftomeznw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mimd443djk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/ninacrews.bsky.social/post/3mhvekkzey22iHope to see you at the Poughkeepsie Children’s Book Festival this Saturday, March 28, from 10am - 3pm! You will find over 100 of us authors and illustrators at the Falcon Hall at Dutchess Community College. Children under 17 receive a $15 book voucher and admission is free!!25 Mar 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:mtbpf6btbwekpgshftomeznw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhvekkzey22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ninacrews.bsky.social/post/3mhjbx3dmm22pThrilled to be speaking at the New England SCBWI conference in May! [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Mar 2026 19:49 +0000at://did:plc:mtbpf6btbwekpgshftomeznw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhjbx3dmm22phttps://bsky.app/profile/ninacrews.bsky.social/post/3mccrl3r6nc2xCheck out this conversation between Steven Heller and Leonard Marcus about photo illustrated children’s books! [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jan 2026 14:34 +0000at://did:plc:mtbpf6btbwekpgshftomeznw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mccrl3r6nc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ninacrews.bsky.social/post/3m5emdsgchs2aThank you Publisher’s Weekly for including Liftoff!: How the Apollo Moon Missions Made Alma Thomas’s Art Soar in your November roundup of new and noteworthy books for kids! https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/99056-new-and-noteworthy-children-s-and-ya-books-november-2025.html11 Nov 2025 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:mtbpf6btbwekpgshftomeznw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5emdsgchs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/ninacrews.bsky.social/post/3m4sthjjlbc2zHappy book birthday to Liftoff!: How the Apollo Moon Missions Made Alma Thomas’s Art Soar and Revolutions Are Made Of Love! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Nov 2025 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:mtbpf6btbwekpgshftomeznw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4sthjjlbc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ninacrews.bsky.social/post/3m4std3i37k2zHappy book birthday to Liftoff!: How the Apollo Moon Missions Made Alma Thomas’s Art Soar Please join me Sunday November 9th at the Brooklyn Museum Children’s Book Fair 11am-3:30pm. Read aloud at 12pm. LIFTOFF! launch party at the Sugar Hill Children’s Musuem on November 16th 2-4pm.04 Nov 2025 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:mtbpf6btbwekpgshftomeznw/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4std3i37k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ninacrews.bsky.social/post/3luingcf7vs2lThank you Kirkus reviews for this starred review! African American artist, Alma Thomas, made more than 20 abstract paintings inspired by space exploration. This STEAM picture book looks at the creation the painting “Snoopy Sees a Sunrise” and at the Apollo 10 Mission which inspired it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Jul 2025 18:43 +0000at://did:plc:mtbpf6btbwekpgshftomeznw/app.bsky.feed.post/3luingcf7vs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ninacrews.bsky.social/post/3lr76suuza22nBank Street Center for Children's Literature has chosen EXTRAORDINARY MAGIC: THE STORYTELLING LIFE OF VIRGINIA HAMILTON for their Best Books 2025 Edition & cited it for “Outstanding Merit”! Honored! @bankstreet.edu @galltzacker.bsky.social @lbschool.bsky.social educate.bankstreet.edu/cbc_awards/27/09 Jun 2025 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:mtbpf6btbwekpgshftomeznw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr76suuza22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ninacrews.bsky.social/post/3lqncqm5kzs2gI’m so looking forward to this story time event featuring Big Family Beach Day at Books Are Magic Montague Street this coming Sunday at 11am! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/in-store-storytime-w-nina-crews-big-family-beach-day-tickets-1338917742009?aff=oddtdtcreator02 Jun 2025 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:mtbpf6btbwekpgshftomeznw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqncqm5kzs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/ninacrews.bsky.social/post/3lpmfd7bfuc2kHappy birthday BIG FAMILY BEACH DAY! Inspired by decades of beach adventures with family and friends. Now available in stores! Please join me at story time events in June! BOOKS ARE MAGIC Sunday, June 8, 11 am BOOKS OF WONDER Saturday, June 21, 11:30am @galltzacker.bsky.social20 May 2025 15:22 +0000at://did:plc:mtbpf6btbwekpgshftomeznw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpmfd7bfuc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/ninacrews.bsky.social/post/3lgvgwr3wds2bSo thrilled to be a part of this amazing lineup of authors and illustrators for the 33rd Annual African American Children's Book Fair! Don't miss this FREE event taking place on Saturday February 1, 2025! See you in Philadelphia! theafricanamericanchildrensbookproject.org29 Jan 2025 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:mtbpf6btbwekpgshftomeznw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgvgwr3wds2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/ninacrews.bsky.social/post/3lgbgxq4zyk23Hello Philly! I am participating in the 33rd Annual African American Children’s Book Fair on February 1, 2025 between 1-4pm. Check the link for more info. theafricanamericanchildrensbookproject.org21 Jan 2025 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:mtbpf6btbwekpgshftomeznw/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgbgxq4zyk23