Carter Higgins

The book of our librarian dreams and we’re making it?! 👀

BIG AND SMALL AND IN BETWEEN
by Carter Higgins @carterhiggins.bsky.social
(& Daniel Miyares @danielmiyares.bsky.social)
Sizes & experiences in the world

Left me speechless. I love everything about this book!
(2022, Chronicle Books)
#PB #kidlit #librarians #teachers #illustrators

Thank you so much! This book was a dream to make with Daniel and the rest of our team at Chronicle. 💛

*Slams dictionary shut til Tuesday*

This reader! She knows that page says ‘upside down octopus’ 🥰🥰🥰

The cover is drawn by the illustrator. On a peach background, a young Ruth lies on her back, holding a book from which grows a carrot seedling, evoking her first book, The Carrot Seed. Other smaller drawing dot the page. The spine has an inch-wide springtime green binding.

A STORY TO SHARE: HOW RUTH KRAUSS FOUND ANOTHER WAY TO TELL A TALE, by @carterhiggins.bsky.social, illus. by Isabelle Arsenault, is a fun #PB #biography of Krauss, a one-of-a-kind iconoclast, who wrote many clever books. #UrsulaNordstrom teamed her up with #Sendak for 8 of them. #nonfictionkidlit

Thank you so much! 🧡

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Hey @carterhiggins.bsky.social - for once, you should read the comments. Really. :-) afuse8production.slj.com/2025/04/30/a...

Oh, this is incredible. Thank you! 🤣

7 Randomly Random Facts About JUST ONE WAVE Just One Flake is out TODAY! Here are some random facts about the book.

JUST ONE WAVE is out today! I'm sharing some of my favorite details from the book on the blog: 100scopenotes.com/2025/04/15/6...

I love @carterhiggins.bsky.social writing and I love @danielmiyares.bsky.social art. I adore this.

“Big and Small and In-between” perfectly captures the feelings and perspectives of a child. It’s both funny and thoughtful and profound. This will be brilliant with kids of any age. #PicturebookPage

Thank you, Simon! So nice to see you here!

Thank you! Ten years that feels like yesterday, current-era-time-warp or not. Can’t wait for JIM! Finally!

Oh gosh, this is an incredible thing to say. Thank you! I’ve been in the pits for a few years but am climbing out. There’s so much more to make! ❤️

Process and Processing Alright. You've met Emotional Jerrold. Get ready to meet Angry Jerrold. You ready? JIM! received a review in which my illustrations were described as "digitally enhanced ink and watercolor artwork" an...

So @jerroldconnors.bsky.social is one of the smartest creators in the kidlit business and I always enjoy learning from him -- specifically about the art of illustration. I think you all should read this highly fascinating post of his.

jerroldconnors.com/2025/02/23/p...

Thank you for sharing this, Stephanie, and thanks for the peek, Jerrold! Not to be all ME—and it’s not something I throw around often!—but I have an Emmy. In compositing! It’s such an art! Great, great post.

Outside In and the Inside Out

Congratulations, @emmykastner.bsky.social! 100scopenotes.com/2025/02/20/e...

A fun one! Listen up! 📚

Thanks, Brenna! So fun to chat! 📚🎧

Check out the case cover for Let’s Be Bees!

Ruth Chan and I talk about making CABOOSE on The Yarn podcast: www.buzzsprout.com/536689/episo... @ohtruth.bsky.social

Happy book birthday to @100scopenotes.bsky.social and @ohtruth.bsky.social's Caboose!

The Moon, by Gary Hume, 2009

Oh, what?!! 🏃‍♀️

Congrats, Ame! This is so exciting! 🎉

That's all I could think about—you are a primary source for your 'the call' posts now! Absolutely thrilled for you. Thank you for sharing books and yourself with all of us for so long! 🧡

This is always a fun thread! The details! 👀

Love this thread! Glad you brought it here! 🖍️💛✂️🗞️

‘Tis the season! 💌

Thank you! I’m so glad you liked this. And happy almost birthday to your Valentine! 🎈