Paula Holmes

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Reader & occasional blogger of #WorldKidLit, huge fan of Finnish translations, beginner weaver, library advocate, magpie

Cover of THE NECKLACE OF SEVEN SOULS a young woman carrying a bag of art supplies is standing in front of a picture in a gallery from the picture frame behind her a woman reaches out draping a necklace around her.
Cover of THE SECRET OF HELMERSBRUK MANOR a Christmas Mystery snow covered trees arch framing a three story house that looks neglected. The sky is full of stars and a large glowing moon is above the house.
Cover of THE NIGHT’S CHOSEN women looking back (in huge ballgown) races along the castle walls -the castle and night sky are in the background
Cover of THE MAGIC COIN goldfish holds a magic coin that starts as a quarter. https://www.levinequerido.com/products/goldfish?variant=58397008527441
Slide with ALSC seals
Cover of MONSTERS children with lanterns search for an escaped monster https://us.pushkinpress.com/book/monsters/
Cover of MOOZ MOOSE featuring a smiling cat https://houseofanansi.com/products/mooz-moose
Cover of YULU’S LINEN surrounded by other books in book display booth at ALA https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Yulus-Linen/Cao-Wenxuan/9781665931199
https://www.eerdmans.com/9781467470698/puma-concolor/ Cover with PUMA CONCOLOR PUMA and kits sun in the background
Cover of NOBODY BUT ME child floats in a raft under the trees surrounded by water lilies https://www.sevenstories.com/books/4799-nobody-but-me
Booth 4148 at ALA in Chicago Restless is the home of Yonder Restless Books for Young Readers https://restlessbooks.org/yonder
Cover of Odds and Ends taped on pictures of lasts giving a scrapbook feel https://enchantedlion.com/all-books/odds-and-ends
Two sets of Batchelder Seals one set is the gold award and the other the silver honor
Cover of Book One KEPLER62 Two brothers holding hands walking through large metal doors with an eagle painted on them an airplane is flying away in the background
Cover of MY TRIP WITH DRIP Wolf is escaping on a motorcycle down the road with clouds of smoke whooshing out the back with rabbit in the side car hooked up to its IV dri Seal on book designating it is a Max and Moritz Award winner
Cover of ODDS & ENDS small illustrations of “lasts” are taped on the cover giving the look of a scrapbook https://enchantedlion.com/all-books/odds-and-ends
Cover of YULU’S LINEN - Yulu stands in front of an art supply store window - in the middle of the window on an easel is the perfect canvas for a self portrait
The cover shows a silhouette of a girl in front of a large house. There was a silhouette of a woman in the upstairs window the sun is setting and the street lights have just turned on. Roses bloom at the front gate and leaves are swirling.
Book two of the Kepler62 series cover features Marie, who has arrived at Area51 for training, encountering “the Whisper” an alien who looks part insect part dragon with many centipede like tentacles spreading out from its tubular prison
Cover of THE MUÉGANOS sitting on a table with a cup of coffee. Cover shows a table with five chairs and activities in front of each chair above are five framed portraits of the family (that look like rabbits but note the father has very bushy eyebrows and mustache) hanging above each chair
Cover of GIRAFFE ISLAND shows the magical creatures of Giraffe Island that only Vega sees rabbits with multiple ears, tiny camels and elephants (one wearing glasses) and owl with two sets of eyes from Gecko Press translated from the Swedish from Finland
Display of Moomin books, plush Moomintroll, and Little My figures at Barnes and Noble display window
Cover of LOST IN PEACH BLOSSOM PARADISE a winding river surrounded by dense forest frames Little Yu holding a giant peach looking across the river at a trekking with its arms crossed https://archipelagobooks.org/book/little-yu-the-treelings-lost-in-peach-blossom-paradise/
Cover of WHO HID THE STARS? A lamppost with three lanterns in n front of the night sky a bird has made a nest in one lantern while a crow is perched on another moths are drawn to the light https://www.eerdmans.com/9780802856517/who-hid-the-stars/
Cover of THE ADVENTURES OF CIPOLLINO Cipollino’s head is an onion and is wearing a striped shirt with a handkerchief tied around his neck https://enchantedlion.com/all-books/the-adventures-of-cipollino
Cover of Chirri and Chirra featuring two bike riding twins riding their bikes under the sakura tree from Enchanted Lion
Yulu stares at a blank canvas on an easel in the window of an art supply store https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Yulus-Linen/Cao-Wenxuan/9781665931199
The cover of ODDS AND ENDS illustrations of memories are taped down from mushrooms, a snowflake, a tooth, a shell to puddle jumping are the collection of lasts. Written and illustrated by Maija Hurme translated by Mia Spangenberg https://enchantedlion.com/all-books/odds-and-ends?rq=Odds%20 https://enchantedlion.com/all-books/odds-and-ends?rq=Odds%20
Stuffed animals cover the ice at the Remparts Hockey Game
Covers of THE BOY WHO BECAME A PARROT a man leans back on a tree surrounded by sketches of animals and a child with a kite. DON’T EAT ME! The belladonna plant fills the cover with a center bloom with a face https://enchantedlion.com/
The cover of LATE TODAY with a kitten under the front of a car with rain coming down https://www.eerdmans.com/9780802856494/late-today/ The cover of CAT NAP with a cat lying in the cover of a picture frame reaching out through the book title for a mouse racing off the cover https://www.harpercollins.com/products/cat-nap-brian-lies?variant=43406925889570
Covers of HAVE A GOOD TRIP, MOUSSE! by Claire Lebourg tr by Sophie Lewis MY PRESENTATION TODAY IS ABOUT THE ANACONDA by Bibi Dumon Tak and Annemarie Van Haeringen tr by Nancy Forest-Flier CROCO by Azul López tr by Kit Maude THE VILLAGE BEYOND THE MIST by Sachiko Kashiwaba tr by Avery Fischer Udagawa illus by Miho Satake LATE TODAY by Jungyoon Huh and Myungae Lee tr by Aerin Park
Cover of CAT NAP by Brian Lies cat lies on a picture frame with a paw reaching out for a mouse https://www.brianlies.com/cat-nap
Cover of WHAT A SMALL CAT NEEDS small kitten holds a bowl of milk with a small penguin nearby https://enchantedlion.com/all-books/what-a-small-cat-needs
Cover of My Presentation Today is About the Anaconda featuring an Anaconda and the earthworm who is giving the presentation.
Cover THE FORGOTTEN TEACHERS featuring the tree of life whose branches sprout plants, birds, iguanas, fish, hands, and fungi. From Unruly https://enchantedlion.com/blog/2025/9/30/author-brian-isett-on-the-forgotten-teachers?rq=Forgotten%20
Cover of PUMPKIN ISLAND showing an ever expanding pumpkin patch https://enchantedlion.com/all-books/pumpkin-island-bg3zl
Cover of A DAY WITH MOUSSE & HAVE A GOOD TRIP, MOUSSE https://worldkidlit.org/2025/04/03/new-books-old-friends-the-joy-of-a-series/ https://www.transitchildrenseditions.org/books/haveagoodtripmousse
Covers of three books in the BILLIE AND BEAN series each cover features Billie and her dog Bean https://www.orcabook.com/ContributorInfo?ContribId=1365
Cover of JUMP! Show a cat joyfully outstretched jumping with the title across its belly. From Gecko Press
Cover of FREYA AND THE SNAKE shows a snake with its tongue out wrapped around a smiling Freya as she reaches out to touch it. In the distance Freya’s father is running towards them with a rake and bucket, dressed in heavy boots and gloves prepared for capturing the snake
Ceiling and second floor of the Albertine bookstore in NYC https://www.albertine.com/
Cover of THE LOST ONES: The Moonwind Mysteries by Johan Rundberg translated by Eva Apelqvist features a horse and carriage with a girl inside with the background of fancy houses, the street lights are on and in the distance a bridge, and the sun just peeking in the horizon
Cover of CROCO by Azul López translated from the Spanish by Kit Maude featuring a crocodile swimming in a body of water surrounded by the jungle book and pages read top to bottom from Tapioca Stories https://www.tapiocastories.com/product-page/croco-english-language-edition
Cover of A MAGICIANS FLOWER Willow and Aspen sit at a table in a greenhouse looking at Raisin a little plant that is staying small with Eulalia the chicken underneath the table by Marika Maijala translated from the Finnish by Mia Spangenberg https://elsewhereeditions.org/books/a-magicians-flower/
Cover of LATE TODAY a small kitten hides under the front of a car with heavy rain splashing down from Eerdmans https://www.eerdmans.com/9780802856494/late-today/
Cover of THE SUMMER OF DIVING a young girl and young woman lay on the grass in bathing suits with a long beaded necklace weaving around both their faces and head and then spreading into the grass
Cover of THE APARTMENT showing the door of the apartment with a cat and person peeking out with a runner sled outside published by ABRAMS Books for Young Readers
Sign in front of Tove Jansson’s studio and apartment in Helsinki
Howls Moving Castle Tote Bag
Cover of LATE TODAY a small kitten is under a car with rain coming down https://www.eerdmans.com/9780802856494/late-today/
Cover FLY LIKE A BIRD clouds and sky are filled with birds including a pelican, owl, ostrich and chickadee https://www.eerdmans.com/9780802856456/fly-like-a-bird/
Cover of JOURNEY OF THE HUMPBACKS - painting of humpback whale wraps around the cover https://www.eerdmans.com/9780802856432/journey-of-the-humpbacks/
Cover of A Magician’s Flower from Elsewhere Editions https://elsewhereeditions.org/books/a-magicians-flower/ Willow and Aspen watch over a plant and Eulalia the chicken is under the table in Willow’s greenhouse
Cover of THE MEMOIRS OF MOOMINPAPPA with stuffed Moomintroll on a chair
Cover of THE VILLAGE BEYOND THE MIST a young girl in a short sleeve dress floats among the trees carrying a small overnight bag and her polka dot umbrella with a clown 🤡 handle flys above
Covers of TAIKURINKUKKA (Finnish Original) and French translation LA PLANTE MAGIQUE Two children wearing hats lean over a table in a conservatory watching a pot with a small sprout and a chicken is under the table by Marika Maijala
Cover of THE BIG BAD WOLF IN MY HOUSE a lamp shines over a table with a vase with a drooping rose (one petal is on the table) a wolf is sitting in a chair opposite a small girl whose feet don’t reach the floor. https://houseofanansi.com/products/the-big-bad-wolf-in-my-house?_pos=1&_sid=181f777bb&_ss=r
Cover of TOVE AND THE ISLAND WITH NO ADDRESS by Lauren Soloy https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/723071/tove-and-the-island-with-no-address-by-lauren-soloy/9781774883150 Young Tove dressed in a hooded coat, dress, tights and rubber boots stands on the edge of an island with heavy rain clouds above. The book is on a shelf with Finnish books and Moomin mugs.