One of the best parts about sending your book into the world is when readers discover things you hadn’t considered when you were writing it. This beautiful, in-depth review blew my mind. Thank you, @jilanne.bsky.social! You are an absolute gem 🩷 jilannehoffmann.com/2025/06/13/t... #kidlit #booksky

I'm so pleased and excited to launch BOOKS TRAVEL THE WORLD at Petunia's Place Books In Fresno. Join us Saturday, June 21 at 11:00 for story time and an art activity for kids, and at 1:00 for a presentation, reading, and signing! Looking forward to seeing you there!

Hooray! Ava Lin, Best Friend! made it onto the Bank Street Books Best Children's Books of the Year 2025 Edition! Thank you to @bankstreetlibrary.bsky.social and to the team at @candlewickpress.bsky.social for making this book shine. bit.ly/4kBRXXo

Attention nonfiction writers! Submissions are now open for regular nonfiction until June 30, 2025. Note: Although there is a deadline, the total submission cap for nonfiction is 50 submissions. Be sure to submit your essays as soon as possible: tnq.ca/submit/ #litmagsubmissions #nonfiction

I usually post about my successes, but trust me: I get A LOT of rejections as a writer. It’s natural and normal. So please, don’t get disheartened by the no’s you’ll receive in your career. Your work won’t be right for everyone but it WILL find its audience. Keep going! ❤️

Nobody will ever be as good at writing like you as you. So be you. Unless you is a jerk. Then be the second-best somebody else.

It’s my second year as a #Writingforchildren judge and years ago, I submitted my book, IF A BUMBLEBEE LANDS ON YOUR TOE (in a different form). It was CANSCAIP feedback that helped me rewrite it and eventually get it published. Competition year : 2018 Publication date: 2025 🐝 📕 🥳

This sounds wonderful! 👀

My author dream is coming true!!! @picturebookseh.bsky.social @janetbruins.bsky.social #kidlit #Libsky #SELbooks

It's official--my library card designs are now available at the Sun Prairie Public Library! My daughter is almost 3 and she's going to get her first library card this week. It feels so special that it will have her mama's art on it. ❤️ #kidlit #kidlitart #libraries #illustration #library #art

Some fun new stickers are coming very soon 🐰☔ #art #stickers #artshop

Happy book birthday to @annbraden.bsky.social's Into the Rapids!

Happy book birthday to @hopelim.bsky.social and Qin Leng's At the Window!

SOON!! Tuesday my #versenovel #poetryofcarmechanics publishes and I am so excited! Here is today's poem for #poetrymonth called "I Am No Waxwing." #nationalpoetrymonth #kidlit #booksky #middlegrade

The most hilarious #MG illustrated #novel I’ve ever read! Shoutout to @jerrycraft.bsky.social & Kwame Alexander for creating a funny title that shows Ss how to have a healthy rivalry! Out 5/6: amzn.to/42IojJi #library #tlsky #skybrarian #books #skybrarians #librarian #bookrecommendation #librarians

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Reading the bookseller blurbs that made THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES the #1 Kids Indie Next List pick for May/June & yeah...I'm crying. Thank you, @americanbookseller.bsky.social!

Happy #kidlitartpostcard Day! It’s recital season! I love illustrating kids, environments, textures and nuanced emotions. 😂😳😰 To see my work: lisachowart.com To work together: Kelly Sonnack @ksonnack.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social ⭐️Break a leg!⭐️

Get your reading nook ready, our April book club pick is here! We recommend tucking into The Lost Library with a cat and a cup of tea 🐈 🍵 bit.ly/3XwOks4

Three more weeks until my ODDER picture book swims onto shelves! 💙🦦 I can't wait to share her story with a wider audience. Pre-order your copy of the book here: us.macmillan.com/books/978125... Or join me on my book tour! Dates and details: linktr.ee/odderanotter... @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

Fellow writers, go get this. It is so inspiring when the well is dry.

Happy National School Librarian Day! We ❤️ school librarians! Sending heartfelt thanks today and every day for inspiring kiddos to be readers, thinkers, and dreamers! 📚 #NationalSchoolLibrarianDay #kidlit #EduSky #Skybrarian

#Bookaday I added Cat Nap, by @brianlies.bsky.social, to my 2025 Books I Love presentation: www.pinterest.com/mrschureads/...

Happy Dandelion Day from Birdie and Sunny! May your deepest wish come true! 💛🌈 🤍 #nationaldandelionday #thewishingflower #kidlit #kidlitart #queerkidlit #lgbtqbooks @kipalizadeh.net

Check out these Spring releases from Picture Books, Eh! #CanKidLit #kidlit

Judy Blume is a national treasure and with all the love we give her--she deserves more. She participated in an AABB press conference today in Florida and I think it's amazing that so many of us can see her and think, that person changed my life.

It’s happening!

Warner: And the idea somehow, well, none of this was classified, but we can't talk about it here. You can't have it both ways.

I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.

Ask the Agent question of the day: To an author stressing about Word Count; I drop what may be a v surprising truth bomb: Nobody gives a sh!t what your word count is if your book is great. And if your book isn't great, it doesn't matter what your word count is. www.tumblr.com/literaticat/...

When I present to kids about history, we talk about how some history gets lost by accident - and how some is intentionally erased. That's when it falls on all of us to make sure those stories are shared. www.npr.org/2025/03/14/g....

"'The Navajo Code Talkers earned their place in history through their courage and sacrifice, giving their lives in defense of this nation,'” Navajo Council Speaker Crystalyne Curley said in a statement." Learn about the Indigenous Code Talkers of WWII. #booksky

“The first people a dictator puts in jail after a coup are the writers, the teachers, the librarians —because these people are dangerous. They have enough vocabulary to recognize injustice and to speak out loudly about it. Let us have the courage to go on being dangerous people.” —Madeleine L’Engle

“The regs slated for repeal, affecting…sources of pollution, had been set to deliver at least $254bn in economic benefits annually via lowered healthcare costs and fewer sick days [etc]. By contrast, the cost of complying with the regulations is around $40bn a year.” apple.news/AwtejKUztQSm...

It can be hard to NOT to compare yourself w/others, esp when browsing social media. To avoid getting sucked into that self-destructive rabbit hole, I try hard to focus on enjoying my own journey at my own pace. My advice? Find your own joy. You may be luckier than you think. #DebbieOhiComics #KidLit

Win a copy of @danielpinkwater.bsky.social's latest middle grade adventure JULES, PENNY & THE ROOSTER TWO WAYS TO WIN! app.thestorygraph.co... www.goodreads.com/gi... Cover by @hyperbolictelly.bsky.social #thestorygraph #goodreads #giveaway @literaticat.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

#kidlit #parenting Jessica Speer, author of THE PHONE BOOK, has a really helpful post on what to do before giving a phone to a child. If you aren’t familiar with it, her book is an incredible guide for kids. jessicaspeer.com/2025/03/04/3...

For #Kidlit creators: On her Literary Rambles blog, @natalieaguirre7.bsky.social has 3 agents spotlights with query critique giveaways this coming week: Shari Maurer (3/17), Amy Thrall Flynn (3/24), and @sallymkim.bsky.social (3/26) www.literaryrambles.com/2025/03/chas...

Do you follow Sandy Brehl's Unpacking the Power of Picture Books Series? If not, I hope you'll check out her latest review...of ONE GIRL'S VOICE - #AstraBooksforYoungReaders #RebeccaGibbon #activism #WomensHistoryMonth #equalityforall unpackingpicturebookpower.blogspot.com/2025/02/onr-...

Excited to share my #50preciouswords entry for the amazing annual contest @viviankirkfield.bsky.social hosts! Thank you for all of your passion and hard work on this each year, Vivian! And thank you to all the judges. I know you have a lot of reading to do! I have so much fun writing these!

This is how our government has been corrupted:  1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office.  2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor.  3) Donors make a huge profit.  4) Repeat. For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.

So nearly two thirds of Americans are not. Got it.

Yesterday, Trump targeted me at a speech be the Department of Justice. If he thinks it will cause me to back down he is wrong. My law firm is currently litigating 46 pro-democracy cases in 21 states, with more to come. We are not done fighting and we are not done winning.

Thank you all for participating and for all you do to serve readers, teachers and our learning community! #TLSkyChat

Walz: Donald Trump doesn't know how anything works. Donald Trump is this caricature that had a reality TV show that pretended like he knew how to run businesses. The reality is, he doesn't

Walz: I own this. We wouldn’t be in this mess if we'd have won the election and we didn't. We have to make sure that Americans know it's not just that Donald Trump is bad, but we're offering them something better

Too bad Uvalde Elementary didn’t sell Teslas.