Thanks @fuse8.bsky.social for highlighting some of our favorite Fall books! And you even included the Hank the Goose plushie! #kidlit afuse8production.slj.com/2025/09/24/m...

L’shana tova to all our Kalaniot family and friends! Illustration by Zeynep Ozatalay from A Turkish Rosh Hashanah by Etan Basseri

Only murders meets Harriet the Spy! @pajamapress.bsky.social #kidlit

Independent publishers are brave and nimble—qualities we need in this world! #kidlit @redcometpressbooks.bsky.social @barefootbooks.bsky.social @ebyrbooks.bsky.social

Bring on the school counselors! We have GREAT bibliotherapy tools for you at ASCA!

Some fave moments from #alaac25 with #kidlit folks!

On my way to read The Big Day with lovely families at the Edinburgh Bookshop ☺️ @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social

"Writing The Brightest Star was a beautiful experience ... I felt sturdy in my relationship with words and language and expression." Thank you @rte.ie for hosting @megcathwrites.bsky.social to talk about her new book #TheBrightestStar and writing in verse. shorturl.at/Gq1yV

High on my list of Favorite Things: Spotting books from Publisher Spotlight clients in the wild. And WOW, Green Bean Books in Portland is fabulous in all the ways! #kidlit #kidlitmegafeed #Bookstores

It’s always a treat to have authors in town so imagine our delight to host Judith McQuoid, whose GIANT pinned on June 3, in Nashville for her book birthday! #kidlit #middlegrade @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @pubspotlight.bsky.social

Join me and my friends at @ala-booklist.bsky.social and publishers Free Spirit and Tundra for a collection of SEL children's book titles for public and school libraries. It's a free webinar--register here! ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Check out this cool way to display award winners at the Bologna Children’s Bookfair! #kidlit

Bologna Book Fair was a visual feast! #kidlit #illustrator #picturebooks #bcbf2025

Summer reading anyone? Catch @pubspotlight.bsky.social titles on creativity and art for this summer and all things underground (dinosaurs, archaeology, etc.) for next summer this Thursday, thank you NJ! lnkd.in/ghFBN9jv #summerreading #kidsbooks #kidlitmegafeed #kidlit

Very excited for Kidlit.TV’s annual @pubspotlight.bsky.social Showcase today at 3EST! Tune in for Rocco Staino and I discussing 50 books, sharing a book trailer, interview Kirsten Cappy, and even do storytime! www.kidlit.tv/2025/02/live...

Hey #kidlit community! Who is interested in translated children's books? Check out this FREE panel put on by the Children's Literature Association! #booksintranslation @transitbooks.bsky.social

“Picture books are one of the great literary forms.”—National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Mac Barnett #kidsbooks

“You are a fun-loving author!”—Dr. Carla Haydn to new ambassador Mac Barnett. #kidsbooks

At inauguration of Mac Barnett as Ambassador to Young People’s literature. #kidsbooks

“Writing kids books b ‘cause you deserve great work that reflects kids’ lives.”

So happy for @transitbooks.bsky.social ! Magical, funny book 20th irresistible illustrations!

Congratulations to the creators of Aloha Everything on the APALA Medal!

Who loves a good folktale? If so, get thee to @fuse8.bsky.social today for tales from Ireland, Greenland and more! @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @pubspotlight.bsky.social #kidlit afuse8production.slj.com/2024/12/14/3...

Shaina Birkhead of Every Child a Reader: The National Ambassador for Children’s Literature “is a job , not an award.” #kidlit

“You get a peek into their heart” Meg Medina on talking books with young people. Library of Congress. #kidlit Ambassador closing ceremony.

“Life is hard, it’s worth the wait,” award-winning young poet with Meg Medina at Library of Congress. #kidlit #poetry

Meg Medina: “Book friends forever.” Well, done on your two years as the nation’s book friend. #kidlit At the Library of Congress’ celebration of outgoing ambassador of children’s literature

“Libraries are sacred places.” —Meg Medina

“When you really listen to someone you find out what is in their heart… you have honest conversation... I wanted them to have a reading life, of choosing and having opinions.” —Meg Medina

I spy so many great board books including some from @tigertalesbooks.bsky.social , @nosycrowus.bsky.social , @geckopress.bsky.social

I love the Little Leaders at #NCSS24! And what a perfect choice for kids interested in kindness and community!

If you are a fan of Canadian publishers (like me!), be sure to come by #NCTE24 booth #504 to see new books from Pajama Press, Owlkids, Groundwood, and Tundra! #kidlit

So much talent in one family! #ncte24 #kidlit #kidlitmegafeed

Let's see if Bluesky is at #NCTE24! Give us a shout @pubspotlight.bsky.social if you plan to attend! #kidlit #kidlitmegafeed

If books in translation are your jam, you won't want to miss the USBBY session at #NCTE this Saturday! #kidlit #kidlitmegafeed @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social

Who in #kidlit is heading to #NCTE? Please come see me at booth #504! #kidlitmegafeed

Thrilled to see Kirsten Cappy’s KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! In this weekend’s @nytimes.com Book Review! A story of displaced snd a fresh start from @childsplayusa.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitmegafeed

Sasha enjoyed Joy Cowley’s A LOT OF SILLY and is now returning it to the library so you can check it out! #caturday #kidlit

A silly poem (that can be read on multiple levels) for this sad Saturday. #kidlit

Don Tate had a great idea that I am borrowing and adapting--I will share beautiful illustrations from books we work with on this page. We invite you to visit and feast your eyes. Today, enjoy this spectacular image from ALOHA EVERYTHING (Red Comet Press) which never fails to make us smile.

If you were wondering how to celebrate World Jellyfish Day, I have a suggestion for you!

I'll be sharing some of my favorite picture books of the Fall and talking to some fabulous children's book creators at the free SLJ Webinar this Wednesday! Please join me! event.on24.com/wcc/r/473881... @redcometpressbooks.bsky.social @childsplaybooks.bsky.social @tigertalesbooks.bsky.social

There will be FOUR author interviews included: Mia Wenjen (We Sing From the Heart), Katarina Macurova (We’re Off to the Forest), Monica Sagan (Papa’s Butter Chicken) and Kirsten Cappy (Kende! Kende! Kende!)

It’s always a delight to spot our books in the wild, this time at the venerable King’s English bookstore in Salt Lake City!

How I miss Linda Ragsdale. Grateful for her books and the wisdom they hold! @flowerpotpress.bsky.social

Did you know that Belmont University is one of the few in the country that has an undergraduate publishing program? I’m here today looking for spring interns! #kidlit #publishing

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Let’s hear it for books in translation!

So happy for Benjamin and Cicada Books! Such a gorgeous story about memory and inter generational relationships!

I'm excited to present some of my favorite middle grade titles next Tuesday including THE LIBRARY MULE OF CORDOBA, a graphic novel about a brave librarian in tenth century Spain.