Firefly Song: Lynn Frierson Faust and the Great Smoky Mountain Discovery, by Colleen Paeff, illustrated by Ji-Hyuk Kim, tells the story of a woman who researched to show scientists there were synchronous fireflies in North America. Read my review: www.sonderbooks.com/Childrens_No...

The math checks out. Let's all buy books this weekend!

Cover reveal! Huge thanks to designer Micah Fleming and artist Mishko for perfectly capturing the YA thriller vibes. Coming out 6.16.26 from Amulet Books. Available for pre-order now! www.abramsbooks.com/product/tell... #BookSky #YALit #WritingCommunity #CoverReveal #BookBoost

Author @mwstories.bsky.social as grateful for the many ways in which members of the children’s community have helped him grow as a writer. Read more here: www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...

How does author @taradairman.bsky.social know an idea will make a good book? 1. When it won’t leave her alone. 2. When it feels like something something she hasn't seen before. 3. When it feels like something she’s particularly qualified to write. Read more: www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...

When an uninvited guest arrives . . . #hummingbird

Path to Publication: A Poem. The books on my shelves speak to me in many ways! #WritingCommunity #WriteLife #Authors #Books #WriteSky

I chatted with @jyotigopal.bsky.social about The Power of Your Name AND Arctic Adventure: A Tundra Tale: mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...

Almost a year since my book came out (!!). It’s now a bestseller, I got to tour the world + meet amazing readers, authors & librarians, and you sent me 200+ photos of it “in the wild.” Paperback drops Sept 30 with a new afterword! @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social @sarahnfisk.bsky.social

Another fascinating middle grade novel from Lee Miao--Take a Shot, Kipp writerreaderteacher.wordpress.com/2025/08/20/t...

Reading With Your Kids! writerreaderteacher.wordpress.com/2025/08/06/r...

Help Bear find a book and Brian count turtles! Join Angela De Groot and me for fun read-alouds with illustrations by the amazing MacKenzie Haley plus crafts/activities. Hope to see you there! @mainpoint213.bsky.social @penguinkids.bsky.social @scbwiepa.bsky.social #abookforbear #loveofbooks

Congrats @janmilusich.bsky.social and #chrisraschka on I HEAR THE SNOW, I SMELL THE SEA! Read more here: www.pathstoliteracy.org/i-hear-the-s... @anneschwartz.bsky.social @penguinkids.bsky.social #picturebook #visionimpairment #Braille

So excited to have won Second Place! Thank @gayleckrause.bsky.social and contest judges. Congratulations to all the winners and to those to put their work out there! #Kidlit #OnceUponaTwistedTale #Fairytales

To win a copy of A BOOK FOR BEAR, follow me @ellenlramseybooks on Instagram and ❤️ this post. Thanks to those who brought Bear’s story to life and to readers who have made Bear’s first two years so special! #giveaway #abookforbear #teachers #librarians #loveofbooks @scbwiepa.bsky.social

Photos taken at sundown.The total time captured by images was 0.1 second (i.e., one tenth of a second). Thus, time between top and middle images and middle and bottom images was 0.05 second (i.e., five hundredths of a second). #hummingbirds #fireflies

Look forward to reading PRIYA'S NOT-SO-PERFECT BRAND-NEW OUTFIT.

📚👍If you live near Penn State and ❤️ books, this is the event for you! Crafts! Meet the authors! Books! Schlow Library, July 30th! #kidlit #authorevent #authorlife #writingcommunity #picturebooks #kidlitcommunity #pennstate #educators #readingcommunity #paisleysbigbirthday #gilbertandtheghost

I love getting photos of kiddos reading Chantelle and Burgen Thorne’s and my picture book, FINLEY: A MOOSE ON THE CABOOSE! 📕❤️❤️❤️ @GnomeRoadPub #kidlit #picturebooks #librarians #parents #teachers #moose #trains #adventure #alaska

Raining, raining so hard the rainchain is overflowing. Good night to curl up with a cup of tea and a good book! At the moment I'm reading Inheritance by Nora Roberts? What are you reading? #rainchains #amreading #booksky #rain #amwriting

A new family has moved into our window box. I think I count 5?

📚👍It's #CheerUpTheLonelyDay! 😊 In '21 I wrote this review for a #PB just right for today - LOOKING FOR SMILE by @ellentarlow.bsky.social & Lauren Stringer. www.heatherpiercestigall.com/.../review-i.... #kidlit #bookreview #WhatToRead #CheerUp #friendship #smile #childrensbooks #BeachLaneBooks

Less than three weeks until my second novel comes into the world. Come celebrate with me on July 29 at 7:00pm at Children's Book World in Haverford, PA! #kidlit #middlegradebooks #bookrelease #spookymg

Bookshop news, new arrivals, a listing of rare mysteries, and more in our weekly update: mailchi.mp/mysteriousbo...

New anthology from Nicole Frail And You Press this Fall #gothic #booksky #amwriting #@nicolefrail #@courtneyumphress_editor

💕Look what arrived today! 🌱 What a nice addition to my picture book collection! 📚 Congrats @beckyscharn.bsky.social & Jiarui Jiang on your beautiful book! #newreleases #picturebooks #kidlit #friendship #unlikelyfriends

www.gayleckrause.com/post/uncover... Join in on the fun and prizes! Fractured Fairy Tale Contest! #fracturedfairytalecontest #amwriting #booksky

Two magical creatures—a photo taken by my husband at sunset. By the glow of a firefly, this ruby-throated hummingbird stops for his last sips of nectar for the day. #fireflies #hummingbirds #lightningbugs

Thanks to Ellen Leventhal for her blog post on A BOOK FOR BEAR. Check her blog for information/book giveaway. Bear and I love Ellen L.’s books, especially A FLOOD OF KINDNESS and DEBBIE'S SONG: THE DEBBIE FRIEDMAN STORY! #librarians #teachers #abookforbear #loveofbooks @ellenlwrites.bsky.social

#ALA25 was great! Met so many author friends and #kidlit #editors yesterday. Here I am at my publisher @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social !

New book announcement. Excited to share my newest book sale, a picture book bio about suffragist Lucy Stone, illustrated by @alettestraathof. @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social #kidlit #libraries @womensrightsnet.bsky.social

JUST FLOWERS Illus. @k8cosgrove.bsky.social #FlowerDay @eastwestlit.bsky.social @pbpros.bsky.social "#Kindness can soften the hardest hearts & we miss out when we make snap judgments. A vibrant reminder to look beyond appearances—a lesson that applies to #flowers as well as to people." --KIRKUS

Today’s poetry-picture book pairing: “The Kingfisher” by Mary Oliver and MEL FELL by Corey R. Tabor. I love seeing how different creators approach the same subject! #PictureBooks #Poetry #Picturebooks+Poetry

ellenleventhal.com/2025/07/once... Please comment on this post to get in the running for this beautiful book! (But first read this "twice as much fun" post!)

Early Sunday yoga, coffee outside, birds telling stories…life is good. 😊

Check out #LoveItLists on jpuglow.substack.com/SubStack And Then Came You by the uber-talented Christina Shawn! open.substack.com/pub/jpuglow/...

It's a Goodreads giveaway! Follow the link to enter the giveaway for a free copy of The Haunting of Bellington Cottage. Giveaway ends July 21. www.goodreads.com/book/show/22... Good luck! #kidlit #bookgiveaway #middlegradebooks #spookymiddlegrade

Loved meeting librarians, teachers, authors, and illustrators at ALA! #ALAAC25 #kidlit @scbwiepa.bsky.social @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social @jrbarr.bsky.social @heatherstigall7.bsky.social @jpuglow.bsky.social @lauraparnum.bsky.social @berrietr.bsky.social

Thanks so much to @ala-booklist.bsky.social for this great review! My ❤️ is full! #kidlit Im The Haunting of Bellington Cottage By Laura Parnum
July 2025. 272p. HarperCollins/Storytide, $19.99 (9780063249592). Gr. 3–6 From the get-go, middle-grade mystery lovers will be sucked into this story. (1/5)

In ALWAYS TOGETHER by Patricia Kreiser, a pair of otters are best friends & always together. After they're separated, the lone otter is left feeling sad & angry. W/beautiful illustrations & simple but powerful text, this is a gentle exploration of a challenging topic & power of memories.. #kidlit

I’m so excited to learn I received a #50PreciousWords2025 Honorable Mention in the Grandparents’ category. Congratulations to all the Winners and Honorable Mentions. And to all who put themselves out there! viviankirkfield.com/2025/03/31/5... #kidlit #picturebooks #picturebook

I LOVE YOU THE PURPLEST by Barbara M. Joosse Siblings. Who’s the best? Mom. Perfect answer. The 4th spread is breathtaking. (1996, Chronicle Books) #PB #kidlit #librarians #teachers #illustrators

Enjoyed #ALAAC25 so much that I forgot to take photos - but thankfully @ellenlramseybooks.bsky.social did! Thanks to all who made this happen, and especially the volunteer teams at @scbwiepa.bsky.social & @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social #SCBWI #librarians #edusky #teachers #Libraries #Booksky

Saturday: @jrbarr.bsky.social (9-11am), @ellenlramseybooks.bsky.social (9-11am), Patricia Kreiser (11-1pm), @heatherstigall7.bsky.social (11-1pm), @berrietr.bsky.social (1-3pm), @melissatrempe.bsky.social (1-3pm), @annettewhipple.bsky.social (3-5pm), and @lauraparnum.bsky.social (3-5pm).

Happy to join the #kidlit community on BlueSky! I'm the author of GOODBYE, MR. SPALDING and excited for my next MG novel, THUNDER AND MERCY, coming Fall 2026. It's a tale of unfinished business, secret identities, found families, and a mystery tied to the legendary Agent 355 of the Culper Spy Ring.📚

Thanks @Barnesandnoble.bsky.social Exton for hosting @EllenLRamseybooks.bsky.social (A BOOK FOR BEAR), Lori Floyd (THE YOUNG EXPLORERS CLUB), and me (FINLEY: A MOOSE ON THE CABOOSE) for Story Time/Book Signing! ❤️ #kidlit #picturebooks #Storytime

Looking forward to the Philly ALA Conference and to meeting other book lovers! I’ll be signing copies of A BOOK FOR BEAR at Booth 2366 from 9:00 to 11:00 am on Saturday, June 28. Hope to see you there! @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social #abookforbear #picturebooks

Don't forget to mind your zombie P's & Q's this week! (Pledges, Pitches, Prizes, and FAQs that is!) Find out everything you need to know about how to participate in #KidlitZombieWeek 2025 over at: sites.google.com/view/kidlit-... #WriterSky #KidLit #WritingCommunity

One more day for this chance to WIN! Check it out. #WriterSky #KidLit #WritingCommunity