Happy National Reading Month, friends! And thanks to Kathy Carroll from Celebrate Picture Books for featuring Disco Dave! tinyurl.com/ye487vsk Pub Magination Press Illus Yana Kozak

Happy birthday to OUR PREHISTORIC PLANET, Dinosaurs and Other Creatures of the Past, ill. by Lisk Feng with Phaidon Press, next in the Oprah's Favorite series for kids! #dinosaurs #prehistoriclife #nonfictionforkids #schoollibrary #nonfictionboardbook #carouselbook #fossil #paleontologyforkids

Preorders of my new book from my local indies will get this amazing sticker! High Five Books, Odyssey Books, the Carle Museum Gift Shop and the Silver Unicorn #kidlit #swag

A fun #picturebook teaching kids all about our galaxy while also unfolding to a fun shape!🌌 #BookReview: #OurGalaxy - #AFirstAdventureInSpace by Sue Lowell Gallion & #LiskFeng @suegallion.bsky.social @phaidonpress.bsky.social https://buff.ly/438QIsz #bookblogger #books #childrensbooks

Thrilled to see CREEP, LEAP, CRUNCH! A Food Chain Story @jodywrites4kids.bsky.social @csneal.bsky.social on the master list for the Donna Narvell award from @oklibs.bsky.social! This #nfforkids picture book has a surprise ending that kids love. @randomhousekids.bsky.social

"School librarians are the answer to prayer. We are saved by the stories and books they give us when we most need them." —Lesa Cline-Ransome mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/02/newb...

Can't wait for a new Mary book from @tammisauer.bsky.social and #vanessabrantleynewton!

I wrote much of what I think about this election before it happened, so I am going to put it all together here. My book, Autocracy Inc, described the network of autocrats who seek to undermine democracy, inside their countries and ours www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725302...

It’s #portfolioDay! I will be scrolling. Illustrators, I’m an executive art director at Scholastic who oversees picture books and beginning readers (www.brianlarossa.com/work/scholas...). Interested in working together? I’ve created a contact form just for you! 🤗 ⬇️✨ bit.ly/LaRossa_Illu...

All, the Pasadena Humane society is listing pets that have been brought to the shelter, for anyone who is looking for their pets: 24petconnect.com/psdn?sb=days...

USPS adds ‘Goodnight Moon’ stamps to 2025 program

Great review of The Last Day Julian was My Best Friend by @jodywrites4kids.bsky.social illus. by Joanne Lew-Vriethoff!

Absolutely adorable, @joycewanbooks.bsky.social!

Grandparent superhero move: having the new Dogman graphic novel delivered to a 3rd grader on release day ❤️ (and thanks to his parents for letting him stay up late reading!) #lovethroughbooks #kidlit #grandparents

This is your advance reminder that KidLitArtPostcard Day is a little over a week away on December 5th. Let's make this one for the records here on Bluesky. #kidlit #kidlitart www.ginaperry.com/postcard

I wait all year for Betsy Bird's 31 Days, 31 Lists! Library requests for today done ✅ Thank you, @fuse8.bsky.social! #kidlit #boardbooks

The little moments of holidays with family -- my aunt and my granddaughter giggling over a book together. This is why we do what we do. #kidlit

Oh Melissa! I'm honored! Happy Thanksgiving!

The Our World series illustrated by Lisk Feng, Phaidon Press, was featured on Good Morning America today as part of Oprah's Favorite Things 2024 💙 Our World, Our Galaxy, Our Underwater World, and Our Seasons are half price ($9.98) today only at gma.phaidon.com

If you're sharing HISTORY SMASHERS: THE MAYFLOWER with readers this month, please consider pairing it with these fantastic Native-authored & illustrated picture books!

Welcome to BookSky! 💙📚 1️⃣ save/pin the feed if you're enjoying it 2️⃣ repost to help us find more bibliophiles 3️⃣ use 💙📚 or 📚💙 to post to feed 4️⃣ more niche feeds on my profile (some are NSFW) FAQ 👉🏻 bit.ly/bookskyFAQ

Pinnable post for the KidLit Mega Feed. Admins: @boringstorybook.com @charlenedraws.bsky.social @debbieohi.com. Volunteer Moderator list, more info,check if you can post to feed, read this page. Please: 📌Save/pin the feed if you enjoy it 🔁Repost to help spread the word bsky.app/profile/debb...

It's really exciting to see so many #kidlit friends have found their way here. Hi everyone! I think we've finally found our space. Hooray! xoxo

For #WorldKindnessDay, here's last night's sunset as we left the dog park. There's nothing like being with dogs and their people.

My school district's Homeless Outreach Mentoring & Education program has an angel tree. Y'all can't purchase for their lists directly, but you CAN support the teens in the program by buying supplementary items if you're so inclined: ❤️ (Pretty please consider sharing)

hello and welcome to the 1M people that have joined Bluesky in the last week!!!

CREEP, LEAP, CRUNCH by Jody Jensen Shaffer, ill. by Christopher Silas Neal, Knopf. #kidlit #librarian

Our Our World nonfiction board book series has been selected as one of Oprah's Favorite Things for 2024! It's illustrated by Lisk Feng and published by Phaidon Press. The latest in the series, Our Galaxy, A First Adventure in Space, released in October.

Had a great Zoom brainstorming session w/ @charlenedraws.bsky.social & @boringstorybook.com about Bluesky #kidlit community-building & creating a mega KidLit Feed to help with on-boarding for new users. Will be ready soon! p.s. Meeting ran long & we were somewhat giddy by the end, as you can see! 😂

One thing a lot of beginner writers, creators, and artists don’t understand is that finishing projects is a separate skill from the skills of the craft. That’s why we say to start small, you can be great at prose and story, but you need to practice finishing to do it reliably.

Crediting the illustrator is ESPECIALLY important during this time, when more are using AI-generated art instead of hiring artists. Proper credit not only helps illustrator but also shows the world you are supporting HUMAN ILLUSTRATORS. Art by @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social #PicturesMeanBusiness

Those who've been trying to remove certain books from childrens' sections at public libraries are now taking aim at what they see as a source of the problem: the American Library Association.

UPDATED: My Bluesky Starter Thread. Newest version can always be accessed via debbieohi.link/starter (link in my profile bio, too). Feel free to share with anyone who needs it! Also adding #BlueskyTips hashtag to all tips for easier browsing. See older starter thread here cont'd 👇🏼

A friend of mine asked for recommendations of picture books featuring characters with hearing aids. Here's a list I compiled after asking you folks. Feel free to share it, in case you find it useful. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2024/02/05/b...

My forthcoming picture book with Robert Meganck is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard selection!! Quirky nonfiction, it really is full of holes—from sinkholes to wiffle ball holes. Available for preorder now wherever you like to buy books!

I may not have a Spring 2024 class to teach, but that just gives me more time to fine tune... Introduction to Comics Librarianship through Library Juice Academy, designed and taught by yours truly! libraryjuiceacademy.com/shop/course/...

Wishing the Bluesky community books, bookstores, libraries, and readers this new year! (And new book contracts for kidlit authors and illustrators are welcome, too!)

If you want to eat your way through a fairy tale, here's Hansel and Gretel in chocolate!

World Read Aloud Day is coming up on February 7, 2024, and hundreds of authors & illustrators have volunteered to Zoom into classrooms & libraries for virtual read-alouds on that day! Want one to visit your readers? Here's all the info: katemessner.com/zoom-with-an...

Say cheese (in French!)

RIP Sandra Day O'Connor, and here's to more firsts for women!

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Please share - New Prize for non-fiction for black women writers, amplifying us as knowledge-makers and critical thinkers. Global scope with a $20,000 award for exceptional work by black cis, trans and genderqueer women. Details here. Judged by Bernadine Evaristo.

Then there's their fifth favorite color . . .

Feel free to share with anyone who needs it: My debbieohi.link/starter link will ALWAYS point to the most updated version of my Bluesky Newcomer Starter Thread. I've also posted this link in my own Bluesky profile. This thread includes newbie tips, directory of my public Lists, resources etc.

Leftover pie tomorrow for breakfast, anyone? Happy Thanksgiving, kidlit community -- authors, illustrators, editors, agents, art directors, production people, booksellers, book stockers, reviewers, librarians, teachers, and so many other people who make the magic happen. Thankful for each of you!

Mark your calendars - World Read Aloud Day with @litworldsays is February 7, 2024! Like always, I'm coordinating a list of author & illustrator volunteers to read aloud to classrooms via Zoom on that day. Want to join us? Here's how to sign up: katemessner.com/getting-read...

Thanks so much, Debbie -- your work makes such a difference in creating the Blue Sky community! @debbieohi.com

The creamers around us!