Tomorrow (Sat 11/8) I'll be with @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social & @pattywurster.bsky.social at The Rochester Children & Teens’ Book Festival www.rcbfest.com It's quite a lineup of authors and illustrators! Come say hi, 10am-4pm at Monroe Community College

Who's joining? I'm hosting the final 2 hrs of this marathon! It starts Saturday at 10 AM Eastern! #24hourChildrensBookChallange #Childrensbooks #scbwi #amwriting #amillustrating www.scbwi.org/events/the-e...

Do you know some great 2025 endpapers or case covers you want to nominate for the Endies and Undies Awards? The deadline to nominate is TOMORROW (Oct. 31st). Head here to get going: 100scopenotes.com/2025/10/30/l...

I'm heading on a self led #writing retreat. Therefore, I'm hording library books. Like a book goblin. Therefore, I'm not returning any. Wonderful looming piles. Therefore, my flow to sharing books is broken. Therefore, I'm sorry #kidlit #kidlitart 📚👍 So many good #picturebooks will be back soon.

📚👍 So many good books. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks I Am Not A Vampire Miles McKenna & Riley Samels More of this. More of vampires and werewolves and acceptance of who we are. Adorable. Relatable on so many levels. Go be a werewolf kid, it's who you were born to be.

📚👍 So many good books. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks Fireworks Matthew Burgess & Catia Chien @matthewburgessj.bsky.social WOW! This book packs a punch of summer-days. Come for the onomatopoeias and stay for the gorgeous art. LOVE IT! (a perfect comp for my own story on submission #editors)

I'm going! Who else is going to be there?

BlueSky #writers #amquerying take notice!

📚👍 So many good books. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks A Spoonful of Frogs Casey Lyall & Vera Brosgol @caseylyall.bsky.social @verabrosgol.bsky.social I love this story and read it a couple of times a year. The unraveling of the witch is so well done within the text and art.

📚👍 So many good books. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks The Arguers Corinna Luyken @corinnaluyken.bsky.social The title and the cover made me pick this up. I was not disappointed. My little enjoyed the ridiculous things they argued about in the story. Grab this one.

📚👍 So many good books. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks Becoming Boba Joanna Ho & Amber Ren @joannahowrites.bsky.social @amberren.bsky.social Look at that cute Boba! A story with something for kids (and adult) at every level. Learn about milk tea, accepting differences, or just enjoy the art!

📚👍 So many good books. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks In the World of Whales Michelle Cusolito & Jessica Lanan @mcusolito.bsky.social @jessicalanan.bsky.social Here were my notes: "Gorgeous. Lyrical and touching. Quiet book about birth of sperm whale and a free diver. Well done."

📚👍 So many good books. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks The Marvelous Now Angela DiTerlizzi & Lorena Alvarez Gomez What amazing, vivid, colorful images. I love stories that l focus on mindfulness and grounding.

Picture Book Connect: Let's Polish Up Your Manuscript! Bring those first 250 words of your picture book manuscript to share. Feel free to drop by to meet SCBWI picture book writers. #kidlit #picturebook #scbwi Register Here: www.scbwi.org/events/pictu...

📚👍 So many good books. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks Patchwork Matt De La Pena & Corinna Luyken @corinnaluyken.bsky.social Here are my notes from this one: "We are a multitude, not defined by any one thing. Lovely lyrical language. Powerful." Yup.

📚👍 So many good books. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks The Great Santa Stakeout Betsy Bird & Dan Santat @fuse8.bsky.social @dansantat.bsky.social I should probably wait until Dec to share this, but fun, kid-friendly books don't have a specific "season". My family loved this.

#kidlit #kidlitart #authors I need a list of debut #picturebooks out in the past 5 years. Shoot me your favorite titles to grab! I'm doing an exercise during a writing retreat and want to focus on debut texts. Thank you in advance!

📚👍 So many good books. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks A Little Bit of Everything Meghana Narayan & Michelle Carlos @michellecarlos.bsky.social The art in this is outstanding! Checkout out this gorgeous book!

📚👍 So many good books. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks Nellie's Big Splash Cori Doerrfeld Look at this adorable little sea turtle! Great story about overcoming fears. As always, the art is *chef's kiss*

📚👍 So many good books. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks The Problem with Problems Rachel Rooney & Zehra Hicks Well done. Kid friendly approach to problems - both big and small.

📚👍 So many good books. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks In the Neighborhood Rocio Bonilla Read this beauty for the community building, for the tearing down of the assumptions about others. We all need a little neighborhood these days.

It's here! Laken Slate's debut picture book envisioning a whale fall as a haunted house for fish! Illustrated by Bindy James, published by Charlesbridge @seymouragency.bsky.social @charlesbridge.bsky.social

📚👍 So many good books. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks Don't Trust Fish Neil Sharpson & Dan Santat @unshavedmouse.bsky.social @dansantat.bsky.social Get this book. The facts are awesome. Or maybe not. You can't trust the narrator 😉 I was here for all of it. You'll laugh & so will the kids.

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📚👍 So many good books. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks Forts Katie Venit & Kenard Pak @katievenit.bsky.social @kenardpak.bsky.social This is a story I wish I wrote. Lyrical. Gorgeous. My little talked about all the forts we have around the house now and have had in the past. So lovely.

I'm so happy about this! #kidlit

📚👍 So many good books. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks Nearly Exactly Almost Like Me Jennifer Bradbury & Pearl AuYeung My family loved this story. As my kids are always comparing each other, and this took an adoption twist. There is so much heart in these pages.

Querying too soon = like entering a baking contest with raw dough. You’ll leave with a mess and a sudden desire to throw your laptop into a lake. I wrote the checklist you actually need 👉 buff.ly/uBvGZMt

Submitting Your Work: Digital Portfolios and Dummies for Illustrators and Author/Illustrators. Bring your digital portfolio or dummy to share. Hosted by Kate Woodle, published illustrator, PAL member, and Illustrator Connect Facilitator. #kidlit #kidlitart #scbwi

📚👍 So many good books. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks I'm Going to Make A Friend Darren Chetty & Sandhya Prabhat @darrenchetty.bsky.social Plays on the word "make" in a clever and kid-friendly way. Very cute. I can see this story being useful every year at the start of school. PIck it up!

📚👍 So many good books. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks The Sad Little Fact Jonah Winter & Pete Oswald More than ever, books like this are crucial. A little older (outside "comp-ing" age) but ever so important. Check this out if you haven't read it.

📚👍 So many good books. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks Book Comes Home: A Banned Book's Journey Rob Sanders & Micah Player I will always share books that talk to children about the perils of book banning. And even more so when from the book's perspective!

📚👍 So many good books. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks The Littlest Drop Sascha Alper & Jerry & Brian Pinkney I love little fables like this.. animals doing things that we humans should consider. Beautiful all around.

📚👍 So many good books. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks Sea in my Cells Laura Alary & Andrea Blinick @lauraalary.bsky.social & @angelajrey.bsky.social I really adore books about the water cycle. The non-fiction content is well presented and fun to explore with the littles!

📚👍 So many good books. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks Mr. Watson's Chickens Jarrett Dapier & Andrea Tsurumi @jarrettdapier.bsky.social @atsurumi.bsky.social I recommend this book ALL THE TIME. Love love love. There are so many easter eggs (there might literally be an easter egg) in the art.

📚👍 So many good books. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks Picopaco by Mocculere (Mojca Novak) @mocculere.com I relate to this little woodpecker. Finding her way, building her home and her community. Go check this one out.

📚👍 So many good books. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks The Rough Patch by Brian Lies @brianlies.bsky.social This was the softest & most touching story of loss. Perfect for children (and adults). It's exactly what we needed after saying goodbye to our Kitten. Thank you, Brian for this book.

📚👍 So many good books. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks Bitsy Bat, Team Star by Kaz Windness @kazwindness.bsky.social Oh, I love Bitsy and feel for that little batty. Another great story in the Bitsy series, and cheers to all the neurodivergent representation!

📚👍 So many good books. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks The Three Billy Goats Gruff Mac Barnett & Jon Klassen I told this story from memory to my kids, but felt like I wasn't doing it justice. This version is my new favorite! I need this dynamic duo to do all of those classic stories.

📚👍 So many good books. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks Wonderfully Wild Jessica Stremer & Josee Masse @jstremer.bsky.social @joseemasse.bsky.social This is the type of environmentally minded story I want to write. Great message, fun activities, fantastic illustrations. Lovely.

📚👍 So many good books. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks Pencil Hye-Eun Kim Wordless PB are very hit-and-miss in my household. This one was a home run. Seriously. I caught Miss 6 reading it over and over. Masterful.

📚👍 So many good books. #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks These are My Rocks Bethan Woollvin @bethanwoollvin.bsky.social I'm generally a fan-girl of anything Bethan puts out, but for the gremlin/dragon/collector in us all, this is the book for you.

Hey #kidlit illustrators! We're beginning work on new Christmas/nighttime themed picture book. I'm looking for someone with a painterly, textured, and literary style capable conjuring magic, light, and wonder. Please respond w/ samples + folio link. Please no emails/DMs. 💙❤️ #artcommissions

I got my start in #kidlit with Harold at a @highlightsfound.bsky.social course. Check out this new class!

And look... A sharing books post made it into @debbieohi.com resource article. Find a way you want others to engage with you on BlueSky and start doing it. #kidlit #writers

I still have more books that would do better in kids' hands than on my shelves, so it's time for another #giveaway. Want to win these 9 picture books (some of which are signed)?⁠ ⁠ To enter: follow, like, & repost and/or comment and tag a friend. #kidlit #booksky #edusky #skybrarian

Way too much fun at R. Michelson Galleries in Northampton MA. #kidlit #kidlitart

This was my favorite at R. Michelson Galleries. The amazing Byran Collier! My 6 year old was gobsmacked. "How does he do that?" Same, kiddo. Just wow. #kidlitart #kidlit

More from the R. Michelson Galleries in Northampton MA. Can you imagine having this original on your wall? #kidlitart #kidlit

Well this was something special to see. R. Michelson Galleries in Northampton MA had quite an amazing exhibit. #kidlitart #kidlit