Thanks to author L.E.Carmichael for featuring me on her blog! I chat about my inspiration for MY STREET REMEMBERS & offer activity ideas for parents & teachers. Link: www.lecarmichael.ca/2025/09/kare... @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social @picturebookseh.bsky.social #kidlit #CANkidlit #picturebook #Edusky

chipmunks chirp-tocking alarms —the morning news #haikusaturday #haiku

A splendid event spotlighting ten new Canadian picture books (which I now need!) and their creators. 👇🏻 @picturebookseh.bsky.social @canscaip.bsky.social organized and hosted this wonderful event. Next one is in December. #KidLit #CanKitLit #PictureBooks Video by the @debbieohi.com

lost heads sunflowers warm ruminant stomachs #haikusaturday #haiku

Listen Back: J.J. Austrian and Mike Curato (Worm Loves Worm) talk about the impact of two worms falling in love. www.allthewonders.com/podcasts/jj-... 📚👍🏽 #kidit #ChildrensBkPod @mikecurato.bsky.social @jjaustrian.bsky.social

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Fab presentation (#graphicnovel) for #nonfiction #MG: informative & definitely entertaining. THE SUSTAINABLE SCHOOL by Erica Fyvie & illus by @ritchiescot.bsky.social from @kidscanpress.bsky.social covers #energy #history #transportation #STEM. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...

Thank you to The Heron's Nest for publishing one of my #haiku in the September, 2025 issue. theheronsnest.com/September202...

True Colors by @elisegravel.bsky.social trans. Montana Kane is a totally tubular time capsule of growing up in the early 1990s filled with colourful hobbies, true-blue friends and undiagnosed ADHD. Here’s my ⭐ @quillandquire.bsky.social #bookreview: bit.ly/46biqGm 📚👍 #KidLit @dandq.bsky.social

If a street could talk, what could it remember? #MyStreetRemembers is a brilliant book by @karenkrossing.com #Indigenous illustrator #CathieJamieson! text and bright vibrant images are perfectly suited and will have any age reader explore & ponder this unique book #HighlyRecommended⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Four Questions for Canadian creator Charlene Chua from Publishers Weekly. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Honored to publish "The Love Song of Mr. Byrd" (Oct/25), with @cormorantbooks.bsky.social. An independent publisher, all their books are entirely made in Canada! Written by Canadians Illustrated by Canadians Edited by Canadians Designed by Canadians Published by Canadians and Printed in Canada!

Love Vicki Grant novels: the laughs, the storytelling, the characters...Out tmrw: DEATH BY WHOOPEE CUSHION from #TundraBooks delivers all. And there's #STEM and a mystery to solve. ( #Science #teachers: use for lessons re acids/bases) canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/07/deat...

Join #SCBWICanadaWest for a kit lit chat on Wed, Jul 30 from 5-6pm/pst with an interactive Q&A hosted by @kenrolston.bsky.social @deborahpaquette.bsky.social @annely-so.bsky.social Connect with the Canadian Kit Lit community. Use #SCBWICanadaWest to find us. #scbwisummerconference2025

trilling toads pause their songs my path parts through the dusk #haikusaturday #haiku #amwriting #poetry

Thank you @thesolitarydaisy.bsky.social for including my #haiku in Issue 56 - Festivals and Celebrations!

These are now 'Frankie' approved! Thank you Kelly Collier, can't wait to share 'Steve' with all my students in the fall!

A #Canadiankidlit collection #TodayIAm, 10 stories of belonging by @chadgalucas.bsky.social, @martychan.bsky.social, @lisellesambury.bsky.social, Michael Hutchinson, Rosena Fung, @dannyramadan.com, @jaelrichardson.bsky.social , @mahtabnarsimhan.bsky.social, Angela Misri & Brandon Wint #kidlit 📚👍🏻

a rose by another name- bumblebee bonanza #haikusaturday #haiku #amwriting #bloomscrolling #micropoetry

To alleviate angst I #knit - this one is for my month old great nephew to grow into. Pattern: #GrowingGardenCardigan. Yarn: #CottonChirp, both from #PurlSoho. Somehow the act of knitting turns down the volume in my head enough to re-set. Plus making something for someone...🧶

MÉTIS LIKE ME by @tashahilderman.bsky.social & @risahugo.bsky.social, published by #TundraBooks. This beautifully illustrated story encourages readers of all cultural backgrounds to embrace our own cultural roots. www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/710553... 📚👍🏽 #SchwartzAwards #CanKidLit #EduSky

A Newbery winner switches gears and writes a work of older nonfiction for her young readers. Today we answer why, and discover just how cool Joey Guerrero truly was. I interview @erinentrada.bsky.social #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/05/21/e...

#kidlit Book of the Day: Hannah and the Wrong Note #family #school #concert #picturebook #fiction from @owlkidspublishing asuen.com/hannah-and-t... 📚👍

Four Faves, Dragon Edition. 📚👍

When you need mentor texts for wildly different projects. Thx, @kirstenwlarson.bsky.social for your podcast interview w/ @kamalani3.bsky.social. After hearing you talk about KAHO'OLAWE - THE TRUE STORY OF AN ISLAND AND HER PEOPLE, I knew I needed it. The art by Harinani Orme is perfect! #kidlit 📚👍🏻

I spent a fabulous morning with 300 2nd, 3rd, and 4th graders! Thank you, Bob Beard Elementary School in San Antonio, for sharing your big, bright, and beautiful ideas with me!

📚 Summer break is almost here… but the learning doesn’t have to stop! #EduSky 🎧 From audiobooks to author interviews, there are so many creative ways to keep kids engaged with reading. 🔗 Check out all the ideas on the blog and get inspired: classtechtips.com/2024/05/16/s...

Canadian #kidlit creators, if you're not following @hkubiw.bsky.social yet, you should be. Her outstanding book review blog is one of the most viewed & influential in our community. Thank you for your hard work and dedication to Canadian children's books, Helen. You're a rockstar 🤩 🇨🇦 📚

I’m excited to share a sneak peek of the adorable 'book sibling' for WHAT ABOUT AN OCTOPUS? WHAT ABOUT AN ELEPHANT? will be stomping into bookstores August 2025 😊 Illustrated by Dawn Lo & published by @owlkids.bsky.social 🐘🐙📚🇨🇦 #ireadcanadian #informationalpicturebook #picturebook #fall2025 #kidlit

With shrinking review outlets for 🇨🇦 kidlit, the loss of CM Reviews leaves quite a void. Feeling grateful for all their years of steadfast support for 🇨🇦 kids books & sad to see it end. A review of NO HUDDLES FOR HELOISE appears in the latest (& possibly final 😔) issue. Thank you for everything, CM!

gift in red paper full of tear drops humble onion. #haikusaturday #dailyhaikuprompt #senryu

Keeping its eye on us. Happy #EarthDay. (Let's not bork it up.) 👀🤞🏻🖖🏻

Day 23 for #NationalPoetryMonth in celebration of blossoms opening in many places in many forms: #CherryBlossoms by #ToiDerrecotte - for my friend Janet, with whom I've gone with, to stand in the delicate light of the cherry trees in spring.

Get ready for Jane’s Walk during the first weekend in May! Jane’s Walk is a movement of free, citizen-led walking conversations inspired by Jane Jacobs.

Congratulations to @robinstevenson.bsky.social on her new picture book A Hug on the Wind!

Happy Book Birthday to #Bennys on the case by Wesley King! An amazing story full of heart, kindness and celebrates uniqueness in a multitude of ways! Get your copy today! #diversity #mosiacdownsyndrome #mystery

School Year Read # 76 #msfoleyiscurrentlyreading #audiobooklove #bookstagram #librarylife #read #weneeddiversebooks #shifasaltagisafadi

School Year Read # 77 #msfoleyiscurrentlyreading #audiobooklove #bookstagram #librarylife #read @jessicavitalis.bsky.social

Shout out to Karen Upper @readergirl4.bsky.social a Near North #OntarioSchools #Librarian extraordinaire. #RightToReadDay #NationalLibraryWeek #kidlit She has supported me since my first book #LilyAndThePaperMan appeared in 2007 📚 #kidlit

Yup, it’s the pups!

GREEN PROMISES by @jeannineatkins.bsky.social is such an inspiring novel in verse honoring the lives of two pioneering scientists--with insightful content about the social issues of the time. Lovely cover art by Victoria Assanelli. 📚👍 #amreading #kidlit

Poems exploring emotions w/natural wonders, a gentle guide to notice what's around us & a note about our connections to the natural world. Exuberant collage illustrations. #SometimesIFeelLikeARiver by Danielle Daniel & Josée Bisaillon invites multiple visits! #kidlit #cankidlit #poetry #kidlitart 📚👍🏻

#kidlit Book of the Day: Ellis Island Passover #family #holiday #history #picturebook #fiction from @CrestonBooks @pubspotlight asuen.com/ellis-island... 📚👍

PB of the day. 📚👍

Near north school board students celebrated World Down syndrome day reading Hello Sunshine, the Joey Moss story by @LornaSchultzNicholson

dawn opens one moment early- cardinal's song #haikusaturday #haiku #micropoetry #SpringIsComing #birds #cardinals #amwriting

purple cabbage sprouts butterflies soar straight from soil to my hoping heart Happy #HaikuSaturday! 🌱 #spring #garden

#haiku #HaikuSaturday in the hand-knit weave if the hand-me-down afghan Nana's hands warm mine

Thank you @thesolitarydaisy.bsky.social for including my haiku in Issue 47, A Sense of Place. thesolitarydaisy.ca/2025/03/issu... #haiku #amwriting #poetry

Hello #kidlitartpostcard ! I am Charlene Chua & I illustrate books for kids. Portfolio - charlenechua.com Agent - Tracy Marchini, BookEnds Literary #kidlitart #art