📢Calling all aspiring authors: our New Visions Award is open for submissions! Lee & Low Books is looking for unpublished authors of color or Native/Indigenous writers hoping to break into the publishing industry with their middle grade, young adult, or graphic novel manuscript.

#Fundraising #Auction live! Featuring: -#Manuscript Reviews by Eileen Robinson -Virtual #AMA with Gaia Cornwall -Signed #Book by @halligomez-author.bsky.social -Virtual AMA with @jessicavitalis.bsky.social Bid & Browse: www.32auctions.com/n...

Writing pals, if you could use some feedback on your pages, please consider bidding in the auction to support the Neurodiverse Scholarship! #kidlit

Everyone out marching today, I see you and I appreciate you. #NoKings

Cayenne could never imagine attending the Oscars, but if she did, she'd want a dress exactly like Demi Moore's feathered gown! #kidlit

Back by popular demand! Learn how to intentionally cultivate symbolism to level-up your stories! #kidlit thewritingbarn.com/dull-to-dazz...

Teachers! Are you looking for historical fiction to engage your students? The Unsinkable Cayenne teaching guide includes a class set of Titanic boarding passes. Students can research the name on their ticket to discover if they would have survived the sinking! jessicavitalis.com/books/unsink...

OLA friends, Casey Lyall and I will be signing books at the HarperCollins booth at the Ontario Library Association at 10:00 on Friday, January 30th! (I'm also booking now for spring school visits; I'd love to celebrate the Forest of Reading Red Maple Nomination with you and your students!) #kidlit

I can help with #3! jessicavitalis.com/editorial-se... #kidlit

5th-8th grade teachers and librarians, I'd love to spend 20 minutes visiting with your students on Wednesday, February 4th! Sign up for your spot here: calendly.com/vitaliswrad/... #kidlit

This is your friendly reminder that books make the very best holiday gifts! #kidlit

Thank you to my @mgauthorcade.bsky.social friends, Kate Albus and @jessicavitalis.bsky.social, both award-winning middle grade authors, for your endorsement of STEALING THE SCORE. (Coming out from Scholastic on Feb. 6). Pre-order: bit.ly/StealScore

A recap of my NCTE schedule: Friday 5:00-5:30: signing at The Bookies booth Saturday 12:30: award's luncheon Saturday 4:15: poetry panel Come say hi! #kidlit

Are you going to be at NCTE? Come say hi! #kidlit

Are you interested in writing #kidlit? Check out my discussion with @sharonskinner.bsky.social over on the Coaching Kidlit Podcast!

50/50 Raffle Alert! OLA is kicking off our first ever 50/50 raffle in support of the Forest. Buy your tickets before Oct 16th to qualify for our Early Bird Prize, or by the end of October to be entered into our Grand Prize draw on Halloween! www.rafflebox.ca/raffle/fores... Licence # RAF1467210

🌼 42 2025 Middle Grade and Young Adult Novels-In-Verse 🌼 popgoesthereader.com/42-2025-midd... #BookSky #KidLit #YALit #MGLit

Spent the entire morning writing a scene I just realized has no business in this book. That's okay––sometimes we have to write what shouldn't be there in order to get to what should. #kidlit

Educators! I'm now booking virtual and in-person school visits for spring 2026! Let's get your students excited about reading! #kidlit

Books are among the most powerful tools we have to promote empathy and understanding; I'm incredibly grateful for programs like Forest of Reading, which helps spread excitement about reading and books, and I'm over the moon excited to share that Unsinkable Cayenne is a 2026 Red Maple nominee!

Wow! Wow! Wow! I was so incredibly honored when Coyote Queen won the High Plains International Book Awards last year; when Unsinkable Cayenne was nominated this year, I didn't dare let myself dream that I'd win two years in a row, but here we are! #kidlit

Who's ready for an opportunity so good it's 👻scary? 👻 #teachersky and #librarians! What: FREE virtual class visit with 3 middle grade authors!! How: Follow & repost to enter When: Ends Wed 10/8 Where: US/CAN 🎃Good luck!🎃

If I had to capture the heart of Unsinkable Cayenne in one sentence, it would be this one. Thank you to Linn Goss, reviewer for the High Plains International Book Awards!

Trying to catch an agent's eye? Land a publishing deal? Connect more deeply with your readers? Mastering the use of symbolism can help level up your writing! #kidlit

Of all my books, I think this one is best read in the fall when you're ready to curl up with a warm cup of tea and enjoy something atmospheric. 🍂☕ #kidlit

Canadian writers: if you are an aspiring author in need of mentorship for your MG manuscript (or know of one), please reach out; I can apply for a grant from the Writer's Union of Canada! #kidlit 18+only

MG writing friends, I have an opening in my schedule this fall for one more editing client; deets on my website if you are interested! jessicavitalis.com/editorial-se... #kidlit

The 2025 National Book Award Longlist is out--congratulations to all the nominees! Readers, if you can't find these books at your library, you can probably request that your library purchase them (the same with most other books you want to read). #kidlit bookriot.com/the-2025-nat...

Something BIG is coming from Middle Grade Authorcade! Be on the lookout for a GIGANTIC giveaway coming Sunday 8/17! Want to get ahead of the game? Head on over to our website and subscribe to our newsletter here: www.authorcade.com/signup

Start summer off, right! Here are some diverse selections. Enjoy!📚 @parentclub @lesliegentile @carolmatas.bsky.social @jessicavitalis.bsky.social @jlbaileybooks.bsky.social @karenkrossing.bsky.social @mbleatherdale @oksanna.bsky.social @mahtabnarsimhan.bsky.social @franbwrites @jtorrescomics

MG teachers! I know as the summer winds down, many of you are beginning to think about the upcoming school year and the stories you'd like to share with your students. If you're looking for a book to appeal to a wide cross-section of readers, may I humbly suggest Unsinkable Cayenne? #kidlit

Check out these wonderful summer reads for young readers! Here are 15 strong Canadian books that are #kidlit gems. @parentclub.bsky.social @lesliegentile.bsky.social @carolmatas.bsky.social @jessicavitalis.bsky.social @jlbaileybooks.bsky.social @mbleatherdale.bsky.social @oksanna.bsky.social

#kidlit crowd take note!

Reading recommendations! @parentclub.bsky.social @lesliegentile.bsky.social @carolmatas.bsky.social l @jessicavitalis.bsky.social @jlbaileybooks.bsky.social @karenkrossing.com @mbleatherdale.bsky.social @oksanna.bsky.social @mahtabnarsimhan.bsky.social @jtorrescomics.bsky.social #kidlit

⚽️ COVER REVEAL ⚽️ So excited to share the cover for STEALING THE SCORE, my World Cup-themed middle grade about a missing soccer superstar. Thank you @polymorphin.bsky.social for the amazing art/ Stephanie Yang for the design! Add this to Goodreads: bit.ly/soccerGR or pre-order: bit.ly/soccerBN

Looking for a fun way to jazz up your book club? Read one of my books as a club and I'll do a free virtual Q&A (offer good now through the end of 2025)! Contact me via my website (jessicavitalis.com) to schedule! #kidlit #bookclub

Great to see several of our affiliates: Carmen L. Robertson, Timothy C Winegard, Rick McIntyre & @jessicavitalis.bsky.social shortlisted for the 2025 High Plains International Book Awards. quillandquire.com/omni/canadia...

The finalists for the 2025 High Plains International Book Awards were just announced, and I'm so very honored that UNSINKABLE CAYENNE is one of the 3 books named in the MG category! Winners will be announced October 4th! Congratulations to all! #kidlit

This book is 100% living up to the hype! Lovely verse novel with excellent voice and a super compelling plot! #kidlit

A giant thank you to The Canadian Children's Book Centre for including Unsinkable Cayenne in their 2025 list of Best Books for Kids and Teens! If you have a young readers in your life looking to figure out how and where they fit in the world, this book is for them! #kidlit

Ontario educators! Let's team up to get kids excited about books! The Writer's Union of Canada will let me put in an application for two grants to visit Ontario schools (in person or virtually) next fall or winter! Contact me (via DM or my website) if you'd like me to apply on your behalf! #kidlit

For Nerdy Book Club, I wrote a Top Ten list of Middle Grade Novels with a Hint of Magic. #MGLit #MiddleGrade nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/category/top...

Love seeing Coyote Queen in such great company! nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2025/05/23/t...

May is Mental Health Awareness Month Our faculty members, Crystal Allen and Katie Keridan, have created a powerful booklist of middle grade and young adult novels that highlight the diversity of representation in mental health narratives for kids and teens. Click the link in bio for the full list!

SW Ontario friends! Join me at the Appleby College festival of authors on Saturday, May 24th at 10am! Incredible authors will be speaking all day! Kids 14 and under are free, $10 for 15+. Sign up now to secure your spot. www.appleby.on.ca/festival-of-...

I'm always so touched when students take the time to create art inspired by my books. This one is a sketch a 5th grade student did after my virtual visit with a school in Virginia this morning. #kidlit

Here are the 35 middle grade verse novels that published in 2024. (That I know of. If I’ve missed one, let me know!!!) On the second image I’ve circled the titles I’ve read. Still several for me to find and read! #KidLit #VerseNovel #NationalPoetryMonth

I’m thrilled to see Unsinkable Cayenne on the 2025 Telling Tales Recommended Reading List along with so many other fabulous titles. #kidlit

Loved celebrating National Poetry Month with 200 students at the Kitchener Public Library this morning! We talked about free verse, motifs, metaphorical walls, and more! #kidlit

Please, please, if you liked a book please talk about it publicly. Review it, post about it on socials, tell your friends. We authors can only yell about our own work so much and a recommendation means SO much more coming from someone who isn't the author.