Happy #KidLitArtPostcard Day! I'm Jan, a Canadian illustrator who loves to bring children's stories to life. #CanKidLit ⭐ jandolby.com ⭐ idrawanimals.myportfolio.com Rep'd by @pageturnerlit.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/mackeyc/... Getting ready to launch! 🚀

We were fortunate to catch up with @pragmaticmom.bsky.social for this interview www.publisherspotlight.com/reviewer-spo...

🌟📚 New! ME TIME! books illustrated by Judi Abbot out now! Highlights the importance of free play. We all need a bit of ‘me time’😊 Each book shows children engaging in free, independent play, offering a world of possibility. More via bio 📚 #bookbirthday #kidlit @pubspotlight.bsky.social

⭐️📚 New! SIGN & RHYME illustrated by Annie Kubler & Sarah Dellow Clearly illustrated ASL signs make it easy for everyone to join in and bring nursery rhymes to life. Children will love joining in the signing, music, movements, and actions! More via our bio @pubspotlight.bsky.social #kidlit

🤩📚New BILINGUAL Spanish/English editions of FIRST BEHAVIORS! Each book introduces one of six classic behaviors in young children. Perfect for developing empathy and encouraging a positive sense of self. More via our bio @paulabowlesdraws.bsky.social @pubspotlight.bsky.social #kidlit #bookbirthday

November is Native American Heritage Month — a time to honor the stories, traditions, and voices of Indigenous communities. 📚✨ Let’s celebrate the authors and illustrators sharing Native stories with the world. #kidlit #12x12PB

Just 2 days to go! 📣 Join us for this month’s FREE #12x12PB Book Chat with @costantia.bsky.social, author of THE FIG TREE. Discover how this book went from inspiration to bookstores everywhere! 📅 Thursday, November 6th at 1pm ET/10am PT! Sign up here: buff.ly/SA0k7dg #kidlit #12x12PB

I cannot say enough wonderful things about PBRS. Seriously, it is ✨life-changing✨. If you want to jump-start your PB career, make brilliant and incredible friends, and grow as a creator and person, you NEED to apply next year!!! #kidlit #kidlitart @pbrisingstars.bsky.social

Here's an interview with Caroline Brewer author of HARRIET TUBMAN, FORCE OF NATURE from @whatonearth.bsky.social yabookscentral.com/author-chat-...

"Community and history are stitched together in this heartfelt tale about coming together to make a whole greater than the sum of its parts" in Jennifer Stempel's WITH A NEEDLE AND THREAD www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/with...

Thanks to @thetimes.com for joining us, @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social & @profsamwass.bsky.social to explore the neuroscience of early shared reading. This is why it’s key we #GetBritainReading & why our #ReadingRights report explores how to make that happen 👇 www.thetimes.com/uk/get-brita...

Storytime with author @laridonwriter.bsky.social featuring a tale from one of her wonderful @florisbooks.bsky.social collections youtu.be/wv6NhdtnPVk?...

FREE Book Chat happening Thursday, November 6th at 1pm ET/10am PT! Join us for this #12x12PB Book Chat with @costantia.bsky.social as she shares how her new #picturebook 📚 THE FIG TREE went from idea to bookshelf! Sign up here: buff.ly/SA0k7dg #kidlit #12x12PB

This month’s featured author, @lynnbaldwinwrites.bsky.social, shares what inspires her: “When writing, I aim to create stories that adults will enjoy reading and kids will enjoy listening to – again and again.” 📚 Read the full post: buff.ly/EycvID7 #kidlit #12x12PB

Huge thanks to @teresarobeson.com for an amazing #12x12PB webinar! 📚✨ We were so encouraged by Teresa's journey and motivated to Lean In, Pivot, Adapt: Managing Your Publishing Career for the Long Term. Members—don’t forget to catch the replay! 🎥 #amwriting #picturebooks #kidlit #booksky

Join #CanKidList #kidlit creators at these free November events hosted by #SCBWICanadaEast. For more information and to register, visit www.scbwi.org/regions/cana...

🎃👻 Happy Halloween from #12x12PB! 👻🎃 📚 A COSTUME FOR CHARLY @ckwritesbooks.bsky.social 📚 HAPPY OWL-OWEEN @authorlauragehl.bsky.social 📚 LILA AND THE JACK-O-LANTERN Nancy Churnin 📚 THE BOO CREW NEEDS YOU @fangmousbooks.bsky.social More fall reads: buff.ly/iNgLc8S

Michael Fassbender and others reading Bram Stoker's Dracula: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

📚💡💭 Poetry books for 7-11-year-olds 🖋️🤔📚 With collections by Michael Rosen, Joseph Coelho, Brian Moses, Kate Wakeling, Neal Zetter, John Agard, Kaye Webb & more. Includes video, audio, lesson plan & activity links. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/poetr... #booktwitter

Ahead of the 1st shutdown of US food aid to hungry Americans in 60 years, some of the 200,000 Little Free Library locations are converting into food pantries. Thanks @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social

In WITH A NEEDLE AND THREAD "illustrations and the text immerse us in the Cuban Jewish community.... We visit the narrow streets of Santiago de Cuba with open doorways giving us glimpses into daily life" www.sydneytaylorshmooze.com/2025/10/revi...

Sign up for #free #nonfiction #kidsbook readalouds all November and hear TWO of ours: THE BIG BANG BOOK and FOOD FOR HOPE! mc.lernerbooks.com/nonfiction-n...

“Delightful and visually inventive,” EMMIE BUILDS SOMETHING NEW from @redcometpressbooks.bsky.social “celebrates the power of imagination and the surprising places it can lead” www.shelf-awareness.com/readers/2025...

Tune in to @jasonreynolds83.bsky.social discussing www.thereadingculturepod.com/jason-reynolds

Thanks to Anastasia Suen for calling attention to LETTERS TO MY LIBRARIAN from @nstapress-nstakids.bsky.social a #picturebook introduction to real life paleontologist Dr Sankar Chatterjee asuen.com/dear-ms-guad...

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...

⭐ It's time!!! Our biggest announcement EVER is officially here. *SOUND ON TO HEAR THE ANNOUNCEMENT* If you want to debrief, discuss, and ask questions, join us TONIGHT, October 30th, at 8:00 PM Eastern Time on Zoom. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

In THE BEAR WHO WANTED TO DANCE even: "Endpapers reveal a variety of classic ballet positions, encouraging interested children to take their first steps toward learning dance" says @ala-booklist.bsky.social www.booklistonline.com/products/981...

This is an awesome list! So many new-to-me books! I need to print it out and send it with my kids to the library.

Do you have a #KidLit or #YALit book launching this wk? Or do you want to help boost someone else's #PublicationDay #BookBirthday? Reply below with info + link to the post. Only for books launching Oct.27-Nov.2, 2025 #2025-Wk44.

Best time to order books from indie bookstores is NOW, before holiday rush. Doing so helps support indies, helps you get ahead of gift shopping, helps book creators like me. 🙏🏽💛 My most recent: I WANT TO READ *ALL* THE BOOKS. Read-aloud, Teacher's Guide, more: debbieohi.com/book/i-want-... #KidLit

4 Stormy and Puddly New Picture Books wakingbraincells.com/2025/10/29/4...

Praise for illustrator Kirsti Beautyman! "Spark’s presence is a continual delight, shooting off auras of light that match those emanating from the candles" A DRAGON CALLED SPARK www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/a-dr...

“THE GREAT BIG HALLOWEEN HUNT is a charming lift-the-flap board book, great for toddlers who love interactive stories and Halloween!” @nosycrowus.bsky.social yabookscentral.com/the-great-bi...

🎉 Congratulations to @barbakoffbooks.bsky.social! 🎉 📚 MAZEL TOES!, illustrated by Annita Soble, published by The Collective Book Studio, officially came out today. ✨ Find it here: buff.ly/wokPQHw #kidlit #12x12PB

Also this week, as in TOMORROW 3pm ET join us for a #kidsbook #nionfictiion series talk with @nstapress-nstakids.bsky.social @rubytuesdaybooks.bsky.social #BeetleBooks @flowerpotpress.bsky.social @whatonearth.bsky.social @redcometpressbooks.bsky.social us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Coming in March from @redcometpress and already with a #StarredReview BARBED WIRE BETWEEN US by @pragmaticmom.bsky.social is a “significant portrayal of ongoing US civil rights violations, exposed through the experiences of young children" www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Author-illustrator Annie Chen “vividly captures the incredible life cycle of a coho salmon in the Pacific Northwest in this inviting, warmly illustrated primer” from @redcometpressbooks.bsky.social says @ala-booklist.bsky.social SALMON RUN www.booklistonline.com/products/981...

Love the idea of #FlavorWithoutBorders thanks @tigertalesbooks.bsky.social and @msaigal.bsky.social

Just 2 days to go! 📣 Join us for this month’s FREE #12x12PB Book Chat with Suzy Levinson, author of DINOS THAT DRIVE! 🦖 Discover how this book went from idea to bookshelf. 📅 Tuesday, Oct 28 at 8 PM ET / 5 PM PT Sign up here: buff.ly/AwNDBl1 #kidlit #12x12PB

My big launch day treat is releasing the very comprehensive soundtracks to all 4 books! I love soundtracks that tell a complete story, and I had so much fun creating this playlist! esymessmith.com/2025/10/14/s...

Got my swag from @novelneighbor.bsky.social that comes with the newest book of one of my favorite beings and authors @esmesymessmith.bsky.social ! 🎉 It's all so special and I can't wait to dive into the finale with my partner. Once again, so proud of you, Esme! And get some rest! 💖

Author and illustrator Yibing Deng has created an enchanting place of peace and beauty to frame the story of the bears and other woodland creatures as they travel through the forest and the year” in SONG OF THE SEASONS from @postwavebooks.bsky.social chicagobookreview.com/review/a-son...

“From sunny skies to wild storms, weather has a way of capturing children’s imaginations” A wonderful list of #weather #kidsbooks that includes a pair by Chitra Souder including YOU’RE SAFE WITH ME from @lantanapub.bsky.social and so much more! schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/weath...

Today's featured #authorinterview is with @jeffgottesfeld.bsky.social, author of Fight for the Right to Read and Twenty One Steps. Listen to it here! youtu.be/LKtM-B3aasM?... #ushistory #civilrights #libraries

We can all feel like a grumpy ghost sometimes 👻 In The Grumpy Ghost Upstairs by Mamiko Shiotani, this little ghoul experiences a big range of emotions. Tell us in the comments which ghost you relate to most! www.florisbooks.co.u... @pubspotlight.bsky.social @consortiumbooks.bsky.social

Hey #picturebook creators! Our founder, @juliefhedlund.bsky.social is teaching a webinar next week on heart in picture books. There will be a replay for those who can't join live. All the info here: juliehedlund.teachable.com/p/heart #kidlit #kidlitart

Happy #BookBirthday to @cuentodeluz.bsky.social ! The #Family series of #picturebooks grows now to include the original Spanish MAMA and the English translation MOM editions

“Roll up! Meet a shimmering green Garreta nitens beetle and watch as she gathers in a mate to help shape and bury a ball of fresh elephant dung with an egg planted inside” @ala-booklist.bsky.social SMALL MIGHTY DUNG BEETLE @redcometpressbooks.bsky.social www.booklistonline.com/products/981...