Anyone ages 12 – 26 living in the United States can get a San Diego Public Library Books Unbanned card. With the card, the library’s online collection of banned or restricted eBooks and eAudiobooks are available for FREE, no matter where you live in the U.S. libraryfoundationsd.org/news/stories...

In 2024, I'm starting up a kidlit-focused AMA (Ask Me Anything) events on Bluesky - similar to Reddit's AMAs. I've already approached a kidlit creator who is actively engaging with the community here on Bluesky. They've said yes, HURRAY! If you're interested in being approached, pls keep reading 👇🏼

How lovely to discover that 🌞SAVING THE SUN🌞 is a November Staff Pick at @porter_square_books in Cambridge MA!! 💗💜🧡💛 This also means 20% off! Hip hip hooray! www.portersquarebooks.com/book/9781645...

#coverreveal!!! My debut picture book THIS BOOK IS DEFINITELY NOT CURSED (Simon & Schuster, June 25, 2024) is now available for preorder!! a.co/d/2OIwbC4 For more info subscribe to my newsletter at www.meganwoodward.com #writingcommunity #author #parents #picturebook #kids #booklovers

Hello #Bluesky! I'm a writer and early years nature educator. Here's my website. My debut picture book will be available in spring 2024 for pre-orders! I hope you'll take a look. I look forward to chatting on this new platform! www.booksbycindy.com

Weirdly, *every time* they do a “just give people enough resources to live” experiment it works to reduce misery and save governments money but they gotta keep studying it forever I guess.

Thank you so much for having me Catherine! 💗🙏

Hello, apparently it's #BannedBooksWeek and I wanted to say something about it. My ace book has become one of MANY to be banned in libraries. It doesn't affect me much personally or financially, but its scary/worrying because I've been watching this ripple effect over the years-

PB Critique Giveaway on #KidLitVillage Learn how Emma Pearl revised Saving the Sun and get her tips for writing resources! How to enter: Follow @emmspearl.bsky.social @booksbycindy.bsky.social RT Comment on this post Be human (no bots!) Closes Oct. 20th authorcynthiamackey.wordpress.com

Since I just started here, thought I'd sharing some great books I've reviewed in the last few weeks. (link in bio) @emmspearl.bsky.social

So excited to see ☀️SAVING THE SUN☀️ featured on #endpapers for the end of the week on www.letstalkpicturebooks.com Such an honor! 😍 If you read/write/illustrate picture books and don't already subscribe, this newsletter is an absolute delight!

I just burned my fingers with superglue trying to make an octopus toy for the cat's birthday and that just sums up today. Like why? what was I thinking? And omg it hurts! 😿😼🐙🙀😹

Publishing is hard and not very transparent. Today in my newsletter I’m talking about my five year fallow period & how even though I wanted quit, my love of writing, and a great support system, kept me going. #authors #writingcommunity #romancelandia open.substack.com/pub/amytrueb...

I'm super stoked that ☀️SAVING THE SUN☀️ has received a ⭐STARRED REVIEW⭐ from the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books!! The full review will be live online next month, but for now enjoy this taster...

It is going to be a busy 2024! Here is the announcement for book #3!

Introduce yourself with some jobs you've done apart from what you do now * contemporary art gallery 🎨 * travel agent 🚅 * copywriter, online toy shop 🪀 * editorial assistant, kids' fiction publisher 📚 * project manager, accountancy regulation 🥱 * manager, medical publisher 💊

Delighted to be featured on Vivian Kirkfield's wonderful blog! More giveaway prizes to be won here: viviankirkfield.com/2023/09/22/p...

Check out the latest review of 🌞SAVING THE SUN🌞 plus details of the 🎀amazing giveaway🎀 here: stephaniemward.com/2023/09/20/b... Page Street Kids in conjunction with The Children's Book Review are offering FOUR winners the chance to win copies of both 🌞SAVING THE SUN🌞 and 🌛MENDING THE MOON🌜 !!

🌙✨Today Milo’s prayer wakes Gia’s vengeance, and their book is out in the world!! A PRAYER FOR VENGEANCE is available now💖 It's a dream come true to be published, but even more for it to be with this book, centering and celebrating a fat heroine and an autistic hero.

It's now officially 19 September in most of the US, so I can formally say... it's PUBLICATION DAY for 🌞SAVING THE SUN🌞 !!! 🎉🎉 Hooray!

This Saturday at 2:00, I'll be doing a storytime event at the Tattered Cover Westminster store with my book TOO MUCH! AN OVERWHELMING DAY. Come join us! 🎉 www.tatteredcover.com/event/jolene... #kidlit #picturebook #SEL #parents #teachers #SPD #sensoryprocessing #neurodivergent #kidlitart

It's publication week for ☀️SAVING THE SUN☀️ !! Catch up with the blog tour (links on my linktree in bio) and watch out for giveaways. PB featuring nature, magic, love and kindness plus intergenerational 💗 Stunning illustrations by Sara Ugolotti 💜 Published by Page Street Kids

The Bluesky #kidlit community is growing! Here's a list of authors, illustrators, educators, librarians, and publishing professionals to follow: https://shorturl.at/AKLST And here's how to add yourself to the list: https://forms.gle/78Cz3ETu4xo4qsNdA

For kidlit community people trying to find each other on Bluesky, I've temporarily added a link in my Bluesky profile: debbieohi.link/bluesky-kidlit

This looks like so much fun! 😍

I’m thrilled to finally announce and reveal the cover for the first picturebook I’ve illustrated! As Bright as a Rainbow, written by Romy Ash and published by HarperCollins. #KidLit #KidLitArt

New to Bluesky and wondering how to find #kidlit and #kidlitart people? @debbieohi.bsky.social has put together a whole host of information (link in post below). Thank you for putting together all this information on where to find people, Debbie!

OK, so I'm here 👋 and now I have to figure out how this works... Lovely to see so many kidlit people here and it certainly looks like the ex-bird app... so what's the verdict? Is it any good?? Would love to hear your thoughts and connect with more bookish folk! 🥰