46 years!

Who wouldn't want this?

💛KINDNESS BOOKLIST💛 When the world seems bleak, don't forget that children voted 'Kindness' as their latest Word of the Year- highlighting just how much this value resonates with them. 👀 Check out our list of children’s books about being kind: ➡️ www.booksfortopics.com/booklists/to...

Year 8 KS3 recommended reading list for school pupils aged 12-13. Our list includes books by Anne Fine, Elizabeth Laird, Adeline Yen Mah, Jamila Gavin and Meg Rosoff schoolreadinglist.co.uk/reading-list... #YAlit #ukedchat

🌟PRESCHOOL 🌟Recommended Booklist: ➡️➡️ booksfortopics.com/booklists/re... 🛝This preschool booklist features RECOMMENDED books for preschoolers, including newly published books, classic stories, laugh-out-loud picturebooks, classroom favourites, poetry books and non-fiction...

Not my client but my tribe!

This is one of the most creative board books I've ever seen.

Thrilled to be part of of Angela De Groot's FAB FOUR with 'Humphrey the Egg-splorer' by Nadia Ali. Illustrations by Valenti Gubianas. @angeladegroot8 @joycekay.bsky.social @seymouragency.bsky.social @thebookofnadias.bsky.social @picnicheist.bsky.social

Great article about Katie! www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa...

School libraries have always been more than just a room full of books. Today, in an age of AI, a need to support young people’s wellbeing, misinformation, and a complex and confusion online world, they are essential hubs for every kind of literacy students need to thrive, from media and AI literacy…

This is getting exciting!

Whoa...this looks very promising!!!

HUMPHREY THE EGG-SPLORER dreamed big. He wanted to be an egg-splorer like his grandfather Humpty Dumpty and didn't give in to peer pressure Written by Nadia Ali Illustrations by Valenti Gubianas www.amazon.com/Humphrey-Egg... @joycekay.bsky.social @seymouragency.bsky.social @picnicheist.bsky.social

#clearthelist Please retweet. I am a fourth grade nyc teacher in a title I school. I would love some help with our wishlist with school supplies, books, and more. I appreciate you and any help you can provide. Thank you www.donorschoose.org/classroom/23... www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

This book about bravery, and social emotional learning, filled with expressive language is coming in August @teresamartinez.bsky.soclibr @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social Please request it at your library. Review it if you love it.

It's here! And it is stunning! CASSINI'S MISSION by Katie Venit, illustrated by Julia Blattman, published by Candlewick MIT @seymouragency.bsky.social @candlewickpress.bsky.social

Check out these fabulous releases! @asiqueira.bsky.social @katievenit.bsky.social ‪@artbyann.bsky.social‬ @seymouragency.bsky.social @joycekay.bsky.social

Go Ana!

My client, Peggy Janousky has passed away. She was the author of INVADERS FROM MARS and was well known to Florida SCBWI members. Im a little broken right now...

So proud of this courageous story by Khushboo Patel illustrated by Tara Anand, published by Levine Querido @seymouragency.bsky.social

I am too! I love the direction your art is going.

Go Tonnye!

It's like an old class reunion. Only everyone is now agented! Cathy, you are up next in the reading order!

Becca! A Crytal Kite Honor Book! @seymouragency.bsky.social

Had a four-thumbs up client lunch with the one and only Thornton Blease!

Hot Summer Reads! @kubepublishing.bsky.social @picnicheist.bsky.social YeehooPress @seymouragency.bsky.social @joycekay.bsky.social

I'm nothing if not honest lol

I feel a strange pride that I have figured out the timing of all my chewy autoships perfectly 🐈🐈‍⬛

It's here! The most comfy cozy read aloud in the known universe! FORTS by Katie Venit illustrated by Kenard Pak published by Viking

The #PBParty New Draft Challenge & Critique Train starts NOW & lasts all of July17 - 19 EDT 🚂Write a new PB draft 🚂Shout 'DONE' on this post 🚂Add your name to the Critique Train Google doc: tinyurl.com/Critique... 🚂CELEBRATE! 🎉 🚂FAQ: tinyurl.com/Critique...#PBPartyGood luck ✨✨

Here's a chance to win one of three 5-page critiques from Resident Writing Coach and Guest Editor Marissa Graff. She's amazing! Marissa has been a reader for an agent for 5+ years and is an editor at Angelella Editorial. writershelpingwriters.net/2025/07/phen...

Excited to get this arc of Khushboo Patel's ALL THAT CHANDNI KNOWS (Putnam spring 2026) this This middle grade novel in verse tells of how a family secret haunts a twelve year old girl PREORDER LINK: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/778744... @seymouragency.bsky.social @penguinkids.bsky.social

Whose bed is it really?

Yes! And also buy their book haha

I PLACED A HOLD ON MY OWN BOOKS AT MY OWN LIBRARY! What a thrill!

Checkout these wonderful authors and illustrators called...NADIA #NadiasWhoWrite #NadiasWhoIllustrate @nadiasalomon.bsky.social @ariadelsole.bsky.social @nadialhohn.bsky.social @nadiaawriter.bsky.social IG @shanshan0619, IG @nadiabmad

This is why we love her

SCBWI regions offer affordable virtual events featuring industry professionals from all around the globe – and you can attend from the comfort of your own home! www.scbwi.org/regional-vir...

I sold an unannounced #middlegrade #graphicnovel script after a looong submission (that my agent @joycekay.bsky.social never gave up on) and then a looong wait to get the edit letter due to various #publishing things. Anyway, so I'm finally reading this script for the first time since 2022...

It's here! Here come the summer releases! Kicking off with Vera La Valiente is Scared by Ana Siqueira, illustrated by Teresa Martinez published by Beaming Books!

Relax and read these beauties as part of your Summer Collection. @kubepublishing.bsky.social @seymouragency.bsky.social @joycekay.bsky.social @picnicheist.bsky.social @capstonepub.bsky.social

MONDAY 30th JUNE It's the last day to join the JUNE Challenge at Mighty KidLit! Hosted by Michele Ziemke. Come and join the fun it’s FREE: mighty-kidlit.mn.co/share/-cgwaf... @joycekay.bsky.social @seymouragency.bsky.social ‪@ziemkemichele.bsky.social

I commissioned my 13-year-old to make this post. Simple? yes. Effective? YOU BE THE JUDGE. Starred Kirkus review, on the Kids Indie Next list, favorable reviews from PW and Booklist. But my favorite review has been when my nephew merely saw Kenard's amazing cover and said, "I want to build a fort!"

All right, why am I enjoying everyone else's cat content and not participating? Here are Willow and Captain Jack, who met in an animal hospital and bonded for life. They fight like cats and cats, but at the end of the day, they are cozy friends.

Yes and...picture book writers need to retrain their brain if they started out writing any other form. More dialog is always better. But NOT in picture books.

I just gave an author an R&R and these tips are excellent!

New newsletter with tons of recommendations from kids, for kids. katievenit.beehiiv.com/p/summer-202... #amreading #kidlit 💙📚

Woohoo! Thank you. @seymouragency.bsky.social @joycekay.bsky.social