NEW BOOK MAIL! This #PictureBookPostcard is SO MUCH FUN! TINY HIKER Written by @natashazimmers.bsky.social Pictures by @jaimieillustrates.bsky.social Published by @orcabook.bsky.social Explore the wild with Tiny Hiker and read the blog post here: aprilberrybooks.com/tiny-hiker-n...

Happy Book Birthday to Tiny Hiker, written by me illustrated by @jaimieillustrates.bsky.social and published by Orca Book Publishing. It takes a team to make a beautiful book and our team was the best! ❤️

Spring in the PNW. We wouldn't mind some actual snow, but I'm also grateful we're not in a blizzard like those in the East.

Tiny Hiker is on Orca's Blog today! blog.orcabook.com/natasha-zimm...

Would you like 9 seconds of glorious frog chorus? If so, this video is for you.

The conditions were perfect for hair ice today ❤️

I got home from presenting (about picture books) at an environmental conference and these amazing bookmarks were waiting for me! I'm so excited to give them to kids on the trail ❤️ @orcabook.bsky.social @jaimieillustrates.bsky.social

Just a few seconds of sunset waves for you.

I love the cloud layers

I'm so thrilled to see the first review for Tiny Hiker and it's a ⭐! @orcabook.bsky.social @jaimieillustrates.bsky.social www.schoollibraryjournal.com/review/tiny-...

Such a pretty dog.

I made a Christmas fort in my yard. It makes me happy.

Spiny lumpsuckers are the most adorable fish.

My kid needed to make a stick puppet character for their Wild Robot puppet show. ChitChat looks suspiciously like the adorable squirrel @jaimieillustrates.bsky.social put on all the pages of Tiny Hiker...

Look at the twist on this arbutus/madrone tree trunk ❤️

This week we visited the hatchery with students. I will never get tired of seeing these adorable babies!

The author and the book

Slug dinner time. I'll never get tired of these slug sagas.

Sunshine in the forest is always glorious in the fall.

It was a gorgeous day in the woods. You never know if a perfect fall day will happen, so they are extra treasured. (My sample clay fairy doors were still in my backpack so they got to make an appearance too)

Eeeeek! It’s the cover reveal for my 5th book, “Nice to Eat You!” Is the sweet old lady a 🧙🏽‍♀️? Well, yeah. But do the kids know?! 🫣 Preorder a signed copy from @vromansbookstore.bsky.social: bit.ly/Nice2EatU Written by me, illus. by Carolina Coroa, published by Orchard Books. #KidLit #Halloween 🕷️

I love taking a minute to look up!

@gingerngo.bsky.social ! I squealed when I saw it on BC Ferries since I can't get it yet in the US!

The frost has arrived but these flowers are hanging into the last tendrils of summer.

I made it to see the golden larches! (This was Friday - today, everything was covered in snow!)

I was chatting with one of my Forest School kids and he was so excited to tell me about a book he was reading: Log Life, by @amyhevron.bsky.social He was especially excited to tell me about "Vacay in the decay!" ❤️

A little spinning wonder from this morning.

I got to spend my Saturday hiking. The puppy was not impressed. "Why are we still walking?"

I listened to the Teuthology episode of Ologies from 2018 and @sarahmackattack.bsky.social is just so delightful. Do I already have 2 picture book manuscripts featuring octopuses? Yes. Am I inspired to work on another cephalopod story? Indeed I am!

We're still working on convincing the water dog that he's a water dog, but we're making progress!

Non-member registration is open for our upcoming Adult/YA SFF workshop with Naomi Davis at Bookends Literary. This is a great opportunity to get market and editorial feedback on your opening chapters! find out more and register at app.inkedvoices.com/event/worksh...

Rain today! Good day for a tunnel hike for Hike-a-Thon

I'm agog! FORTS is one of @usatoday.com's bestselling #picturebooks this week! Thank you to all the indie bookstores who believe in this book and have been sharing it with their customers. ❤️💙📚 #kidlit www.usatoday.com/booklist/gen...

Look at this unusual cosmos flower. Its petals didn't split!

I got a physical ARC of Tiny Hiker in the mail ❤️ I love it so much!

How many seeds are catching a ride in this puppy's ear fur?

It's a long travel day for us, so here's a moonsnail shell from the mossy woods of Gwaii Haanas.

Here is a beautiful beach in the middle of nowhere. (Gwaii Haanas, Haida Gwaii. And what happens to it next? The island's landfill cannot handle the amount of debris that floats in. Cleaning it up isn't enough. We have to stop letting so much plastic get into the ocean in the first place.

I spent 10 days exploring Gwaii Haanas. It was incredible, and I'm not sure how to write about the experience. ❤️

Such a silly puppy

You might’ve heard me say: the goal of a creative practice is to refine what you’ve made until you can bear witness to it with a quiet mind—free from the whisper of an urge to change anything. Thinking this morning that—bearing witness to whatever you’ve made—you should also have a full heart.

Gardening friends

@jennytwrites.bsky.social look what I spied at my local bookshop! ❤️

@amyhevron.bsky.social look at this nice display at Third Place Books!

Happy Book Birthday to IF A BUMBLEBEE LANDS ON YOUR TOE by me and Vikki Zhang! I have a LOT of people to thank for making this book possible. (See comment thread) @picturebookseh.bsky.social @cwillbc.bsky.social #YeehooPress #PicnicHeist #kidlitmegafeed #debutauthor #bookbirthday #WorldBeeDay

I killed some grass and planted wildflowers. It makes me very happy. One day I'm going to have a whole meadow of wildflowers and it will be glorious.

It was fun to watch the paragliders playing at Clover Point.

I'm so excited that we found a sunflower star baby! After the heat dome and wasting disease, these sea stars have been struggling to make a recovery. (It's about two cm across but will grow up to be huge!)

My child made meals for their stuffies. Otter has a purple sea urchin, and a favourite rock to use if needed. Panda has some nice bamboo.

Such a fun surprise to find in my email! I'm so glad the judges enjoyed my story, Silvie's Tree. Thank you so much! #pbparty