Day 11 of the #makearteveryday challenge . This one is ART: SONG BIRD . . . #mae2025 #makearteveryday #illustration #illustrator #lovewhatyoudo #birdillustrator

When I read the full review of THE OCEAN'S HEART I cried (tears of joy)...Okay, I'm still crying. The reviewer connected with this book on every level. I hope other readers will, too. ❤️@steelworksliterary.bsky.social @lernerbooks.bsky.social @carolhinz.bsky.social #Edusky #Skybrarians #kidlit

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Had a great morning on our Travis Audubon poetry birding hike at Blair Woods Nature Preserve in Austin. This interesting spider was hanging above the trail. #haikusaturday #nature

On our poetry birding hike today we wrote nonets. This is my first attempt at writing one! We heard Carolina Chickadees along the trail. Although I didn't capture a good photo today, I added a nonet to a rough sketch I made from a photo I took of a Black-capped Chickadee in the NE.

We love a good collective noun and there are lots of crackers for rooks, including congregation, storytelling, building, parliament and clamour. The bird's Latin name Corvus frugilegus means "fruit-gathering crow". 📸 Pics by George Anderson.🐦‍⬛

beneath starry skies buck-toothed builder carves frost moon on the wane #haikuSaturday #haiku #poetry #moon #beavers #ecology #rivers #trees

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Super fun haiku!

Todays colour collective drawing using the colour ‘dark charcoal’ . #illustration #forest #mixedmedia #colour_collective

Happy Friday! You still have until Wednesday, November 12 to send us a haiku or two! This issue's theme is winter, but don't use the word winter! thesolitarydaisy.ca/submission-g...

🌸🌱🐝🌿🍂🪻 // sunlight scavengers // spread from Gardening for Biodiversity by the Wild Seed Project // gouache on hot press paper realized I hadn't posted the art from one of the coolest projects I've ever done, so I'm starting that today! plant facts in the comments :) #art #botanicalillustration

Let's celebrate! It's #NonfictionNovember!!! Did you know that reading nonfiction #picturebooks can help you win #jeopardy? Don't miss this incredible post by Astra Books for Young Readers Marketing Director Kerry McManus: astrapublishinghouse.com/2025/11/06/c...

I love this feature of the #NYT. Each one a mini-masterclass in poetry - reading, writing, experiencing. #poem #poetry #writing

We are very excited for this upcoming webinar with @sylvialiu.bsky.social on unblocking & unlocking creativity! Open to non-members too! app.inkedvoices.com/event/webina... #Writingcommunity

Hello #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm Julian, a queer 🏳️‍⚧️ picture book illustrator working in gouache. I've climbed out of the final art mines to wave around a little flag that says "let me illustrate a book about frogs or bugs!" 🌌 julianplum.com 💌 [email protected] #kidlitart #picturebooks #art 🐸 🌿

ANNOUNCEMENT! We've been working hard behind the scenes this year to revamp our approach to our scholarship program. It's now ready and applications for our 2026 scholarship program are LIVE! forms.gle/Pe2qKyaGMH67...

It's an autumnal #kidlitartpostcard day! The trees are busy changing colour & flinging leaves off in all directions. Huge piles sit around periodically crunchy and soggy. Winter is approaching fast! 🌐 Nicolaschofield.com Rep by @sallymkim.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social #kidlitart

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Writers, check out this fun new holiday contest from #MightyKidlit! mighty-kidlit.mn.co #kidlit @ziemkemichele.bsky.social

An author with no significant platform lands a book deal for a nonfiction book, then fears that it will be taken away when publishing professionals realize they've made a huge mistake. But there's much more to the story than that, from Dr. Kerry Makin-Byrd.

Autumn colours in the hill #Shetland

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These are the books I assigned for week two of our study of picture books. We expanded our learning to include some early readers. (This is for Writing 1 in the @simmonsuniversity MFA in writing for Children and Young Adults). #ChildrensLiterature #KidLit #Picturebooks

Discover the megafauna species that have shaped our planet in MEGA by @juleshoward_zoology and illustrated by @gavillustrator. Yetis aren't real . . . or are they? Get an epic game of hide and seek in bestselling author @mathunt’s latest picture book, How to Find a Yeti!

"We need another and a wiser and perhaps a more mystical concept of animals . .They are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the earth." Henry Beston For World Wildlife Day

WORLD MORE BEAUTIFUL by Angela Kunkel art by Becca Stadtlander is a #picturebookbiography of #caldecottwinners #BarbaraCooney & her journey as an illustrator & what made her art unique. Kunkel’s lyrical language is perfectly complemented by Stadlanders gorgeous art. A great addition to any library!

So excited that it’s #worldjellyfishday ! 🪼Visit an aquarium and learn all about them. Perfect time to preorder THE SECRETS OF THE JELLIES, out from @chroniclekidsbooks.bsky.social on 4/21/26. Art by @mariehermansson.bsky.social . Edited by @naomikirsten.bsky.social . @steamteambooks.bsky.social

Querying writers -- Please give yourselves some grace and stop fretting about a few silly typos in your queries. We probably won't notice them, we're not going to hold them against you, and if we DO hold them against you, you don't want to work with us anyway.

Want your writing to be clear, concise and conversational? Here's a free, updated, 53-minute webinar of me sharing 10 tips to cut fluff from your copy. If your work gets sleeker as a result, consider buying one of my books. lnkd.in/gnu-kiJY #copyediting #kidlit #editing #revision #megakidlit

Swan poem: #poetry #natureWriting

Where are my Bluesky friends? I know I’ve been quiet-ish here for awhile. I’d like to find the children’s poets again. Are you out there?

drought swept away in tumults of autumn rain river swells to life (same river, same hour, very different moods) #haikuSaturday #haiku #ecology #rivers #autumn #NewEngland

What a gorgeous bird!

Loved THE UNEXPECTED LIVES OF ORDINARY GIRLS by @jandersoncoats.bsky.social! 👏 This engaging and nuanced story discusses education, immigration, religion, family, equal rights, and libraries💛. Set in 1910. Relevant now. Lovely cover by Margarita Kukhtina. #girlpower #MGLit #kidlit 📚👍

Happy book birthday to I DANCE! 🎶 🇵🇭 To have Filipino culture be so easily accessible, mixed with dancing, and a book that’s easy to read over and over - what a gift. So happy our book is finally out in the world. Beautifully written by Diana Rañola, published by Holiday House 📚

This is a great book!

For any #kidlit creators wondering, "What am I going to do for my book event?" @christineevans.bsky.social has this awesome guide! kidlitsurvivalguide.substack.com/p/how-to-hol...

To publishers, authors, & others posting about illustrated books, including covers that have illustration: Please credit the ILLUSTRATOR. This not only helps boost the illustrator, but also shows that you value HUMAN illustrators. #PicturesMeanBusiness

What a great episode of the @booksmitten.bsky.social podcast! It was fascinating to learn more about Kate DiCamillo's writing processes. (Kate DiCamillo!!!!! 🤩)

Nice array of small ferns on a north-facing wall by the (currently closed) Transporter Bridge, Middlesbrough. Asplenium spp - maidenhair spleenwort, hartstongue, wall rue and (?) black spleenwort. 🐡 #wildflowerHour

#fungifriends - does anyone have a link to a good explanation of the mechanism by which honey fungus kills its hosts, and how the fungus benefits from this? Thank you 🍄

I don’t know about you but I’ve seen lots of fungi this week, shall we have a #WildFungiHour tomorrow for #WildFlowerHour & celebrate all those wonderful diverse grasslands that ‘flower’ in the autumn too! All the wild blooms that you’ve spotted in the last week are welcome too of course! See ALT ⬇️

The leaves’ rich brocade Conceals our careless litter - Dull streets, all dolled up. #haikuSaturday

in dappled woodland deadwood tree dances alive with life within #haikuSaturday #haiku #ecology #deadwood #forest #snag #Audubon #Aracadia

Good news: the bugs that eat pests in your yard also use fallen leaves to survive the winter! In general, leaving leaves where they fall is the right move. But there are a few situations where removing (or just moving) plant material from your yard is the right move ⤵️

Todays colour collective drawing using the colour ‘pickle green’ . Thought I’d draw another one of my characters from a chapter book I’ve written , currently out on submission #clr_collective #illustration #foxfairy

My author copies arrived ❤️ Pippo will come out in two weeks! From @harperkids.bsky.social #picturebook #author