Thanks to all who voted. Thomas Gonzalez made it to the next round! Could you please vote again? Tom needs to be at number one at the end of the next 6 days to go on to the third level… LET'S DO THIS! #kidlit #illustration @suzanneslade.bsky.social Pass it on! peoplesartist.org/2026/tom-gon...

Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month. Meet Tammy Do. www.tammydoillust.com #Kidlit #illustration Represented by Karen Kilpatrick.

Sonoma Young Writers’ Awards was such a wonderful #kidlit event. Congrats to the young writers, their families & Teachers and librarians. Happy 60 years to CRA—wow! Special thanks to Gateway Reading Council @ilatoday.bsky.social for surprising me with your #Literacy Award! I am truly honored. 🌟📚🌟

This is the situation I refer to the most when trying to explain a the state of book bans right now. Utah has state mandated book destruction for books like Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood, and Damsel by Elana K Arnold. The vast majority of the books are written by women.

All Bay Area people must attend this event.

Thank you to @barnesandnoble.com for sharing the good news! "Max, a Little Axolotl" has been named one of B&N's Kids Bestsellers!!! WOOHOO!!!! Our little friend Max has made it on the 100 Kids Bestsellers list, and I couldn't be more thrilled 💛

Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month and the STARRED Review for @dowphumiruk.bsky.social Happy Songkran Day: The Thai New Year Celebration 🌟📚🌟

Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month. Happy almost Book Birthday @natashayim.bsky.social 🌟📚🌟

Celebrating AAPI Heritage Month. Meet @shihopate.bsky.social 🌟📚🌟#kidlit #author #illustrator

I hear it’s #NationalApplePieDay Why not National-Share-Pie-With -Your-Neighbors-Day? #community #kidlit #kindness JUST FLOWERS 🌸🌼🌺 Illus @k8cosgrove.bsky.social Sleeping Bear @eastwestlit.bsky.social

A nightingale is only 6" tall - and migrates 1000s of miles Teachers, birds are your best 🆓 tool for nature literacy This month's newsletter has activities to prove it! 🐦 bit.ly/41xYwDK #NatureLiteracy #edchat #TLSky @steamteambooks.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social

Thank you @patricianewman.bsky.social for having us in your blog and connect Language Arts and STEM in the newest title of the #bigblueearth series! @amicuspublishing.bsky.social @thecreativecompany.bsky.social ! @eastwestlit.bsky.social

Day 2– #KidlitAgentWeek Post Photo of you & your #kidlit agent. Deborah Warren @eastwestlit.bsky.social is the BEST! Fun fact: Caitlyn Dlouhy @simonkids.bsky.social found GOLDIE in the Slush Pile! I used it to introduce myself to DW at an @scbwisfneb.bsky.social conference long ago! 🌟📚🌟

Happy (belated) Book Birthday to Max, a Little Axolotl #2: Breaking Out! (An Original Graphic Novel) by @joebot.bsky.social / Graphix Max, a Little Axolotl #1 --is a @barnesandnoble.com Bestseller!

Thomas Gonzalez is in the running over on Johnny Depp's The People's Artist. Spread the word and please VOTE! Limited time left. Thanks in advance. peoplesartist.org/2026/tom-gon...

Thank you to maistorybooklibrary over on Insta for including Squirrel Draws BIG Feelings @lucianaillustra.bsky.social @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social in her NEW Books about Big Feelings #kidlit recommendations! 🌟📚🌟 www.instagram.com/reel/DYN0MUm...

Happy book birthday to my latest picture book- and my debut as an author!! Huge thanks to all the amazing people in my life that helped me get here. You can read about it in my interview with @erindealey.bsky.social erindealey.com/book-birthda... @eastwestlit.bsky.social @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social

Happy Book Birthday to POPPY by #kidlit author/illustrator @heatherbrockmanlee.bsky.social ! @harperkids.bsky.social @harperstacks.bsky.social

Fabulous! Congrats @erindealey.bsky.social Illus. Germán Blanco — #halfbirthday #kidlit

Happy Mother’s Day! 🌻🌼🌸🌺 Here’s to strong women. May we know them. May we raise them. May we be them. Art by @k8cosgrove.bsky.social from JUST FLOWERS @erindealey.bsky.social Sleeping Bear #kidlit @eastwestlit.bsky.social

Happy Saturday @zombietardis.bsky.social LOOK at all those cool books! Congrats on the fourth and final installment of the NYT bestselling graphic novel series based on the worldwide phenomenon The Last Kids on Earth!

Hello #kidlitartpostcard buddies, I make books for kids! Rep: Deborah Warren @eastwestlit.bsky.social #kidlitart #kidlit #NYTbestseller

Hello hello! For #kidlitartpostcard today I would like to share this lovely review from @ala-booklist.bsky.social for my upcoming PB Poppy 🥰 I am represented by @eastwestlit.bsky.social -and I love our supportive community!

Happy Book Birthday RAINBOW COOKIES Illus. ZB Asterplume / by Lesléa Newman @chroniclekidsbooks.bsky.social 🌈 A girl rallies her friends & family to show the power of love and acceptance when the Pride-inspired rainbow cookies sold at Ms. Madeleine's bakery spark backlash in the neighborhood

See you soon Gateway Reading Council 🌟📚🌟Honored to be part of your wonderful event to celebrate Young Writers! 🌟📚🌟 #kidlit @copperfieldsbooks.bsky.social @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social @lucianaillustra.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social

Hello #kidlitartpostcard day. I'm Shiho Pate. I love making children's book to create a space for readers to escape & immerse themselves💛 ✨ Children's book author illustrator ✨ Rep'd by Deborah Warren at @eastwestlit.bsky.social ✨ Portfolio shihopate.com #kidlitart #postcard #illustration #kidlit

Happy Children's Book Week! We are celebrating amazing #kidlit creators as we do each month—with our EastWestLit newsletter: Book Deals, Bestsellers, Book Birthdays and so many accolades. 100% GOOD News, FABULOUS Children’s Books. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

It’s #KidlitArtPostcard Day. We have such talented #illustrators! Including: @shihopate.bsky.social @heatherbrockmanlee.bsky.social @kirkreedstrom.bsky.social @dowphumiruk.bsky.social @gelakalaitzidis.bsky.social @lucianaillustra.bsky.social @k8cosgrove.bsky.social mailchi.mp/eastwestlite...

Guess what? Squirrel Draws BIG Feelings @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social is my FOURTH #kidlit book with the amazing @lucianaillustra.bsky.social #maythefourthbewithyou 🌟 The other three are with @kanemillerbooks.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social

Happy Book Birthday @k8cosgrove.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉🎉

Oh look it’s me on tv! Or at least on A tv. May 16 at @boulderbookstore.bsky.social to celebrate my author/illustrator debut (and there will be CRAFTS) @eastwestlit.bsky.social @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social #picturebook

Cristina Zenato removes fishing hooks from sharks by hand 🦈 because she doesn't wait for someone else to save the ocean. Sharks Unhooked is hope in action. Grab it on sale on Amazon! 🌊 #OceanHope #KidsBooks @lernerbooks.bsky.social @carolhinz.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social #TLSky #edusky

Thank you #Teachers! #TeacherAppreciationWeek We appreciate YOU! Hang in there… It’s almost #Graduation 🎓 @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social #AnnaDewdney #kidlit

I moved to Substack and my first post is up! Yay! open.substack.com/pub/laurenhk... #kidlit #kidlitart @eastwestlit.bsky.social @unionsqandco.bsky.social

I love my writer life! 🌟 And as I told students at the 4 schools I visited this week, dreams come true! ❤️ And I was inspired by all the hands that were raised when I asked, "Does anyone want to be an author? And/or an illustrator?"Woo hoo!! 🖋️🎨 #SonomaValleyAuthorsFestival @eastwestlit.bsky.social

Part 2 🍎NYC: Editor Maria Correa @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social Studio 📚ZBasterplume @heatherbrockmanlee.bsky.social Regan Winter, Editor,Disney @kirkreedstrom.bsky.social Nancy Conescu -Editorial director @fsgbooks.bsky.social & Kate Broad Emily Feinberg @mackidssl.bsky.social new imprint

SAT & SUN! #freecomicbookday

3/🐿️ Thank you to the BEST Booksellers and ALL THE KIDS who truly drew their hearts out! @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social @lucianaillustra.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social My heart is full. 💕📚💕

2/🐿️ Thank you to the wonderful #teachers #librarians & #parents who jumped in when I said, “Want to host a Squirrel Party to celebrate my new book?” #kidlit #chalkart @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social @lucianaillustra.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social

April was a month of SQUIRREL PARTIES! 1/🐿️ I mean, when your book is called: Squirrel Draws BIG Feelings @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social @lucianaillustra.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social —that’s what you do! 📚🐿️📚Right?

April Book BDays Llama Llama @lucianaillustra.bsky.social @erindealey.bsky.social @zombietardis.bsky.social @staciawrites.bsky.social @apalessandri.bsky.social & @meganefreeman.bsky.social @kellycrull.bsky.social @patricianewman.bsky.social @kirkreedstrom.bsky.social mailchi.mp/eastwestlite...

Llama Llama has learned so much this year, but he isn't so sure he's ready to say goodbye to his #teacher or classmates. Change can be scary, but with the help of his friends &family, Llama Llama remembers that it can also be good. Anna Dewdney /Viking @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social #Graduation

I'm ready! 🌟1000 bookplates are signed (my cat "helped") and my presentation is ready for 4 school visits this week for the Sonoma Valley Authors Festival Young Readers Program! I'm excited to share THE GLASS PYRAMID about I.M Pei and the Louvre Museum @ssedlib.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social

Books Perfect for Saying Con-grad-ulations! Anna Dewdney’s LLAMA LLAMA GRADUATION DAY @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social bookshop.org/lists/books-pe…

Happy Earth Day reading with these great books! ❤️ 🌊 🌎 ❤️ 🌊 🌎 ❤️

Happy #IndependentBookstoreDay 🌟📚🌟Thank you to ALL the Indies who create welcoming spaces for BookLovers + #kidlit everywhere. 🌟📚🌟 I’ll be at The Bookery today w/ SQUIRREL DRAWS BIG FEELINGS @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social @lucianaillustra.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social Story + ART at NOON

This #EarthDay I Zoomed w/~1,000 Texas students & librarians. My message: HOPE IS REAL 🌍 Sea otters 🦦 elephants 🐘 sharks 🦈 manta rays 🐟 nightingales 🪶 & the people protecting them are all working alongside these kids So proud! #TeachTheHope #NonfictionForKids #TLSky #edusky @eastwestlit.bsky.social

I have so enjoyed this virtual book tour! Thank you, @deborahkalb.bsky.social, for being a part of it! #kidlit @unionsquarekids.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social

Sacramento Book Festival was FAB! 🌊📚 Young readers discovering a famous cellist and nightingale, sharks, manta rays, sea otters, and the ocean. Books flying, conversations buzzing, hearts full. The ripple effect in real time. Hope lives in each child I met! 🦦 #KidLit @eastwestlit.bsky.social

Libraries are often the only free, accessible space in a community. But behind the scenes, many are struggling with aging buildings and limited funding. The result isn’t just worn infrastructure, it’s reduced access to essential services for the people who need them most. www.ala.org/news/2025/12...