I am thrilled!!! to have CLOUDS IN SPACE as one of @smithsonianmag.bsky.social scholars’ picks for “Best Books of 2024” 😍 www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t... Wait, have I mentioned that I am thrilled??? 😉

Day 10: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2024 Math Books for Kids. Math! It's beautiful, isn't it? Its logic. Cadences. Sublime applications. Today we celebrate it when it's put into children's books brilliantly. Don't be scared. Math is for everyone. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2024/12/10/3...

The world has lost a luminary. But let's keep her words alive by continuing to share them far and wide. Nikki Giovanni, Poet Who Wrote of Black Joy, Dies at 81 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/o... #poetry #kidlit

Big thanks to @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social and @ala-booklist.bsky.social for their starred reviews of A POCKET FULL OF ROCKS (illustrated by E.B. Goodale and written by me 🙂)! It's being published by Knopf on January 28, and is available for pre-order now! @prhlibrary.bsky.social

Loving this spooky cover for the 2024 issue of Ghostlight which includes my poem “How to be a Final Girl.” (And yes I still jump into bed just in case there’s something under there.) a.co/d/5r0rBkx

🎉 So thrilled that MABEL WANTS A FRIEND, by me & the awesome @marcrosenthal.bsky.social, is a @wsj.com Best Children’s Book of 2024 selection! Very proud to see it among so many wonderful books! 🦊🐰📚🎉 www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

Thank you for this beautiful review of THE BI BOOK by Cynthia Alonso and me, @phaeacrede.bsky.social! #thebibook #bivisibility #bipride #queerkidlit #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebook #bookreview @bookhive25.bsky.social

It's World Disability Day &Giving Tuesday! Today - and every day - let's show awareness, appreciation & kindness to the wonderful people that live with visible and invisible disabilities. #worlddisabilityday #givingtuesday #disability #invisibledisability #bekind #DisabilitySky #EduSky #kidlit

Public library energy is the best energy. Like here is all the knowledge we could find, it's been meticulously organized and vetted and it will cost you nothing today, welcome to the absolute pinnacle of human civic evolution, feel free to pull up any bean bag chair you like

Stories wait patiently, while we spin and shift and grow. 🌱

What an awesome group of kid lit creators I belong to! @kl4gm.bsky.social

An oldie from 2014. A fairy masquerade party. #kidlitart #kidlit #illustration #art #artist #asianamericanartist #sketch #drawing #artists #fairy #fairies #party

Achievement unlocked! It only took 20 or so takes but I’ve now got a read aloud for Simon Kids of MABEL WANTS A FRIEND, illustrated by @marcrosenthal.bsky.social! youtu.be/Zk-7ASfMttU?...

“But it’s the book bans themselves that cause the most harm, robbing youngsters of opportunities to think critically, explore ideas and learn about experiences different from their own.” New from @sciam.bsky.social showing the science says let kids read: www.scientificamerican.com/article/book...

I am honored & stunned! Thank you from the bottom of my heart, SCBWI friends, for recognizing CREEP, LEAP, CRUNCH! A FOOD CHAIN STORY as the 2024 Crystal Kite Award Winner for the Midsouth Region! WOW!!! @csneal.bsky.social @randomhousekids.bsky.social

Today's #ChewyReviewy is "Towed by Toad" by @jashar.bsky.social. Toad-ally delightful. Online review on Amazon & Goodreads! #kidlit #bookrecs #pb #heart #humor www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...

Still can’t get over that they took this tweet and made an entire picture book out of it

Reposting because I can now tag @marcrosenthal.bsky.social who is on BlueSky!

I made you something…

It's been fun seeing familiar faces pop up here this week! If you're just arriving & are an author, illustrator, educator, or librarian, here's a list of like-minded folks to follow: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... And here's how to add yourself to the list: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Excellent post on today's @themixed-upfiles.bsky.social blog about MG books that focus on grief. #kidlit #MGlit fromthemixedupfiles.com/finding-ligh...

I looking forward to seeing you at #NCTE if you'll be there!

🐲🔥 Many thanks to @imaginationsoup.bsky.social for including WARREN & DRAGON (by me & illustrator @mikemalbrough.bsky.social) among the 65 BEST DRAGON BOOKS FOR KIDS! Check out all the very fun 🐉📚 here: imaginationsoup.net/dragon-books...

I’m delighted to be on a panel with @tanyakonerman.bsky.social @debrakshumaker.bsky.social & @marciefatkins.bsky.social at the annual #NCTE conference this weekend! I’ll also be signing books at booth 704 on Friday at 10:30am if you want to snag a free copy of #QueenOfPhysics 🤩

I'm so honored that THE OFRENDA THAT WE BUILT by my daughter Shaian Gutiérrez, illustrator @gabbyzapata.bsky.social, and me is included in the Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best Books 2024/Best Informational Books for Younger Readers of 2024! 🥳🎉 chipublib.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...

I’m a #kidlit author & former bookmobile librarian who brought books to kids who needed them most. Now, I work in a jail library & bring books to adults who need them most. The enthusiasm of my patrons fills my heart with so much joy! Marginalized communities ♥️, need, and deserve books! ajirving.com

It’s a bird… it’s a plane… no, it’s Democracy Girl! Playing with video effects and animation on the CapCut App. #kidlitart #kidlit #artists #democracy #fightfordemocracy #superhero

Excited to help celebrate the Grand Opening of our new & improved B&N in Eatontown, NJ this Wednesday!

Playing around with Starter Packs - how lucky am I that I get to work with such incredible authors and illustrators?!?! go.bsky.app/PFoYM9p

Have you explored the website, Kidlit411? It's a treasure trove of resources for kidlit creators - authors, author-illustrators, illustrators - whether you're just getting started, you're looking for ways to level up, or you need helpful tips to continue developing your craft. www.kidlit411.com

Humblebragging is underrated 😄

There’s been a lot of skeeting about public libraries this week! Here are some ways you can support public libraries in these Trying Times™️. www.librariesforthepeople.org #librarysky

"Junko’s hill was her entire world." Anita Yasuda wows us with her new lyrical book, check out my blog post & giveaway: tinyurl.com/28um37wm #BlissfullyBookish #LLInspire #kidlit #amwriting #amreading #amediting #writingcommunity #books @ClarionBooks

Happy Friday #kidlit friends! ♥️🎉 I am thrilled to announce that I will be illustrating Talking to Worms written by Sara Levine. The book tells a lovely story about two siblings adopting some tiny pets in their garden and shares fascinating scientific information about worm habitats 🪱✨🌟🌱 #kidlitart

Awesome to see so many kidlit people on here now, and am really enjoying the throwback vibe - so let's do an Ask Me Anything #AMA about children's publishing/agenting! I primarily focus on picture books/illustrated books, but am happy to talk shop about pretty much everything. Fire away!

Not everyone celebrates #nationalpickleday, but for those who do, it's a really big dill! 🥒🥒🥒 TY to #nestingwiththebyrds for the photo! SLOTH AND SQUIRREL IN A PICKLE @kidscanpress

Can confirm this works! 📚 ❤️

POETRY CONTEST!! We're baaaaaaaack ... but this time it's for RHYMING VERSE for PB, MG, YA! Submissions open Monday, November 18. My fellow judges are back: Michelle Heidenrich Barnes, Suzy Levinson, and Lou Piccolo. We can't wait to read your kidlit poems! www.reneelatulippe.com/poetry-conte...

New year, new books! Please add these to your want-to-read list? BITSY BAT, TEAM STAR, the sequel to my #autismacceptance book “Bitsy Bat, Team Star” is out in February, followed by SQUID IN PANTS and the Spanish edition, “Bitsy Murciélago, Estrella Escolar” in May. #bitsybatschoolstar #kidlit

If everyone that lives in my little town checked out just one item a month from the library we’d be overwhelmingly busy. Using your library is the easiest way to support it. The more people that use the library the more power we have to defend it.

Perfect for a #FamilyStoriesMonth story time Inspired by families forced to leave homes in Central Africa, an honest, hopeful own-voice story about displacement, migration & finding a new home KENDE! KENDE! KENDE! Yaya Gentille, Kirsten Cappy, illus by Rahana Dariah childs-play.com/products/978...

This is WILD, guys. 🥹

It’s really pretty cool that one thing you can do to support people you like is ask your local library to get their book because it doesn’t cost you anything, it helps them, and the librarian gets to know someone actually wants to read a book and not just use the computer for Roblox

Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day! I love illustrating tenacious toddlers, monsters, hugs, and underwater scenes. Rep'd for books by Sean McCarthy. I'm so glad to have my #kidlit community this week. ❤️ More at: www.ginaperry.com #kidlit #kidlitart

You are not alone, by far. 💙“This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear.” - Toni Morrison. #kidlit #illustration #art #artist #artists #fight #lgbtqrights #womensrights #kindness #tolerance #freedom

The Remarkable Story of the First Woman to Run For United States President in the 1872 Election laughingsquid.com/victoria-woo...

We spoke with three educators who are doing their best to get preschoolers to middle schoolers excited about the democratic process, the election, and casting their own votes www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Celebrating Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) 2024 | Resources buff.ly/40s8QMJ via @readyourworld.bsky.social #ReadYourWorld #KidLit #DayOfTheDead #DiaDeLosMuertos #authorinterviews #FreeResources

Here we go again... Next Thursday, November 7th, is #KidLitArtPostcard day. For more info: www.ginaperry.com/postcard #kidlitart #kidlit

A reminder. #kamalaharris #harriswalz2024 #harriswalz2024 #election #vote #voteblue #nohate #noracism #prochoice #antifascist #uniteagainsthate #proudblue #votebluetoendhate #voteharriswalz2024