Hey, Hamilton area folks, please join me for a storytime at Dundas Driving Park in June 25 at 10:30 am! We’ll have some cloudy fun. 💨🌧️🌈📚

Check out ALL THE WATER ON EARTH, an awesome new nonfiction picture book from @rochellestrauss.bsky.social!

KENZIE'S LITTLE TREE is a nominee for an SCBWI Crystal Kite Award in the Canada & North America division! Your support means so much! If you are a member of SCBWI and a fan of our book, please click on the link in my bio or DM me for the link to vote for KENZIE'S LITTLE TREE! #kidlit #CanKidLit

Happy book birthday to LOOKING AT THE SKY!!

Boosting!

New blog! "The Unlikely Origin of a Book about Gratitude and Delight" by @sharigreen.bsky.social "I sat down to write a joyful little post about savouring the simple pleasures in life, but instead, I’m drawn to share the very personal origin story of Savor the Day." #picturebooks #kidlit #CANkidlit

Thanks to @owlkids.bsky.social for hosting @dreamist.bsky.social and me on Creator Corner! #picturebook #STEM #kidlit #CANkidlit

Thoughts on community, responsibility, and why I love this community. We are not crud. saraharonson.substack.com/p/look-what-...

Tonight! 📚❤️📚❤️📚❤️

Happy May Day! This month's issue of Margin Notes is all about perspective--looking at people and places from a new vantage point. It includes some picture books that will zoom your back in time and out into space 🌎 #picturebooks #kidlit You can read it here: mailchi.mp/92192d0ff134...

NEXT WEEK: We’re having a picture book launch party! Join us at Mabel’s Fables as we celebrate our books: SAMINA GOES TO A WEDDING, ONE COSMIC ROCK, and THE CLOUD THAT STUCK. May 4, 6:30-8:30PM Mabel’s Fables 540 Mount Pleasant Rd Toronto @doroleung.bsky.social @faridazaman.bsky.social #kidlit

📚​👍🏼​ Discover these new #kidlit Spring books! #CANkidkit @parentclub.bsky.social @susanhughes.bsky.social @heathercamlot.bsky.social @rochellestrauss.bsky.social @kevinheronjones.bsky.social @faridazaman.bsky.social @awestlewis.bsky.social

Join us tomorrow night!

Please join us for family storytime tomorrow!

One Cosmic Rock is now a firm family favourite!!

Happy #EarthDay 2026! It's a good day to celebrate our evolutionary history with these #picturebooks: ONE TINY BUBBLE: The Story of Our Last Universal Common Ancestor. ONE COSMIC ROCK: The Story of the Asteroid that Changed Our World. @owlkids.bsky.social @dreamist.bsky.social #kidlit

Hooray! Tomorrow I get to start teaching my picture book revision workshop with wonderful writers! 📚🎉

On April 25, please join us at Queen Books in Toronto for #CanadianIndieBookstoreDay! We'll be helping some of our favorite booksellers. Wherever you are, it's a good day to visit your indie. To find one near you: www.indiebookstores.ca/bookstores @indiebookstores.ca @charlesbridge.bsky.social

Happy book birthday to THE CLOUD THAT STUCK! Have you ever had a cloud that just wouldn’t leave? Written by me, illustrated by @doroleung.bsky.social published by @charlesbridge.bsky.social. #picturebook #socialemotionallearning @picturebookseh.bsky.social

Reconciliation is an ongoing process, and our apology is part of my journey toward it. As a person of settler heritage, I see it as my responsibility to continue this work. I welcome the opportunity to listen, learn, grow community, and build bridges.

THE CLOUD THAT STUCK will publish in one week on April 14, but you can read an excerpt in the @quillandquire.bsky.social magazine today! Written by me, illus. by @doroleung.bsky.social, coming from @charlesbridge.bsky.social! #kidlit #pictureboook #socialemotionallearning #SEL

Only two spots left in my upcoming workshop! Please message me if you want more info. I'd be happy to chat about it. We had such a great time last year. @whalerockworkshops.bsky.social #picturebooks #writingworkshop #kidlit #CANkidlit

There are still a few spots available for my workshop! Join us?

Last year, I started noting the books I read in a month - and it made a nice book capsul retrospective at the end of the year. This is where I am so far in 2026... What's on your TBR? #books #bookclub

This month we're featuring author-illustrator Sid Sharp, whose latest graphic novel—Bog Myrtle—was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Illustration. https://kidsbooknews.ca/blogs/spotlight-on-new-book-creators/keep-your-eye-on-sid-sharp

Congrats to all, and thanks for your support!

Thanks to @debbieohi.com for sharing this sneak peek of THE CLOUD THAT STUCK! 🌧️ Some clouds just won't go away.

SAVE THE DATE: We’re having a picture book launch party! Join us at Mabel’s Fables on May 4 as we celebrate our books: SAMINA GOES TO A WEDDING, ONE COSMIC ROCK, & THE CLOUD THAT STUCK. May 4, 6:30-8:30PM Mabel’s Fables 540 Mount Pleasant Rd Toronto @doroleung.bsky.social @faridazaman.bsky.social

Oooo, this is exciting!

Dreaming of a way to connect this National Canadian Film Day? @canfilmday offers educational programming for high school students! Register your high school for RCtv: Black Realities - Identity and Belonging, a national livestream with special guests. Visit canfilmday.ca #CanFilmDay

TONIGHT!!!

One month until the publication of THE CLOUD THAT STUCK! Illustrated by @doroleung.bsky.social and written by me. Published by @charlesbridge.bsky.social. Available for preorder!

ONE COSMIC ROCK is a Winter 2026 Top Grade Pick on 49th Kids for Teachers! Educator Spencer Miller says, “I love how this book about extinction and evolution puts your students right into the story, connecting them to science and history.” #picturebook @dreamist.bsky.social @owlkids.bsky.social

Hooray for picture books! See below for #PictureBooksEh’s 2026 #giveaways!

Please join me for an online Book Birthday Party! On March 18 at 8pm ET, I’ll be with @vcfa.bsky.social alums to celebrate our latest #kidlit releases, & all are welcome! You’ll hear readings from each creator, including my nonfiction picture book with @dreamist.bsky.social – ONE COSMIC ROCK!

BLUESKY 📚👍🏼Discover these new #kidlit books to spark imagination. Creators: @parentclub.bsky.social @susanhughes.bsky.social @heathercamlot.bsky.social @karenkrossing.com @rochellestrauss.bsky.social @kevinheronjones.bsky.social @faridazaman.bsky.social @awestlewis.bsky.social #kidlit

First review arrived for The Book of Jupiter!! Kirkus star!!! www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

📚👍One Cosmic Rock by @karenkrossing.com @dreamist.bsky.social @owlkids.bsky.social -- wonderful for home and class libraries! #kidlit #picturebooks

Do you have #picturebook manuscripts you’d like to revise with a small, committed group of writers dedicated to helping you produce your best work? Join me for this 9-week workshop limited to 8 writers. More info: www.whalerockworkshops.com/picture-book... @whalerockworkshops.bsky.social #kidlit

It's a great feeling when a reviewer reads your book with as much attention and care as Emily Schneider has in this Imaginary Elevator blog post on The Curious Life of Cecilia Payne: imaginaryelevators.blog/2026/02/25/s... @ebyrbooks.bsky.social #kidlit #picturebook #womeninscience #womeninstem

Hooray! IBBY announced the finalists for the 2025 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian #PictureBook Award, & MY STREET REMEMBERS, written by me & illustrated by Cathie Jamieson, is on the list! Congrats to all! From the jury: “Readers of all ages will be inspired by the varied art styles on display.”

📚​👍🏼​ Discover these new #kidlit books—perfect reads to spark imagination and cozy up with this season! #CANkidkit @parentclub.bsky.social @susanhughes.bsky.social @heathercamlot.bsky.social @rochellestrauss.bsky.social @kevinheronjones.bsky.social @faridazaman.bsky.social @awestlewis.bsky.social

Thanks, @49thshelf.bsky.social, for including ONE COSMIC ROCK in your list of Most Anticipated Spring 2026 Books for Young Readers! @dreamist.bsky.social @owlkids.bsky.social Here's the list: 49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/02...

Hooray! Thanks for keeping this list, Shari!

What a terrific write-up about the work of author @karenkrossing.com and illustrator Cathie Jamieson! 🎉 Their wonderful historical picture book MY STREET REMEMBERS was published in September 2025 by @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social kidsbooknews.ca/blogs/featur...

It's launch day for this gorgeous book! 💥🌎

Thanks for sharing this flip peek, Debbie! I’m glad you enjoyed our book!

Happy book birthday to my nonfiction picture book ONE COSMIC ROCK, wonderfully illustrated by @dreamist.bsky.social! This book opens space for readers to ponder their evolutionary existence as a celebration of resilience. @owlkids.bsky.social @picturebookseh.bsky.social @curtisbrownltd.bsky.social