A sensitive child struggles in Spanish language class – until her teacher takes a more playful approach. Writer and educator @brintonculp.bsky.social shares how a creative idea helped a young student build confidence. See below: menderist.com/helping-a-st...

Fairy godmother carriage potential

Our Sept Panel is on 9/25. RU an ed, parent or caregiver? Join me as we discuss the importance of individuality. Classrooms welcome and it's FREE! Learn more here: cardinalrulepress.lpages.co/just-ducky-p... #CardinalRulePress #individuality #picturebooks #educators #parents #caregiver #librarians

👻GILBERT AND THE GHOST is featured on Susanna Leonard Hill’s Perfect Picture Book Friday today and there’s a GIVEAWAY! Read here to find out how to win a copy of the book📚 susannahill.com/2025/09/12/p... #author #educators #picturebooks #giveawayalert #gilbertandtheghost #PPBF

📆3 weeks from today! 👻📚 Join me at Children's Book World to celebrate spooky season & the launch of GILBERT & THE GHOST on Sat, 9/20, 11 AM. I'll read & sign books, & give away swag & ghostly treats! 😋 #gilbertandtheghost @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #BookLaunch #booksforkids #spookyseason

Teacher & librarian friends - I have a back-to-school present for you! An author read-aloud of our just-released picture book OVER AND UNDER THE CORAL REEF, available on my YouTube channel through September! Amazing illustrations are by @csneal.bsky.social youtu.be/TdjTHZkdxvc

What are books to you?

On Maria Marshall's PB Buzz blog today!

We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book GILBERT AND THE GHOST by @heatherstigall7.bsky.social, illustrated by Jess Mason (Beaming Books) out Aug. 19. To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday weekly update: kidlit411.com/2025/08/the-... (+ more ways to win)

Hopeful waiting

Writing tip: Don't let the novel tea wear off... New comic for The Southampton Review.

Haiku July, Day 17

A truly haunting experience

June. Ready.

We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book LIVING BRIDGES: THE HIDDEN WORLD OF INDIA'S WOVEN TREES by ‪@authorsandhya.bsky.social illustrated by @avanidwivedi.bsky.social To enter, L + RP & confirm your entry in our Friday update: www.kidlit411.com/2025/05/the-... (+ more ways to win)

We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book THE AIR WE SHARE: A POLLUTION PROBLEM AND FINDING WAYS TO FIX IT by @deeromito.bsky.social illustrated by Mariona Cabassa (Holiday House) To enter, L + RP & confirm your entry in our Friday update: www.kidlit411.com/2025/05/the-...

Check out my interview with Amy Nielsen who is participating in @scbwiepa.bsky.social 's upcoming Marketing & Social Media Labs virtual event. There's still time to register and sign up for a consultation!

Opened some beautiful book mail today! I didn’t know anything about Grace Lee Boggs until reading this book by @songjudaemicke.bsky.social and illustrated by Lin. “The gardens bloomed into a colorful canvas.” #kidlit #picturebooks #classroomlibrary #teachers

Day 27, #aBirdFromTheLord Before drifting off to sleep, I heard #aBirdFromTheLord. An owl screeching, probably winging into the night. Owls are some of my favorites, and when I hear them before sleep, it's like a hug from God.

New comic for the NY Times Book Review! What type of book are you reading?

Blooming! Happy #teacherappreciationweek 📚🍎🌸

📚The first review is out & it's a great one! 🎉 Here's what Kirkus thinks of GILBERT & THE GHOST by me and ill. by Jess Mason (@beamingbooksmn.bsky.social, 8/25) www.kirkusreviews.com/.../gilbert-... #gilbertandtheghost #bookreview #PreOrderNow #kirkusreviews #picturebooks #kidlit #kidlitcommunity

It's time for Member News! Click over to our blog for exciting news from our members this month including Becca Wierwille, @lryanstorms.bsky.social, Hallee Adelman, @berrietr.bsky.social, @candacespizzirri.bsky.social, and @lauraparnum.bsky.social. easternpennpoints.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/m...

📚Thank you, Publishers Weekly, for giving readers a sneak peek at books to look forward this fall, including GILBERT AND THE GHOST 👻 by Jess Mason and me #gilbertandtheghost #fallsneakpeek #childrensbooks #picturebooks #kidlit @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

I love #EarthDay and #kidlit to go with it! 🌏 OUR WORLD OUT OF BALANCE explains climate change and actions we can take to help deal with this urgent problem--working together. Written by Andrea Minoglio with illustrations by Laura Fanelli, published by Blue Dot Kids Press. 📚👍

#NationalPoetryMonth fun!

Yay me! One of my books - DISCOVERING SOURCES OF WATER INSIDE MAX AXIOM'S LAB, (Illustrated by Erik Doescher), published by @capstonepub.bsky.social - made this list. Thank you @teachmag.bsky.social!

The wait is almost over…THINKING ABOUT THINKING will be published next week! It features 128 pages of comics on impossible thoughts and complicated feelings. Find it worldwide wherever you get your books.

We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book, I AM, YO SOY, by @thegreatgabsie.bsky.social, illustrated by @msmirelle.bsky.social (@harpercollins.bsky.social). To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday weekly update: www.kidlit411.com/2025/03/the-... (+ more ways to win)

We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book, GRACE LEE BOGGS: GARDENS OF HOPE by Sonju Ma Daemicke, illustrated by Lin (@albertwhitman.bsky.social). To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday weekly update: www.kidlit411.com/2025/03/the-... (+ more ways to win)

Here's a page from my new book THINKING ABOUT THINKING, out next month from @abramscomicarts.bsky.social. Pre-order from @watermarkbooks.bsky.social and get a custom tote: watermarkbooks.com/list/grant-s...

Spread the word! 🩵

Happy daffodilly Sunday

For anyone working on a website, I found the latest episode of Author’s Edge podcast by @allisonlanelit.bsky.social really helpful. #website #author #writer #authorwebsite

Loved the Kid-Lit Fest from @aaronsbooks.bsky.social. Kids had the best ideas as @adamgidwitz.bsky.social led his fun writing workshop.

#50PreciousWords UPDATE! Toadstool Bookshop in Keene NH says there are only 25 books in the pile for the literacy nonprofit we are supporting this year, but we had 585 contest entries. Books are the best vehicle to spread the message of #kindness & #equality. toadbooks.com/store/2 (603) 352-8815.

Sending a little inspiration out there this evening

I'm so excited to see Ellen L. Ramsey and A Book for Bear featured on the 12x12 challenge this month. If you haven't checked out her book yet, your littles will absolutely LOVE it! #amwriting #PB #kidlit #WritingCommunity #authors www.12x12challenge.com/ellen-ramsey...

Happy Hat Day! #readacrossamerica #drsuess

Inspiring idea blob #comics #kidlit

Anyone else feel this coming too? Gotta love fortune cookies

Ready for a new day

Saying goodbye to the lake and a wonderful writing weekend #amwriting

A beautiful frozen morning for writing #amwriting

Happy writing gifts from a writer friend #amwriting

A good morning for writing #amwriting

Ready to be inspired and dream this long weekend with friends on a writing retreat #amwriting

A great way to start here with my first post. Yay #storystorm!