"Don’t use bicycle slang. Leave that to the boys." We have a ribald and wonderful conversation with @brennajeanneret.bsky.social about her latest picture book, bikes and all. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2026/05/26/d...

So … 👀👀👀😁😁 That’s it. That’s the whole post. 😉 #kidlit #writingcommunity

SUB UPDATE📚✨ 🖤I’m currently on sub with a VERY exciting #pb! Here’s a hint…🐎🎃🪦 It’s important to stay busy while waiting to hear back from editors, so lately I’ve been: 🥕 Planting my veggie garden 🪴 Setting up my garden stand 🐴 Training my new horse What do you do?🤔 #writingcommunity #kidlit

SUB UPDATE📚✨ 🖤I’m currently on sub with a VERY exciting #pb! Here’s a hint…🐎🎃🪦 It’s important to stay busy while waiting to hear back from editors, so lately I’ve been: 🥕 Planting my veggie garden 🪴 Setting up my garden stand 🐴 Training my new horse What do you do?🤔 #writingcommunity #kidlit

Harrumph! I'm proud of these these new bookmarks but Groucho is not impressed. He just asked me where his pancakes are... #kidlit #amwriting #amreading #books #graphicnovels #writingcommunity #funny #writing #funny #TuesdayThoughts

TAKE 5 with TONNYE FLETCHER beckywalkerbooks.com/2026/05/11/t...

“Awe wakes you, shakes you, calls you to create.” Read other nuggets of wisdom from #author @chanastiefel.bsky.social & win a copy of her book! RT & comment on blog: tinyurl.com/5xs4w3rx #kidlit #amreading #amwriting #writingcommunity #BlissfullyBookish #LLInspire #LLInterviews #books #giveaway

“Awe is accessible every day, everywhere.” 🌎✨ Check out my blog post with @chanastiefel.bsky.social's new book AWE! & giveaway: tinyurl.com/5xs4w3rx #BlissfullyBookish #LLInspire #kidlit #amwriting #amreading #amediting #writingcommunity #books #giveaway

BIG DAY!!! My second graphic novel in the GROUCHO THE GROUNDHOG series drops today....please welcome The Terrifying Turnip Takeover! @andrewsmcmeelkids.bsky.social @tarajhannon.bsky.social #kidlit #amwriting #amreading #books #graphicnovels #writingcommunity #funny #writing

In honour of my second graphic novel in Groucho the Grouchy Groundhog series, I'm doing a giveaway in US and Canada! Just RT and comment on blog. Good luck! tinyurl.com/4bnsaedd #kidlit #amwriting #amreading #books #graphicnovels #writingcommunity #funny #writing @andrewsmcmeelkids.bsky.social

✨ 12x12 celebrates National Teacher Appreciation Day! ✨ Celebrating the educators who inspire curiosity and a love of reading every day. 📚💛 #kidlit #12x12PB

Happy Monday #writingcommunity ☀️ Who here has some exciting book new to share? Let's hear it! #kidlit #author #picturebooks

I’m super excited to talk to parents and caregivers about two of my favorite things—helping kids and picture books! And look at these beautiful stories I’ll be sharing. waynepubliclibrary.libcal.com/event/153792...

✨I’m absolutely thrilled to connect with the wonderfully talented picture book author @donnacangelosi.bsky.social , who has generously donated a #pb critique for the #50PreciousWords event. Huge thanks to @viviankirkfield.bsky.social kfield.bsky.social, the judges, and everyone who donated a prize!

Picture books are one of the hardest formats to write well and one of the easiest to underestimate. Thirty-two pages. No wasted word. Every line has to carry weight.

✨I’m absolutely thrilled to connect with the wonderfully talented picture book author @donnacangelosi.bsky.social , who has generously donated a #pb critique for the #50PreciousWords event. Huge thanks to @viviankirkfield.bsky.social kfield.bsky.social, the judges, and everyone who donated a prize!

I'm thrilled to see that I'm a #50preciouswords winner! 🤩 Thank you @viviankirkfield.bsky.social and all the judges who read my 50 words about the beauty of TIME 🫶

🎉 Happy Book Birthday to #12x12PB member, @katieleereinert.bsky.social! 🎉 📚 SLOTHS AND THEIR MOTHS, illustrated by Gabi Moraes, published by @tielmourpress.bsky.social is out now. Check it out here: buff.ly/3yFoAxe #kidlit

🦥*GIVEAWAY ALERT*🦥 Today's the day! Sloths and Their Moths is out in the world! Comment, like, and repost to be entered to win a copy. I'll draw a random winner on April 6, so get your entry in by then🥳 @tielmourpress.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social

Picture books, eh! is running the first 2026 edition of The Great Canadian Picture Book Party on Monday, April 27th at 7pm. Sign up through CANSCAIP. If you're not a member, message [email protected] for the link. @picturebookseh.bsky.social #kidlit #CanKidLit

I'm thrilled to see that I'm a #50preciouswords winner! 🤩 Thank you @viviankirkfield.bsky.social and all the judges who read my 50 words about the beauty of TIME 🫶

Monarchs migrate. Mourning Cloaks hibernate. Same size, different lives! Check out @mstewartscience.bsky.social's new book Monarch and Mourning Cloak and win a free copy on my blog: tinyurl.com/329hx2yt #kidlit #amwriting #amreading #amediting #writingcommunity #books #nonfiction #STEM #nonfiction

Small steps add up to great distances. Always take life one step at a time. 🥰 #WritingCommunity #smallsteps #selfcare #focus

TAKE 5 with BRANDI-ANN UYEMURA beckywalkerbooks.com/2026/03/23/t...

We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book, HOW A BEAR BECAME A BOOK by @annettepimentel.bsky.social illustrated by @faithpray7.bsky.social (Henry Holt) out March 31. To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday weekly update: kidlit411.com/2026/03/the-...

🎉 Signed copies of Bea’s Balikbayan Box of Treasures are now available for preorder from @belcantobooks! 📦 Shipped to U.S. addresses or pick up in-store. 🔗 Shop link: belcantobooks.myshopify.com/products/pre-b…

🌊Great waves of water! A special delivery has arrived today📫 🎉BIRTHDAY BASH🧁 Thank you @theislandwriter.bsky.social for sending me your hilarious #picturebook about teamwork & staying cool under pressure. I truly enjoyed reading your book to my family & thought the art by Taylor Woolley was lovely!💛

🌊Great waves of water! A special delivery has arrived today📫 🎉BIRTHDAY BASH🧁 Thank you @theislandwriter.bsky.social for sending me your hilarious #picturebook about teamwork & staying cool under pressure. I truly enjoyed reading your book to my family & thought the art by Taylor Woolley was lovely!💛

I’m thrilled to be on the Rate Your Story blog today! Be sure to join for mentor texts, craft tidbits, community & prizes! #kidlit #CanKidLit #EduSky @picturebookseh.bsky.social @orcabook.bsky.social @literallylynne.bsky.social www.rateyourstory.org/post/mowmt-3...

✨Excited to receive Teri Roche Drobnick’s charming book, MOVING DAY! Inspired by a 139-year-old Victorian house that was relocated in 2021, this story gently reassures readers that moving isn’t so bad after all. With delightful illustrations by Jennifer Black Reinhardt, it’s a timeless work of art!

Hey #writing community! Feel like quitting? #Author @jilanne.bsky.social has some great advice for you. Check out my blog post & win a copy of her book! RT & comment on blog: tinyurl.com/3zd2ejww #kidlit #amreading #amwriting #writingcommunity #BlissfullyBookish #LLInterviews #books

What would you call the heart of the ocean? Last day to preorder for prizes! 📚👍🏽 #picturebook #interview #KidLit #bookblogger jenabenton.com/2026/03/02/s...

Hey, #kidlit friends! Look what the March winds just blew in??? A new Picture Book Postcard! 🪁 📬️ ✨ Kai Po Che: Mini's Perfect Kite Words by @thesusankam.bsky.social Pictures by @devikaoza.bsky.social Read the postcard here: aprilberrybooks.com/kai-po-che-m...

THE OCEAN'S HEART releases on Tuesday! My own heart is full of gratitude for those who see the awe and wonder in this story! #kidlit #nonfiction #picturebooks #wonder #awe #ocean #STEM #STEAM @carolhinz.bsky.social @steelworksliterary.bsky.social @pbspree.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social

ANOTHER little library! What a mission (and a great idea). @alisonpstevens.bsky.social

#12x12PB Founder @juliefhedlund.bsky.social talks about comp titles in #picturebook query letters. #kidlit #kidlitart #amquerying

Congrats @brennajeanneret.bsky.social on this fantastic review for A BIKE IS NOT JUST A BIKE! 🎉 Can't wait to see it on the shelf this July!!! #picturebook #kidlit

✨Excited to receive Teri Roche Drobnick’s charming book, MOVING DAY! Inspired by a 139-year-old Victorian house that was relocated in 2021, this story gently reassures readers that moving isn’t so bad after all. With delightful illustrations by Jennifer Black Reinhardt, it’s a timeless work of art!

Happy #InternationalEnvironmentalEducationDay! #EmersynBlake loves the environment, and through her rhyming wonderings, helps readers learn about the pond and estuary ecosystems.🦎🪼 #STEM #Science #STEMeducation collazocove.com/books

New episode dropped today w/ @amfaulkenbury.bsky.social ! It’s so easy to look around us & compete as if we are running against, instead of with, other writers. What happens if we run our own race, and how do we do it? #writingcommunity #YMWJPodcast Listen here! 👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y...

🎉I’m thrilled to share that I’m now represented by Sharon Belcastro of @belcastroagency.bsky.social I especially LOVE that she’s excited to champion my nonfiction picture books that celebrate remarkable lives and rich history💛 #writtingcommunity #PB #kidlit

🎉I’m thrilled to share that I’m now represented by Sharon Belcastro of @belcastroagency.bsky.social I especially LOVE that she’s excited to champion my nonfiction picture books that celebrate remarkable lives and rich history💛 #writtingcommunity #PB #kidlit

What are five things Dara Henry wants you to know about her new board book, MAZEL TOV, BABY, in my TAKE 5 Interview? #booksky #kidlitsky #boardbooks #newbook #giveaway #bookgiveaway #baby #babyshowergiftideas

My agent, Amanda Carbonell with Belcastro Literary Agency, has recently stepped away from the industry. I’m now seeking new representation for my picture books that are full of humor, heart, and imagination. ✨Agents open to picture books/board books, I’d love to connect! 💛📚

✨Here’s my #agentguide to my picture book Milo’s Mighty Roar!🦕🎒 Recently, my agent Amanda Carbonell with Belcastro Literary Agency informed me that she’d be stepped away from the industry. I’m now seeking new representation. ✨Agents open to PB's/BB, I’d love to connect! 💕

TAKE 5 with DARA HENRY MAZEL TOV, BABY! is a sweet, rhyming picture book that is a must-have for any baby. Parents, grandparents, and any caregiver will love to share this with the little one in their lives.

✨Here’s my #agentguide to my picture book Milo’s Mighty Roar!🦕🎒 Recently, my agent Amanda Carbonell with Belcastro Literary Agency informed me that she’d be stepped away from the industry. I’m now seeking new representation. ✨Agents open to PB's/BB, I’d love to connect! 💕

My agent, Amanda Carbonell with Belcastro Literary Agency, has recently stepped away from the industry. I’m now seeking new representation for my picture books that are full of humor, heart, and imagination. ✨Agents open to picture books/board books, I’d love to connect! 💛📚