Happy Friday! A beautiful Eastern Tiger Swallowtail in our upper meadow this morning. She is quite resilient to survive the bird attacks; living on to perpetuate her species. 💛 #Photography99 📷🌱 #Butterflies 🦋 #Invertebrates 🐞

Introducing the INCREDIBLE cover design by illustrators @chantelleburgen.bsky.social for our book OWLS MAKE TERRIBLE TEACHERS coming in March 2026! (By the same crew that brought you ALPACAS MAKE TERRIBLE LIBRARIANS) ⬇️

#MusicPlantsHope tells the story of the concert for plants in Barcelona. But, here's some backstory. . . . MUSIC PLANTS HOPE is available for pre-order! Out May 26, 2026 #TodayinHistory tonnyefletcher.com/music-plants...

Thanks to EVERYONE who posted reviews for BUTTERFLY SEA 🦋 and IF a BUMBLEBEE LANDS ON YOUR TOE! 🐝 Reviews help get the #books into the hands of #readers. If you reviewed them on Goodreads, please don’t hesitate to copy/paste your review to other platforms. Happy #Spring! @12x12challenge.bsky.social

Thank you so much for the interview, @patbrownbooks.bsky.social It was fun to talk about the making of BUTTERFLY SEA and share a recipe. 🦋 🌊 🐝 🍃 🧚‍♂️ 🧜‍♀️ 🥞 @picturebookseh.bsky.social @canscaip.bsky.social @cwillbc.bsky.social @12x12challenge.bsky.social @scbwicanadawest.bsky.social

Old and New Forest Emily Carr 1935

Connections D.P. Brown 2017

I am an author myself and I buy very few books. But I borrow TONS from the library. The authors need those borrowing numbers to keep their books (current and future) in the library. And the library needs those borrowing numbers for funding. Borrow away, my friends! And request books, too.

In much better (and much more trivial) news: The best book I've ever co-created comes out next month (if there's still a world left to see it).

April is poetry month! Join us on April 13th when registration opens for the Stuck Bumblebee Poetry Challenge. www.booksbycindy.com/poetry/bumbl... @jpuglow.bsky.social @picturebookseh.bsky.social @cwillbc.bsky.social @12x12challenge.bsky.social @canscaip.bsky.social @scbwicanadawest.bsky.social

"School libraries are essential. Kids need to have a safe, joyful place to explore ideas, curiosities, stories, or just to sit and reflect." — @devpetty.bsky.social Happy School Library Month! mrschureads.blogspot.com/2026/04/clay...

@darthbluesky.bsky.social a good friend did the illustrations for this.

Who were riveted by this great stunt Far superior to an egg hunt "Let's launch them!" they cried Eggs flew far and wide Making bystanders mad at their stunt! Turkey Tom's #LimerickSunday adventures by @jengelmattern.bsky.social, @booksbycindy.bsky.social, and me

For Easter, Tom took to the sky To drop eggs, which he figured could fly But he let down his flock 'Cause those eggs dropped like rocks Gathering a crowd of small fry!...

For spring,Tom decided to clean The messiest car that he'd seen Hockey sticks and a puzzle Several bags and a shovel And that record he lost as a teen! Turkey Tom's #LimerickSunday adventures by @jengelmattern.bsky.social, @booksbycindy.bsky.social, and me

Oh yay! Just in time for spring. 🍃 Thanks for ordering! Enjoy!! 😊 🦋 #ButterflySea #library #springbooks #teachers #bookswithlayers #siblingstory #imagination #cameras #memory #gardening #mermaids

Hello Victoria People! I’m inviting you to a spring book signing coming up this Saturday, March 28 @picturebookseh.bsky.social @cwillbc.bsky.social @artgalleryvic.bsky.social

April is poetry month. Are you ready? Join us! #kidlitmegafeed

A lovely write up about BUTTERFLY SEA! Ideas for how to use in your classroom too. www.gradeonederful.com/butterfly-se...

Thank you, @pjpurtee.bsky.social 🐝 📕

The #BNPreorder sale is happening again. You can preorder STILL FRIENDS here! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/still-frie...

Dear Vancouver Island people, I have two events coming up Saturday, March 28 at Indigo Mayfair from 12-3 book signing Sunday, March 29 at Mary Winspear, Faerie and Fantasy Faire, book signing, sale and writing workshop - all day I’d love to chat about books with you!

Oh yes! I know this quite well! jilannehoffmann.com/2025/03/07/i...

It’s such a pleasure having my books for sale at Munro’s. I’m glad to know it was jam-packed with customers. We live in a book loving town. No question. And of all the books, they chose this one. How lovely. 🐝 🍃

When equinox time came again Tom readied himself for spring zen But the slush and the mud And the threat of a flood Had him wishing for ice skates again Turkey Tom's #LimerickSunday adventures by @jengelmattern.bsky.social, @booksbycindy.bsky.social, and me

Hello! I’m a children’s book author illustrator. Instagram: @roz_maclean Rozmaclean.com Repped by Naomi Davis at Bookends Literary More Than Words: So Many Ways to Say What We Mean (2023) Together, a Forest (coming this March!) All with Henry Holt Books for Young Readers / Macmillan Kids

Working on a display. What do you think? #books #authorevents #yyj

Thank you for sharing!

**Like & share this post for a chance to win THE BEAUTIFUL SOMETHING ELSE.** Read my #interview with Alder Van Otterloo at: www.sarahsteinbacher.com/blog/intervi... Then sign up for #blog updates. Up next—Jessica Yoon on 3/27. #kidlit #kidlitauthors #booksky #author #cozyhorror #kidlithorror #lgbtq

I learned this week that If a Bumblebee Lands on Your Toe was selected as a finalist for Foreword INDIE Reviews. And… look, 👀 you can buy it on the BIG website for 17% off right now! 🐝 📕

J C Perry illustrated these two curious foxes, lily pads, and a leaping frog in a peaceful pond scene. 🦊🌿🌸 Check out this artist's #portfolio 👉 childrensillustrators.com/jcperry/port... #childrensillustrators #childrensbooks #kidlitart

It’s World Happiness Day, and here are some children filling their cups… then one emptying hers (and yet still filling it!). 🌈💦 I’ve been illustrating our new book all day, and it has definitely filled mine. ☺️ #worldhappinessday #kidlitart #💙📚

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??? 😉

STUCK is on the longlist for the Green Earth Book Award! 🎉 #educators ➡️ natgen.org/programs/cla... "empowers youth to become environmental stewards through literature, science, and the arts." #GEBA will be announced on Earth Day. #grateful

You are right. This planet is ours. Our only one. We must take action for Earth.

I am excited that my poem Blue Colours Wearing Children is in the spring flight of The Dirigible Balloon. It was one of my most fun poems to write in a workshop. Thanks, @northernjim.bsky.social #Poem #Poetry

Roll up! Roll up! Now on the wonderful dirigible balloon poetry webzine-a fantastic free resource for primary teachers. Thank you for including my poem today:https://dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Roll-Up-Roll-Up

#GIVEAWAY To celebrate the launch of #PictureBooksEh 2026, we’re giving away 4 manuscript crits & many PBs! Details on website below. To enter: 1. Follow @picturebookseh.bsky.social 2. Like + repost this post (extra entry for tagging a friend) 3. Winners announced Mar. 27 at 9 am #kidlit #cankidlit

I did it!! @pbrisingstars.bsky.social

Maybe third time will be the charm...

1/ Lots of new connections. Hence, a re-introduction to a hopeful story, "A New Faith," available to read online or download (EPUB and PDF) for free at: tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith #booksky #books #book #novel #story #fiction #hopepunk #solarpunk #climatefiction #sciencefiction #women #climate

I’m so glad it inspired you, Lindsay. Children are really good at finding the little things in nature. Sounds like a wonderful time. 🍃

Coming Soon...STUCK BUMBLEBEE Poetry Challenge. 7 days of poetry prompts, poetry tips,& prizes offered by the poets themselves! Register April 13th Write 7 poems in 7 days! Hosted by me and @jpuglow.bsky.social Subscribe to Joyce's Substack for daily posts. Details: www.booksbycindy.com/poetry

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New books out this year and an incredible giveway! #kidlit #Ireadcanadian

A COUCH FOR LLAMA ✍🏻 & 🎨 Leah Gilbert 2018, Union Square Kids A new couch falls off the top of the car. A llama finds it in a field! What is it? What to do with it? Adorable 🥰 #PB #librarians #parents

CANSCAIP’s Writing for Children Competition is now open for entries! Canada’s largest competition for children’s writers welcomes submissions from unpublished and self-published writers. The deadline for entries is May 31. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: canscaip.org/Submission-G...

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