Curious why a standard picture book is 32 pages in traditional #KidLit trade publishing? And why NOT all 32 pages are for story content? In this #PictureBooks101 post, I explain picture book format & construction: debbieohi.com/2025/09/pict...

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If you are interested in #kidlit make sure you are taking advantage of all of what the community here on Bluesky has to offer. Find out more about the lists, feeds, and helpful people here: briankirbystudio.com/a-list-of-li...

🎉 WIN a FREE 1-year @SCBWI.bsky.social membership! 🎉 We’re giving TWO festival fans the chance to join @scbwi and unlock: ✅ Networking with children’s book creators ✅ Career resources + discounts ✅ Exclusive professional tools 💜 Learn more: www.scbwi.org/partners

Wild journey into a biohacking convention peddling urine therapy and snake venom,with the goal of living beyond 180. Organizer and self-proclaimed father of biohacking, Dave Asprey, claims the movement is "leading the charge on making America healthy again": www.wired.com/story/biohac...

Snake Venom, Urine, and a Quest to Live Forever: Inside a Biohacking Conference Emboldened by MAHA | Fascinating piece from @lowbahr @WIRED

Happy #ChildrensBookWeek to all who celebrate💐📚📚!

Albert Whitman Files Petition for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy buff.ly/E2XlNnp

Albert Whitman filed a petition for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/04/albe...

I need this desperately! TY!

APRIL’S🌷REVIEWS FOR REVIEWS! 1️⃣Leave a review for a kidlit book 2️⃣Comment which book you reviewed and where for a chance to win a manuscript review (critique) & AMA zoom For more info: brilawyer.wixsite.com/brilawyer/revi…#Reviews4reviewsw#WritingCommunityt#amwritingn#Kidliti#amqueryingng

Looking for a kidlit critique group or hoping for one that better aligns with your interests? The Kidlit 2025 Critique Match is here: forms.gle/HsoHLUbQnMEH...

ICYMI Today is #RightToReadDay #KidLit #PB #PictureBooks #SCBWI

KIDLIT BOOK NEWS is a new FEED. Use #kidlitbooknews when posting about book deals, cover reveals, trade reviews, awards, launches, etc. Pre-order the wonderful JUST ASK ME! by @kdmaz.bsky.social with link below. #kidlit #kidlitcommunity bookshop.org/p/books/mayb...

Happy We Need Diverse Books Day! With book bans and challenges happening at a horrifyingly consistent rate, we need this day more than ever. #WeNeedDiverseBooksDay #kidlit afuse8production.slj.com/2025/04/03/p...

Heads up! Applications for the @write-mentor.bsky.social summer program open April 7. As a ‘22 alum, I can tell you it’s a great opportunity to develop your craft and polish your work #kidlit community! Plus an agent showcase at the end!

To the #50PreciousWords judges, and especially @viviankirkfield.bsky.social, thank you for recognizing my story with an HM and for all the hard work that makes this contest a gift to the #kidlit community!

The #PBParty agent/editor/AD showcase opened early this morning and requests are flying! With 55 finalists and 20 in the Illustration Showcase, we'd love to have even more participate. Everyone may read them & cheer online, but comments are only for requests. mindyalyseweiss.com/pbparty-2025...

The list of 2025 #PBParty finalists is live! I'm cheering for the finalists and sending tons and tons of hugs to those who didn't make it in this time. (((Hugs))) Huge thanks to all the amazing judges - they put so many hours into this contest. 💖 mindyalyseweiss.com/...#PBParty

So excited to be a finalist! MANY thanks to the generous efforts of @mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social @sylviaichen.bsky.social @brittanypomales.bsky.social @mariettaa.bsky.social @professoraixa.bsky.social @jennawaldmanauthor.bsky.social @staceybyer.bsky.social @teresarodrigues.bsky.social!!

Cannot believe it but I signed two #PB contracts this year! And my book with @TielmourPress is on its way! Yippee!! Can NOT wait to work with the immensely talented @suetodd.bsky.social

There's still time to apply to the #BooksThatHelp mentorship, partnered with @littletigeruk.bsky.social. Unagented, unpublished authors can apply through Dec. 31. #PB #Kidlit www.booksthathelp.co.uk/writers

I interviewed Sally Kim, @andreabrownlit.bsky.social literary agent, for the @scbwi.bsky.social blog - check it out here!

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Hurry--it's already Day 15 of @fuse8.bsky.social's 31 Days, 31 Lists of fab children's books.Always love them--they guide by library and purchase pix for the coming year!

No, I did not know this! But now I do! TY.

To Bluesky newcomers: Before you start posting, I STRONGLY recommend taking a few min to review basic moderation tools on this platform. It can make/break your user experience: publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/bl... Includes how to block/mute, how to limit who can send you DMs, moderate replies, etc.

Bird flu, a virus that can also affect humans, has been discovered in a batch of raw milk sold in California store refrigerators, state regulators said Sunday. It comes just a few days after a child tested positive for bird flu for the first time in U.S. history.

Welcome, new Bluesky users! 🦋 Feel free to check out my Unofficial Guide To Bluesky, a work-in-progress with the help of the community here: publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/bl... Quickstart Guide: publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/qu... Starter Threads: publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/st...

Well? How did it go? #skypitch #pb #kidlit 🤞

Kidlit writers! This a GREAT opportunity to help you prep for #PBParty!