🎈Celebrating World Read Aloud Day!🎈 So fun today to zoom in to read a chapter from BOOKS GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU to two six grade classes at Polly Ryon Middle School in Richmond, Texas. Great questions from the kids! #WRAD #kidlitnonfiction I told the kids they got an exclusive! Pub date is March 24.

Hounds are one of my favorite groups at the dog show. I've never been a huge fan of Afghan hounds, but Zaida is a truly beautiful dog. And she sure looks like she's having fun! youtube.com/watch?v=LRgS... youtube.com/watch?v=LRgS...

O.M.G. I loved NIMONA, so I knew SCARLET MORNING would be good, but...WOW! The story is complicated and layered and yet seamlessly plotted. And the way Stevenson creates such different personalities for Wilmer and Viola AND still makes their bond believably unbreakable is brilliant #kidlit 📚👍🏻

Just followed the #nffest blog. Really looking forward to this month of posts!

Last day of this amazing auction. You can still bid on a copy of THE WRITING & CRITIQUE SURVIVAL GUIDE, along with a #pb critique from me. Or you can bid on over 500 other fantastic donations! #publishingforMN

Today and tomorrow only, you can bid on a HUGE range of items at the Publishing for Minnesota auction. I'm donating a signed copy of my book THE WRITING & CRITIQUE GROUP SURVIVAL GUIDE and a critique of one non-rhyming picture book. www.32auctions.com/organization...

I've donated a copy of my book THE WRITING & CRITIQUE GROUP SURVIVAL GUIDE, along with a critique of one non-rhyming picture book.

I've donated a copy of my book THE WRITING & CRITIQUE GROUP SURVIVAL GUIDE, plus a critique of one non-rhyming picture book to #publishingforminnesota. Take a look, but make sure to browse around, too--there are so many fantastic things to bid on! #kidlit www.32auctions.com/organization...

SUCH a wonderful book.

If you're in publishing and want to donate, donation form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Another way to provide support to Minnesotans. Thank you to all the people organizing this and making donations! #publishingforminnesota #kidlit #auction #ama #critique #books

@schumer.senate.gov You have said it. Now do it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

@schiff.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov @liccardo.house.gov @schumer.senate.gov @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social And we are fed up with getting miles-long, blah-blah-blah replies to our emails, going on and on about what we already know, instead of one simple sentence telling us what you are doing.

If you aren't following this year's Storystorm posts at @taralazar.bsky.social's blog, check out yesterday's post by Mel Rosenberg. My favorite bit, about worrying too much over an idea: "'What if people think I’m silly ('You should be so lucky),'". #kidlit taralazar.com/2026/01/22/s...

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I don't read thrillers (scary!), but I would read this.

So far, for me, world-building for my sci-fi chapter book has been like this: 🐇↘️🕳️ 🐇↖️🕳️ 🐇↘️🕳️ Luckily, I enjoy rabbit holes and have hopes that the current one will take me and my characters where they need to go. #kidlit #chapterbook #amwriting

Scheduled for today: many hours of writing time. Not scheduled for today: Interrupting this sweetness.

Yes, I do call this research. 💖 #kidlit 📚👍🏻

Jan 17 is Kid Inventors' Day, which celebrates the creativity and ingenuity of young people all around the world. Here are picture books about and for kid inventors. Book lists in ALT text. #kidinventorsday #KID #younginventors #inventorbooks #booksky💙📚 #books #read #january2026

This is definitely going on my to-read list!

I just called @schiff.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov and @liccardo.house.gov and told them to get to Minneapolis TODAY. They need to be onsite, visible, and LOUD. Please consider calling your Democrat reps as well and demanding the same. Please call your GOP reps, too, and be counted.

Some writing days call for Wonder Woman earrings. #amwriting #picturebook

I don't know if it will do an ounce of good, but the main contact email for the Smithsonian is [email protected]. Maybe consider emailing and asking them to PLEASE stand up this administration and withhold this documentation. www.npr.org/2026/01/13/n...

Yes!

Post-holiday re-entry has been tough. But today, finally, I'm writing! Working on the first draft of a new #picturebook idea. The gears are slowly starting to turn. #kidlit

I switched from Audible to @libro.fm last year. Not only do my audiobook credits never expire but I can support indie bookstores like @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social. Pls consider using my referral link to check out Libro.fm? (helps me get more #audiobooks 📚😁): libro.fm/referral?rf_...

Spent close to an hour at Kepler's Books in Menlo Park. Bookstores are therapy. #kidlit 📚👍🏼 #indiebookstores

Nice big stack from the library today. #kidlit 📚👍🏼 #picturebook #graphicnovel

If you’re in Minneapolis and need a place to just BE right now, Big Hill Books and Birchbark Books & Native Arts are both open and ready to welcome you with open arms.

Shout-out to everyone who's tired as fuck of only seeing the first four lines of this poem shared around.

With absolutely ZERO experience ever deciding a Sibert Medal or honorees, but with a full-blooded appreciation for informational books for kids in all their glory, here's what I'm loving right now and what I think has a fightin' chance. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2026/01/06/s...

I am LOVING this book! #kidlit 📚👍🏼

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, could you please establish an official NYC Mayor account on Bluesky and post everything your office is currently posting on X over here? And please remove all city accounts from X, which has become a CSAM creation and distribution site? No money for Musk, ever, please.

Just bought some of @maridara.bsky.social's awesome notecards--the drawings are from her #inktober work. I love these so much! Check out all her available cards and other art at www.maristaufferart.com

Today seems like a good day for me to again promote Jess Craven's Chop Wood, Carry Water newsletter. Here's this Sunday's regular Good News edition. Consider signing up. If it's affordable for you, maybe even set up a paid subscription. chopwoodcarrywaterdailyactions.substack.com/p/extra-extr...

I'm boosting myself to say this: You're going to see people On Here tell you calling electeds doesn't matter. That's not true. Some are bots. Some are people who like being contrary to be edgy. But calling moves the needle, especially against a blatantly illegal act by Trump and Co. ACT.

@padilla.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov @liccardo.house.gov

If you're looking for a mentor text with incredible specificity and concrete details. check out POE WON'T GO--written by Kelly DiPucchio and illustrated by Zachariah Ohora. beckylevine.com/2026/01/03/w... #kidlit 📚👍🏻 #picturebook #mentortext

Heartdrum’s spring picture books: A GOOD HIDE by Karina Iceberg & Natasha Donvan, Jan. 13. AANIIN by Dawn Axness Quigley & Nanibah Chacon, Jan. 27. STRONGER THAN by Nikki Grimes, Stacy Wells & E.B. Lewis, Jan. 27. HERE COME THE AUNTIES by Cynthia Leitich Smith & Aphelandra, Feb. 10. #KidLit

This morning's mentor texts. #kidlit 📚👍🏻 #amwriting #picturebooks

2026 Day 1 of writing: I guess I'll be *further* along in my writing journey before I remember that *farther* is the one to use for physical distance. #amwriting #kidlit #picturebook

I'll take it.

#HappyNewYear! #BluePit is coming up fast on January 13th! We’ll be kicking off our pre-event, #BluePitHype, on January 8th! We also invite those with WIPs and published works to participate! #WriteSky #BookSky #GameDev #IndieDev #TTRPG #Comic #AmQuerying #AmAgenting #LitAgents

I've decided that the best way to keep myself inspired about writing nonfiction for kids is to read about science & history things that fascinate me. Heading into 2026 with this book. Thank goodness for skilled. engaging science writers. #kidlit #nonfiction #science #geology

For the past few months, I've been really struggling to find books I can fall in love with, especially #middlegrade. Betsy Bird seems to have shared all the wonderful books I've missed, right here. Now I've got my reading to close out 2025 and to carry me happily into 2026. 💖 #kidlit 📚 👍🏼

Wondering if anyone has a 2026 #kidlit reading challenge to recommend. TIA!

I hate making people jealous, but check out my 2025 Xmas books. 💖 #kidlit 📚👍🏻

I LOVE Jennifer K. Mann's THE RIDING LESSON. Took me straight back to when I was a kid, growing up around people with horses, experiencing both the dream and the reality. This is what informational fiction can do. ❤️

I am really starting to fall in love with this genre. Some great new titles to explore in today's list. ❤️ #kidlit 📚👍🏻