Last week I was given the incredible opportunity to tour Manitoba as part of Canadian Children's Book Week. Here is a brief video summarizing my adventure as an author visiting schools and libraries across the province. (1/5)

@canscaip.bsky.social Sask's Prairie Horizons Conference has a great line-up of speakers...including me! 😁 Come spend time with one of the best and most welcoming communities around: children's writers and illustrators. ❤️ skcanscaip.wordpress.com #kidlit @staceykondla.bsky.social

It’s official, 2024 was the worst year for bumblebees since records began🚨 The latest findings from #BeeWalk, our national bumblebee monitoring scheme, have revealed bumblebee numbers declined by almost a quarter (22.5%) across Great Britain💔 Read on: www.bumblebeeconservation.org/british-bumb...

A big thank you to the Canada Council for the Arts and the Public Lending Rights Commission for their Public Lending Right payments for 2024! 🥳❤️ Much gratitude for supporting Canadian book creators who have books in Canadian libraries. 📚✍️🎨 #kidlit #BringingTheArtsToLife #libraries

Spirit and the Rabbit: An Action/Thriller/Suspense Story Last night, we took our dog, Spirit, for a walk along a pathway. Since no one was around, we let her walk off-leash. Then she saw a rabbit.

Me channeling my friend’s cat at work today. #tuesdayvibes

I posted this a year ago. I think MacGyver still approves. ☺️ @orcabook.bsky.social #kidlit #books #happybookanniversary

On this International Day of Women and Girls in Science, I am reflecting upon, thanking, and celebrating all of the incredible women scientists that I feel honoured to feature in all of my books--and I am happy to say there are many! 👩‍🔬💕 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM #kidlit #nonfiction #science

Be like a bee Peaceful, working for the good of the nest and the environment That is until, they, or their nestmates are unjustly perturbed. If then, They find their stinger. 🍁 #cdnpoli #uspoli #tariffs

Children's writers have done a great job of building online community--but sometimes meeting people in person is exactly what you need @karenkrossing.bsky.social @danachurchwriter.bsky.social @lanabutton.bsky.social @deborahkerbel.com @jessicavitalis.bsky.social @nadialhohn.bsky.social

At #OLASC, it was great to connect to librarians, creators & publishers, including Groundwood publisher Karen Li. I also MCed a Book Tasting event, where @canscaip.bsky.social creators shared their new books. My reading list is longer! Thanks, Ontario Library Association for hosting us! #CANkidlit

OLA Super Conference Part 2 📚 So thrilled to be part of CANSCAIP’s Book Tastings! @karenkrossing.bsky.social nailed it as MC🎤 Thank you so much, @canscaip.bsky.social and #OLASC 🥰 I was sad to leave. However I learned on my way to the train that I’m almost 200 Lego bricks tall. 🤣 #kidlit #books

Reminder to schools and libraries that the host application deadline for #CCBCBookWeek2025 is Friday, January 31 at 11:59 pm (your local time). Apply to host: bookcentre.ca/pages/apply-...

I am super excited to be at the OLA Super Conference! 🤩📚 It was a thrill to sign copies of Animal Minds at the @orcabook.bsky.social booth, see The Monarch Effect at the Scholastic booth, and meet some amazing people ❤️ Thank you, Orca, for sponsoring me 💗 #OLASC #kidlit #books #libraries

GOOD NEWS ALERT!!!! 📣📣📣 My book, The Honey Trap: How the Good Intentions of Urban Beekeepers Risk Ecological Disaster, is available as an audiobook! 🥳 @rbmediaco.bsky.social @staceykondla.bsky.social @therightsfactory.bsky.social #bees #nonfiction #beekeeping rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...

Only 3 more sleeps until I’ll be at @orcabook.bsky.social’s booth at the OLA Super Conference signing copies of my book ANIMAL MINDS 🐝🐬🦍🦒 Stop by and say hi! 👋 #books #kidlit #conference #stem #librarians #science #nonfiction

I'm thrilled to be touring Manitoba for @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social's Canadian Children's Book Week! 🥰 Interested in fun presentations about animals and how scientists study them? Go to bookcentre.ca/pages/who-is... and apply before January 31, 2025. #kidlit #teachers #librarians #stem #manitoba

I heard this platform is a much nicer place to connect given all the nonsense happening lately, so I'm back. Thought I'd share what I saw the other day when our backyard lights were covered in snow. #snow #winter #funwithsnow

Today, Little Pouf, a screech owl I have the pleasure of seeing often on a local trail, had turned to face the sun…which we are all doing after a long, very overcast January. #owls #nature #sunshine #herecomesthesun

Before my daughter learned how to read, I doodled on post-it notes and put them in her lunch. Although she can read now, it’s still fun to give her a daily doodle. They have evolved into tiny stories. Here are this week’s doodles. #kidlit #doodles #authors #stories

Hi everyone! I'm new to Bluesky and I'm hoping to connect with others in the kidlit community. A bit about me: I'm a nonfiction author and animal nut. I am a former academic who is now embracing my creative, silly, fun side. Nice to meet you! ☺️ #kidlit #books #writers #writing #reading