Check out Underwood Ink for great writing ideas and support! I did! deborahunderwood.substack.com?r=2vi844&utm...

I subscribed to Vivian Kirkfield's substack. She is an amazing writer and support for picture book writers. She runs #50preciouswords each year! viviankirkfield.substack.com?r=2vi844&utm...

Joyce P. Uglow Storied Ink is a great Substack to follow!Join me there! jpuglow.substack.com?r=2vi844&utm...

For kids and adults - this is an AMAZING book! It's a nonfiction picture book that tells how the oceans developed from when the earth was a hot ball of rock until today. It is done in rhyme and the illustrations are stunning. I learned so much! I had never heard of the creature on the front 1/3

I saw Melissa Mwai, MLIS resource: 5+ Tips to Springboard Your Creativity on @jpuglow.bsky.social Substack and I was hooked! Check her out! melissamwaiscreativelife.substack.com?r=2vi844&utm...

Check out this great blog post about the kinds of board books you can write! @robincurrie.bsky.social on #RateYourStory #BookLove #MarchOn #MentorTexts www.rateyourstory.org/post/mowmt-2...

Excited to participate in Rate Your Story's March On With Mentor Texts for the 1st time! I love sharing picture books & finding out about new ones to read, enjoy & analyze so I can apply what I learn in my own writing! #RateYourStory #BookLove #MarchOn #MentorTexts Such an adorable badge too!!

Teaching children the cultural importance of names? Check out www.rateyourstory.org/post/mowmt-2... @mariawenadcock.bsky.social 's post on #RateYourStory #BookLove #MarchOn #MentorTexts for her book & others @yangsookchoi.bsky.social @authorjamilah.bsky.social

Check out this cool Earth Day fortune teller and a great booklist curated by @jpuglow.bsky.social here! open.substack.com/pub/jpuglow/...

I follow Joyce P. Uglow Storied Ink substack! You should too! jpuglow.substack.com?r=2vi844&utm...

Finding ourselves, seeing our neighbours: Why access to art and libraries aren't add-ons www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file... Very well written!

Fun today at Courageous Books!

Are you an HRM resident who is concerned about students receiving quality education? Email your councillor to vote yes to maintaining supplementary funding. The jobs of school librarians, art & music support teachers & social workers are at risk! @hfxgov.bsky.social halifamous.ca/save-school-...

Kids aged 5-7 created some a-mazing mazes for their Beebots to go through during my session at Woodlawn @hfxpublib.bsky.social today! They had to problem solve how to make the arches high enough for the Beebots to get through! #coding #RetiredTeacherFun

I did it! I didn't really start until Wednesday. My 1st application went in yesterday morning. I submitted 4 more last night, the last one at 11:59 pm ET (deadline). Thank you @pbrisingstars.bsky.social @ebonylynnmudd.bsky.social @laylafallah.bsky.social and Kailie Pew

Thrilled to be on this awesome list with the first spread of our book right on top. All last year, I got to say "next year," and now I get to say "next month"! www.slj.com/story/34-sta...

Got 10 minutes? The KDZ crew chats all things writing graphic novels on the KidLit Deconstruction Zone Podcast in our newest YouTube episode: bit.ly/4leRjQA. #kidlit #writingchildrensbooks

Anyone else covering their eyes at various points in the third period of the Canada-US gold medal game? Not sure how I'll handle overtime! @hockeycanada.bsky.social #GoCanadaGo #MilanoCortina2026

It's my 2nd year in @12x12challenge.bsky.social Last year, I focused on writing drafts. This year I want to learn about query letters. #12x12pb will meet you where you are. Registration closes Feb. 15th. Sprint to juliehedlund.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?... to find out more! Published 1/2

SO excited! @ninacrittenden.bsky.social Day 3 #Storystorm post led me to this collage! @taralazar.bsky.social I randomly cut pictures out and then assembled them. I came up with this and at least ELEVEN ideas! 🥳Check out the post taralazar.com/2026/01/03/s... AND Nina's 3 books: Chicken Lily 1/2

Coming Feb 17... Pre-order THE CABBAGE SEED'S COLOSSAL SECRET for a signed #book plate & #shareyourveggies! Based on an inspirational true story of a young girl and a 40 lb. cabbage-- Tilbury House Pub's (now part of PRH). @pbspree.bsky.social @12x12challenge.bsky.social @gardeningma.bsky.social

I may make it ... I'm one time zone over in AST in eastern Canada so that's 10 pm for me.

Soon to be made into a #musical for #kids! www.amazon.co.uk/LUNA-SNOW-CA... #SheilaGraberArt #SheilaGraberBooks #SuzyDaviesBooks #SuzyDaviesMusic #kidlitchat #artsky #mumsky #booksky #picturebooks

Want to generate 30 picture book ideas in a month? Check out Tara Lazar's #Storystorm taralazar.com/2025/12/26/s... It's free! Sign up ends Wed. Jan. 7 if you want daily emails & to be eligible for prizes. #WritingCommunity #writing #picturebook Different strategies 1/2 @taralazar.bsky.social

Looking for picture books to match the winter mood? Our 2026 list is here! ❄️ 📚 HELLO, SNOW! 📚 SNOW IS… 📚 A LITTLE LIKE MAGIC 📚 TEACH YOUR GIRAFFE TO SKI Full list: buff.ly/kr2IeyU Insider Tip: #12x12PB members can have their books featured in our Bookshop! 😉

I love trees and love drawing them even more! Bears' journey is just beginning but he seems to know his destination. You'll have to wait for the book to learn more! #kidlitart #kidlit #Illustrator #author #childrensbookillustration #picturebookart

Recent Illustration I completed, took inspo from our childhood favourite cartoons! #digitalart #childrenbookauthor #illustrationforkids #kidlitart #author #storybook #childrenbook #childrenbookart

Even Santa’s helpers need a nap sometimes 😴✨🎄 #kidlitart #christmasillustration #elfcharacter #picturebookart #cozyart

Penguin Daily Affirmation: I can begin whenever I need to. 🐧✨ Tag or send it to someone that you think will enjoy this message. #ThePenguinsFamily #penguin #PenguinDailyAffirmation #DailyAffirmation #mindfullness #cute #illustrator #ilustracao #kidlitart #kidlitartist #插图师 #企鹅 #插画 #JulianaMotzko

Echo: And there she was looking right back… Day2 @folktaleweek.bsky.social #folktaleweek #folktaleweek2025 #folktaleweekecho late ^^ Hosts @debrastyer.bsky.social @louve.draws @matejalukezic.bsky.social #folktales #illustration #childrensbookillustration #childrensillustrations #kidlit #kidlitart

My Animal Parade Elephant is joining the #CRAZIESDayparade 2025 hosted by @jonscrazyblues.bsky.social and lollipopcomics.bsky.social ! Ellie was the first to join my Animal Parade World. She's happy to be flying high with all these new friends today! #kidlitart #PaintPlay #elephant #AnimalParade

Today is Indigenous Veterans Day. We honour the courage, sacrifice and service of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Veterans who have served Canada in times of war, conflict and peace. Their contributions deserve recognition, remembrance and respect. Their stories are an important part of our 1/2

I'm not normally a negative Nellie but I'm not a fan of early darkness! I'll be counting down til it's time to put up the Christmas tree! I would love to get rid of the time change!

One of my favorite Hollywood stories is Pigeon: Impossible's weird path from indie short to major Disney release. A Fox producer was trying to make his mark and find IP to adapt. He saw a fun short about a bird trying to steal a bagel and getting stuck in the nuclear football. He had to have it. 🧵

An award-winning animal action adventure, with all the sights, sounds and sensations of the great outdoors! www.amazon.ca/Housie-Mousi... www.amazon.com/Housie-Mousi... www.amazon.se/-/en/Suzy-Da... #childrensbook #middlegrade #midlegradebooks #mgbook #fallreading #autumnreads #parenting #parents

Writing About Anxiety in Middle Grade Fantasy, a Teen Librarian Toolbox guest post by Caroline Carlson teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/10/13/t...

For Marvelous Middle Grade Monday I'm sharing NOT LUCILLE, a historical mg by Mike Steele. susanuhlig.com/2025/10/not-... #amreading #middlegrade #books

8 of the Funniest Middle-Grade Fantasy Books: Here are 8 of the funniest middle grade fantasy books published in the past few years, with wit and wonder for all readers.

Writing a middle grade novel? Don’t miss these key tips to make your story soar! 🚀 Find more tools & courses for KidLit creators at ChildrensBookAcademy.com 💫 #KidLit #MiddleGrade #WritingTips #ChildrensBookAcademy

'For middle grade readers who love adventure, fantasy, and mythology...' amzn.to/4ag4k5h '5 ⭐️- Perfect book (by Cheryl Carpinello) for the hard to engage reader!' #paranormal #timetravel #fantasy #mythology #fiction #ancient #Atlantis #MG #Kindle #ebooks #books

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN DAY!!! From these two baby gays! (And from me 🌈👋🏻) The Incorruptibles is a middle grade book (ages 10–14), so the romance is very sweet and wholesome and kid friendly. 🥰 Hope you give it a chance if you’re looking for inclusive fantasy boarding school books!

This is a FANTASTIC series!

Publication day is here! ✨ My children’s supernatural mystery novel, The Mystery of Smuggler’s Cavern, is out today! Links to store in comments 👇 #middlegrade #writingcommunity #childrensbooks #booksky #pirates #history

Q&A with Allan Wolf about his two new middle grade books, THE VANISHING OF LAKE PEIGNEUR and JUNIUS LEAK AND THE SPIRALING VORTEX OF DOOM. tinyurl.com/chtx8uyf @allanwolf100.bsky.social

Today's featured #bookreview is a graphic novel version of the classic, award-winning One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia. Give it a listen! youtu.be/DcLAJ0A6fmU?... #middlegradereads #graphicnovel

I’m excited and of course a little nervous for #DVPit but I’m also so stoked to see and hype up other authors & illustrators! My lil middlegrade gn pitch will be up with art and everything 💙

Out today, just finished this evening… That was a wild ride. 🥰 Oscar is incredible, and Natasha was dangerously close to being too much for me (the shower, really?), and it had me thinking Sachar and Holes and what’s with all the cool grandpas showing up in middle grade lit of late?!

A new HISTORY SMASHERS book from Kate Messner! Congratulations on the release of HISTORY SMASHERS: ANCIENT EGYPT, the 11th book (!!) in the incredible myth-busting non-fiction middle grade series. Happy book birthday and welcome to the world! Congrats, @katemessner.com!

Week two of The Shoe Creeper blog/review tour has commenced on Instagram with this lovely review! Definitely a book for the spooky season! 👟🎃🍂📖 #theshoecreeper #kidlit #middlegradebooks #books #spooky #halloween #childrensbooks #horror #goosebumps www.instagram.com/p/DPdRcqFjOy...

Today on LBB! Giveaway Alert! Check out my five-star review of The Mountain of Dempsey Molehill, a middle grade novel by Julie Stroebel Barichello followed by an interview with the author, and enter to win a copy here! laurasbooksandblogs.com/the-mountain... #bookreview #authorinterview #giveaway