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

Oct 5 is World Teachers Day! Here are 18 books featuring teachers for kids and adults. #worldteacherday #teachersday #teacher #teachers #happyteachersday #teacherappreciation #teacherbooks #picturebooks #middlegradebooks #yabooks #kidlit #adultbooks #bookpost #bookrecs #books #read #booksky💙📚 #oct5

The @picturebooksummit.bsky.social presentation by @bethanyhegedus.bsky.social was inspirational! She showed us how to change preachy pieces to amazing ones by using the question cape, the playful want, the many-paths mirror and more! I have many new tricks in my bag now! #PBSummit

During @authorjasonchin.bsky.social 's session we saw where the amazing illustrations for his books happen! "Hurricane" is an incredible story of the community of Hatteras as well as full of fascinating information about hurricanes and the scientists 1/2 #PBSummit @picturebooksummit.bsky.social

Susan Verde's books for easy access ... and Waiting in the Wings is ... Waiting in the Wings and the other author books (in order) for the #PBSummit in order! @picturebooksummit.bsky.social @authorjasonchin.bsky.social @emmawaltonhamilton.bsky.social @vashtiharrison.bsky.social

Things are getting started at @picturebooksummit.bsky.social with the incredible Susan Verde! #PBSummit

A thrilling children’s mystery set in the City of Lights… With sisters who notice everything. With a chef who may not be what he seems. With a story that’s been called laugh-out-loud funny… Welcome to Panic in Paris! #PanicInParis #BookTok #MiddleGradeMystery #FunnyBooksForKids #ParisAdventure

Learn how to write engaging YA, middle grade & children's fiction on our three-month Writing YA & Children’s Fiction with prize-winning author @catwrote.bsky.social ✍️ Course includes an exclusive live Zoom masterclass with Curtis Brown children's agent Enrichetta Frezzato. Apply by 12 Oct:

Some real bangers last month actually… Hands of the Emperor, some great romance, some middle grade greats

Happy Book Birthday to Bubba and Squirt's The Legend of the Lost Pearls! It's one year old! Check it out here: www.amazon.com/dp/b0ctwn8ps... #bookbirthday #booksky #japan #middlegradebook

It's Saturday, and that means we're hosting a spotlight for River of Crows by @nptwrites.bsky.social, a witty and action-packed upper middle grade fantasy for fans of Percy Jackson, Keeper of the Lost Cities, and Wings of Fire: www.readindiefantasy.com/saturday-spo...

Huge thanks to @harper360uk.bsky.social for sending a copy of middle grade adventure Scarlet Morning by @gingerhaze.bsky.social. Out now for 8+ readers, I’m excited to read this and be part of the upcoming blog tour! 😀 #KidlitUK #UKKidlit

Picture Book Summit starts TOMORROW!!! So EXCITING!!!! I'm fangirling about meeting these AMAZING authors. @vashtiharrison.bsky.social Susan Verde, Jason Chin @emmawaltonhamilton.bsky.social and @bethanyhegedus.bsky.social ! It's not too late to get your ticket! pbsummit.lpages.co/2025-registr...

Find all of my tech tips and tricks in one spot on my blog: https://www.brittanywashburn.com/2019/04/tech-tips-and-tricks-for-teachers.html #teachers #techtips #edtech #techintegration #edtechchat

I am SO looking forward to this session! I feel like I have ideas that are too big for kids!

TOPIC: What were your own favorite books from childhood? (Extra points if they're in the same genre you create now.) Do you ever revisit them for inspiration? #kidlitchat

📚✨ It's #ADHD Awareness Month! Celebrate with 4 great #middlegrade reads that embrace neurodiversity! These books feature characters with ADHD that young readers can see themselves in 💙 hannah-edwards.com/blog/4-authe... #BookSky #KidLitMegaFeed #Neurodiverse

🚨 New Episode! 🚨 On Book Banter with Dianne Burckhardt – Book Talk Podcast, I chat with author Carol Williams about her debut middle grade mystery, The Supernatural Files of CJ Delaney. 👻📚 👉 Listen Now: tinyurl.com/Carol-Willia... #BookPodcastSeason4 #MiddleGradeMystery

What an AMAZING PJ party last night! #pbsummit I learned so much about #picturebook #writing & it was only in an hour! I can't wait for Saturday! I was wearing my Christmas PJs! It's not too late! Get your ticket to the Picture Book Summit! picturebooksummit.com @picturebooksummit.bsky.social 1/2

Find all of my tech tips and tricks in one spot on my blog: https://www.brittanywashburn.com/2019/04/tech-tips-and-tricks-for-teachers.html #teachers #techtips #edtech #techintegration #edtechchat