📚👍Happy #WorldGratitudeDay!🌎🙏 In 2021 I reviewed this lovely picture book to commemorate this holiday: FOR EVERY LITTLE THING by June Cotner & @nancytupperling.bsky.social Here's my review: www.heatherpiercestigall.com/ramblings--r... #kidlit #PB #bookreview #grateful @ebyrbooks.bsky.social

It's time for another #ChatWithThePBLady! Today's chat is with Heather Pierce Stigall. We talked about her mysterious new picture book Gilbert and the Ghost. @heatherstigall7.bsky.social jennylynnpease.wordpress.com/2025/09/18/i...

👻Today I'm grateful to have been featured on #ChatWithThePBLady blog. 📚Thanks for having me, Jenny Lynn Pease! Check it out here jennylynnpease.wordpress.com/2025/09/18/i... #gilbertandtheghost #authorinterview #picturebooks #kidlit

👻GILBERT AND THE GHOST is featured on Susanna Leonard Hill’s Perfect Picture Book Friday today and there’s a GIVEAWAY! Read here to find out how to win a copy of the book📚 susannahill.com/2025/09/12/p... #author #educators #picturebooks #giveawayalert #gilbertandtheghost #PPBF

I’m excited to be part of this panel of book creators that will focus on individuality! #CardinalRulePress #individuality #author #educators #teachers #librarians #kidlit cardinalrulepress.lpages.co/just-ducky-p...

📚👍🏻Happy #NationalTeddyBearDay!🧸 To celebrate here’s my 2021 review of LOUIS by Tom Litchenheld & Julie Rowan-Zoch: #WhatToRead #kidlit #picturebook #bookreview www.heatherpiercestigall.com/ramblings--r...

📚👍It's #HungerAwarenessMonth SATURDAY AT THE FOOD PANTRY by @dianeon.bsky.social & Brizida Magro, is a #PB that shares the importance of food pantries in helping with the huge US food security problem. My '21 review: www.heatherpiercestigall.com/ramblings--r... #kidlit #bookreview #picturebook

🥳📚Happy Publication Day, Robin Currie & Estelle Corke Children's Illustrator! JUST ENOUGH ROOM FOR CHRISTMAS is the perfect book for this holiday season! 🎄 #picturebooks #newrelease #bookbirthday #booksforkids #kidlit #booksforchildren #holidaybooks #Christmas

📚👍Well, I've really fallen behind! August 10th was #WorldLionDay 🦁 and I forgot to post my review of this adorable picture book by Krista Legge & Natallia Bushuyeva A REAL LION STORY! #kidlit #picturebooks #bookreview #WhatToRead #booksforkids www.heatherpiercestigall.com/ramblings--r...

Thrilled to be sharing my good news amongst my fellow @scbwiepa.bsky.social members. Congrats everyone!

Listen to podcasts? Like kid's books? I'm a guest on today's episode of the Reading With Your Kids Podcast talking about Gilbert & the Ghost! 👻 #gilbertandtheghost @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #podcast #picturebooks #ghoststory #booksforkids readingwithyourkids.libsyn.com/my-friend-is...

📆3 weeks from today! 👻📚 Join me at Children's Book World to celebrate spooky season & the launch of GILBERT & THE GHOST on Sat, 9/20, 11 AM. I'll read & sign books, & give away swag & ghostly treats! 😋 #gilbertandtheghost @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #BookLaunch #booksforkids #spookyseason

Look what arrived! Thank you @kidlit411.bsky.social & @evelynbookless.bsky.social & Anna Sussbauer for the giveaway prize! Such a cute book! #kidlit #picturebook #giveaway #giveaway #jinx

Thank you so much, @mmarshallauthor.bsky.social for featuring Gilbert and the Ghost on your blog for Perfect Picture Book Friday! Your review was just lovely! 😘👻 @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #gilbertandtheghost #kidlit #PPBF #friendship #believe #ghoststories

TOMORROW!!

Hard to believe it’s been 2 years since my debut! #paisleysbigbirthday #Bookaversary #picturebooks

📚👍Oops! I forgot to promote a book review I planned for 8/15. Better late than never, I guess? Here's my review of THE MOON FROM DEHRADUN: A STORY OF PARTITION by Shirin Shamsi & Tarun Lak 🌕 #kidlit #picturebooks #bookreview #WhatToRead #reading #teacher www.heatherpiercestigall.com/ramblings--r...

To celebrate the launch of Gilbert & the Ghost, I made a family-favorite spooky season dessert - ghosts in the graveyard! Kid 4 enjoyed some before he headed back to school. He and kid 5 toasted to Gilbert! #gilbertandtheghost #picturebooks #BookBirthday #believe #kidlit #spookyseason #DessertLovers

Great interview with ond of the faculty who will be at @scbwiepa.bsky.social in-person event. If you are a picture book writer or illustrator (or both!) and can make the trip to Lancaster, PA, join us! #picturebooks #scbwi #author #illustrator #writer #writingconference #kidlit

🥰📚Thank you, Bookworm for Kids & Tonja Drecker for your Book Birthday post and lovely review of Gilbert & the Ghost! 👻😘 #gilbertandtheghost #kidlit #BookBirthday #bookreview #reading #picturebooks #ghoststories #friendship @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social www.bookwormforkids.com/2025/08/happ...

👻Thank you for the book birthday wishes, Lauri Fortino! 🥰 #gilbertandtheghost #BookBirthday #ghoststories #mystery #believe #friendship #kidlit #reading @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social frogonablog.net/2025/08/19/h...

Join @lauraparnum.bsky.social and me this Saturday at booked. in Chestnut Hill as part of the #PhillyBookCrawl. It's sure to be a ghostly good time! 👻 #kidlit #ghoststories #authorevent #bookstoreevent #booksigning #gilbertandtheghost

👻Thank you for helping me celebrate Gilbert & the Ghost's publication day, @viviankirkfield.bsky.social. I know I speak for the #kidlitcommunity when I say how grateful I am to have supporter like you in my corner! 😘 @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #bookbirthday viviankirkfield.com/2025/08/19/b...

Thank you! I couldn't have done it without @12x12challenge.bsky.social ! 😘👻

👻TODAY is GILBERT & THE GHOST's official pub day! TY 4 all the well wishes, book orders, library requests, reviews & believing in this book the way Gilbert believes in friends, even when they're invisible.👻🥰 #gilbertandtheghost @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #kidlit #BookBirthday #picturebooks #believe

On Maria Marshall's PB Buzz blog today!

👻1️⃣ DAY until GILBERT & THE GHOST is officially out in the world! Fun Fact: Gilbert meets Theodosia, a name I chose after rdg about Theodosia Burr Alston (daughter of Aaron Burr) whose ghost is said to haunt Bald Head Isle & a carriage house in Greenwich Village👻 @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #kidlit

👻Want some behind-the-scenes of Gilbert & the Ghost? Read today's interview on @mmarshallauthor.bsky.social 's Picture Book Buzz blog! Inspiration, summer memories, and mysterious endings for a mysterious friendship story @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #kidlit www.mariacmarshall.com/single-post/...

👻2️⃣ DAYS until GILBERT & THE GHOST is officially out in the world! Do you believe in ghosts? Gilbert does, and he vows to become friends with the one who lives at 632 Savannah St. 👻 @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #gilbertandtheghost #picturebooks #CountdownToLaunch #newbookrelease #kidlit #reading

👻 3️⃣ DAYS until GILBERT & THE GHOST is officially out in the world! 👻 I bet Gilbert's likes to play Ghosts in the Graveyard. Do you know how? Directions here: www.projectplaybooks.com/ghostinthegr... @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #gilbertandtheghost #picturebooks #kidlit #reading #outdoorgamesforkids

👻Gilbert swag coming your way! @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #gilbertandtheghost #kidlit #picturebook #newrelease #newbook #childrensbooks #bookswag

How beautiful is this picture book by @patzmiller.bsky.social Annie Cron & @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social ?! Can’t wait to pour over every page! #kidlit #picturebooks #newrelease #kidsbooks #newbook #reading

Educators, librarians, authors, illustrators: If you do or host school & library visits, your #schoolvisit #authorvisit posts can be pushed to the School Visits Feed and KidLit Mega Feed. More info, check if you can already post to feed here. If I "Like" your request, it means you've been added.

📣GIVEAWAY ALERT! I always look forward to @kidlit411.bsky.social's weekly email an today they are hosting a giveaway of GILBERT & THE GHOST! 👻 Read the article to find out how to enter! #gilbertandtheghost #picturebook #kidlitcommunity #giveawayalert #bookgiveaway #kidlit #newbookrelease

Is my mom the best, or what? She likes to shop and I benefit! 👻 The only question now is, what kind of snack do I put in that bowl? #gilbertandtheghost #picturebooks #kidlitcommunity #bookrelease #spookyseason #giftsfrommom

This in-person event is gonna be great! Can't wait to be surrounded by picture book creators in Lancaster on September 27th! Want to join me? Registration is still open!

👻 1 week from today, GILBERT & THE GHOST will officially be out in the world! Whether you pre-ordered, asked your library to purchase a copy, helped me revise, submit, illustrate, publish, or promote this book, or just believed in me, I am eternally grateful! @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #kidlit

The weekly roundup it out!

📚👍Happy #NationalLighthouseDay! On this holiday back in 2021 I reviewed the wonderful HELLOW LIGHTHOUSE by Sophie Blackall www.heatherpiercestigall.com/ramblings--r... Little, Brown and Company #kidlit #picturebooks #bookreview #WhatToRead

Shout out to my local library @easttownlibrary.bsky.social and local indie bookstore @childrensbookworld.bsky.social !

I love these monthly posts! So many great things happening with our members!

2 GIVEAWAYS! Read Kathy Temean 's 8/5 Writing & Illus blog & @jenanbenton.bsky.social 's Simply 7 8/5 blog to find out how to win a FREE COPY of GILBERT & THE GHOST👻 & a 30 min AMA❓ session with me! @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #gilbertandtheghost #kidlit #picturebooks #giveawayalert #spookyseason

Giveaway and story-behind-the-story alert!

📅2 wks til the release of GILBERT & THE GHOST! 👻 📣Another GIVEAWAY ALERT! This time for an AMA with me! Read @jenanbenton.bsky.social 's Simply 7 blog post to find out how you can enter to win! #gilbertandtheghost @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #giveaway #PB #kidlit jenabenton.com/2025/08/05/s...

#BOOKGIVEAWAYALERT! Read below for more about the book & how to enter to WIN A FREE COPY of GILBERT & THE GHOST! @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #gilbertandtheghost #picturebooks #kidlit #ghoststories #SpookySeason #booksforfall #newrelease #bookgiveaway kathytemean.wordpress.com/2025/08/05/b...

📚👍It's #WorldRangerDay! 🤠🥾 This book shines a light on a very impressive group of park rangers: THE BLACK MAMBAS: THE WORLD'S FIRST ALL-WOMAN ANTI-POACHING UNIT by Kelly Crull #kidlit #picturebooks #bookreview #WhatToRead #antipoaching My review: www.heatherpiercestigall.com/ramblings--r...

👻3 weeks from today GILBERT & THE GHOST will be officially out in the world! If you like friendship stories w/a bit of mystery, consider pre-ordering wherever you like to get your books. Links to order: www.heatherpiercestigall.com/gilbert--the... @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #gilbertandtheghost

See you in Happy Valley tomorrow at 2:30 PM! Stories! Crafts! Meet authors and have them sign your books! @andreadenish.bsky.social @melissatrempe.bsky.social @berrietr.bsky.social @lauraparnum.bsky.social @vzauthor.bsky.social #KidLit #authorevent #authorlife #librarylove #paisleysbigbirthday

Congratulations to all the SCBWI #crystalkite winners, honors, and all who made it to the final round. Y'all created some fabulous books!

🐣 Hatchlings in the window box nest!