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Woohoohoo! It's LOL time! Submit your #KidlitChuckleChallenge entry now! (Submission window closes on September 16 at 10pm Central.)

Happy birthday, Theodor W. Adorno. You would have hated it here.

Autumn vibes for #kidlitartpostcard day 🍁 Website NinaPodlesnyak.com #kidlitart #childrensbooks #kidlit

It's National Wildlife Day - a day to raise awareness about endangered species and conservation efforts around the world. You can participate in events, learn about conservation efforts near you, go on a nature walk, or read a #STEAMTeam book! www.steamteambooks.com #NationalWildlifeDay #STEM

I'm getting close to a fun number of followers. To celebrate, I'm giving away 7 amazing PB and MG books! To enter, L + RP. 3 bonus entries: (1) follow, (2) leave a comment, (3) subscribe to my newsletter (eepurl.com/hFrcyr). Ends Aug. 16. 🇺🇸 only. #kidlit #giveaway

tomorrow is the last day for #sunwritefun @tleungabbott.bsky.social @kellyamangan.bsky.social @merylwrites.bsky.social @caitbonnar.bsky.social @gehrisch-arts.com @midfreeman.bsky.social @janycampana.bsky.social @denadavisbooks.bsky.social @willmooreston.com if any of you #kidlit writers want in!

shoutout to the great Susanna Leonard Hill, who donated a prize for #sunwritefun #kidlit contest! when she is not running her own acclaimed contests she is supporting other ones! www.karengreenwald.com/sunwritefun-25 run by @kmgreenwald.bsky.social @swildmansf.bsky.social @buchetbooks.bsky.social

Favorite NF picture book (currently!) is probably the lovely Hey, Water! by Antoinette Portis. And it goes well with the #SunWriteFun #kidlit contest theme of "steam" this year! You can enter the contest here: www.karengreenwald.com/sunwritefun-25 thanks to organizer @kmgreenwald.bsky.social

excited to see @zohracwrites.bsky.social was an entrant in the #SunWriteFun contest with an Engineering story for this year's S.T.E.A.M. theme! enter here: www.karengreenwald.com/sunwritefun-25 the contest is put on by @kmgreenwald.bsky.social @swildmansf.bsky.social @buchetbooks.bsky.social

Have you been on the fence about whether to join #SunWriteFun? Well here's some good news - you still can do it - new deadline is August 18. @kmgreenwald.bsky.social @buchetbooks.bsky.social and me (and the #kidlit community) all want to read your NF/info pic stories.

❤️💐 Happy Book Birthday to FALL IS FOR BEGINNINGS by longtime Kweli fam @rajanilarocca.bsky.social and @abhialwar.bsky.social! 🍁

Congratulations to Lit Fest alum @rajanilarocca.bsky.social on the publication of FALL IS FOR BEGINNINGS, a back-to-school picture book that celebrates friendship and finding your place.

"Each peach, pear, plum, I spy Tom Thumb; Tom Thumb in the cupboard, I spy Mother Hubbard; Mother Hubbard in the cellar..." [millions of people, including my parents, and my kids can fill you in from there]. That's power, that is. And a partnership - Janet Ahlberg's images made the words stick.

A belated thank you to @authorjamilah.bsky.social for her role in the @pbrisingstars.bsky.social seminar, I learned a lot and also was excited this weekend to see her charming book "Sister Friend" in my local library! PB writers/enjoyers are advised to check out her website: jamilahthewriter.com

Inspired by a book as a child, @rajanilarocca.bsky.social now writes to encourage the next generation. Her book Your One and Only Heart was at one point restricted at the HB Library. She shared her take on censorship, why she writes for children, and her upcoming book. #kidlit #freedomtoread

Today is the last day to oppose the gutting of the Endangered Species Act, I just did and it’s not hard:

Berry picking this morning and the kids picked a lot of Potentilla, which my mom always called soapberries…. I looked it up today and apparently soapberries are a common name for two other plants, but not Potentilla. That one’s a my-mom special it would seem.

We’ve run the numbers and seen all the data models. It’s not looking good.

I really can't believe it, but I am a 2025 @pbrisingstars.bsky.social mentee! I am so excited and grateful for this opportunity and can't wait to work hard on improving my craft. #kidlit #PBRisingStars

“Pale Fire meets Star Trek” has got to be the craziest pitch that could instantly hook me. 👀

It’s a week til release day so I hope it’s okay to share these pictures of @amedyckman.bsky.social ’s new book The Beach Day! With beautiful illustrations in all color. I was lucky enough to win a copy! #kidlit

We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book, I WILL ALWAYS BE by @rebeccaglevington.bsky.social, illustrated by @rahele.bsky.social (Harper Collin), out on April 15. To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday weekly update: www.kidlit411.com/2025/04/the-... (+ more ways to win)

NOT an #AprilFoolsDay joke! 😂! 3 random winners really WILL #win a copy of: 🦇🐈🐀 BAT, CAT & RAT #3: ⛱️THE BEACH DAY⛱️ 📝 by me 🎨 by #MarkTeague Beach Lane 📚, @simonkids.bsky.social WEEKS before our 4/29/25 🎂! ⭐️JUST RP to ENTER to WIN!⭐️ Ends 4/6/25, 9 PM EST! #kidlit #giveaway

Are you ready for another #KidLitCritiqueDay giveaway? Nadia Ali is offering a critique on a non-rhyming picture book that is up to 600 words long. Like, comment, and repost to enter. Must do all three. Good luck! @nadiaawriter.bsky.social

We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book, GRACE LEE BOGGS: GARDENS OF HOPE by Sonju Ma Daemicke, illustrated by Lin (@albertwhitman.bsky.social). To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday weekly update: www.kidlit411.com/2025/03/the-... (+ more ways to win)

We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book, I AM, YO SOY, by @thegreatgabsie.bsky.social, illustrated by @msmirelle.bsky.social (@harpercollins.bsky.social). To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday weekly update: www.kidlit411.com/2025/03/the-... (+ more ways to win)

IF YOU FOUND YOUR NOVEL IN THE LIBGEN DATABASE, YOU MAY BE A CLASS MEMBER FOR THE KADREY ET AL V. META PLATFORMS CLASS ACTION Law firms you can contact if you're a potential class member: Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLP (415) 500-6800 Mathew Butterick (323) 968-2632 [email protected]

Do you remember your favorite PBs growing up? Let's make some new memories. Teachers, librarians, parents, readers: I'm giving away this batch of picture books! To enter, L+RP. Bonus entries: follow me, and leave a comment about a favorite PB. US only. Ends Mar 24. #giveaway

The #PBParty agent/editor/AD showcase opened early this morning and requests are flying! With 55 finalists and 20 in the Illustration Showcase, we'd love to have even more participate. Everyone may read them & cheer online, but comments are only for requests. mindyalyseweiss.com/pbparty-2025...

Okay! Applied to 2 of my 3 mentor wishes.... too tired to do more tonight but hoping for success with @pbrisingstars.bsky.social this year.

Hello #kidlit folks, Susanna Hill’s Valentiny 2025 finalists are up for voting now! susannahill.com/2025/03/01/t... 12 fun stories to read through!

I'm going to do a little thread on examples of my favorite hyper specific genre of picture book, and hopefully spark a little discussion and people sharing other examples too! my first attempt to start a #kidlit convo on here. What is it? #BerryPickingBooks #picturebook #PB

Going outdoors, preferably into the wilderness. Reading, especially history, folklore, and religion. #PBParty

It depends, I usually do 2 rounds of edits before I send for peer critique. Then…. Lots of revisions, but I don’t know how to count those as drafts. Usually I have 10+ versions of a file on my hard drive, not counting exports to other formats.

For #PBParty celebration, let me think: 🌱 wrote 3 new PB drafts in the last two weeks 🪴working on my @pbrisingstars.bsky.social application 🍃sent a draft out for critique!

Excited to see what kinds of books people are looking for when the lists go up tomorrow... hoping to apply.

Plenty of chores and childcare to do, but creatively, just keep writing. Trying to make time for community work, too. #pbparty And of course reading the little tidbits from the judges 👀

okay got my #PBParty entry down more words. I think this is as tight as it gets.

wordle bot has no right to calculate my “luck” score because I am a human being playing a human editor with a thousand rounds between us and the wordle bot is a mindless vapor entity made of dictionaries it cannot read in a language it cannot speak facing each wordle as if it is its first newly born

In prep for #PBParty in a week I killed my darlings and took over a hundred words out of my MS. Had to happen and I think it's better now. #amwriting #amrevising

Managed to hear about and sign up for the Ranking Party just today! Very much looking forward to this event.

If you're planning to enter the #PBParty contest on February 3, I hope you'll sign up for a Ranking Party to help you choose which picture book to enter...and help polish it up even more. The deadline to join the Ranking Party is tonight at midnight: mindyalyseweiss.com/2025-pbparty...

No agent likes for me from #p2pPit but considering it was the first time I used Bluesky for anything other than lurking, I think it's okay. I had a lot of fun making my graphics and that's a win for me.

WILD SUKKOT WALK #p2pPit #PB #Q #S #UW 🍋Jewish ritual and tradition 🌎loving your home and nature 🌿150 words of gentle, varied meter on sub to a very few editors directly; looking for rep

Hiking deep into the river woods, a child must confront the challenges of foraging if she wants to locate the elusive morel mushroom before its fleeting life cycle ends. TREASURES OF THE WOODS revives the timeless themes of Owl Moon & Watercress in lyrical prose. #P2Ppit #PB #STEM #Q

TEATIME IN JERUSALEM A romp through Ottoman era Jerusalem, involving 3 wise men, 1 handyman, 1 little boy, and 1 lost cat. 🌍diverse characters 🐈animal mischief 📖historical fiction with a folktale feel #UW #W #PB #p2pPit

COYOTE GOES OVER THE MOUNTAIN A new Coyote tale. #UW #W #PB #p2pPit 🐺 Coyote is clever: or is he?🐾 🏜️ecology and nature learning⛰️ 📖folktale inspired🌱