first sprout I see wish upon a radish garden star #HaikuSaturday 💚 #gardening

banana cream pie clouds stir a sunny sky half-baked lullaby #FungiFriday 💛 #haiku

a tree knot that grew a wound that hollowed out its very core now its open mouth screams let your stomach knots speak #TankaThursday prompt: knot #haiku #trees #nokings

Last day! If you do preorder STIFLED, comment TROMBONE, and I'll send you a bookmark! 😍#kidlit #BNPreorder

Just read WHERE ONLY STORMS GROW by @alyssacolman.bsky.social, 2026 winner of the Schneider Family Book Award. Such an engaging story! Lots of careful research about the Dust Bowl. And I love the tie to current environmental concerns in the author's note. 💚 Art by Nik Henderson. #MGLit 👏 #kidlit 📚👍

seeds dispersed by ants Virginia springbeauty's dance myrmecochory #spring 💚 #wildflowers #wildflowerhour late 💚 #nativeplants 💚 #haiku

spring's thin-shelled hope pale blue beginnings robin's egg dawn #HaikuSaturday 💚 #spring

maples reach balance and breathe in between partner yoga pose #forestfriday #spring #nativeplants #haiku #equinox 💙

THE MOON WITHOUT STARS, written and illustrated by Chanel Miller: such an accurate picture of how I remember the emotions/decisions/worries around the time of 7th grade. Honest and real. Funny. Find your Scott. All the feelings. 💙 📚👍 Upper #MGLit #kidlit

Whilst working away on a new design, I can hear the birds singing outside 🐦🐦‍⬛🦉🌳Spring is just around the corner! #springiscoming #birds #Illustrator #freelanceillustrator #nature #springtime #licensingartist #nonfictionillustrator

humble hero this year's goldenrod leaves below hollow stems havens for scores...and me my lost days brushed away as sunlit flowers sway #nativeplants 💚 #haiku 💚 #bloomscrolling

I love when new book orders come in at the library! 🙌 Curious kids (and their adults) will love this great collection of fun facts! #kidlit 📚👍 #MGLit @teresarobeson.com @annamariajung.bsky.social

all the buzz new pub Sunday brunch buffet now open #haiku 💚 #SundayYellow 💚 #Stunday 💚 #Bloomscrolling

under phoebe's feet last year's oak leaves prepare to migrate south #HaikuSaturday 💚 #spring

mossy bark blanket stolen by shifty squirrels cedar tree shivers #ForestFriday 💚 #Haiku

It's time for our 14th (yes, 14!) Lititz Kid-Lit Festival! Join us at Linden Hall on Saturday, March 14th, and get ready for a day of author talks, workshops for young readers and educators, story times, and book signings. Tickets are available now at aaronsbooks.com/2026-lititz-kid-lit-festival 🎉

Set in Laos and Thailand, 1975, A YEAR WITHOUT HOME by @vtbidania.bsky.social is an important novel in verse about one reason people become refugees and the hardships they face, detailing the aftermath of the Vietnam War. Beautiful cover art by @christinaillos.bsky.social. #kidlit #MGLit #empathy 📚👍

February. Big and small stuff all going on at once, as always.

we made it 💚 #bloomscrolling

"The more successful people didn't have better willpower... Instead, [they] set up their lives so they didn't need to use willpower frequently. They exposed themselves to fewer temptations." Love some helpful research to start the week. 🙌 #edusky #kidlit

an outstretched hand offering to share its drink humanitree #HaikuSaturday 💚 #trees 💚 #rolemodels 💚 #humanity

I am Goldilocks each day seeking just right grateful to bears #FungiFriday 💚 #senryu 💚 #ruleofthree

Thank you for such a heartfelt behind-the-scenes look at your process, @erinentrada.bsky.social! Can't wait to read the THE SECOND LIFE OF SNAP. I loved your advice for writers: read a lot, and "go follow that shiny idea" because emotional connection is so important. 💛 #middlegrademagic #kidlit

I AM WE by @lesliebarnardbooth.bsky.social is such a melodious account of crow behavior. Fabulous back matter is full of fun facts. Beautiful art by @scatterbee.bsky.social. #kidlit 📚👍 #birds

mourning dove refuge quiets whistling wings safeguards wistful song #thicktrunktuesday (👀 #thintrunktuesday 💙) #haiku

#AcrylicMarker #AlcoholMarker #ColoredPencil #Watercolor Who knew cutting out tiny plants and pots would be so therapeutic

THE ENEMY'S DAUGHTER by Anne Blankman is compelling and nuanced #MGLit historical fiction set during WWI. Beautiful cover art by @johspringer.bsky.social. #kidlit 📚👍 #empathy

zombie hand reaches releases grip on winter flips the page to March #HaikuSaturday 💚 #springiscoming

Some days my paper petals turn into a school of paper fish! 🐟 #The100DayProject #PaperCrafts #Collage #MixedMedia

M IS FOR MASON JAR is such a cute alphabet book by @carolynbfraiser.bsky.social, inviting kids to get involved in planting, harvesting, and preparing food. Beautiful artwork by Sally Garland. Love it. #kidlit 📚👍

the door is always open #ForestFriday 💚

resilient moss a thing with green feathers grounded hope #stunday 💚 #haiku

blinking awake adjusts to bright light, cold floors settles for iced coffee #HaikuSaturday 💚 #gardening

Some bright summer color for this gray winter day. #FungiFriday 💚 🧡 #ForestFriday

Oh my goodness, BEST BUDS by @beckyscharn.bsky.social is such a cute friendship story! I can't wait to read and discuss this at storytime. Beautiful illustrations by Jiarui Jiang. So many plants! 😍 #kidlit 📚👍

middle of winter lively pumpkin they'd have tossed months ago arbitrary limits for no reason, sunshine lost #storyoflife #TankaThursday prompt: middle #gardening 💚

baby amaranth pink valentine balloons hearts soar toward spring #HaikuSaturday 💚💗 #gardening

GLITTER EVERYWHERE by Chris Barton is a fun #PB about the history of glitter. I 💚 that it includes environmental concerns/new alternatives! Gorgeous art by Chaaya Prabhat. #kidlit 📚👍 Sad that a school canceled this author's visit due to facts in the book that weren't even part of the presentation. 😔

Revisiting one of my favorites for #ThickTrunkThursday. So lovely to meet this white oak last May. 💚 #ForestFriday

🤗So excited to finally get to read our very own #bookposse member’s book! @jenguyorjowett.bsky.social , thank you for sharing your new novel in verse!! 💕📚❤️

So many of our #DogEaredBookAward2025 readers loved Spark by @baronchrisbaron.bsky.social . Here's one of our 7th grade reviews:

My book’s publisher is canceling all middle grade projects. Too much financial risk when #MGLit sales still struggle. I get it. But I’m sad. The illustrator created a beautiful cover and art for the start of each chapter. Big edits, expert/sensitivity read, and copy edits were complete. #kidlit 🧵1/

The Librarians is set to premiere on PBS this Monday, Feb. 9, after a robust theatrical and festival run that saw Kim A. Snyder’s documentary earn awards across the country.

icicle ambitious audition for role of porch post Happy #HaikuSaturday 💚 (Gotta fix that dripping gutter 🙃...)

open casket standing room only adored by all #haiku 💚 #thicktrunkthursday #fungifriday 💚 #forestfriday 💚 #ferns

Colby Cedar Smith's YA novel in verse CALL ME ATHENA is beautiful--and a fascinating look at 1930s Detroit. Now eager to read her next work, THE SIREN AND THE STAR. Gorgeous cover art by Hülya Özdemir. #kidlit 📚👍

if sunshine from my garden photos could warm me up #stunday 💚 #nativeplants 💚 #bloomscrolling

💌 Charge up your battery, because YOU’RE INVITED! Come join me, my agent @writeloudly.bsky.social , and a rather restless robot for an evening of book chat at my hometown bookstore Book Love in Plymouth, MA. Grab your tickets at the link in my bio! 🤖 🎉 🥂

A brave little puffball in a snowstorm 🥹❄️ Birbfest Day 12: Common Redpoll #Birbfest2026 #Procreate #Illustration #Art

while sky takes a break branches hold cumulus clouds solidarity #HaikuSaturday 💙