Thank you eduquer differemmentle podcast for our discussion on how authors can partner with educators. Interview in English but subtitles in French. Link www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNyu...

Shop books for the holidays! Asha and Baz series by @parentclub.bsky.social and Dharmali Patel The Great & The Small by @torreybalsara.bsky.social Hiss by @kirsten-marion.bsky.social #kidlit

Thank you to the @ontarioarts.bsky.social and the Government of Ontario for supporting my work-in-progress through a recommender grant. #CanKidLit #ReadCanadian

Join @lorettagarbutt.bsky.social and myself at the @mghtoronto.bsky.social Holiday Market! We will be selling and signing books (great holiday gifts)

Boosting

Check out these new fall books! Canadian creators include: @parentclub.bsky.social @suecurrie24.bsky.social @reganmacaulay.bsky.social @carolmatas.bsky.social @carolmatas.bsky.social @jtorrescomics.bsky.social @heathermoconnor.bsky.social @openmike.bsky.social #kidlit #CanKidLit

Kid Activity: Book Badges Great for collecting for at-home reading, library reading clubs, classroom bookworms, more... You can create as many badges as you want! Put in the comments as book badge ideas you care to share... #Kidlit #BookBadges #RaiseAReader #teachers #librarians

Kid Activity: Make a No-Cut Mini Book With Kids (Using Just One Sheet of Paper!) Pdf is available here: parentclub.ca/2025/11/make...) OR you can DIY. Let me know if you want more book/reading related kid activities! #KidLit #MiniBook #booklovers #RaiseAReader #teachers #librarians

Plague Thieves is #2 today! @cormorantbooks.bsky.social #kidlit #CanKidLit #mgbooks

Anyone else disappointed that Goodreads isn't including a #kidlit category in their annual Reader's Favourites Books of 2025. Lost opportunity - because there are LOTS of great kidlit books - don't you think?

PYI RECORDED registration open until November 30! Watch your PYI recordings until January 31! $150 CANSCAIP Members & Friends | $175 non-members Register today: www.canscaip.org/event-6251775 #PYI2025 #CANSCAIP #CanKidLit

Remembrance Day #kidlit (2 of 2) Girl Takes a Drastic Step by Jillian Dobson Sergeant Billy by Mireille Messier Two Pieces of Chocolate by Kathy Kacer I Didn't Stand Up by Lucy Falcone (inspired by the poem First They Came – by Pastor Martin Niemöller) #remembrancedaybooksforkids

Remembrance day #kidlit (1 of 2) Stealing Home @jtorrescomics.bsky.social What if Soliders... @heathercamlot.bsky.social Making Bombs.. @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social September 17 Amanda West Lewis Sabotage @karenautio.bsky.social #remembrancedaybooksforkids

Such a great turn out to support @kateblair.bsky.social and @cormorantbooks.bsky.social

Great bluesky bookish peeps to follow: @fuse8.bsky.social @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social @debbieohi.com @charlenedraws.bsky.social @boringstorybook.com #kidlit

GG Award winners have been announced! #CanKidLit #KidLit

When you're working on a WIP - do you just save to your desktop or do you save to your desktop AND save to the cloud for double back-up? #amwriting #kidlit

Happy #IReadCanadian Day! #IReadCanadianDay

What a brilliant book idea!

Trick or treat...got my treat today...bestseller list. The algorithm will change tomorrow and that will be the trick! pub: @cormorantbooks.bsky.social #kidlit #CanKidLit

Hide and Seek: Wild Animal Groups in North America AND Cache-cache : Animaux sauvages en Amérique du Nord 🦋 Read the book in English 🦋 Read the book in French 🦋 Do the puzzles 🦋 Enjoy the posters Ages 4-7 @pencilempire.bsky.social @dceducation.bsky.social #monarchbutterfly🦋 #picturebooks #kidlit

Q. Is there a way to buy a Canadian Indie bookshop gift card that could be used at any local bookshop? Is bookshop.org the best choice? Trying to brainstorm how to host a book giveaway without giving away an Amazon gift card... #CanKidLit

Congratulations to the GG Awards Finalists -> ggbooks.ca?utm_medium=e... #CanKidLit #KidLit

PLAGUE THIEVES is nominated for the Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice Awards — Diamond Willow 2025, and has been shortlisted for the IODE Violet Downey Book Award for 2025 and the SCBWI Crystal Kite Awards 2025. pub by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social #kidlit #CanKidLit #PlagueThieves

Teachers and librarians! Did you know there are activity pages for my #MGbook Plague Thieves? Read the book and then enjoy the word search for added discussion (and I'm open to author Q & As too!). Plague Thieves is published by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social #CanKidLit #KidLit

It's Banned Books Week in the US (Oct 5-11). Canada's equivalent is Freedom to Read week February 22-28, 2026. #CanKidLit

Literacy activity What's the S.C.O.O.P? Helps kids retell a story (promotes comprehension, vocabulary development, memory and attention skills). Ice cream scoops are the perfect visual to "layer" the retelling of a story. PDFs available #kidlit #activitysheetsforkids #literacyactivitiesforkids

Did you know @forestofreading.bsky.social is on bluesky now? For those who read, follow, vote in the #ForestofReading in Canada - now you know! #kidlit #CanKidLit

Teachers and librarians! Did you know there are activity pages for my #MGbook Plague Thieves? Read the book and then enjoy the word search for added discussion (and I'm open to author Q & As too!). Plague Thieves is published by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social #kidlit #PlagueThieves

Sharing an activity sheet I created for kids to Build A Story. *Brainstorm the ideas *Write a working title *Invent character names, the setting, and the problem *Then, invent "but then this happened..." (a roadblock), "so..." (the solution the characters create), "then..." #kidlit #amwriting

📚👍Recommended reading: MY STREET REMEMBERS by @karenkrossing.com @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social Cathie Jamieson It's about how land has memory and is inspired by Danforth Ave. #picturebooks #kidlit

Wasn't even looking for @lorettagarbutt.bsky.social @carmenmok.bsky.social @kidscanpress.bsky.social but they found me!

If you attend WOTS on Sunday -- I'm signing copies of PLAGUE THIEVES at the @cormorantbooks.bsky.social booth (B11) at 11am. However, I understand if you all go to see @davidarobertson.bsky.social (who has a panel at the exact same time/same day).🙂 #MeetMeAtWOTS #WOTS2025

It'll change tomorrow but today (Fri Sept 19) - lifting a cup to the orange banner ☕ PLAGUE THIEVES is published by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social #CanKidLit #KidLit #mgbooks

🧙‍♀️📚 The Little Gothic Bakeshop Over 50 recipes with sweetness and shadows on every bite. A ghoulish good cookbook to have on hand leading up to Halloween. By @helenagarciafp Trivia: Helena was one of the 2019 Great British Bake Off Publisher @quartobooksus

Congrats @owlkids.bsky.social authors @lorettagarbutt.bsky.social @annahumphrey.bsky.social (and someone tag the 3rd author!) On your launch at Mables Fables! #kidlit #CanKidLit

Check out these new books!

Three cheers to @karenkrossing.com and @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social for My Street Remembers #picturebooks #kidlit

The Writer's Union Microgrants submissions are open: writersunion.ca #CanKidLit

Inside the pages of ASHA AND BAZ MEET MARY ANNING Young readers can learn along with Asha and Baz as they travel back in time and meet Mary Anning - fossil finder! Created by @parentclub.bsky.social and Dharmali Patel www.commondeerpress.com/books-1/asha... #kidlit #CanKidLit

I'll be volunteering again at #PYI2025 - here are my tips for the conference: * wear comfy shoes * bring a refillable bottle * BYOL Bring Your Own Lunch * Don't be afraid to ask questions because it shows the session presenters that you are paying attention #kidlit #CanKidLit

PUBLICATION DAY! We are thrilled to share ASHA AND BAZ MEET MARY ANNING by Caroline Fernandez and Dharmali Patel with chapter book readers. This is book 6 in this women in history and women in STEM series. www.commondeerpress.com/books-1/asha... #chapterbooks @parentclub.bsky.social #AshaAndBaz

In case you need a homemade ice cream recipe this week to keep the kids busy: parentclub.ca/2025/08/home...

Do you think auhor visits are important to readers? Share your opinion in the comments... #kidlit #CanKidLit

Honoured that PLAGUE THIEVES (pub @cormorantbooks.bsky.social) is a finalist in the Diamond Willow @willowawards.bsky.social. They have a great finalist list for readers in grades 4-6 for this category. Best wishes to all the nominees! #CanKidLit #KidLit

PSA for your author or illustrator website/blog (not sponsored I use this and recommend)...Nifty icons creates HTML for your social media icons (it's free and easy to use). www.niftybuttons.com #kidlit

Yay Andrea!

Thanks Helen for always sharing great Cdn info! #CanKidLit #KidLit

I had to turn off my blog comments because I had over 80 spam comments. It's amazing that they can automate spam comments to little blogs but they can't figure out how to put a resealable ziplock on cereal bags.🤦‍♀️

TONIGHT...Free but you must register...WOTS virtual workshop on Self-care tactics for Writers www.eventbrite.ca/e/virtual-wo...