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...

Authors and illustrators - what is your preferred enewsletter platform? I'm using mailchimp right now but I'm thinking about making a change...I'd like inexpensive and easy to use.

Save the date...I'll be at Word on the Street Toronto! Sun Sept 28th at 11am at the @cormorantbooks.bsky.social booth. New location this year: David Pecaut Square (near St. Andrew Station). Signing: PLAGUE THIEVES (historical middle grade book)

Good luck to all. What an honour to be shortlisted! Plague Thieves is published by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social

So I bought a package of cookies, at a store, for the kids. I noticed (while I was still as the cash register) that the package looked open. I tugged on the tab and the whole first row of cookies were gone. Whoever stole the cookies...I hope they needed them. Bc what a jerk thing to do.

New: Author Caroline Fernandez (Asha and Baz series - @parentclub.bsky.social) shares tips on How To Research A Historical Fiction Novel. Read now: www.commondeerpress.com/single-post/... #historicalfiction #publishing #kidlit

Reading recommendations! @parentclub.bsky.social @lesliegentile.bsky.social @carolmatas.bsky.social l @jessicavitalis.bsky.social @jlbaileybooks.bsky.social @karenkrossing.com @mbleatherdale.bsky.social @oksanna.bsky.social @mahtabnarsimhan.bsky.social @jtorrescomics.bsky.social #kidlit

Kidlit creation tip: write down the month/year you start a new project and then the month/year you finish it. Because kids will ask you how long it took you to create it. And you won't remember. #kidlit #CanKidLit

Thrilled for this Between the Covers review of PLAGUE THIEVES. "This isn't a sanitized version of history - it's raw, real, and exactly the kind of story kids deserve." -- Joeseph Tito review www.jeopublishing.com/pricing-plan... #PlagueThieves #kidlit #CanKidLit @cormorantbooks.bsky.social

I'm honoured that PLAGUE THIEVES has made it into the final round of voting in the Canadian division for the 2025 SCBWI Crystal Kite Awards. SCBWI members - you can vote now for any of the shortlisted titles. Congratulations nominees. #CanKidLit #KidLit #SCBWI @cormorantbooks.bsky.social

📚👍Voting is now open for the 2nd round of the SCBWI Crystal Kite Awards! Congratulations to all of the nominees. I'm honoured to have PLAGUE THIEVES shortlisted in the Canadian division.❤️ #CanKidLit #KidLit

Great reading recommendations! Honoured to be listed.

🎉 GIVEAWAY ALERT! 🎉 Win a copy of Asha and Baz Meet Gladys West from @parentclub! How to Enter: ✅ Like this post ✅ Comment below ✅ Follow @parentclub on Instagram or Bluesky ✅ Tag 3 friends in your comment Open to residents of Canada & the U.S. (excluding Quebec), age 18+. Not endorsed by Bluesky

So when your kids have their friends over do you... - feed them - hope their parents send food - tell them to go home and eat (I ask because we are the hang-out house -- which is great -- but they are always hungry -- and I get a tad resentful of having to have snacks at-the-ready all summer)

Honoured to have been interviewed. twelveminuteconvos.com/caroline-fer... #12mincovos @cormorantbooks.bsky.social @commondeerpress.bsky.social @dceducation.bsky.social #kidlit #CanKidLit

Hey @scbwicanadawest.bsky.social @scbwicanadaeast.bsky.social members - don't forget to vote for the Crystal Kite awards - Canadian division. www.scbwi.org psst...pass it on ;-) #CanKidLit