Happy Groundhog Day! Did you know that groundhogs are also called woodchucks? Find out more in WHO NESTS HERE? Out 3/10/26 from @simonkids.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social . Luminous art by Ramona Kaulitzki. Edited by Catherine Laudone. @steamteambooks.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Thanks Kirkus Reviews for your glowing words about THE SECRETS OF THE JELLIES! Kudos to @mariehermansson.bsky.social , @naomikirsten.bsky.social and @chroniclekidsbooks.bsky.social ! Coming 4/21/26 @andreabrownlit.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social #kidslovenonfiction

Thank you Maria for a great interview!

Today on the blog: My Shelf Awareness review for picture book The Wildest Thing, which splendidly depicts the magic that happens when a girl unleashes the "wild things" inside of her. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2026/01/shel...

Thank you so much for sharing our books, Lynn! 💕😊

Happy birthday, Ada Lovelace! Read more about this amazing woman and her achievements in my book ADA BYRON LOVELACE AND THE THINKING MACHINE. @steamteambooks.bsky.social @crestonbooks.bsky.social #bookposse #teachers #librarians #homeschoolers #booksky #edusky #WomenInSTEM #scicomm #STEM #STEAM

Let me introduce @claireannette.bsky.social author of A KNOT OF FROGS, A PASSEL OF HOGS: RECESS WITH COLLECTIVE NOUNS illustrated by Susie Oh! A playful #picturebook celebration that encourages children to move their bodies while learning some unusual collective animal names. #kidlitmegafeed

So wonderful to celebrate our first review - a star!⭐️ Thank you to @mariehermansson.bsky.social for her luminous art. Kudos to editor extraordinaire @naomikirsten.bsky.social and @chroniclekidsbooks.bsky.social ! @steamteambooks.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Love this book! @diannewrites.bsky.social @faithpray7.bsky.social

So excited that it’s #worldjellyfishday ! 🪼Visit an aquarium and learn all about them. Perfect time to preorder THE SECRETS OF THE JELLIES, out from @chroniclekidsbooks.bsky.social on 4/21/26. Art by @mariehermansson.bsky.social . Edited by @naomikirsten.bsky.social . @steamteambooks.bsky.social

Today is #WorldJellyfishDay! A great day to introduce young readers to Maude Delap, a pioneering scientist from rural Ireland who was the first person to raise them in captivity through their full life cycle. She did this back in 1899! #kidslovenonfiction #STEAM #JellyfishScientist #SteamTeamBooks

Today on the blog: October Recommendations! lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/10/octo...

Happy 5th Book Birthday to WOODLAND DREAMS! 🥳Poetic text by yours truly and painterly art by #MarcBoutavant . Edited by the amazing @naomikirsten.bsky.social and published by @chroniclekidsbooks.bsky.social . Grateful for this book journey! 🍁 @andreabrownlit.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social

Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (Oct 24): kidlit411.com/2025/10/the-... Inside: Powerful PBs, Fix Word Count, Creativity Workshop with @sylvialiu.bsky.social, more. Thanks @nmillerillo.bsky.social for the illustration, @justincolonbooks.bsky.social and Sheri Dillard for the PB giveaways.

✨FALL SPECIAL CRITIQUE + 1/2-HOUR CONSULT for new clients! I’ve met so many of my 100+ clients via social media, so I'm offering this special to 10 new clients. (If you’re an existing client, email me for an offer tailored to you!) I look forward to working w/ you!📚 naomikirsten.com/new-client-fal…

I was honored to start off Michele McAvoy's Girls Power Hour today, talking about writing in rhyme. How wonderful to share what I've learned and then continue learning from other writers about their speciality. The humor workshop by @brittanypomales.bsky.social was amazing!! ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Honoring James Herriot, English author who drew on his experiences as a veterinarian for his stories about animals, including the adult series starting with "All Creatures Great and Small," now in its 2nd TV version on PBS. He wrote 9 #childrensbooks. #kidlit

Honoring Mary Kathleen (Kate) Dopirak, whose first career was as a teacher, her second as an author of #childrensbooks. She was published in several magazines. Her last book, HURRY UP!, was published posthumously.

For educators and children's authors who could use a lift—and for anyone else who might wonder why educators and children's authors do what we do, despite the challenges—I want to share with you (with the sender's permission) an email I received a couple of days ago.

Today on the blog: My Shelf Awareness review of Broken, yet another winning picture book by author/illustrator X. Fang, which describes a passionate, child-centered experience that includes boredom, crisis, redemption, and... cake! lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/10/shel...

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!! I’m a day late but hopefully this cute badger makes up for it 🥰

Happy Techies Day! Celebrate by reading biographies of women computer pioneers, ADA BYRON LOVELACE AND THE THINKING MACHINE and GRACE HOPPER: QUEEN OF COMPUTER CODE. @steamteambooks.bsky.social #bookposse #teachers #librarians#homeschoolers #edusky #WomenInSTEM #scicomm #STEM #STEAM #WomenWhoCode

Happy First Day of Autumn! Can you tell that Autumn is my favorite season? 🍁 Shout out to amazing illustrators Marc Boutavant and @ishaalobo.bsky.social for bringing all the beauty of the season to life. @steamteambooks.bsky.social @naomikirsten.bsky.social

Did an interview with Steph Fizer Coleman on her Let's Make Picture Books Blog, go check it out! #kidlitart www.letsmakepicturebooks.com/blog/lmpb-su...

Thanks to @scbwi CenCal for an inspiring Writers’ and Illustrators’ Day! I caught the creative wave! Fabulous pitch opportunity with @sallymkim.bsky.social! Excited to dive into a manuscript and keep revising! Such helpful feedback! Much appreciated! #scbwi #scbwicencal #writersday

Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (Sept 19): kidlit411.com/2025/09/the-... Inside: Kid Lit Trends course @hunderdown.bsky.social , Joyful Marketing @juliefhedlund.bsky.social Reverse Outline, more. Thanks Erin Niehenke for the illustration, Running Press Kids & Scott Lape for the giveaways.

Thank you SO much for visiting us!! 🥳

Welcome to the world, little book! Cover photo by @jeffreyrstevens.com. @holidayhouse.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social @wd4c.bsky.social #BookBirthday #MG #NF #K-12 #KidLit #Dogs #Conservation #InvasiveSpecies #SnifferDogs #STEMeducation #STEM #STEAM

Firefly Song by @colleenpaeff.bsky.social and Ji-hyuk Kim uses text and art so inventively to explain what it means for fireflies to flash synchronously! #nonfictionpicturebook #nonfictionforkids #pbillustration #illustration #firefly #kidlit 👍📚💡💙

It’s National Wildlife Day! Get out there and read. What are some of your favorite wildlife books? @steamteambooks.bsky.social @chroniclekidsbooks.bsky.social #yosemiteconservancy

Amazing titles! Yay @steamteambooks.bsky.social !

🎉 Congrats to @alisonpstevens.bsky.social! 📚 ANIMAL CLIMATE HEROES was named a 2025 BANK STREET BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (Age 9–12). Illustrated by Jason Ford. Published by Godwin Books/Henry Holt. #kidlit #12x12PB

Through tomorrow, you can preorder at Barnes and Noble and get 25% off!

🔱Aquamanatee is making a splash at a bookstore (or comic book store) near you TODAY! Perfect for kids ages 5-7 who ❤️ graphic novels and for fans of Nawhal & Jelly and This Is a Sea Cow! 🔗in bio to purchase Onward to illustrating 🔱 book 2 in this adorable series! #graphicnovel #kidlit #edusky

Today on the blog: my Shelf Awareness review of Squirrel and Bird, in which an increasingly irritated Bird is frustrated by the story’s narrator typecasting them and their friend Squirrel. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/09/shel...

📆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

I wrote this series bc a) the Matilda effect is alive and well today (where the achievements of women are overlooked OR attributed to dudes) and b) weird, smart girls should get to be whatever they want - even if that’s an action hero, spy, or world saving nerd.

I’m a big believer in goal setting. Started a vision board for BEAR LOVES HIS HOME a few years ago. Here’s what it looks like now. Book pubbed August 26th. Mission accomplished! 🐻 @ishaalobo.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social #yosemiteconservancy #kidlit

Thanks so much @ishaalobo.bsky.social ! Lovely! Happy Book Birthday to us and to BEAR LOVES HIS HOME! 🧁

Thanks so much @ishaalobo.bsky.social ! Lovely! Happy Book Birthday to us and to BEAR LOVES HIS HOME! 🧁

Happy Book Birthday to BEAR LOVES HIS HOME! Lyrical text by yours truly and adorable art by @ishaalobo.bsky.social . Published by #yosemiteconservancy. Perfect for kids, nature fans and educators!Available online wherever books are sold. @steamteambooks.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Thanks @lynnbbooks.bsky.social for including BEAR LOVES HIS HOME as one of your August picks! 🐻#yosemiteconservancy

Discover author/illustrator Olga Ptashnik & her stunning #STEM picture book on the uniqueness and adaptability of birds - Fly Like a Bird. www.mariacmarshall.com/single-post/... @ebyrbooks.bsky.social #interview #kidlit #birds #observation

Wow, my upcoming book From Bam to Burp! was included in this list of recommended titles in yesterday's @washingtonpost.com book section! Thank you, librarians! tinyurl.com/yc53ahvf @charlesbridge.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social #edusky #kidlit

Seen on my walk. #DailyWalk

The Secrets of the Jellies cover reveal!! So happy for this delightful nonfiction picture book by @karenjameson15.bsky.social pub by @chroniclebooks.bsky.social 🪼 Preorder now! Publishing April 2026. 🪼🧡 Thank you to my agent @carynwiseman.bsky.social and editor @naomikirsten.bsky.social 💕 #kidlit

Cover reveal day! THE SECRETS OF THE JELLIES written by yours truly with stunning art by @mariehermansson.bsky.social ! An aquarium exhibit in a picture book! @chroniclekidsbooks.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social . @naomikirsten.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social lnk.to/Secretsofthe...

Such an incredible journey creating this aquarium-in-a-book with the super talented @mariehermansson.bsky.social !

New children's nonfiction books you'll want to know about-- and share with kids! imaginationsoup.net/new-nonficti... #kidlit

SLJ gave I, ROCK a *starred review* earlier this year and I still haven't entirely recovered from the excitement when I first heard about it. 😅 It was the first time one of my books had gotten a star! 😭❤️🤩