A “jelly-good” deal! 🪼Great time to preorder THE SECRETS OF THE JELLIES and other upcoming kidlit titles on your wish list! Out 4/21! @mariehermansson.bsky.social @chroniclekidsbooks.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social @naomikirsten.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Congratulations to our incredible clients on their latest book releases! All available now at your local library and bookstores! 🥳

Spring is here! Celebrate with these picture books about spring and the many things that happen during this season. 🌷🪺🌳🌦️ Book lists in ALT text. #springequinox #spring #season #springbooks #picturebooks #kidsbooks #kidlit #bookpost #booksky #books

Excited to share the release of my new book THE GIRAFT. Proud to be in such great company with: SLOTHS AND THEIR MOTHS @katieleereinert.bsky.social; ROOTED IN WONDER @mcusolito.bsky.social; & WHO NESTS HERE @karenjameson15.bsky.social -- just to name a few! www.mariacmarshall.com/single-post/...

Don't miss 4 fantastic @steamteambooks.bsky.social authors & their STEM books releasing in March. www.mariacmarshall.com/single-post/... @laurelneme.bsky.social Elaine Kachala @katieleereinert.bsky.social @mcusolito.bsky.social #interview #kidlit #STEM #nonfiction 📚👍

Teachers! Librarians! Four terrific #STEM #nonfiction books to enrich your collection--and instruction. tinyurl.com/bddzz8pj @alisonpstevens.bsky.social @jilanne.bsky.social @karenjameson15.bsky.social @mmarshallauthor.bsky.social @sarahsbrannen.bsky.social #Skybrarian #TLsky #edusky #kidlit

March blew in like a lion with four new STEAM Team books! And we talk about them on The Picture Book Buzzzzzz! #kidlit #nonfiction #nature #picturebooks #STEAM #STEM

Teachers! Librarians! Four terrific #STEM #nonfiction books to enrich your collection--and instruction. tinyurl.com/bddzz8pj @alisonpstevens.bsky.social @jilanne.bsky.social @karenjameson15.bsky.social @mmarshallauthor.bsky.social @sarahsbrannen.bsky.social #Skybrarian #TLsky #edusky #kidlit

Thank you, Maria for featuring @steamteambooks.bsky.social authors and books here! Honored to be included in this March roundup! @ssedlib.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Thank you, @geolibrarian.bsky.social for the wonderful review! “Hermansson’s gorgeous artwork takes Jameson’s poetic text and runs with it…” @mariehermansson.bsky.social @chroniclekidsbooks.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social #kidslovenonfiction

It's Tuesday, which means time to continue shouting about books written by amazing clients! Available in bookstores and libraries everywhere. 🥳

My first picture book is officially in stores today! This NF book tells the tale of the Tulalip Beaver Project and the healing that happens when we move beavers to a place where they can be free. @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social @akaweiss.bsky.social #kidlit 🧪

Roaring onto shelves today! Happy Book Birthday to WHO NESTS HERE? Twenty-Four Extraordinary Animal Homes! 🐊🦊🦧Lyrical text by @karenjameson15.bsky.social and lovely art by Ramona Kaulitzki . @ssedlib.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social

Thank you SLJ and @andreabrownlit.bsky.social ! Just a few days to go! ⭐️ #kidslovenonfiction @steamteambooks.bsky.social

Thank you Horn Book! 🌊

I’m frightfully excited to share the cover for my upcoming picture book, Ghost Town in the Mountains, illustrated by the amazing Roland Garrigue, published by Sleeping Bear Press!!

Lovely review for THE SECRETS OF THE JELLIES 🪼from @ala-booklist.bsky.social . Luminous art by @mariehermansson.bsky.social & edited by @naomikirsten.bsky.social . Out 4/21 from @chroniclekidsbooks.bsky.social . @blueslipmedia.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Happy World Wildlife Day! Coming soon - WHO NESTS HERE? with illos by Ramona Kaulitzki and THE SECRETS OF THE JELLIES, art by @mariehermansson.bsky.social . @andreabrownlit.bsky.social @chroniclekidsbooks.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social @blueslipmedia.bsky.social

Adorable snow leopard cubs have been ‘spotted’ leaping up and down for WHO NESTS HERE? Twenty-Four Extraordinary Animal Homes! Out March 10th! Text by me & gorgeous illos by Ramona Kautlitzki . @ssedlib.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

THE GREAT ESCAPE by Deborah Marcero has now received a total of SIX starred reviews!! 🥳 Don’t wait to get a copy from your local bookstore or library. And continued congratulations, Deborah! @deborahmarcero.com @ljrennert.bsky.social

So honored that A LLAMA IS NOT AN ALPACA is a Monarch Award Nominee! Congrats to the other incredible books listed, as well. 🎉 @runningpressbooks.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social #lornascobie

Thank you SLJ for this lovely starred review of WHO NESTS HERE? ⭐️Lyrical text by yours truly & beautiful art by Ramona Kaulitzki. Edited by Catherine Laudone of Beach Lane Books. Out 3/10/26! @simonkids.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social

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.

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