Congratulation to all these beautiful new books, making their way in the world and looking for some big readers! 💖 🤩 🙌

October is National Bullying Prevention Month. Share our #picturebook WHAT HAPPENS NEXT with kids ages 5 to 12. @owlkids.bsky.social #careysookocheff

Working on a PB, MG, or YA? An experienced editor and pub'd author, I can apply for ONE #grant to mentor ONE Canadian #kidlit writer for 10 hrs (Nov-March) ie critiques, zoom chats, etc. Interested? Pls get in touch asap. #mentorship #editing #writersunionofcanada @inkedvoices.bsky.social

Thanks for the great interview questions, @ryangvancleave.bsky.social! #writingpicturebooks #editing #writingtips @orcabook.bsky.social @owlkids.bsky.social @kidscanpress.bsky.social @scholasticaa.bsky.social @stephanepoulin.bsky.social #valerieboivin @nicolemillo.bsky.social

Non-member registration is open for our upcoming Adult/YA SFF workshop with Naomi Davis at Bookends Literary. This is a great opportunity to get market and editorial feedback on your opening chapters! find out more and register at app.inkedvoices.com/event/worksh...

Thanks for the wonderful review of my #hilo middle-grade novel, MISS MATCH, Helen! @hkubiw.bsky.social @inkedvoices.bsky.social @scbwicanadaeast.bsky.social @canscaip.bsky.social

New books for fun summer reads from: @parentclub.bsky.social, @laurabontje.bsky.social, @franbwrites.bsky.social, @susanhughes.bsky.social, @mahtabnarsimhan.bsky.social, @valeriesherrard.bsky.social, @kirsten-marion.bsky.social, and me! All authors available for school and library visits too! 🍁

Great books for spring! Check out these new titles from: @parentclub.bsky.social, @laurabontje.bsky.social, @franbwrites.bsky.social, @susanhughes.bsky.social, @mahtabnarsimhan.bsky.social, @valeriesherrard.bsky.social, @kirsten-marion.bsky.social, and me! All authors available for visits too! 🍁

The Plot Lab is happening this Friday! Everyone who registers also gets access to Damon Suede's recent webinar, The Genre Plot: Unpacking the Universal Truths of Narrative. A terrific opportunity to dig into the building blocks of Story and apply to your own WIP. app.inkedvoices.com/event/worksh...

Just received author copies of my soon-to-hit-the-shelves “junior rom-com” novel MISS MATCH (ages 9-12; high-interest accessible)! Ya-hoo! Get ready to meet 8th-grader Polly and find out about her “great idea” in just a few days -- on April 15, '25! @orcabook.bsky.social #MG #kidlit

Great new 🍁 books for kids out this year! Authors are available for school and library visits too: @parentclub.bsky.social, @laurabontje.bsky.social, @franbwrites.bsky.social, @susanhughes.bsky.social, @mahtabnarsimhan.bsky.social, @valeriesherrard.bsky.social, @kirsten-marion.bsky.social, and me!

Snowed in? Check out these new #kidlit books by: @parentclub.bsky.social @laurabontje.bsky.social @franbwrites @caseylyall.bsky.social @susanhughes.bsky.social @mahtabnarsimhan.bsky.social @valeriesherrard.bsky.social @kirsten-marion ❄️📚⛄

📚🌷Spring into spring with these new #kidlit books by these super creators: @parentclub.bsky.social, @laurabontje.bsky.social, @franbwrites.bsky.social, @caseylyall.bsky.social; @susanhughes.bsky.social; @mahtabnarsimhan.bsky.social; @valeriesherrard.bsky.social; and @kirsten-marion.bsky.social

#GIVEAWAY To celebrate the launch of #PictureBooksEh 2025 we’re giving away manuscript crits and PBs! Details on website (link above). To enter: 1. follow @picturebookseh.bsky.social 2. like + re-post this post (extra entry for tagging a friend) 3. Winners ann. Feb. 10 at 9 am #kidlit #cankidlit

Photos of today's ABS member chat. Book an author or illustrator to visit your readers: authorsbooking.com #authorvisits #illustratorvisists #schoolvisits

Coming in the next few months of 2025! #kidlit #middlegrade #picturebooks #kidlit #readcanadian @orcabook.bsky.social @authorsbooking.bsky.social

As engrossing at @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social @scholastic.bsky.social UNDER ATTACK is, let's hope the war ends before other #MGLit books on the subject have to be published. msyinglingreads.blogspot.com/2025/01/unde...

@ashleybarron.bsky.social and I are thrilled that our book UPSY-DAISY, BABY is being shared with so many young readers! Thanks, @dollyslibrary.bsky.social! #Owlkids @picturebookseh.bsky.social #diversity #families @12x12challenge.bsky.social @scbwicanadaeast.bsky.social

Thanks, Rebecca! www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5IK...

Want to introduce children to amazing architect Antoni Gaudi through an imaginative story and amazing illustrations? They'll love meeting Carmen and her dragon in my #picturebook Carmen and the House that Gaudi Built #OwlKidsBooks @CasaBatlloGaudi #architects #AntoniGaudi #MarianneFerrer

Just rec'd copies of our board books soon to be distributed free to thousands of kids by Dolly Parton's ImaginationLibrary -- my Upsy-Daisy, Baby! (illus #AshleyBarron) in Dec '24 and #GeraldValerio's Canadian Animals in Colour in Oct '24. Thrilling! #owlkidspress @scbwicanadaeast.bsky.social

Come to Toronto, Canada tomorrow (May 24)! and visit the art studio of Suharu Ogawa, fab illustrator of our picture book HOORAY FOR TRUCKS! (401 Richmond Street). See where all the magic happens AND ride in her handmade TRUCK. #owlkidsbooks @canscaip.bsky.social @12x12challenge.bsky.social #kidlit

The 2024 Jane’s Walk Festival Weekend is this May 3, 4, 5-online and everywhere! Read up on #JaneJacobs herself, the great urban thinker and activist, in my #picturebook WALKING IN THE CITY WITH JANE: A STORY OF JANE JACOBS (#kidscanpress). @12x12challenge.bsky.social #janeswalk #kidslit #bio

gals gals gals gals gals one of my favourite drawings from this year.

Lovely news! My picture book EARTH TO AUDREY (illus by Stephane Poulin) was published by #KidsCanPress back in 2005--and as of March 1, 2024, it's available as an e-book. Isn't that fantastic? #picturebooks #kidlit #backlist

I'm excited to share that my board book UPSY-DAISY, BABY!, illustrated by Ashley Barron, and Geraldo Valério's CANADIAN ANIMALS IN COLOUR have been selected for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library 2024! #Owlkids #Dolly Parton's Imagination Library @canscaip.bsky.social @12x12challenge.bsky.social

Yay! I'm excited for this book!

Me too!

I'm excited to share that my board book UPSY-DAISY, BABY!, illustrated by Ashley Barron, and Geraldo Valério's CANADIAN ANIMALS IN COLOUR have been selected for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library 2024! #Owlkids #Dolly Parton's Imagination Library @canscaip.bsky.social @12x12challenge.bsky.social

Spent some time at the library today and decided to read Canadian. 🇨🇦

Teaching little ones about #migration #winter is easy with a goose that doesn't. ZANDER STAYS by Maureen Fergus and illustrated by Scot Ritchie is a late 2023 #picturebook that will teach as well as entertain. From Pajama Press. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2024/01/zand...

No matter where we live, we all have much in common. Beautifully illus. by Sophie Casson & extensively researched by @susanhughes.bsky.social, SAME HERE! The Differences We Share is ideal for readers interested in snapshots of customs & cultures around the world. www.readerkidz.com/2024/01/07/s...

Thanks for the wonderful words about our kids' book, SAME HERE! THE DIFFERENCES WE SHARE, @diannewrites.bsky.social! #sophiecasson #owlkidsbooks #MG #picturebooks #globalvillage #diversity @12x12challenge.bsky.social #scbwi

Time for Giveaway 32: #SpreadTheJoy - Today from Kelly Dyksterhouse is 15 min pitch/AMA. To win just follow @kellydhouse.bsky.social, comment below, and give this a repost. All #giveaways will be open for a min of 24hrs #WritingCommunity #writerslift #writingtips

A nice opportunity to chat with agent Kelly Dyksterhouse! #writingcommunity

It’s time for Giveaway 28: #SpreadTheJoy - Today from Stephanie Gibeault is a PB MS critique. To win just comment below, and give this a repost. All #giveaways will be open for a min of 24hrs #WritingCommunity #writerslift #writingtips

A happy young reader enjoying our board book Upsie-Daisy, Baby! #Owlkids #AshleyBarron #picturebooks #kidlit #nevertooyoungtolovebooks #boardbooksforkids @122mm76.bsky.social

"This project [Hooray for Trucks!] was quite unique because with this one, I set out with only one goal—to write a really fun story for very young children." Check out more at "6 Questions with Susan Hughes" on Mary Boone's blog! www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que... #picturebook #rhyming #owlkids

Some great advice ... Sometimes doing nothing at all is best! #leavetheleaves #lessismore #butterflies #moths #pleasethebees

I spy at least two of my recent picture books -- Upsie, Daisy, Baby! and Hooray for Trucks! -- in the Owlkids Books booth at this year's Frankfurt Book Fair. How thrilling! Go, team, go! #diversity #rhymingtext #picturebooks #foreignrights

#illustrators I'm currently looking for a stellar illustrator with a more traditional style who excels at humor for a picture book project. Drop a link to your portfolio below or include samples here if you think this might be a good fit! (not responding to dms at this time)

That's so amazing, Claire!! Congrats!! #oneinamillion #kidlit

Thanks, Helen!

Caine Prize 2023: Senegalese married couple win African writing award

The Bluesky #kidlit community is growing! Here's a list of authors, illustrators, educators, librarians, and publishing professionals to follow: https://shorturl.at/AKLST And here's how to add yourself to the list: https://forms.gle/78Cz3ETu4xo4qsNdA

Thx for a super review, Tara! @trusreads "HOORAY FOR TRUCKS is a rhythmic, rhyming celebration of trucks and cleaning up. A great choice for kids who are learning about rhyming as well as truck lovers. The language is playful and includes toddler favourites like 'No, no, no!'" #suharuogawa