77 days. 1848 hours. 6,652,800 seconds. The countdown to the 2026 Super Conference is officially on, and that can only mean one thing... registration is open! This year’s #OLASC Early Bird deadline is December 5. Register at bit.ly/SC26Registra...

Cats in Graffiti Alley, looks like it's signed LMAR. "Watching the Wildlife" #Toronto #Graffiti #StreetArt

The New Girl wins Janet Savage Blachford Prize at the 2025 QWF Literary Awards. Details: https://bookcentre.ca/blogs/industry-news/the-new-girl-wins-2025-qwf-literary-award

Textured art like @mariemanon.bsky.social creates are always a "wow" for me. Manon Gauthier's latest picture book is ALL OF US from @runningthegoat.bsky.social. All animals may be different but we are all the same too. #cells #STEM #diversity canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/11/all-...

On the BOOK BIRTHDAY 🎉of "Burst Your Bubble!" TY CanLit for LittleCanadians for this wonderful review.🫧 joycegrantauthor.com/2025/11/an-a... #MediaLiteracy @jandolby.bsky.social @hkubiw.bsky.social @owlkids.bsky.social @mediasmarts.bsky.social @mor10.com @picturebookseh.bsky.social #kidlit

Robbie's Inspiration - Author interview: Amanda in Ireland by Darlene Foster #childrensfiction #readingcommunity #bookreview robbiesinspiration.wordpress.com/2025/11/10/r...

Have a great launch @jgcanada.bsky.social for BURST YOUR BUBBLE! OUTSMART THE ALGORITHMS AND SEE WHAT YOU'RE MISSING today. Lots to absorb in this NF book for #MG readers, with fab art by @jandolby.bsky.social We should all be reading this one! canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/11/burs...

Ontario #teachers: consider today's #Burlington book launch of BURST YOUR BUBBLE! OUTSMART THE ALGORITHMS AND SEE WHAT YOU'RE MISSING by @jgcanada.bsky.social illus by @jandolby.bsky.social @owlkids.bsky.social Great NF book to inform us all! canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/11/burs...

Dave Paddon's here at the Jack Byrne signing copies of his fabulous tall tales until 6pm today. Susan Flanagan was up earlier this aft, so we have signed copies of THE DEGREES OF BARLEY LICK as well!

I'm looking forward to the event. Come and say Hi - buy a #book, have a chat. Moyer Rec Centre, 54569 Range Road 215 in Josephburg, Strathcona County. Alberta. 10 am - 4pmhttps://josephburg-ag.ca/christmas-in-the-heartland/ #gifts #crafts #books #food #games #music and much more.

Another #hilo #MG read for #IReadCanadianDay is John Lekich's BARK TWICE FOR MURDER from @orcabook.bsky.social There's a murder but mostly there's laughs, great characters, food, and even a talking dog. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/11/bark... 👍🇨🇦📚

Give some love to new #CDN publisher: MIGHTY VILLAGE BOOKS @mightyvillagebooks.bsky.social. Pleased to present my interview with founder author-illustrator Danielle Daniel (remember her award-winning SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A FOX). Learn more here: canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/11/migh...

Winners of @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social CDN Children's Book Awards announced this wk. Congrats @sharigreen.bsky.social @rosenafung.bsky.social @markmorton.bsky.social Yayo, Elizabeth MacLeod, Mike Deas, Ray Xu, Jennifer Leason Norman Chartrand canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/2025...

Great new #Halloween bk of CDN ghost stories. HAUNTED CANADA GRAPHIC NOVEL VOL 2: FOUR MORE TERRIFYING TALES by @joelasutherland.bsky.social illus by @mikeseriously.bsky.social @salisketch.bsky.social Maya McKibbin, Hannah Barrett (ScholasticCDA) canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/haun...

Join IBBY Canada for a night of KidLit Trivia hosted by acclaimed author and illustrator Kevin Sylvester! Tickets 🎟️ www.canadahelps.org/en/charities/international-board-on-books-for-young-people/events/kidlit-trivia-night-1

Edgy reads reviewed this wk: #WhitePine- nominee #YA SONGS FOR GHOSTS by @clarakiyoko.bsky.social canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/song... & #MG NIGHTMARE JONES: POEMS by @shannyraindrop.bsky.social @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/nigh...

Hope there are more books of poetry for young people in your future. ❤️🇨🇦📚

There may be some scary poems in @shannyraindrop.bsky.social's recently published #MG NIGHTMARE JONES: POEMS from @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social but some of the scariest are those that make us feel. Illustrated by Cindy Derby. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/nigh...

Going to be a busy month for book awards for #CDN creators: #GGBooks2025 canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/2025... & @forestofreading.bsky.social canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/2026... & @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/08/2025...

Glad @peterhreynolds.bsky.social is on Bluesky so I can share my review of his latest #picturebook THE GIFT OF WORDS (Scholastic). It may seem early for the holiday season but stories that promote positivity & joy will resonate throughout the yr. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... @mandagroup.bsky.social @jandolby.bsky.social

Question: How many of my #KidLit friends are in Canada? I have the inklings of an idea but just looking to gauge numbers right now. Of the #CanKidLit authors, how many are in Ontario and how many are in Ottawa? #WritingCommunity

Apologies to @karilynnwinters.bsky.social & Catherine Rondina whose Yellow Cedar-nominated book ZOOM IN ON ZOMBIES (Fitzhenry & Whiteside) I accidentally left off my original list of @forestofreading.bsky.social nominees. My bad! Corrected now. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/2026...

If you're like me & support great #CDN books for young readers, the announcement of @forestofreading.bsky.social nominees is a big deal. Here are 3 lists with 1st for youngest English readers: canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/2026...

In flowing prose poetry Bushra Junaid meditates on the experiences of the 19th-C Black sailor whose body was found on the Labrador coast, painting a reverent picture of the lives so often left out of our history books. THE POSSIBLE LIVES OF WH, SAILOR. runningthegoat.com #KidLit #BlackPoetry

50/50 Raffle Alert! OLA is kicking off our first ever 50/50 raffle in support of the Forest. Buy your tickets before Oct 16th to qualify for our Early Bird Prize, or by the end of October to be entered into our Grand Prize draw on Halloween! www.rafflebox.ca/raffle/fores... Licence # RAF1467210

Sans plus attendre, nous sommes heureux d’annoncer les livres canadiens choisis pour la #Foretdelalecture 2026. 🎉 Il y a tellement d’histoires formidables dans lesquelles se plonger et nous avons hâte que vous les découvriez toutes! Visitez bit.ly/ForestNomine...

Without further ado, we are pleased to announce the Canadian books chosen for the 2026 #ForestofReading program. 🎉 There are so many incredible stories to dive into and we can’t wait for you to discover them all! Visit bit.ly/ForestNomine...

For great #CDN books for youth, from picture books to early readers, NF, MG, graphic novels, & YA, the @forestofreading.bsky.social has them all. And young readers get to chose their favourites as part of the program. Get your young people & schools enrolled asap! ❤️🇨🇦📚 May the Forest be with you!

Author Caroline Adderson's new #picturebook (illus by Lauren Tamaki) imagines how Japanese poet Bashō may have been inspired to write his haiku "The Old Pond." A POND, A POET, AND THREE PESTS was recently released @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-po...

Hey! I'm E.M., I make comics & a bunch of other stuff! I just published a graphic novel called The Last Band On Earth which you can get from my shop here: ko-fi.com/s/ec1f7cdea3 (digital version here as well - ko-fi.com/s/a00aca22ef ) And here's where else you can find me: cuckoosnestpress.carrd.co

It may be a little early to think about Christmas gifts but if you want to introduce young readers to Anne of Green Gables, consider this new boxed set of illustrated early readers from Kallie George and @abigailhalpin.bsky.social (From Tundra). canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/anne...

Author-illustrator @elisegravel.bsky.social has the right touch for covering big concepts like the brain, diversity, inclusion, etc. for young readers. Her adorable monsters now talk about #community in TOGETHER from Scholastic Canada. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/toge... 👍🇨🇦📚

New next week is release of 2nd "Joshua Learns from the Land" book from @highwaterpress.bsky.social by Tyna Legault Taylor & illus by @michelledaoart.bsky.social. KOKUM, ARE THESE MOOSE TRACKS? #seasons #Indigenoustraditions #Indigenouslanguages canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/koku...

Fortunate attendees who get to hear you speak, Marsha.

Congrats to all finalists! Wonderful #science #STEM books for middle-grade children. Learn about the wind, the planets, memory and more. 👍🇨🇦📚

We're so excited to introduce the 2025 Lane Anderson Award Young Reader Shortlist! Visit our website for more info: laneandersonaward.ca/2025-shortli... @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @kidscanpress.bsky.social @orcabook.bsky.social @valerydesignwrks.bsky.social

Introducing the 2025 Lane Anderson Award Adult Shortlist! Visit our website for more info: laneandersonaward.ca/2025-shortli... @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @jennifergrenz.bsky.social @gooselane.bsky.social @sarahkcox.bsky.social

I'm fortunate to be able to enjoy a forest regularly so new #picturebook THERE'S A SONG IN THE FOREST by Jennifer Britton & illus by Jillian Thalman (from @nimbuspub.bsky.social) really spoke to me. There is #music in #nature, if you listen. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/09/ther... 👍🇨🇦📚

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Kids will know TV series re Gumboot Kids but there are also #picturebooks based on these adorable, felted mice that teach early #STEM concepts. Latest is THE CASE OF THE TAGALONG TWIN from Eric Hogan & Tara Hungerford ( @fireflybooks.bsky.social) canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...

Wow? That’s a lot of thanks! Next picture book: large numbers?! 👍🏻🇨🇦📚

Welp... I got let go from my day job today. 💀 So uhhh, if anyone is in need of a colourist, or might be able to put in a good word for me for an upcoming project, I'd really appreciate it. I'll take any kind of gig. If you want to help by reposting my pinned, that'd be awesome too. TGIF, eh? 😭

RIGHT NOW! I'm doing LIVE drawing on my Twitch Channel1 Come join the fun (for the next 30min or so!) www.twitch.tv/grickle14 #grickledoodle #cartoon #art #drawing

This new #picturebook is a math concept book in a story. I’M LONGER THAN YOU! is fun read re contest measuring 2 animals. Written & illus by @carolynfisher.bsky.social, it introduces units, systems, conversion #STEM @kidscanpress.bsky.social 👍🏻📚 canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/09/im-l...

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Tundra Books has just re-released OUR CORNER GROCERY STORE by Joanne Schwartz and illustrated by @laurabeing.bsky.social with a new cover. It's fresh and it's as charming as ever. Remember picking candies into paper bags? The joy of freezies? canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/09/our-...

The taunt of "REZ KID" might be meant to hurt but this child knows what being an Indigenous kid who lives on a reserve is really about. New #picturebook by Andrea Landry, illus by Isabella Fassler. From @kidscanpress.bsky.social canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/09/rez-...

I think kids will love learning about birds especially w the life-size photos of the birds or portions of them. Fascinating upcoming (Sept 15) #NF book BIRDS LIFE SIZE by Chris Earley @fireflybooks.bsky.social canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/09/bird... 👍🏻📚

Fab presentation (#graphicnovel) for #nonfiction #MG: informative & definitely entertaining. THE SUSTAINABLE SCHOOL by Erica Fyvie & illus by @ritchiescot.bsky.social from @kidscanpress.bsky.social covers #energy #history #transportation #STEM. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...