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-...

Readers of #youngCanLit get excited for new books by @lanabutton.bsky.social & Eric Walters. Now we have their collaboration. ONE CAN, illus by Isabelle Malenfant, is a story of #foodinsecurity, #compassion... From @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/09/one-...

Kathy Kacer's new #picturebook, illustrated by @hloweart.bsky.social, is called MEMORY STONES, publ by @secondstory.bsky.social. In it, Sophie is helped to remember and honour her much-loved grandmother after she passes. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/09/memo...

Exciting - what a beautiful selection of books!

The @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social just announced the finalists for 2025 CCBC Book Awards. They recognize excellence in picture books, historical fiction, non-fiction, speculative fiction, YA, debut fiction, etc. by Canadians. Congrats to all! canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/08/2025...

I'm so glad it's your fave, Debbie. Bluesky couldn't ask for a better booster - and will never have a better booster. Thank you!

There's a new #picturebook #NF collaboration btwn @dhodgebooks.bsky.social & Karen Reczuch, 1st in new #WildByNature series from @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social. It's THE TUFTED PUFFINS OF TRIANGLE ISLAND & is a great #STEM read. #birds #BC canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...

Look what arrived in the mail! Aurora Awards in their natural habitat. Thank you @csffa.bsky.social for these gorgeous trophies! #auroraawards #sff #CanadianSFF #shortstories #poetry

Who needs pants, shirt, socks? This kid does. But he's busy imagining driving a fire truck, riding a rainbow, sliding on an iceberg... Rhyming #picturebook YOU NEED PANTS! written by Sonya Bell & illus. by Jordan Wray from Scholastic Canada. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/08/you-...

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We had a special visitor in the shop today! Mr. Beagle stopped by to enjoy a day in Tors Cove and a nice bookstore browse. He wants you that you can find all his adventures, and many other great books besides, less than an hour from Town! Open 10:30-5, except Wednesdays. www.runningthegoat.com

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Each book by Tim Wynne-Jones is highly anticipated but esp #picturebooks. (Been busy w #MG and #YA) KING OF THE DUMP, illus by @ritchiescot.bsky.social, came out this month from @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social A trip to the dump is so much more. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/08/king...

#CDN authors & illustrators of books for young people: time to start following the Ontario Library Association’s @forestofreading.bsky.social so you’ll be ready when the nominated lists come out Oct 15. ❤️🇨🇦📚 Always a treat to get news re the Forest of Reading. 👍🏻📚

GHOST CIRCUS: New #MG #graphicnovel by @adriennekress.bsky.social illus by Jade Zhang w supernatural, warm chill (ghostly but not scary), & story re the Between life & death, those who take our energies... From @unionsquarekids.bsky.social canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/08/ghos...

An early #graphicnovel with heart! It’s @cynmarko.bsky.social’s upcoming (Aug 26) MABEL MAKES (^UP) A FRIEND from Penguin Workshop. @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social Fidgety Mabel is lonely so an imaginary elephant comes to help.(Thanks @Tundra)👍🏻📚 canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/08/mabe...

THE DISCOVERY OF FINNEGAN WILDE is now available for pre-order! Visit your local indie bookstore, or get more details on our website: thistledownpress.com/product/the-... #ComingSoon #MiddleGrade #fiction #Ireland #novel #CanLit #IndiePress

Check out this new #BookTrailer for THE DISCOVERY OF FINNEGAN WILDE by Caroline Pignat! youtu.be/aiYcdH-fz5w

An unputdownable memoir about a mother who dies holding onto her secrets, and a daughter determined to uncover the truth. #Ostarbeiter #Ukraine #forcedlabor @houseofanansi.bsky.social #halinastjames #canlit

Imagine 2 Chinese-Canadian teens building a functional airplane in 1930s BC. Story told in upcoming picture book REACH FOR THE SKY: HOW TWO BROTHERS BUILT AN AIRPLANE IN CHINATOWN from #PlumleafPress. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/08/reac...

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

Out Aug 26: THE LITTLE GHOST QUILT'S WINTER SURPRISE by @rielnason.bsky.social, illus by Byron Eggenschwiler #TundraBooks will be a winter & Christmas must-read #picturebook but its messages re thinking of others will make it a year-round read. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...

Need hi-lo novels for #MG readers? Check out @orcabook.bsky.social Orca Currents, including MISS MATCH from @susanhughes.bsky.social. Polly & her friends want to make some $ for summer & matchmaking is their idea. What could go wrong?! canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/08/miss...

Great new #picturebook to help young children understand #TerryFox & his legacy. T IS FOR TERRY: AN ABC OF COURAGE from Denise Dias & Noémie Gionet Landry (Scholastic Canada) just came out this week. Teach the alphabet & TerryFox too. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/07/t-is...

Love Vicki Grant novels: the laughs, the storytelling, the characters...Out tmrw: DEATH BY WHOOPEE CUSHION from #TundraBooks delivers all. And there's #STEM and a mystery to solve. ( #Science #teachers: use for lessons re acids/bases) canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/07/deat...

Don't let anyone tell you that #graphicnovels are "just" comic books. 🙁 SOUL MACHINE, Jordana Globerman's debut from Annick Press, offers an opportunity to think about where our world is going when we reach for the new, for the synthetic, for... canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/07/soul...

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Out Aug 5: MIYA WEARS ORANGE, new #picturebook from Wanda John-Kehewin & illus by Erika Rodriguez Medina (from @highwaterpress.bsky.social), will become an important book for #NationalDayforTruthandReconciliation & dealing w children's worries. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/07/miya...

There's a distinct Latino flavour to Leonarda Carranza's new #picturebook, illus by Erika Rodriguez Medina, but it's a story of any child who moves & tries to make new friends. THE FRIENDSHIP BLANKET from Scholastic Canada can help. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...

Some children will have a different kind of summer if the family is dealing w another child's illness. A SUMMER WITHOUT ANNA by @katejenkslandry.bsky.social & @risahugo.bsky.social will reassure w/out sugar-coating. From @kidscanpress.bsky.social canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/07/a-su...

For a laugh-out-loud #graphicnovel series, there is no better than Dom Pelletier's THE LUNCH CLUB series from Scholastic Canada. THE PUZZLE OF DOOM (Bk 8) is just out & perfect for early #MG readers.https://canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-puzzle-of-doom-lunch-club-8.html

You know about vampires, right? But what of VAMPIRE JAM SANDWICH[es]? Think delicious strawberry jam and you've got the making of a tasty #picturebook from @caseylyall.bsky.social (illus by @nicigregory.bsky.social) From Tundra Books canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/07/vamp...

Not a concept book but OUT ON THE TRAIL, a new picture book from @runningthegoat.bsky.social, written by Bonnie Morgan & illus by @mollymargaretart.bsky.social, is fabulous for what it can teach through rhyme & art. And it takes you outdoors! canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/07/out-...

Thanks for the shout out. I'm happy to share and let people know about upcoming releases. It certainly gets interest up and maybe even pre-orders. 👍🇨🇦📚

It doesn't release until the end of July but LITTLE SHOES by @davidarobertson.bsky.social & illustrated by Maya McKibbin is worth pre-ordering for the discussions that it will start. #residentialschools #empathy #trauma #family From Tundra Books. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/07/litt...

ICYMI yesterday! Joining is free; it's basically going to be my blog/newsletter till I can figure out something that works better! #kidlit #illustration #art #patreon

Hey #KidLitArtPostcard ! I'm Marie-Laure from Québec City. I just finished my debut picture book last month and I'm open to new projects and representation. Je suis Marie-Laure de Québec. Je viens de terminer mon premier album jeunesse et je cherche un agent et mon prochain projet. Au plaisir!

Ah, to get the BIG BIRTHDAY WISHES like the kids in @authorytm.bsky.social's newest picture book. Illus by Daria Lavrova (Chalkboard Publishing), it's silly and playful and inspiring. (Recipe and activities included.) What would you wish for? canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/07/big-...

For those who need it, I've updated my #Uplift feed: bsky.app/profile/debb... Hand-curated by yours truly, criteria unapologetically subjective.