Fun and easy ideas for Hanukkah storytime! 🕎 Download my free Hanukkah Activity Kit—perfect for classrooms, libraries, and families. Includes coloring pages, dreidel directions, & simple crafts. → barbarakimmelwrites.com/books/hanukk... #Hanukkah #KidLit #KarBenPublishing @lernerbooks.bsky.social

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Find out more about the Write Kidlit NOW! Scholarship at www.moniritchie.com Open for the month of October only! #kidlit #writeforkids #picturebooks #amwriting #amquerying #middlegrade #ya #scholarship #education

✍️ Scholarship Alert! Unpublished + unagented #KidLit writers—apply for the #WKNScholarship to take the writing class of your dreams! 👉 moniritchie.com/wkns.html #writingcommunity #amwriting #WriteKidLitNowScholarship

🌿🍋 So excited that my Sukkot story “Backyard Sleepover” is in the October issue of Highlights! Thank you, Mike Luckie, for the charming illustrations & @highlightsmagazine.bsky.social for sharing diverse stories with kids. #KidLit #HighlightsMagazine #Storytime #WritingCommunity #AmWriting

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I am an illustrator and author, and I am interested in picture book projects. My portfolio can be found at anyakopotilova.com Represented by Eve Adler at Red Fox Literary #kidlitart #kidlitartist #kidlitillustrators #childrensillustration

📣 KIDLIT WRITERS! Do you write for little ones ages 2–6? HIGH FIVE magazine is open for submissions! ✏️ Send up to 5 pieces (160 words max) ✏️ Deadline: July 14, 2025 ✏️ Submission link for High Five: highlights.submittable.com/submit #KidLit #WritingCommunity #WriteForKids

I ❤️ #kidlitartpostcard day! So much talent in the #KidLit community. Thanks for sharing!

🦊❤️ Grateful to be part of this talented and supportive den of #KidLit creators! Excited for all the incredible #picturebooks coming in 2025-2027! 📚✨ Follow along! #KidLitFoxes #WritingCommunity #AmWriting

🎉An amazing weekend at @scbwi-sobreeze.bsky.social #SpringMingle2025 —learning from industry experts & reconnecting with Breezy friends! Thank you, faculty, volunteers & leaders. #SCBWI #KidLit

🌟 Congrats to the 586 writers who entered #50PreciousWords— bravo for sharing your words with the world! Thrilled that my do-si-do rhyme won an Honorable Mention! 🎉Thank you, @viviankirkfield.bsky.social & team for inspiring the #KidLit #WritingCommunity!

🎉Congratulations, @jandrus.bsky.social, on your #CoverReveal for this beautiful book! #PreOrder #PictureBook

If you know of someone with a recently launched #KidLit book or one that's launching in the next few wks, pls ask them to keep an eye on my #KidLitLaunches threads & post their book info? I'm going to keep doing these for another few weeks but if they don't seem to be useful, I'll probably stop. 😁

We’re prepping for #questpit on the 12th!! come join us later today (12:30 est) for a q&a to meet some other pitchers!

Get your #50PreciousWords ready for this fabulous #KidLit contest!✍️💕

😍I love this beautiful cover! Congrats, @saraharoeste.bsky.social! #KidLit #WritingCommunity #BoardBook #CoverReveal

If you write for children, I highly recommend this inspiring interview with the great @viviankirkfield.bsky.social. #KidLit #WritingCommunity

✍️A fantastic resource! Check out @kidlit411.bsky.social! #Kidlt #WritingCommunity

🎉So excited to see CALL ME GEBYANESH at #1 on Amazon New Releases! Congrats! #KidLit #WritingCommunity #WeNeedDiverseBooks #PictureBooks #NewBooks

I’m so excited for this fabulous book by the talented @arleneschenker.bsky.social!

We had a faculty change during the holidays, which pushed back opening registration. But what a fabulous lineup we have for you! Registration is NOW open. #scbwi #amwriting #kidlit #amillustrating scbwi.org/events/full-...

Great idea! I'd love to connect with others in the Bluesky #WritingCommunity! January 24th on 🦋 #YouDeservepIt pitch event.

So much cuteness—I'm in love with these adorable photos of little ones enjoying HANUKKAH HIPPITY-HOP! Thank you for sharing the joy! 💙✨ #KidLit #Hanukkah #JewishBooks

I love all of these #kidlitartpostcard posts! A joyful way to start the year! #Kidlit

💡📝 My favorite way to start the year! #Storystorm #AmWriting #Kidlt #WritingCommunity

Every step of the writing journey is rewarding—from brainstorming to editing to holding the finished book in my hands. But the best part? Sharing it with kids!💙 Thank you, #Kidlit #WritingCommunity, for supporting & celebrating my #debut, HANUKKAH HIPPITY-HOP! #HappyHolidays #HanukkahHippityHop

🥰A wonderful list of holiday books from @alldonemonkey.bsky.social. 🕎🎄Thank you so much for including HANUKKAH HIPPITY-HOP! #diversity #ChildrensBooks #KidLit #Multiculturalism #HanukkahHippityHop #HolidayGifts alldonemonkey.com/2024/12/19/h...

❄️I love following @joycefrankwrite.bsky.social 's wonderful countdown of holiday #kidLit! Happy Holidays! 🕎🎄📚 #WritingCommunity #HanukkahBooks #HanukkahGifts #HolidayBooks

🎉 MY 1st BOOKSTORE EVENT! 🎉 I had SUCH fun at our HANUKKAH HIPPITY-HOP Dance Party at Little Shop of Stories! A window sign, singing, stories, dancing, & donuts! A fabulous night!🍩💙 Shoutout to my supportive CP @jynhall.bsky.social, who captured these wonderful photos. #KidLit #EduSky

#VerseThursday #kidlit Book of the Day: Hanukkah Hippity-Hop Board Book #holiday #poetry from @kar_benpublishing @LernerBooks asuen.com/hanukkah-hip... 📚👍

Happy Perfect Picture Book Friday, dear friends! Stop by the blog for a peek at HANUKKAH HIPPITY-HOP by @barbarakimmel.bsky.social #anazurita #KarBen #giveaway #craftactivity viviankirkfield.com/2024/12/13/p...

🎉 Giveaway! 🎉 Head to @diversejewishbooks on Instagram to enter for a FREE copy of HANUKKAH HIPPITY-HOP 🕎💃 (and while you're there, you can groove to Rapper’s Delight by The Sugarhill Gang!) 🎶✨ #Giveaway #EduSky #KidLit #WritingCommunity #JewishBooks #JewishBoardBooks

🎉I'm so excited for my talented critique partner, @kaninikidlit.bsky.social, on her picture book, A KITE FOR EASTER! Kids are going to adore your beautiful Easter story. 😍🪁 #KidLit #WritingCommunity #EasterBooks #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks

🖍️🎨FREE COLORING PAGES for your holiday events! Download from barbarakimmelwrites.com and share at preschools, bookstores, libraries, and synagogues. Enjoy! #KidLit #WritingCommunity #Hanukkah #Chanukah #Chanukkah #Channukah #HowDoYouSpellHanukkah

#JewishBoardBooks is a group of creators passionate about bringing engaging board books into the world! We're excited to welcome @alansilberberg.bsky.social & @kfriedmaneverham.bsky.social! 🎉 🕎🎁 Looking for the perfect Hanukkah gift? Check out the adorable books from our group! #KidLit #Hanukkah

😍Thank you, Michal Hoschander Malen & @jewishbookcouncil.bsky.social, for this wonderful article highlighting Jewish board books! And what perfect timing since #BooksMakeGreatGifts! 📚🎁 #Hanukkah #KidLit #ChildrensBooks #WritingCommunity #HanukkahHippityHop #BoardBooks #Hanukkah

❄️HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY!❄️ Check out the #KidLitClubhouse #giveaway on IG or X. Tag #teachers, #librarians, or educators to enter them to win 14 amazing books! Each educator you tag= 1 entry for them AND for YOU! Hurry to IG or X to enter! Deadline 11/26 💫 #KidLit #WritingCommunity

We are pleased to host a #giveaway of the board book HANUKKAH HIPPITY-HOP by @barbarakimmel.bsky.social, illustrated by Ana Zurita (Kar-Ben Publishing). To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday update: www.kidlit411.com/2024/11/the-... (+ more ways to win).

🎉 Holiday #Giveaway 🎉 Win a FREE copy of my board book, HANUKKAH HIPPITY-HOP! Head over to KidLit411.com to enter! Thank you, @kidlit411.bsky.social, @sylvialiu.bsky.social, & Elaine Kiely Kearns, for all you do to support the #KidLit #WritingCommunity!💫