#GIVEAWAY! Come to our booth at #WOTS this weekend and #Win a Owlkids magazines Mystery Bag + a copy of VIOLET'S SONG by: 1. Liking this post AND tagging a friend! 2. Showing us this post at WOTS at booth #D24. #Giveaway #WOTS2025

This joyful #bookface accurately sums up this fun, funny, and highly entertaining book. The words and illustrations together create a refreshingly different and unexpected package. Thank you to the publisher @owlkids.bsky.social for sharing this book with us.

#AMAZING NEWS 🥳 CONE DOG is on the CBC Kids Reads 2025 #Shortlist! 🎉🎉🎉 Cone Dog will be championed by actor, writer, and director #JayBaruchel with Stuffy the Dog 🐶 Thank you #CBCbooks for this amazing honor! ❤️ #CBCKids #ChildrensBooks #CBCKidsReads #CBCKidsReads2025

Congrats @owlkids.bsky.social authors @lorettagarbutt.bsky.social @annahumphrey.bsky.social (and someone tag the 3rd author!) On your launch at Mables Fables! #kidlit #CanKidLit

Happy Book Birthday to Who Needs the Dark? The Many Ways Living Things Depend on Darkness @owlkids.bsky.social @risahugo.bsky.social It's a good season to get to know the beauty and goodness of the dark #darkness #darksky #nightsky #ecology #picturebooks #readaloud

It's #BookBirthday time! Our September pubs are officially out and about in the world! 🥳 Congratulations to all of our talented creators! Available at wherever books are found 🎉🎉🎉 #HappyBookBirthday #NewBooks #KidLit

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

We're shining bright with STARRED REVIEWS for these new and upcoming books 🤩 ✨AT THE RESCUE CAT CAFÉ (⭐ KIRKUS) ✨LITTLE MOMENTS IN A BIG UNIVERSE (⭐ BOOKLIST) ✨BURST YOUR BUBBLE! (⭐ SLJ) ✨THE BUZZ ON WILD BEES (⭐ SLJ) #NewBooks #BookReview #StarredReview #KidLit

I’m thrilled about this ⭐️ starred review by SLJ for “Burst Your Bubble!” Beyond thrilled—thank you, SLJ!

It's #NationalSchoolPictureDay! We want to highlight THAO: A PICTURE BOOK, a story that presents the power of owning your identity ❤️ "Nothing is 'foreign' if you take time to know it." —THE NEW YORK TIMES #SchoolStory #BookRec #BackToSchool #PictureDay #KidLit #BookSky #TeacherSky

Happy #BackToSchool! ✏️🍎 Check out the covers of the CHIRP, CHICKADEE, and OWL September issues! Filled with fun activities, cool facts, and puzzles - perfect for the classroom! Subscribe today! subscribe.owlkids.com ❤️ #EducationalMagazine #Reading #SchoolMagazine

Why are some people entrenched in ideas you find puzzling? Why do they think your ideas are bizarre? Information bubbles! And algorithms! My new book for kids--and adults!--explains it all, with humour. It drops Nov 11. Pre-order today! @jandolby.bsky.social @owlkids.bsky.social @mor10.com

Check it out! Owlkids Books has a number of resources for educators to use in the classroom - take a look at the resources for some of our upcoming Fall releases! Free and easily downloadable at: owlkidsbooks.com/resources/ 🍎✏️ #ClassroomResources #DiscussionGuide #TeacherSky #BookSky #KidLit

I'm super grateful for this amazing review from the Unpacking the POWER of Picture Books blog of DOGS VS. HUMANS, my book with @bambiedlund.bsky.social from @owlkids.bsky.social. #kidlit #CanKidLit #edusky unpackingpicturebookpower.blogspot.com/2025/04/dogs...

Happy birthday 🥳, #MissLou! If she was alive today, Dr. Louise Bennett Coverley would have been 106 years old. It is no surprise to share that she is the biggest influence and muse in my work. For the full post, visit www.instagram.com/p/DOTcIlqDt9... @owlkids.bsky.social

#GrandparentsDay is this weekend ... read books that explore the bonds between grandparents and grandchildren in these sweet stories of connection and family 💙 100 CHAPATIS ELEANOR'S MOON THE SOUR CHERRY TREE RAVEN'S RIBBONS (*CAN Rights only). #Grandparents #Parents #KidLit

For #NationalWildlifeDay, read from author and photographer #SuziEszterhas's incredible collection of nonfiction books to learn about the ways wildlife creatures live! 📷 -MY WILD LIFE -MOTO AND ME -A LEOPARD DIARY -A MEERKAT DIARY #Classroom #LifeSciences #Teachers #KidLit

Some amazing #AWARD news 🎉🎉🎉 THE NOISY PUDDLE is the #Winner of the Massachusetts Book Awards in the Picture Book/Early Reader category 🥳🥳🥳 Congrats to author #LindaBoothSweeney and ill. #MikiSato 💙 #MassBookAwards #PictureBook #Informational #USAwards #AwardNews #KidLit

Spend some time in a magical place, AT THE RESCUE CAT CAFÉ (‪@owlkids.bsky.social‬). We interview the author, Anna Humphrey, right here on Open Book! (Illustrations by Kari Rust). #AmReading #PictureBooks #Cats #CanLit open-book.ca/News/Spend-S...

Do this cool #Experiment from the September issue of #Chickadee magazine 💙👀 How many pencils can you get through the bag before it leaks ... we got four! ✏️💧 Watch the video on our YouTube channel! 👇 ow.ly/1BzU50WOLan #ScienceExperiment #DrZed #BackToSchool

Our Fall books are available for pre-order at your local bookstore! Shop from your favorite independent booksellers, and browse some of our new and upcoming titles! ❤️ #IndependentBooksellers #IndieBookstores #NewBooksForFall #ClassroomBooks #Teachers #ShopLocal

Some exciting #Award news! 🎉🎉 I WONDER ABOUT WORLDS by #JamesGladstone and #YaaraEshet is a finalist for the @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social's Richard Allen Chase Memorial Award 🥳 Congrats all around! #AwardNews #CCBC #CanadianChildrensBookCentre #Finalist #KidLit

A young boy is on a mission to make the perfect Father's Day cards before time runs out, in RJ AND THE TICKING CLOCK (‪@owlkids.bsky.social‬), the new picture book from Ian Duncan (Illustrated by Scot Ritchie). #AmReading #PictureBooks #CanLit #YoungReaders open-book.ca/News/RJ-Race...

Join authors, Lisa Frenette, Anna Humphrey and ME as we celebrate our new picture books 🎉 😻 🦅 👶 @owlkids.bsky.social @picturebookseh.bsky.social @canscaip.bsky.social @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I am currently available for projects! Represented by Kayla Cichello with Upstart Crow Literary Here is a little peak at my upcoming author/illustrator debut It Began with a Buzz set to release October 14, 2025 with OwlKids

#Enter for a chance to #WIN the Math in Nature series! 1) Follow Owlkids 2) LIKE this post 3) SHARE this post FREE educational resources available at: owlkidsbooks.com/resources/ ✏️🍎 🍁 COUNTING ON FALL 🍃 SORTING THROUGH SPRING ❄️ SIZING UP WINTER ☀️ SHAPING UP SUMMER #TeacherGuides #Resources

Listen to a school story! ✏️🍎 DAISY'S PERFECTLY IMPERFECT MISSIONS by #LailaniMendoza-Lai and ill. #LynnScurfield is all about facing your fears ... by using a fun game! 🔉 Access it here! ow.ly/HNbK50WM98V #ChickadeeMagazine #ChickadeeFiction #BackToSchool #School

Congrats to all #CCBCBookAwards finalist incl #KidLit books published by @orcabook.bsky.social @owlkids.bsky.social @secondstory.bsky.social @shadowpawpress.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social @charlesbridge.bsky.social @kidscanpress.bsky.social Heartdrum, Tundra, Kokila, Annick, others! #CanKidLit

Some kids have already returned to school and our little guy is heading back next week. This illustration, from @mkbirmingham.bsky.social's great book CHOMP-O-RAMA (published by @owlkids.bsky.social) feels appropriate. #backtoschool #illustration #kidlit #kidlitart #kidsbooks #picturebooks

Say hello to Paisley and Peck! 👀 "[For fans of] popular pairs such as Elephant and Piggie or Narwhal and Jelly." —Kirkus reviews Download the free classroom resource at owlkidsbooks.com! Pre-order PAISLEY & PECK: JURASSIC FARM today! ❤️ #NewBooks #GraphicNovel

NEW FOR FALL 💙 IT BEGAN WITH A BUZZ releases this Oct. 14, 2025! "An encouraging take on coping with a frustrating condition." —Kirkus Reviews A girl discovers that music helps her to cope with the buzzing in her ear. Pre-order your copy today 💛 #NewBooks #NewBooksForFall #Booksky

It's almost time for school, so let's celebrate with a #GIVEAWAY ☀️ Enter for a chance to #Win a Summer 2025 magazine prize pack: 1) Follow Owlkids 2) LIKE this post 3) Tag a friend [Giveaway ends *Tues., Sept. 2, 2025 AT 12PM EST**. Open to CAN and U.S.]

My copies of THE BUZZ ON WILD BEES have arrived! Published by @owlkids.bsky.social and written by the award winning author Kira Vermond. Available for preorder at your favourite bookstore or in my bio link #wildbees #beebook #childrensbook #kidlitart #kidlitnatureartist #childrensnonfiction

NEW FOR FALL 💛🐝 THE BUZZ ON WILD BEES releases this October 14, 2025! "Bee-guiling and informative." —Kirkus Reviews Pre-order your copy today! 🐝 #NewBooks #NewBooksForFall

Happy #TeacherTuesday! 🥳 Check out how to use THE WEIRD SISTERS DETECTIVE AGENCY CHAPTER BOOK SERIES in your classroom! “[A]n entertaining and punny series" (Kirkus Reviews) that is perfect for elementary school readers 💜 #TeacherTuesdays #OKBTeacherTuesdays #TeacherSky #BookSky

Thanks to Kirkus Reviews for these words about WHO NEEDS THE DARK? This nonfiction love-letter to darkness, illustrated by Risa Hugo and published by @owlkids.bsky.social is coming your way on September 16, 2025: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews... #picturebook #kidlit #whoneedsthedark

Our August pubs are officially out and about in the world! 🥳 Congratulations to all of our talented creators! We are so happy to announce #PubDay for the first batch of our stellar list for Fall 2025! Available at wherever books are found 🎉 #HappyBookBirthday #NewBooks

NEW FOR FALL ❤️ TRUCKIN' releases September 16, 2025! On a long-haul trucking trip with her mom, a girl watches the world go by from the high window of the truck’s cab. Keep on Truckin' and pre-order your copy today! #NewBooks #NewBooksForFall #TruckSky #BookSky

Thank you to the Children's Literature Comprehensive Database for the fabulous review of DOGS VS. HUMANS (illustrated by @bambiedlund.bsky.social and published by @owlkids.bsky.social). This #nonfiction #picturebook is available wherever books are sold. #kidlit #cankidlit #edusky

3 of our books are on the CBC Kids Reads 2025 longlist! Congratulations all around to our wonderful creators on this incredible achievement 🎉 ✨CONE DOG ✨HOW TO STAYCATION LIKE A SNAIL ✨THE MANGO MONSTER Thank you @cbcbooks for this amazing honor! ❤️ #CBCKids #CBCKidsReads #BookSky

The Lowdown on Lakes! Check out the #Insider scoop on Canadian lakes and their importance in OWL magazine's #Summer 2025 issue ☀️ #DYK: There are more lakes in Canada than in any other country 🌊 Subscribe to OWL for access to more #Insider content - subscribe.owlkids.com 💙 #OWLmagazine #KidLit

Spotted in the wild! Thank you Lou Aamodt for these photos of DOGS VS. HUMANS (art by @bambiedlund.bsky.social, published by @owlkids.bsky.social) outside the library at @uwstout.bsky.social. It's amazing to see this picture book at a university!🐶📚

#DYK you can download FREE printable activities from our website? Head over to Owlkids.com and enjoy puzzles, crafts, and coloring pages for summer-long fun! ☀️ Check it out! ow.ly/x9NH50Wycvx 🥳 #Summer #Activities #Booklets #Fun

Board Books to love 💗 Read these perfect-for-bedtime books with your children, and engage them with the bright and imaginative illustrations! #BoardBooks #Gifts #GiftBooks #NewParents #Parents #Baby #BabyBooks #BabySky #BedtimeReads #KidLit #BookSky

🚨 Last call for the #ParentSurvey! 🚨 We want to know what you think of the Owlkids magazines! Fill out the survey linked below for a chance to WIN 1 of 3 Owlkids Books prize packs! ow.ly/unIT50WybLl 💛 Deadline: August 15 #ParentSurvey #Survey

Read these books in the #Summer sunshine ☀️💛 DO HIPPOS BRUSH THEIR TEETH? A FIRE TRUCK FOR CHUCK SHAPING UP SUMMER OTIS & PEANUT THE WEEDFLOWER THE ARTIST AND ME HUGO'S HAUNTED HANDBOOK ONE TINY BUBBLE PATTY DREAMS ALL THE FACES OF ME #BookRecs #SummerBooks #KidLit

Today is #NationalFriendshipDay 💕 Head over to our Instagram ow.ly/FMu250WxiBM and enter our Friendship Day #Giveaway to #Win the OTIS & PEANUT series ... copies are signed by the author and illustrator 🥳 #BookGiveaway #Books #GraphicNovel #BookRecs #KidLit #BookSky #TeacherSky

NEW FOR FALL 🧡 DIAPER KID releases this September 16, 2025! This relatable story will resonate with both children and adults and encourage tackling a common transition with humor and lightness. Pre-order your copy today! #NewBooks #PottyTraining #NewParents #Gift #KidLit #BookSky

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#SneakPeek! Explore the ocean with the Summer issue of #Chirp magazine 🐙 This month's #AmazingAnimal feature is an #Octopus! Subscribe to Chirp for access to cool facts about animals subscribe.owlkids.com 💙🌊 #ChirpMagazine #AnimalFacts #AnimalSky #Summer #KidMagazine #KidLit