Snail & Stump return for a third (brave) adventure! 🥳 🐌🪵 “Snail and Stump are bastions of cuteness ... [An] encouraging tale of friendship.” —SLJ 🐌🪵 "Folds deep themes into simple words and pictures." —KIRKUS HOW TO BE BRAVE LIKE A SNAIL is now available! #SnailAndStumpSeries

Happy #November! ✨ Check out the covers of the CHIRP, CHICKADEE, and OWL November issues! #ChirpMagazine #ChickadeeMagazine #OWLMagazine #KidsMagazine #EducationalMagazine #Reading #Hockey #Night

My author copy of ONE COSMIC ROCK has arrived! Many millions of years ago, an asteroid began a journey that reshaped life on our planet forever. A poetic look at a defining event in Earth’s history, gorgeously illustrated by @dreamist.bsky.social! Coming February 2026 from @owlkids.bsky.social!

It's #IReadCanadianDay ❤️

A reminder that my book launch is THIS SATURDAY at 1 pm, A Different Drummer Books in Burlington. Please come! There will be gazillions of bubbles and you’ll even get to hear me sing and play piano. True story! @jandolby.bsky.social @owlkids.bsky.social #medialiteracy #kidlit

Light up the night sky with these #BookRecs 🔦 ✨ WHO NEEDS THE DARK? ✨ MOON POPS ✨ ELEANOR'S MOON ✨ THE MIDNIGHT CLUB ✨ THE KEEPER OF STARS ✨ LITTLE MOMENTS IN A BIG UNIVERSE ✨ THE JELLYFISH BUS ✨ I WONDER ABOUT WORLDS #Nighttime #Storytime #KidLit #BookSky

@owlkids.bsky.social Someone will be excited to get their very first mail delivery after school today! #chirpmagazine #kidsmagazine #kidlit

Happy #Halloween from Mouse 🧡🖤 ⭐“Heart, hope, friendship, and cuddly cats—perfect for storytime!" (Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW)⭐ AT THE RESCUE CAT CAFÉ is available wherever books are sold 😻 #NewBooks #Cats #CatBooks #RescueCats #CatCafe #Cafe #AnimalShelter #KidLit

Happy #MediaLiteracyWeek! Hear from author @jgcanada.bsky.social on these important books👇 ▶️ ow.ly/4o5F50Xkv16 @kidscanpress.bsky.social #MediaLiteracy #CriticalThinking #Teachers #Classroom #Algorithm #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Influencer #FakeNews #Journalism #NationalInternetDay #BookSky

Some of our books are on the @cbcbooks.bsky.social's Fall 2025 Showcase: I'm Not From Here - The Immigrant Experience 🧡 A big thanks to the #ChildrensBookCouncil for featuring us amongst a great list! Check it out: ow.ly/M3ik50XjbaU #NationalImmigrantDay #Fall2025Showcase #CBCShowcase

A sweet friendship book about finding the courage to tell someone exactly how you feel. With charming illustrations, this book is packed with humor, heart, and lots of paper airplanes. Thank you to the publisher @owlkids.bsky.social for sharing this book with us.

Our #Readers carved out some hilarious captions in the October issue of OWL magazine! #SayWhat 🎃 #DYK that readers can submit artwork, jokes, advice, and more for the chance to be featured in our magazines?👇 #TheBuzz ✏️ ow.ly/J9V850RCSVz #Halloween #PumpkinDay

Happy #NationalCatDay 😻 Read these purr-fect books today! 🐾 THREE CITY KITTIES 🐾 AT THE RESCUE CAT CAFÉ 🐾 CONE CAT #CatDay #Kitten #Cats #KittenDay #BookRecs #CatBooks #ChildrensBooks #PictureBooks #Kitties #RescueCats #CatCafe #Cats #Cone #BookSky #CatSky

Generosity starts young! Our friends at @owlkids.bsky.social are sharing kindness by offering a special discount for Chirp, Chickadee, and OWL subscribers! Learn more at Owlkids.com/canhelps25 and discover Violet’s Song—a story about giving and kindness.

Happy #TeacherTuesday! We'd like to feature WHO NEEDS THE DARK? by @lauraalary.bsky.social and #RisaHugo 🤍 This is an #InformationalPictureBook that incorporates #STEM content to gently encourage readers to look at the dark in new ways. 🌙 #TeacherTuesdays #OKBTeacherTuesdays #BookSky #TeacherSky

BURST YOUR BUBBLE! has been selected as a California Reading Association Eureka! Honor Book (Silver) 🧡 Thank you to the #CaliforniaReadingAssociation for this incredible honor! #NewBooks #BurstYourBubble #BurstYourBubbleBook #BubbleBook #Algorithms #Nonfiction #KidLit

Celebrate #Diwali with a story! 🎉 Can two friends work together to make Diwali the best it can be? Find out in A SWEET GLOW, read by author and ill. #SakshiMangal 💛 📢 Available at Owlkids.com — or use the link below! ow.ly/9XEK50XerHV #ChirpMagazine #Storytime #BookSky #KidLit

#PattyDreams is nominated for the 2026 #BlueSpruceAward. It’s my 1st agented and my 11th book. Congrats to all of the other @forestofreading.bsky.social nominees!!! This is my 2nd nom. #MalaikasSurprise was nominated in 2022. @owlkids.bsky.social @westwoodcreative.bsky.social

Read some praise for our recently released books! 💗👇 🐌 HOW TO BE BRAVE LIKE A SNAIL 🪶 THE WANDERING FEATHER 🔦 WHO NEEDS THE DARK? 🎵 IT BEGAN WITH A BUZZ #NewBooks #BookReview #School #Classroom #Teacher #LibraryBooks #KidLit #BookSky

Take a visit to the riotous, colourful world of PAISLEY & PECK, JURASSIC FARM (@owlkids.bsky.social) by J. Torres (Illustrated by Mike Deas). #AmReading #PictureBooks #KidLit #YoungReaders open-book.ca/News/Take-a-...

ONE GIANT LEAP is a 2025 White Raven Selection 🎉🎉🎉 Read the full review here: ow.ly/VjUR50XcGc1 (and check out the incredible list)! #wrlist2025 #TheWhiteRavens2025 #TheInternationalYouthBookLibrary #BookAward #WordlessPictureBook #KidLit

Woohoo! Thank you to @forestofreading.bsky.social for nominating my book with @bambiedlund.bsky.social DOGS VS. HUMANS (published by @owlkids.bsky.social) for a Silver Birch Express award in this year's #ForestofReading. I can't wait for kids to read our book! #kidlit #cankidlit

Check out these #BookRecs for the season 👻 MUMMY & ME: A MONSTER'S TALE KILLER STYLE WHO NEEDS THE DARK? HUGO'S HAUNTED HANDBOOK THE WEIRD SISTERS SERIES REVENGE OF THE RACCOONS #HalloweenBooks #HalloweenReads #BookList #KidLit #BookSky #ChildrensBooks

Join us for a FREE #Webinar on Nov. 5th! Hosted by Betsy Bird (@fuse8.bsky.social), five publishers will chat about their forthcoming books! Register here: ow.ly/Os3J50XbchX%... P.S. All participants will be entered for a #BookGiveaway 🎉 #IndieKidsBookBuzz #NewBooks #KidLit #BookSky #BookWebinar

🎉We are pleased to announce the following @forestofreading.bsky.social 2026 Nominees 🎉 Blue Spruce #Nominees: THE WEEDFLOWER IT'S OKAY, JUST ASK PATTY DREAMS Silver Birch Express Nonfiction #Nominees: DOGS VS. HUMANS CHOMP-O-RAMA A huge congratulations to all 🥳 #ForestOfReading2026

Want a reading "palate cleanser" -- a book you might not normally think to pick up? @bookgaga.bsky.social suggests "Burst Your Bubble!" along w/others including the latest poetry by @paulvermeersch.bsky.social TY BookGaga! @owlkids.bsky.social bookgagabooks.ca/2025/09/27/c... Image: BookGaga

Happy #BookBirthday to our October pubs! 🥳 🧡 HOW TO BE BRAVE LIKE A SNAIL 💛 THE BUZZ ON WILD BEES 💜 LITTLE MOMENTS IN A BIG UNIVERSE 💙 IT BEGAN WITH A BUZZ Congratulations to all of our talented creators! Available wherever books are found 🎉 #PubDay #NewBooks

Check out this new graphic novel series! This hilarious first book is about a chick named Peck who refuses to become a rooster when he grows up. Thank you to the publisher @owlkids.bsky.social for sharing this book with us.

Enter our contests at owlkids.com/contests for a chance to #WIN awesome prizes! ❤️🎉 #Magazines #ChirpMagazine #ChickadeeMagazine #OWLMagazine #MagazineContest #Contest #Win

Who Needs the Dark? may be the book you didn't know you needed this #Halloween. It's got an adorable black cat, glowing fungi, and even a skeleton or two, but it's message is reassuring: the dark doesn't need to be scary! @owlkids.bsky.social @risahugo.bsky.social #picturebook #kidlit #darkness

Make a decoration for the season with this Chickadee #Craft 🕯️ Learn how to make your very own scary lantern decoration this #Halloween 👻 ▶️ Check out the full video on our #YouTube channel! Or click the link: ow.ly/pXTR50X6GQX #Craft #CraftIdeas #Activity #Decoration

Check out these #InformationalPictureBooks by author #DeborahKerbel and ill. #DawnLo 📚 🐙 WHAT ABOUT AN OCTOPUS?: A FACT-FILLED UNDERWATER ADVENTURE 🐘 WHAT ABOUT AN ELEPHANT?: A FACT-FILLED SAVANNA ADVENTURE #WorldOctopusDay #OctopusDay #Elephant #Science #STEM #KidLit

Our latest #Paperback releases! 🎉 -MOOSE, GOOSE, ANIMALS ON THE LOOSE!: A WILDLIFE ABC -THE WEIRD SISTERS: A COOP, SOME GOOP, AND A SANDWICH -POPPY & SAM AND THE HUNT FOR JAM #NewPaperbacks #PaperbacksForFall #PictureBook #EarlyReader #ChapterBook #Fiction #GraphicNovel

Read some praise for YOU CAN'T TAME A TIGER and enjoy "the bantering dialogue" between a boy and his tiger friend named Imran 🐯 "Catch this tiger tale at storytime." —Kirkus Reviews ow.ly/lhm250X8Bam #BookReview #PictureBook #Tiger #KidLit

Listen to a #Halloween story! What happened to Frannie's favourite treats? Find out in THE MYSTERY OF THE DISAPPEARING PEANUT BUTTER CUPS 🍬 📢 Available at Owlkids.com — or use the link below! ow.ly/V3em50X6t7G #ChickadeeMagazine #ChickadeeFiction

#ICYMI THE EIDI BAG is on the California Department of Education Recommended Reading List 📋 "A festive tale." —Kirkus "[A] good addition to a holiday book ­collection." —SLJ #ReadingList #Gift #BookRec #Eid #Ramadan #Holiday

Discover how creatures, both plants and animals (including humans), use the dark. This book is cozy, interesting, and perfect for the not-so-spooky season. Thank you to the publisher @owlkids.bsky.social for sharing this book with us.

New issues #Alert 👻 Check out the covers of the CHIRP, CHICKADEE, and OWL October issues! Filled with fun activities, scary facts, rib-tickling jokes, and frightening puzzles - perfect for the classroom and home! 🖤 #ChirpMagazine #ChickadeeMagazine #OWLMagazine

Read some praise for TRUCKIN' and admire the nostalgia felt through the illustrations ❤️ "[R]eaders should cotton to the novelty of the book’s milieu ... A rewarding ride." —Kirkus Reviews #NewBooks #BookReview #School #Classroom #Teacher #LibraryBooks #KidLit #Bookstagram

Happy #WorldTeacherDay 🍎 #DYK you can find parent and teacher guides on our website to supplement magazine issues—check out the activities page to get access to these amazing #Resources for your #Classroom today! 👉 owlkids.com/parent-teach... #Chirp #Chickadee #OWL #Magazine

It's officially #Fall so cozy up with the POPPY & SAM series this season 🍂 "This sweet and charming romp through the natural world is a fine addition to school and public libraries." —SLJ Full #Series now available in #Paperback 🍃🍄🍁❄️ #GraphicNovel #Autumn #CozyBooks

Follow a red-tailed hawk feather as it drops from the sky and searches for a new home. With eye-catching artwork, this charming story amplifies the Indigenous dreamcatcher. Perfect for fans of nature and those who like to create and craft.

Today is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Read our blog post about #JamesCorbiere, a member of Wikwemikong First Nation on Manitoulin Island, who invented a new board game called The Truth in Truth and Reconciliation. 🧡 ow.ly/2YI550X3WVW #TruthAndReconciliation #OrangeShirtDay

It was a pleasure to have this long-distance conversation with illustrator Risa Hugo about the art in our book Who Needs the Dark? lauraalary.ca/2025/09/17/a... @owlkids.bsky.social #kidlit #canadianillustrator #picturebooks #picturebook

Did you know that readers can submit artwork, jokes, advice, and more for the chance to be featured in our magazines? Head to the link below to fill out the forms on The Buzz, and your submissions could appear in a future issue! #TheBuzz ✏️ ow.ly/J9V850RCSVz

Most Anticipated: Our Fall 2025 Books for Young Readers Preview with titles from @owlkids.bsky.social @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social @orcabook.bsky.social @kidscanpress.bsky.social @cormorantbooks.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/08... #CanLit

Owlkids magazines will be at WOTS this weekend! Come visit us at booth #D24 for some awesome perks 👀 Where: WOTS 2025 | DAVID PECAUT SQUARE, TORONTO When: SEPT. 27 - SEPT. 28 See you there ❤️ #WOTS2025 #WordOnTheStreet #WordOnTheStreet2025 #Magazines #OwlkidsMagazines

Happy #TeacherTuesday! Guide learners before, during, and after reading with this concept book, which is perfect for reinforcing foundational reading skills! Plus, download the classroom resource for FREE here: ow.ly/jgWi50X0SYK 🔗 #TeacherTuesdays #OKBTeacherTuesdays #TeacherSky

#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.