Congrats to all the books on Evanston Public Library’s 101 Great Books for Kids tinyurl.com/2rkf52nf @fuse8.bsky.social @amyhevron.bsky.social @brianlies.bsky.social @annewynter.bsky.social @taekeller.bsky.social @jerroldconnors.bsky.social @lesliebarnardbooth.bsky.social @edyong209.bsky.social

Our schedule for the 2025 Bigfoot Festival is posted! Find out when your favorite author is signing books and don't forget to check out our other activities like read alouds, drawing tutorials, and of course DRAW WARS!

Amy Hevron is back for Bigfoot! @amyhevron.bsky.social is the author-illo of the Tiny Habitats series and illustrator of several other books such as Tree Hole Homes by Melissa Stewart. Meet Amy at the Bigfoot Kids' Book Festival on Sat, Oct 11th from 10am-4pm at Redmond & Senior Community Center!

Excited to share that Log Life is a finalist for the Washington State Book Awards! Congrats to all the kids book finalists! @simonkids.bsky.social #kidslit #stem

The perfect summer read! @readingrockets.bsky.social features Tree Hole Homes by @mstewartscience.bsky.social @amyhevron.bsky.social @randomhousekids.bsky.social @blueslipmedia.bsky.social #kidlit #edusky tinyurl.com/3jk8xwup

Had such a fun time yesterday celebrating #indiebookstoreday in Seattle with friends @jessixabagley.bsky.social @suzannekaufmanart.bsky.social and Toni Yuly. Signed copies of our books are at Queen Anne Books, Phinney Books, Secret Garden and Island Books. Yay indie bookstores! 🥳 #kidlit #kidslit

Need an excuse to buy more books? Now you have one! Saturday is Indie Bookstore Day! Show your favorite indie some love.

#EarthDay. Because to want to save something you must love it. #kidlit The ocean holds such fascination and wonder and mystery for kids - and for all of us.

A fun write up about the Blueberry Awards. I'm so honored that both Log Life and City of Leafcutter Ants were selected for this hopeful list of nature-focused books. @ssedlib.bsky.social @holidayhouse.bsky.social

#Cats #Booksky #Catsky #Catloaf

A big thank-you to Curtis Manley, @amyhevron.bsky.social, @boonewrites.bsky.social, and everyone who came out to support our joint picture book event yesterday! We learned all sorts of cool facts on everything from bison poo to coding to 1890s-era bicycles. 🤯

Good morning! #OceanDevotion is back. Here’s your minute of peace and calm.

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ It's three starred reviews for Poo Pile on the Prairie! For those of you in the Seattle area, come join me, Curtis Manley, and @boonewrites.bsky.social at Brick & Mortar Books this Sunday from 2-3pm to hear about our latest picture books! #kidslit

I’m so thrilled to be part of this wonderful show!

It’s actually a moral imperative. If you can run for office, you must. Women only hold 25 percent of the 500,000 elected positions in America. Because we’re not at the table, we’re on the menu. emergeamerica.org

This state is home to 6 million acres of peatlands, more than any other state in the contiguous U.S. Can you guess which state? 🤔 Find out here – and check out TNC's new report that highlights the role of protecting and restoring peatlands as a natural climate solution: nature.ly/4i4oH9W

What's happening now is designed to overwhelm, discourage and disorient us. There are evidence-based practices that can help center us in the eye of the storm so we can be more effective in responding. If you could use one now, here's a series of brief, daily meditations I can't recommend enough:

Good morning, here’s some coffee. #kidlitart

It’s book release day for ME and this picture book beauty! Thanks to @lisaanchin.bsky.social for bringing Pedal Pusher to life in the loveliest way! #writing #kidlit #picturebook

Happy book birthday to Poo Pile on the Prairie! This book was a delight to write and illustrate. Check out all the cutie pies in this latest book from my Tiny Habitats series! #kidslit #kidlit #stem #bison #tinyhabitats @ssedlib.bsky.social

In the best tradition of Copernicus and Galileo, our courageous scientists are enlightening the public about our environment, undaunted by Trump’s attempted suppression. Courage is contagious. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

This month showcases excellent titles in poetry, including a book illustrated by Caldecott Medalist Doug Salati, as well as several graphic novels, including a new one from Raina Telgemeier.

It may feel weird or somehow improper to talk about your art or your writing, but we need it. It can’t be wall-to-wall nightmare all the time. Art is both counterweight and context. It’s escape and enlightenment and a mirror of our own exasperation. We need it. We NEED it. Keep showing us.

LOVE this #ValentinesDay comic. 😂 #BirdSky

There is a lot going on right now and it’s normal to feel overwhelmed. Just remember the 20-60-10 rule! After 20 minutes of work, take a 60-minute stroll through the forest and hug 10 trees (at least). They need love too!

Good morning from the Oregon Coast, the moonset mixed with the colors of the sunrise this morning were magnificent. 😍🤩🌅🌊🌝 #moonset #sunrise #moon #oregon #oregoncoast #saltyraven

Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate Log Life at Queen Anne Book Company last night! The cake was delicious! And the PNBA Book Award is adorable! #kidlit @simonkids.bsky.social @simonandschuster.bsky.social

Good morning! A different, wilder beach today. Here’s your minute of peace and calm. 👊🇺🇸 #OceanDevotion

Happy Superb Owl weekend from these burrowing owls from my upcoming book, Poo Pile on the Prairie. Beetles for breakfast! #SuperbOwl #owl #kidslit #kidlit #tinyhabitats

Did you know most beetles only live a year? For us humans, it's week 6 of 52 of 2025. I’ve been using this framing to help me realize the power and potential of each week—and to not let the week go by with just the same old/same old. 💛🪲

Cover artwork for the book 'The Moomins and the Great Flood' created by Finnish artist and author Tove Jansson in 1945 #womensart

Happy #kidlitartpostcard day! I'm Liz, an author and illustrator who loves to illustrate picture book biographies and quirky animal books! This is part of a spread from A Mind of Her Own: The Story of Mystery Writer Agatha Christie, written by Robyn McGrath and published by Beach Lane Books.

Stories hold us together. Stories teach us what is important about life, why we are here and how it is best to behave, and that inside us we have access to treasure, in memories and observations, in imagination.

I’m a part time librarian and I just want to echo what I’ve seen other librarians say recently: there is a HUGE uptick in requests for social justice, climate justice, abolition, history, etc books and I just want to say nobody is giving up the fight. If anything people are fighting harder #library

My why? Making books for children is a radical action, b/c becoming literate is a radical action, b/c self identifying as a reader is a radical action, b/c reading with the explicit goal of gaining self knowledge is a radical action. These are radical actions b/c they literally change the world.

Hey #kidlit, with everything going on in the world I think we could all use a collective reminder. *Why* do you choose to make books for children?

Seattle-area friends, come join me at Queen Anne Book Company on Tuesday, Feb 11 to celebrate the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association award for Log Life! The event is from 6-7pm. Would love to see you! qabookco.com/event/2025-0...

If you have a #KidLit book launching Feb.3-9, reply with book cover (use alt text), title, author & illustrator, publisher, launch date, link where people can find more info. Pls add good karma to universe by helping to boost! It's a tough time to be launching books. #KidLitLaunches #Edusky More 👇

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Congratulations, Lynn Brunelle and Jason Chin!

📚The #KidLit event of the year is almost here! Join us for the live announcement of the 2025 ALA Youth Media Awards! 📅 Mon., Jan. 27 🕖 7am PT | 8am MT | 9am CT | 10:00am ET Watch at ala.unikron.com or on the ALA Facebook page. www.facebook.com/AmericanLibr...

Can't promise to keep up with this morning's #YMA announcements at @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social but shall try! Tune in yourself for a front row seat 2025.alaliblearnx.org

It’s #ALAYMA day! Good day to remind you #kidlit writers that, while awards are lovely, they are by definition, limited to just a handful of books. I promise you, whether your book is “big” with awards or not, it is someone’s very special treasure — and that’s because you wrote it. Keep writing! 💙

The wait is almost over! Join us this morning for the announcement of the 2025 ALA Youth Media Awards. #ALAYMA

Who here is watching the #ALAYMA awards this morning? I am! :) #kidslit #kidlit

One of the best things you can do right now is read books. Buy them. Borrow them from the library. Gift them. Read history. Read fiction. Read science writing. Read anything that shows you the world is bigger than what fascists say it is. Read to remember why your resistance matters. 📚💙

Check out this #nonfiction #kidlit article in @slj.com tinyurl.com/5n8stxu6 #edusky @sarahalbee.bsky.social @valeriebolling.bsky.social @barbrosenstock.bsky.social @karilavellewrites.bsky.social @gianferrari-m.bsky.social @nellcrossbeckerman.bsky.social @tracisorellauthor.bsky.social

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Five things to do today: 1. Make time for yoga/meditation, whatever movement or stillness works. 2. Turn off the TV, put your phone down, & go outside. 3. Spend time in nature. 4. Make something. A poem. Art. A cake. 5. Remember that the work will be there tomorrow. Care for yourself today.

Hey folks who follow me for morning #OceanDevotion videos— I’ve had a minor foot injury, so walking on the beach has been a bit tough over the last 1.5 weeks. Stand by—it’s coming back. In the meantime, here’s a nice one from Cape Cod from a couple of months back.