YAY! 🎉! It’s a #BookBirthday for our #EarlyReader: MONSTER OG #3: ⭐️🎈OG RESCUES BOP!🎈⭐️ 📝 by me, 🎨 by @eliopictures.bsky.social, @SimonKIDS.bsky.social! Og (& his BIG 🐈, Mog) babysit Og’s little sister, Bop, but— Bop runs off. Grabs a 🎈. & FLOATS AWAY! 😅☁️! Hope YOUR littles ❤️ it! #kidlit #STEAM

This book turns one today! No, not one year. One month. Big thanks to everyone who has boosted it!

Thank you for the eARC The Sick Day @simonkids.bsky.social @amedyckman.bsky.social #markteague pub Sept 15 @netgalley.bsky.social

My author copies have arrived! 3 weeks until publication. Sharks + Dinosaurs = Wow! @randomhousekids.bsky.social @blueslipmedia.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social #tlsky #Skybrarian #tlchat #edusky #kidlit #SchoolLibraries

A new batch of contenders and a couple old standbys make up today's predictions. We're halfway through the year. What's beginning to rise to the top of considerations? Read on and see! #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2026/06/16/n...

Hooray! Meet the Mini-mammals is a Best Book of the Year. @brianlies.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social Full list: tinyurl.com/333hd9st #TLsky #Skybrarians #SchoolLibraries #edusky #kidlit #TLchat

Jane Yolen has passed...450 books...the matriarch of children's books...what a gift she was and will continue to be as her books and legacy will live on forever. 🫂💔

I’m so excited for the 3rd book in the Dogtown series my friend @kaaauthor.bsky.social and I wrote... I AM A GOOD DOG! The book comes out September 22. I can’t wait to share Metal Head's story with you! ❤️🐶💙 buff.ly/KDRa8en @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @mackidssl.bsky.social #Booksky

Happy #NationalBestFriendsDay, everybody!

The cover reveal is on Sunday!!!

I can't wait to share more about my next book, LAST NIGHT AT THE CARNIVAL GRAVEYARD. Coming spring 2027. @mackidsbooks.bsky.social #BookSky

LOVE this scene from our ⭐️NEW⭐️ BAT, CAT & RAT #5: 🏘️THE COZY TOWN🏘️ when Cat realizes “junk” flea markets have… 🤩❤️BOOKS!❤️🤩 (😂😂😂!) THE COZY TOWN 📝 by me! 🎨 by #MarkTeague! Beach Lane Books, @simonkids.bsky.social! Everywhere YOU ❤️ to buy or borrow books! 🦇🐈🐀! #kidlit

Big thanks to @nancyhudgins.com for writing this one and to everyone here who boosted it. I didn't know a thing about Ursula Nordstrom, the pioneering editor who shepherded so many of the best books from my childhood - and now I'm hungry to learn even more. 📚👍🏼

Can’t wait to read this!

@lyndamh.bsky.social I am so excited to hear you have a new book coming out! I’m still on Twitter (X) and just tweeted that you have a new book coming out in Feb. Yay! @nancyrosep.bsky.social

A wonderful picture book. Charming, sweet & funny. Great word play & pacing & delightful illustrations. Love the different perspectives & storyboarding. Congratulations, Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social & Mike Deas! Published by Orca Books. @orcabook.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitart #Friendship

Cover Reveal: How To Build a Miracle by @lyndamh.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2026/06/how-... Illustration Credit: Martin Haake

The dream team of @debbieohi.com and @michaelianblack.bsky.social have knocked it out of the park once again! No matter how busy you are, you definitely need to make time for this book - and all their others, too. #kidlit 📚👍🏼

Looking for a new bedtime picture book? Greg Pizzoli has your back! Lovely, poetic, soothing, and clever. #kidlit 📚👍🏼

Just read a fantastic book Still Friends @troystory.bsky.social #mikedeas A heartwarming book about an unlikely friendship between a dog and a solid presence of a girl. It shows the importance of having unwavering support and having something there for you no matter what in such an unexpected way.

A new #picturebook from @troystory.bsky.social & illustrated by Mike Deas (from @orcabook.bsky.social) may have some fun word play but there's lots for young readers to think about when it comes to friendship. STILL FRIENDS released last week. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2026/05/stil...

Couldn't help but share these great WOMBAT WAITING interior illustrations by the lovely @artofjen.bsky.social. She captured Wombat perfectly. 🧡🐕 WOMBAT WAITING is out now! www.harpercollins.com/products/wom... @harperkids.bsky.social

Thanks for the extensive, observant review, @jilanne.bsky.social. Glad you liked it! jilannehoffmann.com/2026/05/22/s...

It's always a pleasure to do a Simply 7 interview. Thanks very much, @jenanbenton.bsky.social!

As the weather gets nice, it’s the PERFECT time to explore your cozy town! (And OURS. ❤️!) THE COZY TOWN (BAT, CAT & RAT book #5) 📝 by me. 🎨 by #MarkTeague. From the nice folks at Beach Lane Books, @simonkids.bsky.social Order today, “AWWW!” on June 2nd! 🦇🐈🐀: “THANK YOU!” #kidlit

I have a cover reveal for my new MG novel Thurs. & truth is, I'm a little nervous. It's a new-to-me genre (ghost story w/ a dash of romance) Half the book is written in musical theater format w/ stage directions, song lyrics, etc, directed by the ghost. So yeah...nothing weird at all about this one.

Can’t wait to read this!

Happy Book Birthday to STILL FRIENDS! Huge thanks to illustrator Mike Deas, the entire team at @orcabook.bsky.social, and everyone who has supported or boosted this book so far!

As of today, THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES has now landed on 20 (!!!) state book award lists, and I couldn't be more grateful to all the librarians, teachers, families, and readers who have shared this funny-sad novel about hope and healing in the mountains. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Looking for a sweet, funny, uplifting picture book about friendship? Check out STILL FRIENDS by @troystory.bsky.social & Mike Deas. Love the combo of laugh-aloud AND genuinely moving moments in text & art. Launches May 19, 2026 @orcabook.bsky.social More: www.orcabook.com/Still-Friends #KidLit 📚👍🏽

Congratulations!

Hello #KidLitArtPostcard Day! My name is Lauren Eldridge and I’m a dimensional illustrator who recently celebrated Earth Day with this plastic fella. I’m fantastically represented by Lori Kilkelly of @lkliterary.bsky.social and can be found at eldridgestudio.com.

A post about the whole Mac Barnett sitch that people are talking about. (I got several “asks” about this so put everything in one post, with links to smarter people than me!) www.tumblr.com/literaticat/...

Tomorrow!

Happy book birthday to Wombat Waiting @kaaauthor.bsky.social Such a great book about a stray dog waiting for the right home.

#NationalPoetryMonth may be wrapping up but novels in verse, poems, and poetry should be shared all year long. Explore the booklist to discover picture books, novels in verse, biographies of poets, and more for readers of all ages.

Reminder to Victoria pals: The @orcabook.bsky.social group launch is happening in exactly one week! #yyj #kidlit

List of 9 websites where you can download unlimited books for free: 1. gutenberg .org 2. standardebooks .org 3. manybooks .net 4. openlibrary .org 5. bookboon .com 6. freecomputerbooks .com 7. internetarchive .org 8. digilibraries .com 9. librivox .org

Happy Earth Day, Everyone! #TLSky #Skybrarian #kidlit #edusky

Attn: Victoria kidlit fans! Mark your calendars for this May 6th @orcabook.bsky.social group launch at Munro's. Great chance to get a copy of STILL FRIENDS signed by both me AND artist Mike Deas.

Calling all picture book-loving Edelweiss users! STILL FRIENDS by me, Mike Deas, and Orca Books is now up and awaiting your kind attention.

If you & your fam/school are digging the #moon coverage, you may also ❤️: ⭐️🚀🌕TO THE *ACTUAL* MOON AND BACK🚀🌕⭐️ 📝 by me 🎨 by Dan & Jason @littlebrownyr.bsky.social “BLAST OFF”: 11/24/26! Grateful for pre-orders & Suggest-For-Purchase recs for your library! 🙏 🛸: “THANKS!” #kidlit

In much better (and much more trivial) news: The best book I've ever co-created comes out next month (if there's still a world left to see it).

FINALLY! The followup to CLAYMATES is here! CLAYDATE by @eldridgestudio.bsky.social and me is: ⭐ "Just as marvelous a read-aloud for groups as for lapsit storytimes.... A sublime blend of the snarky and sweet."―Kirkus www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/devor... #kidlit #libraries #picturebooks

This picture book is the best one I've ever co-created. No fooling.

I've got two books coming out this year, CLAYDATE and Berry and the Mushrooms! and you can pre-order them for 25% with the @barnesandnoble.com #bnpreorder deal. Neato! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/claydate-d... www.barnesandnoble.com/w/berry-and-...

The #BNPreorder sale is happening again. You can preorder STILL FRIENDS here! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/still-frie...

It's a book! So excited to hold this advanced copy in my hands. Coming in July--during Shark Week! @randomhousekids.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social #TLsky #Skybraian #edusky #kidlit

Four great dog books. One is available for pre-order. (Hint: it's by me and Mike Deas.)