Congratulations to the amazing @kidlitjennaj.bsky.social on the upcoming release of her second #PB, illustrated by Sue Teodoro! What a gorgeous cover! Available to preorder now!

A huge congratulations to my amazing friend and critique partner @kidlitjennaj.bsky.social on her upcoming #PB debut! Check out this beautiful cover! Available for preorders now!

Teachers: Please name the illustrator when you read to students. Discuss the art. Invite illustrators to visit. Show next generation that art in book was created by a HUMAN, that their work matters. www.picturesmeanbusiness.com/teachers/ #PicturesMeanBusiness Art @sarahmcintyre.bsky.social #EduSky

Congratulations and Happy Pub Day to @justincolonbooks.bsky.social and @kalyquarles.bsky.social on their brand new #PB ZOMBEES! I can't wait to read it! bookshop.org/beta-search?...

Happy Book Birthday to THE ZOMBEES, written by @justincolonbooks.bsky.social, illustrated by @kalyquarles.bsky.social--a picture book dream team! Don't miss this funny, adorable picture book with a fun unexpected twist and lots of heart at a bookstore near you! Congratulations, Justin and Kaly!

Happy pub day to THE ZOMBEES! 🧟‍♀️🐝 ✍️ @justincolonbooks.bsky.social 🎨 by me 📣 @simonkids.bsky.social Rhyming? ✔️ HALLOWEEN?! 🎃 Unexpected twists!?! 🙀 SLJ, starred review!! ⭐️ We bring it all! Embrace #summerween and snag your copy today! #kidlit #bookbirthday #picturebook #halloween

Happy #NationalLibraryWeek! To celebrate, I checked out about 50 picture books, including some of my favorites. Looking forward to some comfort reads this week. #ReadingIsResistance

MORE: Libraries in several states have received letters which claim to cancel federal IMLS grants. Congress MUST act to restore this funding. Read our full statement: www.ala.org/news/2025/04... Use your voice - call Congress to protect & restore library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries

It's a cover reveal for Impossible Possum for Mayor, the sequel to Impossible Possums. Written by me Illustrated by James Rey Sanchez Publishes November 18th with Disney Hyperion.

I made a starter pack for 2025 #PBParty Finalists. If you're a finalist not already listed here, reach out and I'll add you! #KidLit #PictureBooks go.bsky.app/FeThUma

Such a great thread on encouraging kids to read for fun! Thank you for sharing, @kellyjholmes.com!

We just wanted to take a moment to thank all our new supporters! Tomorrow, there will be more of us!

If you love your library, call your reps and tell them!

The 2025 PBParty Agent/Editor Showcase is open & requests are already coming in. Wahoooo! I can't wait for you to see these amazing entries. Comments are only for requests, but you're welcome to gush about ones you love on social media. Happy reading! mindyalyseweiss.com/...

Thank you so much, @justincolonbooks.bsky.social! #PB writers, check out Justin's #KidLit Hive website if you want to level up your writing!

I'm thrilled to be a 2025 #PBParty finalist! So many thanks to all the judges for their hard work, & congratulations to all who entered. Thank you to everyone in the #WritingCommunity for all your help, support, & encouragement over the years. What an incredible community! I'm rooting for you all! 💖

Feel like this book is more relevant than ever right now. We are getting a reminder of what the world was like before vaccines.

I just shared this #Haiku on the #HaiCoup thread created by @doucette515.bsky.social. #Writers, I encourage you to check out and join in her thread. Writing is resistance. #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity #Poetry #KidLit #HaikuSaturday

Hey #KidLit #PB #Writers! If you're considering joining #12x12PB, it's not too late! Check out this post, and join by March 2nd!

writing is a form of resistance, persistence sowing seeds of hope #HaikuSaturday #Writing #Writers #WritingCommunity #Poetry #Haiku #PoetryCommunity #KidLit

#KidLit #WritingCommunity #Writers Stories are powerful. They encourage imagination, and we have to imagine a better world before we can create one. The world is dark, but our words can be the light. Write your stories. Spark hope. Inspire change. Encourage imagination, and create a better world.

I'm appalled by what happened today. I called my reps and got a message about high call volumes from one. Couldn't even leave a message on another because their voicemail was full. I can only hope this means other constituents are just as outraged and are calling to let them know.

I love this book so much! If you're in need of some hope right now, I highly recommend THE OGRESS AND THE ORPHANS.

Looks like tomorrow will bring votes on a Republican plan to fund tax cuts for the rich by slashing Medicaid. So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.

I hope you're all doing okay. Don't forget to take a moment to breathe. Take in beauty with your in breath. Share beauty with your out breath. Make art. Hug someone wonderful. Sit in the sunshine. Drink water. Read a good book. Don't forget to have some lunch. Love yourself. Love the world.

Me right now...

🎉 My book, Lupita’s Brown Ballet Slippers, illustrated by Melissa Castillo, was selected for the Notable Social Studies Trade Books 2025 list! 🎉Thank You to the Children’s Book Council and NCSS for this amazing honor and recognition! ❤️ @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social @lynnettenovak.bsky.social

Storytellers will be the ones to see us through this. Stories help us remember where we come from and what we’ve been through. They inspire us to imagine new and better futures. A love of storytelling fosters empathy, compassion, and curiosity.

Hey, friends. Just checking back in. The weight of wickedness heaped upon our country and world feels almost too great to bear. I hope you're holding onto your own beauty. Breathe in and kindle your light. Breathe out and share your light. I love you so much. There is so much good in the world.

Want to take your writing to the next level? Check out this amazing offer from @justinrcolon.bsky.social! His critiques and pitches are incredible!

In 2020, I asked the #WritingCommunity their thoughts on the #12x12PB Challenge. Someone said it was the single best thing she had done for her writing career, so I joined. So glad I did! I have written 110 #PB drafts, met amazing friends/CPs, and attended awesome webinars. 12x12 is 1000% worth it!

Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our First Official Bluesky *** #MSWL Day *** February 12, 2025. 🎉🎉🎉 Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying. Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...

200 more books donated today. #BooksForTeddy

If you're an unagented writer or author/illustrator of picture books, I hope you'll enter the 2025 #PBParty contest. It has helped make so many agent and editor matches in the past...and we can't wait to see the magical matches that will happen this year. mindyalyseweiss.com/2025-pbparty...

It's here! It's finally here! Opening day of registration for 12 x 12 in 2025! Join the friendliest writing community on earth TODAY! :-) 12x12challenge.com/membership

This is number 5 on my how to survive list: libraries keep our books alive even when capitalism won't.

If you’re the kind of person who easily forgets what you’ve accomplished, you need a practice for reminding yourself. Count the years, the finished projects, the progress, the praise, count it all up and use it as evidence against the ever present criticism in your head that you’re not doing enough.

STORYSTORM starts in January, and @taralazar.bsky.social has officially opened up registration on her blog! 30 days of tips, tricks, motivation, and encouragement that (fingers crossed!) ends with 30 new story ideas🥳 Sign up here👇 taralazar.com/2024/12/27/s... #kidlit

Calling all writers! If you want to end the year with optimism, illumination and inspiration, consider joining my free program, The 12 Days of Christmas for Writers. We start on Jan. 26! #amwriting #writingcommunity #kidlit juliehedlund.com/12days.

200 #BooksForTeddy dropped off at his pediatrician’s office this morning. These will be used as giveaways during well child visits. ❤️

So many congratulations to my friend and CP @steenahernandez.bsky.social on her award winning #PB debut! 💖🩰🤎

My incredible #kidlit friend & CP, Emily Dolbin, started a new community for kidlit authors and illustrators called The Story Artists' Path!! So many amazing, helpful things are being offered. Check it out!!: emilydolbin.myportfolio.com/community?fb... #picturebooks #writingcommunity #illustration

Give love to the kind. But as for the bah-humbugs? Give them some extra. #HaikuSaturday

This is very wonderful. Call this number and listen. You'll be glad you did.

1,100 books are being donated in Teddy’s name. His light continues. #BooksForTeddy #KindnessForTeddy

She's at it again! She just unwrapped another one. So far, she's only opened the ones that were meant for her, but we've taken everything out from under the tree as a precaution.

Cindy Lou can't wait for Christmas. Literally. She snuck under the tree and unwrapped her present this morning!

A #FoundObjectArt challenge (for artists of all ages & levels of experience): Cut a pepper in half & photograph it on white paper. Add art! Either digitally or physically; if the latter, make sure you use non-toxic materials. Post in replies or on your own feed & pls use alt-text. #Uplift