Very cool that my man Elmore is part of the Kohl’s Cares program. And it’s a darling, small version of the book! www.kohls.com/product/prd-...

For those keeping up with the GoodReads Choice Awards, Ann Liang’s I AM NOT JESSICA CHEN and Venessa Vida Kelley’s WHEN THE TIDES HELD THE MOON made it through to the final voting round. You know what to do.

I’m so honored to see When the Tides Held the Moon included among WIROBooks’ Favorite books of 2025!! Thank you!!

We love @briangehrlein.bsky.social’s THIS IS NOT A SLEEPY BEAR BOOK 🐻

@kmfajardo.bsky.social's LOCAL HEAVENS is one of Kobo's picks for best Science Fiction books of 2025! www.kobo.com/us/en/p/best...

🎨🎁 Why not shop small this season, and support an independent artist instead of multi-billionaires? LOTS of new #artforsale in my shop, priced to sell! You can buy a piece & then watch how it was made in real-time on Gab 'n' Doodle, or vice-versa (related info in the comments ⬇️) #kidlitart #buyart

New York Public Library recently shared their best books of 2025, which included these 12 ABLA titles! For the full list of these titles plus the authors & illustrators who created them, check out our IG post. Congratulations to all our clients and their agents! We are one proud agency!

🎉 Congratulations to WINGING IT for another week on the indie bestseller list! Celebrating with you @buttersketch.bsky.social! @ksonnack.bsky.social

🎉 Congratulations to I AM THE GRINCH for another week on the USA Today bestseller list!! This time at #6!! 🎉 Celebrating with you @alastairheim.bsky.social! @ksonnack.bsky.social

Thank you to the staff of the Chicago Public Library @brianlies.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social #TLsky #Skybrarian #schoollibraries #edusky #kidlit

🎨 Spotlight on Mark Hoffmann (@studiohoffmann.bsky.social)! Mark's Illustrator Page Mark is represented by Jennifer Laughran (@literaticat.bsky.social) and is open to illustrating picture books.

"For emerging readers, I just hope they remember that they belong." -Mychal Threets #ncte25

"You're my hope. You’ve saved my life more than you'll ever know, on days you didn't know, and you're the reason I'm alive today. And I could never thank you enough for helping me stay one more day." This is the message that @mychal3ts.bsky.social delivered to teachers at #NCTE25 today.

Congratulations @cicchese-art.bsky.social!

Congratulations @katemessner.com!

Just had a wonderful virtual author visit with a school district in New Jersey. What a nice counterpoint to all the crap right now to see eager kids with great questions, who love books and ideas, and all the grownups who support them. day made

“What is Reading Rainbow?” 📚🌈 Library joy was featured as a Jeopardy! clue, alongside LeVar Burton and PBS 🤯🥹 💙 @jeopardyofficial.bsky.social 💚 @pbs.org

This week's book deals! 🍄 LIMER-ICKS, a nonfiction picture book, by Lynn Brunelle, illustrated by Julia Patton 🖌️ MARIA AND THE CAVE PAINTINGS, a nonfiction picture book, by Barbara Lowell, illustrated by Elke Boschinger @theremaybecats.bsky.social Congrats to our amazing clients and their agents!

Are we done celebrating our clients? Absolutely not! School Library Journal (@slj.com) recently shared their best books of 2025, which included these 13 ABLA titles! For the full list of these titles plus the authors & illustrators who created them, check out our IG post. Congratulations to all!

Chicago Public Library's Best Books of 2025 includes 14 ABLA titles! For the full list of these titles plus the authors and illustrators who created them, take a look at our post on Instagram! We're beyond proud of our clients for this recognition! 👏

Congratulations to @tammisauer.bsky.social on her starred review for PIZZASAURUS, out March 3rd! www.slj.com/review/pizza...

WE DIG FOSSILS, written by Alliah L. Agostini and illustrated by client Joelle Murray, is on School Library Journal's Best Transitional Books 2025 list! Congratulations! www.slj.com/story/best-t...

Did you see that @publisherswkly.bsky.social included 5 ABLA titles in their best books of 2025 lists? Congratulations to our amazing clients: - Chelsea Lin Wallace - Kate Messner - Meg Medina - Steph Littlebird - Andrew Joseph White 🥳👏

Still celebrating that these 3 titles are Amazon's best books of 2025! THE SNIPS: A BAD BUZZ DAY by Raúl the Third @raulthethird.bsky.social FISH DON’T GO TO SCHOOL by Deb Pilutti @dpilutti.bsky.social WHEN THE TIDES HELD THE MOON by Venessa Vida Kelley @venessakelley.bsky.social

🎨 Spotlight on Rosario Mercado! Rosario's Illustrator Page Rosario is represented by Saritza Hernández (@litagentsaritza.bsky.social) and is open to illustrating middle grade, young adult, and adult graphic novels, black & white interiors, and covers.

In today's Ask the Agent Question of the Day, I talk about a publisher's non-compete clause, and why authors ALSO shouldn't want to compete with themselves. (I had WAY too much fun with this metaphor, I apologize in advance, especially to anyone named Brad) www.tumblr.com/literaticat/...

Deal Announcement! @theremaybecats.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

It's here! Emily Charlotte's debut HEART CHECK! Slow burn romance! Sprayed Edges! @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

I'm participating in #folktaleweek2025. Prompt 1: NIGHT To see this in triptych form, check it out over on IG. The challenge this week was to: 1. Make a triptych. 2. Use a flat folk-inspired style. 3. Tell a story. 4. Same color palette all week. #folktaleweek #kidlit #kidlitart

🎨 Spotlight on Cyndi Wojciechowski (@cyndidraws.bsky.social) Cyndi's illustrator website Cyndi is represented by Jemiscoe Chambers-Black and is open to picture books, black and white interiors, chapter books, and covers.

Thank you, Chicago librarians! I couldn't be more honored to have THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES on your Best of the Best Books list for 2025! And alongside so many amazing colleagues' books, too. (My library holds list just got a LOT longer - congrats to all!) www.chipublib.org/news/cpl-bes...

I've not painted in some time. Due to: getting more writing done, parenting, and those extra road detours that life throws in for fun (not fun). BUT! Got in the studio the other day, grabbed three bottles of ink, and brush. I always lean towards cats. #kidlit #authorillustrator

Hooray! @authorsabb.bsky.social is *OFFICIALLY* a nonprofit, and is now open for donations! For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE. Imagine what we could do with $$$ www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/

Book deals this week! 🛒 DICKORY DOCK SHOP, Patrick Hulse’s author-illus. pb debut 🦎 THIS IS NOT A CHRISTMAS BOOK, a pb by Jory John, illus. by Pierre Collet-Derby ❄️ CAN WE GO YET?, a pb by Allah L. Agostini, illus. by Shamar Knight-Justice 🌄 TO WANDER, a pb by Amy Novesky, illus. by Emma Simpson

There's still time to vote in the first round of the 2025 Goodreads Choice Awards! Congrats to @kmfajardo.bsky.social, whose LOCAL HEAVENS is a nominee for Science Fiction! www.goodreads.com/choiceawards...

@rominagarber.bsky.social's THE LAST VAMPIRE is on Reactor's list of Most Anticipated Young Adult SFF/H for November & December 2025! It's out December 2nd! reactormag.com/most-anticip...

Love seeing several ABLA titles on this list! 🍂🥧 Happy Friendsgiving written by @marciecolleen.bsky.social, illus. by Laura Sandoval Herrera How to Say Thank You written by @jeanreaganbooks.bsky.social, illus. by Lee Wildish Turkey Trot written by Jeffrey Burton, illus. by @meghunt.bsky.social

New book announcement! @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

🎨 Spotlight on Courtney Lovett! Courtney's Illustrator Page Courtney is represented by Jemiscoe Chambers-Black (@jemiscoe.bsky.social) and is open to picture books, black and white interiors, covers, graphic novels, and nonfiction.

🎉 Congratulations to CHRIS MAKES A FRIEND on being an Amazon Editors' Pick for the month of November! 🎉 Cheering for and celebrating with you, @alexgino.bsky.social! @literaticat.bsky.social

🎉 Congratulations to I AM THE GRINCH on making it back onto the USA Today bestseller list!! 🎉 Celebrating with you @alastairheim.bsky.social! @ksonnack.bsky.social

The amazing news kept coming yesterday for Tigest Girma's ETERNAL RUIN! Not only was it an instant indie bestseller and USA Today bestseller, it's also #1 on The New York Times!!! We are beyond proud of Tigest and her agent @pterlip.bsky.social! 🥳🎉

That’s me!!!!

Love seeing Bitty and Bub: Best Buds by @janeetrasler.bsky.social and The Weirdies by Michael Buckley, illustrated by @hellomrforrest.bsky.social on this list! And yes, both books make great gifts!

A FATE SO COLD is out now and PW gave it a star! Grab your copy! ⭐

That’s a wrap! What a DAY! Congratulations, @jennharknee.bsky.social we got a great book! 🥰

The Goodreads Choice Awards 2025 is open and these ABLA titles are in the running! Science fiction: LOCAL HEAVENS by K.M. Fajardo Horror: YOU WEREN’T MEANT TO BE HUMAN by Andrew Joseph White Debut: WHEN THE TIDES HELD THE MOON by Venessa Vida Kelley YA fiction: I AM NOT JESSICA CHEN by Ann Liang

Happy book birthday to FALLING APART AND OTHER GIFTS FROM THE UNIVERSE, by @catherineryanhyde.bsky.social! Two very different people—each lost in their own way—find an unexpected healing connection in a poignant novel about redemption and chosen family.

🌿NEW DEAL! Get ready for cozy, spicy romance from the incomparable @eliawinters.bsky.social! This page-turning, scorchingly good, roommates-to-lovers romance is hitting shelves in Fall 2026 from @severnhouse.bsky.social. #romancebooks #cozyromance #spicyromance

Loving all the vampire, werewolf, & ghost stories on @reactorsff.bsky.social’s list of Nov/Dec anticipated reads! reactormag.com/most-anticip...