Enter today! Don't miss your chance to win prizes, including a FREE ticket to Picture Book Summit 2026 on October 3, 2026! Check it out here: picturebooksummit.co... #amwriting #amreading #picturebook #kidlit #PBSummit #booksky

🌟📚💫 I’m proud to show diverse and incredible children’s books that anyone can enjoy everywhere. IYKYK! Diverse and United We Stand #kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbooks #teachers #schoollibrarian #librarians #BeAnAmbassador #weneeddiversebooks #showusyourincrediblebooks

Wrapped up StoryStorm 2026 — a full month of daily idea-generating for writers! 📚✨ This challenge always reminds me that creativity builds through consistency, not perfection. Feeling energized and ready to turn some of these new concepts into real stories.😊 Art by Courtney Pippin-Mathur.

Less than 2 WEEKS left until registration opens for the 12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge! Sign up for our email list to be notified when YOU can register for 2026 and get a FREE webinar: buff.ly/zP7Zu31 #12x12PB #kidlit

Latest blog post! 🎉 Buckle in for the reviews of 17 #Rankin/Bass Christmas specials. www.alidemoro.com/blog/interlu...

My latest blog post. 😊🎉 Sharing from the past three years of research and hard work - The top 3 things I’ve learned about Traditional Book Publishing. 📖 #kidlit #authorlife #childrensauthor www.alidemoro.com/blog/3-thing...

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

Had an awesome time book signing at today’s conference for the NM Library Association 🥰📖🎉 shout out the New Mexico chapter of @scbwi.bsky.social

Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.

New #blog post! I share a bit about my journey #self-publishing my first book. 📖✨ www.alidemoro.com/blog/3-thing...

We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book GILBERT AND THE GHOST by @heatherstigall7.bsky.social, illustrated by Jess Mason (Beaming Books) out Aug. 19. To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday weekly update: kidlit411.com/2025/08/the-... (+ more ways to win)

🌍 GIVEAWAY TIME! 🎉 We’re giving away 3 books by Caldecott Medalist Jason Chin! 💫 Enter July 15–21 at picturebooksummit.co.... Don't miss your chance to win a book full of inspiration and awe for the natural world!

Announcing my latest blog post: I’m sharing my favorite childhood picture books—the ones that sparked my lifelong love of stories. If you love children’s literature or want some nostalgic recommendations, check out my blog - on alidemoro.com 😊💗 #picturebooks #childrensbooks #bookrecs #kidlit

Day 10 🎉🎉🎉 celebrating great #picturebooks!!! The Important Thing About Margaret Wise Brown by #MacBarnett and #SarahJacoby #nonfictionpb #pbbio #matgaretwisebrown

DAY 9 of celebrating great #picturebooks 💞 The Longest Letsgoboy by #DerickWilder and #CatiaChien 🐾

Day 8 of celebrating great #picturebooks ✨ Watercress by #AndreaWang and #JasonChin #FamilyHistory #Multigenerational #SEL #Cultural

Day 7 of celebrating great #picturebooks 💕 The Boy and the Elephant by #FreyaBlackwood. #wordlesspb #picturebookfiction #SEL #imagination

Day 6 celebrating great #picturebooks! 🎉🎉🎉 In a Jar by #DeborahMarcero #SEL #friendshipstory #imagination #pbfiction

Day 5 of celebrating great #picturebooks yay!!! 🎉 Waiting by Kevin Henkes ✨ #picturebookfiction #fiction #SEL

Day 4 of celebrating great #picturebooks with: I Talk Like a River by #jordanscott and #sydneysmith. Excellent and beautiful read 📖 #childrensbooks #picturebookcelebration 🎉🎉🎉

Day 3 of celebrating great #picturebooks from the last 10 years! 🎉🎉🎉 #ittybittykittycorn #shannonhale #leuyenpham #picturebookcelebration

Day 2 of celebrating great #picturebooks from the last 10 years! The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld 👏💕

Last month, I published my first blog post - recognizing 10 great #picturebooks published in the last 10 years! 🎉 Now I’m kicking off 10 days of celebrating these books! Book 1: Before She Was Harriet by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James E. Ransome. 👏 #nonfictionbio #picturebookcelebration

Nikki Grimes is a national treasure & we can prove it! In this episode, Nikki shares how lyrical picture books (& daydreaming!) can help children learn to love language We hope she inspires you as much as she inspires us. picturebooksummit.co... #amwriting #picturebook #kidlit #PBSummit #booksky

If you're a #picturebook creator, you need an awesome pitch! Grab THE PICTURE BOOK SUMMIT PITCH FORMULA and get our Founders' tips for writing the perfect picture book pitch. Free template included! picturebooksummit.com/pitch-formula #kidlit #kidlitart #amquerying #querytip

I published my first blog, woo!!! 🎉🎉🎉 I’ve rounded up 10 favorite picture books that have been published in the last 10 years. 😊 #kidlit #picturebooks #booklist #bookrecs #pbs #childrensbooks www.alidemoro.com/blog/greatpi...

Thrilled to receive an Honorable Mention in this year’s #50PreciousWords! Inspired by my great-grandmother, this story is a tribute to her memory. Thank you, Vivian Kirkfield & judges! 💖🖋️ #PictureBookAuthor #WritingCommunity #picturebooks #writingcontest #kidlit #storychallenge #storytelling

Starting Year 3 in the 12x12 Picture Book Challenge 1st year as a GOLD member! Thanks to the 12x12’s amazing resources + community, I’ve learned so much about children's publishing. They are 100% the best place to be for writing and illustrating #picturebooks 👏 @12x12challenge.bsky.social #12x12PB

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.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookChallenge #booksky Day 20 🎉🎊🙌

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookChallenge #booksky #kidlit Day 19

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookChallenge #booksky Day 18

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookChallenge #booksky Day 17

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookChallenge #booksky #kidlit 💛💚🧡 Day 16

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookChallenge #booksky #kidlit 💛💚🧡 Day 15

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookChallenge #booksky #kidlit 💛💚🧡 Day 14

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookChallenge #booksky #kidlit 💛💚🧡 Day 13

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookChallenge #charlesdickens #booksky Day 12

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookChallenge Day 11

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookChallenge Day 10

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Feeling grateful for the #kidlit community. Being a part of this community reminds me how important this work is - writing for children. And that together we all are on a journey to see our work get into the hands of the kids that need it most. 💗 #happythanksgiving nymag.com/strategist/a...

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookChallenge Day 9

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookChallenge Day 8

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookChallenge #kidlit #childrensbooks #childrensauthor Day 7

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookChallenge #kidlit #childrensbooks #childrensauthor Day 6 Can this count as one? 😆

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookChallenge #kidlit #childrensbooks #childrensauthor Day 5

Enjoying the 20 day book challenge. It’s got me reflecting on both adult and children’s books that have made an impact on me. This also has me reflecting on why I write for children. And knowing that what we do as children’s authors can stay with readers into their adult lives. ☀️ #kidlit

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookChallenge #kidlit #childrensbooks #childrensauthor Day 4