Thanks for sharing our book, @judybradbury.bsky.social !

Hello #EduSky #EduLib #Skybrarian #TeacherSky! 👋 I’m traveling for #schoolvisits in the Raleigh Durham area on April 24 & 25, and have time for 1 or 2 more! If you’re interested in a discounted #authorvisit for your classroom, please email me [email protected] ! carriekruck.com/visits

LIBRARIES ARE THE BEST! Mine has seeds! And my books! Support your local library! #kidlit #library

Today’s the day that Alfred Blooms! By me and @carmenmok.bsky.social, available now from @randomhousekids.bsky.social. Visit my website to see all my Alfred Blooms events this spring, starting this Saturday at Still North Books. I would love to read with you! carriekruck.com/events

Thank you AJ! 🌸🌼🌺

In case you want some sweet news today. I’m volunteering at the book fair at my kid’s school, and discovered Dav Pilkey paid for the whole thing. For the entire school. Every kid pre-k through fifth grade (the whole school) goes home with two free books.

If you missed it live, here’s a link to the interview!

Bringing this back because honestly I don't know how to help the world right now, but I do know that this helped many individual kids last fall. ❤️ I bought more books so I can give them away again. Please let me know if you know a kid or class who needs a #kidlit book with this message right now. ⬇️

The thing about so-called generative artificial intelligence is, the intelligence isn't artificial. It's real. It's OURS. The techbros stole our intelligence (our data, our thoughts, our stories, our art) and used the software to regurgitate it and spackle it together into digital particleboard.

Folks, I need help—maybe one of you knows the right person to talk to. SodaStream ought to have commercials where Patrick Stewart points and says, “Make it soda.” Does anyone know somebody on their marketing team, or

I’m waiting with 1791 other people for a fish to ring a doorbell and it’s beautiful.

Link to Libraries is doing amazing work in Western MA, building home libraries book by book in underserved areas, and I was so thrilled to work with them and meet these bright young sparks 🔥 www.linktolibraries.org/link-to-libr... #kidlit #EduSky

😂😂😂😂 I think not 🥴

One of the really special things about Sesame Street was always these little art films that were less about teaching a specific thing than they were about instilling a sort of meditative sense of wonder at how the world works.

I appreciate this book so much

My delightful child helped me model these ADORABLE tattoos of Carmen Mok’s art from our upcoming #kidlit book Alfred Blooms. I love them so! Please consider preordering from my brilliant #IndieBookstore (they ship!) and I’ll send you some!🙏🏻 stillnorthbooks.com/ablooms-preo... #BookSky #kidlitart

A lovely review from Booklist! Please consider helping Alfred bloom with a preorder from my lovely #independentbookstore! 🙏🏻 🌻 stillnorthbooks.com/ablooms-preo...

I just learned that a local bookstore chose my picture book IGGY WHO BREATHES FIRE for their story time that morning. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

My delightful child helped me model these ADORABLE tattoos of Carmen Mok’s art from our upcoming #kidlit book Alfred Blooms. I love them so! Please consider preordering from my brilliant #IndieBookstore (they ship!) and I’ll send you some!🙏🏻 stillnorthbooks.com/ablooms-preo... #BookSky #kidlitart

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 learned that a local bookstore chose my picture book IGGY WHO BREATHES FIRE for their story time that morning. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Remember all the "Find 10 Things Wrong with This Picture" puzzles we did as kids? The fun thing about AI art is we never have to stop playing those.

I think I’ve been doing this all wrong 😆

Do you ever just want to stand on a mountaintop and shout - “No, like, you don’t understand, I REALLY love books!!!” ?

Happy #BookBirthday to BIG BIKE, LITTLE BIKE by @kdubaygillis.bsky.social & @jacobsouva.bsky.social w/ @harpercollins.bsky.social #KidLit

Want to raise compassionate, humans who transcend hatred and prejudice? Read TO THE OTHER SIDE, by Erika Meza, with your kids. With simple, accessible language and interpretive illustrations, this #picturebook provides opportunity for open-ended discussion about concepts of immigration & fairness.

Amazing 🤩

I have a hard time listening to audiobooks, but I want to get better! Any recommendations for books that you especially loved in audio format?? (any age or genre, I love them all!)

Art is how we understand and connect and resist and move forward. “It is EXACTLY the time for what we do.” YES. Now more than ever.

This is TRULY horrifying. Illustrators are STORYTELLERS, and the idea that you can pop in some prompts and spit out an image “in their style” is deeply disrespectful to their artistry.

And if you look closely, you might even find a Little Free Library on one of the pages 🥰

This morning at the library, an adult was reading Bot + Boy to his library kid and the GIGGLES coming from both of them, their shared DELIGHT at this shared read aloud, it filled the whole room and that’s “the why”, right there, isn’t it? @amedyckman.bsky.social

20 days until BIG BIKE, LITTLE BIKE by me & @jacobsouva.bsky.social from HarperCollins 🚲 rolls into the world! To celebrate, we’re giving away choice of a #kidlit critique (manuscript or portfolio) or a signed copy of BIKE! (US shipping, please) Repost this message by 2/24 for a chance to win!

Breathing fire today... ...and loving my new shirt from @weyakindesigns.bsky.social

Happy #SuperbOwl Sunday from the VIP who likes to sleep in my yard

It’s Superb Owl Sunday! I’m celebrating with an owl book each hour! #kidlit #owlsky @cedarpruitt.bsky.social

And if you look closely, you might even find a Little Free Library on one of the pages 🥰

Happy birthday, @ajirving.bsky.social!

Save the date, we are already lining up great things for this year's Independent Bookstore Day. So far we have a special storytime with Carrie Kruck planned as well as a meet and greet with author Jennifer Moorman.

Have you ever wanted to live in the pages of a beautiful book? Turns out covering yourself in its art is almost as good! Let me send you some of these GORGEOUS temporary tattoos (this is just one of the designs!) with a preorder! stillnorthbooks.com/ablooms-preo... #independentbookstore #kidlit

Have you ever wanted to live in the pages of a beautiful book? Turns out covering yourself in its art is almost as good! Let me send you some of these GORGEOUS temporary tattoos (this is just one of the designs!) with a preorder! stillnorthbooks.com/ablooms-preo... #independentbookstore #kidlit

Such a wonderful book!

"Picture books honor that the smallest amongst us are also the most capable of the biggest truths, the deepest courage, the quickest laughter, and the most generous acts of love and acceptance." — @carriekruck.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/02/alfr...

We still need $340 to fund out 7th classroom and furnish it with a diverse library. Can we take care of this one and make it 7 projects covered in 24 hours? www.donorschoose.org/project/book...

Some incredibly welcome news today: TOUCH THE SKY is named a Charlotte Zolotow Highly Commended Book. The Zolotow Award is given for outstanding writing in a picture book. Here's the full list of the 2025 award-winner, honor books, and full Highly Commended list.

Thank you for letting me finish your sentences, Mr. Schu! It was a joy!

*****Classroom 5 has been fully funded***** I will continue a little later today with classroom 6. Keep your eyes on this thread. In 15 hours, we funded five classrooms wanting Black History Month libraries. Amazing. Direct impact matters. www.donorschoose.org/project/dear...

I really, really, love this book, and this is a beautiful offer from Katie:

So many exciting #kidlit events this spring, including my first trip to North Carolina! I’ll be celebrating #IndependentBookstoreDay with crafts and storytime at Page 158 Books, and visiting area schools too! #Teachers #librarians #Edusky - I still have room in my schedule, would love to connect!