Thank you Bobbie Pyron for sending me your soon-to-be-published OCTOPUS MOON. Can't wait to read it! Pub date March 25th.

Sometimes running errands in Salt Lake City, I hope for a red light so I can take a photo. :-)

Coming Sept 23rd. Once again Lee Wildish has created fabulous illustrations. :-)

Oh I'm so happy to hear that! Go, team, go!! Celebrate every step, for sure!! Keep us posted on the next steps upward and onward!!

I've been holding on to this news for a long time, and today I can finally announce that IT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY is a 2025-2026 Virginia Readers' Choice Selection! I am thrilled to have it in company with these amazing books--here is the list if you want to check it out: vslatoday.org/VRC-2025-2026/

My first post here! I’m a children’s book editor and author, and this is the cover of my new picture book, BEAR IN THE AIR—illustrated by the incredibly talented Cat Min. Coming in September! 💕 #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebook #childrensbookauthor #booksky #freelanceeditor

Nice shout-out for Valentine's Day from Chesapeake Family Life: www.chesapeakefamily.com/8-heartwarmi...

🎨 I'm always excited to celebrate the designers and artists whose hard work and creativity make the books we love shine bright! In Pop! Goes The Reader's newest post, I'm sharing 25 of my recent favourite 2025 middle grade book covers. 🎨 popgoesthereader.com/do-judge-a-b... #BookSky #KidLit #MGLit

Terrific book, indeed!!

They arrest her neighbors, who present as Latin American. She presents as white. So ICE (not the police, not the military) are using the same tactics reserved for flushing out serial killers who are in immediate danger of murdering again to arrest people who MIGHT not have proper paperwork. 3/

Warning, this might make you angry. I haven't yet seen this appear in the news. Someone I know was asleep in her suburban Salt Lake City home when she was awakened in the dark early morning by what sounded like a bomb going off in her back yard. She was terrified. 1/

Whatever this time of year is for you, I wish you peace. #birds #HappyHolidays

Happy holidays to you and your loved ones. 🎄💖☃️ メリークリスマス、そして良いお年を。 #kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #christmasillustration

Happy holidays and happy new year from everyone at ABLA! We hope the rest of your 2024 is filled with joy and many good books and we can’t wait to share more amazing reads with you in 2025 🖼️: @lightonthesea.bsky.social

Hanukkah comes a little late this year but on the @fuse8nkate.bsky.social podcast it's never too soon. We tackle Moishe's Miracle. Maybe it deserves classic status as an undiscovered gem. Today we discuss Gremlins, tiny demons, and so much more. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2024/12/16/f...

Wow. Okay, full credit to @scifri.bsky.social then. This list of 2024’s Best Science Books For Kids is really quite shockingly good: www.sciencefriday.com/segments/sci...

🎨 Peter Cheong is featured on our illustrator spoglight this week! Peter is repped by @pterlip.bsky.social and is interested in illustrating picture books, black and white interiors and graphic novels. Peter's illustrator page Get spotlights in your inbox

If you love a book, write a nice review. It gives the author encouragement for bad days when they want to take up scorpion petting. - @lianabrooks.bsky.social #BookSky

My coolest holiday move is wrapping gifts in leftover picture book F&Gs and page proofs 🎁 (Used here: LOVE, SOPHIA ON THE MOON illustrated by @mikasong.bsky.social, THE TEACHER'S PET illustrated by Zachariah OHora, and WATCH OUT FOR WOLF! illustrated by @charlessantoso.bsky.social)

Teachers & librarians! Want to Zoom with an author for World Read Aloud Day? Here's all the information about how WRAD Zoom visits work, plus a list of over 300 author & illustrator volunteers! katemessner.com/zoom-with-an...

Day Two: 31 Days, 31 Lists - Best 2024 Picture Book Readalouds. Today, we celebrate the books that can enrapture in mere moments thanks to the power of words and images (and your own vocal chords) alone. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2024/12/02/3...

Well, that was fast! Our first 12 x 12 Starter Pack is full. If you are a member of 12 x 12 and: 1. Are not in the first Starter Pack - PLEASE CHECK! (bsky.app/starter-pack...), AND, 2. WANT to be added to the next one that we're creating now, PLEASE COMMENT ON THIS POST WITH YOUR HANDLE. Thanks!

May your acorn lantern be bright and true. #art #ttrpg

@scbwi.bsky.social is supporting school libraries across the country for #givingtuesday Go to scbwi.org/giving-tuesday-2024 to learn about the schools and how to support!

Happy Picture Book Month! (Day 21) @debbieohi.com

It's my next book! It’s about survival about overcoming isolation about grief & anxiety and how they make us collapse in on ourselves, but how, with enough support, we can be brave enough to open back up to life and live without regrets. Gorgeous cover by Oriol Vidal. youtube.com/shorts/EutDY...

Just finished reading BRIDGE ACROSS THE SKY, an excellent historical fiction in verse, written by @authorfreeman.bsky.social I teared-up, raged, laughed, cheered, and learned a lot. Perfect combo, eh? 😀 I bought it at my Indie Bookstore, The King's English in Salt Lake City.

This webinar on writing funny #picturebooks coming from our founder, @juliefhedlund.bsky.social, Tuesday next week! #12x12PB #kidlit

I've been to my local indie bookstore (The King's English in SLC, Utah) five times since the election. Trying to stay centered.

I agree. Thanks!