I tried this with my school’s 4th graders this year. So fun!

Check out this #KidLit book trailer that my pal @kevinarts.bsky.social created w/ @procreate.com Dreams! I preordered TIME SURFERS from Mabel's Fables, can't wait to get my copy! Launches Sept. 30 from @harpercollins.bsky.social @harpercollinsca.bsky.social. #LibrarySky #ProcreateDreams #CanKidLit

Time to celebrate! The birth of a new book! UNIQUE LIKE YOU @allisonrozo.bsky.social @roza555.bsky.social Angie Alape @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #Authorinterview #giveaway #SEL #bilingual This is one not to miss! viviankirkfield.com/2025/09/16/b...

The first review of our upcoming picture book Plenty of Pancakes is in, and it’s a lovely one! I had a great time writing the sequel to Dozens of Doughnuts – thank you to Kirkus Reviews for this vote of confidence! Read more: kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/carrie-finison/plenty-of-pancakes/

Save the date! On November 15, come see me at the Granby Children's Book Festival in Connecticut. I'll be one of 30 authors signing and selling books and connecting with readers. Last year the festival had about 1,000 attendees! #kidlit #mgbooks #yabooks

It’s a Grand day! Happy #GrandparentsDay! Celebrate with our beautiful books that feature grandparents: @ajirving.bsky.social’s DANCE LIKE A LEAF, @candacespizzirri.bsky.social’s FISHING WITH GRANDPA AND SKYE, Rashmi Bismark’s FINDING OM, & @writerjolene.bsky.social’s THE OFRENDA THAT WE BUILT!

Congrats to Ellie Peterson aka @elliepeterson.bsky.social & Izzy Robe on winning the SCBWI #scbwiDrawThis July/August art challenge! Find out more about Sept prompt at @scbwi.bsky.social www.scbwi.org/awards-and-g... #KidLitArt #KidLit

My picture book, ONE CAN BE, shares @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social joy. So, authors fro@m all 50 states are adding a copy to nearby LFLs. Here, @darcypattison.bsky.social adds a book in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Two states down, 48 to go! Follow ONE CAN BE across America. #megakidlit #onecanbe

Hoooray!!!! Congrats @joebot.bsky.social

I've been looking forward to reading this novel in verse for some time now! #bookposse @baronchrisbaron.bsky.social 📚👍

New addition to the WHODONUT book launch in two weeks! Donuts and other custom desserts will be provided by Baker & Culinary Adventurer Petite Sakura Boston! ⁠ See you at @portersqbooks.bsky.social Cambridge Edition two weeks from tonight!⁠ ⁠ #kidlit #booksky #cupcakes #donuts #indiebookstores

Signing bookplates for WHODONUT preorders - only two weeks left to get yours! #shopsmall #shoplocal #shopindie #indiebookshops #kidlit

Wow! This one fits a lot of books 📚 In 2024, we gave away 12,500 books to Little Free Library stewards and fans! Be sure to sign up for our email newsletter to see all of our open book opportunities each month: lflib.org/newsletter

Q&A with Rajani LaRocca about her new children's picture book, FALL IS FOR BEGINNINGS. tinyurl.com/2udajak9 @rajanilarocca.bsky.social

Teacher friends! If you're reading THE TROUBLE WITH HEROES with your kids this school year, don't miss this upcoming virtual author visit! Learn more & sign up here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Hey teachers, librarians, and PTOs! If you'd like to bring in a picture book author this year, please reach out! I offer free 20 minute virtual visits and I also travel -- though travel is limited, so reach out sooner for that. 🙂 I also have classroom web resources! #Edusky #SchoolVisits #KidLit

I may have used the wrong hashtag! Let's try #schoolvisit! 😎

Congratulations to Jo Beckett-King on her MG debut, THE HOUSE OF FOUND OBJECTS! Perfect for readers who love mysteries, Paris, prickly friendships, and solving puzzles hand-in-hand with characters. Kirkus says, “Codebreakers and mystery fans will want to read this fun adventure, tout de suite.”

2 Days Until ISTE Digital Explorers! 📚 Today, we celebrate Jack's Playground Plan. You can explore the @bookcreator.com Reading Companion filled with engaging lessons and projects to bring Jack's Playground Plan to life.💚 Find it here... buff.ly/7QtPQsf #TLSky #EduSky #STEM #tlchat

Congratulations to Vera Brosgol! Her graphic novel, PLAIN JANE AND THE MERMAID, is the winner of the 2025 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids! Way to go, @verabrosgol.bsky.social!!

I'm thrilled that my upcoming book is a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection. It hits bookshelves in October. @charlesbridge.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social #kidlit #edusky

Jyoti Rajan Gopal, author of Over in the Mangroves (Orchard Books), illustrated by Dikshaa Pawaskar, joins Matthew to talk about a place so magical and so important. Listen wherever podcast are found! 🎧 📚 💕 #picturebook #kidlit @jyotigopal.bsky.social www.matthewcwinner.com/post/our-int...

"Comical, silly, soothing, and adorable all at once! A unique riff on The House That Jack Built in this cleverly-written cumulative tale with a happy ending. @abicushman.com's animals display endearing and singular personalities that will make young readers laugh and return for more."

🚌 GIVEAWAY ALERT 🚌 In honor of the back-to-school season and the ALSC Notable Children's Book THE YELLOW BUS, we're giving away a Back-to-School Kit for your classroom or library! Winners will receive a time capsule and a poster! 💛 Enter by 8/14 here: bit.ly/46cXjEa #edusky #backtoschool

We are deeply grateful to award-winning author @poetnikki.bsky.social for her generous donation to JAMS in Kenya. Her powerful stories and poems now line the shelves of the school’s library, inspiring young readers. Thanks a Million, Nikki, for investing in the minds and 💕 of the next generation.

@valeriebolling.bsky.social is such a grounding presence in the #writingcommunity Listening to this episode made me 😊 & remember that this journey is meant to be beautiful/ hope-full! & it's now live! I hope Ep. 19 of the @ymwjpodcast.bsky.social encourages you! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y...

I know the world is on fire, but @scottmccloud.bsky.social and I have a book out today! THE CARTOONISTS CLUB is our love letter to comics, made for that nerdy kid in the corner with the sketchbook. We suggest you visit your local comic shop, indie bookstore, or library to check it out!

Love this post from @annbraden.bsky.social. #EduSky "When life shows you how fragile it can be, it shapes you as a person. This is what I explore in my newest book INTO THE RAPIDS. It’s a survival story, but it’s also about how there’s more to life than just survival."

I have a new book coming out on Tuesday—WE MATCH! is my first fiction picture book in more than 5 years—and it’s full of dogs.

The next chapter in The Wild Robot universe is a picture book! THE WILD ROBOT ON THE ISLAND enters the world TODAY. My book tour will take me to Westbrook Maine, NYC, NJ, Philly, St Louis + the Chicago area. Hope to see you out there! Here’s the info- www.peterbrownstudio.com/event-schedu...

UPDATE: Nine excited pupils & two even more excited staff turned up. She talked us through the rules first, which were very simple: read books & be kind. Everyone enjoyed reading Albert's Tree by @jennidesmond.bsky.social & then talking about what they would do if they were a bear. It was perfect.

Hi, there! I'm the author of the #GingerbreadMan is Loose #picturebooks & the new Gingerbread Man is Loose early reader graphic novels. I love to talk about #books and #reading, & as a former Kindergarten teacher, I also love to talk about #learning! Pls consider me for applicable starter packs!

Elana + Charles = Magic 💚🦨

Congrats to #12x12PB member @katelynaronson.bsky.social on her Book Birthday for her #picturebook, 📚ORPHELINE: A MERMAID LOST AND FOUND STORY, illustrated by @dowphumiruk.bsky.social and published by Candlewick Press! See her book and MANY more: buff.ly/Zlzmje0

This month’s featured author is @elaynecrain.bsky.social, and her reminder is one we all need: “Keep your sense of adventure (and humor, if possible).” Read more about her story here: buff.ly/iT7PCA1

hey #kidlit friends - here's some advice on creating and revising, stuff it took me years to learn. Hope it helps on your creative adventures! scbwi.blogspot.com/2025/06/7-bo...

Attention campers 📣 This week at Camp Mackids we're recommending @kaaauthor.bsky.social books for readers of all ages 🤩 Whether you've got a little one interested in picture books or older kiddos reading middle grade - Katherine has a book for everyone 🙌🏽

HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY to my first book written for teachers! Thanks to my amazing editor @kassiaowedekind.bsky.social and to my agent extraordinaire @jmcgowanbks.bsky.social! Order here: valeriebolling.com/goal-setting @stenhousepub.bsky.social #teachers #students #classroom #writing #goals

At long last, I have a new website! A shout-out to the wonderful team at Skytemple, who exceeded all my expectations. If you stop by, you can also subscribe to a very infrequent newsletter for updates and giveaways you won’t find here. jodyfeldman.com

🤗 The key message of my new MG contemporary novel, Loophole (and don't you forget it): #WritingCommunity #writers #authors #kidlit #neurodiversity #anxiety #readers #readingcommunity #books

Congratulations to Newbery Medal-winning author @taekeller.bsky.social and illustrator Rachel Wada on the release of their new picture book, WE CARRY THE SUN. Happy book birthday and welcome to the world!

Thanks to all who have shared my Unofficial Guide To Bluesky! MUCH appreciated. Other ways to help: - Pass it forward. Help/welcome a Bluesky newcomer. - I make a living writing/illus #KidLit, so consider boosting, borrowing, or buying one of my books? More: publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/bl....

Summer is for Cousins, by Rajani LaRocca and Abhi Alwar is a GREAT book for the last day of school (and summer reading fun, in general). I read it with my K-2 classes, and they were all so eager to share their own stories. @rajanilarocca.bsky.social #kidlit #librarians #nescbwi

I look forward to seeing you at one or more of my summer events! @stenhousepub.bsky.social @highlightsfound.bsky.social @darienlibrary.bsky.social #kidlit #summer

Thrilled to finally be able to share cover for I'M BUSY, new picture bk by @michaelianblack.bsky.social & me, launching Feb.24,2026 @simonkids.bsky.social! Don't you love Laurent Linn's design? Find out why Michael wrote the book, see sample pages: debbieohi.com/2025/06/why-... #CoverReveal #KidLit

FIREFLY SONG is out today! I can't wait for you to read the true story of the woman who discovered the first documented species of synchronous fireflies in the Western Hemisphere! #amightygirl #tennessee #GSMNP #fireflies @simonkids.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social @steelworksliterary.bsky.social

Remembering that time we catalogued a Collins Nature Guide to the seashore and found all the new insults we could ever need.

My next book, ONE CAN BE, is my shortest at 130 words. It's a poem about the joy of being alone and the power of community. I broke the words down in this graphic. The book releases Sept. 2. You can preorder it here: tinyurl.com/5et5xwdt #booksky #megakidlit #skybrarian #introvert #booktrovert

Amazing summer reading launch at Hartford Public Library! Thanks to generous guest authors Ismee Williams, Luisana Duarte Armendáriz, and Priya Gupta! Shout out to @ctcasl.bsky.social, @msthombookitis.bsky.social, & @jluss.bsky.social for this amazing event! #kidlit #booksky #skybrarians