I'm agog! FORTS is one of @usatoday.com's bestselling #picturebooks this week! Thank you to all the indie bookstores who believe in this book and have been sharing it with their customers. ❤️💙📚 #kidlit www.usatoday.com/booklist/gen...

🎉COVER REVEAL!!🎉 We are thrilled to share this gorgeous cover! GO PLAY will be released by @broadleafbooks.bsky.social on April 14, 2026! Thank you to our editor Lisa Kloskin, our book’s agent @literarylesliez.bsky.social and the cover designer Angie Chiu.

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In WAIT ‘TIL YOU’RE OLDER by @msmarianayagam.bsky.social w/art by Irina Avgustinovich, tired of hearing “wait ‘til you’re older,” Reha takes matters into her own hands. An introduction to the idea of time travel cleverly paired w/ celebration of creativity & joy of living in the moment. #kidlit 📚👍🏻

Middle school is a tumultuous yet foundational period in children's lives. Hear from @msmarianayagam.bsky.social‬, author of the hilarious and heartwarming book NO PURCAHSE NECESSARY, on how we can help guide our students to make good choices during this time: bit.ly/4dyqDGU 🍫

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I’m so excited for this! My presentation is jam packed with great examples and some helpful learnings I’ve collected along the way. I hope you’ll join me!

Happy book birthday to @msmarianayagam.bsky.social's No Purchase Necessary! mrschureads.blogspot.com/2024/05/no-p...

New Book Day! 💙📚 @nnedi.bsky.social @tswitherspoon.bsky.social @alicefeeney.com @msmarianayagam.bsky.social @erikaswyler.bsky.social @fondalee.bsky.social et al #librarylife #booksky #ilovemyjob

In 2022, I worked closely with a new writer who won a full MS critique and 1 hour phone call that I donated to Books for Palestine. Her book, was so good l even gave it a presubmission blurb. Well that book is coming out next week and I couldn’t be prouder of @msmarianayagam.bsky.social!!

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You’re the best, @andrewchacket.bsky.social

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Thank you for the kind words @anicarissi.bsky.social 🧡

✨A STARRED REVIEW FROM KIRKUS! ✨ I’m so delighted to share that No Purchase Necessary has gotten a starred review from Kirkus!!! What’s a starred review, you ask? It’s Kirkus’s way of signaling a book they consider truly special—and it’s only assigned to about 10% of the books they review.

New Verse Show #podcast is up!! We chat with @msmarianayagam.bsky.social about The Amazing Power of Girls illustrated by Skylar White and Maria shares some great insight into publishing! #kidlit #WritingCommunity #kidlitmegafeed

I’m in 💕love💕 w/ these new books by @msmarianayagam.bsky.social & @katuno.bsky.social Everyone needs hope & courage. 👍🏼📚

⭐️⭐️my first middle grade novel⭐️⭐️ I’m so thrilled to share the announcement of my debut middle grade novel with Harper!! I couldn’t be more grateful to Yash and Alyson for championing this project, and to Alice Fugate for orchestrating this deal.

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Stunningly! I love nebulae and that’s why I wrote the picture book, CLOUDS IN SPACE, coming out next year from MIT Kids 🤩😍

🔔 cover reveal 🔔 Hi all! Please meet Baby Hope & Baby Courage! These sweet little babies will be on shelves in Jan, and are available to pre-order now. (Link in bio) Please fill out the pre-order form at Marianayagam.com/pre-order-form to receive a signed/personalized bookplate 💜💚

5 days left to bid! Copies of each of my published books, + MY VERY LAST ARC OF HUMMIGBIRD SEASON, + PB MS critique, + AMA!!! Go to the @AWEtober IG account to bid and help Maui recover and thrive!

Thanks for the great interview questions, @rebeccaglevington.bsky.social! Check out today’s Picture Book Builders post and comment to enter the #bookgiveaway!

Hey #PORTFOLIODAY I‘m a Canadian kidlit author-illustrator based in Berlin, Germany. I am seeking representation. #kidlitart #amquerying #seekingrepresentation

"A good first line gives me context about the story and lays a roadmap for where we're going." @marchsoloway, Senior Agent at ABLA, on the podcast Writers w/Wrinkles. Get inspiration for your first line, starting w/ Susan Johnston Taylor's revision journey: www.sarakruger.com/first-lines/...

"Once a floating city, where sailors scurried as planes launched into battle, the USS Oriskany completed hundreds of daring missions, earning the nickname, the Mighty-O." Read about that first line from @jstremer.bsky.social's debut #PB Great Carrier Reef here: www.sarakruger.com/first-lines/...

Authors are not "content creators". "Content" is the stuff that's in your pocket at the end of the day. It's what's on the spam email you delete or the ad material that gets shoved in your mailbox and you recycle. Art requires purpose, intelligence, curiosity, emotion, memory, soul and heart.

Jasmine Toguchi was among the books included in the We Need Diverse Books grant to gift diverse titles to school districts. And now a Niles, MI school board is refusing to allow these titles to circulate in their schools! Please read on how you can help: diversebooks.org/letter-to-br...

Bursting with auntly pride. ❤️ My niece Sara Truuvert makes her debut as a picture book author on Sept.26 when MIRA AND BAKU launches from Annick Press 🇨🇦! Gorgeously illustrated by Michelle Theodore. www.annickpress.com/Books/M/Mira... Publisher did NOT know Sara's aunt & mom were in the biz cont'd

Had fun talking about my creative process on Lydia Lukidis' blog. Read about it here and enter to win a copy of GREAT CARRIER REEF! lydialukidis.wordpress.com/2023/09/20/a...

Which of these 2023 Middle Grade Novel-in-Verse have you read? This is my favorite form to read. And I love seeing how each story is uniquely its own, and each poetic style is distinct and compelling.

Custom feed update: 35 kidlit/YA editors (who work with traditional publishing houses) + 1 editorial assistant 70 kidlit/YA agents It's clear that the kidlit/YA community is embracing Bluesky, HURRAY! 💛📚 You can find my Custom Feeds (and add any to your My Feeds) by going to my FEEDS tab.

Just a note to say…you are loved.

Tip for those who find community engagement not as high on Bluesky as it is on xTwitter: Right now, this platform reminds me of early Twitter days. As I did back then, I'm NOT diving right into normal posting as I would elsewhere. Doing more listening/exploring, feeling things out. cont'd

I'm super stoked about this news: HELLO, STAR is going to be turned into a hands-on opera by OperaParallele in San Francisco! Performances will be taking place in 2025. I cannot wait to see what this turns into! More about their hands-on opera: operaparallele.org/hands-on-ope...

@joshmonkwords.bsky.social and I chatted with Adam Rex for the #podcast last Friday!!! I think we did a good job of NOT asking the same old questions. Can't wait to share the episode with the #kidlit #writingcommunity 🎉

Are you a kidlit book author or illustrator who enjoys connecting w/schools & libraries? Pls REPLY TO THIS POST, including link to where educators/librarians can find out more info about you & your books. If you do school visits, also mention. I also advise including an image (book cover? etc).

Thanks for this list, @katemessner.bsky.social! Happy to have a place to start on this new platform.