I am so excited…Mud to the Rescue! has won a silver EUREKA! HONOR BOOK AWARD! 🥳🎉🎊📚🐘

KY and Southern Indiana peeps! Tomorrow is the Louisville Book Festival…FREE/open to the public! I’m signing Mud to the Rescue! and will be on an author’s panel 10am-11am. #kidlit #louisvillebookfestival #mudtotherescue #picturebooks #reading #books #STEM #weboflifechildrensbooks #ingram

My publisher @weboflifebooks.bsky.social has just published this wonderful book by @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social and @megsodano.bsky.social. It is beautiful and fun! Read my review to find out more: www.goodreads.com/review/show/... #nonfiction #nature #oceans #picturebooks 🐋🦈🐠

I was the guest blogger recently for kidlit author Alisha Gabriel, discussing Mud to the Rescue!...so fun! 🐘🦩🐊🐖📚 alishagabriel.com/interview-wi...

If you look closely you can see hints at who’s been climbing our window nightly for a yummy treat (we now bring the bird food inside at dark)! 🦝 #pawprints #midnightraider #wherestheWindex #nature

I'm so happy it's finally September! So much going on in the kidlit world. I discuss this and more in my latest newsletter. tanyakonerman.wordpress.com/2025/09/

Another reason to love September! #WorldKidlitMonth #kidlit #September #picturebooks #middlegrade #ya

August nut hunter pauses, rests, but not for long September is nigh #HaikuSaturday #haiku #poetry #nature #seasons

It’s #WorldElephantDay! I ❤️ 🐘 so much, I have one on the cover of #MudtotheRescue. My Spirit Animal is caring, intelligent, loyal, strong…see below for ways to help them every day! #elephants #nature #kidlit #STEM #picturebooks #animals @weboflifebooks.bsky.social

Dog Days of summer sun heats cicadas’ song ‘til night rains light showers #HaikuSaturday #haiku #poetry #summer #August #perseids #writing

My August newsletter looks at summer and reading. 📚 😎 tanyakonerman.wordpress.com/2025/08/01/t... #books #kidlit #picturebooks #middlegrade #schoolvisits #nature #mudtotherescue #STEAM #summer #reading

Finally BIC’d 🪑👩‍💻 this morning to start my #middlegrade #nonfiction proposal, even knocking out the outline and a bit of the Overview. Would love it if this energy and focus could follow me into #Monday for my #picturebook writing! 📚🗓️

So excited for this new book out today by the amazing @teresarobeson.com! #kidlit #middlegrade #disgustology

I can’t wait to get my copy of this fun book by my CP and great friend @teresarobeson.com! #kidlit #science #Disgustology #fun 📚🥳😍

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Today is #InternationalMudDay! Animals around the world celebrate it every day, but today we can all appreciate slippy, sloppy, sludgy mud! Click here for more on this fun day: www.holidayscalendar.com/event/intern... 🐘🐢🦇🐖🦩🦜🦫🐍🦛 #mudtotherescue #picturebooks #kidlit #STEM #nonfiction #animals #nature

I’m so honored to be featured on one of my favorite kidlit sites! 📚

Don’t miss my June interview on #PictureBookPlaces with debut author Tanya Konerman. We’ll stop by a few muddy places and discuss Tanya’s book MUD TO THE RESCUE! Visit heatherdawntorres.com/blog for the full interview and to enter the giveaway! #authorinterview #debutpicturebook #mudtotherescue

Excited for this! 📚 🥳 #reviews #picturebooks #STEM #nonfiction #animals #nature

New month, new newsletter! 📚✍️https://tanyakonerman.wordpress.com/2025/06/02/tanya-konermans-june-july-2025-author-newsletter/

Behind the Scenes: "Organizing Facts for the Audience and Current Market" by Tanya Konerman #writing #picturebooks #kidlit #mudtotherescue #writingprocess #nonfiction bethandersonwriter.com/2025/05/30/b...

Educators: my post on LitLinks is about teaching the writing of free verse. Click through to read more! ✍️📚🌳🐘

Had a fantastic book launch yesterday, along with celebration afterwards. Thanks to everyone who came out and Krista Konerman for organizing the celebration! 📚🥳 🥰 If you weren’t able to get your signed copy, you can still order online! #debut #picturebooks #nonfiction #launch #family #friends

Happy Book Birthday to MUD TO THE RESCUE!. Thanks to the illustrator #MelanieCataldo; my incredible agent Mona K. with @greatdoglit.bsky.social; @weboflifebooks.bsky.social; my amazing CP's @teresarobeson.com, Keiko Kasza, Kim Howard; and my family! #picturebooks #NatureForKids #STEMforKids 🐘🐖🦩🐊🐢🦫

It’s World Endangered Species Day…here’s a simple way to take action for the beautiful creatures we love! 🌎🐻🐢🐘🐦🦇🦀🐳🦏

It’s almost here! Mud to the Rescue! arrives in bookstores one week from today. Don’t forget to enter my preorder giveaway as well! 📚🐘🦩🐢🦇🦫🦎🐖 @weboflifebooks @greatdoglit #melcatstories #picturebooks #nonfiction #kidlit #natureforkids #stemforkids

Sunrise. Favorite part of my day! #sunrise #Indiana #goodmorning

This is a great tip for fellow nonfiction writers when paywalls stop you in your rabbit-hole tracks! 📚💻✍🏼

I was so happy to be featured in PB First Lines May 2025 Edition with how my first lines evolved over time in MUD TO THE RESCUE! 📚🐘🦩🐢✍️ #pitcturebooks #amwriting #naturebooks #STEM #kidlitauthor #kidlit #naturebooks open.substack.com/pub/skruger/...

@CBCBook’s May Hot Off the Press features my debut #picturebook MUD TO THE RESCUE! bit.ly/1dCTqYI #mustread #kidlit #CBCHotOffThePress #melaniecataldo @cbcbooks.bsky.social @weboflifebooks.bsky.social @greatdoglit.bsky.social 📚🐘🦇🦫🐊🦩🐖🐢

Kirkus! #picturebooks #debut #natureforkids #STEM 🥳📚

It's May, the month I've been waiting for because MUD TO THE RESCUE! HOW ANIMALS USE MUD TO THRIVE AND SURVIVE arrives soon! Find out how to get a signed copy and possibly win a book bundle! #picturebooks 🥳🎂https://tanyakonerman.wordpress.com/2025/05/01/may-2025-tanya-konermans-author-newsletter/

NGS/UCB callout for American Keystone Species Conservation Research/Project Grant: 🌎 www.nationalgeographic.org/society/gran...

IMHO, Earth Day is every day! 🌎🌲🐘🦇🐖🐢🦎🦩🦫

House finch family future wreathed in twigs and grass hope springs eternal #HaikuSaturday #haiku #birding #spring #outmywindow #finch #nest 🪺🌸🌾

Just a few short weeks until Mud to the Rescue! arrives...find it at your local Indie, Bookshop.org, B&N, or the big A. 📚🐘🦫🐊🐖🦩🦇🐢 #mudtotherescue #kidlit #picturebooks #weboflifebooks #STEMforkids youtu.be/DTuh_6TY4D4?...

I’ve been obsessed with libraries for as long as I can remember. Entire worlds at my fingertips for free! 📚 #NationalLibraryWeek #books #reading #kidlit 🥳🤩

No foolin'...my April newsletter is here! 📚✍️https://tanyakonerman.wordpress.com/2025/04/01/tanya-konermans-april-2025-kidlit-newsletter/

Just weeks away! Preorder now at your favorite Indie bookstore or Bookshop.org! 📚🐘🦀🦜🐊🦛🦫🦩🦦🦇🐖

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Please consider signing so Tina can live the rest of her life in peace! 🐘✍️😍 www.speciesunite.com/save-tina-pe...

Today’s the book birthday for my dear friend and CP’s newest picture book! Congratulations @teresarobeson.bsky.social. It’s beautiful! 📚😍

Modern ancient bird Pileated woodpecker Ready, set, lift off #HaikuSaturday #haiku #poetry #birding #woodpecker #Indiana

Surprise 4” snowfall this morning is great for the #GBYBC! #birding #Indiana #winter #snow

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This book-OUT TODAY-is fantastic: informative in a delightful way, adorably illustrated, and fun! #alpacas #kidlit #nonfiction #picturebooks #animals #STEM #new

February warmth Time to find those hidden nuts Are they over there? #HaikuSaturday #haiku #poetry #squirrel #February #funny

Great advice…race and marathon!

Not sure how to express your outrage? Follow the easy scripts offered here by #5Calls! #outrage #advocate #democracy

Follow this thread for the full list of no-no words 🤦‍♀️😡