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Ame Dyckman

@amedyckman.bsky.social

NYT Bestselling/Geisel-winning #kidlit author! (Short, loud, goofy… & probably trying to hug wildlife. “NO, AME!”) LATEST 📖: BAT, CAT & RAT 5: 🏘️THE COZY TOWN🏘️. 6 new 📚 in 2026! (Send coffee! 😂!) Represented by: Tricia Lawrence, Aevitas Creative Management.

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · yesterday

YIPPEE! 🎉! HAPPY #BookBirthday to: ⭐️WE CANNOT BE BRAVE⭐️ (DUCKIE & SNAPS #2) LAUGH & CHEER as Duckie🐥 & Snaps🐊 TRY to be brave in the deep, dark jungle—& once again discover “WE CANNOT” can be “WE CAN!” ❤️! 📝 by me! 🎨 by #TimMiller Orchard Books, Scholastic! #kidlit

The cover of WE CANNOT BE BRAVE (DUCKIE & SNAPS #2), in which an enthusiastic yellow duckling in a pink hairbow (DUCKIE) leads a worried green crocodile hatchling (SNAPS) through the deep, dark jungle in search of The BIG Little Yellow Thing. (A banana big enough to share with EVERYONE!) Text by me, art by Tim Miller, from Orchard Books, Scholastic. Everywhere you love to get books!

Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 6d ago

We have employed A tiny gardener To solve our Clover problem They are slow but THOROUGH

Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · last mo.

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY, EVERYBODY! Please enjoy our high-tech fireworks display. 😂!

Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · last mo.

EARWIGS, man. They’re EVERYWHERE! 🪳: “HOT EARWIG SUMMER!” 🪳: “It’s givin’ EARWIG!”

Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · last mo.

There’s a dog on our street with an unusual voice. He doesn’t say: “BARK-BARK-BARK!” He says: “BORK-BORK-BORK!” Reminds me of THIS guy! 😂!

Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · last mo.

Husband Guy and his group were having a Very Important Meeting in the big conference room with all the windows when suddenly— THIS baby deer wobbled over and *PLOPPED* down RIGHT outside to wait for their mom. “VERYIMPORTANTSCIENTIFICDISCOVERIESBLAHBLAH—” “AWWWWWWW!” 🥹😍!

ADORABLE spotted baby deer curled up in the grass, waiting for their mom to come back from doing Mom Deer Stuff.

Elio @eliopictures.bsky.social · last mo.

🎉 It’s a #bookbirthday for early readers! MONSTER OG number 3: ⭐️🎈OG RESCUES BOP!🎈⭐️ is out TODAY! Written by @amedyckman.bsky.social , art by me. Published by @simonandschuster + @simonkids 📸 photo taken at @andersonsbookshop Thank you @sarahmakesbooks @jenrofe @andreabrownlit #kidlitart

Jeremy C. Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Meet my newest fabric art creation: Princess Prisma Moonsorrow the Cosmic Ghost Bag. I designed and hand-sewed her and her little hat, and I hand-embroidered all her stars. Prisma wholeheartedly believes that she's a princess, although most people don't seem to agree. jeremycreature.bigcartel.com

Here's a lovely photo of Prisma. She's a black ghost with a gray moon face, twinkly black eyes, and a little frown. Her body is covered with stars of various colors and sizes. There's every color of the rainbow, as well as pink. The top of her head is a metal coin purse clasp. She's wearing a black fabric witch hat magnetically attached to the clasp. There's green fur in the background of the pic.

Here's another lovely photo of Prisma, where she's resting on my palm, her back facing the camera. Her back is also covered with an embroidered galaxy of colorful stars. The hat is beside her.

Here's a lovely peek inside Prisma. Her lining is a beautiful galaxy print fabric.

Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · last mo.

B&N PRESALE 25% OFF THINGY*! *Official name. Right? Pretty sure! Y’know how this thingy works! Show authors a l’il ❤️ by preordering their upcoming 📚—⭐️THANK YOU! 😊!⭐️—& save 25% of yer 💰! GOOD karma, deal, THINGY! #Scholastic @simonkids.bsky.social @littlebrownyr.bsky.social @barnesandnoble.com

The cover of the upcoming (8/4/26) children’s picture book, DUCKIE & SNAPS #2: WE CANNOT BE BRAVE, in which the enthusiastic yellow duckling, Duckie, and the cautious green crocodile, Snaps, TRY to be brave and venture into the deep, dark jungle—in search of the BIG Little Yellow Thing. (An enormous banana! 😂!) But as always with DUCKIE & SNAPS, when they work together, “we cannot” can be, “WE CAN!” Text by me. Art by the fabulous Tim Miller. From Orchard Books, Scholastic!

The cover of the upcoming (9/15/26) children’s book, BAT, CAT & RAT #6: THE SICK DAY, in which Cat and Rat comfort Bat, who wakes with a little cold. Then nothing is on the daily schedule—except Bat. In these latest three-and-a-half stories, a sweet reminder of what’s really important, with laughs—and a few spider sandwiches!—too. Text by me. Art by the fabulous Mark Teague. From Beach Lane Books, Simon & Schuster.

The cover of the upcoming (9/15/26) children’s rhyming early reader, MONSTER OG #4: OG ROCKS THE BOAT!, in which kind Monster Og (and his ENORMOUS Cat, Mog) are challenged to a boat race by gloating Cousin Zog and his goat, Goat. With a little STEAM—and a little wind! HA!—can Og think, make a plan, and save the day? And will EVERYONE learn good sportsmanship? EVEN ZOG?! Text by me. Art by the fabulous Elio. From Simon Spotlight, Simon & Schuster!

The cover of the upcoming (11/24/26) children’s picture book, TO THE ACTUAL MOON AND BACK, in which a parent’s figurative “I love you to the moon and back” to their child kicks off an unexpected wacky-but-sweet intergalactic adventure. (LITERALLY! 😂!) Text by me. Art by the fabulous Dan & Jason. From Little, Brown Books For Young Readers!

Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · last mo.

AUTHOR CONFESSION: Yesterday, Husband Guy & I went to #FIFA #WorldCup. There were a lot of people. A LOT of people. All was well-run—YAY, PHILLY!—& EVERYONE was literally SO NICE ❤️, but… Being around LOTS of people that were ACTUALLY REAL & not just in my head? WEIRD! 😅!

Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · last mo.

THANKS SO MUCH for the #BookLove, @perednia.bsky.social and kinders! 😊! We hope you’ll ❤️ our ⭐️🎈MONSTER OG: OG RESCUES BOP!🎈⭐️ too! (A little #STEAM and a little SILLY! 🤓😂!) #Booksky #kidlit @eliopictures.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social

Lynne Perednia@perednia.bsky.social · last mo.

Woot! My kinders adored Ame's books when I did a unit on her work every year. That's about as big an endorsement as can be. #Booksky #Kidlit

Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · last mo.

HOORAY and THANKS, @kslivensky.bsky.social! 😊! And CHEERS to your little reader! SO HAPPY he’s enjoying our MONSTER OG books, and hope he loves ⭐️🎈OG RESCUES BOP!🎈⭐️ too! @eliopictures.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social

Katie Slivensky@kslivensky.bsky.social · last mo.

Woohoo! 🎉 Our 4yo is going to be so excited! He loves the Og and Mog books!

Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · last mo.

YAY! 🎉! It’s a #BookBirthday for our #EarlyReader: MONSTER OG #3: ⭐️🎈OG RESCUES BOP!🎈⭐️ 📝 by me, 🎨 by @eliopictures.bsky.social, @SimonKIDS.bsky.social! Og (& his BIG 🐈, Mog) babysit Og’s little sister, Bop, but— Bop runs off. Grabs a 🎈. & FLOATS AWAY! 😅☁️! Hope YOUR littles ❤️ it! #kidlit #STEAM

The colorful cartoon cover of MONSTER OG #3: OG RESCUES BOP! Cute green toddler monster, Bop, holds a balloon and sails away over her big brother, the kind Monster Og—who was SUPPOSED to be babysitting her! OOPS! Can Og (along with his BIG cat, Mog) think, make a plan, and rescue Bop? With a little #STEAM and a lot of heart, this rhyming family-oriented early reader is PERFECT for littles learning to read themselves. (And MORE fun with MONSTER OG is coming later this year from me, illustrator Elio, and the team at Simon Spotlight, Simon & Schuster!) Buy or borrow OG RESCUES BOP! wherever you love to get books! Thank you!

Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Man, my cozy town’s #library is SO FREAKIN’ COOL! ROCK ON, @mclsnj.bsky.social! 🏆❤️!

GINORMOUS like 9-feet-tall inflatable toothed dinosaur head—INSIDE MY LIBRARY for the library’s “Unearth A Story” theme! AWESOME!

Will Not Standstil @kellylink.bsky.social · 2mo ago

post the best picture you have ever taken of your pet (if you feel like it)

Must always repost this closeup of our labradoodle, Koko, shaking herself after getting out of a river. Her hindlegs appear to be bent-kneed regular, hairy black legs, while her forelegs are stretched straight out on either side like weird arm poles. They almost look as if they are behind her back legs. The rest of her is a hairy black oval resting like a neckless spider sac directly on top of the four black limbs. The only features discernible are a triangle of nose, and a glint of one eyes looking directly at you. She looks like a nightmarish cryptid—an alien able to skitter at high speeds, emerging from some hell portal. Behold the Babadoodle.

Amy Rae Hill@amyraehill.bsky.social · 2mo ago

post the best picture you have ever taken of your pet (if you feel like it):

Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Saw on my walk. I have QUESTIONS. 😳😂!

It’s a white… mannequin arm? With a Post-It that says, “FREE” written on it in black marker, on the yellow-painted curb of the street.

Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This beach bunny thinks I can’t see them. So I can’t. And you can’t, either. Good hiding, Bunny. ❤️!

An (almost entirely visible) little brown rabbit “hiding” behind a straggly beach plant in the sand, behind a short weathered white picket fence.

Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I have an interview in this month's Clarkesworld magazine, which you can read here: clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritzer_inte...

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

LOVE this scene from our ⭐️NEW⭐️ BAT, CAT & RAT #5: 🏘️THE COZY TOWN🏘️ when Cat realizes “junk” flea markets have… 🤩❤️BOOKS!❤️🤩 (😂😂😂!) THE COZY TOWN 📝 by me! 🎨 by #MarkTeague! Beach Lane Books, @simonkids.bsky.social! Everywhere YOU ❤️ to buy or borrow books! 🦇🐈🐀! #kidlit

Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Summer camp catapulted Maddie Frost out of her comfort zone as a kid. So she wrote her first middle grade book about it | People

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

⭐️YIPPEE!⭐️! Honored & grateful that our: BAT, CAT & RAT #5: 🏘️THE COZY TOWN🏘️ 📝 by me 🎨 by #MarkTeague from Beach Lane Books, @simonkids.bsky.social is an: ⭐️AMAZON EDITORS’ PICK!⭐️ THANKS, Amazon & @amazonpublishing.bsky.social! 😊🎉! 🦇🐈🐀: “THANK YOU!” Hope YOU’LL ❤️ it! #kidlit #BookBirthday 🎂!

The cover of the children’s book, BAT, CAT & RAT #5: THE COZY TOWN—with an Amazon Editors’ Pick badge! The cover features an adorable-and-funny illustrated Bat, Cat, and Rat exploring their cozy town. Rat holds his flea market “treasure” (a ridiculously giant fork), Cat is smiling and holding their shopping bag, and cute little Bat is practically DROOLING on the marshmallows for the bonfire later. (Can he wait? MAYYYBE!) Text by Ame Dyckman, art by Mark Teague, from Beach Lane Books, Simon & Schuster. Thanks for reading!

Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Father’s Day is coming up. Husband Guy wants a long cutter thingie for pruning trees. (BOR-ing! 😂!) So I Googled: “Are there TREE LASERS?” THERE ARE! & THEY 💥VAPORIZE💥! But they cost tens of thousands of 💵s & need special training &… I don’t have either of those. 😅!

Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

When you go to a fancy restaurant and the menu says their salads have “hand-torn” lettuce. ME: “Did they wash hands? For the WHOLE ‘Happy Birthday’ song? Nobody washes hands for the WHOLE ‘Happy Birthday’ song. Even surgeons rush the ‘Happy Birthday’ song. Let’s get fries.”

Reuters @reuters.com · 2mo ago

The world's largest dedicated space for illustration, the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration, the brainchild of celebrated the British illustrator, is all set to open its doors in London on June 5.

Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🎉HOORAY🎉! It’s the #BOOKBIRTHDAY of: 🐀🐈🦇 BAT, CAT & RAT #5: 🏘️THE COZY TOWN🏘️! 📝 by me 🎨 by #MarkTeague from Beach Lane Books, @simonkids.bsky.social! A 💌 to cozy towns, flea market fun, chatting w/ neighbors—& MARSHMALLOWS! 😋! Share a copy w/ YOUR cozy town! THANK YOU! ❤️📚! #kidlit

The cover of the children’s book, BAT, CAT & RAT #5: THE COZY TOWN, surrounded by ribbons, a bow, and confetti. The cover features an adorable-and-funny illustrated Bat, Cat, and Rat exploring their cozy town. Rat holds his flea market “treasure” (a ridiculously giant fork), Cat is smiling and holding their shopping bag, and cute little Bat is practically DROOLING on the marshmallows for the bonfire later. (Can he wait? Find out!) Text by Ame Dyckman, art by Mark Teague, from Beach Lane Books, Simon & Schuster. (And we just found out: it’s an Amazon Editors’ Pick! WOO-HOO!) Hope you’ll love the latest “three-and-a-half” stories with our l’il trio! Available everywhere you love to borrow or buy books, and we’d be so grateful if you’d give it a peek. THANK YOU!

Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We were watching a TV show where someone swiped a badge that got them into a room that said, “AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY.” ME: “I’ve never been Authorized Personnel.” Then I realized: I’M AUTHOR-IZED PERSONNEL! 😂😂😂!

Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We'd like to reopen the shop in a brick and mortar format and adopt a shop cat, so we're running a sale on the website to help with that. Get 25% off your order with promo code Bookstore cat at checkout. Pictured are some of the adoptable cats at BARCS we were looking at. carpelibrumbaltimore.com

Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Do YOU ❤️ flea markets? Or know someone who does? Take a sneak 👀 at the #fleamarket fun in: BAT, CAT & RAT #5: THE COZY TOWN 📝 by me, 🎨 by #MarkTeague, Beach Lane Books, @simonkids.bsky.social Order today, 😂 on ⭐️6/2/26⭐️! See MORE: simonandschuster.com/books/The-Cozy… #kidlit 🦇🐈🐀: “THANKS!”

The cover of the children’s early reader/picture book, BAT, CAT & RAT #5: THE COZY TOWN, in which roommates-and-friends Bat, Cat, and Rat explore their cozy town in three-and-a-half new stories! Cover art features lovable Bat gazing at a bag of marshmallows for later, Cat smiling, and Rat completely smitten with his flea market find: a GIANT fork! Text by Ame Dyckman, art by Mark Teague, from Beach Lane Books, Simon & Schuster! Pubs 6/2/26–order yours today!

Cat spots a flea market in their cozy town.

Cat and Bat whisper that flea markets are full of junk—and Rat, who LOVES junk, hears them!

Bat, Cat and Rat have arrived at the flea market! Cat is unimpressed, Rat is SO impressed—and Bat is startled by a jack-in-the-box clown. (WHY do flea markets always have CLOWNS?! HA!)

Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 3mo ago

As the weather gets nice, it’s the PERFECT time to explore your cozy town! (And OURS. ❤️!) THE COZY TOWN (BAT, CAT & RAT book #5) 📝 by me. 🎨 by #MarkTeague. From the nice folks at Beach Lane Books, @simonkids.bsky.social Order today, “AWWW!” on June 2nd! 🦇🐈🐀: “THANK YOU!” #kidlit

The cover of the children’s book, THE COZY TOWN, the fifth book in the BAT, CAT & RAT series, by Ame Dyckman and Mark Teague, from Beach Lane Books, Simon & Schuster, pubbing June 2nd. On the cover, roommates-and-friends Bat, Cat, and Rat explore their cozy town. Rat holds a ridiculously large fork he got from their local flea market, Cat is smiling, and Bat’s obsessed with Cat’s bag of marshmallows for the bonfire. (For LATER, Bat! Not now!) ❤️🦇🐈🐀!

Katie Slivensky @kslivensky.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Our cat Darwin, enjoying this new cat bed we were thoughtful enough to get him.

Black and white cat sleeping on an uncompleted puzzle on a cardboard board, on a wooden floor.