INTERVIEW WITH #KIDLIT #PICTUREBOOK AUTHORS AND #AGENTS HUSBAND-AND-WIFE TEAM JAMES AND LUCY CATCHPOLE, PLUS A CRITIQUE/AMA GIVEAWAY writersrumpus.com/2025/08/05/i...

INTERVIEW WITH #KIDLIT #PICTUREBOOK AUTHORS AND #AGENTS HUSBAND-AND-WIFE TEAM JAMES AND LUCY CATCHPOLE, PLUS A CRITIQUE/AMA GIVEAWAY

By Danna Zeiger (and her kids) We just missed Disability Pride Month (July!) but I would love to extend the festivities with James and Lucy’s important picture books: YOU’RE SO AMAZING!…

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#KidlitZombieWeek Day 1! Check it out here kaitlynleannsanchez.com/2025/06/22/g... Then come back & comment on this post w/ the prescription you want to try on your manuscript & why. Thanks @literallylynne.bsky.social for kicking off Kidlit Zombie Week 2025 with this inspirational post!

Guest Post for Kidlit Zombie Week 2025, Day 1: RXs TO BRING MANUSCRIPTS FROM DEAD TO READ by Lynne Marie (6/23/2025)

#KidlitZombieWeek 2025, Day 1

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I'm excited to be a guest on Vivian Kirkfield's blog today! ⭐️🌛⭐️

Vivian Kirkfield@viviankirkfield.bsky.social · last yr.

Happy #CincodeMayo! We are celebrating with a cover reveal for DARK SKIES by @lindseyhobson.bsky.social Makenzie McCarthy & it's also #ChildrensBookWeek & time for #50PreciousWordsforKids - #parents & #teachers please email your kids stories to me viviankirkfield.com/2025/05/05/c...

The Plot Lab is happening this Friday! Everyone who registers also gets access to Damon Suede's recent webinar, The Genre Plot: Unpacking the Universal Truths of Narrative. A terrific opportunity to dig into the building blocks of Story and apply to your own WIP. app.inkedvoices.com/event/worksh...

INTERVIEW WITH #JEWISH #KIDLIT AUTHOR CHARLOTTE OFFSAY ABOUT MATZAH DAY, PLUS A GIVEAWAY writersrumpus.com/2025/03/28/i...

INTERVIEW WITH #JEWISH #KIDLIT AUTHOR CHARLOTTE OFFSAY ABOUT MATZAH DAY, PLUS A GIVEAWAY

By Danna Zeiger I was lucky to “meet” Charlotte before I actually met her at last year’s NCTE. Through her prolific books (my kids and I especially loved The Quiet Forest) and her impressive social…

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Doesn't this latest Mary book look fantastic?

Tammi Sauer@tammisauer.bsky.social · 2y ago

She’s baaaaack! To discover the idea that sparked MARY HAD A LITTLE JAM, check out my latest Picture Book Builders post. ➡️➡️Repost for a chance to win a signed copy. This book is my attempt to bring a little harmony into this world. 🎶🎵🎶🎵 picturebookbuilders.com/2025/03/mary...

Looking forward to reading!

Dev Petty@devpetty.bsky.social · 2y ago

Enter by tomorrow!

Hi Friends, Here is my blog post about writing about quirky kids. I talk about my son interrupting me during story time which lead to my story Just Ducky: A Friendship Takes Flight and other ideas gathered from being a mom and a librarian. #kidlit www.rateyourstory.org/single-post/...

MOWMT: Writing About Quirky Kids by Berrie Torgan-Randall

March 6, 2025[Note: Click on the Covers to Buy the Books] I wrote my picture book Just Ducky: A Friendship Takes Flight (Cardinal Rule Press, October 2025) based on an event that happened when my son ...

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#50PreciousWords UPDATE! Toadstool Bookshop in Keene NH says there are only 25 books in the pile for the literacy nonprofit we are supporting this year, but we had 585 contest entries. Books are the best vehicle to spread the message of #kindness & #equality. toadbooks.com/store/2 (603) 352-8815.

Thanks to @andreabrownlit.bsky.social for hosting the amazing Big Sur Children's Writers Workshop. I met and learned from incredible writers from across the country. Grateful for the #kidlit community!

alaynekaychristian.wordpress.com/2025/02/22/i... Check out this super interesting post! Inspirational yet realistic.

I STOPPED BELIEVING SO MANY TIMES! PUBLISHING STATISTICS, PLUS CRITIQUE OPPORTUNITY FROM ALAYNE KAY CHRISTIAN

I STOPPED BELIEVING SO MANY TIMES! PUBLISHING STATISTICS, PLUS CRITIQUE OPPORTUNITY FROM ALAYNE KAY CHRISTIAN by Alayne Kay Christian Today’s post features: A brief and exciting (for me) announceme…

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Looking forward to another amazing year of inspiration. #picturebooks

This was a great interview, Jodi! So inspiring.

Jodi Moore@jodimoore.bsky.social · 3y ago

Delighted to be invited to share some Dragon love on the Seasons of KidLit blog to celebrate Appreciate a Dragon Day - plus a HUGE giveaway, courtesy of Flashlight Press! Hope you'll join the celebration! 🥰 www.seasonsofkidlit.com/post/celebra...

Happy Birthday to #MartinLutherKingJr! Here are some of our favorite #picturebooks about MLK Jr. Read these, and more, today and every day! What are your favorites? #12x12PB #diversebooks #diversebooksforkids #amreading

Happy Book Birthday to #12x12PB member Nancy Churnin! Her #picturebook, VALENTINES FOR ALL: ESTHER HOWLAND CAPTURES AMERICA'S HEART, illustrated by Monika Roza Wisniewska and published by Albert Whitman, is available for purchase: bit.ly/book-birthday

Happy Book Birthday to #12x12PB member Nancy Churnin) Her #picturebook, COUNTING ON SHABBAT, illustrated by Petronela Dostanova and published by Kar-Ben Publishing, released today. See ALL of November's book birthdays here: bit.ly/book-birthday

Woohoo! It's #12x12PB member @laurenkerstein.bsky.social's Book Birthday for her #picturebook, REMEMBERING SUNDAYS WITH GRANDPA, illustrated by Nanette Regan and published by Beaming Books! Take a look at ALL of November's book birthdays here: bit.ly/book-birthday

We're celebrating #12x12PB member @ronnidiamondstein.bsky.social's Book Birthday today for her #picturebook, JACKIE AND THE BOOKS SHE LOVED, illustrated by @batslangley.bsky.social and published by Skyhorse Publishing! Check out her book and MANY more: bit.ly/book-birthday

Giveaway alert.

Laura Gehl@authorlauragehl.bsky.social · 3y ago

This is my first-ever Bluesky post, and it's a GIVEAWAY! To enter to win a copy of WHO MADE THIS MESS?, a laugh-out-loud picture book intended to remind kids that our assumptions are often incorrect, please follow me and share this post by 11/8. US only. Teachers/librarians are entered twice!

Hey Bluesky #kidlit peeps! Heads up that if you are an author or illustrator of #picturebooks, you've only got a couple of days left to register for Picture Book Summit. We've got THE Julie Andrews joining us (not to mention the Steads and Nikki Grimes)! Check it out. picturebooksummit.com

Middle grade kids don't have to wait until high school to learn psychology.