Audrey Barbakoff is ✨kvelling✨
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Picture book author, librarian, educator. 🍼 MAZEL TOES (‘25) 🌔THE SCHLEMIEL KIDS SAVE THE MOON (‘24) 🎃 PUMPKIN SHABBAT (‘28) Rep: Rebecca Angus @ Howland Literary http://www.barbakoffbooks.com
Come find me on #substack! I need more #kidlit folks to subscribe to, so I’ll happily follow back.
Oy vey, an author newsletter!
Or, Audrey Moves to Substack
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Excited to be surrounded by amazing fellow librarians, authors, and book-loving folk at the American Library Association conference! Come find me - I’m the one with the sexy sprained ankle accessory. Signing MAZEL TOES! Sunday at 2 Presenting Monday at 11 (Shelf to Story) #ALAAC26
Who’s at the @scbwi Western Washington conference today? I want to meet you in person!
✨FREE ONLINE WRITING CONFERENCE!✨Mark your calendar for the Writer’s Workout Conference! The WW team has lined up some amazing speakers. And I’m honored to be one of them this year! My presentation will be on “Balancing Your Voice & Market Needs in the #Kidlit Journey"😄👇👇 Link in the comments below!
1st @ymwjpodcast.bsky.social episode of 2026 dropped Sunday with @barbakoffbooks.bsky.social 😁👇🎉 We hope it encourages you! #writingcommunity #kidlit
You, Me, and the Writing Journey Podcast@ymwjpodcast.bsky.social · 8mo agoOur first episode of 2026 went live on Sunday! 🙌 If you haven’t already, you should listen to Ep. 30 “Sharing Joy Through Writing, Even Amidst the Hard Times” with the amazing #kidlit writer @barbakoffbooks.bsky.social 💜 #writingcommunity podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/y...
Welcome to 2026 Author sponsor @barbakoffbooks.bsky.social ! The Schlemiel Kids Save the Moon features a modern-day twist on a Yiddish folktale. It was named one of the Best Books of the 2024 by the Bank Street College of Education. readyourworld.org/2026-author-... #ReadYourWorld #ad #kidlit
lauraroettigerbooks.com/2025/11/04/w... my interview with @barbakoffbooks.bsky.social celebrating MAZEL TOES! Read the blogpost and comment to enter the #giveaway #writing #BookSky #Bilingual board book
Welcome Author Audrey Barbakoff – Giveaway Alert
Today I have the pleasure of sharing my interview with Audrey Barbakoff, the author of a fabulous new board book, MAZEL TOES!, illustrated by Anitta Soble. Audrey and I met earlier this year over z…
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You asked for it, so here it is 👀 The Season 3 line up!👇W/ @ryanraeharbuck.bsky.social @heathercashman.bsky.social @darahenrywrites.bsky.social @abkoga.bsky.social @sophbriar.bsky.social @barbakoffbooks.bsky.social @amfaulkenbury.bsky.social & MORE! #WritingCommunity
At #NCTE ? Don’t miss this panel of brilliant author-educators!
Laura Roettiger@ljrwritenow.bsky.social · 10mo agoI’m presenting at #NCTE #DreamBoldly Friday 11/21/25 9:30 am “Write What You Know: Using Cultural Roots and Dreams for Student Idea Generation” with acclaimed author-educators @emilybarthisler.bsky.social @annajordan.bsky.social & Stacy Nockowitz #bookSky #writing #EduSky
lauraroettigerbooks.com/2025/10/30/w... Congrats to winner @laurenkerstein.bsky.social and thanks to Elizabeth Suneby! Join me for next week’s interview with @barbakoffbooks.bsky.social #BookSky #giveaways #librarians
Winner Announcement 10/30/25
Congratulations to Lauren Kerstein winner of SAY SHALOM ALL DAY LONG, by author Elizabeth Suneby and illustrated by Elke Boschinger. Thank you, Elizabeth for the giveaway. Lauren please email me wi…
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Happy happy book birthday to MAZEL TOES!!! I’m so excited to have this book, esp Annita Soble’s glorious art, out in the world!
🎉 Congratulations to @barbakoffbooks.bsky.social! 🎉 📚 MAZEL TOES!, illustrated by Annita Soble, published by The Collective Book Studio, officially came out today. ✨ Find it here: buff.ly/wokPQHw #kidlit #12x12PB
🎉 Congrats to @barbakoffbooks.bsky.social! Her debut 📚 THE SCHLEMIEL KIDS SAVE THE MOON was named a 2025 BANK STREET BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (Age 5–9). Illustrated by Rotem Teplow. Published by The Collective Book Studio. #kidlit #12x12PB
Love meeting so many inspiring📚 indie booksellers 📚at #NVNR2025 ! They’re on the front lines of building community and getting diverse books into kids’ hands. @newvoicesnewrooms @naibabooksellers @siba_books Don’t miss my panel this afternoon on partnering with children’s authors for all ages!
On @marketplace.org's Make Me Smart, ALA President @samhelmick.bsky.social explains how attacks on federal funding, book bans, and the shift to digital are threatening the future of public libraries and why it matters to every community. www.marketplace.org/episode/2025... #UniteAgainstBookBans
Public libraries on the line
Funding cuts aren’t the only thing libraries are up against.
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At #ALAAC25? Don’t miss my panel on uplifting young readers through empowering stories! 9:30am Sunday with @leewind.bsky.social and Alicia McKenzie. Plus, book signing at 11 at booth 1548.
So proud and excited that THE SCHLEMIEL KIDS SAVE THE MOON is a Bank Street best children’s book of the year! 🎉🎉🎉 Thank you @bankstreet.edu!
Beyond excited to share this news! Pumpkin Shabbat 🎃 🍁 🍂 is on its way to fill your bookshelves with goofy giggles, fall fun, and Jewish joy! I’m incredibly honored to collaborate with brilliant folks like @familiusbooks.bsky.social @bookfairyangus.bsky.social @howlandlit.bsky.social
Rebecca Angus (UPDATES ONLY)@bookfairyangus.bsky.social · last yr.So excited to share my first deal since returning to agenting and joining Howland Lit! I can’t wait for the world to meet @barbakoffbooks.bsky.social pumpkin loving character who is determined to pumpkin-ify a perfect holiday.
As the author of Pride Puppy, I'm used to misinformation- but I didn't expect to hear these lies at SCOTUS. (Also- bondage? Was Gorsuch referring to the family's dog being on a leash? Who knows?!) Anyway, please read this to see what's actually in the book! www.whatwouldjuliedraw.com/pridepuppy
pride puppy & SCOTUS — what would julie draw?
take a look at what's really in Pride Puppy!
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As libraries across the country receive notices of critical grants being canceled, ALA has new advice to help libraries & institutions navigating federal grant terminations. Steps 1 & 2: Notify your legal counsel and preserve all documents. Read the rest: www.ala.org/news/2025/04...
WOW! My debut picture book, THE SCHLEMIEL KIDS SAVE THE MOON, is a #finalist for the 2024 Foreword Indies PB of the year award! Check out the list. www.forewordreviews.com/awards/final...
2024 Foreword INDIES Finalists in Picture Books, Early Reader (Children's)
These are the best of the best, the cream of the crop, the cherries on top a metaphorical ice cream sundae of indie books. The Picture Books, Early Reader finalists of the 2024 Foreword INDIES Book of...
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Yesterday, @barbakoffbooks.bsky.social & I recorded a @ymwjpodcast.bsky.social episode on Sharing Joy Through Writing Even Amidst the Hard Times. We discussed how writing can be a place where we self-actualize/can just be. Never give up moments of being with yourself & who you are. #writingcommunity
Kidlit Editors! Do you want a zany, voice-y PB with queer nonbinary Jewish rep and TONS OF PUMPKINS? 🎃🎃🎃 Of course you do. DM me or @bookfairyangus.bsky.social for a proposal! #onsub #pb
I am over the moon to be represented by @bookfairyangus.bsky.social at Howland Literary! Her vision and enthusiasm for my book, and her insight into the industry, are beyond incredible. So many good things to come!
Rebecca Angus (UPDATES ONLY)@bookfairyangus.bsky.social · 2y agoThrilled to announce that I represent @barbakoffbooks.bsky.social ! Her inclusive pumpkin loving PB stole my heart. I wanted a book where gender diversity felt normal instead of being a child’s difference. Audrey gave me that and so much more! So excited to work with her❤️🎃
