NEW Book review Thank you @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social for including About A Home Child in your July issue. Read the full review: kidsbooknews.ca/blogs/review... About A Home Child releases Aug 29. #mgbooks #kidlit #CanKidLit

SAVE THE DATE Tuesday Nov 3 Middle Grade Historical Fiction - @phdowding.bsky.social and @parentclub.bsky.social @cormorantbooks.bsky.social 6:30-8:30pm Mabel's Fables Children's Bookstore - Toronto We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. #BringingTheArtsToLife #kidlit

I have been using @oddbunchcanada.bsky.social and recommend. The small box has a good mix of fruit & veg. Plus, now they have a bi-weekly box! If you want to try - I have a $15 off referral code (small box is $20 so this is a deal!) - rc-refer.com/caroline-d43...

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Can't wait to get a copy!

Karen Krossing@karenkrossing.com · 4w ago

I’m excited to share the cover of my #middlegrade #versenovel, FOREVER FRIES, illustrated by @funeralbeat.bsky.social! This book is a powerful exploration of disordered eating recovery. Available for preorder. More: karenkrossing.com/forever-fries @orcabook.bsky.social @curtisbrownltd.bsky.social

Recommendation: take your book on a field trip. Talk about what you're reading. Ask your friends what they're reading. Make booklists. Drink tea. Be kind. #books #bookish

Apparently the book-loving algorithms get very excited about pre-orders... Pre-ordering About a Home Child gives those mysterious book algorithms a happy dance. www.indiebookstores.ca/book/9781770... @cormorantbooks.bsky.social #HomeChild #MGBooks #BritishHomeChildren #kidlit

Here's what's on deck for Fall 2026. Plague Thieves and About a Home Child both pub by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social Sept 26, Coles Eglinton Square (Toronto), 12-3pm Sept 27, Word on the Street (Toronto) 11am Nov 3, Mable's Fables Children's Bookstore (Toronto) - 6:30-8:30pm - book launch!

TOMORROW! Join @rochellestrauss.bsky.social and I at Mabel's Fables Children's Bookstore in Toronto for a double book launch! Celebrating: All the Water on Earth - @kidscanpress.bsky.social Asha and Baz Meet Sylvia Earle - @commondeerpress.bsky.social #KidLit

Authors - regarding newsletters what are things you love (and perhaps dislike) to see in author newsletters? Let's share so we can all make our newsletters better! #kidlit #WriteSky

Read the series - Asha and Baz Asha and Baz travel back in time to meet a women in history who has made amazing (real life) discoveries in STEM/STEAM. Written by @parentclub.bsky.social and illustrated by Dharmali Patel www.commondeerpress.com/search-resul... #kidlit #chapterbooks

Picture book readers - read the series - Grandmasaurus! Follow Grandma as she sneezes herself into different dinosaurs and marine reptiles in this fun picture book series. Written by @parentclub.bsky.social and illustrated by Shannon O'Toole. www.commondeerpress.com/search-resul... #kidlit

Congratulations Caroline Fernandez. Plague Thieves has won the Diamond Willow Award for 2025! @parentclub.bsky.social @mandagroup.bsky.social #IReadCanadian #kidlit #SYRCA #willowawards

Check out my feature article on: BEYOND THE BOOK - Building Author Income Through Speaking Engagments. Thanks to authors @martychan.bsky.social Sade Smith Mireille Messier for their advice to those looking to build extra income. For some - writing books isn't enough to pay the bills. Thoughts?...

Thank you Helen! The Willow Awards nominees all make for a great summer reading list!

Helen Kubiw ❤️ 🇨🇦 📚@hkubiw.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Congratulations to the 2025 @willowawards.bsky.social winners Erin Bow @erinbowbooks.bsky.social, Caroline Fernandez @parentclub.bsky.social and Etta Kaner & Jenna Piechota! Young readers in #Saskatchewan and everywhere know great books. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2026/05/2025... 👍🇨🇦📚

Such an honour to be chosen along with Erin and Etta in the Willow Awards - a reader's choice award!

The Canadian Children's Book Centre@kidsbookcentre.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The winners of the 2025 Willow Awards were announced on May 28. Each year, Saskatchewan children and youth vote for Willow Award recipients from finalists nominated in three award categories. Discover the winners at https://kidsbooknews.ca/blogs/news/winners-announced-for-the-2025-willow-awards

If you are looking to have a professional, Canadian, #kidlit author or illustrator visit your readers -> I recommend authorsbooking.com

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For others in Toronto wanting to donate #KidLit books to The Children's Book Bank, here is info about when/where to donate, what kinds of books they are/aren't looking for: www.childrensbookbank.com/donate-books

Donate Books | Support Children's Literacy – Donate Today — The Children's Book Bank

The Book Bank is pleased to accept (almost) any books for children ages 0 to 18 that are in gently used or new condition. We are only able to accept books at our warehouse (shipping bay beside 334 Ble...

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Toronto friends - join @lorettagarbutt.bsky.social and I at Indigo Eglinton Square for a fun book signing. 12-3pm on Sunday May 24th. Books by @commondeerpress.bsky.social @dceducation.bsky.social @owlkids.bsky.social @kidscanpress.bsky.social #kidlit #CanKidLit

Join Rochelle Strauss and Caroline Fernandez - celebrating All the Water on Earth and Asha and Baz Meet Sylvia Earle. Mable’s Fables Children’s Bookstore 540 Mt Pleasant Rd Tues June 23 6:30-8:30pm @kidscanpress.bsky.social @commondeerpress.bsky.social @rochellestrauss.bsky.social #kidlit

Thinking of all the @forestofreading.bsky.social nominees and winners - the "win" is to be shortlisted, read, and discussed. Congratulations to all - authors, publishers, and illustrators! #kidlit #ForestOfReading

I Want to Read All The Books! - Book Lover's Dream

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A little scroll through of the Imagination Writers' Festival and the Imagination in Schools presentations - The Morrin Centre. Whether you are a tourist, teacher, student or book lover...the Imagination Festival is a must-attend event in Quebec each year. #ImaginationFestival #kidlit

This was such an interesting #kidlit book to work on.

Common Deer Press@commondeerpress.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Happy book birthday to Asha and Baz Meet Sylvia Earle created by @parentclub.bsky.social and Dharmali Patel. This is book 7 in the Asha and Baz #chapterbook series - though each book can be read as a standalone adventure. Find it where you buy books.

Has anyone noticed that in April Meta Business Suite has gotten rid of the ALT TEXT feature in posting/scheduling? Doesn't this impact accessibility reading? #METABusiness

Starting my weekend with an orange banner. Plague Thieves 🔶 #1 in Best Sellers in Renaissance Historical Fiction for Children - (for today at least) @cormorantbooks.bsky.social

Friendly reminder to Canadian #authors and #illustrators the Public Lending Right portal is open until May 1st. Public Lending Rights royalties are paid yearly! publiclendingright.ca

The Public Lending Right (PLR) Program

It pays to have your books in Canada’s libraries! Learn more about the Public Lending Right Program

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Coming Soon! Asha and Baz Meet Sylvia Earle (May 2026) Help me spread the word: * Share/Repost/Comment * Ask your school and public library to order it * Borrow it from library * Tell your STEM/STEAM loving clubs and groups * If worthwhile to you - pre-orders appreciated #kidlit #chapterbooks

Does anyone know how to embed picture book pages as a pdf into an exisiting Canva author presentation? I did it for one book - but can't remember how to do it now. #kidlit #canva

📚👍for #nationalpoetrymonth check out these #kidlit authors: @openmike.bsky.social @lydialukidis.bsky.social @heathercamlot.bsky.social @karilynnwinters.bsky.social authorsbooking.com/page/2/?s=po...

📚👍boosting - if you are in Toronto - save the date for this #kidlit author workshop for #picturebooks

Karen Krossing@karenkrossing.com · 5mo ago

Do you have #picturebook manuscripts you’d like to revise with a small, committed group of writers dedicated to helping you produce your best work? Join me for this 9-week workshop limited to 8 writers. More info: www.whalerockworkshops.com/picture-book... @whalerockworkshops.bsky.social #kidlit

📚👍boosting - if you are in Toronto - save the date for these #kidlit authors

Marsha Skrypuch@marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Come celebrate with us! Three Canadian women and their new books for young people! A triple book launch at Mabel's Fables, Toronto, on April 21 at 6:30pm. #booksky #Ireadcanadian #mglit