So happy to share a post from one of my favorite blogs about my upcoming book! Thanks, @taralazar.bsky.social! #picturebooks #TicTacToe #kidlit taralazar.com/2025/10/30/t...

Books Are All Fun and Games for Sheri Dillard and TIC-TAC-TOE

by Sheri Dillard At the beginning of every year, my agents, Liza and Ginger, schedule a phone call with all their clients. They call it the State of the Union, and it’s a “check-in,” of sorts. We t…

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Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (Oct 24): kidlit411.com/2025/10/the-... Inside: Powerful PBs, Fix Word Count, Creativity Workshop with @sylvialiu.bsky.social, more. Thanks @nmillerillo.bsky.social for the illustration, @justincolonbooks.bsky.social and Sheri Dillard for the PB giveaways.

The Weekly 411 (10/24/25)

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We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book, TIC, TAC, AND TOE by @sheridillard.bsky.social, illustrated by Charlie Alder (Reycraft Books) out on Nov. 4. To enter, L + RP & confirm your entry in our Friday weekly update: kidlit411.com/2025/10/the-... (+ more ways to win)

And a Puffins! close-up.

Cover Reveal: WOODY'S WORDS: WOODROW WILSON RAWLS AND WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS Woody's quest to become an author is as ❤️-wrenching as his beautiful book. W/tender illos by Susan Reagan, it's coming your way 9/3 from Calkins Creek. Preorders welcome! #kidlit #edusky #PictureBooks #classics

Conversation from a recent storytime: Child: Here you go, Ms. Sheri. I want you to have this very special star. Me: Oh, thank you! Are you sure you want to part with it? Child: It's okay! I just found it stuck to the bottom of my shoe. 🤩🥰

Had a wonderful time at the @scbwi-sobreeze.bsky.social conference this weekend! From the book signings and faculty sessions to seeing friends, old and new-- #Kidlit creators are the BEST! @patzmiller.bsky.social @rajanilarocca.bsky.social

Hi everyone! I'm so excited to share the cover of my next book! 🥳💕📚 Meet Tic, Tac, and Toe! Coming soon (Nov 4th) to a bookstore near you! ❌⭕️❌⭕️❌⭕️ (Art by @chuckie346.bsky.social LOVE it! 🤩) #ReycraftBooks #PictureBook #kidlit #kittens

Storytime News: I read BIG BIKE, LITTLE BIKE by @kdubaygillis.bsky.social & @jacobsouva.bsky.social at my preschool storytimes last week. Favorite comment: “Uh oh! The bike crashed into the edge of the book!” 😊 Now it's in a cozy spot where there's already evidence that kids are "re-reading" it! 🥰

Thank you @oklibs.bsky.social for including Creep, Leap, Crunch! A Food Chain Story on the masterlist for the Donna Norvell Book Award! I'm incredibly grateful. @csneal.bsky.social @spanishbroom.bsky.social @randomhousekids.bsky.social Congratulations to the other four nominees! rb.gy/ewvruk

Thanks to Lisa Rogers for being such a great interview subject. See for yourself! www.onlypicturebooks.com/2025/02/10/a... #picturebooks #Mondayblogs #IMWAYR

Happy World Read Aloud Day! (Shhh, don't utter a moo... We're playing Cowhide-and-Seek!) Happy Reading! #WRAD #kidlit 💕🐮📚