I had a great time signing copies of the When the Witch Wrote Back! 🧙‍♀️🎃👻 with my kiddos at Cedar Canoe Books in Huntsville Ontario 📚 🛶

When the Witch Wrote Back! 🧙‍♀️🎃👻 by me and Pablo Pino is in stores today. If you order it before October 31, let me know (@ hellonathan.ca/links.html) and I'll mail you a signed bookplate sticker ✉️!

Congrats to Nathan and Pablo on this fabulous and fun new Halloween book! Who doesn't want to converse with a witch? #kidlit #picturebooks @hellonathanc.bsky.social

Wishing a very merry Christmas in July to all who celebrate. No better way to mark the occasion than sun ☀️, the beach 🏖️ , and a copy of When Santa Wrote Back! 🎅🏻 by me and Pablo Pino from @sourcebooks.bsky.social.

If you enjoyed The Odyssey, you might like other Greek mythology retellings... Such as my picture book, Medusa's Pet Rock 😁 If you want signed copies (and a Medusa sticker), you can pre-order at @mrmoppsbooks.bsky.social ! www.stephlaubooks.com/medusa

My four year old invented a new meal called "bedtime lunch"

Virtual Storytime is an app for virtual author visits. You can present your book with your webcam video overlaid (easy to move and resize as you read), pretty page turn animations, quick zoom-in and zoom-out, confetti and emoji effects, annotations, and more. I'd love to hear your feedback.

Nathan Christopher@hellonathanc.bsky.social · 4w ago

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Virtual Storytime: a new app for virtual author visits

For anyone who reads picture books over video calls

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8yo: "I just realized how annoyed I'd be if I had to raise me."

Alexa, where are my glasses

4yo: "Grandma, how do you face the unknown?" Grandma: "What?" 4yo: "What IS the unknown?" Grandma: "I don't know..." 4yo: "Come on, Grandma—you used to be a teacher!"

One month from today! Available for preorder anywhere books are sold.

Oh I see everybody is at #alaac26 but me.

An important new feature at HelloNathan.ca

Wow, what a year so far! Check out all the books from PB Spree so far!! 👀 @bonniekelso.bsky.social @lydialukidis.bsky.social @bawn3sons.bsky.social @kmgreenwald.bsky.social @jilanne.bsky.social @sjohnstontaylor.bsky.social @jyotigopal.bsky.social

Math teachers will be happy to know I used the Pythagorean theorem to solve a real world problem today

8yo: "I'm not helping you with your book. It's your book and it's not my responsibility."

🧙‍♀️🎃👻 The next Jake adventure from me and Pablo Pino lands in just two months. Preorder from your favorite bookstore today!

Team "2026 witch book"!

Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🧁@karenyin.bsky.social · 3mo ago

No need to be alarmed. This is just a picture book about a 🧙‍♀️, a group of 👧🏽👦🏻👦👧🏾, and terrible, terrible decisions. #NiceToEatYou will be flying to bookstores in 2 months! Preorder a signed copy from @vromansbookstore.bsky.social. Words by me, art by @carolinacoroa.bsky.social.

Announcing new deals for @birdienotabird.bsky.social @jennifercarolyn.bsky.social @debbimichiko.bsky.social @hellonathanc.bsky.social + more buff.ly/VkpyqdI

My 4yo asked to speak to "the shopkeeper" at Target.

I'm reading about the wars of the roses and this 15th century treason is my new favorite burn: "𝚃𝚠𝚘 𝚏𝚊𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚝 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚏𝚏 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚛𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚍, 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚒𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚗, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝙺𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍."

My 8yo started writing her own chapter book and she's saying things like, "If this doesn't get published heads will roll."

#5amwritersclub is canceled

Watching YouTube videos about Scrivener counts as writing

Wife: "I think both girls have my nose." 8yo: "No, I want daddy's nose!" <looks at me> "No wait."

It's a me

PB Spree@pbspree.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Meet @hellonathanc.bsky.social author of When the Witch Wrote Back illustrated by Pablo Pino. There's a new neighbor and Jake's sure that only one kind that would be unpacking a cauldron, a broomstick, and a black cat. Experience the magic of Halloween with spooky fun and a meaningful lesson.

Me: "Did you see that my book was in the newspaper yesterday?" 8yo: "I don't read the newspaper."

Introducing Jake. Santa may steal the spotlight on the cover, but Jake is the rambunctious heart of the book. When Santa Wrote Back! (by Pablo Pino and me) is in stores now! #KidLit #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks #HolidayBooks #ChristmasBooks

Anxiously awaiting delivery of #The13thDayOfChristmas by @adamrex.bsky.social (and yes, I'm gunning for that ornament)