Jena Benton
@jenanbenton.bsky.social
AK writer, illustrator, poet, teacher, SCBWI & 12x12 member, & PB enthusiast. AK SCBWI IC. (Opinions my own); PB debut, KAUAI'S CALL (Island Heritage, May 2024)
Do you know someone who has Cellphoneitis? 📚👍🏽#KidLit #picturebook #interview #bookblogger jenabenton.com/2026/07/17/s...
Simply 7 with Michelle S. Kennedy: CELLPHONEITIS
Do you know someone who has Cellphoneitis?
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Our annual writing conference here in Alaska is now open for registration. Maybe it’s the perfect time to visit!
SCBWI Alaska@scbwi-alaska.bsky.social · 3w agoOur annual Fall Conference is open for registration (link in comments). And our winning illustration graphics are from the lovely @amanitahouse.bsky.social YAY! #conference #scbwi #scbwiillustrators
Happy Summerween! Candy has upstaged Ghost for far too long. It’s time to find a new Trick! 📚👍🏽 #KidLit #picturebook #interview #bookblogger jenabenton.com/2026/07/14/s...
Simply 7 with Jen Anyon: THE GHOST WHO SAVED HALLOWEEN
Candy has upstaged Ghost for far too long. It’s time to find a new Trick!
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It’s time to celebrate some Summerween by counting cute and quirky goblins, mummies, and ghosties too! 📚👍🏽 #KidLit #picturebook #interview #bookblogger jenabenton.com/2026/07/13/s...
Simply 7 with Dee Leone: COUNTING CREATURES & THEIR FEATURES
It’s time to celebrate some Summerween by counting cute and quirky goblins, mummies, and ghosties too!
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Did you know that July is Disability Pride Month? What better way to celebrate than with this book? 📚👍🏽 #KidLit #picturebook #interview #bookblogger jenabenton.com/2026/07/10/s...
Simply 7 with Jake Lockett: MY LIFE AS AN ASTHMANAUT
Did you know that July is Disability Pride Month? What better way to celebrate than with this book?
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There’s so much dis-information out there now. Do you know how to tell the difference between fake news and fake GNUS?? 📚👍🏽 #KidLit #picturebook #interview #bookblogger jenabenton.com/2026/07/08/s...
Simply 7 with Leslie Helakoski: FAKE GNUS
There’s so much dis-information out there now. Do you know how to tell the difference between fake news and fake GNUS??
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I do love a good cheesy pun and this picture book is chock full of them! 📚👍🏽 #KidLit #picturebook #interview #bookblogger jenabenton.com/2026/07/07/s...
Simply 7 with Michael Benner & Alison Hawkins: MAC AND CHEESE
I do love a good cheesy pun and this picture book is chock full of them!
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Thank you so much, John! I'm super excited for kids to meet Xyla, Cassie, and Alegría and cheer for their mended hearts❤️🩹! July 7th is the day!! ❤️ @steelworksliterary.bsky.social @lbschool.bsky.social #kidlit #middlegrade
John Schu@mrschureads.bsky.social · last mo."HeartLand tells the story of two broken, out-of-sync hearts. One beats with gumption, the other with DRAMA." — @jilanne.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2026/03/hear...
Hi friends! It’s July, so guess what comes out this week? My latest cover for @akbizmag! It’s always great working with the folks at Alaska Business, and I had so much fun creating this cover. You can also head to my linktree and check out the interview I did with them! Thanks for looking!
Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day! I’m a pre-published illustrator, now published author looking for representation. I hope you can see the image through the disturb. #childrensbookillustration #illustration #illustrator #KidLit #CBIGmember
Counting + Eating + Animals = board book genius! 📚👍🏽 #KidLit #picturebook #interview #bookblogger jenabenton.com/2026/07/01/s...
Simply 7 with Jessie Atkin: OODLES OF NOODLES
Counting + Eating + Animals = board book genius!
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As we are getting closer to celebrating the 250th birthday of America, books like this speak of the hope we can still find. 📚👍🏽 #KidLit #picturebook #interview #bookblogger jenabenton.com/2026/06/30/s...
Simply 7 with Nazanin Agange Ford & Fateme Mokhles: MY AMERICA BLOOMS
As we are getting closer to celebrating the 250th birthday of America, books like this speak of the hope we can still find.
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This retelling of a Pre-Columbian myth follows a boy so full of energy he is able to stir up the sky! 📚👍🏽 #KidLit #picturebook #interview #bookblogger jenabenton.com/2026/06/26/s...
Simply 7 with Magaly Morales: TAJIN & THE TWELVE THUNDERS
This retelling of a Pre-Columbian myth follows a boy so full of energy he is able to stir up the sky!
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Burrowing Owls do in fact live underground, but did you know that they’re also endangered? 📚👍🏽 #KidLit #picturebook #interview #bookblogger jenabenton.com/2026/06/24/s...
Simply 7 with Deborah Hodge & Karen Reczuch: THE BURROWING OWLS OF THE PRAIRIE GRASSLANDS
Burrowing Owls do in fact live underground, but did you know that they’re also endangered?
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A lyrical picture book about a horse ride with a rhythm that clops? And there's a #giveaway? Yes, please! 📚👍🏽 #KidLit #picturebook #interview #bookblogger jenabenton.com/2026/06/22/s...
Simply 7 with Jessica Milo & Giveaway: MY PONY WONDER
This book is for the horse lovers out there!
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What’s yellow and full of sunny bravado? A Dandy-Lion of course! 📚👍🏽 #KidLit #picturebook #interview #bookblogger jenabenton.com/2026/06/18/s...
Simply 7 with Monica Acker: THE LEGEND OF LEO
What’s yellow and full of sunny bravado? A Dandy-Lion of course!
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What do a famous painter and an influential writer have in common? They’re both creators of course! 📚👍🏽 #KidLit #picturebook #interview #bookblogger jenabenton.com/2026/06/16/s...
Simply 7 with Lisa Rogers: JOAN MITCHELL PAINTS A SYMPHONY; & WOODY’S WORDS
What do a famous painter and an influential writer have in common? They’re both creators of course!
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When a shy, artistic girl finds community members renovating her favorite hideaway, does she pitch in to help or hide behind her reserve? 📚👍🏽 #KidLit #picturebook #interview #bookblogger jenabenton.com/2026/06/11/s...
Simply 7 with Roni Schotter: BIBI STEPS OUT!
When a shy, artistic girl finds community members renovating her favorite hideaway, does she pitch in to help or hide behind her reserve?
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Did you know that in Kentucky in the 1930s there was a very unique job posting for women? Yes, a horseback librarian! 📚👍🏽 #KidLit #picturebook #interview #bookblogger jenabenton.com/2026/06/09/s...
Simply 7 with Lauren Kerstein: HOPE RODE
Did you know that in Kentucky in the 1930s there was a very unique job posting for women? Yes, a horseback librarian!
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Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be able to switch off all the sounds in the world? 📚👍🏽 #KidLit #picturebook #interview #bookblogger jenabenton.com/2026/06/04/s...
Simply 7 with Christine Ko: SOUND SWITCH WONDER
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be able to switch off all the sounds in the world?
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What do you know about America’s favorite sausage? 📚👍🏽 #KidLit #picturebook #interview #bookblogger jenabenton.com/2026/05/28/s...
Simply 7 with Christine Van Zandt: HOT DOG!
What do you know about America’s favorite sausage?
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Spring arrives and scents abound. This dog’s nose knows how to find the best smells. 📚👍🏽 #KidLit #picturebook #interview #bookblogger jenabenton.com/2026/05/26/s...
Simply 7 with Karen Finch: SPRING SCENTHOUND
Spring arrives and scents abound. This dog’s nose knows how to find the best smells.
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When a dog decides that you’re going to be friends, no matter what? It doesn’t matter if you have a heart of stone. 📚👍🏽 #KidLit #picturebook #interview #bookblogger jenabenton.com/2026/05/22/s...
Simply 7 with Troy Wilson: STILL FRIENDS
When a dog decides that you’re going to be friends, no matter what? It doesn’t matter if you have a heart of stone.
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Enjoying nature and taking care of it can create ripples in more ways than one. 📚👍🏽 #KidLit #picturebook #interview #bookblogger #ripples jenabenton.com/2026/05/20/s...
Simply 7 with Katie Yamasaki & Giveaway: RIPPLES
Enjoying nature and taking care of it can create ripples in more ways than one.
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You may have heard that music can actually impact plants, but you may not have heard about this special plant concert that really happened! 📚👍🏽 #KidLit #picturebook #interview #bookblogger jenabenton.com/2026/05/19/s...
Simply 7 with Tonnye Fletcher: MUSIC PLANTS HOPE
You may have heard that music can actually impact plants, but you may not have heard about this special plant concert that really happened!
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A little word play and a little imagination go a long, long way in this picture book! 📚👍🏽 #KidLit #picturebook #interview #bookblogger jenabenton.com/2026/05/18/s...
Simply 7 with Josh Funk & Renée Kurilla: THE DINO DOOR
A little word play and a little imagination go a long, long way in this picture book!
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This board book encourages calm with creative tactile strategies that are genius! 📚👍🏽 #KidLit #picturebook #interview #bookblogger jenabenton.com/2026/05/14/s...
Simply 7 with Julie Koon: BREATHE A RAINBOW
This board book encourages calm with creative tactile strategies that are genius!
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When a healer of mythical creatures meets a sea serpent she can’t cure, she struggles to find a solution. 📚👍🏽 #KidLit #picturebook #interview #bookblogger jenabenton.com/2026/05/13/s...
Simply 7 with Christine Baldacchino: MONSTER MENDER
When a healer of mythical creatures meets a sea serpent she can’t cure, she struggles to find a solution.
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