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I'm looking forward to meeting booksellers and other writers/illustrators at ABA Children's Institute this weekend! Hope to see you at the lunch author reception, or just around the convention center.

Ahead of their appearance at Children’s Institute, author-illustrator @jessiesima.bsky.social spoke with PW about their new picture book, ‘The Greatest Bedtime Story Ever,’ and metafictional magic

Children's Institute 2026: Inspiration Stew: PW Talks with Jessie Sima

Sima is the author-illustrator of 11 picture books, including Not Quite Narwhal; Love, Z; and Weather Together. Their new book, The Greatest Bedtime Story Ever (S&S, out now), tells the darkly humorous...

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✨ Take a gander at this! ✨ My next book will be the first in a young chapter book series called THISTLE AND GOOSE! Thistle is a anthropomorphized cat hedge witch, and Goose is… well... a goose. I'll be sharing more about these characters before the first book comes out in Summer '27. Stay tuned!

My next picture book, THE GREATEST BEDTIME STORY EVER, is out next week! It's about a storytelling elf and a sleepy dragon who has a lot of feelings. Out June 9th and available for pre-order now. You can also request it at your local library! More info: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Gr...

Time has gotten away from me. My next picture book, THE GREATEST BEDTIME STORY EVER, is out in just 6 months! 📚🐲

In honor of Banned Books Week, we’re partnering with our friends at @simonandschuster.bsky.social to give away 100 Banned Book bundles to LFL stewards & fans in the U.S.! https://lflib.org/books Each bundle includes HARRIET GETS CARRIED AWAY by Jessie Sima & AUTOBOYOGRAPHY by Christina Lauren.

It’s Banned Books Week, and I don’t need you to buy my book as a solve for it (but buy it if you want to! That’s still extremely cool of you)—I need you to show up for your public libraries and your schools!

I have multiple friends whose books have been banned or whose school visits have been cancelled by a few angry parents. Meanwhile kids are struggling to read, their school libraries have been emptied, and their librarians fired. This is a tough time to be an author.

Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them)@bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Dead guys who were making like $500 a word back in the day, their estates are fine. Marginalized authors today, many are struggling. They're having a harder time selling new books to publishers, getting into bookstores, and are having school visits canceled. They need our support now more than ever.

Thank you to everyone who celebrated the launch of SNOW KID with me today! Especially the kids who helped design this absolutely haunting snow person. The eyes look deep into your soul. And they never blink...

❄SNOW KID, comes out next Tuesday and is available for pre-order now! Twig was a fun character to work on, and I hope you enjoy their story. It's about change (internal and external) and how we can keep becoming ourselves throughout our lives. AND about playing in the snow.

The American Library Association is pleased to announce that they are now accepting applications for the 2026 Jason Reynolds / Simon & Schuster Travel Grant. Learn more here: www.ala.org/news/2025/09... #EduSky #LibrarianSky

❄ My next picture book, SNOW KID, comes out in one week and is available for pre-order now at your local indie or online! You can even pre-order signed and personalized copies from Books of Wonder: booksofwonder.com/products/978...

One easy way to support a banned book: Tell the world you're reading it! If you share on social media include a link to somewhere people can get it. Word of mouth is a powerful way to draw attention to books & that takes readers like you shouting about the books you love!

I have spent weeks struggling with this book. WEEKS of not being able to figure out what I hated about it. And guess what... AI can't fix that. I had to think through the issues, I had to problem solve my way through the prose. And the satisfaction of doing it? unironically had me like this lmao

two men on a boat with the words i 'm king of the world behind them

Alt: Leonardo DiCaprio on the bow of the Titanic yelling, "I'm the king of the world"

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Preeti Chhibber@runwithskizzers.bsky.social · last yr.

Ok, so I've been working on this book for AGES and it hasn't been working for me for a variety of reasons -- needed to fix the setting, something about the voice was off, I just couldn't make it work. And then at 1 in the morning there was this ... unlock moment? AND NOW THE WORDS, THEY FLOOOOW

A little intro to Twig ❤️⛄ Snow Kid is out September 16 and is available for pre-order now at your local indie or online! You can even pre-order signed and personalized copies from Books of Wonder: booksofwonder.com/products/978...

City of Ghosts is still on Netflix, if y’all need something to watch to remind you the power we have to bring light into the world (it’s about Los Angeles and history and ghosts but not in a scary way). Probably will make you cry, but I’ve been told it’s healthy/ happy tears.

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❄ I've been away from social media lately, but I wanted to share that you can pre-order signed/personalized copies of my next picture book, SNOW KID, from Books of Wonder! booksofwonder.com/products/978...

Hello #kidlitartpostcard I write and illustrate books on migration, statelessness, war, art, friendship, and often a deep love of the Middle East and it's intricacies. zahramarwan.com

I enjoyed this Kidlit Happy Hour episode with Namrata Tripathi. "Voice" is a difficult topic, but I really liked their discussion about what it is and isn't: podcastindex.org/podcast/6565...

I picked up a maple tree seed while walking my dog and I put it in a small pot by the window and yesterday a seedling popped out of the soil! I don't know anything about growing trees, but it's really nice to see this little sprout. It's amazing that something so small and tender can grow so large.

art is not about being correct, it is about a journey, it is a conversation with yourself, with the things that you've seen, with your understanding of them it is interpretation

people think that you can't make art unless you go to school and learn it but we were making art before we made schools

Anyway, how does book banning/censorship affect writers? It's a direct silencing of our work, our voices. It may have a chilling effect on other writers, especially those who are LGBTQ+ and trans, whose work is disproportionately targeted for banning. It is a violation of our First Amendment rights.

Happy #NationalUnicornDay! Unicorns have had a special place in my life since childhood – as the worn out VHS of The Last Unicorn will attest. I was a unicorn kid, who grew into an adult who has written/illustrated 3 unicorn books.

Let's start our week of posting with something positive. A number of major publishers joined together to send a letter to Congress in support of the IMLS global.penguinrandomhouse.com/announcement...

#NationalLibraryWeek kicks off today! It’s a time to celebrate the places that welcome everyone, spark curiosity, and strengthen our communities. This week, take a moment to discover—or rediscover—what makes your library special. What draws you to the library? ilovelibraries.org/national-lib...

A jumping goose for #KidLitArtPostcard day. I'm an author/illustrator of picture books, represented by Thao Le. www.jessiesima.com #kidlit #kidlitart