Hear author Troy Wilson's 10 friendly facts about his new picture book Still Friends! This sweet story is about an unlikely friendship between a dog and a statue. blog.orcabook.com/troy-wilsons...

Troy Wilson's 10 facts about his picture book Still Friends - Orca Book Publishers - Blog

My mind is bursting with juicy tidbits about Still Friends. What do I include? What do I leave out? Well, I’d better start with the basics. Still Friends is a picture book by me, Troy Wilson, and illu...

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I will forever sing this book’s praises. Teachers, you need this in your classroom.

Troy Wilson@troystory.bsky.social · 6d ago

My comfort zone is boosting other creatives' stuff. But okay, here's one by me. And Mike Deas. And @orcabook.bsky.social. Got zero trade reviews, but my creative peers seem to love it.

My comfort zone is boosting other creatives' stuff. But okay, here's one by me. And Mike Deas. And @orcabook.bsky.social. Got zero trade reviews, but my creative peers seem to love it.

I love designing stickers for books. And I can’t wait to get out into the world and talk with kids about this metaphor in February, 2027. #HowToBuildAMiracle

Still Friends is a sweet story about stoicism and learning to understand different love languages (among other nuanced elements of friendship). Excellent cartooning too. @troystory.bsky.social #KidLit 📚👍 👍📚

Some books shouldn't go out of print. But this one is. Books are going out of print faster and faster these days. But you can still enjoy them via your public library.

Excited, surprised and so grateful to see HOW TO BUILD A MIRACLE on this list. ❤️📚

Highly Anticipated Middle Grade Fiction Releasing Fall 2026 and Early 2027

The landscape of middle grade fiction for the fall and winter is chock-full of titles that will appeal to the wide spectrum of tastes across the age group. From a myriad of genres, literary styles, to...

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This sunrise behind our house reminds me of Peter and his mom. ❤️ #HowToBuildAMiracle

Teachers! Librarians! Check out this great #nonfiction lesson from KS school librarian Cindy Rogers tinyurl.com/5xdnckwa #tlchat #tlsky #Skybrarian #edusky #kidlit

Animals by the Numbers by Cindy Rogers

An Activity for the School Library

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Loved this, Melissa! “It’s curious. The rocks have faces.”

Melissa Ostrom@melostrom.bsky.social · 4w ago

Excited to have a new poem in the beautiful Sweet Lit.💙

HOORAY! 🎉! It’s a DOUBLE #BookBirthday! 📖📖🎂🎂! ⭐️THE SICK DAY⭐️ (BAT, CAT & RAT #6) 📝 by me 🎨 by #MarkTeague ⭐️OG ROCKS THE BOAT⭐️ (MONSTER OG #4) 📝 by me 🎨 by @eliopictures.bsky.social Both from the nice folks at @SimonKIDS.bsky.social! Everywhere you ❤️ to buy and borrow 📚! THANK YOU! #kidlit

Coming soon to TumbleBooks!

Great piece, Melissa!

Melissa Ostrom@melostrom.bsky.social · 4w ago

Delighted to have a new flash in the excellent @bluestemmag.bsky.social. Thank you, Editor Mike McClelland, for picking this one.💙

Thank you so much, @bluestemmag.bsky.social!❤️

Bluestem@bluestemmag.bsky.social · last mo.

First up for our contributor spotlight for our Summer 2026 issue is @melostrom.bsky.social (with her dog, Mocha!)

#InternationalDotDay is next week! Peter H Reynolds, author of THE DOT, is celebrating someone who is making her mark, Georgie Badiel. Peter is the illustator of THE WATER PRINCESS and THE WATER PRINCESS BUILDS A WELL (out on 10/6) by Georgie Badiel and Susan Verde.

“But invisibility, she learned quickly, was a punishment.” What a great piece,Melissa.

Melissa Ostrom@melostrom.bsky.social · last mo.

Delighted to have a flash in the wonderful @necessaryfiction.com. A special thanks to fiction editor Lacey Dunham.❤️

Surprise! victoriajcoe.bluesky.social has a brand new middle grade novel How I Saved the World is out and perfect for ages 10+. If you know readers who love animals, adventure, and a little mystery, check it out. I just purchased my copy.

Such a great book!

Ame Dyckman@amedyckman.bsky.social · last mo.

YAY! #BackToSchool means LOTS of FUN— But also, Sniffle Season! 🤧! BE PREPARED for Sick Day Cozy Reading with: ⭐️THE SICK DAY⭐️ (BAT, CAT & RAT #6) Bat has a cold, and Cat and Rat comfort him until he feels better! 🥹❤️🦇🐈🐀! @simonkids.bsky.social PREORDER now! Pubs 9/15! #kidlit

Happy book birthday to Lily-May's Joyful Day, illustrated by @hollyhatam.bsky.social and written by me! mrschureads.blogspot.com/2026/09/happ...

Thank you Empire State Building. NYC ❤️ Dolly.

READING RUMPUS-1 week from today on 8/30/26 @ 2pm-Johnson Hall in Gardiner-gonna be a gr8 show-perfect 4 teachers, students, librarians, book lovers, families. You KNOW you want to get a book or 2 signed by Peter Brown of "Wild Robot" fame plus other authors! Spread the word! #Maine #readerstheatre

My new picture book, I AM WIND, releases Sept 15. Told in lyrical, riddling first-person narrative, Wind boasts of its essential role in life as we know it--from carving the Earth's face to spreading seeds and pollen. bookshop.org/p/books/i-am...

I Am Wind

What can you smell, hear, and feel but never see? Soft as a feather or strong as a storm? Bringing comfort and delight or chaos and destruction? Wind, of course! Told in lyrical, riddling first-person...

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My two back-to-school picture book recommendations can be summed up in two words: SARAH HOWDEN. One was edited by Sarah Howden and one was written by Sarah Howden. Both are wise.

Lily-May's Joyful Day releases two weeks from today! Hooray! mrschureads.blogspot.com/2026/08/lily...

Oh my goodness, this is fabulous. STILL FRIENDS by @troystory.bsky.social with art by Mike Deas. I read this aloud to my husband, teen kids, and my dog, and we all love it, just as young kids will. Both a humorous and profound commentary on friendship. @orcabook.bsky.social #kidlit 📚👍

YIPPEE! 🎉! HAPPY #BookBirthday to: ⭐️WE CANNOT BE BRAVE⭐️ (DUCKIE & SNAPS #2) LAUGH & CHEER as Duckie🐥 & Snaps🐊 TRY to be brave in the deep, dark jungle—& once again discover “WE CANNOT” can be “WE CAN!” ❤️! 📝 by me! 🎨 by #TimMiller Orchard Books, Scholastic! #kidlit

Just requested your book on Netgalley @lyndamh.bsky.social Here’s hoping…

Absolutely thrilled to share that I'm adapting my novel WISHTREE into a picture book, illustrated by the wonderful @charlessantoso.bsky.social. 🌳 Charles's work is so special. Publication scheduled for fall of '27! @mackidsbooks.bsky.social ❤️

LOOK what’s arrived! I can’t believe I can finally hold these ARCs (advanced reader copies) in my hands! So grateful to my phenomenal editor @nancyrosep.bsky.social and the rest of “The Penguins” as well. ❤️🙏🏻 @penguinschoollib.bsky.social 🙏🏻❤️ Drops 2/16/27 #HowToBuildAMiracle

A new book from @philbildner.bsky.social & @mikecurato.bsky.social? Yes, please! Looking forward to this one - TOO BIG TO SAY feels like a title that needs to be in every middle school library. Here's the cover reveal & interview from @fuse8.bsky.social! afuse8production.slj.com/2026/07/27/c...

Cover Reveal and Q&A: Too Big to Say with Phil Bildner and Mike Curato - A Fuse #8 Production

"I will be relentlessly defending this book. I will be defending its right to exist. I will be defending the right for young people to have access to this book and their right to read this book." - Ph...

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