Happy Book Birthday to #12x12PB member, @MelissaStoller.bsky.social! 🎉📚 📚 STELLA'S SPECIAL RECIPE: A ROSH HASHANAH STORY illustrated by Valerya Milovanova and published by Kar-Ben Publishing. Find it here: buff.ly/hjwNJWG #kidlit #12x12PB
Laura Roettiger
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KidLit Author, Photographer, Educator 2 trad pub #PB #STEM + #Kindness Here to connect with #Teachers, #Librarians, #Kidlit #Edusky https://lauraroettigerbooks.com/ @picturebookgold.bsky.social 🚫DM #HaikuSaturday #WordlessWednesday
lauraroettigerbooks.com/2026/08/04/j... 15 fantastic books in July! 4 & 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ reviews written on #Goodreads 131 #bookreviews in 2026 #pb #middlegrade #nonfiction #chapterbooks #readinggoals #bookSky #kidlit
July Reading Statistics
Seven months of reading and writing 4 and 5 star 🌟 book reviews. My total for 2026 is 131 books including 15 books in July! (apologies for bad math in June’s post) Books read in July July reading i…
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FREE Book Chat on August 12 at 8pm ET/5pm PT! Join #12x12PB author Jessica Milo as she shares how her #picturebook 📚 MY PONY WONDER went from idea to bookshelf. Sign up: buff.ly/V5bPoqR #kidlit
Congrats to the members whose books were voted in as Crystal Kite Honor Books! Three cheers for @suzylevinson.bsky.social, @valeriebolling.bsky.social, and @lisaljrogers.bsky.social! Such a well deserved recognition for three #picturebooks we love! #amwriting #kidlit #poetry #writingcommunity
The viral Tater Tot from @weratedogs.com wants to remind you that our Summer Reading Program is almost over! 🎥 weratedogs
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How Trump Is Getting Richer in Office (Gift Article)
See how President Trump and his family’s business empire has transformed from his first term.
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Hold ICE Leadership Accountable for Deadly Vetting Failures
ICE may have handed a badge and a gun to someone who never should have cleared vetting — and now a man is dead. After ICE officers fatally shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine, new...
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Does a Kirkus book review with the words “fang-tastic fare for young monsters!” make you want to read it? Yeah, me too! MONSTER MANNERS A to Z #booksky #edusky #picturebooks
Heidi Yates@heidikyates.bsky.social · 2w agoThrilled to death! MONSTER MANNERS A to Z just received a positive review from Kirkus Reviews! They called it: 👇👇👇 “Fang-tastic fare for young monsters.” Huge thanks to the incredible illustrator, Yana Kozak, for bringing these mannerly monsters to life! #picture-book #read-aloud
lauraroettigerbooks.com/2026/07/21/b... #booksky #Music #kidlit #educators sharing my post featuring two amazing PB about John Cage @lisaljrogers.bsky.social
Book Pairing for Educators, Writers, Musicians, and Dreamers
I’ve done many different things in my life and as an author, there are times I have come up with an idea, started a project, only to discover that a very similar book already exists or has ju…
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Do you have #KidLit (picture bks up thru MG and YA) book recommendations? Post below in the thread! The more recently published, the better. Authors & illustrators: feel free to tell people about your latest book! Thanks to @scalzi.com & @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social for inspiring this thread.
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I wasn't sure you could see this @debbieohi.com Thank you for sharing the official video of your book!
Laura Roettiger@ljrwritenow.bsky.social · 3w agoDebbie, what a great video and song!! Here’s the song I was thinking of! And we truly loved the book!! youtu.be/rK5TyISxZ_M?...
Okay, here’s one, it’s not new but we just read & reviewed it at my house! Where Are My Books? by @debbieohi.com and there is a pop song that could easily be adapted - turned G rated - for the soundtrack! #kidlitchat 😅😅😅 Sorry I couldn’t help myself!
kidlitchat@kidlitchat.bsky.social · 3w agoTOPIC: What books, from board books to YA, have you read recently that you think should be a movie or a TV show? #kidlitchat
This is pure gold coming from @libbyapp.com "Shoutout to libraries for enabling our reading habits in the most financially responsible way possible. #LibraryLove #Bookish #LibbyApp"
Ok Bluesky! Voting time. Please comment your vote 1-4 for the different styles we have showcased in the last few days. 1. Long form video with logos and subtitles 2. Static photo with an offer 3. Tik Tok style video with Gen Z slang 4. Short form video with no info but silly in nature TY so much!
Author & poet Renee LaTulippe shares how a passion for poetry can lead to writing beautiful #picturebooks that resonate. Get insight from the #picturebook community's favorite lyrical teacher on the 12 x 12 Picture Book #Podcast! 12x12challenge.com/p... #amwriting #kidlit #12x12pb #booksky
When #bookmail arrives we celebrate! 🥳 And tomorrow we get to see @jilanne.bsky.social on zoom! #Heartland #booksky #MG
NEW #PODCAST ALERT: @kellipanique.bsky.social chats w/ @karilavellewrites.bsky.social & @lindsayleslie.bsky.social about teaming up for author visits! How does a 2-for-1 author visit work? Find out now: 12x12challenge.com/p... #author #authorvisits #picturebooks #kidlit #writingcommunity
On the #12x12pb #podcast, @carolinelperry.bsky.social & @juliefhedlund.bsky.social reveal the intersections in their #picturebook #biographies on Queen Elizabeth II & Julie Andrews. 12x12challenge.com/p... #author #kidlit #writingforkids #nonfiction
Happy Book Birthday to #12x12PB member, @kellyconroy.bsky.social! 🎉📚 📚 HERE A CREAK, THERE A SHRIEK! illustrated by Nikolas Ilic and published by @tigertalesbooks.bsky.social is now available. Check it out: buff.ly/w19qc5r #kidlit #12x12PB
@scbwi.bsky.social members - Please don't forget to vote! There are so many wonderful books in the final round in every region. You can vote for books in ALL regions! #kidlit #kidlitart #childrensauthors #amwriting @eastwestlit.bsky.social
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June Reading Statistics
June reading included 15 books earning 4 and 5 ⭐️ reviews. We are halfway through 2026 and I’m only 23 books away from my goal of reviewing 150 books. I’ll probably reach that at the end of July bu…
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Favorite is giving or receiving feedback & figuring out how to make something better. Ideally talking it through so this would be a brainstorm session. and Least favorite part of the creative process is knowing when to let go of a MS. #kidlitchat
Greg Pincus@gregpincus.bsky.social · 4w agoTOPIC: What are your favorite and LEAST favorite parts of your creative process? And how do you keep a balance between "want to" and "have to"? #kidlitchat
Some 📸 from yesterday morning of the new baby in my neighborhood all alone #photography #IndependenceDay
❤️🤍💙 Happy Independence Day from #12x12PB! ❤️🤍💙 We're celebrating with picture books by #12x12PB creators that explore American history, community, and the stories that help us better understand our past and present. 📚✨ Find them here: buff.ly/zQS1hRo #kidlit #12x12PB
So excited for my copy of this book which will be delivered to my house next week!!! @jilanne.bsky.social 🤩
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...
