Author copies of my new middle-grade biography THE DREAM OF AN EDUCATION: HOW PHYMEAN NOUN BUILT A SCHOOL, illus by Tida Kheav, (Orca) have arrived! Ya-hoo! The book will hit the bookstore shelves on May 19! #cambodia @orcabook.bsky.social @authorsbooking.bsky.social @inkedvoices.bsky.social

Our team wants to wish a happy National Library Workers' Day to all the hardworking individuals who keep libraries running every single day. Your work isn't unnoticed, and we're grateful for everything you do for your community. 👏

Got to love a fun story about a kid who is bummed out by the gift he gets but finds it takes him on wild, magical ride! By Meilin Chan and Kristen Chow #PB. 🐒 🐉 🐇 (Totally digging you can do the title in emojis!)

So excited to share this fantastical tale with Kristen's fantastic illustrations! 1

Kristen Chow@kristenchowart.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🎉COVER REVEAL!! 🎉 MONKEY DRAGON RABBIT by @meilinc.bsky.social and illustrated by me is a laugh-out-loud LNY story that combines holiday traditions with Jumanji-style fun! It comes out from @sourcebooks.bsky.social on Dec 1st and is available for preorder now! Link in bio! #kidlit #coverreveal

Cover reveal for @meilinc.bsky.social and @sourcebooks.bsky.social ´s MONKEY DRAGON RABBIT is tomorrow!! 🐒🐉🐇 No more sitting on my desktop collecting dust- it’s time for the cover to have it’s moment! Peek the teaser below! 👇 #kidlitart #coverreveal #kidlitillustration #picturebook #kidlit

So excited for our cover reveal for MONKEY DRAGON RABBIT! @sourcebooks.bsky.social

Kristen Chow@kristenchowart.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Cover Reveal Coming Soon! 🙈 Stay tuned for the reveal on April 16th for @meilinc.bsky.social ‘s MONKEY DRAGON RABBIT! #kidlitillustration #coverreveal #bookcover #kidlitart

I love going to the library but especially today when I get to vote and pick up library books my daughter and I will read for the week!

So excited to partner with you!

Kristen Chow@kristenchowart.bsky.social · last yr.

Hi everyone! I’m excited to announce that I’ll be illustrating MONKEY DRAGON RABBIT! A Wild Lunar New Year Stampede, written by @meilinc.bsky.social! 🐵🐉🐰 Thank you to Sourcebooks and my agent, Monica @loveleemonicaa.bsky.social @contextliterary.bsky.social! 🎉 #kidlit #kidlitbooknews #picturebook

Kittens were treated to a storytime session with my kindergartener at the animal shelter 😁!

You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳

Introducing…the Picture Book Creative Crew - a bunch of KidLit creatives with books sailing your way soon! #booksky #pbcreativecrew #picturebookauthor #kidlit #librariansofbluesky #teachersofbluesky

An interview with the awesome author of Freedom at Dawn, @leahschanke.bsky.social @pbcreativecrew.bsky.social #Juneteenth #kidlit wp.me/p3X25n-bd8

Introducing…the Picture Book Creative Crew! We are a bunch of KidLit creatives with picture books sailing your way soon! @karengebbia.bsky.social @meilinc.bsky.social @alexiaandoni.bsky.social @ronnawriter.bsky.social @leahschanke.bsky.social @thefelttippen.bsky.social #bluesky #pbcreativecrew

So excited to set sail with this talented crew!

Picture Book Creative Crew@pbcreativecrew.bsky.social · last yr.

Introducing…the Picture Book Creative Crew! We are a bunch of KidLit creatives with picture books sailing your way soon! @karengebbia.bsky.social @meilinc.bsky.social @alexiaandoni.bsky.social @ronnawriter.bsky.social @leahschanke.bsky.social @thefelttippen.bsky.social #bluesky #pbcreativecrew

🍝♥️ MEATBALLS FOR GRANDPA resonates for its comforting approach to dementia—such an effective balm for those experiencing this in their family. So well done! 📚👍🏼 #PBStudyBuddy #Kidlit #Edusky #MeatballsForGrandpa @thefelttippen.bsky.social @jsinquett.bsky.social @amazonpublishing.bsky.social

Please join me on Instagram with @maritererbellas.bsky.social as we discuss my debut #picturebook, FREEDOM AT DAWN, illustrated by @obohdraws.bsky.social. #Kidlit #librarians #booklaunch #interview #booksky #writingcommunity #FreedomAtDawn @albertwhitman.bsky.social @pbcreativecrew.bsky.social

Maritere R. Bellas@maritererbellas.bsky.social · last yr.

Mi gente! So excited for this chat with my picture book promo group friend @leahschanke.bsky.social Thurs! 1pm pst, 4pm est Leah and I are going to chat about her author’s journey and her debut picture book Freedom at Dawn:Robert Small’s Voyage Out of Slavery. #writingcommunity #12x12PB

NOT an #AprilFoolsDay joke! 😂! 3 random winners really WILL #win a copy of: 🦇🐈🐀 BAT, CAT & RAT #3: ⛱️THE BEACH DAY⛱️ 📝 by me 🎨 by #MarkTeague Beach Lane 📚, @simonkids.bsky.social WEEKS before our 4/29/25 🎂! ⭐️JUST RP to ENTER to WIN!⭐️ Ends 4/6/25, 9 PM EST! #kidlit #giveaway

I love the #50preciouswords contest for training me to distill a story to its essence. It's the only contest I consistently enter since switching to kidlit 4 years ago. 3 Honorable Mentions later, I'm thrilled to join the winner's circle this year! Thank you, @viviankirkfield.bsky.social & judges!

Congratulations to my fellow @12x12challenge.bsky.social diversity scholarship winner on her debut!

Alexia M. Andoni@alexiaandoni.bsky.social · 2y ago

I’m thrilled to announce my debut picture book. Thank you @writeloudly.bsky.social and @daniellecollins.bsky.social for believing in this book, & to everyone who made this book possible. Looking forward to seeing Shahrzad’s illustrations bring this story to life. #picturebookdebut #pbauthors

From my writer friend, @thefelttippen.bsky.social, the author of MEATBALLS FOR GRANDPA! www.seasonsofkidlit.com/post/celebra...

Celebrate National Meatball Day with Jeanette Fazzari Jones!

Q: Hi, Jeanette! Thanks so much for joining us today. We really enjoyed reading Meatballs for Grandpa! How did you come up with the story idea? Which came first – the idea to write about meatballs or ...

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This baby hummingbird flew out and couldn't get off the ground back to her nest! With roaming cats around, we were able to return her to her nest with her sibling! See two little heads?

I write in different libraries throughout the week and it's always a delight to spot familiar names. I might have pulled out @teresarobeson.bsky.social's book just a tad 😁.

I needed a writing break and went to check on hummingbird mama who laid 2 eggs about a month ago and look what I found!!

I took my kindergartener to the Lunar New Year celebration at one of our libraries! It was so festive and fun! Happy New Year of the Snake!

I'm happy to see that my #debut #PB is on the #HistoricalNovelSociety list of forthcoming #childrensbooks for 2025. #FreedomAtDawn releases April 10 from #albertwhitman. #kidlit #schoollibrarians #teachers #historicalfiction #PictureBookCreativeCrew historicalnovelsociety.org/forthcoming-...

Forthcoming Children's and YA Historical Novels for 2025 - Historical Novel Society

The Historical Novel Society lists mainstream and small press titles for readers aged 4 – 18, set in eras from ancient times to the mid 1970s. Details are compiled by Fiona Sheppard (US, CAN, UK, ANZ)...

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@kristimahoney.bsky.social Look what I spotted at one of my local libraries!

Scenes from the jelly bean candy factory! It smelled like melting sugar! Free samples were abundant and so were ideas 🙃.

I took my kids to a kids tech innovation fair organized by a nearby library. An electric driverless bus and robot from a robotics team. Raspberry Pi kits can be borrowed like a book for kids to build a computer, a robot or a game!

I took my girls to an animal show at the library where we met a capybara (he is only a year old)!