Excited to collaborate with a professional archaeologist, Carolyn Barshay, to write a nonfiction picture book! Stay tuned!

Celebrating my writer friend, Johanna Peyton, and her debut picture book: ALL BRAINS WELCOME! This is an important book about embracing ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia, and more, and has received rave reviews from teachers, parents, Junior Library Guild, and TIME For Kids. Learn more at johannapeyton.com

KidLitGN x OCSA's first guest artist, Jon St. Amant, created this cute social media post to announce his interview with his collaborator and life partner, Desi St. Amant, at kidlitgn.com/2026/09/29/t... Creators! Load your pitches 10/3-10/7!

Happy Mid-Autumn (Moon) Festival! One of my favorite Chinese holidays that celebrates family reunion and a good harvest for your crop (which today can be anything you worked hard for over time)! Sharing my pretty mooncakes- a gift from my husband and son! Wishing your family joyful togetherness!

Orange County Children’s Book Festival is a blast! Countless author tents, train rides, bouncy slides, Ghostbusters and Star Wars characters, food trucks, and a cool aquarium where kids spotted Dory and Pout Pout Fish!  Happy to see young families coming out, having fun and celebrating books!

Win a 12-month license to Clip Studio Paint EX on #KidLitGN's website at https//wp.me/pcVwAI-2iG Thank you to Clip Studio for their continued sponsorship of #KidLitGN's annual pitch event. Entries must be in by 8 p.m. EDT on Sept. 14. The winner will be announced on KidLitGN.com Sept. 16.

Five more weeks to go until the annual KidLitGN Pitch Event! If you want some valuable tips on how to create an irresistible pitch package to take your project a step further, visit kidlitgn.com/2026/09/01/h... Agent Janna Morishima shares awesome insights!

COUNTDOWN CONTINUES! Just seven more weeks to KidLitGN's annual pitch event! For the entire month of October, your pitches will be available for agents and editors to review! It's a chance to get your stories and art seen by industry experts! Load your pitches at www.kidlitgn.com from Oct 3rd-7th

ATTENTION GN CREATORS: Agent Hollie Michaels at Martin-Newmans Literary Management is giving tips on how to make your pitch stand out to agents and editors! Put Hollie’s tips to good use at 2026 KidLitGN’s pitch event! CREATORS PITCH Oct. 3-7 Agents and editors view pitches Oct. 7-31

Calling all children’s GN creators! KidLitGN is an online pitch event open for pitches 10/3-10/7. Don’t miss this opportunity to show off your work and hopefully land a book deal while networking with other creators! For more information, visit www.kidlitgn.com