Here's to sharing positive reviews! Find them, share them, celebrate them! The spotter credit for this review is: @karenkrossing.com (thank you for spotting it and sending it to me) About a Home Child is published by the fab @cormorantbooks.bsky.social #authorlife #mgbooks #middlegradebooks

A few International Literacy Day activities for you to do with the young readers in your life... - Read a book together - Read a recipe out loud and cook together - Write a story together - Play a card came for pattern recognition Other suggestions?... #InternationalLiteracyDay #LiteracyDay

Picture book question...authors do you note the page spreads in your manuscript or no page numbers at all and let the publisher decide? #CanKidLit #picturebooks #kidlit

My friend @debbieohi.com suggested I post on bluesky something I recently posted on Instagram regarding authors promoting their own books...posting it here now... Let me know if you can relate.... #KidLit #authorlife

Books for the class library recommendations by kidlit creators including: @suecurrie24.bsky.social @parentclub.bsky.social @drawntoyourstory.bsky.social @erinsilver1.bsky.social @shannonotoole.bsky.social @kirsten-marion.bsky.social and more! Available as ebooks and paperbacks for your readers.

📚👍🏼Discover these new #kidlit books! Creators include: @parentclub.bsky.social @mahtabnarsimhan.bsky.social @karenautio.bsky.social @reganmacaulay.bsky.social @heathercamlot.bsky.social @laurabontje.bsky.social @oksanna.bsky.social @nikkibergstresser.bsky.social #booksforkids #CanKidLit

September 28th is British Home Child Day. Learn about this chapter in Canadian history with ABOUT A HOME CHILD by Caroline Fernandez. @parentclub.bsky.social @mandagroup.bsky.social #homechildren #canadianhistory #CanadianHistoryForKids #IReadCanadian #historicalnovel #middlegradebooks

Check out this new book blog from @debbieohi.com about how readers find books! What a great idea. I'm browsing it for my next reads now. I'm honoured, @parentclub.bsky.social, that you connected with THE CLOUD THAT STUCK.

Debbie Ridpath Ohi@debbieohi.com · 3w ago

Thanks to book blogger & author @parentclub.bsky.social for sharing how she discovered THE CLOUD THAT STUCK by @karenkrossing.com & @doroleung.bsky.social, now out from @charlesbridge.bsky.social. See #HowReadersFindBooks, a new collaborative book blog on @leaflet.pub. #BookSky #KidLit #CanKidLit

Ontario school teachers and librarians! Get a fully funded author visit from eligible TWUC members (I'm one😉). Teachers who wish to host an author presentation must contact the author and request they apply for funding through this program. Deadline: September 20, 2026.

Thanks to book blogger & author @parentclub.bsky.social for sharing how she discovered THE CLOUD THAT STUCK by @karenkrossing.com & @doroleung.bsky.social, now out from @charlesbridge.bsky.social. See #HowReadersFindBooks, a new collaborative book blog on @leaflet.pub. #BookSky #KidLit #CanKidLit

"The Cloud That Stuck" by Karen Krossing & Dorothy Leung

Discovered by Caroline Fernandez aka @parentclub.bsky.social

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Holy Cow!

Cormorant Books@cormorantbooks.bsky.social · 4w ago

We’re excited to share that our title, About a Home Child, is featured on the @cbcbooks.bsky.social August Hot Off the Press list! See the full collection here: cbcbooks.org #BookBuzz #kidlit #ClassroomLibrary #MustRead #ReadingList #CBCHotOffThePress #SummerReading @parentclub.bsky.social

Honestly guys, trying is scary. Reminder to myself today (and maybe you too): *I tried - so I will either succeed or I will learn **If I didn't try - it would nag at me 11 days to the release of About a Home Child...cheers to everyone who has done the scary thing. #kidlit #authorlife

Keep in mind Monday Sept 28th - this year - British Home Child Day in Canada. About a Home Child releases in Aug 2026 ISBN 978-1770868427 Pub: @cormorantbooks.bsky.social #HomeChildren #BritishHomeChildren #CanadianHistory #AboutAHomeChild #CanadianHeritage #BritishHomeChildren

TBR: picture books where the Grandma magically sneezes herself into different dinosaur and prehistoric creatures while on school field trips. Created by @parentclub.bsky.social and @shannonotoole.bsky.social Learn more: www.commondeerpress.com/books #picturebooks #KidLit #CanKidLit

NEW Book review Thank you @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social for including About A Home Child in your July issue. Read the full review: kidsbooknews.ca/blogs/review... About A Home Child releases Aug 29. #mgbooks #kidlit #CanKidLit

SAVE THE DATE Tuesday Nov 3 Middle Grade Historical Fiction - @phdowding.bsky.social and @parentclub.bsky.social @cormorantbooks.bsky.social 6:30-8:30pm Mabel's Fables Children's Bookstore - Toronto We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. #BringingTheArtsToLife #kidlit

I have been using @oddbunchcanada.bsky.social and recommend. The small box has a good mix of fruit & veg. Plus, now they have a bi-weekly box! If you want to try - I have a $15 off referral code (small box is $20 so this is a deal!) - rc-refer.com/caroline-d43...

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Can't wait to get a copy!

Karen Krossing@karenkrossing.com · 2mo ago

I’m excited to share the cover of my #middlegrade #versenovel, FOREVER FRIES, illustrated by @funeralbeat.bsky.social! This book is a powerful exploration of disordered eating recovery. Available for preorder. More: karenkrossing.com/forever-fries @orcabook.bsky.social @curtisbrownltd.bsky.social

Recommendation: take your book on a field trip. Talk about what you're reading. Ask your friends what they're reading. Make booklists. Drink tea. Be kind. #books #bookish

Apparently the book-loving algorithms get very excited about pre-orders... Pre-ordering About a Home Child gives those mysterious book algorithms a happy dance. www.indiebookstores.ca/book/9781770... @cormorantbooks.bsky.social #HomeChild #MGBooks #BritishHomeChildren #kidlit

Here's what's on deck for Fall 2026. Plague Thieves and About a Home Child both pub by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social Sept 26, Coles Eglinton Square (Toronto), 12-3pm Sept 27, Word on the Street (Toronto) 11am Nov 3, Mable's Fables Children's Bookstore (Toronto) - 6:30-8:30pm - book launch!

TOMORROW! Join @rochellestrauss.bsky.social and I at Mabel's Fables Children's Bookstore in Toronto for a double book launch! Celebrating: All the Water on Earth - @kidscanpress.bsky.social Asha and Baz Meet Sylvia Earle - @commondeerpress.bsky.social #KidLit

Authors - regarding newsletters what are things you love (and perhaps dislike) to see in author newsletters? Let's share so we can all make our newsletters better! #kidlit #WriteSky

Read the series - Asha and Baz Asha and Baz travel back in time to meet a women in history who has made amazing (real life) discoveries in STEM/STEAM. Written by @parentclub.bsky.social and illustrated by Dharmali Patel www.commondeerpress.com/search-resul... #kidlit #chapterbooks

Picture book readers - read the series - Grandmasaurus! Follow Grandma as she sneezes herself into different dinosaurs and marine reptiles in this fun picture book series. Written by @parentclub.bsky.social and illustrated by Shannon O'Toole. www.commondeerpress.com/search-resul... #kidlit

Congratulations Caroline Fernandez. Plague Thieves has won the Diamond Willow Award for 2025! @parentclub.bsky.social @mandagroup.bsky.social #IReadCanadian #kidlit #SYRCA #willowawards

Check out my feature article on: BEYOND THE BOOK - Building Author Income Through Speaking Engagments. Thanks to authors @martychan.bsky.social Sade Smith Mireille Messier for their advice to those looking to build extra income. For some - writing books isn't enough to pay the bills. Thoughts?...

Thank you Helen! The Willow Awards nominees all make for a great summer reading list!

Helen Kubiw ❤️ 🇨🇦 📚@hkubiw.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Congratulations to the 2025 @willowawards.bsky.social winners Erin Bow @erinbowbooks.bsky.social, Caroline Fernandez @parentclub.bsky.social and Etta Kaner & Jenna Piechota! Young readers in #Saskatchewan and everywhere know great books. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2026/05/2025... 👍🇨🇦📚

Such an honour to be chosen along with Erin and Etta in the Willow Awards - a reader's choice award!

The Canadian Children's Book Centre@kidsbookcentre.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The winners of the 2025 Willow Awards were announced on May 28. Each year, Saskatchewan children and youth vote for Willow Award recipients from finalists nominated in three award categories. Discover the winners at https://kidsbooknews.ca/blogs/news/winners-announced-for-the-2025-willow-awards

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