Changing Lanes: The Picture Book to Graphic Novel Transition with author-illustrator Daniel Miyares on SEPT 2. #kidlit #kidlitart #scbwi Register here: www.scbwi.org/events/chang...
Robin Brett Wechsler
@robinbwechsler.bsky.social
Children's author, freelance editor/writer. Avid reader, walker, voter, museum goer, bird feeder, ice cream eater, ‘80s music listener. Cat lady. 12x12 I Courage to Create I SCBWI member Writers' Loft member and PBCG leader 2025 PB Rising Stars HM
Today I’m happy to feature author @apalessandri.bsky.social and her newest picture book FLY, PAJARITO, FLY. 🐦 Congratulations, amiga! 🥳🎉 Learn more about how this heartwarming story came to be on my newest blog post: marianariosramirez.com/fly-pajarito... #kidlit #pb #childrensbooks #birds #love
"Some of my favorite novels feature multiple, diverse voices many times alternating narrators." www.literacywithlesley.com/multiple-voi... @keklamagoon.bsky.social @candlewickpress.bsky.social #KidLit
Multiple Voices & Multiple Perspectives
In most cases I only taught one whole-class novel each year. I began my year with short stories to teach/review literary elements and reading strategies and then we put it all together with a novel,.....
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“Luminous, uplifting, and thought provoking” says the #StarredReview for THE WHITE RAVEN from @redcometpressbooks.bsky.social www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
THE WHITE RAVEN | Kirkus Reviews
Musings on the fate of a white raven.
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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
A few seconds of summer zen with a monarch butterfly. #Butterfly #Butterflies #FlyDay #Nature
NEW BOOK MAIL! From Berthe Morisot the impressionist! 🎨👩🎨💌✨ PAINTING THE LIGHT Author: @nataliaiacobelli.bsky.social Illustrator: Rosanna Tasker Did you know one of Impressionism's most important artists was a woman? ➡️Read her Picture Book Postcard on the blog.
The support is the WIN! Thank you @kcollazo.bsky.social and SCBWI Carolina's Book Fairies for including Posey!
Kim Collazo@kcollazo.bsky.social · 2w ago😍Look at sweet little Posey in my @SCBWICarolinas newsletter! Way to go @lizziebrooks.bsky.social , she’s a star!
Today is Emma Lazarus's 177th Birthday! Happy birthday, Emma. Thank you for everything you did and wrote. You were exrtraordinary!
Thank you so much, LIT Magazine, for featuring three of my muslin monoprints in your gorgeous issue 43. www.litmagazine.org/lit-43-summe...
**Authors Against Book Bans, Response to S.4925, National Book Ban Bill** Here's @authorsabb.bsky.social statement in response to the national book ban bill: PLEASE take the time to read/share this. PLEASE call your reps. PLEASE encourage others to call their reps. Calling your reps DOES work.
'It's absolutely exciting!': Astronomers discover an atmosphere around an Earth-like planet in the habitable zone for first time ever www.livescience.com/space/exopla...
'It's absolutely exciting!': Astronomers discover an atmosphere around an Earth-like planet in the habitable zone for first time ever
Astronomers have detected helium escaping from the super-Earth LHS 1140 b, providing the strongest evidence yet that a rocky planet in another star's habitable zone has retained an atmosphere for billions of years.
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ONE MONTH until There’s A PONY in my APARTMENT! hits shelves and virtual shelves! AND..one MORE starred review! This time from the BCCB! I CAN’T WAIT for you all to meet Maxine Louise and her entirely unsuitable indoor best friend! #childrensbooks #comingsoon #kidlitillustration #kidlitart
Enter for a chance to win a picture book query critique + 30 minute Zoom with agent @joycekay.bsky.social! You'll also find awesome tips from Joyce and author Rob Sanders. Plus...the July #PBParty New Draft Challenge & Critique Train is here! mindyalyseweiss.com/pb-opportuni...
PB Tips, Critique/AMA Giveaway, Workshop & Critique Train! ⋆ Mindy’s Writing Wonderland
Here are tips from an agent & author, a critique and Zoom giveaway with agent Joyce Sweeney, workshop info & Critique Train!
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Happy World Orca Day! A keystone and indicator species for ocean health and one of my favourites to see when out at sea. minouette.etsy.com/listing/7807... #WorldOrcaDay #orca #killerwhale #marinemammal #conservation #linocut #printmaking 🧪🐡
Consider it Halloween in July! Today we sit down with Brandon James Scott, creator of the FIVE starred title THE SKELETON AND THE CAT to get at the heart of this incredible friendship tale. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2026/07/14/b...
Boop! It's a (Five Starred) Skeleton and Cat Q&A with Author/Illustrator Brandon James Scott - A Fuse #8 Production
Consider it Halloween in July! Today we sit down with Brandon James Scott, creator of the FIVE starred title THE SKELETON AND THE CAT to get at the heart of this incredible friendship tale.
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Don't miss debut author @nazfordwrites.bsky.social sharing her inspiration and insights into the poignant & gorgeous picture book - My America Blooms. www.mariacmarshall.com/single-post/... Fateme Mokhle @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #interview #kidlit #immigration #hope 📚👍
Q&A with Lisa Johnston Hancock about her new children's picture book, SANTIAGO AND GREAT BEAR. deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2026/06/q-wi... @lisajhancock.bsky.social
Looking for books your kids will love this summer? 📚 We teamed up with literacy experts Melissa Stewart and Kathy Renfrew to find 10 children’s books guaranteed to get kids curious about nature. Check out the list and let us know which ones are your favorites: www.sciencefriday.com/articles/bes...
If you want to read about the 1898 Wong Kim Ark case, there's a wonderful children's book about it by Martha Brockenbrough and Grace Lin @authorgracelin.bsky.social. Essentially by only one vote, the Supreme Court upheld that decision (and the 14th Amendment) today.
Dean Gloster@deangloster.bsky.social · last mo.In 1898, the Supreme Court ruled in Wong Kim Ark v. U.S., that the 14th Amendment means what it says, and those born in the U.S. are citizens, even if they're not white. Today's Republican-led court (5-4) is more racist and word-bendingly opposed to the Constitution than the one in the 1800s.
Everything is peachy - it's #KidLitArtPostcard day! I'm Gina Perry, a #kidlit author, illustrator, and creator of this event. I'm available in the fall to illustrate funny stories with lovable characters and bright colors. Rep'd by Sean McCarthy Lit. www.ginaperry.com
Remember scientists aren’t giving up. After the Trump administration redirected Climate.gov and dismissed many of the federal employees who maintained it, former staff members launched a new independent website called Climate.us to help keep trusted climate information available to the public.
Utterly silly, kid-friendly, and downright delightful, this is precisely the kind of title to restore anyone’s faith in the state of modern picture book publishing today. Perfect for a hot summer day, I review Watermelon Pool by Bonsoir Lune: #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2026/06/29/r...
Review of the Day: Watermelon Pool by Bonsoir Lune - A Fuse #8 Production
Utterly silly, kid-friendly, and downright delightful, this is precisely the kind of title to restore anyone’s faith in the state of modern picture book publishing today.
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Ellen Neel (1916–1966) was a Kwakwaka'wakw artist woodcarver and is the first woman known to have professionally carved totem poles. #CelebratingWomen
All You Need is Love ❤️ ❤️ June 25 is World Beatles Day ❤️ Today we celebrate Beatles music and cultural impact. 🎶🎶🎶 #Beatles June 25 marks the 1967 BBC “Our World” broadcast where they performed “All You Need Is Love” reaching hundreds of millions worldwide. 🎶🎶🎶🎶 All You Need is Love
Melissa Stewart's new book Sharks in Kansas: The Ancient Sea in the Middle of America, releases on July 7--during Shark Week! @mstewartscience.bsky.social @blueslipmedia.bsky.social thelatebloomersbookblog.blogspot.com/2026/06/shar...
Sharks in Kansas: The Ancient Sea in the Middle of America by Melissa Stewart and Becca Stadtlander
Sharks in Kansas: The Ancient Sea in the Middle of America By Melissa Stewart Illustrated by Becca Stadtlander Expected publication July 7...
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June #NotesfromtheHornBook Elissa Gershowitz's editorial: "On Monday we announced the winners of #BGHB26 . We also kicked off #TheGreatReadingRoadTrip, a virtual summertime jaunt w/ our sibling companies for which we’ll be 'Honking the Horn' for fine bks for young ppl" www.hbook.com/story/newsle...
From the Editor — June 2026
From the June 2026 issue of Notes from the Horn Book.
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Happy Juneteenth from all of us @kidlitcollective.bsky.social! We're celebrating with Charlotte Watson Sherman and Kelly Hollman's beautiful book, THE OPENING SKY! ❤️📕❤️ #kidlit #picturebooks #juneteenth #freedomday
