“The lake reflects their magic like a second sky” —LIGHTS AT NIGHT Happy long
Tasha Hilderman | Writer
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Reader, Writer, #KidLit, 12x12, 📕METIS LIKE ME Tundra Books 📗LIGHTS AT NIGHT Tundra 📙MINI GOLF FUN Random House 2026 📘Candlewick 2027 TBA 📕Kids Can Press 2027 TBA Rep’d by Rachel Orr at Prospect Agency
🎉 We are so excited to celebrate this book birthday! 🎉 📚 MINI GOLF FUN by @tashahilderman.bsky.social, illustrated by @kalyquarles.bsky.social, published by penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social is now available! See it here: buff.ly/Qcd12TS #kidlit #12x12PB
Oh hey, I’ll be doing a we isn’t this coming April do @12x12challenge.bsky.social with these two gems! Check it out!
Wondering how to set up and sustain an agent relationship? Rachel Orr of Prospect Agency will do just that with not 1, but 2 #12x12PB member clients: Tasha Hilderman | Writer & Suzy Levinson #amquerying #kidlit #kidlitart Want to attend? Join us at http://12x12challeng...
In the darkness of winter, Kelli is enjoying LIGHTS AT NIGHT by Tasha Hilderman | Writer, Maggie Zeng, & Tundra Books. "Seeing lights throughout the seasons is stunning. Beautiful illustrations. This book is like a cozy blanket." Find it here: bookshop.org/a/11512... 1/2
Kick off your writing year with the 2026 12 x 12 Launch Webinar! Join Julie on Jan 8 at 8pm ET/5pm PT for top tips on navigating today’s picture book market and our annual speaker reveal. Live attendees are eligible for prizes, including a registration refund. buff.ly/dKGVsH0 We can't wait!
We celebrated the launch of LIGHTS AT NIGHT with a pajama party! We had a fort, twinkle lights, glow sticks, light up wands and rings and cookies! It was a great night, thanks to everyone who came out 🌌 #kidlit #picturebooks #writing
"Writing is all about the courage and tenacity to take that next step. To finish your first draft, to finish your book, to publish your book, to keep going. To write another story. To fulfill your writing dream."- Wrtr #amwriting #WritingCommunity Be #Writing - #Author #Writer #AuthorSky #BookSky
"In this bedtime picture book, join two special families on an illuminating journey through the year and seasons as they explore all the different lights we see at night." Enter to win a copy of @tashahilderman.bsky.social & Maggie Zeng's "Lights at Night" from Tundra Books #💙📚 #Booksky
FREE Book Chat happening Tuesday, August 12 at 8pm ET/5pm PT! Join us for this month’s #12x12PB Book Chat with @tashahilderman.bsky.social as she shares how her new #picturebook LIGHTS AT NIGHT went from idea to bookshelf! Sign up here: buff.ly/MIUH6iQ #kidlit #12x12PB
Who’s been use @thestorygraph.com and what can you share about it? (PS LIGHTS AT NIGHT is out in two weeks!)
Grab your visors! @tashahilderman.bsky.social and I are on the green! Just pay attention to art and not my record-setting high score! ⛳️ I'm so psyched for this charmer and all the kitschy putt putt props! And golf clap for the lovely team at @randomhousekids.bsky.social #kidlit #earlyreader
Who’s speaking at #picturebookpalooza ? I’m glad you asked! @kateallenfox.bsky.social @benjamingottwald.bsky.social @isabellakung.bsky.social @rajanilarocca.bsky.social Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris and @stacymcanulty.bsky.social to name a few! 🎉 It’s FREE, see my previous post to register 🥳
Picture Book Palooza is tomorrow! You can register here for FREE: www.slj.com/event/slj-pi... #picturebooks #picturebookpalooza
SLJ Picture Book Palooza
Join us July 17th for our fifth annual SLJ Picture Book Palooza, an all-day, free virtual celebration of authors and artists from around the world, who bring picture books to life with their extraordi...
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If you start writing a new wonderfully weird idea, but you run into trouble executing that wonderfully weird idea, there are two possible causes: 1. it’s a dumb idea that won’t work 2. you’re a visionary genius & the only person who can pull it off The only way to know? Keep writing.
July 17th is Picture Book Palooza, a free virtual celebration of authors and artists from around the world! Register at slj.com I will be in the For the Very Young session at 11:05 – 11:55 AM ET talking about LIGHTS AT NIGHT #kidlit #canlit #picturebooks #librarian #PictureBookPalooza
What to do IF A BUMBLEBEE LANDS ON YOUR TOE? Take some whimsical lessons from nature acc to Cynthia Mackey @booksbycindy.bsky.social in her new #picturebook illus by Vikki Zhang. From Yeehoo Press. Out soon. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/04/if-b...
i can't believe i just have to keep feeling things with this same silly heart that still uses hotmail
Book Giveaway! 📚🎉 Help me test out @laiew.bsky.social's RaffleBlue tool & you may win a paperback copy of I'M BORED by @michaelianblack.bsky.social and me. TO ENTER: pls Like and re-post. US/Canada only. Winner picked Mon. Hoping to use RaffleBlue as my go-to Bluesky giveaway tool. #BookGiveaway
Oh heyyyyy PB authors and illustrators! Something new and exciting! lookingatpicturebooks.substack.com?utm_campaign...
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Métis Like Me, is available now! “This is a book for everyone” —SLJ “A joyful story that encourages empathy and affirms identity” —Kirkus Reviews ⭐️School Library Journal ⭐️Kirkus Reviews 📘 Blue Ribbon Selection for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library #indigenous #kidlit #picturebooks
We have a question! First off, the usual caveats: YMMV, my way is not the only way, whatever works if your process, your process may change. That being said, I've been revising pretty much the same way since the beginning, and it works for me. So here we go. 1/
I see a lot of writing advice but I don’t see as much talk about what the revision process looks like (admittedly, I may not be looking hard enough). What does it look like for you? Has it changed from when you started?
Not everything you write has to be for publishing or fame, some things can be written just for fun, written for joy, can get you out of a writing rut while writing on something else. Writing for joy can clear your mind while you think through and write your novel. #amwriting #author #writing -Wrtr
it’s crazy that it’s the year 2023. i remember back when it was 1996 and 2003 and some other years like that. 2014 too, that was another one
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