Thank you!!

Our new picture book will be out in March 2026 :-) Hope you’ll have a chance to read it. 🍀🌟 Happy Holidays and Take Care 🍀😘

Sharing another great @charlessantoso.bsky.social illustration from POCKET BEAR. Charles's art adds so much to the text. I'm a lucky author, indeed. 💛🧸

@mackidsbooks.bsky.social #mglit

A graphic of The Week Junior's 10 best middle grade books of 2025, including my novel POCKET BEAR.

POCKET BEAR was named "Best Animal Story"!

Just delighted to see POCKET BEAR on The Week Junior's list of the year's best books. 🧸🧵

It's a great group of titles—something for every kind of reader. 💛 kids.theweekjunior.com/bookclub

@charlessantoso.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

Pocket Bear

Today’s book purchase @kaaauthor.bsky.social @charlessantoso.bsky.social

If you're reading #Odder (or the new ODDER picture book) in the classroom this year, I highly encourage you to check out @mackidssl.bsky.social's great resources and activities. 💙🦦

They're fabulous, and available to download on my website: katherineapplegate.com/educator-res...

Odder: An Otter's Story (Picture Book) A stunning picture book from acclaimed author Katherine Applegate, adapted from the #1 bestselling middle-grade novel that spent over 52 weeks on the New Yor...

Join us in wishing a happy book birthday to ODDER: AN OTTER'S STORY by @kaaauthor.bsky.social, the picture book adaptation of her bestselling and beloved middle grade novel in verse! It's A Junior Library Guild Selection you won't want to miss 🦦❤️ bit.ly/3YoVT4K

Happy Odder picture book Birthday!! So happy to have the book finally out in the world.

Thank you to the wonderful @kaaauthor.bsky.social , Liz Szabla and Rich Deas for their trust in me. 🍀❤️ I hope you’ll have a chance to read our book. 🦦

Huge congratulations to our 2025 Bluestem Award Winner, Odder, @kaaauthor.bsky.social, and @charlessantoso.bsky.social!
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Additional congrats to Alina Chau for Marshmallow & Jordan and to @claribelortega.bsky.social and Rose Bousamra for Frizzy!

Thank you kindly! 🍀🌟🙏

Congratulations, @kaaauthor.bsky.social and @charlessantoso.bsky.social!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The cover of my new book, POCKET BEAR. Pocket, a golden teddy bear with a blue scarf, sits in a patch of grass. A long-haired grey cat is curled around him.

Meet POCKET BEAR. 🧸

His is a tale of bravery, loyalty, & kindness. It’s a reminder that love comes in many forms. And that second chances are always possible.

On sale September 9. Illustrated by @charlessantoso.bsky.social.

To preorder: us.macmillan.com/books/978125... @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

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Happy New Year!!
Thank you, Nadia! Hope all is well!

Being Kind is out now 😊

A Collaborative Summer Library Program graphic announcing Katherine Applegate as the 2025 Summer Reading Champion.

So honored to be the Collaborative Summer Library Program's 2025 Summer Reading Champion!

Librarians are MY reading champions, so I can’t wait to see all the ways that you adopt the #ColorOurWorld theme with your young patrons.

Learn more & watch my video message: www.cslpreads.org/nationalsumm...

A graphic encouraging participating libraries to register for the Collaborative Summer Library Program's 2025 Summer Reading Kickoff event on Zoom.

Calling all librarians! The team at Collaborative Summer Library Program is kicking off summer reading on March 5 at 2pm ET / 11am PT. Registration is open to all CSLP participating libraries. Hope to see you there! us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#SummerReadingChampion #ColorOurWorld

Coming soon! I've adapted my #mglit novel ODDER into a picture book illustrated by the one and only @charlessantoso.bsky.social. It's called ODDER: AN OTTER'S STORY, and it comes out on April 29. 🩵🦦

Pre-order here: https://buff.ly/3ZugzrF

Happy New Year!! Thank you for all your support in 2024 😊🙏🍀

Dear Duck, Please Come! is out for pre-order. This was such a fun book to illustrate. Thank you for the great story Sarah Mackenzie and wonderful art director Cara Llewellyn for the great collaboration.

the book will be officially out in Jan 2025! Yay!

When I hear or read comments that said “the message wasn’t clear” about a film or a book…

.. I know a fairy died of an old age somewhere.. (rip several fairies today 🙏)

Another collaboration from Kobi Yamada and me. Thank you for giving this one a chance 🍀🙏🦥

Some of my picture book collaborations with the wonderful Caron Levis 😊

The layering and furs took a long time to do haha. I appreciate your kind words. 🙏🍀

Here’s the chosen sketch and final illustration for @kaaauthor.bsky.social Wiloodeen middle-grade book 😊

All fine here, thank you! Just chasing deadlines as usual. 😂 Hope all is well there too.

Wow!

Good to see you here, Matt! 🌟

Happy Book Birthday to Mighty Muddy Us!! Written by Caron Levis and illustrated by yours truly 🌟🐘🐘🌟 Edited by Emma Ledbetter (i’m so lucky) 🍀😊 and AD was Natalie Padberg Bartoo (Thank you, Natalie!)

I’m bias but I think story is so sweet! Hope you have a chance to read it. Thank you! 😃

Hello all,
I LOVE books. I love the look, textures, smell of great books.

I illustrated several picture pictures and decorated some middle-grade books.

I have love-hate relationships with drawing and painting. They said that means that I care.