For this year's #50PreciousWords Literacy Initiative!! Thank you @viviankirkfield.bsky.social for hosting such a fun contest and for sharing Lucy Stone's story.

There is no end in sight to AI powered theft.

Thank you, Donna!

Love this...great word play and the visuals...kidtastic!

Thanks, Stefan :)

THE #50PRECIOUSWORDS 2026 INTERNATIONAL WRITING CONTEST IS OPEN!!! Hurray! It’s time for the #50PreciousWords 2026 International Writing Contest! And THIS is the OFFICIAL contest post. If you are participating, please read through the guidelines and then pos…

Such a joy to participate in @viviankirkfield.bsky.social #50PreciousWords challenge. Thank you to Vivian and her fellow judges for hosting. You have until 11:59pm EST on March 3rd to submit.

Here's my entry:
viviankirkfield.com/2026/03/02/t...

Had the good fortune of winning a critique from Nicole and Bri....and wow! Their feedback is detailed, encouraging, actionable. And Bri's rhyme knowledge is impressive. Thank you both!!
@teachertoauthor.bsky.social @brilawyer.bsky.social

Looking forward to this

Chillyplay

Help me get to 600 followers and I will do a FREE random picture book critique giveaway (prose OR rhyme! 550 words or less). #KidLit #AmWriting #SCBWI #12x12

For querying writers: I did a critiques today for an SCBWI conf & got questions about what kind of books you can cite as comps, & I think it’s worth distinguishing between *pitching* comps and *selling* comps. A brief 🧵:

Please share any public dates. Would love to support in person

Nice to see @justincolonbooks.bsky.social awesome debut PB on the list

Woohoo! Thank you @aprilberrybooks.bsky.social @brilawyer.bsky.social @musingmommumble.bsky.social #JulieHauswirth💕💕🎉🎉

Woohoo!!! What a treat. Thank you again April and Crew for hosting and coordinating this awesome event!

Nothing like going back to a draft after receiving some thoughtful feedback and suggestions. Thank you @evelynday.bsky.social ✨✨

Events for KidLit Writers KidLit Writers! Check out all the different workshops, webinars, classes, contests, and awards that are coming up near you.

Just checked out @carolynbfraiser.bsky.social August Calendar of #kidlit events. What a great resource!
carolynbfraiser.com/kidlit/#august

#PBSummit 2025 Workshop #2: Secret Superpower: How to Inspire Young Readers Without Teaching a Thing
with ‪@bethanyhegedus.bsky.social‬!

Suit up for Bethany’s tips & tools to take you from teachy & preachy to engaging & empowering.

Reg opens 6/11!

#amwriting #picturebook #kidlit #booksky

If anyone has a copy of #PB The Magic Word, can you please tell me if it's an example of a self-ended book with 36 pgs??

Ready to share my raffle win with one of my tutoring students. Thank you again, @amedyckman.bsky.social !!

Won a critique from @katieleereinert.bsky.social, whose #PB READY TO SMILE AGAIN is available where all books are sold! A special thanks to @lydialukidis.bsky.social for organizing the raffle!

From PW Daily: For Bloomberg, Vauhini Vara looked at Inkitt, the publishing startup—backed by a number of both Silicon Valley investors and former Big Five execs—that wants authors to “spitball a few bullet points” and have AI do the rest.

Now if that isn't alarming, I'm not sure what is.....

This title alone!!! Thank you for sharing!!

🎉🎉Thank you, @amedyckman.bsky.social !!

Thank you, Ame!!

BAT, CAT & RAT #3: THE BEACH DAY, the follow-up to the Geisel Award-winning BAT, CAT & RAT #2: VACATION, by Ame Dyckman, Mark Teague, and the nice folks at Beach Lane Books, Simon & Schuster! In each picture book/early reader of 3-and-a-half stories, unlikely roommates-and-friends Bat, Cat, and Rat have funny little adventures in their cozy home, their cozy town, and beyond! THE BEACH DAY cover shows the trio carrying a beach umbrella and bags—TOO MANY bags, maybe?—for a fun day in the sand and surf. (But poor sweet Bat doesn’t know that trying to share your snack with hungry beach gulls is NOT a good idea! OOPS!) Available NOW for preorder wherever you love to get books, and publishes 4/29/25!

NOT an #AprilFoolsDay joke! 😂!

3 random winners really WILL #win a copy of:

🦇🐈🐀 BAT, CAT & RAT #3:
⛱️THE BEACH DAY⛱️
📝 by me
🎨 by #MarkTeague
Beach Lane 📚, @simonkids.bsky.social

WEEKS before our 4/29/25 🎂!

⭐️JUST RP to ENTER to WIN!⭐️

Ends 4/6/25, 9 PM EST!
#kidlit #giveaway

🎉🎉

Thank you, Vivian, for continuing to bring community, joy and opportunities to the #kidlit world

Thank you @viviankirkfield.bsky.social and all the judges for another great year of #50PreciousWords.

Woot, woot! Thank you @pbrisingstars.bsky.social !