What a community to be a part of! Thanks @pbrisingstars.bsky.social for your passion and inspiration! #pbrisingstars #kidlit #authorillustrator

Thanks #pbparty and good luck to all the party goers! #kidlit

Thank you!

I love “Wishing”. This line hits hard: “Vanish hate-- concealed and
shared.”

Are you looking for inspiration, mentorship and accountability in your writing journey? Join me in this incredible community of children's book writers and illustrators! @12x12challenge.bsky.social

www.12x12challenge.com/membership

(Registration for 2026 ends Sunday, February 15, 2026.)

#12x12pb

Coffee with a quiet moment to listen to 12x12 interviews.

#PYI2025 @canscaip.bsky.social An incredible Claire Mackay Memorial Lecture by @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social Thank you CANSCAIP and The Peter and Eleanor Daniels Charitable Foundation.

#PYI2025 @canscaip.bsky.social
Curiosity. Design. Illustration. Imagination. Wow! @julienchung.bsky.social @jeanependziwol.com

I’m a chuffed Chuckle Challenge Champion! Thanks for a fun contest, @aprilberrybooks.bsky.social @brilawyer.bsky.social

#KidlitChuckleChallenge

List of the 2025 winners for the Kidlit Chuckle Challenge humor writing contest

List of the 2025 winners for the Kidlit Chuckle Challenge humor writing contest

OMGoodness, #kidlit friends! You are all so funny. 😂 It was so difficult (yet so very fun) judging the #KidlitChuckleChallenge entries this year!

I'm super excited to share that these folks are prize-winning KIDLIT CHUCKLE CHAMPIONS. 🏆✨

Congratulations to this year's winners!🎉

Amazing! Congratulations all! Can’t wait to read them!

Soggy grilled cheese!

#KidlitChuckleChallenge

Great to know! Thank you! (I loved your first book! Looking forward to the next one!)

As an author/illustrator, what comes first in your creative process? And when pitching, how far along into your dummy are you? Do you rely on art notes to explain your vision, or sketches or finished illustrations? Thank you!

#PBRisingStars

Whoohoo! Another year with @12x12challenge.bsky.social to stoke my imagination, stuff my writing folder and stay inspired by an amazing community! Join me at www.12x12challenge.com #12x12Challenge

Looking forward to taking advantage of the ninjas in 2025 and working with my new critique group!

Intentionally shifting focus to a child’s POV and searching for glimmers.

I discovered and was welcomed into a critique group via 12x12! First goal of 2025 unlocked!

Iced coffee!

🍦✨ Calling all aspiring picture book authors and illustrators! Join us for our Third Annual Virtual Ice Cream Social on Tuesday, January 28th from 8-9:30 PM Eastern!

Connect with the co-directors, meet past mentees, get insider tips on applying to the program + more!

Register at pbrisingstars.com

My parents walked down the aisle to Edelweiss when they got married in 1969, setting the stage for me and my 2 brothers. So I’ll have to say Sound of Music!

Barbara Reid for her amazing clay creations and storytelling and Peter H. Reynolds for his ink and watercolors.

Ooh, the accountability, the fantastic webinars and blogposts and the badges!

Will Goose-Goose dare to try something new?

"Let's Go, Goose-Goose!" written and illustrated by Vanessa Ireson.

The “Abby” or “Abby Singer”. Second last shot of the day on a film set - named after a famed Production Manager. (The last shot is the “window”). (Crews start wrapping up their gear when the Abby is called.)