Wildspeak by Sangma Francis and Lexi Vangsnes, a joyful PB ideal for Earth Day, invites imagination as sisters explore nature, creating names for what they see at streams, in meadows, + in forests. The uplifting art pairs perfectly w/text. @sbkslibrary.bsky.social
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April 21st is the last day to enter for a chance to win!
Don’t miss this great anniversary #giveaway opp! Enter today.
Our weekly big list of kid lit links I up (April 10): kidlit411.com/2026/04/the-... Inside: How to Talk about Your Writing, What's Happening in Publishing, Key Publishing Paths, more. Thanks Julianna D'Angelo for the illustration, ABRAMS & @jlockettauthor1.bsky.social for the giveaways.
In today’s interview with Happy Birthday, America! author @roxannetroup.bsky.social and illustrator @jenniferdoehring.bsky.social,
readers get the inside scoop about the creation of this new picture book celebrating America's 250th! Available to preorder now.
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So sorry you have to deal with that. Is this the last step of your treatment plan? After my husband’s cancer surgery he had chemo and radiation. Will you have chemo too. Did doc prescribe something for the angry itch? Sending soothing thoughts.
A new #BookFriendsForever podcast episode is up! @authorgracelin.bsky.social is traveling, so I had two Minnesota-based editors on as guests to talk about what has been going on there. Thank you to @carolhinz.bsky.social and @andrewkarre.bsky.social for joining me! youtu.be/rA8Ep2M13kE?...
No Kings protestors
Windmills against Trump poster
Protest poster - if she was president we’d all be at brunch right now.
Protest poster saying clean up on aisle 47
Great turnout at Pasadena #nokings. I got to use Nick Bruel’s perfect poster art.
Throw back to 2014. Our late Manx kitty, Teddy snuggling with his bro, part Maine Coon, Jayden. The two were inseparable. #catsofbluesky #caturday
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A beautifully written + illustrated multicultural picture book set in Argentina, The Passover Pet Surprise, explores the meaning of freedom seen through the eyes of a girl as it relates to two caged parrots. By Ana María Shua w/art by Ángeles Ruiz @northsouthbooks.bsky.social
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Voted!!
Preorder 25% off opp through tomorrow:
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Hummingbird mama feeding babies in her nest,
Some heartwarming hummingbird love outside my window. Mama feeding babies.
One way to counter some of the uncertainty in the children's books community is to support each other! @debbieohi.com is right!
Spot on comparison. Whatever you do, do not mention Pearl Harbor.
What a tremendous loss to kidlit and how sad for all the wonderful folks at Dial committed to and passionate about children’s books.
In A LITTLE ACORN’S BIG ADVENTURE, an acorn falls from an oak tree, starting a multi-season adventure, culminating when the sprout becomes a beautiful tree. Written by Sylvia Rouss + illustrated by Rick Penn-Kraus. Reviewed by @rondaeinbinder.bsky.social
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Beatrice and the Nightingale by Patricia Newman w/Isabelle Follath art, is a fascinating STEAM biography about little-known musician Beatrice Harrison, + celebrates the connection among nature, music + science. Peachtree Publishing #WomensHistoryMonth #picturebooks #kidlit
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Been spreading the word!
A free event not to be missed! March 10, 11:00AM EST. Register here: pen.org/event/we-ris...
Jayden is hiding. Doesn’t want his afternoon medicine. #caturday #catsofbluesky
Jennifer March Soloway photo and event details
Join literary agent Jennifer March Soloway on Saturday, March 14, from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Rockridge Library in Oakland. Soloway will present a workshop for underrepresented authors on “Persevering Through the Writing Process.” Email us to register at TOV.SCBWI@gmail.com.
#kidlit #scbwi
SCBWI New York West/Central Upstate Novel Connect on March 3rd.
We’ll discuss story structure and plotting. Bring your preferred methodology and join the discussion.
REGISTER HERE:
www.scbwi.org/events/ny-we...
#kidlit #kidlitart #scbwi
For Purim, I reviewed Today I am a Hamantasch by Varda Livney, Purim Baskets by Nancy Churnin + Amy Schimler-Safford, and Purim Possibilities by Barbara Kimmel + Irina Avgustinovich, three new PJ Publishing board books that will delight children ages 0-4. #booksky #Kidlit
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Heads up for anyone looking to participate in #pbparty this year- The #PBParty Prep Zoom will be Wednesday, February 25 at 6 pm Eastern! 🗓️💻
Horrendous.
Huge CONGRATS! 🤩
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Having lived in England, I pull many of my character names + places or variations of them from time there. So, Bracken Gardens becomes Bracken Lane or Close. As others have said, I base many characters + their names on nice + not so nice people in my past, my husband’s or my kids’. #kidlitchat