Thank you Books on Beechwood for including Sleepytime Tales – Mindful Bedtime Stories for Restful Nights. Thank you for supporting local authors! 😊

#bookstokids #Ottawa #kidlit #CanadianKidLit @FirstBookCanada @BooksOnBeechwood

Thank you DC Canada Education Publishing for including Sleepytime Tales – Mindful Bedtime Stories for Restful Nights.
In the company of so many wonderful children’s books 😊
and 50% royalties will support @FirstBookCanada

#bookstokids #Ottawa #CanadianKidLit @DCEducation

Happy World Book Day
Let's celebrate the joy of reading.
Is there really anything more joyful than reading an engaging bedtime story to grandkids? Well, maybe... when they begin to read storybooks to their siblings and cousins!

#bookstokids #Ottawa #CanadianKidLit

Proud to share that 50% of royalties from Sleepytime Tales hardcover and paperback will support @FirstBookCanada
Helping put books into the hands of kids who need them most.
See FocusSpede.ca for more info

#bookstokids #Readtoyourkids #CanadianKidLit

Thank you Singing Pebble Books for including Sleepytime Tales - Mindful Bedtime Stories for Restful Nights on your local author shelf!

@SingingPebble

Also available as ebook and audiobook.

More at FocusSpede.ca

#bookstokids #Ottawa #CanadianAuthor #kidlit #CanadianKidLit @FirstBookCanada

Book Launch Day!
Sleepytime Tales can be found on Amazon, Kobo, and these Ottawa bookstores:
Singing Pebbles
Books on Beechwood
DC Canada Education Publishing

50% royalties support @FirstBookCanada

See FocusSpede.ca

#bookstokids #CanadianAuthor #kidlit #CanKidLit #CanadianKidLit #Canadian

Exciting! First delivery of Sleepytime Tales from the printer. FocusSpede.ca for details on where it can be purchased. In select local Ottawa bookstores soon.
50% of paperback and hardcover royalties for First Book Canada.

#bookstokids #CanadianAuthor #kidlit #CanKidLit #CanadianKidLit #Canadian

A bundle of twelve bedtime stories.
Proofing the hardcover... Just weeks away.

#bedtimebooks #kidsbedtime #mindful #childrensliterature #kidlitcommunity #canadianauthor #canadianwriter #ottawaparents #readtokids #raisingreaders #CanKidLit #CanadianKidLit #CanadianBooks

an illustration of a brown girl with pigtails dressed in a pink with purple polkadot bathing suit floats on her back in blue water. The title The Last Last is multicoloured, black text identifies the book creators Wendy J. Whittingham, Brianna McCarthy.

The Last Last by @wendyjwhittingham.bsky.social and Brianna McCarthy turns the bittersweet of leaving one home to the sweetness of greeting another. I especially loved how the birds, although different in each location, provide connection. #kidlit #canadiankidlit 📚👍🏻

A photograph of the cover of The Love Song of Mr. Byrd by Philippa Dowding with illustrations by Caroline Clarke, shows a robin and bat together in a tree. To the right is a smaller version of the cover printed on a shortbread cookie.

The Love Song of Mr. Byrd by @phdowding.bsky.social with illustrations by Caroline Clarke is a balm for the soul. A reassuring story of friendship: poignant, lyrical, wise in an empthetic perspective for young readers. I loved this book. Much needed in our current world. #kidlit #canadiankidlit 📚👍🏻

The spines of a stack of picture books, featuring: MY STREET REMEMBERS, CATS AND US, WORDS MATTER, THE LAST LAST, A SINGLE DREADLOCK, and ONE CAN.

These six Groundwood books publish NEXT WEEK! 📚

Learn more about these titles here: houseofanansi.com/collections/... #booksky #kidlit #canadianbooks #canadiankidlit #cankidlit

🎉 Today is publication day for EMERSON THE ELEPHANT SEAL!

I'm so excited to share my boyfriend with you. He is over 500 lbs, so there is plenty of Emerson to go around!

Now available widely across Canadian bookshops!
www.indiebookstores.ca/book/9781998...

#kidlit #kidlitart #canadiankidlit

a book cover of a purple background with two girls and a boy in different coloured clothing - the title Today I Am is written in yellow, subtitle: 10 stories of Belonging. Edited by Jael Richardson, author of Gutter Child.

A #Canadiankidlit collection #TodayIAm, 10 stories of belonging by @chadgalucas.bsky.social, @martychan.bsky.social, @lisellesambury.bsky.social, Michael Hutchinson, Rosena Fung, @dannyramadan.com, @jaelrichardson.bsky.social , @mahtabnarsimhan.bsky.social, Angela Misri & Brandon Wint #kidlit 📚👍🏻

How an Animal Helped Heal My PTSD By the time the submerged memory of the abuse surfaced, my life was in flaming ruins – but I was learning to heal myself, by the grace of the Creator.

This is a very personal essay on my journey through childhood trauma & #mentalillness to a place of peace and faith. I talk about Darwin the donkey & my struggles with trusting God.

🐴 #DonkeyWisdom 🕊️ #HealingThroughStory ☮️ #InnerPeace #KidLit 🇨🇦 #CanadianKidLit

bahaiteachings.org/animal-helpe...

Going at my own pace these days. 💜
Not rushing the process--that doesn't work for me, anyway. Lol!
Creating, healing, writing—on my timeline.
We’re all on our own path. That’s the point! 💫

#GoAtYourOwnPace #CreativeProcess #Kidlit #CanadianKidlit #WritersOfBluesky #IllustratorsOfBluesky

#canscaip #WFCC2025 #kidlit
#picturebooks #middlegrade #canadiankidlit #writingcontest Submitted two already. Putting a neat bow on my third entry. The last time I entered was 2022. I received encouraging feedback from my 2021 works, one of which is now a WIP GN. W8 for feedback to edit in Nov.

To celebrate my new book, THE MOST MAGNIFICENT TEAM, I made friendship bracelets for a soon to be announced giveaway! Stay tuned… #kidlit #authorillustrator #canadiankidlit

Some highlights from Canadian Children's Book Week with the author of The Mango Monster, Derek Mascarenhas! So fun to finally meet Derek and meet some great people. #canadianchildrensbookweek #kidlit #canadiankidlit #kidlitartist

Amazing author copy haul today! I’m gonna have to go get a new bookshelf (or more friends with wee children.) #newbooks #author #illustrator #kidlit #canadiankidlit @kidscanpress.bsky.social

Boosting for #Canadiankidlit

Love this annual holiday catch-up with my Toronto kid lit peeps—these people have the biggest hearts. Big thanks to @claudiaosmond.bsky.social for hosting, and to @debbieohi.com for the photo! 💕. #torontokidlit #canadiankidlit #writingcommunity

Hey friends. If anyone is in North Vancouver next month, do come visit me and my buddy Grant! We are signing books at 32 Books & Gallery and we'd love to see you there!

Dec 7, 1:00 - 3:00pm! Bring me snacks!

#kidlit #kidlitart #canadiankidlit #northvancouver #vancouver

Tablet showing thumbnails for a picture book

So excited seeing this project come together! #kidlitart #canadiankidlit #picturebookart

Cover of picture book Lily and the Paper Man written by Rebecca Upjohn, illustrated by Renné Benoit shows a young dark haired girl in a pink hat & mittens, a blue striped scarf & red jacket holding tight to a grownup's arm as she looks fearfully over her shoulder at a man selling papers, wearing a coat with hiles, no hat or gloves. It is snowing. Pigeons, people and a cityscape are visible in the background.

As days shorten & grow colder I'm reminded of how fortunate I am to have a safe home. I don't often shout out my own books but #teachers #librarians & #parents have told me #LilyAndThePaperMan is a good conversation starter about about those experiencing #homelessness. #kidlit #canadiankidlit #pb

Jacky the Brave Twelve-year-old Jacky Fraser has entered a whirlwind of…

I haven’t written anything recently, thanks mostly to the persistent rejections of publishers, but this is my first YA novel released in 2013. I have 2 others since.
I hope this qualifies me for this list. #Canadiankidlit #yalit #canadianlit

www.goodreads.com/book/show/18...

@phdowding.bsky.social So lovely to see you here, Philippa! #CanadianKidLit #Kidlit

@friedawishinsky.bsky.social , Welcome, Frieda!
#Kidlit #CanadianKidlit

Five picture books on a white carpet by Canadian authors and illustrators: The Fabulous Song - Don Gilmore & Marie-Louise Gay, Sidewalk Flowers - Jon Arno Lawson & Sidney Smith, The Pirate and the Penguin - Patricia Storms, We Belong Here - Frieda Wishinsky & Ruth Ohi, What Happened Next - Susan Hughes & Carey Sookocheff

Taking comfort in #PictureBooks on #IReadCanadianDay. @stormsy.bsky.social @susanhughes.bsky.social @canscaip.bsky.social #Kidlit #CanadianKidlit

Covers of picture books by Canadian creators.

What book(s) by Canadian creators will you read November 6th, for #IReadCanadianDay2024?
@kidsbookcentre.bsky.social #ForestOfReading #Teachers #kidlit #schoolvisits #Canadiankidlit
@canscaip.bsky.social
@orcabook.bsky.social

Gasp! My upcoming hilo title is a JLG Gold Standard Selection! Cheat Code hits shelves February 2025!
#kidlit #canadiankidlit