New @publishingpals.bsky.social episode is out! Our reads and recs of 2025 (can you tell we record our episodes ahead of time? 😆)
#writingcommunity #kidlitcommunity #writers
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Zoey looks like none of these but I had to keep this puzzle. Happy Caturday to all! #caturday #kidlit #picturebook #kidlitcommunity
More (belated) kidlit celebrating! So many amazing entries- congrats to all! Thanks to @viviankirkfield.bsky.social and the judges for the #50PreciousWords contest, cheers to everyone in the winner's circle and honorable mention lists, and thank you to my awesome CPs!
#kidlit #kidlitcommunity
Late to celebrate, but excited to be part of this beautiful issue! Thank you to the editors, cheers to all the creators, and big thanks to my amazing CPs!
#kidlit #kidlitcommunity
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This morning's post is about my never-to-would-be career~🦸♀️
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#KidLitMegaFeed #KidlitCommunity #writing #WritingCommunity
Crazy stuff happens when your book (paper copies)📖 is out of print... 🤪 (Still available for a fraction as an EeBook, though)💻
#KidLitMegaFeed #KidlitCommunity #writing #publishing
🌷🐣 Happy Easter Weekend, Illinois storytellers! 🐰📚
Wishing our writers and illustrators a spring full of fresh ideas, joyful color, and stories that bloom bright.
Take time to rest, recharge, and maybe sketch a bunny or two!
#KidLitCommunity #WritersAndIllustrators #SpringCreativity #EasterWeekend
Here's what's new in Jewish #boardbooks #picturebooks & #middlegrade for April! Thanks to Stacy Nockowitz for compiling.
#kidlit #BookSky #Edusky #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #amwriting #kidlitcommunity #middlegrade
Tomorrow kicks off #NationalPoetryMonth!
All April I’ll be sharing recent favorite children’s poems & books, new blog posts, poetry videos, & some original poems of my own.
If you love poetry for kids, I hope you’ll follow along! 😊
#KidLit #poetry #KidLitCommunity
Thanks 2 Lakeview Elem 4 incl me in Family Literacy Night. What an honor 2B w authors/illustrators @susischaeferart.bsky.social @bookthreader.bsky.social @ginacapaldi.bsky.social Kathleen Troy & Marie Chan
#kidlit #BookSky #Edusky #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #kidlitcommunity #middlegrade
My post suggests watching out, for the fools are coming~🤡
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#KidLit #KidLitMeagFeed #KidlitCommunity #writing #AprilFools
So excited to share I received an Honorable Mention in the Vivian Kirkfield 50 Precious Words Writing Contest! ✨
Congratulations to everyone! And thanks to @viviankirkfield.bsky.social
and the judges for all their hard work!
#50PreciousWords #kidlit #kidlitcommunity
My author newsletter comes out tomorrow -- still time to subscribe (free!). See link in my bio!
#kidlit #BookSky #Edusky #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #amwriting #kidlitcommunity #middlegrade
@jennilwalsh.bsky.social @jstremer.bsky.social
New @publishingpals.bsky.social episode is out! This week we interviewed #picturebook #illustrator extraordinaire Raissa Figueroa!
#writingcommunity #kidlit #kidlitcommunity
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❄️ Discover the new Winter Issue of Prairie Wind — Illinois’ premier literary magazine by and for our state’s storytellers! ❄️
✨ Cover illustration by Manal Mirza ✨
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#PrairieWind #IllinoisCreatives #KidLitCommunity #WritersAndIllustrators
My post this morning is about the experience of writing a novel, and how it has changed over my writing years~ ✍🏻📔
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#KidLit #KidlitMegaFeed #writing #TheWritingLife #writingprocess #Life #KidlitCommunity
📚👍Happy #InternationalDayofForests!🌲🌲
To honor this holiday I'm posting my 2023 review of BENEATH by Cori Doerrfeld, a ❤️PB in a forest setting:
#kidlit #kidlitcommunity #PB #bookreview #WhatToRead #booksforkids #literacy @littlebrownyr.bsky.social
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🌹🌷Happy Spring! ☔🐇
The spring 2026 edition of my newsletter is out! Link to FREE educator guides inside.
If you'd like to subscribe, there is a link at the bottom of the newsletter. Happy reading! 📖
#AuthorNewsletter #booknews #kidlitcommunity #kidlit #childrensbooks
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Thank you, Robin Currie, for having me on your blog!
#kidlit #kidlitcommunity #authorsarerealpeople #auhtorinterview
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My St Patrick's Day post, and I'm contemplating this "The Luck of the Irish" thing~🧙♂️
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#KidLit #KidlitMegaFeed #writing #Irish #luck #KidlitCommunity
Illustrators and authors, Amanda Davis, Beth Price Morgan, Victoria K. Chapman, and Marietta Apollonio together making silly faces and gestures in a conference room.
A group of KidLit folks lined up smiling for a photo. From left to right: Pam Vaughn, Sophie Shuemaker, Natalia Vázquez Torres, Alex Wolfe, Juan Botero, Sean McCarthy, and Julia Boyce.
Victoria K. Chapman and Natalia Vázquez Torres smile together in a selfie.
Victoria K. Chapman smiles while holding up a lanyard with a badge that has her name and a rainbow heart pin and a she/her pronouns pin.
My heart is full after an amazing weekend at the Whispering Pines Writers Retreat @newenglandscbwi.bsky.social! So great to reconnect with old friends, make new friends, learn, laugh, and share #kidlit book joy! #kidlitcommunity #amwriting #kidlitart #illustrators
Girl holds a coloring page for her stuffed animals while a cat watches her. Her little brother colors beside her.
I just finished my first picture book dummy and holy moly was it a lot of work but I’m so proud of myself 🥹 #kidlitcommunity
Thank you, @pbrisingstars.bsky.social, for such a thoughtful application process. It's worth walking through the questions if you need a little jumpstart to articulating who you are as a #kidlitwriter on this🌏:) #amwriting #writingcommunity #kidlitcommunity #scbwi
Encourage kids to imagine, create, and take that first spark into action.
Activity: Grab paper, pens, or recyclables and make something new today!
#BookDiscussion #FamilyReads #KidLitCommunity #WeavingStories #WovenOfTheWorld
This post is to commiserate and whine with fellow creatives during tax time. ::deep breath::
I DON’T WANNA!!!!! 😩
#thebusinessofart #illustrator #kidlitcommunity #ihatetaxes
Re-posting my review of Reach by Celesta Rimington from @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social, which recently released to great reviews! Check it out!
#kidlit #BookSky #Edusky #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #amwriting #kidlitcommunity #middlegrade
There's nothing like seeing my books on the bookstore shelf with legendary authors! Thank you @childrensbookworld.bsky.social
#kidlit #BookSky #Edusky #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #amwriting #kidlitcommunity #middlegrade
Here's what's new in Jewish #picturebooks & #middlegrade for March! Thanks to Stacy Nockowitz for compiling
@chanastiefel.bsky.social @leslea.bsky.social
#kidlit #BookSky #Edusky #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #amwriting #kidlitcommunity #middlegrade
