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Joyce Grant
@jgcanada.bsky.social
Author | Journalist | Critical Thinking educator
I write book reviews for Publishers Weekly (PW)
Currently writing a book about libraries!
Fiction rep’d by @pageturnerlit.bsky.social
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I don’t know how to process the horrific fire hose of tragedy that has been omnipresent but has spiked this weekend, and I suspect I’m not alone. We aren’t meant to carry this much suffering and be able to function at “normal” capacity. Be gentle with yourself and others, if you can.
December 15, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Thank you @quillandquire.bsky.social for this wonderful review of Burst Your Bubble! #medialiteracy #criticalthinking #kidlit
December 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Picture Books, Eh’s FALL edition of The Great Canadian Picture Book Party is Dec 8 @ 7pm ET. Hear creators read their new books!
If you’re a CANSCAIP member, sign up through @canscaip.bsky.social. If not, message us at [email protected] for the link. See you, eh! #CANkidlit #kidlit #edusky
November 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Call out to traditionally published Canadian picture book creators with books coming out in 2026! Picture Books, Eh! is inviting anyone interested in joining our co-promotional community to get in touch: [email protected].
@canscaip.bsky.social @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social #CANkidlit #kidlit
November 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Cozy up with a warm drink and enjoy this stack of new books by members of @picturebookseh.bsky.social!
#kidlit #EduSky #CanKidLit #picturebooks #librarians
October 8, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Happy book birthday to BURST YOUR BUBBLE! 🎉

From CanLit For Little Canadians: "Joyce Grant's latest book will enlighten every one of us to the power and perils of algorithms in framing our interactions online."

#CANkidlit #kidlit
November 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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It's #BookBirthday time for BURST YOUR BUBBLE! 🫧🎉

🧡 "A must-purchase for libraries." —⭐ SLJ, STARRED REVIEW
🧡 A California Reading Association Eureka! Honor Book (Silver)
🧡 Classroom Resource available at OwlkidsBooks.com 🔗

#ClassroomBooks #MediaLiteracy #BookSky
November 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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PYI RECORDED registration open until November 30!

Watch your PYI recordings until January 31!

$150 CANSCAIP Members & Friends | $175 non-members

Register today: www.canscaip.org/event-6251775

#PYI2025 #CANSCAIP #CanKidLit
November 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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CANSCAIP Monthly Membership Meeting
Wed Nov 12
7pm ET

Elly Barlin Daniels
Olivia Daniels
@lenacoakley.bsky.social

#CANSCAIP
November 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Have a great launch @jgcanada.bsky.social for BURST YOUR BUBBLE! OUTSMART THE ALGORITHMS AND SEE WHAT YOU'RE MISSING today. Lots to absorb in this NF book for #MG readers, with fab art by @jandolby.bsky.social We should all be reading this one! canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/11/burs...
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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I still remember my anthropology professor’s favorite joke from college:
“What did Watson and Crick discover?”
“Rosalind Franklin’s notes.”
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
November 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
A reminder that my book launch is THIS SATURDAY at 1 pm, A Different Drummer Books in Burlington. Please come! There will be gazillions of bubbles and you’ll even get to hear me sing and play piano. True story!
@jandolby.bsky.social @owlkids.bsky.social
#medialiteracy #kidlit
November 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
October 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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In Toronto and feeling witchy? Here's the event for you! @picturebookseh.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Want a reading "palate cleanser" -- a book you might not normally think to pick up? @bookgaga.bsky.social suggests "Burst Your Bubble!" along w/others including the latest poetry by @paulvermeersch.bsky.social
TY BookGaga!
@owlkids.bsky.social

bookgagabooks.ca/2025/09/27/c...

Image: BookGaga
October 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Cover reveal! Dorothy Leung and I are so excited for you to meet Tansy, whose life is disrupted one blustery day, by a pesty cloud that just won’t go away.

☁️ THE CLOUD THAT STUCK ☁️ officially comes out April 14, 2026, and is available for pre-order now.
@charlesbridge.bsky.social #kidlit #CANkidlit
October 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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THE LIBRARIANS @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social is a *must-see.*

Thanks to @ifla.org Met Lib for the private screening at Toronto Reference Library.

Terrifying, deeply moving. I know several of the librarians & recognized books by many #KidLit #YALit friends. 😢

#BannedBooksWeek #LibrarySky

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October 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Met up with #KidLit friends at the private screening of THE LIBRARIANS today, including @karenkrossing.com @jgcanada.bsky.social Hélène Boudreau and @maureentai.com (who recently moved to Toronto from Hong Kong). #TorKidLit
October 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Can I ask a favour? If your child used TKN and "taught" you something they learned from one of our news articles, could you please DM or email me? Thank you!
October 7, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Still quite busy with a fun project (plus I'm painting again!) so I'll just leave this spot with a cartoon of a belching rat. #Rat #Rats #RatBelching #RatBurping #kidlitart #Drawing #Ink
October 1, 2025 at 8:35 PM
An incredible woman, who has left us with a legacy that will continue to educate and inform us for many decades. So grateful to her -- she will be sorely missed.
October 1, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Another fantastic evening from @picturebookseh.bsky.social -- hearing about a wonderful crop of gorgeous Canadian picture books that have recently hit bookshelves. And great Canadian music! Love, love, love this event
September 30, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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