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Publishing award-winning books and magazines for children ages 2 to 14 since 1976 📚

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NEW FOR WINTER 💗

WHEN BRYN'S EAR WENT QUIET releases January 27, 2026!

This positive, evocative story gently uses a child’s perspective to capture the experience of going to the hospital to have surgery.

Pre-order your copy today 💗

#NewBooks #NewBooksForWinter #Anxiety #CochlearImplant #BookSky
December 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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It's #GivingTuesday 💜

Head over to https://ow.ly/Y8gQ50XAHml to enter our Kindness Contest in collaboration with CanadaHelps for a chance to #WIN a VIOLET'S SONG prize pack 🎁

Help spread #Kindness today 💜

#GivingTuesday #KindnessContest #KidLit
December 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Our Winter 2026 books are available for pre-order at your local bookstore! ❤️📚

Shop from your favorite independent booksellers, and browse some of our new and upcoming titles!

#IndieBookstores #Holidays #HolidayGifts #Gifts #BookGifts #BookSky #ShopLocal
December 1, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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NEW FOR WINTER 💚

LEFT-HANDED: GETTING A GRIP ON HANDEDNESS releases January 27, 2026!

With a blend of pop culture, sports, history, and STEM, this middle-grade nonfiction tackles left-handedness.

Pre-order your copy today 💚

#NewBooks #NewBooksForWinter #LeftHanded #Nonfiction #BookSky
November 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Learn about owls in the November issue of #Chirp magazine 🦉

#DYK that owls can twist their necks and swivel their heads to see behind them ... amazing! 🤎

#AmazingAnimal #CoolAnimals #NightTime #NightIssue #Owl #ChirpMagazine #ChirpAnimal #AnimalFacts #KidMagazine #KidLit
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Need a Xmas present idea? How about this delightful book, One Cosmic Rock, by @karenkrossing.com charmingly illustrated by @dreamist.bsky.social about the end of the dinos (I was lucky enough to be the consultant)
November 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Happy #NonfictionNovember 🐝 Check out this bee-utiful #BookRec!

THE BUZZ ON WILD BEES

💛 “Informative and engaging.” — ⭐ SLJ, STARRED REVIEW
💛 Classroom Poster available at OwlkidsBooks.com 🔗
💛 Expert reviewed by Dr. Dirk Steinke

#SolitaryBees #Biodiversity #STEM
November 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Highlight Indigenous creators and stories with these beautiful picture books and spark conversations about culture, experiences, and traditions ❤️

#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #IndigenousHeritageMonth #NAHM #Books #ChildrensBooks #BookSky
Image includes book covers of following: THE WANDERING FEATHER BIINDIGEN! AMIK SAYS WELCOME I SANG YOU DOWN FROM THE STARS (*Canadian Rights only) RAVEN'S RIBBONS (*Canadian Rights only) BEAUTIFUL YOU, BEAUTIFUL ME
November 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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"A pitch-perfect portrayal of resilience." —⭐ Quill & Quire, STARRED REVIEW

"An encouraging take." —Kirkus Reviews

IT BEGAN WITH A BUZZ offers a window into the experience of living with an unseen condition. Based on the author’s own battle with hearing loss and tinnitus 💙

#NewBooks #BookSky
November 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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In the May issue of OWL, we asked readers to write a poem for our Mix 'n' Match Poetry #Contest - take a look at this awesome entry! #Winner

Read all the winners' entries on our blog:

🖋️ https://ow.ly/sWWX50XrltM

#Poetry #PoetryContest #MagazineContest
Text on image reads: Axolotl in the gym, Playing the xylophone, look at him. Come here hedgehog, look at Jim. Playing his xylophone, Would love to be him.
November 13, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Take a look at the lovely illustrations in HOW TURTLE ISLAND CAME TO BE 🤎

🖋️Adapted by #WilliePoll and illustrated by #Morningstar

From the #November issue of Chickadee magazine.

▶️ Listen to the story here:

https://ow.ly/c79A50Xr7es

#NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #NAHM
November 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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In It Began With a Buzz by @shivadelsoozart.bsky.social a girl struggling with tinnitus finds a way to cope. This relatable #picturebook sings with emotional resonance in high fidelity. Here's my ⭐@quillandquire.bsky.social #bookreview: tinyurl.com/464j4yjh #KidLit #CanKitLit @owlkids.bsky.social 📚👍
On the cover of the picture book It Began with a Buzz by Shiva Delsooz, a young girl holds her ears in her hands and has a frown on her face.
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Snow time in Canada ☃️❄️😊
no snow here in Portugal but lots of rain and wind -_-

Illustration for Chickadee Magazine 2023 @owlkids.bsky.social
#kidlitart

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November 12, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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On the BOOK BIRTHDAY 🎉of "Burst Your Bubble!" TY CanLit for LittleCanadians for this wonderful review.🫧
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#MediaLiteracy @jandolby.bsky.social @hkubiw.bsky.social @owlkids.bsky.social @mediasmarts.bsky.social @mor10.com @picturebookseh.bsky.social #kidlit
"An astonishingly fresh look at the power of algorithms" Review: CanLit for LittleCanadians - Joyce Grant, Author & Speaker
"... setting up opportunities to change the algorithms." Review: CanLit for LittleCanadians
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November 11, 2025 at 4:39 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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A poignant First World War story of friendship ❤️

"A history lesson and conversation starter." —⭐ Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW

Now in paperback, this picture book, inspired by true events, is a simple, poignant, and thought-provoking story.

#RemembranceDay
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Explore themes of war and conflict with these important titles. #SocialStudies 📚

THE PAPER BOAT
THE ELEVENTH HOUR
CARRY ON
WHY DO WE FIGHT?
LETTERS TO A PRISONER
WHAT IF SOLDIERS FOUGHT WITH PILLOWS?

#ClassroomBooks #Teacher #NonfictionNovember #KidLit
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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Ontario #teachers: consider today's #Burlington book launch of BURST YOUR BUBBLE! OUTSMART THE ALGORITHMS AND SEE WHAT YOU'RE MISSING by @jgcanada.bsky.social illus by @jandolby.bsky.social @owlkids.bsky.social Great NF book to inform us all! canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/11/burs...
Burst Your Bubble!: Outsmart the Algorithms and See What You're Missing
Promoting children's and YA books by Canadian authors and illustrators
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November 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Snail & Stump return for a third (brave) adventure! 🥳

🐌🪵 “Snail and Stump are bastions of cuteness ... [An] encouraging tale of friendship.” —SLJ

🐌🪵 "Folds deep themes into simple words and pictures." —KIRKUS

HOW TO BE BRAVE LIKE A SNAIL is now available!

#SnailAndStumpSeries
November 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Happy #November! ✨

Check out the covers of the CHIRP, CHICKADEE, and OWL November issues!

#ChirpMagazine #ChickadeeMagazine #OWLMagazine #KidsMagazine #EducationalMagazine #Reading #Hockey #Night
November 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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My author copy of ONE COSMIC ROCK has arrived! Many millions of years ago, an asteroid began a journey that reshaped life on our planet forever. A poetic look at a defining event in Earth’s history, gorgeously illustrated by @dreamist.bsky.social! Coming February 2026 from @owlkids.bsky.social!
November 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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It's #IReadCanadianDay ❤️
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🇨🇦 How much of your #KidLit is #CanLit? You might be surprised!

Along with other Canadian-owned publishers, we’re calling on parents, teachers, librarians, and book-lovers across the nation to read Canadian! Learn more about how you can support Canadian authors, illustrators, and publishers ❤️
November 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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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!
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#medialiteracy #kidlit
November 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Light up the night sky with these #BookRecs 🔦

✨ WHO NEEDS THE DARK?
✨ MOON POPS
✨ ELEANOR'S MOON
✨ THE MIDNIGHT CLUB
✨ THE KEEPER OF STARS
✨ LITTLE MOMENTS IN A BIG UNIVERSE
✨ THE JELLYFISH BUS
✨ I WONDER ABOUT WORLDS

#Nighttime #Storytime #KidLit #BookSky
November 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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@owlkids.bsky.social Someone will be excited to get their very first mail delivery after school today! #chirpmagazine #kidsmagazine #kidlit
Two issues of Chirp magazine sitting on a kitchen table
October 31, 2025 at 5:58 PM