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Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚

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Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚 @tanyakonerman.bsky.social · May 20

Happy Book Birthday to MUD TO THE RESCUE!. Thanks to the illustrator #MelanieCataldo; my incredible agent Mona K. with @greatdoglit.bsky.social; @weboflifebooks.bsky.social; my amazing CP's @teresarobeson.com, Keiko Kasza, Kim Howard; and my family! #picturebooks #NatureForKids #STEMforKids 🐘🐖🦩🐊🐢🦫

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Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚 @tanyakonerman.bsky.social · 7d

I am so excited…Mud to the Rescue! has won a silver EUREKA! HONOR BOOK AWARD! 🥳🎉🎊📚🐘

Web of Life Children's Books @weboflifebooks.bsky.social · 7d

So excited to announce that MUD TO THE RESCUE! HOW ANIMALS USE MUD TO THRIVE AND SURVIVE has won a silver EUREKA! HONOR BOOK AWARD from the California Reading Association! Congratulations to author Tanya Konerman and illustrator Melanie Cataldo! @tanyakonerman.bsky.social @greatdoglit.bsky.social

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Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚 @tanyakonerman.bsky.social · 11d

KY and Southern Indiana peeps! Tomorrow is the Louisville Book Festival…FREE/open to the public! I’m signing Mud to the Rescue! and will be on an author’s panel 10am-11am. #kidlit #louisvillebookfestival #mudtotherescue #picturebooks #reading #books #STEM #weboflifechildrensbooks #ingram

Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚 @tanyakonerman.bsky.social · 27d

My publisher @weboflifebooks.bsky.social has just published this wonderful book by @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social and @megsodano.bsky.social. It is beautiful and fun! Read my review to find out more: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
#nonfiction #nature #oceans #picturebooks 🐋🦈🐠

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Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚 @tanyakonerman.bsky.social · Sep 8

I was the guest blogger recently for kidlit author Alisha Gabriel, discussing Mud to the Rescue!...so fun! 🐘🦩🐊🐖📚 alishagabriel.com/interview-wi...

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Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚 @tanyakonerman.bsky.social · Sep 4

If you look closely you can see hints at who’s been climbing our window nightly for a yummy treat (we now bring the bird food inside at dark)! 🦝 #pawprints #midnightraider #wherestheWindex #nature

Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚 @tanyakonerman.bsky.social · Sep 1

I'm so happy it's finally September! So much going on in the kidlit world. I discuss this and more in my latest newsletter. tanyakonerman.wordpress.com/2025/09/

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Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚 @tanyakonerman.bsky.social · Sep 1

Another reason to love September! #WorldKidlitMonth #kidlit #September #picturebooks #middlegrade #ya

The Emma Press @theemmapress.bsky.social · Sep 1

Did you know that September is #WorldKidLitMonth? The month for everyone of any age to explore the world through international children’s books!

💡 Head over to the World Kid Lit blog for book recs from over 180 countries: buff.ly/plKVZ5g

☀️ Happy travels wherever you fly by book!

World Kid Lit Month bingo board - can you read a title from Asia, Africa, Oceania, Europe and The Americas? Can you find a translated picture book, middle grade book, YA title and graphic novel or comic?

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Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚 @tanyakonerman.bsky.social · Sep 1

Right there with ya! Will probably hike or work a puzzle today to get out of my (blocked) head!

Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚 @tanyakonerman.bsky.social · Aug 30

August nut hunter
pauses, rests, but not for long
September is nigh

#HaikuSaturday #haiku #poetry #nature #seasons

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Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚 @tanyakonerman.bsky.social · Aug 12

It’s #WorldElephantDay! I ❤️ 🐘 so much, I have one on the cover of #MudtotheRescue. My Spirit Animal is caring, intelligent, loyal, strong…see below for ways to help them every day! #elephants #nature #kidlit #STEM #picturebooks #animals @weboflifebooks.bsky.social

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Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚 @tanyakonerman.bsky.social · Aug 9

Dog Days of summer
sun heats cicadas’ song ‘til
night rains light showers

#HaikuSaturday #haiku #poetry #summer #August #perseids #writing

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Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚 @tanyakonerman.bsky.social · Aug 1

My August newsletter looks at summer and reading. 📚 😎
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#books #kidlit #picturebooks #middlegrade #schoolvisits #nature #mudtotherescue #STEAM #summer #reading

Tanya Konerman’s August 2025 Kidlit Author Newsletter

Summer is in full swing, even if some kids have already started back in school (hello, Midwest!). One way to make summer magical and full is through reading and books. I cover this and more in my l…

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Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚 @tanyakonerman.bsky.social · Jul 31

I absolutely loved Before the Ever After!

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Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚 @tanyakonerman.bsky.social · Jul 20

Finally BIC’d 🪑👩‍💻 this morning to start my #middlegrade #nonfiction proposal, even knocking out the outline and a bit of the Overview. Would love it if this energy and focus could follow me into #Monday for my #picturebook writing! 📚🗓️

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Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚 @tanyakonerman.bsky.social · Jul 20

Always! Then I feel I have to rush through them!

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Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚 @tanyakonerman.bsky.social · Jul 19

These look great! Do you send them to newsletter subscribers, librarians, schools, or who?

Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚 @tanyakonerman.bsky.social · Jul 18

It’s hard to keep up! I try to post more visual things on IG so I’m limited there. I’m actually seeing good engagement on FB still.

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Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚 @tanyakonerman.bsky.social · Jul 16

Love, love, love it! 🐿️

Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚 @tanyakonerman.bsky.social · Jul 15

Looks fun!

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Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚 @tanyakonerman.bsky.social · Jul 15

Definitely not X…we’ve moved to BlueSky and IG!

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Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚 @tanyakonerman.bsky.social · Jul 15

So excited for this new book out today by the amazing @teresarobeson.com! #kidlit #middlegrade #disgustology

Macmillan Children's School & Library Marketing @mackidssl.bsky.social · Jul 15

Disgustology: The Science of Gross is out today! Written by award-winning author @teresarobeson.com & @annamariajung.bsky.social, this disgusting book for middle schoolers is packed full of fun facts and silly science + truly eye-popping illustrations! A must have for any library! bit.ly/4kyHP0O

A book cover. The title is: The Science of Gross, Disgustology. Written by Teresa Robeson, concept & illustrations by Anna-Maria Jung. The cover depicts a number of creature and organisms we might consider gross, including slugs, a human brain, a lizard shooting blood out of its eyes, bacteria, the heart, etc.

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Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚 @tanyakonerman.bsky.social · Jul 11

Absolutely ridiculous. We are creatives. This is our livelihood!

Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚 @tanyakonerman.bsky.social · Jul 11

I can’t wait to get my copy of this fun book by my CP and great friend @teresarobeson.com! #kidlit #science #Disgustology #fun 📚🥳😍

Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · Jul 11

Countdown: 4 more days until #Disgustology releases!! #science #kidlit @annamariajung.bsky.social @mackidssl.bsky.social

Teresa Robeson @teresarobeson.com · Jul 10

I’m super excited to have this fun, freaky, and funny book out with @annamariajung.bsky.social in just 5 days!! #science #kidlit

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Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚 @tanyakonerman.bsky.social · Jul 7

I wouldn’t think there’s a need to do that. You’ll sub the version to each agent you think is strongest, with no need to mention its revision history.

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Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚 @tanyakonerman.bsky.social · Jul 3

Just…😡🤯😢

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · Jul 3

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

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