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Dan Santat @dansantat.bsky.social · 19h

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Cait Darfler..... is on SUBMISSION! @caitdarfler.com · 22h

📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks

The Great Santa Stakeout
Betsy Bird & Dan Santat
@fuse8.bsky.social
@dansantat.bsky.social

I should probably wait until Dec to share this, but fun, kid-friendly books don't have a specific "season". My family loved this.

Cover for The Great Santa Stakeout showing kid in a red santa hat looking at a snow globe of santa

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Brick & Mortar Books @brick-mortar.bsky.social · 2d

Join us for a pre-festival keynote with renowned author-illustrator @dansantat.bsky.social 🥳 Fri, 10/10 from 5:30-7 pm at the Archer Hotel. Admission is free, but tickets are required. Find the link to obtain your free ticket in the comments below!

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Cait Darfler..... is on SUBMISSION! @caitdarfler.com · 6d

📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks

Don't Trust Fish
Neil Sharpson & Dan Santat
@unshavedmouse.bsky.social
@dansantat.bsky.social

Get this book. The facts are awesome. Or maybe not. You can't trust the narrator 😉
I was here for all of it.
You'll laugh & so will the kids.

Cover for Don't Trust Fish shows the words in large blue with skeptical looking fish.

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Dan Santat @dansantat.bsky.social · 5d

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Dan Santat @dansantat.bsky.social · 6d

50 (My Annual Birthday Post)

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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · 50 The other day, one of my kids asked me when I would retire. Before I could answer by son replied, “Who are we kidding, we both know you’ll never retire.” He then went on to s…

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Dan Santat @dansantat.bsky.social · 8d

A STARRED review for the upcoming sequel to SIDEKICKS! Thank you, Kirkus Reviews ❤️

SIDEKICKS: THICK AS THIEVES coming Jan 6, 2026 from Scholastic and Graphix Books

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Dan Santat @dansantat.bsky.social · 14d

You likely still know NOTHING about my new series SASHIMI coming April 2026 which has just been made a @JrLibraryGuild GOLD STANDARD BOOK. That's good. That's when all your kids are like, "WHAT'S THIS DUMB BOO-" and then they're hooked. You've been warned. ❤️ #SASHIMI @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

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Jennie Goloboy @jenniegoloboy.bsky.social · 16d

So excited that @unshavedmouse.bsky.social's DON'T TRUST FISH (illustrated by @dansantat.bsky.social) was named one of the best 25 picture books of the last 25 years by Slate!!! slate.com/culture/2025...

The 25 Greatest Picture Books of the Century

There’s been a revolution in children’s storytelling—and it’s not just that the stories are more diverse.

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Dan Santat @dansantat.bsky.social · 19d

Oh, well this is fucking awful

The Hollywood Reporter @thr.com · 19d

For decades, Stan Lee was the king of comic conventions. Now, nearly seven years after his death at the age of 95, he will once again be a presence at L.A. Comic Con, this time as a hologram that will use AI to have conversations with fans.

An AI Stan Lee Hologram Will Speak With Fans at L.A. Comic Con

For decades, Stan Lee was the king of comic conventions. Now, nearly seven years after his death at the age of 95, he will once again be a presence at L.A. Comic Con, this time as a hologram that will use AI to have conversations with fans.

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Amanda Hunt @thenextgenlib.bsky.social · 22d

A new #MG #graphicnovel series from @dansantat.bsky.social releasing April 14! You won’t want to miss this one—fans of Bad Guys & The InvestiGators will love it! bookshop.org/a/102434/978... #library #book #librarian #bookrecommendation #librarians #tlsky #skybrarian #skybrarians

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Tim Smyth @historycomics.bsky.social · 22d

Love love love! Thank you Dan Santat , Joanna Ho, and Caroline Kusin Pritchard. @dansantat.bsky.social

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Dan Santat @dansantat.bsky.social · Sep 3

Hey folks, @barnesandnoble.com is having a preorder sale from now until Sept 5 and you can pre-order TWO big exciting graphic novel titles that I'll have coming early next year: SASHIMI and SIDEKICKS: THICK AS THIEVES is the long awaited sequel to my first installment. Thanks ❤️

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Dan Santat @dansantat.bsky.social · Sep 3

Hey folks, @barnesandnoble.com is having a preorder sale from now until Sept 5 and you can pre-order TWO big exciting graphic novel titles that I'll have coming early next year: SASHIMI and SIDEKICKS: THICK AS THIEVES is the long awaited sequel to my first installment. Thanks ❤️

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Lisa Yee . . . is confused about social media @lisayee.bsky.social · Aug 28

Then this happened!

@randomhousekids.bsky.social @dansantat.bsky.social
#Misfits #NYTimesBestseller #KidLit

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Dan Santat @dansantat.bsky.social · Aug 25

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Lisa Yee . . . is confused about social media @lisayee.bsky.social · Aug 22

The #NYTimesBestseller list for The Misfits-A Royal Conundrum! NO ONE KNOWS how a book gets on the list. On Wed a list of bestsellers goes to agents + publishers, and they inform the author. On Fri, it's officially published online in the paper.

@randomhousekids.bsky.social @dansantat.bsky.social

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Lisa Yee . . . is confused about social media @lisayee.bsky.social · Aug 21

OOF!!! I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED BUT THE MISFITS #1 - A ROYAL CONUNDRUM* IS BACK ON THE NY TIMES BESTSELLER LIST! I AM GOING TO EAT CAKE NOW.

*The book debuted in January 2024

@dansantat.bsky.social @randomhousekids.bsky.social #Misfits #Bestseller #KidLit #books #MiddleGrade

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Lisa Yee . . . is confused about social media @lisayee.bsky.social · Aug 20

Honored that The Misfits - A Royal Conundrum has been nominated for Japan's #sakuramedal! Thousands of international school students will be voting for their favorite books
@dansantat.bsky.social @randomhousekids.bsky.social
#KidLit #SakuraMedal #Books #Readers #internationalschool #Misfits

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Dan Santat @dansantat.bsky.social · Aug 19

I’d like to make an executive order for Trump to go f&ck himself

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Jere from Buffalo. @jeredolan2.bsky.social · Aug 14

@dansantat.bsky.social Thank you for a wonderful read. My wife surprised me with this today and I was genuinely moved. Lovely art that captures the Hulk and Banner perfectly. All around fun and something I highly recommend to everyone.

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Dan Santat @dansantat.bsky.social · Aug 14

Glad you enjoyed it 🙏❤️❤️🖍️

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Dan Santat @dansantat.bsky.social · Aug 12

I meet my Make-A-Wish friend on MONDAY! ❤

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Heidi Grange @geolibrarian.bsky.social · Aug 10

~Can Bruce and Hulk stop fighting about feelings long enough to stop a villain? Check out this new picture book by Dan Santat. #kidlit @dansantat.bsky.social #marvel #hulk #picturebooks geolibrarian.blogspot.com/2025/08/pict...

PICTURE BOOK REVIEW: All the Hulk Feels by Dan Santat

ALL THE HULK FEELS A Mighty Marvel Comics Picture Book written & illustrated by Dan Santat Abrams Fanfare, 2025 ISBN: 978-1-4197-7613-7 So...

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Dan Santat @dansantat.bsky.social · Aug 7

I'll be presenting at this year's SAN DIEGO BOOK FESTIVAL talking about my new book, ALL THE HULK FEELS (as well as other books) this AUGUST 23! Come say HI if you're a local teacher, librarian, or just an old college pal.

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