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Cassandra Federman @cassfederman.bsky.social · 4d

📦Unboxing my newest picture book GRAY SQUIRREL LOSES IT with my kiddo! There were some bumps along the way, like the cat food dispenser sounding off, but we pressed on and now I’m inclined to make this a tradition. What do you think—should we keep unboxing together?

#kidlit #edusky

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Karen (Cryin’) Yin 😢🎃 | Buy My BOOOOks @karenyin.bsky.social · 13d

Ghosts in sheets? BOO-ring! Check out the haunt couture in #SoNotGhoul. This underworldly tale about Mimi, a Chinese American ghost in bicultural limbo, is brought to life by Chinese-style rituals, Mandarin puns, and—of course—ghost fashion. Written by me and illustrated by Bonnie Lui. #Halloween 👻🎃

Graphic featuring cover of "So Not Ghoul" has a blue-and-pink palette to match the cover. On the cover: Mimi, a smiling Chinese American girl ghost, is next to a white cat, who is side-eyeing three girl ghouls sneering at Mimi. Above: "Mimi doesn't look like the other ghosts—but she wishes she did." Below: "A pun-tacular ghost story."—Booklist

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Gennie ✨Jenny with a G✨ Gorback @gennie.bsky.social · Aug 15

Wooo hooo!!! 🎉🎉🎉

Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · Aug 14

I'm agog! FORTS is one of @usatoday.com's bestselling #picturebooks this week!

Thank you to all the indie bookstores who believe in this book and have been sharing it with their customers. ❤️💙📚

#kidlit

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The cover of the picture book FORTS, showing a girl and her cat sitting in a cozy treehouse.

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Gennie ✨Jenny with a G✨ Gorback @gennie.bsky.social · Jul 30

a baby is crying in a crowd of people while sitting in a stadium .

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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · Jul 30

Happy book birthday to my debut, Forts! Brilliantly illustrated by @kenardpak.bsky.social
#kidlit #picturebooks

Cover of the picture book Forts, with a note that says “happy publication day”

Katie Venit, the author, signing copies of Forts in a bookstore.

Katie Venit, the author of Forts, holding up a copy of the title page with an inscription that says “forts forever”

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Karen (Cryin’) Yin 😢🎃 | Buy My BOOOOks @karenyin.bsky.social · Jul 28

What can we do to support #queer #kidlit? Ask your local library and bookshops to participate in #ReadOutLoud as a location. Thank you, @authorsabb.bsky.social! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social · Jul 28

This weekend Read OUT Loud as part of a national day of action to support Queer Kids Books. Find in-person events near you or sign up to participate in an online action!

Read OUT Loud Press Release

Read OUT Loud Contact Information: Jeannie Regan (she/her) [email protected] Emily L. (they/them) [email protected] https://www.instagram.com/readoutloud4ever Release Date: July ...

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Gennie ✨Jenny with a G✨ Gorback @gennie.bsky.social · Jul 11

the word thank you is written in gold

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Priscilla Gilman @priscillag.bsky.social · Jul 11

Yay! So excited for this one! The world needs it!

Gennie ✨Jenny with a G✨ Gorback @gennie.bsky.social · Jul 9

🎉COVER REVEAL!!🎉

We are thrilled to share this gorgeous cover!

GO PLAY will be released by @broadleafbooks.bsky.social on April 14, 2026!

Thank you to our editor Lisa Kloskin, our book’s agent @literarylesliez.bsky.social and the cover designer Angie Chiu.

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Jessica Yoon @jessyoonwrites.bsky.social · Jul 10

I’m (finally) starting a newsletter! Want to hear some fun stuff about ALA, including that time I nicely accosted a group of Korean librarians on the street and what they asked me? Want to dictate what prizes I should offer for future giveaways? Subscribe! jessyoonwrites.substack.com

Jessica’s Substack | Jessica Yoon | Substack

My personal Substack. Click to read Jessica’s Substack, by Jessica Yoon, a Substack publication. Launched a month ago.

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Eric Smith @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social · Jul 9

Whoa it’s Amazon Prime Day! Yeah I’m into PRIME.

P - Purchasing
R - Right from
I - Indie bookstores who
M - Make our communities
E - Even better places to live

Shop indie, shop local.

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Gennie ✨Jenny with a G✨ Gorback @gennie.bsky.social · Jul 10

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Gennie ✨Jenny with a G✨ Gorback @gennie.bsky.social · Jul 10

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Gennie ✨Jenny with a G✨ Gorback @gennie.bsky.social · Jul 10

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Gennie ✨Jenny with a G✨ Gorback @gennie.bsky.social · Jul 10

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Gennie ✨Jenny with a G✨ Gorback @gennie.bsky.social · Jul 9

Thank you so much!! 😊 🥰

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Gennie ✨Jenny with a G✨ Gorback @gennie.bsky.social · Jul 9

Coauthored by play advocate and early childhood education expert Gennie Gorback and award-winning children’s author @kateallenfox.bsky.social—both parents themselves, who facilitate their children’s play on a daily basis—this book is packed full of easy and meaningful strategies and ideas.

Gennie ✨Jenny with a G✨ Gorback @gennie.bsky.social · Jul 9

GO PLAY: How Parents Can Empower Kids to Build Their Own Worlds is for parents who want to build more open-ended play into their children’s lives but aren’t sure where to start, Go Play is part urgent call and part friendly guide.

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Gennie ✨Jenny with a G✨ Gorback @gennie.bsky.social · Jul 9

🎉COVER REVEAL!!🎉

We are thrilled to share this gorgeous cover!

GO PLAY will be released by @broadleafbooks.bsky.social on April 14, 2026!

Thank you to our editor Lisa Kloskin, our book’s agent @literarylesliez.bsky.social and the cover designer Angie Chiu.

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Gennie ✨Jenny with a G✨ Gorback @gennie.bsky.social · Jul 6

Ahhhh huge congratulations!!!! 💥🐳

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Druscilla Santiago @adventurefunclub.bsky.social · Jul 4

I logged in to #scbwi to vote for some Crystal Kite books and was pleasantly surprised to see that A Hat for House made it to round three of voting for the California/Hawai‘i Division! Yay!
To celebrate I am sharing a little abridged gif-

Written by @audreysbooks.bsky.social and drawn by me.

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · Jul 1

hey I am posting this because I didn't know it, and so others might not either: but the BBB has NOT PASSED YET-- it's passed the senate & now it must pass the house.

It's time to call reps RIGHT NOW. Johnson is going to push the vote ASAP before backlash can form so the calls need to start NOW.

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Mary K @maryloveswords.bsky.social · Jun 29

“If you don’t believe that the picture book is real literature, then in some level you don’t believe that children are real people. And that’s unacceptable.” Thank you, Mac Barnett. #ala25.

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Joëlle Retener (they/them) 🏳️‍🌈 ♿️ @joelleretener.bsky.social · May 30

This Pride month I am joining an incredible group of #queerkidlit creators to host a fundraiser for the LGBTQIA+ community.

Enter this giveaway, and you could win a copy of all the LGBTQIA+ picture books below!

More details at: tinyurl.com/pb-giveaway

#edusky #pride #skybrarians #books #lgbtqia

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Gennie ✨Jenny with a G✨ Gorback @gennie.bsky.social · May 18

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Chloe Ito Ward @chloeitoward.bsky.social · May 18

#Kidlit friends 💔 Please share this far and wide

Our dear friend, Trenise Sabin, was the victim of a major burglary over the weekend. She and her husband Travis have lost everything— from clothing and appliances to irreplaceable items from their recent wedding and the urn

gofund.me/ce50d993

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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · May 16

Emotionally undone by this very generous starred review from @publisherswkly.bsky.social for my and Julia Blattman's #picturebook, CASSINI'S MISSION, releasing in August from MIT Kids Press and Candlewick

#kidlit

www.publishersweekly.com/9781536232325

Cassini’s Mission: A Spacecraft, a Tiny Moon, and the Search for Life Beyond Earth by Katie Venit

“Life as we know/ it,” explains Venit (Forts) on the opening pages of this celestial nonfiction overview, requires “Water/ Chemi...

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