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Helen Kubiw ❤️ 🇨🇦 📚 @hkubiw.bsky.social · 14h

It may be a little early to think about Christmas gifts but if you want to introduce young readers to Anne of Green Gables, consider this new boxed set of illustrated early readers from Kallie George and @abigailhalpin.bsky.social (From Tundra). canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/anne...

Book covers of six books from Kallie George and illustrated by Abigail Halpin: Anne Arrives, Anne's Kindred Spirits, Anne's School Days, Anne's Tragical Tea Party, Anne Dares, and Anne Dreams.

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Helen Kubiw ❤️ 🇨🇦 📚 @hkubiw.bsky.social · 2d

Author-illustrator @elisegravel.bsky.social has the right touch for covering big concepts like the brain, diversity, inclusion, etc. for young readers. Her adorable monsters now talk about #community in TOGETHER from Scholastic Canada. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/toge... 👍🇨🇦📚

Book cover of Together: A Book about Community by Elise Gravel depicts a group of colourful and fun monsters hanging out in a group

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Helen Kubiw ❤️ 🇨🇦 📚 @hkubiw.bsky.social · 5d

New next week is release of 2nd "Joshua Learns from the Land" book from @highwaterpress.bsky.social by Tyna Legault Taylor & illus by @michelledaoart.bsky.social. KOKUM, ARE THESE MOOSE TRACKS? #seasons #Indigenoustraditions #Indigenouslanguages canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/10/koku...

Book cover of Kokum, Are These Moose Tracks? by Tyna Legault Taylor and Michelle Dao shows a fall scene with boy and grandmother looking at animal tracks in a forest

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Helen Kubiw ❤️ 🇨🇦 📚 @hkubiw.bsky.social · 7d

Fortunate attendees who get to hear you speak, Marsha.

Marsha Skrypuch @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social · 7d

Thrilled to give the final keynote at #CANSCAIP's Packaging Your Imagination one-day conference. Before I was published, this conference jump-started my career. I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in writing or illustrating books for young people. #kidlit #canlit

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Helen Kubiw ❤️ 🇨🇦 📚 @hkubiw.bsky.social · 8d

Congrats to all finalists! Wonderful #science #STEM books for middle-grade children. Learn about the wind, the planets, memory and more. 👍🇨🇦📚

The Lane Anderson Award @laneandersonaward.bsky.social · 8d

We're so excited to introduce the 2025 Lane Anderson Award Young Reader Shortlist! Visit our website for more info: laneandersonaward.ca/2025-shortli... @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @kidscanpress.bsky.social @orcabook.bsky.social @valerydesignwrks.bsky.social

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The Lane Anderson Award @laneandersonaward.bsky.social · 8d

We're so excited to introduce the 2025 Lane Anderson Award Young Reader Shortlist! Visit our website for more info: laneandersonaward.ca/2025-shortli... @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @kidscanpress.bsky.social @orcabook.bsky.social @valerydesignwrks.bsky.social

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The Lane Anderson Award @laneandersonaward.bsky.social · 8d

Introducing the 2025 Lane Anderson Award Adult Shortlist! Visit our website for more info: laneandersonaward.ca/2025-shortli... @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @jennifergrenz.bsky.social @gooselane.bsky.social @sarahkcox.bsky.social

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Helen Kubiw ❤️ 🇨🇦 📚 @hkubiw.bsky.social · 14d

I'm fortunate to be able to enjoy a forest regularly so new #picturebook THERE'S A SONG IN THE FOREST by Jennifer Britton & illus by Jillian Thalman (from @nimbuspub.bsky.social) really spoke to me. There is #music in #nature, if you listen. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/09/ther... 👍🇨🇦📚

Book cover of There's a Song in the Forest, words by Jennifer Britton, art by Jillian Thalman. Cover shows 3 young people looking up into a forest canopy as leaves and musical notes fall around them.

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Helen Kubiw ❤️ 🇨🇦 📚 @hkubiw.bsky.social · 15d

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Helen Kubiw ❤️ 🇨🇦 📚 @hkubiw.bsky.social · 15d

Kids will know TV series re Gumboot Kids but there are also #picturebooks based on these adorable, felted mice that teach early #STEM concepts. Latest is THE CASE OF THE TAGALONG TWIN from Eric Hogan & Tara Hungerford ( @fireflybooks.bsky.social) canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...

Book cover of The Case of the Tagalong Twin: A Gumboot Kids Nature Mystery by Eric Hogan and Tara Hungerford. It depicts two felted mice wearing gumboots in the forest. A magnifying glass titled Learn About shows shadows.

Illustration shows the two felted mice on a sidewalk looking at their shadows.

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Helen Kubiw ❤️ 🇨🇦 📚 @hkubiw.bsky.social · 15d

Kids will know TV series re Gumboot Kids but there are also #picturebooks based on these adorable, felted mice that teach early #STEM concepts. Latest is THE CASE OF THE TAGALONG TWIN from Eric Hogan & Tara Hungerford ( @fireflybooks.bsky.social) canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...

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Helen Kubiw ❤️ 🇨🇦 📚 @hkubiw.bsky.social · 16d

Wow? That’s a lot of thanks! Next picture book: large numbers?! 👍🏻🇨🇦📚

carolynfisher.bsky.social @carolynfisher.bsky.social · 16d

A review of my new picture book. Thanks a hundred million billion, @hkubiw.bsky.social !

Helen Kubiw ❤️ 🇨🇦 📚 @hkubiw.bsky.social · 19d

This new #picturebook is a math concept book in a story. I’M LONGER THAN YOU! is fun read re contest measuring 2 animals. Written & illus by @carolynfisher.bsky.social, it introduces units, systems, conversion #STEM @kidscanpress.bsky.social 👍🏻📚 canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/09/im-l...

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Amanda Griffiths 🎨 COLOUR WITCH @darjeeliarts.bsky.social · 19d

Welp... I got let go from my day job today. 💀

So uhhh, if anyone is in need of a colourist, or might be able to put in a good word for me for an upcoming project, I'd really appreciate it. I'll take any kind of gig.

If you want to help by reposting my pinned, that'd be awesome too.

TGIF, eh? 😭

Amanda Griffiths 🎨 COLOUR WITCH @darjeeliarts.bsky.social · Jan 14

Hello #PortfolioDay! I'm Amanda, a Canadian #comics colourist eagerly looking for work this year. I'm flexible with rates, schedules, and colouring styles.

Let me bring some happy hues to your pages!

🎨 www.griffithsart.ca
📨 [email protected]

#art #comicart #CANartist #comiccolorist

A collage of four coloured sequential comic pages. Clockwise from top left: Captain America, Shadows of Oblivion, Firewake, Unease.

A collage of four coloured art pieces. Clockwise from top left: Nezuko (Demon Slayer), Shadow Striker (Transformers), Starscream (Transformers), Hope Summers (X-Force).

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Graham Annable @grickle.bsky.social · 17d

RIGHT NOW! I'm doing LIVE drawing on my Twitch Channel1 Come join the fun (for the next 30min or so!) www.twitch.tv/grickle14 #grickledoodle #cartoon #art #drawing

grickle14 - Twitch

A Canadian cartoonist/filmmaker, Mr. Annable is the creator of the Grickle Channel, and co-director of Laika’s The Boxtrolls. Represented by Hansen Literary.

www.twitch.tv

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Helen Kubiw ❤️ 🇨🇦 📚 @hkubiw.bsky.social · 19d

This new #picturebook is a math concept book in a story. I’M LONGER THAN YOU! is fun read re contest measuring 2 animals. Written & illus by @carolynfisher.bsky.social, it introduces units, systems, conversion #STEM @kidscanpress.bsky.social 👍🏻📚 canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/09/im-l...

I'm Longer Than You!: An Epic Contest of Measurement

Promoting children's and YA books by Canadian authors and illustrators

canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com

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Helen Kubiw ❤️ 🇨🇦 📚 @hkubiw.bsky.social · 21d

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Helen Kubiw ❤️ 🇨🇦 📚 @hkubiw.bsky.social · 21d

Tundra Books has just re-released OUR CORNER GROCERY STORE by Joanne Schwartz and illustrated by @laurabeing.bsky.social with a new cover. It's fresh and it's as charming as ever. Remember picking candies into paper bags? The joy of freezies? canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/09/our-...

Book cover of Our Corner Grocery Store by Joanne Schwartz and Laura Beingessner depicts a girl standing on a box with an older man in an apron who hand-prints price signs for bins of fruits and vegetables

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Helen Kubiw ❤️ 🇨🇦 📚 @hkubiw.bsky.social · 21d

Tundra Books has just re-released OUR CORNER GROCERY STORE by Joanne Schwartz and illustrated by @laurabeing.bsky.social with a new cover. It's fresh and it's as charming as ever. Remember picking candies into paper bags? The joy of freezies? canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/09/our-...

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Helen Kubiw ❤️ 🇨🇦 📚 @hkubiw.bsky.social · 23d

The taunt of "REZ KID" might be meant to hurt but this child knows what being an Indigenous kid who lives on a reserve is really about. New #picturebook by Andrea Landry, illus by Isabella Fassler. From @kidscanpress.bsky.social canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/09/rez-...

Book cover of Rez Kid, written by Andrea Landry, illustrated by Isabelle Fassler, depicts a girl with long braids laying in the grass among wildflowers.

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Helen Kubiw ❤️ 🇨🇦 📚 @hkubiw.bsky.social · Sep 8

I think kids will love learning about birds especially w the life-size photos of the birds or portions of them. Fascinating upcoming (Sept 15) #NF book BIRDS LIFE SIZE by Chris Earley @fireflybooks.bsky.social canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/09/bird... 👍🏻📚

Book cover of Birds Life Size: Up Close and Personal with 47 Bird Species by Chris Earley shows head of a Bald Eagle, a Northern Cardinal, an Elf Owl and a Calliope Hummingbird

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Helen Kubiw ❤️ 🇨🇦 📚 @hkubiw.bsky.social · Sep 5

Why, why, why can’t I remember to use these to indicate I’m boosting books?! Especially since I’m always 📚👍🏻!

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Helen Kubiw ❤️ 🇨🇦 📚 @hkubiw.bsky.social · Sep 5

Fab presentation (#graphicnovel) for #nonfiction #MG: informative & definitely entertaining. THE SUSTAINABLE SCHOOL by Erica Fyvie & illus by @ritchiescot.bsky.social from @kidscanpress.bsky.social covers #energy #history #transportation #STEM. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...

Book cover of The Sustainable School: A Journey Through Time and Energy by Erica Fyvie and Scot Ritchie depicts a school and children from 100 years ago (in sepia tones) and the same school today with today's kids (in colour)

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Helen Kubiw ❤️ 🇨🇦 📚 @hkubiw.bsky.social · Sep 3

Readers of #youngCanLit get excited for new books by @lanabutton.bsky.social & Eric Walters. Now we have their collaboration. ONE CAN, illus by Isabelle Malenfant, is a story of #foodinsecurity, #compassion... From @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/09/one-...

Book cover of One Can by Lana Button and Eric Walters, with picture by Isabelle Malenfant, shows a child on a checkerboard rug with a tin of canned food in front of them.

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Helen Kubiw ❤️ 🇨🇦 📚 @hkubiw.bsky.social · Sep 1

Kathy Kacer's new #picturebook, illustrated by @hloweart.bsky.social, is called MEMORY STONES, publ by @secondstory.bsky.social. In it, Sophie is helped to remember and honour her much-loved grandmother after she passes. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/09/memo...

Book cover of Memory Stones, written by Kathy Kacer, illustrated by Hayley Lowe, depicts a young girl holding a stone which an elderly woman also touches.

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LaliMacDonald 🇨🇦 @blimeycat.bsky.social · Aug 29

Exciting - what a beautiful selection of books!

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Helen Kubiw ❤️ 🇨🇦 📚 @hkubiw.bsky.social · Aug 29

The @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social just announced the finalists for 2025 CCBC Book Awards. They recognize excellence in picture books, historical fiction, non-fiction, speculative fiction, YA, debut fiction, etc. by Canadians. Congrats to all! canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/08/2025...

2025 CCBC Book Awards: Finalists announced

Promoting children's and YA books by Canadian authors and illustrators

canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com

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Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social · Aug 28

I'm so glad it's your fave, Debbie. Bluesky couldn't ask for a better booster - and will never have a better booster. Thank you!

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