Ilona
@ilonakidscribe.bsky.social
Kidlit writer, refugee daughter, member of co-housing eco-community. Co-author of CAT TAKES QUEEN, MG novel about a chess-playing cat due from Feiwel & Friends, Fall 2026. Rep'd by Kristen Terrette of Martin Literary Management.
#PalacesAndGardens #WeatherAndMood (Don’t tell, but this is a frosty upturned bucket in a community garden.)
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
#PalacesAndGardens #WeatherAndMood (Don’t tell, but this is a frosty upturned bucket in a community garden.)
November 6, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I must be channeling #NanoRiMo. After procrastinating for weeks, I sat down this morning and started revising my MG WWII historical, based on family history. Wish me luck, #writingcommunity #kidlit peeps!
November 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I must be channeling #NanoRiMo. After procrastinating for weeks, I sat down this morning and started revising my MG WWII historical, based on family history. Wish me luck, #writingcommunity #kidlit peeps!
Do pumpkins grow on trees? (Oh, persimmons.)
October 31, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Do pumpkins grow on trees? (Oh, persimmons.)
For #ForestFriday: I know the man who built this wall, from local stones.
October 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
For #ForestFriday: I know the man who built this wall, from local stones.
What’s in this package? Hey, I won a book giveaway! Can’t wait to read #Squash&Pumpkin to some little friends, with its laugh lines about our fetishization of pumpkins this time of year.
October 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
What’s in this package? Hey, I won a book giveaway! Can’t wait to read #Squash&Pumpkin to some little friends, with its laugh lines about our fetishization of pumpkins this time of year.
My #DailyWalk was mysterious and misty. 
September 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
My #DailyWalk was mysterious and misty. 
Jan Karski at New York’s Polish Embassy wishes you a happy #AmericanChessDay.
September 2, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Jan Karski at New York’s Polish Embassy wishes you a happy #AmericanChessDay.
So-called “obedient plant.” Not very obedient.
August 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM
So-called “obedient plant.” Not very obedient.
The chapter edits will have to wait. #WritersLife #DailyWalk
August 18, 2025 at 12:21 PM
The chapter edits will have to wait. #WritersLife #DailyWalk
No kings other than cat and chess kings. #CaturDay
July 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
No kings other than cat and chess kings. #CaturDay
Happy Friday from the flower U-pick!
July 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Happy Friday from the flower U-pick!