Jen MacGregor
@jenmacgregor.bsky.social
🇨🇦 she/her; #kidlit author, repped by Saba Sulaiman
MAGS MACDONALD HAD A JETPACK (Owlkids, 2026)
www.jenmacgregor.ca
MAGS MACDONALD HAD A JETPACK (Owlkids, 2026)
www.jenmacgregor.ca
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Say hello to @karigonzalezwrites.bsky.social author of Goat Maa-th illustrated by PB Spree-er @bonniekelso.bsky.social An adventurer and his math-curious goats embark on a mountain trek to enjoy mother nature while tackling number lines, counting up, and solving simple addition equations.
#kidlit
#kidlit
December 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Say hello to @karigonzalezwrites.bsky.social author of Goat Maa-th illustrated by PB Spree-er @bonniekelso.bsky.social An adventurer and his math-curious goats embark on a mountain trek to enjoy mother nature while tackling number lines, counting up, and solving simple addition equations.
#kidlit
#kidlit
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Say hello to @jstremer.bsky.social author of WHEN OLD BECOMES NEW illustrated by @painternik.bsky.social where imagination meets sustainability and engineering as a family takes a variety of products at the end of their lifecycle and reuses them in creative and sometime groundbreaking ways.
#kidlit
#kidlit
December 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Say hello to @jstremer.bsky.social author of WHEN OLD BECOMES NEW illustrated by @painternik.bsky.social where imagination meets sustainability and engineering as a family takes a variety of products at the end of their lifecycle and reuses them in creative and sometime groundbreaking ways.
#kidlit
#kidlit
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Say hello to Donna Marx, author of Good Luck, Puck! illustrated by Daniel Sulzberg! When Puck does all the work and his teammates get the credit, he decides to find a life outside the hockey rink. Despite mishaps and penalties, Puck realizes he can shine and still be a team player.
#kidlit
#kidlit
December 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Say hello to Donna Marx, author of Good Luck, Puck! illustrated by Daniel Sulzberg! When Puck does all the work and his teammates get the credit, he decides to find a life outside the hockey rink. Despite mishaps and penalties, Puck realizes he can shine and still be a team player.
#kidlit
#kidlit
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@bonniekelso.bsky.social is A/I of Sea Suds and illustrated Anyone Else Awake by Carmela LaVigna Coyle
Fun facts–Sea Suds is the final book in a childhood milestone series. Follow Bonnie for upcoming contests!! For Anyone Else Awake she used musical notes from Bird Song by the The Wailin' Jennys!
Fun facts–Sea Suds is the final book in a childhood milestone series. Follow Bonnie for upcoming contests!! For Anyone Else Awake she used musical notes from Bird Song by the The Wailin' Jennys!
December 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
@bonniekelso.bsky.social is A/I of Sea Suds and illustrated Anyone Else Awake by Carmela LaVigna Coyle
Fun facts–Sea Suds is the final book in a childhood milestone series. Follow Bonnie for upcoming contests!! For Anyone Else Awake she used musical notes from Bird Song by the The Wailin' Jennys!
Fun facts–Sea Suds is the final book in a childhood milestone series. Follow Bonnie for upcoming contests!! For Anyone Else Awake she used musical notes from Bird Song by the The Wailin' Jennys!
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Eeeeek! It’s the cover reveal for my 5th book, “Nice to Eat You!” Is the sweet old lady a 🧙🏽♀️? Well, yeah. But do the kids know?! 🫣
Preorder a signed copy from @vromansbookstore.bsky.social: bit.ly/Nice2EatU
Written by me, illus. by Carolina Coroa, published by Orchard Books.
#KidLit #Halloween 🕷️
Preorder a signed copy from @vromansbookstore.bsky.social: bit.ly/Nice2EatU
Written by me, illus. by Carolina Coroa, published by Orchard Books.
#KidLit #Halloween 🕷️
October 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Eeeeek! It’s the cover reveal for my 5th book, “Nice to Eat You!” Is the sweet old lady a 🧙🏽♀️? Well, yeah. But do the kids know?! 🫣
Preorder a signed copy from @vromansbookstore.bsky.social: bit.ly/Nice2EatU
Written by me, illus. by Carolina Coroa, published by Orchard Books.
#KidLit #Halloween 🕷️
Preorder a signed copy from @vromansbookstore.bsky.social: bit.ly/Nice2EatU
Written by me, illus. by Carolina Coroa, published by Orchard Books.
#KidLit #Halloween 🕷️
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“So Not Ghoul” made the list! Thank you, Megan Mabee and @bookriot.bsky.social! Written by me, illustrated by Bonnie Lui.
#KidLit #Halloween #Boo👻
#KidLit #Halloween #Boo👻
Treats Over Tricks: 7 Cute and Silly Halloween Books for Kids
These cute and silly Halloween books are perfect for kids who want to celebrate Halloween without getting too scared.
bookriot.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM
“So Not Ghoul” made the list! Thank you, Megan Mabee and @bookriot.bsky.social! Written by me, illustrated by Bonnie Lui.
#KidLit #Halloween #Boo👻
#KidLit #Halloween #Boo👻
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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 👻🎃
September 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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 👻🎃
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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
www.usatoday.com/booklist/gen...
Thank you to all the indie bookstores who believe in this book and have been sharing it with their customers. ❤️💙📚
#kidlit
www.usatoday.com/booklist/gen...
August 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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
www.usatoday.com/booklist/gen...
Thank you to all the indie bookstores who believe in this book and have been sharing it with their customers. ❤️💙📚
#kidlit
www.usatoday.com/booklist/gen...
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It's August and The Camel Library is hitting shelves soon.
If you pre-order and email me your receipt, you get the chance to win a 30-minte AMA call or a PB critique for FREE (each of which is more than the price of the book! ;))
Tag your writer, teacher, and librarian friends.
If you pre-order and email me your receipt, you get the chance to win a 30-minte AMA call or a PB critique for FREE (each of which is more than the price of the book! ;))
Tag your writer, teacher, and librarian friends.
August 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
It's August and The Camel Library is hitting shelves soon.
If you pre-order and email me your receipt, you get the chance to win a 30-minte AMA call or a PB critique for FREE (each of which is more than the price of the book! ;))
Tag your writer, teacher, and librarian friends.
If you pre-order and email me your receipt, you get the chance to win a 30-minte AMA call or a PB critique for FREE (each of which is more than the price of the book! ;))
Tag your writer, teacher, and librarian friends.
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Happy book birthday to my debut, Forts! Brilliantly illustrated by @kenardpak.bsky.social
#kidlit #picturebooks
#kidlit #picturebooks
July 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Happy book birthday to my debut, Forts! Brilliantly illustrated by @kenardpak.bsky.social
#kidlit #picturebooks
#kidlit #picturebooks
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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
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
May 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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
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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How about you don't use AI art for your podcast about children's literature ON WHICH YOU INTERVIEW AN ILLUSTRATOR OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.
How about it, folks?
How about it, folks?
May 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
How about you don't use AI art for your podcast about children's literature ON WHICH YOU INTERVIEW AN ILLUSTRATOR OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.
How about it, folks?
How about it, folks?
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#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
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
May 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
#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
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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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
#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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May 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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
#kidlit
www.publishersweekly.com/9781536232325
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It's Wonderfully Wild's book birthday!
May 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
It's Wonderfully Wild's book birthday!
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BEYOND thrilled! Kirkus has given @kenardpak.bsky.social's and my book, FORTS, a starred review!
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Coming out with Viking Children's in July. 😁😁
#picturebooks #kidlit
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Coming out with Viking Children's in July. 😁😁
#picturebooks #kidlit
April 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
BEYOND thrilled! Kirkus has given @kenardpak.bsky.social's and my book, FORTS, a starred review!
shorturl.at/eujzR
Coming out with Viking Children's in July. 😁😁
#picturebooks #kidlit
shorturl.at/eujzR
Coming out with Viking Children's in July. 😁😁
#picturebooks #kidlit
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@kateallenfox.bsky.social and I are proud to announce our forthcoming book!!
Huge thank you to our agent, @literarylesliez.bsky.social!!
And thank you to our editor Lisa Kloskin and the entire team at @broadleafbooks.bsky.social!!
Let’s #GoPlay!
Huge thank you to our agent, @literarylesliez.bsky.social!!
And thank you to our editor Lisa Kloskin and the entire team at @broadleafbooks.bsky.social!!
Let’s #GoPlay!
March 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
@kateallenfox.bsky.social and I are proud to announce our forthcoming book!!
Huge thank you to our agent, @literarylesliez.bsky.social!!
And thank you to our editor Lisa Kloskin and the entire team at @broadleafbooks.bsky.social!!
Let’s #GoPlay!
Huge thank you to our agent, @literarylesliez.bsky.social!!
And thank you to our editor Lisa Kloskin and the entire team at @broadleafbooks.bsky.social!!
Let’s #GoPlay!
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BIRDLORE is out tomorrow! I’m giving away some copies to Canadian educators to celebrate.
If you’re a 🇨🇦 teacher or librarian in our fine country, drop a note below/share this post and I’ll send out as many as I can!
If you’re a 🇨🇦 teacher or librarian in our fine country, drop a note below/share this post and I’ll send out as many as I can!
March 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
BIRDLORE is out tomorrow! I’m giving away some copies to Canadian educators to celebrate.
If you’re a 🇨🇦 teacher or librarian in our fine country, drop a note below/share this post and I’ll send out as many as I can!
If you’re a 🇨🇦 teacher or librarian in our fine country, drop a note below/share this post and I’ll send out as many as I can!
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#GIVEAWAY To celebrate the launch of #PictureBooksEh 2025 we’re giving away manuscript crits and PBs! Details on website (link above).
To enter:
1. follow @picturebookseh.bsky.social
2. like + re-post this post (extra entry for tagging a friend)
3. Winners ann. Feb. 10 at 9 am
#kidlit
#cankidlit
To enter:
1. follow @picturebookseh.bsky.social
2. like + re-post this post (extra entry for tagging a friend)
3. Winners ann. Feb. 10 at 9 am
#kidlit
#cankidlit
a canadian flag with a red maple leaf in the middle
ALT: a canadian flag with a red maple leaf in the middle
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January 27, 2025 at 2:07 PM
#GIVEAWAY To celebrate the launch of #PictureBooksEh 2025 we’re giving away manuscript crits and PBs! Details on website (link above).
To enter:
1. follow @picturebookseh.bsky.social
2. like + re-post this post (extra entry for tagging a friend)
3. Winners ann. Feb. 10 at 9 am
#kidlit
#cankidlit
To enter:
1. follow @picturebookseh.bsky.social
2. like + re-post this post (extra entry for tagging a friend)
3. Winners ann. Feb. 10 at 9 am
#kidlit
#cankidlit
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Friends, this GoFundMe is, unfortunately, legit. Can’t talk about it now, but I’m sure posts about the absurdity of life are to come. Please share if you can. #EatonFire
Donate to Please Support Karen & Ingin's Recovery from the Eaton Fire, organized by Alice Hom
Dear friends, family, and community members,
We're Alice, Di… Alice Hom needs your support for Please Support Karen & Ingin's Recovery from the Eaton Fire
www.gofundme.com
January 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Friends, this GoFundMe is, unfortunately, legit. Can’t talk about it now, but I’m sure posts about the absurdity of life are to come. Please share if you can. #EatonFire
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It's Release Day! Happy Book Birthday, Fiona! 🥳
January 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
It's Release Day! Happy Book Birthday, Fiona! 🥳
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Let's talk querying! Our first Connect of the year is upon us, and you don't want to miss it. @caitdarfler.com has a great one lined up. Register now: www.scbwi.org/regions/west... #kidlit #SCBWI
January 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Let's talk querying! Our first Connect of the year is upon us, and you don't want to miss it. @caitdarfler.com has a great one lined up. Register now: www.scbwi.org/regions/west... #kidlit #SCBWI
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Surprise!!
I'm thrilled to announce ANOTHER debut picture book CASSINI'S MISSION, gorgeously illustrated by Julia Blattman, published by Candlewick/MIT Kids Press. Release date: 8/12.
Preorders now open! katievenit.com/cassinis-mis...
#kidlit
thx always to
@joycesweeney.bsky.social
I'm thrilled to announce ANOTHER debut picture book CASSINI'S MISSION, gorgeously illustrated by Julia Blattman, published by Candlewick/MIT Kids Press. Release date: 8/12.
Preorders now open! katievenit.com/cassinis-mis...
#kidlit
thx always to
@joycesweeney.bsky.social
January 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Surprise!!
I'm thrilled to announce ANOTHER debut picture book CASSINI'S MISSION, gorgeously illustrated by Julia Blattman, published by Candlewick/MIT Kids Press. Release date: 8/12.
Preorders now open! katievenit.com/cassinis-mis...
#kidlit
thx always to
@joycesweeney.bsky.social
I'm thrilled to announce ANOTHER debut picture book CASSINI'S MISSION, gorgeously illustrated by Julia Blattman, published by Candlewick/MIT Kids Press. Release date: 8/12.
Preorders now open! katievenit.com/cassinis-mis...
#kidlit
thx always to
@joycesweeney.bsky.social
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Hello, Bluesky #kidlit lovers! 👍🏼📚
We write, illustrate and support Canadian, and we’re releasing our sixth year of #picturebooks in 2025. Follow us for news on Canadian PBs, regular blogs by Canadian PB creators, and more. #CDNkidlit
We write, illustrate and support Canadian, and we’re releasing our sixth year of #picturebooks in 2025. Follow us for news on Canadian PBs, regular blogs by Canadian PB creators, and more. #CDNkidlit
December 10, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Hello, Bluesky #kidlit lovers! 👍🏼📚
We write, illustrate and support Canadian, and we’re releasing our sixth year of #picturebooks in 2025. Follow us for news on Canadian PBs, regular blogs by Canadian PB creators, and more. #CDNkidlit
We write, illustrate and support Canadian, and we’re releasing our sixth year of #picturebooks in 2025. Follow us for news on Canadian PBs, regular blogs by Canadian PB creators, and more. #CDNkidlit
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Really excited to share this interview with @rebeccaglevington.bsky.social about her process of drafting and revising rhyming stories. Such great info here! Thanks so much, Rebecca, for sharing!
open.substack.com/pub/skruger/...
open.substack.com/pub/skruger/...
The Puzzle of Writing in Rhyme with Rebecca Gardyn Levington
And the myth of doing it "by ear"
open.substack.com
December 9, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Really excited to share this interview with @rebeccaglevington.bsky.social about her process of drafting and revising rhyming stories. Such great info here! Thanks so much, Rebecca, for sharing!
open.substack.com/pub/skruger/...
open.substack.com/pub/skruger/...