Jessie Sima
@jessiesima.bsky.social
Indie and NYT Bestselling Author & Illustrator of a stack of picture books.
https://www.jessiesima.com/
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Jessie Sima
@jessiesima.bsky.social
· Jan 31
👋 Hey, I'm Jessie (they/them). I write and illustrate picture books. I also spend alot of time watching horror movies, reading graphic novels, playing video games, and taking walks with dogs.
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In honor of Banned Books Week, we’re partnering with our friends at @simonandschuster.bsky.social to give away 100 Banned Book bundles to LFL stewards & fans in the U.S.! https://lflib.org/books
Each bundle includes HARRIET GETS CARRIED AWAY by Jessie Sima & AUTOBOYOGRAPHY by Christina Lauren.
Each bundle includes HARRIET GETS CARRIED AWAY by Jessie Sima & AUTOBOYOGRAPHY by Christina Lauren.
October 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
In honor of Banned Books Week, we’re partnering with our friends at @simonandschuster.bsky.social to give away 100 Banned Book bundles to LFL stewards & fans in the U.S.! https://lflib.org/books
Each bundle includes HARRIET GETS CARRIED AWAY by Jessie Sima & AUTOBOYOGRAPHY by Christina Lauren.
Each bundle includes HARRIET GETS CARRIED AWAY by Jessie Sima & AUTOBOYOGRAPHY by Christina Lauren.
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It’s Banned Books Week, and I don’t need you to buy my book as a solve for it (but buy it if you want to! That’s still extremely cool of you)—I need you to show up for your public libraries and your schools!
October 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
It’s Banned Books Week, and I don’t need you to buy my book as a solve for it (but buy it if you want to! That’s still extremely cool of you)—I need you to show up for your public libraries and your schools!
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I have multiple friends whose books have been banned or whose school visits have been cancelled by a few angry parents. Meanwhile kids are struggling to read, their school libraries have been emptied, and their librarians fired. This is a tough time to be an author.
Dead guys who were making like $500 a word back in the day, their estates are fine. Marginalized authors today, many are struggling. They're having a harder time selling new books to publishers, getting into bookstores, and are having school visits canceled. They need our support now more than ever.
October 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I have multiple friends whose books have been banned or whose school visits have been cancelled by a few angry parents. Meanwhile kids are struggling to read, their school libraries have been emptied, and their librarians fired. This is a tough time to be an author.
Thank you to everyone who celebrated the launch of SNOW KID with me today! Especially the kids who helped design this absolutely haunting snow person. The eyes look deep into your soul.
And they never blink...
And they never blink...
September 17, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Thank you to everyone who celebrated the launch of SNOW KID with me today! Especially the kids who helped design this absolutely haunting snow person. The eyes look deep into your soul.
And they never blink...
And they never blink...
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❄SNOW KID, comes out next Tuesday and is available for pre-order now! Twig was a fun character to work on, and I hope you enjoy their story. It's about change (internal and external) and how we can keep becoming ourselves throughout our lives. AND about playing in the snow.
September 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
❄SNOW KID, comes out next Tuesday and is available for pre-order now! Twig was a fun character to work on, and I hope you enjoy their story. It's about change (internal and external) and how we can keep becoming ourselves throughout our lives. AND about playing in the snow.
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The American Library Association is pleased to announce that they are now accepting applications for the 2026 Jason Reynolds / Simon & Schuster Travel Grant.
Learn more here: www.ala.org/news/2025/09...
#EduSky
#LibrarianSky
Learn more here: www.ala.org/news/2025/09...
#EduSky
#LibrarianSky
September 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The American Library Association is pleased to announce that they are now accepting applications for the 2026 Jason Reynolds / Simon & Schuster Travel Grant.
Learn more here: www.ala.org/news/2025/09...
#EduSky
#LibrarianSky
Learn more here: www.ala.org/news/2025/09...
#EduSky
#LibrarianSky
❄ My next picture book, SNOW KID, comes out in one week and is available for pre-order now at your local indie or online! You can even pre-order signed and personalized copies from Books of Wonder: booksofwonder.com/products/978...
September 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
❄ My next picture book, SNOW KID, comes out in one week and is available for pre-order now at your local indie or online! You can even pre-order signed and personalized copies from Books of Wonder: booksofwonder.com/products/978...
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One easy way to support a banned book: Tell the world you're reading it! If you share on social media include a link to somewhere people can get it. Word of mouth is a powerful way to draw attention to books & that takes readers like you shouting about the books you love!
August 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
One easy way to support a banned book: Tell the world you're reading it! If you share on social media include a link to somewhere people can get it. Word of mouth is a powerful way to draw attention to books & that takes readers like you shouting about the books you love!
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I have spent weeks struggling with this book. WEEKS of not being able to figure out what I hated about it. And guess what... AI can't fix that. I had to think through the issues, I had to problem solve my way through the prose. And the satisfaction of doing it? unironically had me like this lmao
August 15, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I have spent weeks struggling with this book. WEEKS of not being able to figure out what I hated about it. And guess what... AI can't fix that. I had to think through the issues, I had to problem solve my way through the prose. And the satisfaction of doing it? unironically had me like this lmao
A little intro to Twig ❤️⛄
Snow Kid is out September 16 and is available for pre-order now at your local indie or online! You can even pre-order signed and personalized copies from Books of Wonder: booksofwonder.com/products/978...
Snow Kid is out September 16 and is available for pre-order now at your local indie or online! You can even pre-order signed and personalized copies from Books of Wonder: booksofwonder.com/products/978...
August 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
A little intro to Twig ❤️⛄
Snow Kid is out September 16 and is available for pre-order now at your local indie or online! You can even pre-order signed and personalized copies from Books of Wonder: booksofwonder.com/products/978...
Snow Kid is out September 16 and is available for pre-order now at your local indie or online! You can even pre-order signed and personalized copies from Books of Wonder: booksofwonder.com/products/978...
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City of Ghosts is still on Netflix, if y’all need something to watch to remind you the power we have to bring light into the world (it’s about Los Angeles and history and ghosts but not in a scary way). Probably will make you cry, but I’ve been told it’s healthy/ happy tears.
August 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
City of Ghosts is still on Netflix, if y’all need something to watch to remind you the power we have to bring light into the world (it’s about Los Angeles and history and ghosts but not in a scary way). Probably will make you cry, but I’ve been told it’s healthy/ happy tears.
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Mister Rogers never misses
January 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Mister Rogers never misses
❄ I've been away from social media lately, but I wanted to share that you can pre-order signed/personalized copies of my next picture book, SNOW KID, from Books of Wonder!
booksofwonder.com/products/978...
booksofwonder.com/products/978...
July 15, 2025 at 6:39 PM
❄ I've been away from social media lately, but I wanted to share that you can pre-order signed/personalized copies of my next picture book, SNOW KID, from Books of Wonder!
booksofwonder.com/products/978...
booksofwonder.com/products/978...
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Hello #kidlitartpostcard
I write and illustrate books on migration, statelessness, war, art, friendship, and often a deep love of the Middle East and it's intricacies.
zahramarwan.com
I write and illustrate books on migration, statelessness, war, art, friendship, and often a deep love of the Middle East and it's intricacies.
zahramarwan.com
July 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Hello #kidlitartpostcard
I write and illustrate books on migration, statelessness, war, art, friendship, and often a deep love of the Middle East and it's intricacies.
zahramarwan.com
I write and illustrate books on migration, statelessness, war, art, friendship, and often a deep love of the Middle East and it's intricacies.
zahramarwan.com
I enjoyed this Kidlit Happy Hour episode with Namrata Tripathi. "Voice" is a difficult topic, but I really liked their discussion about what it is and isn't: podcastindex.org/podcast/6565...
Kidlit Happy Hour | Ep. 35: Voice: Namrata Tripathi on Jazz Odysseys and the Toothy Work of Excavating Truth | Podcastindex.org
Highlights from our conversation with Founder and Publisher of Kokila, Namrata Tripathi: The power of celebrating not just our communal work, but also ourselves Voice as an essential point of view with no illusion of neutrality How cheap workarounds subvert the hard work of uncovering our own voice The power of words like “intuition” (despite how it may come off as fluffy or weak) Supporting writers in identifying who they are actually in conversation with on the page The lifelong work of knowing how to be more honest with ourselves and the world The priceless bit of pub...
podcastindex.org
June 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I enjoyed this Kidlit Happy Hour episode with Namrata Tripathi. "Voice" is a difficult topic, but I really liked their discussion about what it is and isn't: podcastindex.org/podcast/6565...
I picked up a maple tree seed while walking my dog and I put it in a small pot by the window and yesterday a seedling popped out of the soil! I don't know anything about growing trees, but it's really nice to see this little sprout. It's amazing that something so small and tender can grow so large.
May 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I picked up a maple tree seed while walking my dog and I put it in a small pot by the window and yesterday a seedling popped out of the soil! I don't know anything about growing trees, but it's really nice to see this little sprout. It's amazing that something so small and tender can grow so large.
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art is not about being correct, it is about a journey, it is a conversation with yourself, with the things that you've seen, with your understanding of them
it is interpretation
it is interpretation
May 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
art is not about being correct, it is about a journey, it is a conversation with yourself, with the things that you've seen, with your understanding of them
it is interpretation
it is interpretation
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people think that you can't make art unless you go to school and learn it but
we were making art before we made schools
we were making art before we made schools
May 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
people think that you can't make art unless you go to school and learn it but
we were making art before we made schools
we were making art before we made schools
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Anyway, how does book banning/censorship affect writers? It's a direct silencing of our work, our voices. It may have a chilling effect on other writers, especially those who are LGBTQ+ and trans, whose work is disproportionately targeted for banning. It is a violation of our First Amendment rights.
April 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Anyway, how does book banning/censorship affect writers? It's a direct silencing of our work, our voices. It may have a chilling effect on other writers, especially those who are LGBTQ+ and trans, whose work is disproportionately targeted for banning. It is a violation of our First Amendment rights.
Happy #NationalUnicornDay! Unicorns have had a special place in my life since childhood – as the worn out VHS of The Last Unicorn will attest. I was a unicorn kid, who grew into an adult who has written/illustrated 3 unicorn books.
April 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Happy #NationalUnicornDay! Unicorns have had a special place in my life since childhood – as the worn out VHS of The Last Unicorn will attest. I was a unicorn kid, who grew into an adult who has written/illustrated 3 unicorn books.
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Let's start our week of posting with something positive. A number of major publishers joined together to send a letter to Congress in support of the IMLS global.penguinrandomhouse.com/announcement...
Publishers Send Letter to Congress Advocating for Libraries & IMLS Funding
Publishers Send Letter to Congress Advocating for Libraries & IMLS Funding #TeamPRH
global.penguinrandomhouse.com
April 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Let's start our week of posting with something positive. A number of major publishers joined together to send a letter to Congress in support of the IMLS global.penguinrandomhouse.com/announcement...
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#NationalLibraryWeek kicks off today! It’s a time to celebrate the places that welcome everyone, spark curiosity, and strengthen our communities.
This week, take a moment to discover—or rediscover—what makes your library special.
What draws you to the library?
ilovelibraries.org/national-lib...
This week, take a moment to discover—or rediscover—what makes your library special.
What draws you to the library?
ilovelibraries.org/national-lib...
April 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
#NationalLibraryWeek kicks off today! It’s a time to celebrate the places that welcome everyone, spark curiosity, and strengthen our communities.
This week, take a moment to discover—or rediscover—what makes your library special.
What draws you to the library?
ilovelibraries.org/national-lib...
This week, take a moment to discover—or rediscover—what makes your library special.
What draws you to the library?
ilovelibraries.org/national-lib...
A jumping goose for #KidLitArtPostcard day. I'm an author/illustrator of picture books, represented by Thao Le. www.jessiesima.com #kidlit #kidlitart
April 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A jumping goose for #KidLitArtPostcard day. I'm an author/illustrator of picture books, represented by Thao Le. www.jessiesima.com #kidlit #kidlitart