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🇨🇦 Writer, zoologist, & artist. Author of 20+ books. SHARK LADY, BUNBUN & BONBON, OCEAN SPEAKS. Unruly spokesperson for literacy, science, creativity, wildness & wonder. https://www.jesskeating.com/ Rep: Kathleen Rushall, Andrea Brown Lit

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · Jan 7

My next book! 🪶 Here’s a look inside!

BIRDLORE shares the true story of the woman who got scientists out of the lab and into the field to study birds! You can preorder today! Coming March 18 from Knopf, ed by @kidlitkat.bsky.social, illo @devonholzwarth.bsky.social, @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 9h

YEP! (Also! Did you see the axolotls yesterday in PW?! Apparently they are the new "it" creature, and I had to laugh because we were way ahead of the curve there) 😆

Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 10h

Monsters more your readers' jam? I've got a book for them, too!

"Animal Planet meets Godzilla in this nonfiction picture book that puts the "Ack!" into backyard science."

All of the books in this series are available in stores/libraries!

www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/247602...

Cover of What Makes a Monster, featuring a surprised looking aye-aye

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 10h

October! Tis the season to grab your copy of GROSS AS A SNOT OTTER! Here's a fun peek:

"Animal Planet meets Captain Underpants in the ickiest, squickiest, most fart-filled World of Weird Animals book yet!"

Your kids will love it. 🎃

www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/554073...

The cover of Gross as a Snot Otter, featuring a slimy looking hellbender, with vibrant font.

Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 13h

Don't threaten me with a good time.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 2d

CHATGPT: I understand where you're coming from. You worked really hard to get here, and now it's time to enjoy the fruit of your labors.

ISILDUR: So I should keep it? Elrond says I shouldn't

CHATGPT: The ring is precious. Sometimes friends don't have your best interests at heart.

ISILDUR: true

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 2d

This is fun! LFL people - check it out! #booksky

Jody Jensen Shaffer @jodywrites4kids.bsky.social · 2d

It's tour time! I'm visiting schools & bookstores over the next month to celebrate my new nonfiction riddle books with #Highlights! AND GUESS WHAT? Highlights is donating 75 copies to @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social! Apply below! Open to stewards and fans of LFL! tinyurl.com/2nyzs5ub

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 3d

Entirely worth the watch.

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 5d

77 Picture Book Series That Encourage Readers to Embrace the Journey | School Library Journal buff.ly/2Atlhje

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 5d

This looks great, Annette!! Congrats!

Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 5d

If you or your kids are feeling a sense of 'what good can one person do when times are so tough?', I highly urge you to immerse yourself in some NF stories of those who have created big (and small!) changes through their curiosity.

I've got a few books to start you off!
Hard is not impossible.

Overhead view of three books - Shark Lady, Ocean Speaks, and the Girl Who Built an Ocean, featuring beautiful blue-toned, colourful covers, and the titular woman on each.

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 6d

Same, ugh, and same.
Put it on the tab, I guess.

Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 7d

Aw, sending a hug through the abyss -- we're not alone in this, at least.

Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 7d

You know this means we can't just *remember* her fondly, and be in awe of her tenacity about conservation.

It means we have to DO THINGS.
To speak up. To engage.
To teach and hope and drive forward with the knowledge that we all have a role to play to protect the only planet we'd have.

We must.

Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 7d

An inspiration for my entire life.
Thank you Jane, for your wisdom, your intelligence, your heart, and your sheer guts.

We'll try to carry on and make you proud.

💙 1934-2025

Jane Goodall, absolute queen of conservation, sitting happily next to a chimpanzee.

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 7d

An inspiration for my entire life.
Thank you Jane, for your wisdom, your intelligence, your heart, and your sheer guts.

We'll try to carry on and make you proud.

💙 1934-2025

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 7d

Welcome, October! 🍁🎃🧙‍♀️🍂🍎
Celebrating with my October self portrait, which truly captures my year-long face.

A cartoon self portrait of Jess Keating, with a mischievous smile and a pumpkin shirt, on a teal blue background.

Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 8d

So well deserved! Fighting for the freedom to read! 👏

That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com · 8d

The 2025 #TIME100NEXT list is out! I'm honored to be a part of this group: time.com/next @la-cac.org

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 8d

Nonfiction books for everyone! Fill the shelves! Feed your brains! EAT ALL THE BOOKS!

School Library Journal @slj.com · 8d

www.slj.com/story/Schola...

Scholastic To Launch New Nonfiction Book Fair in the Spring

The Discovery Fair will feature STEAM titles and science kits and will be available starting in January

www.slj.com

Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 8d

I was talking to a kid reader about penguins and mentioned that a "penguin scientist" had found some ancient fossils and the kid said

PENGUINS CAN BE SCIENTISTS?!

Naturally it reminded me of this pic, which I had to reshare with you all.

A bagpiper standing next to a penguin, in Antartica. Caption reads: Piper Kerr (right), a member of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition Mission, plays the bagpipes for an indifferent penguin, March 1904.

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 9d

Nice! Just got my booster up here this past weekend. SCIENCE!

Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 9d

Alternatives to inktober for souls who need a little creative reset:

- Naptober (self explanatory)

- Revengetober (redacted)

- Nopetober (say no to stuff)

- Puppytober (acquire many)

- Booktober (read or purchase)

- Resistober (self explanatory)

- Donutober (🍩🍩🍩)

- Skytober (go outside)

Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 9d

Hard same.

Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 12d

a man in a black shirt with #schitts creek on the bottom

Alt: Dan levy nodding his head in a grief-like resignation

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 13d

hey Santa ⬇️

Fossillocator @fossillocator.bsky.social · 13d

It looks like Dinosaur Field Station of NJ is closing and selling their Dino sculptures

Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · 13d

Worth noting that this new version contains the word 'doggo'.
🥹🥹💙

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 13d

We have some words for you.

Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary.

The NEW Twelfth Edition.

Made of paper.

11.18.2025

www.merriam-webster.com/collegiate-d...

Merriam Webster NEW 12th Edition Collegiate Dictionary

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Jess Keating @jesskeatingbooks.bsky.social · Jan 25

If you ever find yourself losing faith in people, or wondering “do people even CARE anymore?!”, visit your local library. I say this without hyperbole, I am always struck by how much librarians care, every time I’m there.

Always helping. Always tending. Always reaching out. We owe them so much. 💙

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