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It's International Day Of Girls & Women in Science!

You can now pre-order chpt book ASHA AND BAZ MEET SYLVIA EARLE abt oceanographer Sylvia Earle. Written by @parentclub.bsky.social, illus Dharmali Patel.

www.commondeerpress.com/books-1/asha... #CanKidLit #KidLit @commondeerpress.bsky.social
Asha and Baz Meet Sylvia Earle
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February 11, 2026 at 7:36 PM
jandolby.bsky.social
Love #KidLitArtPostcard day! I'm Jan 🍁, an illustrator open for picture books, early readers, and board book projects.

🫶 www.jandolby.com
🫶 idrawanimals.myportfolio.com
🫶 Rep'd by @pageturnerlit.bsky.social

#kidlit #kidlitart #illustration #CanKidLit
February 5, 2026 at 2:31 PM
debbieohi.com
Congrats to my friend @karenkrossing.com on the new book deal with @orcabook.bsky.social! #CanKidLit
karenkrossing.com Karen Krossing @karenkrossing.com · 7d
Many years ago, I began a prose novel for teens that just never worked, even after multiple rewrites. Later, I tried writing it as a novel in letters. Finally, I began writing it as a verse novel. It took a while to learn this new-to-me form. (1 of 4) #kidlit
Here's the Publishers Weekly announcement: "Sarah Howden at Orca Books has bought SCBWI Crystal Kite Award winner Karen Krossing's Forever Fries, a middle grade novel-in-verse confronting first loves, eating disorders, and the pressures that face today's children, in which 13-year-old Marley must decide whether to honor her promise to her therapist and meet her crush for French fries or follow the strict rules of her No-Eat List, while haunted by memories of her perfectionist best friend, middle-school bully, and overbearing family. Publication is set for March 2027; Ginger Knowlton at Curtis Brown Ltd. did the deal for world rights."
February 11, 2026 at 7:37 PM
debbieohi.com
Yay for #KidLit authors who boost the illustrator when they talk about picture books, like @karenkrossing.com! #CanKidLit #PicturesMeanBusiness
karenkrossing.com Karen Krossing @karenkrossing.com · Jan 7
Arriving on Earth in February 2026: ONE COSMIC ROCK, written by me and illustrated by @dreamist.bsky.social. A rock is like a book. When you open it, it tells you a story of where it’s been. The story of this rock is out of this world. Available for preorder now!
@owlkids.bsky.social #kidlit #stem
February 4, 2026 at 10:48 PM
marielaurecouet.bsky.social
#kidlit #kidlitart #cankidlit #kidlitmegafeed #illustration #illustrator #design #designer @scbwicanadaeast.bsky.social @illustrationquebec.bsky.social
February 5, 2026 at 2:40 PM
nptwrites.bsky.social
ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT TO JOIN! 🍁🇨🇦 Are you a Canadian author selling on Itchio? Team up with 15 of your amazing colleagues in this Hidden Gems all-Canadian bundle! #BookSky #CanLit #CanKidLit #WritingCommunity 📦📚
February 4, 2026 at 3:05 PM
debbieohi.com
Librarians are my heroes.

Thanks to Simon & Schuster Canada @simonschusterca.bsky.social for inviting me to sign advance reading copies of I'M BUSY (new picture bk by @michaelianblack.bsky.social & me) for librarians at their #OLASC booth! A much needed uplift. 🩷📚

#LibrarySky #KidLit #CanKidLit
Person standing behind a table at a book expo booth, holding a copy of the picture book I’M BUSY while another person photographs them with a phone. A large display sign shows the I’M BUSY cover art with a pink flamingo and scattered papers, and a Simon & Schuster Canada booth is visible in the background. Conference badge on a tabletop attached to a green-and-white lanyard reading “LIBRARIES FOR LIFE.” The badge says “OLA Super Conference – WE PERSIST,” “Debbie Ridpath Ohi,” “Simon & Schuster Canada,” “EXPO only,” “Author,” with dates “Jan 28–31, 2026,” and a red “Author” ribbon attached.
February 3, 2026 at 6:47 PM
debbieohi.com
#CanKidLit ❤
hkubiw.bsky.social Helen Kubiw ❤️ 🇨🇦 📚 @hkubiw.bsky.social · 12d
Bursting w pride that more are getting into reading #Canadian books for young people & my CanLit for LittleCanadians blog. A new milestone of 3M page views is on the horizon, perhaps a day away. Thank you to all for helping me promote great #CDN books. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com 👍🇨🇦📚!
Banner for blog CanLit for LittleCanadians, Promoting children's and YA books by Canadian authors and illustrators with screen shot of Total page views of 2,995,818
January 30, 2026 at 4:57 PM
booksbycindy.bsky.social
Thank you, @patbrownbooks.bsky.social ! We are so glad to hear you love BUTTERFLY SEA! 🦋 🌊 #cankidlit #libsky #kidlit #kidlitmegafeed
patbrownbooks.bsky.social Patricia Brown @patbrownbooks.bsky.social · 11d
I'm so happy that this beautiful book is in the world! Congratulations to all! 🥰 🦋 @booksbycindy.bsky.social @marielaurecouet.bsky.social @tielmourpress.bsky.social
January 31, 2026 at 6:56 PM
booksbycindy.bsky.social
For a small press like @tielmourpress.bsky.social this is HUGE!!!! Like a little caterpillar, Butterfly Sea is crawling up, up, up the rankings! #bookbirthday #newbook #kidlit #CanKidLit #Children’sbugandspiderbooks
marielaurecouet.bsky.social Marie-Laure Couët @marielaurecouet.bsky.social · 11d
Butterfly Sea keeps going up on the Amazon rankings! For Children's Bug and Spider book it went from #537 yesterday morning to #332 last night to #178 this morning. Thank you everyone!!

#kidlit #kidlitart #cankidlit #kidlitmegafeed #illustration #illustrator #design #designer
January 31, 2026 at 2:56 PM
debbieohi.com
#CanKidLit #LibrarySky #KidLit @canscaip.bsky.social
karenkrossing.com Karen Krossing @karenkrossing.com · 18d
On Jan. 30, you can find me at the Ontario Library Association's Super Conference, where I’ll be emceeing @canscaip.bsky.social's Book Tastings and sharing two of my own books! Please join us to hear about new titles from the mouths of the creators.
#OLASC
January 30, 2026 at 1:23 PM
booksbycindy.bsky.social
It’s todaaaaayyyyyy! Happy Book Birthday to #ButterflySea! We are thrilled to see our gorgeous book fluttering out into the world today!
Words by me
Art by @marielaurecouet.bsky.social
Published by @tielmourpress.bsky.social

#Libsky #CanKidLit #Edusky #KidLitMegaFeed #kidlit #nature #picturebook
January 30, 2026 at 3:39 PM
debbieohi.com
#CanKidLit 📚👍
hkubiw.bsky.social Helen Kubiw ❤️ 🇨🇦 📚 @hkubiw.bsky.social · 14d
PLANTING SUNSHINE is a new #novelinverse #MG novel by Andrée Poulin, illus. by Enzo, from @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social Coming out Feb3, it portrays the impact of war news (even if far away in #Ukraine) on children. #sunflowers #hope #fear #anger canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2026/01/plan...
Book cover of Planting Sunshine by Andrée Poulin and Enzo shows a child with red hair in a field of sunflowers with a faint background of bombed buildings and fighter planes
January 28, 2026 at 6:41 PM
marielaurecouet.bsky.social
HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY to Butterfly Sea! Today's the day! Cindy Mackey, Tielmour Press, and I made a legitimately excellent book. Thank you to everyone who's pre-ordered. If you're interested in getting a first edition copy don't delay!

#kidlit #kidlitart #cankidlit #illustration #illustrator #design
A laughing Marie-Laure Couët, illustrator of picture book Butterfly Sea, holding said book, sort of wrapped like a newborn baby.
January 30, 2026 at 2:22 PM
marielaurecouet.bsky.social
Bedtime with Butterfly Sea. Nine-year-old tested and approved.

@booksbycindy.bsky.social @tielmourpress.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitart #cankidlit #illustration #illustrator #kidlitmegafeed #design #designer
A nine year old reading Butterfly Sea before bed. She's wearing a blue shirt and laying on a car bedspread, holding the book over her face.
January 31, 2026 at 1:15 AM
stephaniegibeault.bsky.social
If you write nonfiction for kids, join me and Sourcebooks editor Anna Luketic for an online webinar with @thewritingbarn.bsky.social on Thursday, Feb. 12 at noon CT. We'll discuss the power of hooks to grab readers and editors.🪝
#kidlit #cankidlit
More info here:
thewritingbarn.com/class/webina...
graphic about webinar entitled The Importance of Hooks in Nonfiction with photos of Stephanie Gibeault and Anna Luketic
January 27, 2026 at 8:03 PM
rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social
Looking forward to Paul Coccia's upcoming debut #picturebook next month: The Bear Fairy. #kidlit #cankidlit 👇🏻
hkubiw.bsky.social Helen Kubiw ❤️ 🇨🇦 📚 @hkubiw.bsky.social · 18d
I know Paul Coccia's debut #picturebook doesn't come out until Feb but THE BEAR FAIRY (illus by @fredblunt.bsky.social) is too important (and adorable) to wait. From Tundra Books (PRH Canada). Can a pudgy, hairy fairy break stereotypes? YES! canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-... 👍🇨🇦📚
Book cover of The Bear Fairy by Paul Coccia and Fred Blunt depicts a tiny bear in a pink dress with pink wings and a wand in a blue sky above a sparkly rainbow.
January 25, 2026 at 12:06 PM
alisonmcgauley.bsky.social
💕This February, celebrate family, togetherness & love with KENZIE'S LITTLE TREE! This book makes a perfect gift for #ValentinesDay & #Family Day!

#kidlit #CanKidLit #EduSky
@orcabook.bsky.social @westwoodcreative.bsky.social @picturebookseh.bsky.social
The title reads, February Indigo Events, Celebrate Family Love with Kenzie's Little Tree! We see a picture of Kenzie's Little Tree, the Indigo and Orca Book Publishers logos, the dates and times of the events and "Get your signed copy and FREE pocket heart!" Sat. Feb 7 - Indigo Cambridge, 11-4 Sat. Feb 14 - Indigo Guelph, 11-4 Sun. Feb 15 - Indigo Conestoga, 11-4
January 26, 2026 at 3:21 PM
scbwicanadaeast.bsky.social
Join us in March for a SCBWI Canada East Digging Deeper workshop, with guest speaker Stephanie Gibeault as she digs deeper into nonfiction book proposals. Visit www.scbwi.org/events/craft... for more information. #SCBWICanadaEast #CanKidLit #kidlit @stephaniegibeault.bsky.social
Ad for SCBWI Canada East Digging Deeper Workshop: Crafting Irresistible Nonfiction Book Proposals with author Stephanie Gibeault. Saturday, March 14, 2026 @ 1 PM Eastern. $10 USD Premium Members. $25 USD Preview Members. It includes a photo of Stephanie, as well as the SCBWI logo, and the SCBWI Canada East Digging Deeper logo showing below-the-soil view of deep roots for the flowers.
January 26, 2026 at 2:52 PM
booksbycindy.bsky.social
The five star reviews keep coming in for #ButterflySea by me and @marielaurecouet.bsky.social 🦋 🌊 #kidlit #CanKidLit #childhood #nature #librarians #Edusky #Libsky #lyricalbooks #pollinators #imaginaryplay #bookrelease #bookreview #fivestars
Cindy Mackey on Instagram: "Another lovely review for #ButterflySea from @latinaboomermom 🦋 🌊 Lyrical text by Cynthia Mackey Gorgeous art by Marie-Laure Couët Published by @tielmourpress @cwill_b...
3 likes, 0 comments - books.by.cindy on January 24, 2026: "Another lovely review for #ButterflySea from @latinaboomermom 🦋 🌊 Lyrical text by Cynthia Mackey Gorgeous art by Marie-Laure Couët Publish...
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January 25, 2026 at 1:23 AM
nptwrites.bsky.social
Would really love to get a couple more people to join us for this bundle! There's still time to sign up if you're interested. #BookSky #AmWriting #CanLit #CanKidLit
January 25, 2026 at 12:46 AM
awestlewis.bsky.social
Excited about these new #kidlit books 📚👍🏼
Stay tuned for events & giveaways!
Creators include:
@parentclub.bsky.social
@susanhughes.bsky.social
@heathercamlot.bsky.social
@karenkrossing.com
@rochellestrauss.bsky.social
@faridazaman.bsky.social
@kevinheronjones.bsky.social
#kidlit #CanKidLit
January 23, 2026 at 10:22 PM
jandolby.bsky.social
Another picture book project from 2025 originated from an album cover for a song "A Broken Crayon" by Jamison Statema/Go Fish Resources. The lyrics are now an illustrated picture book and a live stage production.
Link to the song....you'll like it... lnkd.in/eJZAeBVY

#KidLit #KidLitArt #CanKidLit
January 22, 2026 at 4:02 PM
lawrenceschimel.bsky.social
#kidlit #cankidlit
robinstevenson.bsky.social Robin Stevenson @robinstevenson.bsky.social · 22d
I'm so excited to share the cover of my next book- my first MG novel in 10 years! THE BOOK OF JUPITER is the story of Ara, a girl realizing she has grown up in a cult and that much of what she has been taught is a lie. The gorgeous cover art is by Risa Hugo. Coming June 2, from Kids Can Press.
A book cover, with the title The Book of Jupiter and the author name Robin Stevenson. The image is of a night scene: A girl with long red hair and a white dress stands alone in an orchard. In the background is a chain link fence. Overhead in the night sky, a large planet Jupiter looms.
January 21, 2026 at 5:15 PM
caiabb.bsky.social
We urge Alberta’s school boards to make public all lists of banned titles.

#CAIABB #abbookban #albertabookban #abpoli #abgov #ableg #abed #bookbans #cankidlit #nobansincanada
January 20, 2026 at 8:15 PM