Ana Kelly

Please share any public dates. Would love to support in person

Nice to see @justincolonbooks.bsky.social awesome debut PB on the list

Woohoo! Thank you @aprilberrybooks.bsky.social @brilawyer.bsky.social @musingmommumble.bsky.social #JulieHauswirth💕💕🎉🎉

Woohoo!!! What a treat. Thank you again April and Crew for hosting and coordinating this awesome event!

Nothing like going back to a draft after receiving some thoughtful feedback and suggestions. Thank you @evelynday.bsky.social ✨✨

Events for KidLit Writers KidLit Writers! Check out all the different workshops, webinars, classes, contests, and awards that are coming up near you.

Just checked out @carolynbfraiser.bsky.social August Calendar of #kidlit events. What a great resource!
carolynbfraiser.com/kidlit/#august

#PBSummit 2025 Workshop #2: Secret Superpower: How to Inspire Young Readers Without Teaching a Thing
with ‪@bethanyhegedus.bsky.social‬!

Suit up for Bethany’s tips & tools to take you from teachy & preachy to engaging & empowering.

Reg opens 6/11!

#amwriting #picturebook #kidlit #booksky

If anyone has a copy of #PB The Magic Word, can you please tell me if it's an example of a self-ended book with 36 pgs??

Ready to share my raffle win with one of my tutoring students. Thank you again, @amedyckman.bsky.social !!

Won a critique from @katieleereinert.bsky.social, whose #PB READY TO SMILE AGAIN is available where all books are sold! A special thanks to @lydialukidis.bsky.social for organizing the raffle!

From PW Daily: For Bloomberg, Vauhini Vara looked at Inkitt, the publishing startup—backed by a number of both Silicon Valley investors and former Big Five execs—that wants authors to “spitball a few bullet points” and have AI do the rest.

Now if that isn't alarming, I'm not sure what is.....

This title alone!!! Thank you for sharing!!

🎉🎉Thank you, @amedyckman.bsky.social !!

Thank you, Ame!!

BAT, CAT & RAT #3: THE BEACH DAY, the follow-up to the Geisel Award-winning BAT, CAT & RAT #2: VACATION, by Ame Dyckman, Mark Teague, and the nice folks at Beach Lane Books, Simon & Schuster! In each picture book/early reader of 3-and-a-half stories, unlikely roommates-and-friends Bat, Cat, and Rat have funny little adventures in their cozy home, their cozy town, and beyond! THE BEACH DAY cover shows the trio carrying a beach umbrella and bags—TOO MANY bags, maybe?—for a fun day in the sand and surf. (But poor sweet Bat doesn’t know that trying to share your snack with hungry beach gulls is NOT a good idea! OOPS!) Available NOW for preorder wherever you love to get books, and publishes 4/29/25!

NOT an #AprilFoolsDay joke! 😂!

3 random winners really WILL #win a copy of:

🦇🐈🐀 BAT, CAT & RAT #3:
⛱️THE BEACH DAY⛱️
📝 by me
🎨 by #MarkTeague
Beach Lane 📚, @simonkids.bsky.social

WEEKS before our 4/29/25 🎂!

⭐️JUST RP to ENTER to WIN!⭐️

Ends 4/6/25, 9 PM EST!
#kidlit #giveaway

🎉🎉

Thank you, Vivian, for continuing to bring community, joy and opportunities to the #kidlit world

Thank you @viviankirkfield.bsky.social and all the judges for another great year of #50PreciousWords.

Woot, woot! Thank you @pbrisingstars.bsky.social !

Thank you, Lori!

This is my fourth year participating in #PBParty and I'm so excited (and thankful!!!!-and a bit nervous) to be a finalist. A million thank yous to @mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social, the remarkable judges, and my phenomenal CPs. Best of luck to everyone!

Just ordered @sylviaichen.bsky.social and Fanny Liem's TRICKY CHOPSTICKS. Thank you for the reminder

Me too, Dena. It's so good!

Always such fun participating in @viviankirkfield.bsky.social #50PreciousWords

Okay. That's good. I mean, I've never done an author visit (yet 🙃), but as a teacher, the grouping matters...lots of energy across the board, but for K-2, keep that pace snappy...and engage them physically as much as possible.

Justin. Are they clumping all the kids into one assembly? Or are they splitting them into K-2 and 3-5?

He still looks like a puppy!!! Welcome to your teenage years!

Using my @taralazar.bsky.social #storystorm ideas for @viviankirkfield.bsky.social #50PreciousWords and Susanna L. Hill's Valentiney writing challenge! This #kidlit community and the opportunities provided by creatives like Tara, Vivian, and Susanna are tremendous.

Thanks, Justin!

Nothing like a deadline to get me going. Thank you to @mindyalyseweiss.bsky.social
and everyone who makes #PBParty possible. And thank you to my CPs for keeping me in the game...Good luck to all the creators submitting work today!