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There's still time to enter the #PBSummit 2025 TICKET GIVEAWAY!
Just share our reveal posts with your writer friends on social media and tell us about it at:

www.picturebooksummi...

Enter today! Ends 6/9/25.

#amwriting #picturebook #kidlit #PBSummit #booksky

Rate Your Story is super excited to present a January 20th 7 PM Launch and Learn with Beth Anderson here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Beth Anderson @followers @highlight #nonfiction #NonFictionBooks #RateYourStory

LYNNE MARIE’S ‘LONG AND WINDING ROAD’ to Traditional Publication–Plus a fabulous giveaway! Today’s guest post comes from Lynne Marie. She shares the story of her twenty-five year journey to traditional picture book publication. And what a journey it has been! After reading Lynne Ma…

Be sure to share this post and comment for a chance to win one of five opportunities to have an Ask Me Anything Session with Acquiring Editor at The Little Press / Director of Rate Your Story Lynne Marie alaynekaychristian.wordpress.com/2025/01/11/l... @alaynekaychristian.bsky.social

🌟But since we can’t wait…we’re hosting a social media GIVEAWAY! 🎁 You could win ONE MONTH FREE of Ebony Lynn Mudd’s PB courses at The PB Retreat!

How to enter:
1. Follow us
2. Repost!
3. Tag a friend in the comments!

A winner will be chosen on Friday, 1/10! Enter on IG too to DOUBLE your chances!

@sdscottwriter.bsky.social

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🍦✨ Calling all aspiring picture book authors and illustrators! Join us for our Third Annual Virtual Ice Cream Social on Tuesday, January 28th from 8-9:30 PM Eastern!

Connect with the co-directors, meet past mentees, get insider tips on applying to the program + more!

Register at pbrisingstars.com

So much to love about a Rate Your Story membership! Check it out! www.rateyourstory.org #RateYourStory @literallylynne.bsky.social #picturebooks

Join us today for a Free Digital Workshop for Premium Members! A replay will be made available if you cannot attend live! Register here: www.scbwi.org/events/state...

Lit Kids Magazine is a good one-line publishing option for 5-13 year old creatives. A quarterly with themed submissions, it requires parental permission. I like that it provides mentors helping kids to improve their writing & art. Check them out, and check out their latest issue. #kidswriting

Hi, #WritingCommunity.👋

My name is Heather Macht, I'm a #kidlit author who writes #PB & #MG, & I'm one of the faces behind #SeasonsOfKidLit.com. I write stories about mutants, monsters, & prehistoric creatures, & love mixing #STEM and #girlpower themes into my books. 💚

I'd love to connect!

For KidLit Community - Debbie Ridpath Ohi - Obsidian Publish KidLit Community On Bluesky Since I mainly joined Bluesky in hopes of helping to establish my new home for connecting with the kidlit community (writers, illustrators, educators and librarians, agent…

Updated: Bluesky resources For The #KidLit Community. Added a Master Index to make it easier to find subtopics, plus you can always use the Search field to look for specific topics.
publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/fo...

a. Welcome - Debbie Ridpath Ohi - Obsidian Publish Welcome to Debbie's Unofficial Guide To Bluesky Greetings to those finding me via the recent Vox post about Bluesky! You may already be familiar with my Bluesky tips blog post, Bluesky article in Sch…

Thanks to all who have shared my Unofficial Guide To Bluesky! MUCH appreciated. Other ways to help:

- Pass it forward. Help/welcome a Bluesky newcomer.

- I make a living writing/illus #KidLit, so consider boosting, borrowing, or buying one of my books?

More:
publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/bl....

Graphic with a blue sky and butterfly motif featuring the text 'How to Block Someone on Bluesky' in bold, black letters. Below it reads 'Do not engage with trolls. BLOCK them.' A QR code is placed on the right side of the image.

Do not engage with trolls. BLOCK them.

Feel free to share with anyone who needs it: How to Block a user on Bluesky (including screenshots of what they'll see, etc): debbieohi.link/how-to-block

#BlueSkyTips

A woman sits on a cozy couch, smiling as she reads a children's book titled "I Want to Read ALL the Books" to an attentive white West Highland Terrier beside her. A decorative pillow in the background features the word "FAMILY" with an inspiring quote. Photo credit: Sara Jandrew.

Today, I got to read #IWantToReadALLTheBooks to Archie, the real-life dog who inspired the canine throughout my book! I presented him with a personalized copy, of course. 😁

I provide templates for book creators for FREE & without needing to register: debbieohi.com/resources/pr...

Thanks @annettewhipple.bsky.social for the heads-up.

Just out that www.formsbank.com has an old version of one of my PB templates on their website, without permission, and with THEIR TRADEMARK over it. 😡

Have asked them to take it down.

It's Nature Book Week in Australia. My fave kind of book, they are beautiful, informative, entertaining and inspiring. People can't care about something they haven't experienced first-hand - nature books are the gateway to making future conservationists. 💚Here are some I wrote. #NatureBookWeek2024

Author Julie Murphy stands in front of a colourful mural in a local bookshop, holding a copy of her picture book called DOG BEACH, and smiling.

The good news: I've been visiting local bookshops to sign copies of my new picture book with Annie White called DOG BEACH.
The bad news: about 1 in 3 times, they don't have DOG BEACH in stock.
The good news: it's because DOG BEACH has sold out!
The best news: they are ordering more.
😁
#picturebooks

The cover for Quacks Like a Duck by Stephanie Campisi and Maria Lebedeva, showing an ambiguous duck looking creature staring wide-eyed out at the reader

*doing a signing for Quacks Like a Duck...*

Parent: Oh yay! My kid LOVES ducks. Absolutely obsessed with ducks! Can't get enough of ducks. Ducks ducks ducks!

Me: Unfortunately it's about a platypus

😅

A graphic showing the three Sparkle Pigs chapter book covers, with a quote from Kirkus calling the books "funny and relatable"

Two more months until my magical guinea pigs waddle on to shelves! ✨

This graphic, created for Bill Gates' website, shows that diseases transmitted by mosquitoes are responsible for vastly more human deaths than other animals. While sharks inspire fear in many, they kill few people.

We often worry about the wrong things.

People killed annually by
Sharks 10
Elephants 100
Hippos 500
Snails 10,000
Dogs 25,000
Snakes 50,000
People 475,000
Mosquitoes 725,000
🧪

Finding Joy in the Writing Process with Sharon Giltrow - Gina Soldano Check out the latest episode of "Getting to The Heart of Why We Write" with author Sharon Giltrow. Book recs, community support and more!

Latest #podcast episode of my chat with @sharongiltrow1.bsky.social is in! Give it a listen to hear more on celebrating community success, why Australian libraries are so awesome, and why it matters to find joy in the writing process. Link in bio. #author #kidlit ginasoldano.com/joy-writing-...

Well, I’ve had a go and created a Starter Pack for those interested in Australian Kidlit.
Please let me know if you’d like to be added and/or removed.
Looking forward to connecting with others who are also Aussie Kidlit tragics and advocates.
go.bsky.app/BHYEVMN

A cream-coloured page with the heading Recommended Children’s Books. The front covers of the following picture books are tiled beneath. The Incredible Freedom Machines by Kirli Saunders and Matt Ottley; Our Dreaming by Kirli Saunders and Dub Leffler; Cooee Mittigar: A Story on Darug Songlines by Jasmine Seymour and Leanne Mulgo Watson; Bidhi Galing by Anita Heiss and Samantha Campbell; Listen by Duncan Smith, Nicole Godwin and Jandamarra Cadd; We Are Australians by Duncan Smith, Nicole Godwin and Jandamarra Cadd.

For those who like gifting books, here are some of my favourite reads this year. These beautiful picture books by Australian First Nations storytellers range from the gently serene to the fantastically wondrous.
 
💙📚👍🏼 #Books #KidLit #ChildrensBooks #PictureBooks #Australia #DiverseBooks #Gifts

Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Fox by Margaret Wild, ill. Ron Brooks

"Hurt creatures, hurt creatures." A emotionally resonant Australian classic that should be better known. On @fuse8nkate.bsky.social we dive deep into a book that will stay with you for years. Get ready for FOX by Margaret Wild: #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2024/09/23/f...

If you need a reason to go to a library, here are 101 instead. #TBR #kidlit I especially love the #NF #poetry and #PB lists. Check it out.

Podcast Episode 3: Writing Nonfiction Poetry with Buffy Silverman

Podcast Episode 3: Writing Nonfiction Poetry with Buffy Silverman

Thanks for doing this! 😀 I’m a member and would love to be included please. 🤗 I looked and couldn’t find me.