Independent, opinionated, and stylish: essential multimedia publications for everyone who cares about children's and young adult literature. Visit us at hbook.com.
Executive Editor, Sourcebooks. She/her
Since 1932, we have published children’s books of the highest quality. Across four generations of family participation, we remain committed to crafting internationally sought-after picture books & superb nonfiction for readers of all ages.
Gloo Books is an independent publishing company that creates beautiful, high quality children's books for a more inclusive, just and compassionate future. We're based in Los Angeles, Ca.
Check out our books!
https://linkpop.com/gloo-books
Poet & Musicologist • The Rainbow Faults (The Rialto) • poetry collections for children (The Emma Press & Otter-Barry Books) • writer-in-residence – Aurora Orchestra
Children's Author & Teacher/SENCo
Winner #ChuckleChallenge 2024
Winner #springflingkidlit 2023
Mentor #WriteMentor 2023 & 2025
Librarian in sort-of Chicago.
PW book reviewer.
#Amquerying #SCBWI writer/poet.
Winner: #50PreciousWords, Highlights scholarship, ElegantLit, IAmWritingMG.
HM: #PBParty.
WTMP mentee, RisingTalent finalist, BOTN.
https://linktr.ee/tracie.renee
Children's poet. Poems in The Caterpillar, Little Thoughts Press, PaperBound, The Dirigible Balloon, Paddler Press, Parakeet, Charles Causley Trust, Northern Gravy, Candlestick Press, The Toy, Brian Moses' Blog, Tyger Tyger and anthologies.
Check out my portfolio: https://www.berrietr.com/ Contact me: berrietr@gmail.com
#kidlit published #author/illustrator, who would love to cooperate with you in creating beautiful and meaningful #picturebooks for kids.
Poet. Author. Teacher. Blogger @ TeachingAuthors.com. My YA historical PLAYING BY HEART was inspired by 2 amazing 18th-century sisters who lived in Milan. Rep. @bookbarrista.bsky.social www.carmelamartino.com
Writer for children, #kidlit #author #SCBWI member, #12x12, psychologist, 7 books by @MaginationPress
#amwriting #PB, @rateyourstory
Picture book author. Reader. Bookstore and library lover. All about my kids and cats. Repped by Ammi-Joan Paquette. #Kidlit website: www.patzietlowmiller.com
Neurodivergent (AuDHD). Learner. Dreamer. Award-winning children's author. Musings on books, writing, creativity and ND life. Agent: Lydia Silver
https://linktr.ee/rashmiwriting
#KidLit, YA and MG fantasy writer, member of SCBWI and Mighty KidLit
Educator, PB writer, and dog-lover 🦮🐾I am living my best life!
#SCBWI #MightyKidlit #PBParty
📚 KidLit Writer
✍️ SCBWI + Mighty KidLit
🌋 STEAM Curriculum Writer
📚 Children’s Book Resource Hub
📕🌳 Subscribe: https://kidlitgrove.substack.com
Children’s literary agent with Mansion Street Literary (currently closed to queries) and mental health advocate. I also write craptastic books. She/her.
www.michellewitteliterary.com
➡️ Boosting books for #Teachers, #Educators, #Librarians, #Parents, #Authors, #Writers, and #Readers
💙 Former #Teacher turned #Homeschool mama
✏️ #Kidlit #Writer and #SCBWI member
📚 Traditionally published #PB #Author
🖱️ elizabetheverettbooks.com
https://www.michelleskennedy.com/
https://x.com/MichelleSKenned
#PBWriter. Wife & mom. Loves Jesus. #SCBWI Co-Asst. Reg. Advisor, #12x12, #PBParty Finalist '24, '23, & '22 , #50PreciousWords HM '25, '23.
Caffiene-fueled, cat-loving librarian living in Treaty 7. Here for everything books, travel, science, libraries, literacy & (of course) cat related 😏 Divesting myself of Meta apps because nazis.
The Children's Poetry Summit is a UK Network of individuals and organisations actively interested in poetry for children.
Public librarian, recovering teacher, and reader of all things. Shill for optimism, daydream believer. WNY.
Children’s Book Author.
Librarian (Middle/High School & Public).
Mom. Dog mom. Human.
The U.P. of Michigan. boniashburn.com
Childrens' Librarian turned Library Director
We curate free online learning opportunities & free resources that school librarians might find useful.
Let us know about upcoming free events or resources - we can add them to our site for all to see!
SchoolLibrarianLearningNetwork.org
HLTA, primary school librarian, children’s book blogger, spaniel wrangler, tea drinker, cricket watcher. Very easily distra
https://missclevelandsreading.com/
Wife, Mom, Retired teacher, School Librarian📖, and Cosmetologist✂️. Shoe Queen 👠👑, 3x Cancer Fighter/Survivor, Coffee Crew☕, Steelers Nation, UofM Football 🏈
#GoBlue〽️, Wolverine stuck in redhell Indiana. 🍸💞🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🇺🇸🌊🏖♉️
Writer of #kidlit. Former teacher and librarian. Current kid wrangler. Mutant diabetic and perpetually tired nd. Author of 1st Day of Unicorn School (Capstone) and I WANT TO DANCE IN PANTS (Sleeping Bear, 2025) www.jesshernandezwrites.com
Senior Editor at Book Riot. Editor/Author of BODY TALK, HERE WE ARE, + (DON'T) CALL ME CRAZY. Former librarian. Anti-censorship advocate. Yoga teacher. Your favorite infernal witch. She/her. Library Journal Mover & Shaker in 2024.
Writer. Eater of Books. Lover of Comics. Library Tech. Drummer. Burrito enthusiast. He/Him husband.
Author of TRVE CVLT, Midwestern Chrome (2026), Help! I Can't Stop Shitting Snakes (2027).
www.michaelbettendorfwrites.com.
Reader, author, innovator, PD enthusiast, school librarian, book club facilitator
Librarian | Hollins gal (MA/MFA) | Poet | PB & YA Author | Wait, Rest, Pause (2019) One Step Forward (2025) When Twilight Comes (2026) | Rep: Carter Hasegawa at Tugeau2
www.marcieatkins.com
https://linktr.ee/marciefatkins
Helping others shine, Curriculum designer, Teacher Librarian 📚, Media Literacy Coach, FPU Professor & Program Director, Speaker, Advocate, Neurodivergent, Boymom. Inspire. Empower. Create. Repeat. #EDUsky ⚖️ #TLSky 🐈 Celebrate everything 🎉
District Librarian in CA, Graphic Novel reviewer & owner of The Graphic Library. Co-author of Manga Goes to School. Reviewer @ Booklist & School Library Journal. Esports coach. #GraphicLibrary, #EduSky #LibrarySky, #TLSky She/her. www.graphiclibrary.org
TX Educator, Library Coordinator, Presenter, Reader, #FReadomFighter, Immediate Past President AASL | Opinions shared are solely my own
Librarian. Author. D&D Dungeon Master. Winner of the Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Competition. https://lucasjmaxwell.squarespace.com
Middle School Librarian - Author of Library Partnerships:Making Connections Between School and Public Libraries
Creator of the Blog and Podcast - Books In the Middle
https://booksinthemiddle.wordpress.com/
& https://booksinthemiddlepodcast.buzzsprout.com
Mom❤️Wife. #VanMeter Teacher Librarian. #FutureReadyLibs Leader. @BookCreatorApp Future Ready Advocate. @capstonepub Champion. LJ Mover & Shaker. ISTE Making IT Happen. DA Top 100 Influencer.
School Librarian, adjunct professor at Syracuse University iSchool, co-author of ELEVATING THE SCHOOL LIBRARY: POSITIVE PERCEPTIONS THROUGH BRANDING BEHAVIOR and STRENGTHENING LIBRARY ECOSYSTEMS: COLLABORATE FOR ADVOCACY AND IMPACT (both ALA, 2024)
📖 Manga in Libraries 📖 NYC School Librarian 📖 GNCRT President-Elect 📖
MangaInLibraries.com
Novelist, Poet, Librarian. Author of HOW CAN I HELP YOU and LOOKER.
Teacher Librarian 6-12 Independent School | Tampa, FL | Speaker | Writer | Maker | Author - Challenge Based Learning & Reimagining Library Spaces | She/Her | Opinions are my own
www.renovatedlearning.com
Librarian Speaker Writer. LJ Mover&Shaker. Fmr @librarycongress Teacher in Residence. ALA Emerg Ldr. '19 Caldecott Comm. Podcaster. @Maslonline Past President.
Educator-Librarian-Author-Activist-Grassroots Organizer-Speaker-Bibliophile-Louisianan
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ThatLibrarian
#Kidlit Writer: PB, MG, YA. #SCBWI. Poetry.
Youth Services at a Public Library. Licensed Behavior Specialist.
Wife & Mom. Gardener/Hiker/Birder. Environmentalist. She/her
abbiewernerjames.com
Librarian. NYT Bestselling Author. | LOUDER THAN HUNGER, RUTHIE ROSE’S BIG IDEA, THE GIFT OF STORY, THIS IS A SCHOOL, THIS IS A STORY | Agent: Molly O'Neill
Children's book author. Debut PB bio, MAGIC IN A DROP OF WATER, in March 2025 from Rocky Pond/Penguin. Author of PRANKLOPEDIA, FRIGHTLOPEDIA, WHAT A BLAST! #kidlit #12x12 Cajun accordion player, porch-sitter
Literary Manager with Martin Literary Management | Reader | Writer | Dreamer | #SCBWI #InkedVoices| rep'd by @joycekay.bsky.social with the Seymour Agency
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Kidlit author- BRAVO, LITTLE BIRD & SIGNS OF FRIENDSHIP out now!
www.anniesilvestro.com
Former Children's Librarian💗 | Big Dreamer | Lover of picture books, the KidLit world, libraries, community, & fart books | Haiku Writer
Website: www.booksbutterfliesandbeing.com
KidLit Acrostics flipbook: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/fe5beff236.htm
Children’s Author
📚ANNABELLE AND THE SPAGHETTI-CONFETTI SURPRISE (coming March 2025)
📚THE LOUD LIBRARIAN (out now)
#12x12 #scbwi
Richard. Poet, editor, teacher.. #poetry #writer #editor #teacher Long time owner editor of www.everywriter.net, one of the largest writers sites on the web.
2nd grade teacher, author of "The Kindness Machine"
Sharing book joy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/christina.dankert/
#PB and #MG Writer, Educator #PBParty Finalist 2025, #50PreciousWords Winner 2024/2025, #PBRisingStars Honorable Mention 2024/2025, #SpringFling Winner 2025 www.charlineyutmeyer.com #Kidlit #12X12PB #SCBWI #amquerying
OTIS HAS A BAD DAY (2023)
Mom, Picture Book Author, LCMHC, Coffee Enthusiast, #InkedVoices Member & #PBParty 2025 Finalist!
1/8 of #kidlitzombieweek hosts.
www.rebecca-ensign.com
Rep'd by Michelle Witte (@michellewitte.bsky.social)
PB writer. #KidsChoiceKidLitWritingContest ‘24 Winner. #50PreciousWords '25 Honorable Mention. #PBParty ‘21 Honorable Mention. SCBWI. Creativity enthusiast. Certified Life Coach. #MentalHealth www.amandashayne.com
Picture book author. Poetry lover. Teacher.
linktr.ee/diannewrites
She/her. PB author & Admin at Made for PAX. Baseball for Breakfast, Ice Cream Everywhere & AJ's Neighborhood. #SCBWI #BackMatterBreakDown #amquerying Opinions my own.
Children’s Book Author & Illustrator
LANDING IN A NEW POND
(Charlesbridge ’26)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA! (Albert Whitman ‘26)
Portfolio: www.jenniferdoehringbooks.com
Rep’d by Fairbank Literary
Picture book writer and lover. Seeking representation.
READY TO SMILE AGAIN (Gnome Road Publishing, '25)
EMMA WASN'T READY (Lawley Publishing, '26)
SLOTHS AND THEIR MOTHS (Tielmour Press, '26)
www.KatieLeeReinert.com
#KidLit #author
Our mission is to collaborate with library communities worldwide, providing resources, training, and innovative solutions that promote literacy and provide access for all.
Kidlit Author, FREE TO BE FABULOUS, ROCK 'N' ROLL BABY
Indie publisher based in Edinburgh. We specialise in beautiful books for children and fascinating non-fiction for adults. Check out our imprint @discoverkelpies.bsky.social
Visit us online - florisbooks.co.uk
STEM Advocate|Picture Book Author|Retired Educator|Proud mom of 3 sons|Married to super guy|Packers Fan|Rep’d by @LitAgentKatieM.bsky.social
collazocove.com
Author/illustrator I AM STUCK Clarion, '23
ROBINSON'S NEW THING Clarion, '25
Public school art educator
Knitter
Writer and Illustrator of children’s books!
Illustrator of HILTON’S ISLAND and HILTIN’S HOLIDAY
Host of #MightyKidLit
Represented by Joyce Sweeney at The Seymour Agency
Storyteller, bike racer, board game player, animal lover, tea drinker.
www.shereetomba.com
Repped by Kaitlyn Sanchez of Bradford Lit
‘24 PB Party Finalist
#12x12PB #SCBWI
#kidlit #kidlitart
Author of board books, picture books, early readers, and middle grade nonfiction. Lover of reading, travel, hiking, and ice cream, preferably combined.
Educator 🇦🇺
Zumba - yoga enthusiast.
Cats and books 📚❤️
Member of 12x12 PB challenge
Aspiring #kidlit writer ✍️
Feminist
Mountain dweller
Eater of cookies. Doodler of things. Writer of words. Wife of guy. Mother of kids. Hunter of fairies. Member of Scbwi&12x12. Finalist of PBParty 2025.
https://linktr.ee/kellie_arted?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=f10e6107-fb0e-4463-967d-fc9706d13
Kidlit author repped by Jackie Kruzie.
YA and PB writer. Hand-blown glass, Van Gogh, mountains, and ocean. 12x12, SCBWI
editor/story coach specializing in kidlit | author of kids' books | freelance writer | she/her | upcoming bk: MISS MATCH | recent bks: HOORAY FOR TRUCKS!; SAME HERE; WALKING FOR WATER; LIGHTS DAY AND NIGHT | www.susanhughes.ca
🎬Kidlit author, actor, voice-over artist,
👫Father of (the best) twins.
📺 Scooby-Doo, Futurama, I Love Lucy, Twilight Zone
🦧Favorite animal-Orangutan
🎵It's All Coming Back To Me Now and Believe
📚 Picture Book Writer #amquerying #scbwi #12x12challenge
📺 Kids Media Curriculum Developer
🎓 Playful PhD
👶👶 Mom to twins
♾️ Autism Advocate
🎶 Musical theatre fan
📍 Brooklyn, NY
https://www.melissamorgenlander.com/
I make picture books that lovingly undermine the status quo.
TAROT DECK MESS & MY FIRST TAROT (‘23)
MAGIC CHILD ('25)
🧹📚🥄 www.sarahgbeck.com
http://www.Linktr.ee/9_of_wands
#12x12PB
Rep: Natascha Morris
Autistic, ADHD, queer 🏳️🌈 author/illustrator of PB & MG books affirming neurodivergent and other identities. Literature PhD. Safe Space.
She/her.
PBRising Stars/PBParty honorable mention/runner-up ‘23/24/25
#amquerying #12x12pb
https://linktr.ee/Cs_au
Children’s Author 🇨🇦 in 🇺🇸 via 🇦🇺
🔥IGGY WHO BREATHES FIRE (Disney Hyperion)
🌸ALFRED BLOOMS (Random House Studio)
Rep: Ammi-Joan Paquette
My website: carriekruck.com
#Author of big-hearted stories for little readers. #teacher #parent #chronicillness #IBD #arthritis
https://linktr.ee/alisonmcgauley
📚 reader ✏️ writer 👩👧mom 👩🏫 teacher #12x12challenge #scbwi #kidlit
#Kidlit author | StarrMatica CEO | Science curriculum and PD writer | IA State Science Leadership Team Member | Nonfiction fanatic | Elementary #STEM advocate
SCBWI | 12x12
Picture Book Writer. Traveler. Memory Maker.
Rep'd by Katie Erickson @JDLitAgency
#SBCWI #12x12 #kidlit
Freelance writer, Questioner, Storyteller
#history #science #parenting #education #finance #health #travel #nature #Binder #ASJA #SCBWI #NASW #YA #Kidlit #12x12
Illustrator/storyteller represented by Lynnette Novak of The Seymour Agency
portfolio: https://dianadelosh.com
“Pre-published” #kidlit writer, SCBWI + 12x12 member
Children’s author | editor Islandport Press | librarian | enthusiastic tea-drinker | probably baking or lost in the Maine woods | rep’d by Stephen Fraser at Jennifer DeChiara
Picture book writer, gardener, and climate advocate. #SCBWI #12x12 #kidlit
#PB #MG author seeking representation |'26 debut READY TO RIDE |'24 PBParty finalist | '24 WNDB Mentee| '23 #SCBWI-NM Enchantment Show winner| #12x12 | retired educator | ❤️ photography | http://mochadiane.com | she/her/hers
Children's author of #kidlit #pb #cb
Member of #12x12PB #SCBWI
Canadian living in the UK
#KidlitCraze Blog
robynnhyde.com/kidlit-craze
Writer, creative, traveler, foodie, lover of my family! Soon to be dwelling in this badass bus. The
Author & illustrator for picture books.
my website: shuyichiou.com
Author of Award-winning FOREVER HOME, 2022 IPNE Best Children’s Book; 2023 Writers Digest Honorable Mention-Children’s Picture Book. Published poet and writer, collage artist, baker and doter of grandchildren.
Author/Nature Photographer
Rep'd by Mara Cobb @ Lighthouse Literary
SCBWI/12x12
SCBWI MS Winner
Detroit Writing Room MS Winner
#PBChat Mentorship HM
ArtPrize Artist 2025 & 2024
http://cherylajohnsonwrites.weebly.com
http://cherylajohnson.pictorem.com
Disney fanatic who loves to write. Blog for adults on #caregiving and #grief- www.PixieDustForCaregivers.com. Book in progress. Picture books in my future! Expect whimsy and pictures of cute, clever animals, including my cat! #kidlit #12X12 #ALS
Whimsical Illustrator for the young at heart with a special interest for the eco system of nature, gardening, bonsai and animals. #kidlitartist, Check out my work at www.monahanstudio.com
