How to Use Dialogue Tags — Laura Bontje
Learn what goes in a dialogue tag (and what doesn't!), as well as how to format the dialogue tags and action beats in your text.
Do you allow "laughed" as a dialogue tag? See my opinion, along with tips on how to format dialogue tags and action beats, in the latest post for my editing blog!
#WritingCommunity #WritingTips #AmEditing #KidLit
03.12.2025 20:09 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
an illustration of a blue peacock worried that the Christmas tree is about to fall on him
Happy last #kidlitartpostcard day of 2025! I'm Jan and I illustrate for children ... picture books, board books, early readers and book covers.
⭐Portfolio www.jandolby.com
⭐Rep'd by @pageturnerlit.bsky.social
Wishing you Happy Holidays! 🎄
04.12.2025 14:38 — 👍 25 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Time again for #kidlitartpostcard! I'm Ginger, an author-illustrator based in Vancouver, Canada.
I love funny stories and warm moments that make people remember what it was really like to be kids.
gingerngo.com
Rep'd by @soyadriana.bsky.social
at ACM Kids & Illustration
04.12.2025 16:09 — 👍 65 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 0
Thank you, @quillandquire.bsky.social, for including MY STREET REMEMBERS as a Notable Book of 2025!
Illustrated by Cathie Jamieson and written by me.
Check out all the great books here: quillandquire.com/omni/canadas....
@groundwoodbooks.bsky.social #CANkidlit #kidlit #EduSky
04.12.2025 14:08 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
Picture Books, Eh’s FALL edition of The Great Canadian Picture Book Party is Dec 8 @ 7pm ET. Hear creators read their new books!
If you’re a CANSCAIP member, sign up through @canscaip.bsky.social. If not, message us at picturebookseh@gmail.com for the link. See you, eh! #CANkidlit #kidlit #edusky
25.11.2025 16:36 — 👍 8 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 1
Always a great feeling to see this!
#illustration #nonfiction
03.12.2025 00:20 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
#ButterflySea is available for pre-order from anywhere books are sold. 🦋 #CanKidLit
03.12.2025 14:15 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
It is December! I hope you all are doing well. Here is a cheeky suggestion for a holiday gift for any kids in your life!
gingerngo.com/emerson-the-...
#kidlitart #kidlit
01.12.2025 18:31 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Thank you @quillandquire.bsky.social for this wonderful review of Burst Your Bubble! #medialiteracy #criticalthinking #kidlit
02.12.2025 14:08 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The front cover of the picture book Kenzie’s little tree along with a yeti travel mug, and expo whiteboard markers. These are gift gifts for teachers.
Gift ideas for babies. Pair with these for cosy reading time. We see the front cover of Kenzie‘s little tree along with a green blanket, a pink flower pillow and a onesie that says the littlest book club member.
Gift ideas for kids. Pair with ease to foster empathy, communication and resilience. We see the front cover of the picture about Kenzie‘s little tree, the big life journal, a board game called Sunny and stormy day, an easel and a game called family table topics questions to start great conversations.
🎁Shopping for gifts for teachers, kids & babies?
Pair KENZIE'S LITTLE TREE--a story of family, resilience & the natural world--with these items for great gifts!
#kidlit #CanKidLit #EduSky #disability #gifts #chronicillness @picturebookseh.bsky.social @pb25vibes.bsky.social @orcabook.bsky.social
01.12.2025 22:48 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
📚🇨🇦Tune in to The Great Canadian Picture Book Party on Monday, Dec. 8th at 7pm to hear brand new picture books read by Canadian creators!
Register with CANSCAIP or message picturebookseh@gmail.com for the link.
@picturebookseh.bsky.social #kidlit #CanKidLit
01.12.2025 23:08 — 👍 8 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
A broken red crayon is arranged so that the drawn image looks like it is blasting off from the break. The drawing shows a child flying forward with a cape resembling the Canadian flag and holding a book labeled “Read.”
WKLY POLL: List something you enjoyed doing or learning recently that has NOTHING to do w/work events, politics, or self-promo. Hobbies? Food? etc. #CommunityPolls #Uplift
My answer: A friend of ours had her application for Canadian citizenship finally approved! We took her out to celebrate.
28.11.2025 15:57 — 👍 70 🔁 11 💬 10 📌 1
The December issue of my newsletter Margin Notes just went out to subscribers. You can read it here: mailchi.mp/ebdd30bbab1b... #newsletter #picturebooks #kidlit
01.12.2025 17:14 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Interview with Megan Clendenan on Just In Case: Saving Seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Cover for Just in Case: Saving Seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault by Megan Clendenan, illustrated by Brittany Cicchese
New blog! "Interview with @meganclendenan.bsky.social on Just In Case: Saving Seeds in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault"! With @jennmoudahi.bsky.social.
"Jenn: Your story is both captivating and very informative! What inspired you to write this book?"
Click below to read the post.
#CANkidlit #kidlit
30.11.2025 17:18 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Interview with Jenn Moudahi on Charlotte’s New Moccasins
Cover for Charlotte's New Moccasins, by Jenn Moudahi, illustrated by Rhael McGregor. Published by Charlesbridge
New blog! "Interview of @jennmoudahi.bsky.social on Charlotte's New Moccasins"! With @jennmoudahi.bsky.social.
"Megan: Hi Jenn! I’m curious about the story behind the story. Did your grandma teach you how to make moccasins, like in the story?"
Click below to read the whole post.
#CANkidlit #kidlit
30.11.2025 17:14 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Thank you to @picturebookseh.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to tell a bit more of the story behind the story! @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #picturebook #christmasbook #christmasbooksforkids
28.11.2025 12:39 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1
Thanks for sharing!
30.11.2025 17:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Exciting! I can't wait!
30.11.2025 17:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I’m happy to say I will be reading Butterfly Sea 🦋 as part of the fall edition of the Great Canadian Picture Book Party! 🎈 Come join in the fun! #Libsky #librarians #teachers @tielmourpress.bsky.social @cwillbc.bsky.social
29.11.2025 20:22 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Christmas in the Dark: The Ice Storm that Birthed a Story , by Laura Alary
Cover for The Christmas That Almost Wasn't, by Laura Alary, illustrated by Ana Eguara. Published by Beaming Books
New blog post: Christmas in the Dark: The Ice Storm that Birthed a Story by @lauraalary.bsky.social!
“No one expected to spend Christmas 2013 in the dark…”
Read the whole post here:
picturebookseh.weebly.com/blog/christm...
#CANkidlit #kidlit
27.11.2025 22:30 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
Hooray! Exciting!
26.11.2025 21:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“This vibrant, engaging book provides the perfect introduction to the last day of the dinosaurs and the resilience of life on Earth.” Professor Paul M. Barrett of the Natural History Museum in London, England.
ONE COSMIC ROCK arrives on Earth in February 2026.
I'm honored by this review of ONE COSMIC ROCK, written by me & illustrated by @dreamist.bsky.social. Thanks to @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social of England's Natural History Museum. He's an expert in the evolutionary palaeobiology of dinosaurs & other critters.
☄Available for preorder!
#CANkidlit #kidlit
26.11.2025 18:21 — 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1
Lucky students!
26.11.2025 21:12 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Sometimes I have to remind myself to look at the little things and people that make my life really good. Happy Wednesday, friends! #kidlitart
26.11.2025 16:08 — 👍 13 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Hooray! Well deserved!
26.11.2025 21:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Hooray!
25.11.2025 16:38 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Picture Books, Eh’s FALL edition of The Great Canadian Picture Book Party is Dec 8 @ 7pm ET. Hear creators read their new books!
If you’re a CANSCAIP member, sign up through @canscaip.bsky.social. If not, message us at picturebookseh@gmail.com for the link. See you, eh! #CANkidlit #kidlit #edusky
25.11.2025 16:36 — 👍 8 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 1
A writer, theatre artist, calligrapher & arts educator who specializes in work for and with young people. Author of 11 books including MG & YA novels, picture books, poetry, graphic novel. MFA, Writing for Children & Young Adults #VCFA #Canscaip
Children's Book Designer. Lifelong learner. Printmaker, Gardener, Reader, Flutist and Artist.
An organization of published authors & illustrators fighting back against censorship and book bans, find out more at https://linktr.ee/caiabb
I draw wildlife with coloured pencils using my own photos and observations as a reference (unless otherwise stated). Toronto, Canada.
https://meganoconnorart.ca
In a small town on Prince Edward Island, I spend my days creating stories for children and their families.
Family. Libraries, books. History, genealogy, travel. Justice, conscience. Walking, swimming, conversation, and sometimes yoga.
💻Writer/Editor (Nat Post, Ottawa Citizen, TVTimes, Playboard, Marquee, Hello! 🍁)
📝 Developmental Editor (University of Washington, Cert.), specializing in mystery, true crime, & memoir
🕵️♀️former School Programs Manager at the Van Police Museum
Educator, reader and writer. Sharing my thoughts on 📚, 📺, 🎥 (lots of #KidLit and #CanLit talk). Pronouns: He/Him. Instagram: @SpencerBMiller 📍Treaty 7 | Calgary
Writer, author of children’s books
Kidlit writer, teacher, picture book reviewer, SCBWI member, SCBWICanadaWest member, Canadian Children's Book Centre member, CANSCAIP member
Storyteller, kidlit & MG/YA dreamer, & creator of worlds-open to inquiries!
Digital media educator with a PhD (yes, I studied that much).
Volunteer extraordinaire, film/TV champion, human IMDb, dogs=life, globe-trotter who also loves a cozy home base.
Writer (mostly Middle Grade), SCBWI Canada West, CANSCAIP, Freelance Editor, Cat-lover. My website is https://www.bethstilborn.ca/
The Fossil Follies Exhibition - illustrating the foibles of a cast of Victorian Dinosaurians. Art by Jordan Wieben.
No AI
Author SF & historical fantasy & kidlit. Love travel, castle hopping, medieval cooking & cat whispering. 40+ books & more to come. (she/her) Treaty 4 Territory (Regina SK)
https://mariepowell.ca/
https://travelandculture.substack.com/
Illustrator, art maker, peace speaker, beauty admirer, waldorf inspired mom, true believer🕊️
An Indigenous Canadian, Author/Illustrator creating board books, and picture books.
Author/Illustrator of PB & MG - Lesley MFA alum
Here for the #kidlit #writingcommunity crew (& the cat pics too!)
#SCBWI #CANSCAIP🇺🇸/ 🇨🇦
www.sierrawilsonauthor.com
Author and illustrator of middlegrade and YA from BC.
Currently working on middlegrade horror comedy series for Annick Press:
https://www.annickpress.com/Books/T/Teddy-vs.-the-Fuzzy-Doom
Portfolio:
www.bradenhallett.com
Beware the Fuzzy Doom.
**Querying** Author/Illustrator 🇨🇦 #kidlit #SCBWI. 💓 Writer of adult SF/F/H #shortfiction #scifi. Race to Novus (cloakedpress). Stay-at-home mom of boys. Contestant on reality TV show. 📽 #writeorflightshow
www.rachaelclarkewrites.com
