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#Gamedev peeps. Epic is opening up to internships. I think it’s been two years since the last time they were looking for interns? I have no details or information so please don’t DM me, but please click on the link and see if any of these are interesting to you.

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@laurelgale.bsky.social Do you have any pigeon photos?

This looks so fun! #kidlit

I learned so much from this book! And the illustrations were beautiful!!

A flyer made with collage saying "Earn college credit in Ireland Montserrat College of Art With Erin Dionne & Mark Hoffmann June 26-July25" A collaged image of a sheep is in the center. On the bottom are 4 photos from a past trip

🇮🇪Are you an #illustration student or teacher? Come to Ireland with us and earn 6 college credits! It's a blast! DM me for more info!

www.montserrat.edu/academics/tr...

#kidlitart #ireland #illustrationstudent #studyabroad #illustrationstudents #illustrators #studyinireland #artstudents #artstudent

I love that story! Congratulations!

Cover of The princess in black and the prince in pink by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, and LeUyen Pham. It shows a young girl in black mask and superhero outfit dancing with a young boy in pink mask and pink hero outfit. Bands of words stripe the cover, saying "all kids have a right to exist" and "please let's show love for all kinds of kids"

This has been a really rough few days. I recently learned of a controversy around our book THE PRINCESS IN BLACK AND THE PRINCE IN PINK. Some were outraged that Deseret Book carried it (a chain of bookstores in the west). Deseret Book appears to have complied to their demands and removed it. 1/

This was checked for me, even though I had Gemini turned off everywhere else.

Also this week, as in TOMORROW 3pm ET join us for a #kidsbook #nionfictiion series talk with @nstapress-nstakids.bsky.social @rubytuesdaybooks.bsky.social #BeetleBooks @flowerpotpress.bsky.social @whatonearth.bsky.social @redcometpressbooks.bsky.social us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Crusading New York Community Garden Group Turns 30 A photo essay of Bette Midler’s New York Restoration Project, which for three decades has been converting neglected lots into green spaces.

Bette Midler’s New York Restoration Project has been converting neglected lots into resilient neighborhood green spaces.This year marks the organization’s 30th anniversary. 🌱

A thread full of MG Horror recs! #kidlit #mglit

Cover Reveal Q&A: OFF THE WALL by Molly Idle and Juana Martinez-Neal It’s a pleasure to share the cover for Off the Wall, a picture book collaboration between Caldecott Honorees Molly Idle and Juana Martinez-Neal. But before we take a look at the cover, I talked with M...

Sharing the cover for the upcoming Molly Idle, Juana Martinez-Neal collab!
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Creatures buried in soil for over a century burst back to life in Toronto waterfront A project to restore coastal wetland leads to astonishing discoveries of a host of life: seeds and plant scraps, as well as water fleas, worms, larvae and plankton

An amazing story highlighting nature’s resilience. It was so exciting when 100+ year old seeds started growing as part of this wetland restoration. Now scientists have discovered historic fauna too.

#nativeplants #rewilding #climate #nature

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

#kidlit about the Svalbard seed vault!!!

Bartz v. Anthropic Settlement: An Update for Authors - Writer Beware The searchable list of eligible works is available at the settlement website (also see the update below): https://secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup BACKGROUND A year ago, a group of autho...

The list of works eligible for the Anthropic copyright infringement settlement has been posted on the settlement website. I've updated my blog post on the settlement with inks, general info, and what happens next writerbeware.blog/2025/09/26/b...

Some great selections for all ages here to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month (and read at any time!)

We're growing our Disability Books for Kids series! If you are interested in authoring a picture book about your lived experience with a disability as a child, please DM me. #callforauthors #callforsubmissions #MSWL #manuscriptwishlist www.teachercreatedmaterials.com/products/mor...

🎶 Take a look, it's in a book 🎶

🥹 After nearly 20 years... Reading Rainbow is returning to motivate, help, and encourage kids to become avid readers with new episodes, new friends, new projects, and of course... new books! Make sure to follow the rainbow 📚🌈

#FollowTheRainbow

Mandy's review of Busted 5/5: Middle-grade adventure. Oscar Aberdeen lives in a retirement home with his grandfather. He has been raised by a slew of grandparents, and picked up their musical tastes (Sinatra) and their vocabu...

Just finished this audio advanced copy from @libro.fm. Middle grade adventure: two twelve year-olds help an old man on oxygen complete his bucket list. Oh yeah, and he's a bit of a gangster! #middlegrade #kidlit www.goodreads.com/review/show/... 5 ⭐ for Busted by Dan Gemeinhart, out next week!

The King of Books by Gina Perry shows a cartoony tiger wearing a crown and standing on a stack of books. Behind him a monkey, elephant, and warthog look on. The warthog is reading a book.

The King of Books by @ginaperry.bsky.social came in today. It's a fun book dealing with book care. The tiger king uses books for building, soup trays, and so much more, but never thought to open them! #kidlit #picturebook

I am excited about Ellen Poe! And also Zombie Spiders!! Thank you for the webinar

Authors, there are more and more ways to produce and distribute audiobooks without Amazon's ACX. If you're interested in producing audiobooks without Amazon, we've rounded a handful up: blog.libro.fm/how-authors-...

"Graphic with 'Anthropic' logo on left, circuit-like design. Right text reads: 'Authors: You May Be Part of This Class Action Lawsuit. Anthropic AI Lawsuit Explained.' Modern, tech-themed design."

A federal court ruled that ANTHROPIC illegally copied MILLIONS of books to train its AI.

All authors and publishers whose books were downloaded by Anthropic from pirate websites are subject to receiving compensation. This could involve your work.

For more info: authorsguild.org/news/anthrop...

The Children's Book Council @cbcbooks.bsky.social has curated a selection of multilingual board books titled LANGUAGES TO GROW ON. These books introduce young readers to the sounds and rhythms of more than one language, helping to build early literacy skills and expand vocabulary.

This is not sustainable

Very exciting for genealogy research! MyHeritage will show the matches (people on your tree possibly found in the newspaper) and want to charge a separate fee for their newspaper site, but many can be found here for free! #genealogy

Do you really need to read to learn? What neuroscience says about reading versus listening Whether reading a book or listening to a podcast, the goal is the same: understanding. But these activities support comprehension in different ways.

Interesting discussion of how the brain processes listening vs reading. I love audiobooks, but primarily for fiction and narrative nonfiction. theconversation.com/do-you-reall... #reading #nonfiction #audiobooks

Laureano notably absent 😐

Digital illustration of a blond girl with her hair in braids, looking through binoculars at a starling on the left, with one foot on a tree stump. Between them is text: August Adventures 1-7 august Bloom+Journey 8-14 august Meadow+Rain 15-21 august Ancient+Trinkets 22-28 august Sprout+Magic

I have some exciting news to share! A bunch of friends (and amazing artists) and I are hosting an art challenge this August 🌻

We put together a fun and chill prompt list and hope you’ll join us on this adventure hehe

More below 🐥

#audiobook fans check this out!