12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge

🎉 Happy Book Birthday to Debbie Zapata!🎉

📚 ISABEL'S BIRTHDAY SURPRISE, illustrated by Gabriella Galvez, published by Magination Press, is here! 📖✨

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🎉 Happy Book Birthday to @amandadavisart.bsky.social!🎉

📚 SOMETIMES STORMY: A STORY ABOUT FINDING CALM AND STAYING SAFE WHEN SOMEONE YOU LOVE DRINKS TOO MUCH, published by @freespiritbooks.bsky.social, is here! 📖✨

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🎉 Happy Book Birthday to @carolinelperry.bsky.social! 🎉

📚 I AM NOT HAPPY!, illustrated by Sydney Hanson and published by @simonandschuster.bsky.social, is here! 📖✨

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🎉 Cheers to #12x12PB member @jessieleh.bsky.social for signing with @liznealon.bsky.social at @greatdoglit.bsky.social! 🎉

“Write and draw beautiful things that you are passionate about. The rest will get there eventually.”

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🍎✨ Happy World Teachers’ Day! ✨📚

We’re celebrating the teachers who spark curiosity, nurture creativity, and inspire a love of reading. 💛

Thank you for sharing stories with children and encouraging the next generation of storytellers.

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This month’s featured agents: Jazmia Young of @cbcreative.bsky.social & Tanusri Prasanna of DeFiore & Company!

Jazmia: "I love soft and lyrical language that feels like your heart is being cradled.”

Tanusri: “Plot-driven & character-driven PBs, humor, dry wit, twisty endings.”

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This month’s featured author, @katherinepryor.bsky.social, shares:

✍️ “When we stop pushing ourselves as writers, we can lose the joy and curiosity that brought us here in the first place.”

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🎉 Congratulations to @jodiereadswrites.bsky.social for her recent book birthday! 🎉

📚 A SUKKAH FOR BELLA, illustrated by Frannie Wilson and published by Lovevery, is out just in time of Sukkot! ✨

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🎉 Happy Book Birthday to @saraharoeste.bsky.social!! 🎉

📚 BAVAJADAS! THAT'S JUST SILLY!, illustrated by Annabel Tempest and published by PJ Publishing, is here! ✨

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🎉 Happy Book Birthday to @katelynaronson.bsky.social! 🎉

📚 CLOVIS MEETS HIS MATCH, illustrated by Benji Williams and published by Page Street Kids, is here!✨

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🎉 Happy Book Birthday to Melissa Stoller! 🎉

📚 HAZEL AND MABEL: TWO HEARTS APART, illustrated by Anita Bagdi and published by Gnome Road Publishing, is here! 📖✨

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🎉 Happy Book Birthday to @ericaleewrites.bsky.social! 🎉

📚 SKY LUCK, illustrated by @dagmarsmith.bsky.social and published by @bluedotkidspress.bsky.social, is here! 📖✨

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🎉 Happy Book Birthday to @authorlauragehl.bsky.social! 🎉

📚 THE ELEVATOR ON 74TH STREET, illustrated by Yas Imamura and published by Simon & Schuster, is here! 📖✨

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🎉 Happy Book Birthday to @kidlitjennaj.bsky.social! 🎉

📚 EVERY BODY MOVE!, illustrated by Ananya Rao-Middleton and published by @barefootbooks.bsky.social, is here! 💃✨

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🎉 Happy Book Birthday to @suzylevinson.bsky.social! 🎉

📚 DINOS THAT DRIVE, illustrated by @dharbin.bsky.social and published by Tundra Books, is out today! 🚗🦖

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LAST DAY to get the "There's a YOU in Picture Books Bundle" for 50% off!

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🎉 Happy Book Birthday to @katherinepryor.bsky.social! 🎉

📚 HELLO, SNOW! illustrated by Rose Soini and published by Schiffer Kids, is here! ❄️☃️✨

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Last Day to join Joyful Book Marketing! Tomorrow night, @juliefhedlund.bsky.social is sharing tips for creating joy-filled strategies for your next book launch. Includes extended replay and extensive handout! Just $25—Don't miss it!

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🎉 Happy Book Birthday to @lynnbaldwinwrites.bsky.social! 🎉

📚 MY BACKYARD USED TO BE, illustrated by Megan Elizabeth Baratta and published by Tilbury House Publishers, officially came out yesterday! 🌲✨

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🍁✨ Happy first day of fall! ✨🍁

It’s the perfect season to curl up with a picture book. 📚💛

12 x 12 has gathered a list of fall favorites from our members—full of autumn magic, family traditions, and cozy reads. 🍂

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🎉 Congrats to Artika Tyner for her recent book birthday! 🎉

📚 VIOLET LOVES RONDO, illustrated by Bilal Karaca and published by Planting People Growing Justice, is available now!

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