PBSoar

New book by PBSoar member @jmorerabooks.bsky.social —coming 2026! 🎉

One year ago today, EMILY SNOOK THE WORLD'S SMALLEST COOK arrived into the world!🍳 📚 Happy 1st book birthday to PB Soar member
@laurabower.bsky.social
and illustrator
@rekhasalin.bsky.social

Congrats to all especially our very own PBSoar member @steenahernandez.bsky.social 🎉

📚Story time @ Zibby’s is almost here! 🎉 Join us October 4th @ 10:00am for stories, crafts, & snacks✨AND it’s FREE! 🥳

👉 Save your spot on Eventbrite/ visit Zibby’s Bookshop’s site for details‼️

@sbkslibrary.bsky.social

#kidlit #authorevent #storytime #kidsbook #toddler #santamonica

Thank you to all who came out last night for our Book Writing 101 Panel at Birch Tree Bookstore 🌟 @alyssacolman.bsky.social @writebetween.bsky.social

One year ago, ALPACAS MAKE TERRIBLE LIBRARIANS arrived into the world!🦙📚 Happy 1st book birthday to PB Soar member @kristimahoney.bsky.social & illustrators @chantelleburgen.bsky.social

More good news! If you like it, the second book, OWLS MAKE TERRIBLE TEACHERS, is coming in March 2026 🦉

It's ALPACAS MAKE TERRIBLE LIBRARIANS first book birthday & this spunky alpaca loves a celebration!

If you like this one, there's more good news! The 2nd book is coming 3/10/26 --OWLS MAKE TERRIBLE TEACHERS (both published by Gnome Road and illustrated by @chantelleburgen.bsky.social)
🦙🦉

Alpacas everywhere are headed to the library!
Thank you Ohio County Public Library (in West Virginia) for featuring ALPACAS MAKE TERRIBLE LIBRARIANS!

It was such an honor and pleasure to be interviewed by @deborahkalb.bsky.social 💗🥰 ⬇️

📚👍Happy #AlpacaDay! 🦙
2 #PB recommendations today:
ALPACAS MAKE TERRIBLE LIBRARIANS @kristimahoney.bsky.social & C & B Thorne #gnomeroadpublishing
ALPACAS HERE, ALPACAS THERE @carrietillotson.bsky.social & E Chavarri #BeachLaneBooks
My reviews:
#kidlit
www.heatherpiercestigall.com/ramblings--r...

MAZEL TOV, BABY! has arrived in the world! 🎉Written by PBSoar member @darahenrywrites.bsky.social
and illustrated by Varda Livney, this delightful lift-the-flap board book makes an ideal gift! Congrats, Dara!!

One week from today (9/16/25), MAZEL TOV, BABY arrives in the world! 🎉Written by PBSoar member @darahenrywrites.bsky.social and illustrated by Varda Livney, this delightful lift-the-flap board book makes an ideal gift! Pre-order today to arrive next week!

Cover reveal by PBSoar member
@kristimahoney.bsky.social
--Introducing OWLS MAKE TERRIBLE TEACHERS coming in March 2026! ⬇️🦉
(Illustrations by
@chantelleburgen.bsky.social)

✨Please join us in wishing a happy 1 year book birthday 🎂🎉🥳 to this incredible book 😍 HANUKKAH PAJAMAKKAHS by @darahenrywrites.bsky.social
(illustrated by Olga Ivanov and Aleksey Ivanov)

If you write funny picture books, check out #KidlitChuckleChallenge ⬇️ It's great!

Thank you for including Lupita’s Brown Ballet Slippers! 🥰🤎🩰✨

Wouldn’t it be amazing if REAL alpacas came to the library? Thanks to In The Meadow Farm and Lunenburg Public Library, this happened last week! We read ALPACAS MAKE TERRIBLE LIBRARIANS and got to meet the sweetest alpacas ever—Jak and Phantom! Turns out they make better visitors than librarians 😉

We're celebrating author/illustrator Ana Velez today!

Exciting news! One of our PBSoar members, @steenahernandez.bsky.social, has won a 2025 SCBWI Crystal Kite Award! 🎉(Texas & Oklahoma region). Congrats, Steena!! We're so very proud of you! 🤎🩰

We are so excited about the launch of another PBSoar member book coming 9/16/25! Pre-order link in bio 🎉

📚MAZEL TOV, BABY! by @darahenrywrites.bsky.social
(illustrated by Varda Livney) is a delightful lift-the-flap board book that makes for an ideal baby gift!

Happy Summer Reading 😎

I’m so excited to dive into this super awesome #kidlit book stack! Look at these incredible titles in this week’s library haul 📚

SCBWI members--Last day to vote for your favorites in every region...link below ⬇️

Somehow it’s July 😳which means MAZEL TOV, BABY! launches soon 🥳(9/16/25 w/ Sourcebooks Kids).

It’s a celebration 🥰 of little wins—those tiny-but-mighty moments that deserve a cheer 🎉Plus, @vardaart created 👏such cute babies—you’ll love them!! 👶👶🏽👶🏾😍

@vardaart.bsky.social @sourcebooks.bsky.social

Thank you so much for sharing Lupita’s Brown Ballet Slippers for your #ReadAbook Wednesday list! 🥰❤️❤️

The Final Round of voting for the SCBWI Crystal Kite Awards just opened and we spotted some PB Soar Books 👏 Vote for your favorites in every region today! scbwi.org/crystal-kite/ @melissatrempe.bsky.social @kristimahoney.bsky.social @steenahernandez.bsky.social

There's so many great books up for SCBWI's Crystal Kites, including these from PBSOAR members! Vote for your favorites by 6/16! www.scbwi.org/crystal-kite
@leahmoserwrites.bsky.social @melissatrempe.bsky.social @darahenrywrites.bsky.social @kristimahoney.bsky.social @steenahernandez.bsky.social

One year ago, two incredible new picture books debuted into the world: 🌺 ABUELO’S FLOWER SHOP by @jmorerabooks.bsky.social, illustrated by @deiselino.bsky.social & 🌊 INTO THE MIGHTY SEA by @arleneabundis.bsky.social illustrated by Cynthia Alonso!

Congrats to all! 🎉

We're celebrating another pbsoar member launch--the first of 2025! 🎉

CONGRATS to @jmorerabooks.bsky.social on the launch of TOGETHER WE REMEMBER (art by Violeta Encarnacion) a beautiful story of a girl and her father using imagination to honor and remember the happiest memories of a lost loved one💝

One year ago, two incredible new pictures debuted into the world:🌺 TALA LEARNS TO SIVA by @kealaninetane.bsky.social, illustrated by Dung Ho, and 📦 BOX OF DREAMS by Faith Kazmi, illustrated by Christine Almeda!