Nadia Ali

Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me." —Judy Blume

✨ It’s live! ✨

Our brand-new Lantana website has launched — and with it, a shiny new blog 🎉

Explore our books, access teaching resources, and come read along with us as we open up new conversations through story. 💛

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FREE Book Chat happening Wednesday, February 11th at 8pm ET/5pm PT!

Join us for this month’s #12x12PB Book Chat with @evawongnava.bsky.social as she shares how her new #picturebook THE MOON RABBIT went from idea to bookshelf!

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A photograph of middle-grade jungle adventure The Golden Monkey Mystery by Piu DasGupta, published by Nosy Crow. The photograph shows a child's hands holding the book in a cosy reading scene with warm tones and soft textiles in the background. The book features a black background with a large illustration of a monkey detailed with bright pink and green florals, people and animals. The monkey is holding a green jewel.

The Waterstones Children's Book Prize-shortlisted author, Piu DasGupta (@piudg.bsky.social), is back with The Golden Monkey Mystery!

Children will discover a world full of mystery, nature, and a rich wilderness they’ll want to revisit again and again.

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Thrilled to have contributed to the case studies in Harold Underdown’s recently concluded mini-course.
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Hooray! There's nothing quite like the moment you get a brand-new book. What a heart-warming treat on a frigid winter day.
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A grid of 9 squares showcasing my 7 of my illustrations. Clockwise: 2 anthropomorphic cats, giraffe family on the savanna, sleepy giraffe, snowy owl flying through the pine forest, cat thinking of a feast, friendly ghost and cat, baby elephant in the savanna. The center square has my info: Diana Ting Delosh, illustrator, dianadelosh.com, © Diana Ting Delosh

Happy #PortfolioDay
I'm Diana Ting Delosh, an illustrator seeking whimsical kid and animal centric projects: books, puzzles, greeting cards, etc.
Portfolio: dianadelosh.com
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My newest kidlit author newsletter focuses on nonfiction writing to help kids of all ages understand the ever-changing world around them and to discover how they themselves can help make changes for the better. Click through to read more! 📚🖋️🌎 tanyakonerman.wordpress.com/2026/02/

Can't wait for these 2026 releases from NADIA...
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Tracey Baptiste: First Generation Kids If educators let kids see their experiences as expertise, they could really thrive and assimilate a lot more quickly.

Tracey Baptiste: First Generation Kids | Pearl's & Ruby's
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🎉 Happy Book Birthday to @booksbycindy.bsky.social! 🎉

📚BUTTERFLY SEA, illustrated by @marielaurecouet.bsky.social, published by @tielmourpress.bsky.social, is available.

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So happy to be back for the 5th and final year! Please visit www.kidlit411.com/2026/01/the-... to see all the amazing mentors and to see if we’re a good fit! 🌟🌟🌟

Check out my new post, my January 2026 Nadia’s Notables Newsletter.

Or check out the link in my bio

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OUR 2026 SCHOLARSHIP WINDOW IS NOW OPEN!

Boyds Mills offers scholarships each year thanks to the generous support of our community!

Apply now!

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January 22 – February 9

Click the link in our bio for all the details!

🎉 Congratulations to our friends at Reading Rainbow who won an Excellence in Early Learning Digital Media Honor at the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social’s YMA’s this week! 🎬📚✨ Learn more about how this landmark children’s program was created 👉 www.kidlit.tv/2025/12/stor... @pbs.org @mychal3ts.bsky.social

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Read It Forward with Bookshop.org This February, we invite you to Read It Forward. 10% of all children's book sales through Bookshop.

I'm supporting #ReadItForward2026! If you buy LOKI: A Bad God's Guide to Causing Chaos during February, then
@bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social will donate 10% to
@booktrust.org.uk
and @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social! Buy here - why not hoover up a few more books too!
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Beyond excited to see this from my publisher!
RAISAH AND THE BOAT TRIP by Nadia Ali
illustrations by Fatma Zehra Köprülü
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Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.
~ William Wordsworth

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WEDNESDAY’S WONDERFUL WRITERS
WHO CHAMPION WRITERS
Andrea Y. Wang – Picture Book Builder
Elizabeth Everrett -The Perfect Picture Book
Tonnye Fletcher – PB Jamz
Lauri Fortino - Frog on a Blog
Syvia Chen – Picture Book Study Buddy
Kim A. Larson – Writers’ Rumpus

"This interactive board book is an excellent sick day activity" LITTLE DINO BOO-BOOS! www.readbrightly.com/kids-books-s...

Follow social media etiquette during promos When promoting your book via social media, you’ll want to make sure you’re observing the site’s “social etiquette.” Users of each site have unwritten standards of what is considered spamming, …

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Just a few more days left of STORYSTORM 2026
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Nothing is truly lost if you keep it in your heart.
~ Tom Percival, The Sea Saw

Introducing 'This Book Will Make You a Scientist' - a new STEM-focused book created to support hands-on science learning. Written by scientist, Dr Sheila Kanani MBE, with vibrant illustrations from Ellen Surrey. Created in partnership with the University of Cambridge.

Available from 12 March 🧑‍🔬

🌸Have you ever had a day where nothing you do is good enough? Well, that's how Bailey & her buddy, Buttons, feel in THE FLOWERS IN GRANDMA'S GARDEN. Join author Julie McDonnell as she shares this gentle story which teaches that being different doesn't mean being wrong: www.kidlit.tv/ReadOutLoudF...

Hope to run into you @onlibraryassoc.bsky.social! Visit @canscaip.bsky.social BOOK TASTING event to sample delicious new books. 🇨🇦 📚 @picturebookseh.bsky.social @parentclub.bsky.social #OLASC

Check out these authors and illustrators called NADIA.
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Cover art featuring three award seals (listed below) and featuring Native people gathered, eating and socializing at a drive-in restaurant. LEGENDARY FRYBREAD DRIVE-IN: INTERTRIBAL STORIES, edited by Cynthia Leitich Smith. Featured contributors: Kaua Māhoe Adams, Marcella Bell, Angeline Boulley, K.A. Cobell, A. J. Eversole, Jen Ferguson, Eric Gansworth, Byron Graves, Kate Hart, Christine Hartman Derr, Karina Iceberg, Cheryl Isaacs, Darcie Little Badger, David A. Robertson, Andrea L. Rogers, Cynthia Leitich Smith, and  Brian Young. American Indian Youth Literature Award for Best Young Adult Book Odyssey Honor Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production. Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature

Cover art with award seal (below), featuring teenage Native girl standing in a lake in the forest. THE UNFINISHED by Cheryl Isaacs: American Indian Youth Literature Young Adult Honor Book (A companion book, THE OTHERS, is also available.)

Cove art with award seal (below). Little Native girl in purple PJs with bears ears, her grey tabby cat, and a scary closet. JO JO MAKOONS: THE SUPER SCARY SLEEPOVER, written by Dawn Quigley, illustrated by Tara Audibert: American Indian Youth Literature Middle Grade Honor Book (Book 5 in the JO JO MAKOONS series.)

Cover art with award seal (below), featuring collage of red dress, powwow jingles, woodland flowers, and two kids in front of a housing complex. RED BIRD DANCED by Dawn Quigley: American Indian Youth Literature Middle Grade Honor Book

Mvto, ALA committees for AILA American Indian Youth Literature Awards, YALSA Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature & ALSC Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production! #BookSky @harperkids.bsky.social @epicreads.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social