@jmgalat.bsky.social
Author and speaker. 30+ books. Topics include #activism, #astronomy, #darkskies, #nature, #ecology #pollution. #SCBWI Crystal Kite winner #STEM #STEAM www.joangalat.com & moondotmedia.com
Some books I’ve recently enjoyed. Check out these titles by Canadian creators @mikeboldt.bsky.social, Alison Hughes, and Amanda West Lewis. Special congrats to Amanda for A Planet is a Poem landing on the 2025 @laneandersonaward.bsky.social shortlist!
#kidlit #ireadcanadian #books
Exciting #aurora shows this week. Take a closer look to spot a few constellations. Also check out Dot to Dot in Sky—Stories of the Aurora to discover the science and mythology of the #northernlights. #Librarians, ask about my Dot to Dot in the Sky #authorvisits. #northernlights #Alberta #kidlit
01.10.2025 23:10 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Fun in Red Deer today in celebration of Alberta Culture Days. My event is now full but I hope to offer it again in different communities. #librarians, please reach out anytime if you’d like to host this or other #programming I offer. #writing #planning
21.09.2025 15:33 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Four spots left! Join me at an Alberta Culture Days event Sunday, Sept. 21 in Red Deer. Whether you have publishing credits or are just starting out, enjoy this opportunity for creativity as you map your creative future.
rdpl.bibliocommons.com/events/6888d... #authors #writers #RedDeer
I wrote several of my books while living in Stony Plain and am excited to be returning to the library for this event, along with Mike Boldt and others. Come say hello! There will be snacks...and books...and all kinds of fun :) mysppl.ca/Events/autho... #kidlit
#stonyplain #Alberta #author #books
Lovely to see my book on this Walpole Town Library list—New Books at the Library. walpoletownlibrary.org/new-books-an... #kidlit #nonfiction #books
01.09.2025 16:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
AUDIOBOOKS has "Mortimer" 50% OFF. Discover what happens when a lab rat on the ISS sets out to use science and YouTube to prove his species is best suited to a future mission to Mars. @tantoraudio.bsky.social @therightsfactory.bsky.social #audiobook #kidlit
#audiobook #bookstagram #space
Calling all science-STEM young readers! This story is jam-packed with facts about space technology, but it's also a story about choosing to do the right thing and support friends when it counts. A perfect mesh of story and info. Great job
@jmgalat.bsky.social @cormorantbooks.bsky.social #kidlit 📚👍
Thanks so much, Jean!
22.08.2025 19:36 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Great year for chokecherries! #berries
19.08.2025 19:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Planet parade! Look in the east in the hour before dawn. #planets #space #astronomy
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Exactly! Tough to resist :)
12.08.2025 11:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Recommended reading: After the Wallpaper Music by @jeanmillswriter.bsky.social tells of 13 year-old Flora who is pulled in too many directions as she prepares for a Battle of the Bands. Bliss Adair & the First Rule of Knitting explores the complexities of friendships/dating/keeping secrets. #books
12.08.2025 00:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
AUDIOBOOKS has Mortimer on sale: 50% OFF. Discover what happens when a journal-writing lab rat on the International Space Station sets out to use science and YouTube to prove his species is best suited to a future mission to Mars. www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p... #kidlit #STEM
07.08.2025 17:16 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Quite pleased about capturing this pic of a downy woodpecker today. #birds #woodpecker #wildlife
14.07.2025 04:12 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Did you know…inviting me to your literary festival means I’ll bring you a book upcycled into a character from Mortimer: Rat Race to Space. Not sure how I’ll pack them! #book #festival @cormorantbooks.bsky.social @therightsfactory.bsky.social #kidlit
15.06.2025 01:09 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Hi #SCBWI members. It's time to vote for Crystal Kite awards! MAKE YOUR MARK, MAKE A DIFFERENCE is in the Canada Div. 🇨🇦 I wrote it to empower kids to achieve change on the causes they care about. Pls consider voting to help increase this book's impact/reach. 💕 #CrystalKite2025 scbwi.org/crystal-kite
11.06.2025 18:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0So appropriate! 😆
08.06.2025 08:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Working in Scrivenor, and autocorrect changed nonfiction writing to infection writing. Could this be a new genre for me? #amwriting
26.05.2025 17:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Today I'm celebrating my "Too Much Trash" book-aversary! This title begins with why I wrote the book. It all started when I was 11, and part of an annual highway spring clean up. Volunteering in childhood can truly be influential! #kidlit #litter #environment #animals @therightsfactory.bsky.social
16.05.2025 19:58 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Books that inspire kids to give back through acts of kindness or service work. nolafamily.com/books-that-g... @therightsfactory.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social #kidlit
12.05.2025 21:14 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
DarkSky International’s mission is to restore the nighttime environment and protect communities and wildlife from #lightpollution. To learn more, check out these resources compiled by the Westmont Public Library.
westmontlibrary.org/bookrecs/202... #lightpollution
That’s lovely to hear!
02.05.2025 10:25 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This Earth Day, think about slowing down when driving and giving animals the right of way.
Learn more in this @srvusd.bsky.social
video about Wildlife Crossing.
youtu.be/aUO0kDy0iBs?... @orcabook @TRFNews #EarthDay2025 #EarthDay #mglit #nonfiction
My #CanKidLit colleagues and I are headed to the Read By The Sea literary festival this June! Love being on a team with @kevinarts.bsky.social @jmgalat.bsky.social and Basil Sylvester. (And love returning to the North Shore, too…!)
16.04.2025 18:17 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0I can’t wait to meet all of you!
16.04.2025 19:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Exciting to see the Reading Link Challenge progress! I'd love to see these incredible students in action—answering Qs on Mortimer: Rat Race to Space & other selected books. GOOD LUCK, teams! @cormorantbooks.bsky.social @therightsfactory.bsky.social #Mortimer #kidlit www.abbynews.com/community/ab...
15.04.2025 18:27 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Happy World Rat Day! I'm pointing at a little "Mortimer," the ratonaut who set out to use science & YouTube to prove his species should be part of a future mission to Mars. The book is available in softcover & audio. @tantoraudio.bsky.social @therightsfactory.bsky.social #mglit #kidlit #space #STEM
04.04.2025 16:07 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thank you!!
03.04.2025 22:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
School Library Journal's Amanda MacGregor aptly says, "There are all kinds of ways to be readers and no reading is any more or less valuable or real than any other." Check out her NF recommendations. teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/03/28/t... @simonkids.bsky.social @therightsfactory.bsky.social
02.04.2025 18:21 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
