@andrewkatzauthor
#Kidlit author 🇨🇦. #picturebooks Editor and story coach. Forest of Reading nominee. Co-founder Picture Books, Eh! Upcoming: JACKIE'S DRAWING (2025) LITTLE HEARTS IN THE SNOW (2025). Recent: A STARLIT TRIP TO THE LIBRARY (2022). andrewkatzbooks.ca. He/him
#GIVEAWAY
To celebrate the launch of #PictureBooksEh 2026, we’re giving away 4 manuscript crits & many PBs! Details on website below. To enter:
1. Follow @picturebookseh.bsky.social
2. Like + repost this post (extra entry for tagging a friend)
3. Winners announced Mar. 27 at 9 am #kidlit #cankidlit
Here's to a new year of great Canadian picture books! Please follow our 2026 authors & illustrators on Bluesky who are participating in Picture Books, Eh! Check out our Starter Pack below!
Anyone interested in joining our little co-promotional community can get in touch at picturebookseh@gmail.com.
Next Great Canadian Picture Book Party happening Monday Sept 29 at 7 pm on Zoom! Hear new #cankidlit read by the creators, with surprise 🇨🇦 musical guest! Look for the @canscaip.bsky.social invite or write to picturebookseh@gmail.com for the link.
#canlit @debbieohi.com @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social
Much appreciated, Karen! :)
Congrats to @andrewkatzauthor.bsky.social on the Toronto launch of JACKIE’S DRAWING, illus. by Tony Luzano! Such a beautiful reading of a gorgeous book! 👍🏼📚 #kidlit #CANkidlit #picturebook
So looking forward to the English Canada launch of JACKIE’S DRAWING at Queen Books in Toronto this Saturday, June 14th at 11 am. If you are in the area and can make it, would be happy to see you there!
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@picturebookseh.bsky.social
Looking forward to sharing Jackie’s Drawing and hearing 9 other brand new picture books by 🇨🇦 creators!
#kidlit #cankidlit
New blog! “Wind, Stop Blowing!” by Laura Alary @lauraalary.bsky.social. Illustrations by @sueteodoro.bsky.social.
"For an instant, [my 3 year-old son] was speechless. Then he raised his face to the sky and shrieked, “Wind, stop blowing!”
Read more here:
picturebookseh.weebly.com/blog/wind-st...
Happy book birthday to JACKIE’S DRAWING, written by @andrewkatzauthor.bsky.social and illustrated by Tony Luzano!
Thanks to Sonali Karnick and her team at All in a Weekend on CBC for a lovely chat about Jackie’s Drawing this morning!
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Thank you so much, Helen @hkubiw.bsky.social, for always reading each book you review so closely and thoughtfully and for all your support of Canadian children's literature. 🇨🇦 kid lit is lucky to have you as a champion.
#kidlit #cankidlit
An #ecological fable for #EarthDay:
"... nature [has the] ability to flourish when it gets the chance. And when nature thrives, so do we."
- from the back matter of Jackie's Drawing, illus. by Tony Luzano, out May 13th.
For more info:
www.andrewkatzbooks.ca/jackiesdrawing
#kidlit #cankidlit
Cheers, Caroline! Credit to my talented niece. :)
New blog! "The culmination of a wish and a memory: Ready, Set, Mango!" by Tamla T. Young @tamlawrites.bsky.social
"It started with a wish. Well, 12 wishes ... "
picturebookseh.weebly.com/blog/the-cul...
Illus. by @razlatif.bsky.social and pub. by @owlkids.bsky.social
#kidlit #cankidlit
Thx @karenkrossing.bsky.social for the thoughtful review! Pls also keep an eye out for Karen's upcoming #pb My Street Remembers, illus. by Cathie Jamieson, pub by Groundwood Books.
More on Jackie's Drawing—out May 13th—here:
www.andrewkatzbooks.ca/jackiesdrawing
#cankidlit #kitlit
Thx @ydayoade.bsky.social for the kind words. Pls also check out Yewande's powerful #pb about servant leadership, The Little Regent, nominated for Blue Spruce Award.
More on Jackie's Drawing—out May 13th—here:
www.andrewkatzbooks.ca/jackiesdrawing
#cankidlit #kitlit
@picturebookseh.bsky.social
Trailer for my upcoming picture book, Jackie's Drawing, an ecological fable celebrating the resilience of both the natural world and human creativity.
Learn more about the book here:
www.andrewkatzbooks.ca/jackiesdrawing
#cankidlit #kidlit
Friends, I have a picture book out soon—details coming this week—so I figured it was time to make a website.
www.andrewkatzbooks.ca
Works best on laptop for now; I still have to fix the mobile layout. :) Feel free to click around and let me know if you spot anything amiss!
#kidlit #cankidlit
New blog! "How Dog Training Helped My Writing Life, by @stephaniegibeault.bsky.social
"... my dog training experience didn’t just inspire this book; it’s helped inform my writing life too."
picturebookseh.weebly.com/blog/how-dog...
#kidlit #CANkidlit
Canadian Read & Review Crew, Winter Edition!
Monday March 31 @ 7 pm on Zoom
Come hear brand new #picturebooks and support 🇨🇦 #kidlit creators!
Details here:
picturebookseh.weebly.com/blog/canadia...
#CANkidlit
New blog! "15 génies rebelles du Québec," by Sophie Benmouyal" @sophiebenmouyal.bsky.social
"This is the third volume of a series. Each volume highlights 15 remarkable Quebec figures ... This time, the theme was... rebel geniuses."
picturebookseh.weebly.com/blog/15-geni...
#kidlit #CANkidlit
New blog! "We Can Do Hard Things," by @alisonmcgauley.bsky.social
"As a parent with multiple chronic illnesses, I understand the extent to which dynamic disability can impact children and families."
picturebookseh.weebly.com/blog/we-can-...
@orcabook.bsky.social
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New blog! "Drawing Connections Between Nature’s Diversity and Our Own" by Roz MacLean @rozdraws.bsky.social
"...each child finds an experience of connection with the natural world that mirrors something about how they experience the world."
Read it here:
picturebookseh.weebly.com/blog/drawing...
New blog! "Don't Turn the Page!" by Jane Blondie
"In Grade 6, I was blessed with having Mr. Don Allison as my homeroom teacher. He had a passion for creative writing, and it’s where my passion was sparked."
Read it here:
picturebookseh.weebly.com/blog/dont-tu...
#kidlit #CANkidlit
New blog! "Every Story Has Its Season: Truth and Inspiration in Picture Book Writing" by Jennifer McGrath @jenbysea.
"The truth is the seed. The story is the blossom."
Read it here:
picturebookseh.weebly.com/blog/every-s...
#kidlit #CANkidlit
First blog post of 2025! "2025 is The Year of the Snake," by @catherinelittle.bsky.social.
picturebookseh.weebly.com/blog/2025-is...
#kidlit #cankidlit
A graphic that is titled winter releases and picture books, eh that features 11 picture books by Canadian creators that are launching between January and March 2025
We’re thrilled to share our winter releases!
❄️Cozy up with a blanket and warm drink this winter and read a picture book ... or 11!
#kidlit #EduSky #CanKidLit @canscaip.bsky.social @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social
Article written for Canadian Children's Book News magazine in 2021: Struggling to Be Super: Representing High-Energy Kids in a Positive Way:
picturebookseh.weebly.com/blog/struggl...
Kirkus review of I JUST WANT TO BE SUPER!:
www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
Thrilled to join this 💫 group of 🇨🇦 #kidlit creators in celebrating 🇨🇦 PBs in 2025! Happy to also be contributing a copy of I JUST WANT TO BE SUPER!—a story about a high-energy kid, written to help kids like my nephew feel positive about their +++ energy—to the #giveaway.
#cankidlit #picturebookseh
