Thank you Bobbie Pyron for sending me your soon-to-be-published OCTOPUS MOON. Can't wait to read it! Pub date March 25th.
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Thank you Bobbie Pyron for sending me your soon-to-be-published OCTOPUS MOON. Can't wait to read it! Pub date March 25th.
Sometimes running errands in Salt Lake City, I hope for a red light so I can take a photo. :-)
Coming Sept 23rd. Once again Lee Wildish has created fabulous illustrations. :-)
Oh I'm so happy to hear that! Go, team, go!! Celebrate every step, for sure!! Keep us posted on the next steps upward and onward!!
IT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY is a Virginia Readers' Choice Selection. The picture is of the book cover--a girl in shadow staring into a field with an open gate.
I've been holding on to this news for a long time, and today I can finally announce that IT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY is a 2025-2026 Virginia Readers' Choice Selection! I am thrilled to have it in company with these amazing books--here is the list if you want to check it out: vslatoday.org/VRC-2025-2026/
Book cover features a little bear soaring in a hot air balloon, his animal friends cheering him on from below. Title: Bear in the Air. Written by Allison Wortche and illustrated by Cat Min.
My first post here! Iβm a childrenβs book editor and author, and this is the cover of my new picture book, BEAR IN THE AIRβillustrated by the incredibly talented Cat Min. Coming in September! π
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebook #childrensbookauthor #booksky #freelanceeditor
Nice shout-out for Valentine's Day from Chesapeake Family Life: www.chesapeakefamily.com/8-heartwarmi...
A compilation of ten 2025 middle grade book covers including Snow by Meera Trehan, So Over Sharing by Elissa Brent Weissman, The Ripple Effect by Rebecca Caprara, Going Overboard by Caroline Huntoon, El NiΓ±o by Pam MuΓ±oz Ryan, Octopus Moon by Bobbie Pyron, Where There Be Monsters by Alby C. Williams, The Last Rhee Witch and The Nine-Tailed Fox by Jenna Lee-Yun, The Boy, The Mountain, and The Serpent Who Ate The Moon by Caris AvendaΓ±o Cruz and Mystery of the Haunted Dancehall by Charis Cotter
π¨ I'm always excited to celebrate the designers and artists whose hard work and creativity make the books we love shine bright! In Pop! Goes The Reader's newest post, I'm sharing 25 of my recent favourite 2025 middle grade book covers. π¨
popgoesthereader.com/do-judge-a-b... #BookSky #KidLit #MGLit
Terrific book, indeed!!
They arrest her neighbors, who present as Latin American. She presents as white. So ICE (not the police, not the military) are using the same tactics reserved for flushing out serial killers who are in immediate danger of murdering again to arrest people who MIGHT not have proper paperwork. 3/
Warning, this might make you angry. I haven't yet seen this appear in the news.
Someone I know was asleep in her suburban Salt Lake City home when she was awakened in the dark early morning by what sounded like a bomb going off in her back yard. She was terrified. 1/
A digital illustration of blocky birds joined together in a stack to form a sort of Christmas tree shape. Text at the bottom reads βGoodwill to Allβ and has a glow around it like itβs been lit up. Forming the bottom of the tree are a Blue Jay facing left, a Red-breasted Nuthatch facing down, and a Tufted Titmouse facing right. The row above contains a Cedar Waxwing facing left and a male Northern Cardinal facing right. Above them is an American Robin facing left. Behind the Robin is a Snowy Owl in diamond shape peaking out. Hovering at the top, thereβs the underside of a male Ruby-throated Hummingbird facing up. He is a long shape while the rest of the birds are square. The background is a soft green.
Whatever this time of year is for you, I wish you peace.
#birds #HappyHolidays
A girl decorating a bare tree with Christmas ornaments.
Happy holidays to you and your loved ones. ππβοΈ
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#kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbookillustration #christmasillustration
Happy holidays and happy new year from everyone at ABLA! We hope the rest of your 2024 is filled with joy and many good books and we canβt wait to share more amazing reads with you in 2025
πΌοΈ: @lightonthesea.bsky.social
Hanukkah comes a little late this year but on the @fuse8nkate.bsky.social podcast it's never too soon. We tackle Moishe's Miracle. Maybe it deserves classic status as an undiscovered gem. Today we discuss Gremlins, tiny demons, and so much more. #kidlit ππ afuse8production.slj.com/2024/12/16/f...
Wow. Okay, full credit to @scifri.bsky.social then. This list of 2024βs Best Science Books For Kids is really quite shockingly good: www.sciencefriday.com/segments/sci...
π¨ Peter Cheong is featured on our illustrator spoglight this week!
Peter is repped by @pterlip.bsky.social and is interested in illustrating picture books, black and white interiors and graphic novels.
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Welcome! I consider us to be agency "cousins."
Fun, indeed! When's the pub date? :-)
Drawing of crazed-looking face wearing glasses, with messy purple and blue hair, with handwritten quote: "If you love a book, write a nice review. It gives the author encouragement on days they want to take up scorpion petting." - by Liana Brooks. Drawing by Debbie Ridpath Ohi. A paint brush lies on the drawing.
If you love a book, write a nice review. It gives the author encouragement for bad days when they want to take up scorpion petting. - @lianabrooks.bsky.social
#BookSky
Gifts wrapped in picture book pages showing excited little piggies, a kid soaring through space with her cat, frogs, a hippo, et al.
Gifts wrapped in pages showing the excitable little pigs in WATCH OUT FOR WOLF! plus curled purple ribbon
My coolest holiday move is wrapping gifts in leftover picture book F&Gs and page proofs π
(Used here: LOVE, SOPHIA ON THE MOON illustrated by @mikasong.bsky.social, THE TEACHER'S PET illustrated by Zachariah OHora, and WATCH OUT FOR WOLF! illustrated by @charlessantoso.bsky.social)
FEBRUARY 5, 2025 WORLD READ ALOUD DAY graphic has a lavendar background with cartoon animals celebrating - including a panda, elephant, giraffe, and bear. Presented by litworld.org
Teachers & librarians! Want to Zoom with an author for World Read Aloud Day? Here's all the information about how WRAD Zoom visits work, plus a list of over 300 author & illustrator volunteers! katemessner.com/zoom-with-an...
Day Two: 31 Days, 31 Lists - Best 2024 Picture Book Readalouds. Today, we celebrate the books that can enrapture in mere moments thanks to the power of words and images (and your own vocal chords) alone. #kidlit ππ afuse8production.slj.com/2024/12/02/3...
Destroy the myth that libraries are no longer relevant. If you use your library, please share. Picture of library aisle filled with books.
@goodwilllibrarian.bsky.social
Well, that was fast! Our first 12 x 12 Starter Pack is full. If you are a member of 12 x 12 and:
1. Are not in the first Starter Pack - PLEASE CHECK! (bsky.app/starter-pack...), AND,
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My painting of the Mouse Wizard riding his trusty robin whilst carrying his acorn lantern staff.
May your acorn lantern be bright and true.
#art #ttrpg
@scbwi.bsky.social is supporting school libraries across the country for #givingtuesday
Go to scbwi.org/giving-tuesday-2024 to learn about the schools and how to support!
I Want to Read ALL the Books
I'm Sorry
Gurple and Preen
Happy Picture Book Month! (Day 21) @debbieohi.com
It's my next book!
Itβs about survival
about overcoming isolation
about grief & anxiety and how they make us collapse in on ourselves, but how, with enough support, we can be brave enough to open back up to life and live without regrets.
Gorgeous cover by Oriol Vidal.
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