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Dolly Parton holding a book and smiling into the camera. The logo reads "Proud to be Part of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library 2026"

I am so honored and humbled that the Dolly Parton Imagination Library selected my picture book FORTS to be one of the books sent to hundreds of thousands of children this year. This is the greatest professional honor I could hope for.

#picturebooks #kidlit

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I jumped on the #iceoutcomics trend. Here’s what’s on my mind these days…

Modified screenshot of Bookshop.org's webpage showing the Picture Books About Wildfire above a row of picture books including Dear Wild Child and Fire Shapes the World.

Thank you, @bookshop.org, for featuring my Picture Books About Wildfire booklist. After the January fires, friends asked if I would write a picture book about my experiences. But beautiful books about wildfire already exist. Please read them. The anniversary is near. Visit DiversePictureBooks.com.

Happy book birthday to me!

My debut picture book, the Abominable Snow Dancer, is about a yeti who secretly dreams of dancing, but has only ever seen unicorns dance before. It's an autobiography - sharing a little video about why 😊

Order links: www.stephlaubooks.com

#booksky #kidlit #bookbirthday

Can’t wait! 🩰🦄💃🪩

🤩It’s Grayson T. Squirrel’s book birthday! Today you can officially pick up a copy of GRAY SQUIRREL LOSES IT! wherever books are sold!🐿️

Thank you to the amazing team @randomhousekids.bsky.social!

🌰 my genius editor Maria Correa
🌰 my uber talented art director Elizabeth Tardiff

#kidlit #edusky

📦Unboxing my newest picture book GRAY SQUIRREL LOSES IT with my kiddo! There were some bumps along the way, like the cat food dispenser sounding off, but we pressed on and now I’m inclined to make this a tradition. What do you think—should we keep unboxing together?

#kidlit #edusky

Graphic featuring cover of "So Not Ghoul" has a blue-and-pink palette to match the cover. On the cover: Mimi, a smiling Chinese American girl ghost, is next to a white cat, who is side-eyeing three girl ghouls sneering at Mimi. Above: "Mimi doesn't look like the other ghosts—but she wishes she did." Below: "A pun-tacular ghost story."—Booklist

Ghosts in sheets? BOO-ring! Check out the haunt couture in #SoNotGhoul. This underworldly tale about Mimi, a Chinese American ghost in bicultural limbo, is brought to life by Chinese-style rituals, Mandarin puns, and—of course—ghost fashion. Written by me and illustrated by Bonnie Lui. #Halloween 👻🎃

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Cover of the picture book Forts, with a note that says “happy publication day”

Katie Venit, the author, signing copies of Forts in a bookstore.

Katie Venit, the author of Forts, holding up a copy of the title page with an inscription that says “forts forever”

Happy book birthday to my debut, Forts! Brilliantly illustrated by @kenardpak.bsky.social
#kidlit #picturebooks

What can we do to support #queer #kidlit? Ask your local library and bookshops to participate in #ReadOutLoud as a location. Thank you, @authorsabb.bsky.social! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Yay! So excited for this one! The world needs it!

Jessica’s Substack | Jessica Yoon | Substack My personal Substack. Click to read Jessica’s Substack, by Jessica Yoon, a Substack publication. Launched a month ago.

I’m (finally) starting a newsletter! Want to hear some fun stuff about ALA, including that time I nicely accosted a group of Korean librarians on the street and what they asked me? Want to dictate what prizes I should offer for future giveaways? Subscribe! jessyoonwrites.substack.com

Whoa it’s Amazon Prime Day! Yeah I’m into PRIME.

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Coauthored by play advocate and early childhood education expert Gennie Gorback and award-winning children’s author @kateallenfox.bsky.social—both parents themselves, who facilitate their children’s play on a daily basis—this book is packed full of easy and meaningful strategies and ideas.

GO PLAY: How Parents Can Empower Kids to Build Their Own Worlds is for parents who want to build more open-ended play into their children’s lives but aren’t sure where to start, Go Play is part urgent call and part friendly guide.

🎉COVER REVEAL!!🎉

We are thrilled to share this gorgeous cover!

GO PLAY will be released by @broadleafbooks.bsky.social on April 14, 2026!

Thank you to our editor Lisa Kloskin, our book’s agent @literarylesliez.bsky.social and the cover designer Angie Chiu.

Ahhhh huge congratulations!!!! 💥🐳

I logged in to #scbwi to vote for some Crystal Kite books and was pleasantly surprised to see that A Hat for House made it to round three of voting for the California/Hawai‘i Division! Yay!
To celebrate I am sharing a little abridged gif-

Written by @audreysbooks.bsky.social and drawn by me.