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Nadia Ali

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KidLit Author: RAISAH AND THE BOAT TRIP (2023), HUMPHREY THE EGG_SPLORER (2023) THE ANIMAL SOCIETIES SERIES (2023) Agent: Joyce Sweeney, 12x12,

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Nadia Ali @nadiaawriter.bsky.social · 9d

Check out these books for Fall.
@kubepublishing.bsky.social @capstonepub.bsky.social @seymouragency.bsky.social @joycekay.bsky.social @picnicheist.bsky.social

Nadia Ali @nadiaawriter.bsky.social · 3h

“When I want to discover something I begin by reading.”
~ Thomas Edison

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The Canadian Children's Book Centre @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social · 5h

The 2026 Forest of Reading nominees have been announced!

See the nominees: bookcentre.ca/blogs/industry-news/2026-forest-of-reading-nominated-titles-announced

2026 Forest of Reading nominated titles announced

The Forest of Reading—Canada’s largest recreational reading program—has announced the English- and French-language nominees for their 2026 awards program. The Forest of Reading’s mission is to instill the love of reading in people of all ages, while supporting programming in schools and libraries and celebrating Canadi

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Nadia Ali @nadiaawriter.bsky.social · 4h

WEDNESDAY’S WONDERFUL WRITERS
WHO CHAMPION WRITERS

Maria Marshall
Rosie J. Pova
Kathy Temean
Bethany Walker
Hollie Wolverton
Mariana Ríos Ramírez
Angela D. Groot

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JenSwanBooks STEM Author @jenswanbooks.bsky.social · 7h

Thanks so much for the interview @fuse8.bsky.social! It's so fun to see you promote this as a great story to make people smile. We so need that these days. Yay for #scientists! @chuckieb111.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social

Betsy Bird @fuse8.bsky.social · 8h

In need of a picker upper? How about a book for kids that documents how Field Museum scientists do fieldwork to save the Amazon rainforest? A talk and a trailer premiere with @jenswanbooks.bsky.social #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/10/15/b...

Book Trailer Premiere: 3 Weeks in the Rainforest and a Q&A with Jennifer Swanson Q&A

In need of a picker upper? How about a book for kids that documents how Field Museum scientists do fieldwork to save the Amazon rainforest? A talk and a trailer premiere.

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Kids Can Press @kidscanpress.bsky.social · 4h

THE MOST MAGNIFICENT TEAM, written and illustrated by Ashley Spires, is nominated for the Blue Spruce Award (ages 4 – 7). Congratulations to the creators! The full list of nominees for the 2026 Forest of Reading are here: https://bit.ly/4n6Hh3l #forestofreading

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Nadia Ali @nadiaawriter.bsky.social · 4h

"Behind every stack of books is a flood of knowledge."
- Jacek Yerka

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Katie Slivensky @kslivensky.bsky.social · 6h

Believe it's important for the kids in your life and in your community to be science literate and connected to nature?

Check out these two #KidLit books on natural history and #STEM for younger readers!

🐺: www.simonandschuster.com/books/This-W...
🪨: www.simonandschuster.com/books/I-Rock...

Graphic that reads: Praise for picture books by author Katie Slivensky. This Wolf Was Different, illustrated by Hannah Salyer, Best Children's Books of the Year 2025 Edition Bank Street College, New York Public Library Best Books for Kids 2024. I, ROCK: A Geology Tale, illustrated by Steph Stilwell, Starred Review from School Library Journal: A must-purchase for nonfiction collections as rockhounds will delight in finding out how rocks are born.

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Anastasia Suen @anastasiasuen.bsky.social · 4h

Check It Out! Open October Sourcebooks Kids call for manuscripts @sourcebookskids #amwriting #kidlit #publishing #news asuen.com/open-october...

Open October call for manuscripts - Anastasia Suen

Check It Out! Open October Sourcebooks Kids call for manuscripts @sourcebookskids #amwriting #kidlit #publishing #news

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Mary Malhotra @mcmalhotra.bsky.social · 4h

Good reminder!!
Books have always been my favorite present too :)

Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 8h

Pls consider ordering a book from your local indie bookshop *NOW* before holiday season to give store time to order title if they don't have it? This helps:

(1) support indie bkshops, (2) support human creators, (3) gets you ahead re: busy shopping time.

Psst: maybe one of my books? 🙏🏽💛 #KidLit

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Alt: Illustration of smiling person hugging a book. In the background is a friendly-looking bookstore with lighted windows, text on wall reads "Support Indie Bookshops."

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Jessica Whipple @jessicawhippl17.bsky.social · 4h

It's #OCDAwarenessWeek so I'll share poet and author Jordan Scott's very kind blurb about I THINK I THINK A LOT. It's inspired by my own #OCD.

@joseebisaillon.bsky.social @freespiritbooks.bsky.social @esckeyes.bsky.social

Graphic that has this quote: "I think i think a lot is a powerful story of empathy, compassion, and acceptance. Whipple writes beautifully of OCD from a child's perspective and invites the reader into the intricacies of this world. I love this book so much because Whipple makes us think a lot, too, and we're so much better because of it. - Jordan Scott, poet and author of I talk like a river.

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Nadia Ali @nadiaawriter.bsky.social · 4h

Poirot,” I said. “I have been thinking.”
“An admirable exercise my friend. Continue it.” ~ Peril at End House by Agatha Christie

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Lee & Low Books @leeandlow.bsky.social · 4h

🎉We’re celebrating White Cane Safety Day & Blindness Awareness Month with A Sky That Sings! This picture book is a beautiful celebration of independence, sensory discovery, and the many ways we all experience our world.

Learn more & download the teacher’s guide: www.leeandlow.com/books/a-sk...

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Publisher Spotlight @pubspotlight.bsky.social · 6d

“An astonishing, delightful, and illuminating celebration of mathe-magics." THE BIG BOOK OF PI receives a #StarredReview from #Kirkus @helvetiq.bsky.social publishes it in February! www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 1d

Note to our readers: we won't have an issue of Children's Bookshelf today. We'll be back in your inbox on Thursday!

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Nadia Ali @nadiaawriter.bsky.social · 3d

My pleasure Karyn!

Nadia Ali @nadiaawriter.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks Karyn!!

Nadia Ali @nadiaawriter.bsky.social · 3d

As an author, I have joined The Sunday Times, UK to Get Britain Reading.

Stats show people of all ages read social media posts more often than books.

Join here:
link.thetimes.co.uk/join/74t/sig...

@joycekay.bsky.social @seymouragency.bsky.social @thesundaytimes.bsky.social @thetimes.com

Nadia Ali @nadiaawriter.bsky.social · 7d

"There's a word for a writer who never gives up: published."
~ Joe Konrath

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Inclusive Books for Children @ibc-reads.bsky.social · 7d

✨ The Excluded Voices 2025 report is here!

We’ve updated last year’s findings on children’s books (ages 1–9) by British creators from marginalised communities — showing where progress is happening & where it’s still not.

https://ow.ly/G5Hq50X8fph

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Betsy Bird @fuse8.bsky.social · 15d

An icon gets his picture book bio day in the sun. @alicefayeduncan.bsky.social joins us today to talk about her latest creation and to reveal its cover too. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/09/30/t...

“Trying times like these require good music and dancing.” A Blues Boy Cover Reveal and Q&A with Alice Faye Duncan

An icon gets his picture book bio day in the sun. Alice Faye Duncan joins us today to talk about her latest creation and to reveal its cover too.

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BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk · 7d

⭐ NEW: Today, we're launching our briefing into the importance of book choice for children!

Produced in partnership with @openuni-rfp.bsky.social, the briefing explores the evidence & offers practical advice to support book choice in the classroom:

https://bit.ly/3VNfQk1 @teresacremin.bsky.social

An illustration by Sandhya Prabhat of a woman watching and smiling as a child eagerly chooses a glowing book from a shelf. Plus the logos for BookTrust, The Open University and Reading For Pleasure and the words: "Why book choice matters for children - discover the research"

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Nadia Ali @nadiaawriter.bsky.social · 7d

Order your copy of..
THE ANIMAL SOCIETIES SERIES by Nadia Ali
from Capstone for your classroom and little animal lover.
shop.capstonepub.com/Shop/s/produ...
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Deborah Kalb @deborahkalb.bsky.social · 7d

Q&A with Jessica Fries-Gaither about her new children's picture book, SO RUDE!.
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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · Aug 14

Here’s our selection of top new titles coming out during the Autumn term 2025 and available to buy or preorder in August, September, October, November and December 2025.
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel...

Our picks of the best children’s books coming out in Autumn 2025

Here's our selection of top new titles coming out in Autumn 2025. These include picture books, poetry, middle-grade, YA & non-fiction.

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😼🎃 Erin Hiss-ka 🙀👻 @erinsiska.bsky.social · 9d

#kidlit #BannedBooksWeek

American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social · 10d

Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights.

Today kicks off #BannedBooksWeek, and this year's theme reminds us that the right to read belongs to all of us, that censorship has no place in contemporary society, and that we must defend our rights.

https://www.ala.org/bbooks.

BANNED BOOKS WEEK Oct. 5-11, 2025. Censorship is so 1984 - Read for Your Rights. ala.org/bbooks. American Library Association