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Caroline Fernandez @parentclub.bsky.social · 1d

Teachers and librarians! Did you know there are activity pages for my #MGbook Plague Thieves?

Read the book and then enjoy the word search for added discussion (and I'm open to author Q & As too!).

Plague Thieves is published by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social

#CanKidLit #KidLit

eachers and librarians! Did you know there are activity pages for my #MGbook Plague Thieves?

Read the book and then enjoy the word search for added discussion (and I'm open to author Q & As too!).

Plague Thieves is published by @cormorantbooks

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Charlene Chua @charlenedraws.bsky.social · 1d

Hello #PortfolioDay! I am Charlene Chua & I illustrate books for kids.

🌟Open for 2026 book projects! 🌟

Portfolio - charlenechua.com
Email - charlene [@] charlenechua[.]com
Agent - Tracy Marchini, Tracy Marchini Literary

#kidlitart #illustration #PB #GN #kidlit

Cover for When You Go to Dragon School by Chelsea M Campbell, illustrated by Charlene Chua. A group of school kids of various ages and ethnicities look at a group of friendly dragons of different shapes and sizes.

Cover for Hocus and Pocus and the Spell for Home, by AR Capetta, illustrated by Charlene Chua. Two cute puppies with paws on a cauldron in front of a purple, witchy looking house.

Cover for Love, Violet by Charlotte Sullivan Wild, illustrated by Charlene Chua. Girl with read hair and a cowboy hat, holding a heart shape valentine, looking at another girl with a purple jacket and hat.

Cover for Things the Go Bump in the Day by Melinda Beatty illustrated by Charlene Chua. Cute blue vampire boy sitting up in his coffin bed, looking worried.

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John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social · 22h

" @erinentrada.bsky.social is the queen of middle grade! She is fabulously talented. But not only is a terrific writer, but she is also a dynamite human being." —Jasmine Warga mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

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Sojung Kim-McCarthy @creativesojung.bsky.social · 21h

Happy #PortfolioDay! I’m a Korean illustrator based in the UK. I illustrate PB-MG & would love to work on stories about ordinary brave girls✨Finding & helping community✨Folktales!

Repped by Susan Hawk @ Upstart Crow Literary

🖼️ sojungkimmccarthy.art
✉️ [email protected]

#KidLitArt

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Karen Krossing @karenkrossing.com · 5d

Thanks for sharing!

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Karen Krossing @karenkrossing.com · 5d

It was so great to catch up with you, Debbie!

Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 6d

Check out my haul from local children's book bookstore Mabel's Fables!

MY STREET REMEMBERS by @karenkrossing.com and Cathie Jamieson w/ @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social. (Photo of me & Karen at Toronto Library on Wed)

TIME SURFERS by @kevinarts.bsky.social w/ @harpercollinsca.bsky.social

#CanKidLit

Two books and a bookmark displayed on carpeted stairs. The top book is My Street Remembers by Karen Krossing and Cathie Jamieson. Below it is Time Surfers by Kevin Sylvester. To the right is a purple bookmark from Mabel’s Fables bookstore.

Debbie Ridpath Ohi and Karen Krossing. Karen is wearing a t-shirt that reads "I Read Banned Books."

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Karen Krossing @karenkrossing.com · 5d

Ooo, I want Kevin's book too!

I hope you enjoy MY STREET REMEMBERS! Thanks for your support, Debbie. 😀

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Karen Krossing @karenkrossing.com · 5d

Thanks for the pics, Debbie! How great to see everyone!

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Karen Krossing @karenkrossing.com · 5d

It was impactful to be with librarians!

Karen Krossing @karenkrossing.com · 5d

Aww, thanks, Ellie! It's my lovesong to stoicism. 😀

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Karen Krossing @karenkrossing.com · 7d

It was moving and impactful to watch the documentary THE LIBRARIANS, which is about freedom to read and the fight against banned books, in a roomful of librarians and writers.
#BannedBooksWeek #CensorshipIsSo1984
@debbieohi.com @jgcanada.bsky.social

Film title THE LIBRARIANS on a screen with audience members watching.

Smiling photo of Joyce Grant, Karen Krossing and Debbie Ohi.

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Karen Krossing @karenkrossing.com · 8d

Cover reveal! Dorothy Leung and I are so excited for you to meet Tansy, whose life is disrupted one blustery day, by a pesty cloud that just won’t go away.

☁️ THE CLOUD THAT STUCK ☁️ officially comes out April 14, 2026, and is available for pre-order now.
@charlesbridge.bsky.social #kidlit #CANkidlit

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Authors' Booking Service @authorsbooking.bsky.social · 14d

Congratulations Amanda West Lewis for being shortlisted for the 2025 Lane Anderson Award. Amanda is available for school and library visits!

laneandersonaward.ca/2025-shortli...

2025 Shortlists -

We’re excited to introduce the shortlists for the 2025 Lane Anderson Award! Young Reader: I Am Wind: An Autobiographyby Rachel Poliquin, illustrated by Rachel Wada(Tundra Books) In this beautifully il...

laneandersonaward.ca

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Karen Krossing @karenkrossing.com · 14d

Hooray!

Karen Krossing @karenkrossing.com · 14d

On Sunday, Oct 5 at 2:15 PM, you can find me at the Telling Tales Festival as I read from MY STREET REMEMBERS. This storytime will invite young listeners to discover the deep past beneath our feet. What does your street remember?
Link: tellingtales.org/festival-reg...
@groundwoodbooks.bsky.social

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Karen Krossing @karenkrossing.com · 15d

Thanks so much, Faith! I’m honoured that it touched you so deeply.

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Karen Krossing @karenkrossing.com · 15d

What I’ll be reading tomorrow on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.

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Karen Krossing @karenkrossing.com · 19d

Please join me & 9 creators at the Summer Edition of the Great Canadian Picture Book Party on Sept 29 @ 7pm ET. Hosted by @picturebookseh.bsky.social & @canscaip.bsky.social. Zoom sign up: www.canscaip.org/event-6332525. Hear new picture books presented by their creators! See you there, eh!

Picture books, eh! @picturebookseh.bsky.social · Sep 12

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 [email protected] for the link.

#canlit @debbieohi.com @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social

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Patricia Storms @stormsy.bsky.social · 18d

Hey! I'll be hosting the CBC Kids' Tent from 1:00pm - 4:30 Saturday afternoon. This year Word on the Street will be held at David Pecaut Square, 215 King Street W. The festival runs Saturday, September 27, 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM, and Sunday, September 28, 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM. See ya! #wots2025

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Karen Krossing @karenkrossing.com · 18d

See you there! 😀

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Karen Krossing @karenkrossing.com · 19d

Please join me & 9 creators at the Summer Edition of the Great Canadian Picture Book Party on Sept 29 @ 7pm ET. Hosted by @picturebookseh.bsky.social & @canscaip.bsky.social. Zoom sign up: www.canscaip.org/event-6332525. Hear new picture books presented by their creators! See you there, eh!

Picture books, eh! @picturebookseh.bsky.social · Sep 12

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 [email protected] for the link.

#canlit @debbieohi.com @kidsbookcentre.bsky.social

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Karen Krossing @karenkrossing.com · 19d

TOMORROW!!!!

Karen Krossing @karenkrossing.com · 24d

Join Willie Poll and me at Toronto WOTS on Saturday, September 27 at 1:35 pm for a fun-filled storytime event! David Pecaut Square, 215 King St W in Toronto.
#TorontoWOTS #WOTS2025 #MeetMeAtWOTS
@groundwoodbooks.bsky.social @picturebookseh.bsky.social

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Karen Krossing @karenkrossing.com · 19d

Thanks for borrowing MY STREET REMEMBERS! Libraries are awesome. 😀

Caroline Fernandez @parentclub.bsky.social · 19d

📚👍Recommended reading: MY STREET REMEMBERS by @karenkrossing.com @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social Cathie Jamieson

It's about how land has memory and is inspired by Danforth Ave.

#picturebooks #kidlit

Recommended reading: MY STREET REMEMBERS by @karenkrossing @jamiesoncathie @groundwoodbooks

It's about how land has memory and is inspired by Danforth Ave.

Available for borrow at @torontolibrary (or any school or public librbary) or buy the book wherever you buy books.

#picturebooks #kidlit

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Karen Krossing @karenkrossing.com · 21d

For those of you who have read The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog by Adam Gidwitz, can you think of other YA or MG novels that include an intrusive narrator using similar techniques? I would love title suggestions. #kidlit

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Karen Krossing @karenkrossing.com · 24d

Join Willie Poll and me at Toronto WOTS on Saturday, September 27 at 1:35 pm for a fun-filled storytime event! David Pecaut Square, 215 King St W in Toronto.
#TorontoWOTS #WOTS2025 #MeetMeAtWOTS
@groundwoodbooks.bsky.social @picturebookseh.bsky.social

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