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Katie Venit

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she/her. National bestselling author in WI 🎪FORTS, Viking 🛰️CASSINI'S MISSION, MIT Kids Press Rep'd by Joyce Sweeney, Seymour Agency https://linktr.ee/KatieVenit

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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · Aug 14

I'm agog! FORTS is one of @usatoday.com's bestselling #picturebooks this week!

Thank you to all the indie bookstores who believe in this book and have been sharing it with their customers. ❤️💙📚

#kidlit

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The cover of the picture book FORTS, showing a girl and her cat sitting in a cozy treehouse.

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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 23h

Agreed!

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 1d

Both! It's generally just the absolute best of what I've read in the last 4-6 months (regardless of theme), but what also seems to often happen is I unconsciously (or consciously) seem to gravitate toward certain types of books. This season, I seem to have been craving and responding most to vibes.

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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 1d

My fall newsletter is out, for those of you looking for new vibey reads! I had a backlog, so there are lots of kids and adult book recommendations in this one. :)

#booksky #amreading #kidlit 📚💙

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Katie's Newsletter

In which Katie passes along the very best things she's read lately.

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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 5d

I do not understand him. I just know that he slept peacefully like this for over an hour and that he’s the bestest boy.

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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 6d

Some good freakin' news for once, hopefully.

NPR @npr.org · 6d

For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says. n.pr/47hcegr

Renewable energy outpaces coal for electricity generation in historic first, report says

For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says.

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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 7d

Free shipping from bookshop today and tomorrow!

Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 8d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 8d

thank you!

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Travis Jonker @100scopenotes.bsky.social · 14d

Nominations are now open for the 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards and Endies End Paper Awards! Anyone can nominate a book. Head here to get started: 100scopenotes.com/2025/10/01/n...

Nominate Your Favorites for the 2025 Undies and Endies Awards!

The best (see: only) case cover and endpaper awards in children’s literature are back! That’s right, the 2025 Undies and Endies are officially up and running. It’s time to submit your favorite case co...

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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you to Cait for the kind words! 🥰🥰🥰

Writers, you know how much it means when another author says they wish they had written something. 🫶🥹😭

Cait Darfler..... is on SUBMISSION! @caitdarfler.com · 14d

📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks

Forts
Katie Venit & Kenard Pak
@katievenit.bsky.social
@kenardpak.bsky.social

This is a story I wish I wrote. Lyrical. Gorgeous. My little talked about all the forts we have around the house now and have had in the past. So lovely.

Cover for Forts shows a treetop scene with a small blue tree house and a little girl with a white cat sitting in the door to the fort.

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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you Cait!!

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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 14d

This book is gonna be so awesome!!!!! #kidlit

Steph Lau (she/her) @stephlaubooks.com · 14d

Pleased* to announce my second picture book! MEDUSA'S PET ROCK is slated to launch Fall 2026, with @harpercollins.bsky.social

*Pleasssssssed

Thanks to my agent @allielevick.bsky.social and editor Megan Ilnitzki for loving this story as much as I do ❤️🐍🏺 Can't wait for you all to read it!
#kidlit

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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you so much to Writers Rumpus and @marianneknowles.bsky.social for her amazingly kind review of CASSINI’S MISSION! Publishing is a weird journey, but it’s all worth it when a writer you admire—as I admire Marianne—“gets it”

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Book Reviews – WRITERS' RUMPUS

Posts about Book Reviews written by Marianne Knowles, Keri Demers, Hilary Elizabeth Margitich, Monica Acker, Laura Fineberg Cooper, DrZatHome, Joyce Audy Zarins, and Marcia Strykowski

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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 15d

Whaaaaaaat!!! Oh my god, amazing!!!!!!!!!

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Karen (Cryin’) Yin 😢🎃 | Buy My BOOOOks @karenyin.bsky.social · 17d

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 👻🎃

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

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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 19d

love this!
#kidlit #picturebooks

Katie McEnaney @katiemcenaney.bsky.social · 21d

When the teacher knows your kid is the right one to take the giant cardboard tube home ...

Thanks for the inspiration, FORTS by @katievenit.bsky.social & @kenardpak.bsky.social ! #kidlit

Blanket fort made of cardboard center tube and two chairs with a duvet cover. Inside in a sleeping bag and pillow. Also shows the cover of the book FORTS by Katie Venit and Kenard Pak.

Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 28d

@100scopenotes.bsky.social When do you think you'll open up nominations for Endies and Undies? I've got a couple I'm excited about!

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Anne Ursu @anneursu.bsky.social · Sep 7

If you are a Minneapolis area educator and you're interested in a copy of @grubreport.bsky.social's Not Like Every Day: Finding Calm During School Lockdown Drills, please send me a message. wildrumpusbooks.com/book/9780593...

Not Like Every Day: Finding Calm During School Lockdown Drills

For Henry, lockdown drills can be scary. Staying quiet and still is tough, but with the support of his teacher, he’s able to stay calm. This reassuring story explores the complex emotions surrounding ...

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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · Sep 6

THANK YOU I FORGOT IT WAS RELEASING TODAY!!!!

Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · Sep 4

Illustrating my belief that movies and TV are not my competition as a writer. Kids who love a movie want to read books that are like that movie.

Kelsey Bogan -DontYouShushMe.Com @kelseybogan.bsky.social · Sep 4

3rd week of school & I finally had time to get a little book display put up!

Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · Sep 4

I just gobbled the Book of I by David Greig. It was a mere snack that just made me hungry for more slim books. What other super short (~150 page) books have you loved? (I'm thinking adult books, but I might be interested in short YA at the moment!)

#amreading 📚💙

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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · Sep 3

This funny thread is 100% why I don't believe video games are my competition as a writer. Kids who love Fortnite want to read about Fortnite. Anything that makes a kid want to read turns them into a reader, which is good for everyone, everywhere.

Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · Sep 3

It's seven years since we posted on Twitter about how kids kept coming into the library asking if we had any books about FORTNITE. We didn't back then, and we'd never heard of it so we tried asking what it was.

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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · Sep 3

I’ve debuted! With two picture books almost simultaneously! I’m exhausted!
#kiditchat

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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · Sep 2

Well done, Stephanie, on bringing a very important and a very silly (thus, also important) book into the world.

Stephanie V.W. Lucianovic @grubreport.bsky.social · Sep 2

Very conflicting emotions today as I celebrate TWO book birthdays. I'm very proud of NOT LIKE EVERY DAY *and* ZOMBIE AND BRAIN ARE FRIENDS. Both sold in the exact same month in 2022 to different champions (editors) who have been so supportive and wonderful to work with.

cover of picture book NOT LIKE EVERY DAY showing kids huddled around a teacher for an active shooter drill

cover of ZOMBIE AND BRAIN ARE FRIENDS with a zombie farmer boy lying in the grass with an anthropomorphized brain

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