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Cait Darfler..... is on SUBMISSION!
@caitdarfler.com
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picture book writer. mom. geologist. environmentalist. gardener. jigsaw puzzler. #SCBWI #kidlit 🏳️‍🌈

Co-Assistant Regional Advisor, SCBWI NY: West/Central
PBParty2025 Finalist!

www.caitdarfler.com

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@scbwiwestcentny.bsky.socia representing at The Rochester Children & Teens’ Book Festival www.rcbfest.com

It's quite a lineup of authors and illustrators!

Come say hi, 10am-4pm at Monroe Community College

With @pattywurster.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Tomorrow (Sat 11/8) I'll be with @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social & @pattywurster.bsky.social at The Rochester Children & Teens’ Book Festival www.rcbfest.com

It's quite a lineup of authors and illustrators!

Come say hi, 10am-4pm at Monroe Community College
November 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Who's joining? I'm hosting the final 2 hrs of this marathon! It starts Saturday at 10 AM Eastern!

#24hourChildrensBookChallange #Childrensbooks #scbwi #amwriting #amillustrating

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November 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks

I Am Not A Vampire
Miles McKenna & Riley Samels

More of this. More of vampires and werewolves and acceptance of who we are. Adorable. Relatable on so many levels. Go be a werewolf kid, it's who you were born to be.
Cover for I Am Not A Vampire. Shows a large black hair, gray skin, vampire family in a portrait style photo and a shaggy brown haired boy in the midst of them all.
October 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks

Fireworks
Matthew Burgess & Catia Chien
@matthewburgessj.bsky.social

WOW! This book packs a punch of summer-days. Come for the onomatopoeias and stay for the gorgeous art. LOVE IT!

(a perfect comp for my own story on submission #editors)
Cover for Fireworks. Blue background with 2 small kids in foreground and explosion of pink and white fireworks across the cover.
October 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks

A Spoonful of Frogs
Casey Lyall & Vera Brosgol
@caseylyall.bsky.social
@verabrosgol.bsky.social

I love this story and read it a couple of times a year. The unraveling of the witch is so well done within the text and art.
Cover for A Spoonful of Frogs. Shows a witching looking at a frog sitting on the tip of a cooking spoon.
October 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks

The Arguers
Corinna Luyken
@corinnaluyken.bsky.social

The title and the cover made me pick this up. I was not disappointed. My little enjoyed the ridiculous things they argued about in the story. Grab this one.

Cover for The Arguers. Shows a fancy dressed lady pointing and yelling at a flower that doesn't match the other buds around it.
October 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks

Becoming Boba
Joanna Ho & Amber Ren
@joannahowrites.bsky.social
@amberren.bsky.social

Look at that cute Boba! A story with something for kids (and adult) at every level. Learn about milk tea, accepting differences, or just enjoy the art!
Cover for Becoming Boba. Cute colorful, personified milk tea with big eyes and a straw in a village setting.
October 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks

In the World of Whales
Michelle Cusolito & Jessica Lanan
@mcusolito.bsky.social
@jessicalanan.bsky.social

Here were my notes: "Gorgeous. Lyrical and touching. Quiet book about birth of sperm whale and a free diver. Well done."
Cover for In the World of Whales. Shows two whales pushing a baby sperm whale to the surface and a free diver watching from beside them.
October 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks

The Marvelous Now
Angela DiTerlizzi & Lorena Alvarez Gomez

What amazing, vivid, colorful images. I love stories that l focus on mindfulness and grounding.
Cover for The Marvelous Now. small cartoon kid with a sparkly blue creature on it's head. Background filled with flowers and colors.
October 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks

Patchwork
Matt De La Pena & Corinna Luyken
@corinnaluyken.bsky.social

Here are my notes from this one: "We are a multitude, not defined by any one thing. Lovely lyrical language. Powerful."
Yup.
Cover for Patchwork. Shows a small girl and a patchwork of colors floating from her heart.
October 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks

The Great Santa Stakeout
Betsy Bird & Dan Santat
@fuse8.bsky.social
@dansantat.bsky.social

I should probably wait until Dec to share this, but fun, kid-friendly books don't have a specific "season". My family loved this.
Cover for The Great Santa Stakeout showing kid in a red santa hat looking at a snow globe of santa
October 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks

A Little Bit of Everything
Meghana Narayan & Michelle Carlos
@michellecarlos.bsky.social

The art in this is outstanding! Checkout out this gorgeous book!
Cover for A little Bit of Everything
October 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks

Nellie's Big Splash
Cori Doerrfeld

Look at this adorable little sea turtle! Great story about overcoming fears. As always, the art is *chef's kiss*
Cover for Nellie's Big Splash. shows little sea turtle on a beach with a big wave about to crash down.
October 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks

The Problem with Problems
Rachel Rooney & Zehra Hicks

Well done. Kid friendly approach to problems - both big and small.
Cover for The Problem with Problems, bright splotches representing problems dot the cover.
October 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks

In the Neighborhood
Rocio Bonilla

Read this beauty for the community building, for the tearing down of the assumptions about others. We all need a little neighborhood these days.
Cover for In The Neighborhood. shows a bunch of small houses and a giant flying overhead
October 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks

Don't Trust Fish
Neil Sharpson & Dan Santat
@unshavedmouse.bsky.social
@dansantat.bsky.social

Get this book. The facts are awesome. Or maybe not. You can't trust the narrator 😉
I was here for all of it.
You'll laugh & so will the kids.
Cover for Don't Trust Fish shows the words in large blue with skeptical looking fish.
October 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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📚👍 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.
October 1, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks

Nearly Exactly Almost Like Me
Jennifer Bradbury & Pearl AuYeung

My family loved this story. As my kids are always comparing each other, and this took an adoption twist. There is so much heart in these pages.
Cover for Nearly Exactly Almost Like Me, shows two brown boys eating ice cream together
September 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks

I'm Going to Make A Friend
Darren Chetty & Sandhya Prabhat
@darrenchetty.bsky.social

Plays on the word "make" in a clever and kid-friendly way. Very cute. I can see this story being useful every year at the start of school. PIck it up!
Cover for I'm going to Make a Friend, show kid carrying a box filled with stuff
September 29, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks

The Sad Little Fact
Jonah Winter & Pete Oswald

More than ever, books like this are crucial. A little older (outside "comp-ing" age) but ever so important. Check this out if you haven't read it.
Cover for the Sad Little Fact showing a blue circle with eyes being rained upon
September 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks

Book Comes Home: A Banned Book's Journey
Rob Sanders & Micah Player

I will always share books that talk to children about the perils of book banning. And even more so when from the book's perspective!
Cover for Book Comes Home: A Banned Book's Journey showing 3 children clutching books to their chest looking worried.
September 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks

The Littlest Drop
Sascha Alper & Jerry & Brian Pinkney

I love little fables like this.. animals doing things that we humans should consider. Beautiful all around.
Cover for The Littlest Drop. pink background with a yellow circle center and a small blueish hummingbird
September 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks

Sea in my Cells
Laura Alary & Andrea Blinick
@lauraalary.bsky.social & @angelajrey.bsky.social

I really adore books about the water cycle. The non-fiction content is well presented and fun to explore with the littles!
Cover for Sea in my Cells - shows a little girl diving below the surface of the ocean
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks

Mr. Watson's Chickens
Jarrett Dapier & Andrea Tsurumi
@jarrettdapier.bsky.social
@atsurumi.bsky.social

I recommend this book ALL THE TIME. Love love love. There are so many easter eggs (there might literally be an easter egg) in the art.

Cover for Mr. Watson's Chickens showing two men leading a parade of instrument playing chickens
September 23, 2025 at 12:18 PM