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

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

www.caitdarfler.com

Rep'd by Joyce Sweeney @joycekay.bsky.social
@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
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
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

www.scbwi.org/events/the-e...
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
📚👍 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.
October 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
📚👍 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)
October 15, 2025 at 12:11 PM
📚👍 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.
October 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
📚👍 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.

October 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
📚👍 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!
October 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
📚👍 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."
October 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
📚👍 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.
October 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
📚👍 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.
October 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
📚👍 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.
October 8, 2025 at 12:32 PM
📚👍 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!
October 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
📚👍 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*
October 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
📚👍 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.
October 4, 2025 at 12:04 PM
📚👍 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.
October 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
📚👍 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.
October 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM
📚👍 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.
October 1, 2025 at 12:21 PM
📚👍 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.
September 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
📚👍 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!
September 29, 2025 at 12:05 PM
📚👍 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.
September 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
📚👍 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!
September 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
📚👍 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.
September 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
📚👍 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!
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
📚👍 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.

September 23, 2025 at 12:18 PM