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wonder hunter | art agent #kidlitart | tree + neighborhood advocate
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Anne Armstrong @childbookart.bsky.social · 16d
LOOK BOOK Fall'25 - Winter 2026 tinyurl.com/2cks8et6
#kidlitart #kidlit #NationalYearOfReading2026 #GoAllIn2026
Anne Moore Armstrong - Fall Portfolio 2025
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#KidLit Illustrator friends: #KidLitArtPostcard Day is coming up quickly - February 5th is our next event. Learn more here: www.ginaperry.com/postcard
All about KidLitArtPostcard — Gina Perry Illustrations
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January 27, 2026 at 1:51 PM
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If you have a #KidLit book launching Feb.3-9, reply with book cover (use alt text), title, author & illustrator, publisher, launch date, link where people can find more info. Pls add good karma to universe by helping to boost! It's a tough time to be launching books. #KidLitLaunches #Edusky

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Promo for children's books launching the week of Feb.3-9, 2025, with instructions to reply with book info. Background illustration shows books joyously exploding into the air, with a blue heart in the corner with the week dates. Art is by Debbie Ridpath Ohi.
January 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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All the Blues in the Sky by Renée Watson Wins Newbery; Fireworks illustrated by Cátia Chien Earns Caldecott at 2026 Youth Media Awards
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'All the Blues in the Sky' by Renée Watson Wins Newbery; 'Fireworks', illustrated by Cátia Chien, Earns Caldecott at 2026 Youth Media Awards | School Library Journal
All the Blues in the Sky by Renée Watson wins the Newbery; Fireworks, illustrated by Cátia Chien, earns the Caldecott and Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories, an anthology edited by Cynth...
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January 26, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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SLJ Reviews the Caldecott Medal Winner and Honors | ALA Youth Media Awards 2026
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SLJ Reviews the Caldecott Medal Winner and Honors | ALA Youth Media Awards 2026
The SLJ reviews editors rounded up our reviews of the books lauded at the 2026 Youth Media Awards. Here, the reviews of the Caldecott Medal and Honors winners.
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January 26, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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congratulations! ✨
jewishlibraries.bsky.social Association of Jewish Libraries @jewishlibraries.bsky.social · 10d
Mazal tov to the authors and illustrators of the 2026 Sydney Taylor Honor Books!
Complete list: tinyurl.com/STBA2026
#ALAYMA #ALA #STBA #AJL
Laurel Snyder
Laura Gehl
January 26, 2026 at 7:07 PM
childbookart.bsky.social
happening now! #kidlit #kidlitart 🏆📚🎨
kcboyd.bsky.social Boss_Librarian @kcboyd.bsky.social · 10d
The Youth Media Awards will begin at 11am est this morning. It's like the Oscar's for books & televised LIVE from ALA headquarters in Chicago Illinois.

If you cannot watch the live stream hold onto the link below, and you will be able to access the recording.

Happy viewing!
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January 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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LOOK BOOK Fall'25 - Winter 2026 tinyurl.com/2cks8et6
#kidlitart #kidlit #NationalYearOfReading2026 #GoAllIn2026
Anne Moore Armstrong - Fall Portfolio 2025
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January 20, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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happy 2026 ✨ celebrating a Year of Reading 📚
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#literacy #kidlit #NationalYearOfReading2026 #GoAllIn2026
January 8, 2026 at 5:16 PM
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Weekly #KidLitLaunches thread: Do you have a #KidLit or #YALit book launching this wk? Or do you want to help boost someone else's #PublicationDay #BookBirthday? Reply below with info + link to the post.

Only for books launching Nov.10-16, 2025 #2025-Wk46 (see below for other launch threads).
Large text reads “KidLit & YA Book Launches Nov. 10-16, 2025.” Smaller text says “Is your book launching this week? Reply to this thread with info and a link to your Bluesky post.” Bottom line reads “Bluesky launch thread 2025-Wk46 created by @debbieohi.com #KidLit #PublicationDay #BookBirthday.” Bright graphic background shows confetti, ribbons, and candies. Promo graphic for KidLit Launches threads. Illustration shows multiple hands of different skin tones holding up an open book with a pink heart above it. Text below reads “#KidLitLaunches” with art credit to debbieohi.com.
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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The time has come: Vote in the 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards! 100scopenotes.com/2025/11/10/v... @carterhiggins.bsky.social @spikypenelope.bsky.social
VOTE! The 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards
Make your voice heard by voting for the 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Thrilled for Bright artists chosen for @soi128.bsky.social
2025 Original Art show of #kidlit illustration! ✨ Congratulations to Yas Imamura who received the Silver Medal! see more here: tinyurl.com/vhzf53sv 🎨
November 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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stay cool: Art Splash 💦 July'25 Summer 🌊 Bright Artists
tinyurl.com/47masu5r 🎨 #kidlitart
July 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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new July books: ow.ly/hZOF50WiRBx including this gem of a #poetry collection written by @allanwolf100.bsky.social
& illustrated by @jadeorlando.bsky.social 🎨 published by
@candlewickpress.bsky.social 📚 #mindfulness #kidlitart
July 1, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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💦 Summer Splash 🌊 stay cool & enjoy the wknd! 😎
🎨 see more #kidlitart: tinyurl.com/nyw5camk
June 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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✍️ lots of signed copies @booksofwonder.bsky.social
including Galia Bernstein's newest illustrated picture book THE ESCAPE ARTIST by Thor Hanson out July'25 @GreenwillowBooks booksofwonder.com/products/978... #kidlit #kidlitart 🎨
June 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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💦 Summer Splash 🌊 stay cool & enjoy the wknd! 😎
🎨 see more #kidlitart: tinyurl.com/nyw5camk
June 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Tamisha is a wonder! It's been an honor to represent her for publishing! #kidlitart 🎨 📚
makeartthatsells.bsky.social Make Art That Sells @makeartthatsells.bsky.social · Jun 7
In case you missed it – we’re delighted that brilliant illustrator, author and educator Tamisha Anthony will be joining a LIVE review for Illustrating Children’s Books!

With five picture books under her belt and another seven on the way, Tamisha has a wealth of experience to share.
June 9, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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got a #weirdteacherstory ?
My Life is Weird creator @billcanterbury.bsky.social
does in this hilarious picture book 📚with #kidlitart by
@jeffharter.bsky.social 🦖 #kidlit thanks to @randomhousekids.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Lucy makes her debut on Good Morning America! It was a treat to illustrate such a touching story☀️
Book cover for "Lucy Sings on Lucy Street". The cover features a black girl in pigtails singing looking up towards the sky, with her hands clasped over her heart children run down a neighborhood street in Akron, Ohio children run down a neighborhood street in Akron, Ohio
May 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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This made me cry! Good Morning America featured LUCY SINGS ON LUCY STREET written by Robin Roberts' siblings ~ beautifully illustrated #kidlitart by #BrightArtist Jestenia Southerland @citrusfoam.bsky.social 🎨
What a poignant tribute to their mother's legacy. Keep singing!!
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Robin Roberts’ siblings honor late mom in new children’s book
"GMA" co-anchor Robin Roberts joins her sister Sally-Ann and brother Butch to discuss their new children’s book, "Lucy Sings on Lucy Street," a tribute to their music-loving mother.
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May 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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It's Mental Health Awareness Week! Visit the Walker blog to explore a selection of picture book recommendations ❤️

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Mental Health Picture Book Recommendations - Walker Books
In honour of Mental Health Awareness Week, we've selected five picture books to help broach the topic of mental health with your little ones.
www.walker.co.uk
May 12, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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spring picture book swoon 🍄🐝 by Joanna Gaines 🎨gorgeous #kidlitart by @juliannaswaney.bsky.social 🌼
📗Behind the Book: ow.ly/ojI850UK1Km
May 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Do you want to take your #kidlit illustration career to the next level or are you just beginning your career? You don’t want to miss this BRIAN LAROSSA event! More details and registration for our @brianlarossa.com event @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social here www.scbwi.org/events/scbwi...
SCBWI WCNY presents Brian LaRossa’s ‘Kid Lit Illustration Dos and Don’ts’ 1. Your Site, 2. Your Social, 3. Your Portfolio, 4. Your Deal, 5. Your Process Event on May 29th and Full PB Dummy or Portfolio Reviews on May 30th. Events are on Zoom! Picture shows a portrait of Brian LaRossa with description of event. The text is black, white, and blue. The background has a blue rectangle stacked over a red rectangle. The SCBWI logo is BW.
May 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Look! It's my new Spring'25 LOOK BOOK: issuu.com/brightagency... 🎨 #kidlitart
April 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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happy book birthday Martina! 🎉 I adore the art you created for this special book ~ can't wait to share it!
lamartinaart.bsky.social Martina Stuhlberger @lamartinaart.bsky.social · Feb 12
Happy Book Birthday 🎉
“9 kleine Menschen“ is out today, written by Regina Feldmann & published by @nordsued.bsky.social
Celebrating 9 unique children and their lifelong friendship.

Good news: “9 Little People“ will be published in Sept. in the US by NorthSouth Books too ✨

#kidlitart
The book cover is showing a diverse cast of 9 little people, each one unique, celebrating their lifelong friendship. They are surrounded by a colorful and abstract landscape of blooms, trees and a city skyline.
February 13, 2025 at 12:58 AM