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Natasha Zimmers (she/her)
@natashazimmers.bsky.social
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Picture Book Writer
(TINY HIKER- Orca Book Publishers 2026)
Nature Adventurer
Outdoor Educator
Teacher

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I made a Christmas fort in my yard. It makes me happy.
December 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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Spiny lumpsuckers are the most adorable fish.
A little green fish with small fins and large eyes is suction cupped to the aquarium.
December 6, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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My kid needed to make a stick puppet character for their Wild Robot puppet show. ChitChat looks suspiciously like the adorable squirrel @jaimieillustrates.bsky.social put on all the pages of Tiny Hiker...
Stock puppets with squirrels on them
December 4, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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Look at the twist on this arbutus/madrone tree trunk ❤️
A tree trunk twisted like a candy cane with peeling red bark on an angle, lower on the left corner and higher on the right corner.
November 30, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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This week we visited the hatchery with students. I will never get tired of seeing these adorable babies!
A teeming mass of alevin (baby salmon with their yolk sacs attached. They look like eggs with tails and eyes.)
November 27, 2025 at 4:41 AM
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The author and the book
Words "The Author" and a photo of a little girl in a tree. Words "The Book" and the cover of Tiny Hiker with a little girl looking up at the forest.
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Slug dinner time.
I'll never get tired of these slug sagas.
A child-made drawing of two banana slugs seated at a table with a plate of something green in front of each one.
November 16, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Sunshine in the forest is always glorious in the fall.
Leaf covered trail with tall trees and lots of yellow leaves. Mossy vine maples create an arch over a leaf covered trail.
November 9, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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It was a gorgeous day in the woods. You never know if a perfect fall day will happen, so they are extra treasured.

(My sample clay fairy doors were still in my backpack so they got to make an appearance too)
Orange amanita mushroom against yellow leaves with a fern in the foreground. A yellow banana slug crawls across a yellow leaf A mossy green tree has a red/orange clay leaf with a tiny red door leaned against it. A green and purple leaf out of clay with a small red fairy door on it is on a mossy branch.
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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Eeeeek! It’s the cover reveal for my 5th book, “Nice to Eat You!” Is the sweet old lady a 🧙🏽‍♀️? Well, yeah. But do the kids know?! 🫣

Preorder a signed copy from @vromansbookstore.bsky.social: bit.ly/Nice2EatU

Written by me, illus. by Carolina Coroa, published by Orchard Books.

#KidLit #Halloween 🕷️
On a bright purple background is the cover of Nice to Eat You. The word "Eat" is written next to the word "Meet," which has been X-ed out. The cover has a pink-faced cat-eye-glasses-wearing old lady holding a platter of cupcakes, the other hand raised in welcome. Behind her, leafless trees with haunted faces scream silently under a crescent moon. Above the cover is the text "Pre-order your signed copy now." Below: "Flying into bookstores on July 7, 2026."
October 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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I love taking a minute to look up!
Dark branches against yellow and green maple trees. Patches of white sky show through.
October 28, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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@gingerngo.bsky.social ! I squealed when I saw it on BC Ferries since I can't get it yet in the US!
Emerson (the elephant seal) book front and center on a book shelf.
October 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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The frost has arrived but these flowers are hanging into the last tendrils of summer.
A dark pink flower with a yellow center is against a green background.
October 16, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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I made it to see the golden larches! (This was Friday - today, everything was covered in snow!)
Trail with yellow trees and some green - blue sky is poking out between clouds.
October 13, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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I was chatting with one of my Forest School kids and he was so excited to tell me about a book he was reading: Log Life, by @amyhevron.bsky.social

He was especially excited to tell me about "Vacay in the decay!"
❤️
September 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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A little spinning wonder from this morning.
September 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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I got to spend my Saturday hiking. The puppy was not impressed. "Why are we still walking?"
Orange puppy with white paws and very fluffy ears wearing a red harness rests on dirt. A bright green lake is framed by evergreen branches. Pink nosed puppy looks at the camera with a forlorn expression. He is orange, with a narrow white blaze on his face and a white chest. He's sitting in bright green ferns.
September 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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I listened to the Teuthology episode of Ologies from 2018 and @sarahmackattack.bsky.social is just so delightful.

Do I already have 2 picture book manuscripts featuring octopuses? Yes.

Am I inspired to work on another cephalopod story? Indeed I am!
September 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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We're still working on convincing the water dog that he's a water dog, but we're making progress!
A red puppy with a white nose marking and a red vest splashes into the water.
August 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Non-member registration is open for our upcoming Adult/YA SFF workshop with Naomi Davis at Bookends Literary. This is a great opportunity to get market and editorial feedback on your opening chapters! find out more and register at app.inkedvoices.com/event/worksh...
August 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Rain today!
Good day for a tunnel hike for Hike-a-Thon
Large tunnel entrance Pink sweat pea flowers with raindrops on the petals
August 16, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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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

www.usatoday.com/booklist/gen...
The cover of the picture book FORTS, showing a girl and her cat sitting in a cozy treehouse.
August 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Look at this unusual cosmos flower. Its petals didn't split!
A pink flower with a yellow Center on a green background
August 12, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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I got a physical ARC of Tiny Hiker in the mail ❤️

I love it so much!
Cover of book reads Tiny Hiker with a little girl looking up at the trees and her family hiking away in the woods behind her.
July 24, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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How many seeds are catching a ride in this puppy's ear fur?
A duck Toller puppy with a white blaze and his tongue hanging out lies in tall grass.
July 20, 2025 at 4:04 AM