Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚
@tanyakonerman.bsky.social
PB/MG; Rep: Mona Kanin, Great Dog Lit
‘24 HAUNTED STATES OF AMERICA 👻
‘25 MUD TO THE RESCUE! 🐘🦩🦫 🐢
'27 TBA
SCBWI; WFH | hiker 🥾 | veggie 🌽|
bird&bear lover 🐤🐻 | nature 📷 | 💙
www.tanyakonerman.com
‘24 HAUNTED STATES OF AMERICA 👻
‘25 MUD TO THE RESCUE! 🐘🦩🦫 🐢
'27 TBA
SCBWI; WFH | hiker 🥾 | veggie 🌽|
bird&bear lover 🐤🐻 | nature 📷 | 💙
www.tanyakonerman.com
Pinned
So excited to announce that MUD TO THE RESCUE! HOW ANIMALS USE MUD TO THRIVE AND SURVIVE has won a silver EUREKA! HONOR BOOK AWARD from the California Reading Association! Congratulations to author Tanya Konerman and illustrator Melanie Cataldo! @tanyakonerman.bsky.social @greatdoglit.bsky.social
I am so excited…Mud to the Rescue! has won a silver EUREKA! HONOR BOOK AWARD! 🥳🎉🎊📚🐘
Had a fantastic time in Cincinnati at #booksbythebanks Saturday signing Mud to the Rescue! and discussing writing for kids. I also got to share table space with the amazing @kimlongmg.bsky.social and Jessica Fries-Gaither! #kidlit #picturebooks 📚🥳 @weboflifebooks.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Had a fantastic time in Cincinnati at #booksbythebanks Saturday signing Mud to the Rescue! and discussing writing for kids. I also got to share table space with the amazing @kimlongmg.bsky.social and Jessica Fries-Gaither! #kidlit #picturebooks 📚🥳 @weboflifebooks.bsky.social
Looking forward to Saturday’s #booksbythebanks in Cincinnati! I’ll be signing Mud to the Rescue! and joining other #kidlit authors on a panel about writing for kids. 📚 #books #bookfestival #STEM #weekend
November 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Looking forward to Saturday’s #booksbythebanks in Cincinnati! I’ll be signing Mud to the Rescue! and joining other #kidlit authors on a panel about writing for kids. 📚 #books #bookfestival #STEM #weekend
Reposted by Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚
Looking for the perfect gift this season? SCBWI BookStop has you covered! 🛍
Support SCBWI authors by checking out their books and purchasing them at scbwi.org/bookstop
Support SCBWI authors by checking out their books and purchasing them at scbwi.org/bookstop
November 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Looking for the perfect gift this season? SCBWI BookStop has you covered! 🛍
Support SCBWI authors by checking out their books and purchasing them at scbwi.org/bookstop
Support SCBWI authors by checking out their books and purchasing them at scbwi.org/bookstop
Reposted by Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚
Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (Oct 31): kidlit411.com/2025/10/the-... Inside: Purpose of the Second Act, Free PB webinar, School Visit Primer, more. Thanks @mirandakramos.bsky.social for the illustration, @cindyschrauben.bsky.social & Scholastic for the giveaways.
The Weekly 411 (10/31/25)
A one-stop place for all your kid lit information needs.
kidlit411.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (Oct 31): kidlit411.com/2025/10/the-... Inside: Purpose of the Second Act, Free PB webinar, School Visit Primer, more. Thanks @mirandakramos.bsky.social for the illustration, @cindyschrauben.bsky.social & Scholastic for the giveaways.
I am so excited…Mud to the Rescue! has won a silver EUREKA! HONOR BOOK AWARD! 🥳🎉🎊📚🐘
So excited to announce that MUD TO THE RESCUE! HOW ANIMALS USE MUD TO THRIVE AND SURVIVE has won a silver EUREKA! HONOR BOOK AWARD from the California Reading Association! Congratulations to author Tanya Konerman and illustrator Melanie Cataldo! @tanyakonerman.bsky.social @greatdoglit.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I am so excited…Mud to the Rescue! has won a silver EUREKA! HONOR BOOK AWARD! 🥳🎉🎊📚🐘
KY and Southern Indiana peeps! Tomorrow is the Louisville Book Festival…FREE/open to the public! I’m signing Mud to the Rescue! and will be on an author’s panel 10am-11am. #kidlit #louisvillebookfestival #mudtotherescue #picturebooks #reading #books #STEM #weboflifechildrensbooks #ingram
October 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
KY and Southern Indiana peeps! Tomorrow is the Louisville Book Festival…FREE/open to the public! I’m signing Mud to the Rescue! and will be on an author’s panel 10am-11am. #kidlit #louisvillebookfestival #mudtotherescue #picturebooks #reading #books #STEM #weboflifechildrensbooks #ingram
My publisher @weboflifebooks.bsky.social has just published this wonderful book by @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social and @megsodano.bsky.social. It is beautiful and fun! Read my review to find out more: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
#nonfiction #nature #oceans #picturebooks 🐋🦈🐠
#nonfiction #nature #oceans #picturebooks 🐋🦈🐠
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
My publisher @weboflifebooks.bsky.social has just published this wonderful book by @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social and @megsodano.bsky.social. It is beautiful and fun! Read my review to find out more: www.goodreads.com/review/show/...
#nonfiction #nature #oceans #picturebooks 🐋🦈🐠
#nonfiction #nature #oceans #picturebooks 🐋🦈🐠
I was the guest blogger recently for kidlit author Alisha Gabriel, discussing Mud to the Rescue!...so fun! 🐘🦩🐊🐖📚 alishagabriel.com/interview-wi...
September 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I was the guest blogger recently for kidlit author Alisha Gabriel, discussing Mud to the Rescue!...so fun! 🐘🦩🐊🐖📚 alishagabriel.com/interview-wi...
If you look closely you can see hints at who’s been climbing our window nightly for a yummy treat (we now bring the bird food inside at dark)! 🦝 #pawprints #midnightraider #wherestheWindex #nature
September 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
If you look closely you can see hints at who’s been climbing our window nightly for a yummy treat (we now bring the bird food inside at dark)! 🦝 #pawprints #midnightraider #wherestheWindex #nature
I'm so happy it's finally September! So much going on in the kidlit world. I discuss this and more in my latest newsletter. tanyakonerman.wordpress.com/2025/09/
a squirrel standing in a pile of leaves with the words hello september
ALT: a squirrel standing in a pile of leaves with the words hello september
media.tenor.com
September 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I'm so happy it's finally September! So much going on in the kidlit world. I discuss this and more in my latest newsletter. tanyakonerman.wordpress.com/2025/09/
Another reason to love September! #WorldKidlitMonth #kidlit #September #picturebooks #middlegrade #ya
Did you know that September is #WorldKidLitMonth? The month for everyone of any age to explore the world through international children’s books!
💡 Head over to the World Kid Lit blog for book recs from over 180 countries: buff.ly/plKVZ5g
☀️ Happy travels wherever you fly by book!
💡 Head over to the World Kid Lit blog for book recs from over 180 countries: buff.ly/plKVZ5g
☀️ Happy travels wherever you fly by book!
September 1, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Another reason to love September! #WorldKidlitMonth #kidlit #September #picturebooks #middlegrade #ya
August nut hunter
pauses, rests, but not for long
September is nigh
#HaikuSaturday #haiku #poetry #nature #seasons
pauses, rests, but not for long
September is nigh
#HaikuSaturday #haiku #poetry #nature #seasons
August 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
August nut hunter
pauses, rests, but not for long
September is nigh
#HaikuSaturday #haiku #poetry #nature #seasons
pauses, rests, but not for long
September is nigh
#HaikuSaturday #haiku #poetry #nature #seasons
It’s #WorldElephantDay! I ❤️ 🐘 so much, I have one on the cover of #MudtotheRescue. My Spirit Animal is caring, intelligent, loyal, strong…see below for ways to help them every day! #elephants #nature #kidlit #STEM #picturebooks #animals @weboflifebooks.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM
It’s #WorldElephantDay! I ❤️ 🐘 so much, I have one on the cover of #MudtotheRescue. My Spirit Animal is caring, intelligent, loyal, strong…see below for ways to help them every day! #elephants #nature #kidlit #STEM #picturebooks #animals @weboflifebooks.bsky.social
My August newsletter looks at summer and reading. 📚 😎
tanyakonerman.wordpress.com/2025/08/01/t...
#books #kidlit #picturebooks #middlegrade #schoolvisits #nature #mudtotherescue #STEAM #summer #reading
tanyakonerman.wordpress.com/2025/08/01/t...
#books #kidlit #picturebooks #middlegrade #schoolvisits #nature #mudtotherescue #STEAM #summer #reading
Tanya Konerman’s August 2025 Kidlit Author Newsletter
Summer is in full swing, even if some kids have already started back in school (hello, Midwest!). One way to make summer magical and full is through reading and books. I cover this and more in my l…
tanyakonerman.wordpress.com
August 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
My August newsletter looks at summer and reading. 📚 😎
tanyakonerman.wordpress.com/2025/08/01/t...
#books #kidlit #picturebooks #middlegrade #schoolvisits #nature #mudtotherescue #STEAM #summer #reading
tanyakonerman.wordpress.com/2025/08/01/t...
#books #kidlit #picturebooks #middlegrade #schoolvisits #nature #mudtotherescue #STEAM #summer #reading
Finally BIC’d 🪑👩💻 this morning to start my #middlegrade #nonfiction proposal, even knocking out the outline and a bit of the Overview. Would love it if this energy and focus could follow me into #Monday for my #picturebook writing! 📚🗓️
a cartoon drawing of a person using a laptop with the words write written around them
ALT: a cartoon drawing of a person using a laptop with the words write written around them
media.tenor.com
July 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Finally BIC’d 🪑👩💻 this morning to start my #middlegrade #nonfiction proposal, even knocking out the outline and a bit of the Overview. Would love it if this energy and focus could follow me into #Monday for my #picturebook writing! 📚🗓️
So excited for this new book out today by the amazing @teresarobeson.com! #kidlit #middlegrade #disgustology
Disgustology: The Science of Gross is out today! Written by award-winning author @teresarobeson.com & @annamariajung.bsky.social, this disgusting book for middle schoolers is packed full of fun facts and silly science + truly eye-popping illustrations! A must have for any library! bit.ly/4kyHP0O
July 15, 2025 at 10:17 PM
So excited for this new book out today by the amazing @teresarobeson.com! #kidlit #middlegrade #disgustology
I can’t wait to get my copy of this fun book by my CP and great friend @teresarobeson.com! #kidlit #science #Disgustology #fun 📚🥳😍
Countdown: 4 more days until #Disgustology releases!! #science #kidlit @annamariajung.bsky.social @mackidssl.bsky.social
I’m super excited to have this fun, freaky, and funny book out with @annamariajung.bsky.social in just 5 days!! #science #kidlit
July 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I can’t wait to get my copy of this fun book by my CP and great friend @teresarobeson.com! #kidlit #science #Disgustology #fun 📚🥳😍
Just…😡🤯😢
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Just…😡🤯😢
Today is #InternationalMudDay! Animals around the world celebrate it every day, but today we can all appreciate slippy, sloppy, sludgy mud! Click here for more on this fun day: www.holidayscalendar.com/event/intern... 🐘🐢🦇🐖🦩🦜🦫🐍🦛 #mudtotherescue #picturebooks #kidlit #STEM #nonfiction #animals #nature
International Mud Day
Even though International Mud Day might seem like a holiday on which adults and children can get down into the mud and have a little bit of fun, the truth of the matter is that this holiday has a more...
www.holidayscalendar.com
June 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Today is #InternationalMudDay! Animals around the world celebrate it every day, but today we can all appreciate slippy, sloppy, sludgy mud! Click here for more on this fun day: www.holidayscalendar.com/event/intern... 🐘🐢🦇🐖🦩🦜🦫🐍🦛 #mudtotherescue #picturebooks #kidlit #STEM #nonfiction #animals #nature
I’m so honored to be featured on one of my favorite kidlit sites! 📚
We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book MUD TO THE RESCUE! HOW ANIMALS USE MUD TO THRIVE AND SURVIVE by @tanyakonerman.bsky.social, illusby Melanie Cataldo (Web of Life Children's Books).
To enter, L + RP & confirm your entry in our weekly update: www.kidlit411.com/2025/06/the-...
To enter, L + RP & confirm your entry in our weekly update: www.kidlit411.com/2025/06/the-...
June 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I’m so honored to be featured on one of my favorite kidlit sites! 📚
Reposted by Tanya Konerman, Kidlit Author 📚
Don’t miss my June interview on #PictureBookPlaces with debut author Tanya Konerman. We’ll stop by a few muddy places and discuss Tanya’s book MUD TO THE RESCUE! Visit heatherdawntorres.com/blog for the full interview and to enter the giveaway!
#authorinterview #debutpicturebook
#mudtotherescue
#authorinterview #debutpicturebook
#mudtotherescue
June 21, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Don’t miss my June interview on #PictureBookPlaces with debut author Tanya Konerman. We’ll stop by a few muddy places and discuss Tanya’s book MUD TO THE RESCUE! Visit heatherdawntorres.com/blog for the full interview and to enter the giveaway!
#authorinterview #debutpicturebook
#mudtotherescue
#authorinterview #debutpicturebook
#mudtotherescue
Congrats to @tanyakonerman.bsky.social and Melanie Cataldo for this wonderful review from Publishers Weekly for MUD TO THE RESCUE! HOW ANIMALS USE MUD TO THRIVE AND SURVIVE!
"...a fully immersive and engaging experience that will captivate young readers.”
"...a fully immersive and engaging experience that will captivate young readers.”
June 16, 2025 at 11:39 PM
New month, new newsletter! 📚✍️https://tanyakonerman.wordpress.com/2025/06/02/tanya-konermans-june-july-2025-author-newsletter/
Tanya Konerman’s June/July 2025 Author Newsletter
The year keeps rolling on, each nice day going by faster than the last as we approach the summer solstice. I’m keeping busy, rolling on too, marketing my new book, researching, and writing mo…
tanyakonerman.wordpress.com
June 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
New month, new newsletter! 📚✍️https://tanyakonerman.wordpress.com/2025/06/02/tanya-konermans-june-july-2025-author-newsletter/
Behind the Scenes: "Organizing Facts for the Audience and Current Market" by Tanya Konerman #writing #picturebooks #kidlit #mudtotherescue #writingprocess #nonfiction bethandersonwriter.com/2025/05/30/b...
Behind the Scenes: “Organizing Facts for the Audience and Current Market” by Tanya Konerman
Ah, the fun of mud! But how does one create a viable manuscript with this topic and a pile of information? Like a mudpie, it takes some squishing and slopping and playing around. Here’s a pos…
bethandersonwriter.com
May 31, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Behind the Scenes: "Organizing Facts for the Audience and Current Market" by Tanya Konerman #writing #picturebooks #kidlit #mudtotherescue #writingprocess #nonfiction bethandersonwriter.com/2025/05/30/b...