Hopeful News @hopefulnewshq.bsky.social The newsletter full of good news. Start your day with a smile!
Sue Sutherland, Author - TWELVE DAYS AT GLACIER @suemt.bsky.social Debut picture book author - TWELVE DAYS AT GLACIER, granola girl, weaver, quilter, traveler, photographer, 12x12, Montana SCBWI
Coming Soon - HOW HANNAH GOT HER LUMP OF COAL (2026), TWELVE DAYS AT YELLOWSTONE (2027), & NOTHING BUT NET TROUBLE
Jessica Braidan @jessicabraidan.bsky.social 📚 Color & Discover series — fact-and-coloring books for curious kids 4 and up. Surprising facts + bold pictures to color + try-it activities. Read, create, discover, screen-free. 🦕🚀🐴 jessicabraidan.com
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#KidlitZombieWeek @kidlitzombieweek.bsky.social Hosts of #KidlitZombieWeek 2026, @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social @rebecca-ensign.bsky.social @monicafreewoman.bsky.social @janmilusich.bsky.social @drenderturmaud.bsky.social @kcstrocchia.bsky.social
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/kidlit-zombie-week/
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
Charles Reyna Art @charlesreynaart.bsky.social Hi, I'm Charles Anthony Reyna, Abstract Visual Artist based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. My inspiration comes from nature as well as urban areas.
DearEditorDotCom @deareditordotcom.bsky.social Deborah Halverson—“The Editor”—posts writing tips, inspirations, news, & alerts when she answers new questions from writers on DearEditor.com
Claire Blumenfeld @cblumenfeld.bsky.social K-12 Reading Specialist, PBWriter, reader, mom, SCBWI #12x12PB #InkedVoices mentee www.ClaireBlumenfeld.com
CRANKY HANK and THE NOISY NEIGHBORS: A PURIM STORY (spring 2027, Kar-Ben)
I Quit Smoking 🚭 📚 🐕 @iquitcigs.bsky.social Anti-Smoker My Website campralquitsmoking.net See How I Quit 20 Years Ago Fought Nicotine 35 Years Supporting others who Quit 🚭 STL MO ❤️To Promote Authors 📚 & Ozarks 🌄 Photographer 📷 Pez Add @piperformissouri.bsky.social @jesspiperfanpage.bsky.social 💙
swansonwtoon @swansonwtoon.bsky.social Official channel for sharing and promoting my webtoon on Webtoon Canvas
I hope I can capture your attention.
USA
https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/the-infinite-journey-/list?title_no=1078778
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
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Postscript (Book Formatter, Cover Designer and Socials Post Maker): https://book-shelfie.com/postscript
SelfPubShelf | Your Book’s Escape from Algorithm Jail @selfpubshelf.com Tired of shouting into Amazon’s void? SelfPubShelf.com is the indie author’s rebellion against invisibility.
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We Do What Amazon Won’t:
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Layne Johnson | Children’s Author - Is Querying @laynejohnsonkidlit.bsky.social Layne Johnson is a picture book writer/aspiring illustrator. #SCBWI. Humor and Heart|STEAM and SEL|ADHD #amquerying
Website: https://laynejohnsonkidsbooks.com/
Picture Book Summit @picturebooksummit.bsky.social The original online writing conference JUST for Picture Book Creators, established in 2015. Join us ONLINE on Oct. 3 2026 with Superstar Speakers Derrick Barnes, Deborah Underwood, and Brian Lies! picturebooksummit.com
Meredith Downes @meredithdownes.bsky.social Children’s author and illustrator, once upon a time scientist/archaeologist. My debut middle grade novel, “Liam the Chid & the Kangaroo Warriors” - coming 31 August!
Roxanne Troup @roxannetroup.bsky.social Children's Author | Ghostwriter of #picturebooks and #nonfiction #kidlit https://roxannetroup.com
My Books:
MY GRANDPA, MY TREE, AND ME (2023)
REACHING FOR THE STARS (2024)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA! (2026)
LIKE WE USED TO (2027)
Xbox720ConceptImage @xbox720conceptimg.bsky.social Someone better squabble up
He/Him
Rachel Funez @rachelfunez.bsky.social #Kidlit #Author | #12x12 | #SCBWI | repp’d by Vicki Selvaggio @Storm Lit | @vickiselvaggio.bsky.social
Debut #PB: SONIA AND THE SUPER DUPER DISASTER | Illustrated by Kelly Kennedy | Free Spirit Publishing
@larryd56.bsky.social @larryd56.bsky.social 
Carmela LaVigna Coyle @carmelacoyle.bsky.social Writer of stories for little ones; seeker of joyful endeavors…
R. Ch. Garcia [he/us/All] @rudychg.bsky.social Chicano fantasy author of kids and YA stories. forcibly retired bilingual elem. teacher, gardener, woodworker, husband, abuelo, dog-cat-birds sitter, bourbon-craftbeer fan
Chance Durant @chancedurant.bsky.social Author, Game Designer, TTRPG player, Nerd, Father, Husband, Christian, lover of all things Shenanigan, Co-Creator of Carbyne Jungle & LokDown TTRPGs, Author of Sci-Fi Novel Construct, Believer in Nazi Punching, Guillotined my Twitter account for blue skies
Amanda Lenz @lenzillustration.bsky.social Illustration + Design for children’s, portraiture, nature and beyond.
❉ lenzillustration.com ❉
let’s chat: amanda@lenzillustration.com
Candace Spizzirri 📚 @candacespizzirri.bsky.social Children’s author 📚young-minded grandma FINLEY: A MOOSE IN CHARTREUSE 🫎💚 FINLEY: A MOOSE ON THE CABOOSE 🫎🚂 FISHING WITH GRANDPA AND SKYE 🎣🐠 AMBER MAE AND HER STRAYS (2027) 🦥🐧🐊🦒 🦛 Rep: Ritu Anand D4EO ❤️ #SCBWI #12x12
Todd Mitchell @toddmitchellbooks.bsky.social In high school I was voted "Most likely to go insane." Instead, I write novels with Scholastic, Random House, Candlewick, & Owl Hollow Press. My most recent non-fiction book (for fellow creators) is Breakthrough. CreativePersonalDevelopment.com
Charlotte Gunnufson @charlottegunnufson.bsky.social Children's Book Author
Hard Hat Hank and Eight, Nine, Tengineers #DisneyBooks
Dream Submarine @CandlewickPress.bsky.social
School Spirits 2026 @SimonKids.bsky.social
Halloween Hustle, rep'd by @SamBFarkas.bsky.social
cbrownwolf @cbrownwolf.bsky.social writer. artist. creative coach. teacher. popcorn junkie.
she/her
Author Carol Colyer @colyerc.bsky.social In between creating stories of love, laughter and HEAs, Do you know what? 🤔I tame horses 😀😊📚.
https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B07GCXW79J/allbooks?ingress=0&visitId=70d2f978-492a-486a-8ea0-17bacb471b3f&ref_=ap_rdr
#HistoricalFiction #WritingCommunity
Julie Hedlund @juliefhedlund.bsky.social Picture Book author & Founder, #12x12PB @12x12challenge.bsky.social & co-founder @pbsubmissions.bsky.social. SONG AFTER SONG: Julie Andrews Bio (2023, little bee), OVER, BEAR! UNDER, WHERE? (2021, Philomel) juliehedlund.com
Elizabeth Everett | Educator & Kidlit Author 📚 @elizabetheverett.bsky.social ➡️ Boosting books for #Teachers, #Educators, #Librarians, #Parents, #Authors, #Writers, and #Readers
💙 Former #Teacher turned #Homeschool mama
✏️ #Kidlit #Writer and #SCBWI member
📚 #PB #Author rep'd by Michelle Witte
🖱️ elizabetheverettbooks.com
Christy Matthes | Kidlit Writer @christymatthes.bsky.social Children's book writer, nature and animal lover, cat wrangler, promotions coordinator for SCBWI-Michigan and a member of the editorial team for The Mitten, SCBWI-Michigan's blog. #12x12, #SCBWI, Rate Your Story
Dustin Resch @reschasketch.bsky.social Kid lit illustrator/author, rep'd by Karly Dizon at Fuse. OCTAVIO debut PB coming Spring 2026!
Connie Bergstein Dow @movingislearning.com Dancer, Teacher, Author:
Free Spirit Publishing, Redleaf Press, Young Dragons Press, #Highlights #Cricket Babybug, Journal of Dance Education, Young Children, Early Childhood News
#SCBWI #AuthorsGuild, #NDEO, #NAEYC, Colorado Authors League
Joanna Szeto @szetoj.bsky.social children's book author, Chinese bilingual teacher, #SCBWI #12X12
https://linktr.ee/joannaszetowrites
Lynn Becker @lynnbbooks.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Author of MONSTERS IN THE BRINY, JUNE MOON, and GHOST TOWN IN THE MOUNTAINS (2026). Children’s book reviewer for Shelf Awareness. http://lynnbeckerbooks.com
Anna Harber Freeman @annaharberfreeman.bsky.social K-12 art teacher | #kidlit author | enrolled member of the Osage Nation | rep’d by @literarylesliez
#SCBWI #kidlit #arted
www.annaharberfreeman.com
Brenna Jeanneret @brennajeanneret.bsky.social #Kidlitauthor #PB #GN #NF
THE LAW OF BIRTHDAYS ('24)
A BIKE IS NOT JUST A BIKE (26)
DUDES OF DISPOSAL ('26)
Co-host of You May Contribute A Verse
@JoshMonkwords.bsky.social
https://brennajeanneret.com/index.html
Tiffany Painter @tiffanypainter.bsky.social MG author, SCBWI, Haiku writer, dog walker, cat lover, storyteller, Paints With Words, former teacher
tiffanypainter.com
Susan Wroble @susanwroble.bsky.social THE DAWN CHORUS (Holiday House, 2/16/27) #Kidlit #STEM @SCBWIRockyMtn member, Therapy dog handler, Leader 2E support group, https://susanwroble.com, KidLit Bird Book Reviews https://www.10000birds.com/author/susan. Repped by Sara Megibow at MLA
Ellen Hokanson @ellenhokanson.bsky.social She/her.
Writing a #HistoricalNovel about cross-cultural friendship and misunderstanding in 1824 London.
Alt text:
A white woman on a seashore.
A 1950s photo of a mom reading a book (unseen) to 4, 2, and 6-year-old kids.
12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge @12x12challenge.bsky.social 12 x 12 is a diverse community of picture book authors and illustrators at all levels. You get accountability & support in the goal to write 1 new PB draft each month + more! Registration open now! https://12x12challenge.com/membership. 
ET Charles @etcharles.bsky.social Read, write, sketch. Writer, librarian.
Honored to have The Dirigible Balloon publish my poems.
#SCBWI #kidlit #MG https://bethsbiblio.blogspot.com/ 
Natasha Wing/Kidlit Author @natashawingauthor.bsky.social Best-selling children's book author. Creator of The Night Before series. SCBWI member. www.natashawing.com
Megan Troup @megantroup.bsky.social MG & YA Writer; Mom of Teens; Hiker/Explorer; Highlights Scholarship Recipient; RMC SCBWI Golden Pen Award Finalist; WM Novel-In-Development Reader’s Favorite; https://megantroupbooks.com
Sadee Schilling @sadeeschilling.bsky.social teacher & artist 🎨 comics, #kidlit illustration, cut paper collage 🦋🐝AuDHD 📚grounded by books, my ginger kitty, fairy lights & tea 🏕 Colorado ☀️ https://www.sadeeschilling.com
Heather Caspi @heathercaspi.bsky.social Fiction writer, freelance writer, kid/cat/dog mom. SCBWI, MG Hub. https://heathercaspi.com
Paula Obering @paulaobering.bsky.social Kidlit Writer (MG & PB), SCBWI & 12x12 Member, Fan of all things book related … libraries are my happy place. Dog lover, Shelter Volunteer 🐾🐶
Jamie Donahoe @jamiedonahoe.bsky.social Reader, Kidlit Writer, Traveler and Info Junkie: books, chocolate, travel, historic buildings, food, climate justice, geocaching
she/her
#kidlit #12x12PB #SCBWI
RIVERS.JOHNSON @rivers30.bsky.social Illustrator looking for an agent. Open for commissions.
Rivers.illustrations@gmail.com
Laura Roettiger @ljrwritenow.bsky.social KidLit Author, Photographer, Educator
2 trad pub #PB #STEM + #Kindness
Here to connect with #Teachers, #Librarians, #Kidlit #Edusky
https://lauraroettigerbooks.com/
@picturebookgold.bsky.social 🚫DM
#HaikuSaturday #WordlessWednesday
Anya @greenrainart.bsky.social Author-illustrator of children’s books
She/her
#kidlitart
Anyakopotilova.com
Rep’d by Eve Adler at Red Fox Literary
Cara: https://cara.app/greenrainart
Janee Trasler @janeetrasler.bsky.social Children’s book author/illustrator HarperCollins, Scholastic, S&S, FSG, Holiday House
2020 National Cartoonist Society Award Best in Book Illustration
Represented by Jamie Weiss Chilton
Andrea Brown Literary Agency
Kadoodles🫧 @doodlesbykadoodles.bsky.social 🖤Cutie enthusiast artist & gamer
🖤Drawing animals, aliens, fan art & DnD
🛒 Shop or comms @ ko-fi.com/kadoodles
💌doodlesbykadoodles@gmail.com
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