Macmillan Children's School & Library Marketing @mackidssl.bsky.social We are the MacKids School & Library marketing team! Follow us for news about books for kids & teens and resources for teachers & librarians!
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Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social Los Angeles via Hampton U via Houston
Concept Artist: Sinners, Wakanda, TheyClonedTyrone, etc.
www.NIKKOLAS.art
Kwame Mbalia @kwamembalia.bsky.social Husband, father, writer, Publisher w/ FREEDOM FIRE.
Black By Popular Demand: https://kwamembalia.substack.com
Shelia P. Moses @sheliapmoses.bsky.social 
Malcolm Newsome @mnewsome.bsky.social Author: DEAR STAR BABY | SYDNEY'S BIG SPEECH | I AM THE SPIRIT OF JUSTICE | DADDY-DAUGHTER DANCE
Rep: James McGowan | Hacker @Crux Security
www.malcolmnewsome.com
This Is NOT Business As Usual @jemartisby.bsky.social ✍🏽 NYT bestselling author | Historian
📖 Faith, justice, religion
✨ Follow JemarTisby.Substack.com for personal insights & history that matters
Cheryl Willis Hudson @chudson-author-66.bsky.social Author, editor, publisher and proud member of the #kidlit community. 
DeAndra Hodge | Illustrator and Designer @deandrahodge.bsky.social NAACP Image Award Winning Illustrator
Rep. By Christy T. Ewers @the_cat_agency
📍Washington D.C.
💌 hodgedeandra@gmail.com
www.deandrahodge.com
Dean Robbins @deanrobbins.bsky.social Author of nonfiction children's books for Scholastic, Penguin Random House, Candlewick and Macmillan. Margaret and the Moon, The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon, The Fastest Drummer, Two Friends, The Shape of Things, the You Are a Star series, and more. 
Anne Wynter @annewynter.bsky.social Writing books. Reading books.
Gordon C. James @gordoncjamesart.bsky.social Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Honors winner, Society of Illustrators Gold Medalist, the only illustrator to have won the Kirkus Prize twice.
Loveis Wise @loveiswise.bsky.social 🍉🏳️⚧️🤎multidisciplinary shapeshifter making pictures and stories about joy & tenderness☁️
📍LA
Amanda Gorman @amandagorman.bsky.social Poet, Activist and Model. Advocate for gender justice, racial equality, and the environment.
https://amandagormanbooks.com/
The Literate Lizard @theliteratelizard.bsky.social An online-only & very woke bookstore in Arizona. Over 20 years in the book biz. We cater to the liberal point of view. Post as DebtorsPrison on Daily Kos. Books, politics, world travel, history. Support is appreciated: https://theliteratelizard.com 
Leah Thomas📝 @leahthomaswrites.bsky.social MSEd • Co-Author at Two Writing Teachers Blog • Gateway Writing Project • Kindergarten Teacher in St. Louis, MO • Kirkwood School District • Passionate about young readers and writers
Mattrkay @mattrkay.bsky.social Girl Dad, Educator, and Author
@elizawoods.bsky.social @elizawoods.bsky.social 
Meghan Wilson Duff 🦑 @mwduff.bsky.social Picture book author, psych professor, excels at typos, in a tide pool if possible, 🦑 IDIC 🖖 they/them www.meghanwilsonduff.com
They're concentration camps & it's genocide. No one should be okay w/ it.
AI "illustrations" = blocked
Julia McCarthy @thejumbles.bsky.social Senior Editor at S&S Atheneum by day, purveyor of dad jokes by night, eternal sea hag. My tweets are my own. she/her 🇧🇷🇺🇸 Avatar by the wonderful Tanya J. Scott
http://bit.ly/juliambooks
Jyoti Rajan Gopal @jyotigopal.bsky.social American Desi, writer/teacher/mom/podcaster. Passionate about books, play, SWI. #12x12 #SCBWI @PBcrew22 @PBSpree @upliftkidlit @WendiLuluGu @HGLiterary linktr.ee/jyotirajangopal
Kari Lavelle @karilavellewrites.bsky.social Author of the BUTT OR FACE? series, ODE TO GRAPEFRUIT: HOW JAMES EARL JONES FOUND HIS VOICE (illustrated by Bryan Collier), and WE MOVE THE WORLD (illustrated by @nabihaiderali.bsky.social)
Carrie Finison @carriefinison.bsky.social Writer, reader, rhymer, dreamer. Author of Don't Hug Doug, Dozens of Doughnuts & other picture books that don’t start with the letter D.
Find me online: carriefinison.com
Andrew Hacket @andrewchacket.bsky.social Picture book author & elementary educator
Up next:
IN THIS CLASSROOM (Spring 2026)
SQUIRREL & TURTLE: THIS BOOK HAS BIG WORDS (Fall 2027)
https://t.co/YSBfW8Jq3
Sita Singh @sitawrites.bsky.social Author of Picture Books 🇮🇳🇺🇸
BIRDS OF A FEATHER
MANGO MEMORIES
Upcoming titles:
LET’S CELEBRATE DIWALI
INDIGO HANDS
Pernille Schmidt Ripp @pernille.bsky.social Global educator living her best life, mom, writer, speaker, creator of the Global Read Aloud and always in search of a great book and a cup of tea. Now a primary teacher ❤️ in DK 🇩🇰 Used to be a teacher in Wisconsin, 🇺🇸
Clarice Moran @claricemoran.bsky.social English education professor, digital literacies explorer, author, runner, traveler, nature lover, chocolate eater, beer drinker.
Florida 👉North Carolina
Kevin Moberg, Ph.D. @kevinmoberg.bsky.social Higher ed administrator (English, communication, philosophy, religion, art); academic in English, education, and leadership
Thelia Hutchinson @theliahutchinson.bsky.social 💖🇯🇲📚🦋Kidlit Author/Registered Nurse/Mom
MORE THAN YOU IMAGINE (Soaring Kite Books, 2024)/ @lernerbooks @12x12challenge/@SCBWI/@PBBUDS/@MIGHTYKIDLIT
linktr.ee/theliahutchinson
Mary Kijanowski @mklepps.bsky.social Teacher and mom. Chicagoland Truly dislike the color orange. 
Appalachian Learning Initiative @appli.org The Appalachian Learning Initiative (APPLI, like “apply”) is a Morgantown, WV-based 501(c)(3) non-profit that conducts research on, reports data about, and advocates for issues impacting adults living in the Appalachian Region.
https://linktr.ee/APPLIOrg
Nicki Lee @northnic.bsky.social Teacher, writer, reader
(she/her)
Audrey Vernick @audrey-vernick.bsky.social Not to brag, but I’m a living NJ author of books for young readers; avid reader of all things; and lover of fluffy dogs and baseball, with the palate of a nine-year-old. she/her
www.audreyvernick.com
@barblady.bsky.social @barblady.bsky.social 
Amy Brennan @amybrennan.bsky.social Principal of Cutchogue East Elementary School
Reader, writer, and thinker who loves to learn, teach and lead. 
Aliza Werner @alizawerner.bsky.social Educator. Literacy Consultant. Reader. Writer. NCTE. Traveler. Knitter. Wife. Dog Mom x2. Jewish. she/her
nanaekuawriter @nanaekuawriter.bsky.social 
Bookelicious @bookelicious.bsky.social ❤️ Bookmoji Book-Matching Technology
📚 Curated Online Children's Bookshop
🎒 Virtual Author Visits
🧑🏫 PD Webinars
🛍️ PopUp Shops Fundraisers
Ritu Hemnani @rituhemwrites.bsky.social Children's Author
LION OF THE SKY: HarperCollins/Balzer+Bray MG Novel in Verse '24 THEIR STORY IS OUR STORY: Chronicle Books NNF PB '26
Represented by Rubin Pfeffer
Kimberly Bower @gladeslibrarian.bsky.social Instructional Specialist, Teacher/Librarian, #Foodie, Adventurer, Googly, #knitter, #crafter #writer #EduSky #TLSky #GoogleTrainer #GoogleEdu #BookCreatorAmbassador
Ozzy 💙 @handle.invalid Gaming 🎮 | Music 🎶 | Politics💙 | Tech | 🏳️🌈
Kathy Fork @babyfork.bsky.social Former teacher and school librarian 📚
Currently writing for kids 📝
Repped by @juliebookagent.bsky.social
at East/West Literary 📖
Dolly Parton is my patron saint 🦋
Bill Murray is my spirit animal 👻
aka Babyfork 🧀🌈🦄 🌮🦉🌲
Margo Clifford @meclifford.bsky.social Children’s Author. Teacher. Dog Mom. World Traveler. Seeker of Knowledge. Member of a big Italian and Irish Family.
Chris @chrisp16.bsky.social Educator for 40 yrs|reading specialist|Reader|lifelong learner|tennis player|someone who is dedicated to education and the sciences of reading
Sue Fliess @suefliess.bsky.social Children’s book author of over 50 books, school presenter, freelance writer, decent cook. Travels whenever possible. Rep’d by Unter Agency. www.suefliess.com
eugene @eugene290390.bsky.social And I must not forget, we must not forget, that we are human beings.
PeeCee @thatpaulachase.bsky.social On the lam from my day job moonlighting as a critically acclaimed Upper MG and YA author, Co-founder of The Brown Bookshelf and momager to MDBallerina. Rep: Jennifer Carlson, DCL Literary Linktr.ee/paulachase
Tracey Baptiste @traceybaptiste.bsky.social Author. Educator.
Lisa Stringfellow @engagereaders.bsky.social Author. KINGDOM OF DUST (8/20/24), A COMB OF WISHES, HarperCollins/Quill Tree Books. Educator integrating literacy, equity, & social justice. Rep @lindsaydauld
Sharon Langley @sharonlangley.bsky.social Author. Educator. Voice Actor.
https://gunpowderpress.com/product/women-in-a-golden-state/
@tamekafryerbrown.bsky.social @tamekafryerbrown.bsky.social 
Melanie Conklin @melanieconklin.bsky.social Creative Living ✨
Writing coach @thenovelry
Author • Designer • HOH
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Valerie Bolling @valeriebolling.bsky.social Author of books for children and teachers | Longtime educator | DEIAB advocate | Born in NY | Raised and resides in CT
https://valeriebolling.com
Authors Guild; SCBWI; 12x12; Boyds Mills, #kidlit #PB #earlyreaders #booksforteachers
Kelly Starling Lyons @kelstarly.bsky.social Children’s Book Author and Teaching Artist
www.kellystarlinglyons.com
Nadia Salomon @nadiasalomon.bsky.social Author, Book Blogger, Speaker
Kathy Halsey @infowoman.bsky.social Kid lit Author | 📚🖌 Ask Infowoman: A Library Consult |PBChat Mentee |Corgis | NFNerd |Former Storyteller Academy Community Manager | Retired Librarian | https://www.kathyhalsey.com/
Twitter handle: @infowoman1
Sara Fajardo @safajarwrites.bsky.social Dual immersion teacher and author I Crack Goes the Cascarón '25 I Alberto Salas Plays Paka Paka con la Papa '25 I A Tanta Wawa for Abuelo '26
Repped by Nicole Geiger-Full Circle Literary
#LatinxPitch Co-founder
she/Ella
www.sarafajardowrites.com
Cynthia Harmony @cynthiaharmony.bsky.social #Kidlit Author
Latest: Apapacho Love, Forest en Familia
A Flicker of Hope /Un Aleteo de Esperanza 🦋
Upcoming: Row Sow Grow '27, Hasta Pronto is a Promise '27
linktr.ee/cynthiaharmony
Melanie Sheppard @melaniejsheppard.bsky.social Kidlit author. Former school librarian. Lover of cozy hobbies and long walks outside. Rep’d by Sam Farkas.
Paula Henson @paulahenson.bsky.social Award-winning author of WHO NEEDS A FOREST FIRE #NautilusAward #SkippingStoneAward #IndieExcellenceAward #middlegrade #nonfictionkids #picturebooks #educator #kidlit #12x12 www.paulahenson.com www.terrabellabooks.com
Yolo Akili Robinson @yoloakili.bsky.social Cornbread connoisseur. Healing Justice Worker. Founder & Executive Director of (BEAM) the Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective (YoloAkili.com) (Beam.community) Opinions Are My Own
Kindel Turner Nash @ktnash.bsky.social Humans, Culture, Teaching, Early Literacy
Believer that Children Come Full
Spangler Distinguished Professor at App State University
Nora Oney @nosusu57.bsky.social ELA teacher, reader, news junkie, shapeshifter, Anglophile, fashionista, lover of all things charming and sublime.
Miguel Guhlin @mguhlin.bsky.social #BanICE #Educator #SupportPeople #Humanist #Skeptic More at mguhlin.org 📎🇵🇦🗽🇺🇸🌎
JoJoKC 💙🏳️🌈 | Queertauqua @jpe1974.bsky.social Senior Recruiter @ Tallgrass Freight | Apple geek | LEGO reseller | Politics, history & culture | Proud husband of Queertauqua’s creator—bringing overlooked queer history out of the archives and onto the stage. 🏳️🌈 queertauqua.org
ktinguely.bsky.social @ktinguely.bsky.social K-5 MN Teacher Librarian ~ Experienced TOSA Peer Coach ~ Licensed K-6 Classroom ~ Presenter ~ SeesawCertifiedEducator ~ AppleLearningCoach ~ Reader ~ Learner ~ Reflective Practitioner ~ Mom of 3 ❤️
https://sites.google.com/plsas.org/mrstvirtuallibrary/home
Dr BBB @breesebbusyphd.bsky.social Walking in my calling. Teaching with truth. Writing what the ancestors whisper to me.
Black, bold, and breathing life into legacy through education, advocacy, and the written word.
Spirit led. Philly rooted. Founder of A Matter of Xpression (AMX).
@cindylrodriguez.bsky.social @cindylrodriguez.bsky.social Children’s author | Senior Editor at Curriculum Associates | Democrat | former teacher & journalist | Mom to an amazing teen and two spoiled dogs
Jean Reagan @jeanreaganbooks.bsky.social Children's author of TURBO'S SPECIAL DELIVERY (ill. by Eduardo Marticorena) and the HOW-TO series with Knopf, Random House, ill. by Lee Wildish: HOW TO BABYSIT A GRANDPA, etc. 
Andrea Honigsfeld @ahonigsfeld.bsky.social Professor of TESOL Teacher Education, Author, Mom, Native of Hungary, Yoga Enthusiast, Fulbright Scholar, English Language Program Specialist https://andreahonigsfeld.com
Kathleen Barker @msbarkerreads.bsky.social Historian, Educator, Librarian, Dog mom.
Scott Jarvie @scottjarvie.bsky.social Assistant professor at San Jose State studying the ambiguities: English ed, curriculum, affect, teacher experience.
Read my work here: https://sjsu.academia.edu/ScottJarvie & here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Scott-Jarvie
Kristin Ziemke is having a BOOK LAUNCH @kristinziemke.bsky.social Teacher & author of READ THE WORLD: Rethinking Literacy for Empathy & Action in a Digital Age. ADE, NBCT, staff developer, evolving learner. she/her 📚📱🌏❤️
Paul Meisel Kid Lit @pdmeisel.bsky.social children's book illustrator/author. #kidlit
MJ @mjazzy.bsky.social Lover of travel, museums, books, and Prince
Voter
92% ✊🏾
Protecting my peace.
🔺🐘
Teacher
Amy @amyfrancis.bsky.social Retired, grandma, golfer, resister! ❄️🕊️💙💛🇺🇸🦋😔
Aileen Hower @ahowerliteracy.bsky.social Mom of 3 👾🎮🏐🏀
Millersville University Associate Prof & Grad Coord. of Lang & Literacy, KSLA, ILA, IDA-PA, #nErDCampPA
❤️ 🐈🐈⬛🎾
Jessica Walsh @jessicawalshedu.bsky.social Middle School ELA + World Geography Teacher 📖🌏 Formerly @storiestoldinsf
Cindi Koudelka @cmkoudelka.bsky.social Public school educator ~ Adjunct Professor ~ Researcher of Young Adult Literature, Adolescent Literacies, Agency, & Equity ~ she/her ~ posts=own views
The Sartorial Librarians Podcast @sartoriallibrary.bsky.social Join @exlibrismrhunt.bsky.social and @paulvinelli.bsky.social for celebrations of picture books & librarian fashion.
Apple: https://apple.co/4e4mM3h
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3ANgYge
Instagram: https://bit.ly/4dCh09b
Julie Hoffman, EdD @hoffiecup.bsky.social She/her Educator. Reader. Writer. Poet. Researcher. Vegan. Abolitionist. Radical listener. NCTE. NAACP. Illinois Reading Council. Shattering barriers. Building bridges.
Actually, it’s Dr. Hoffman.
Kathy @kcmh.bsky.social Democrat, Progressive, Blue Heart in Indiana 🌊🌊🌊💙💙💙
LitProfSuz @litprofsuz.bsky.social Associate Professor of Literacy 📚 Wife 💍 Dog Mom 🐶 Teacher 🏫 Reader 📖 Writer 💻 Yogi ☮️ Meditator🧘♀️ Traveler 🗺️ Scuba Diver 🤿 Camper 🏕️ Cheesehead 🧀 Currently Kansan 🌻Breast Cancer Thriver 🌷Endlessly Curious 🔎 Book Dragon 🐉
Kristina Peterson @kristinapeterson.bsky.social Secondary English teacher. Author of AI and the Writing Workshop #AIWW (https://www.heinemann.com/products/1874757.aspx). Secretary of NHCTE. EmpowerEd Consulting. Keynote Speaker.
Dr. Molly Ness @mollyness.bsky.social I read and write about reading and writing. Shameless fan of Bruce Springsteen, the coast of Maine, and independent bookstores. #scienceofreading
Andrea Wang @andreaywang.bsky.social 2022 Newbery Honor, APALA Award, & Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor winner. NYT Best Books 2021. PB & MG author. http://linktr.ee/AndreaYWang Rep: @agentemurph.bsky.social emliterary.com
Literary Heist @literaryheist.bsky.social Taking back the arts!
http://www.literaryheist.com/
#WritingCommunity
Janelle Harper @bxstoryteller.bsky.social MY BLOCK LOOKS LIKE
Author. Dancer. Educator.
BX in da building!
Follow me on IG & Threads 😃
Hollie Wolverton @holliewolverton.bsky.social Picture book author of THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (7/18/27). Mother. Animal & nature lover. Former & future traveler. Minimalist wannabe. Rep'd by Joyce Sweeney. #FirstDraftFriday #SCBWI #12x12
A.J. Irving 🩷💜💙 @ajirving.bsky.social Mama. Wordsmith. Kidlit enthusiast. Lambda Literary Award Finalist. DANCE LIKE A LEAF, THE WISHING FLOWER, THE BI BOOK • Rep: @thejordache.bsky.social • she/her 🏳️🌈 https://ajirving.com/
Jeanette Bradley @jbradley.bsky.social Author/Illustrator of books for kids. LOVE, MAMA, SOMETHING GREAT, NO VOICE TOO SMALL, NO WORLD TOO BIG & forthcoming NO BRAIN THE SAME 🏳️🌈
Dano Moreno @dano-moreno.bsky.social 👋 Hi! I’m Dano. I write for kids.
📘Pride is Love 🏳️🌈
📗Our Wish for You ✨
📕Hope for Ryan White 🌱
Rep’d by Charlotte Wenger
danomoreno.com
Lisa Tolin @lisatolin.bsky.social Editorial Director @ PEN America (formerly Today Show, NBC News, AP) and I write for kids. HOW TO BE A ROCK STAR (2022) CAN YOU IMAGINE? (Atheneum, 2025). #12x12
Helping Kids Rise | KidLit @helpingkidsrise.bsky.social Let us help you discover the best #childrensbooks and reading resources for the whole family. www.kidsbookstagram.com
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Eric Rosswood (He/Him) @ericrosswood.bsky.social Author of the Stonewall Honor picture book, STRONG, featuring the world's first openly gay strongman competitor. Website: linktr.ee/EricRosswood
Henry Herz @henryherz.bsky.social #Author of 14 picture books (I Am Smoke) & many #MG, #YA & adult short stories - #fantasy, #scifi, #horror. #Editor of 10 #anthologies (Combat Monsters). henryherz.com
Agent: Laurie McLean (Fuse Literary)
Jolene Gutiérrez | Kidlit Author & Teacher Librarian @writerjolene.bsky.social #Kidlit writer 📚 #SCBWI member 📚 Teacher librarian in a haunted library 👻 TOO MUCH! AN OVERWHELMING DAY '23 ✨ THE OFRENDA THAT WE BUILT '24 ✨ MAMIACHI AND ME '25 ✨ UNBREAKABLE: A JAPANESE AMERICAN FAMILY IN AN AMERICAN INCARCERATION CAMP '26 ✨ 
Kaz Windness she/her @kazwindness.bsky.social •📕Out now: WORM AND BUTTERFLY (S&S)
•📘Out soon!: TIME TRAVELING CHICKENS (S&S)
•📚Check out: “When You Love a Book” (PRH)
Award-Winning Children’s Book Author-Artist, Art Professor, Autistic-ADHD 🌈📚Books, Classes, Social Media: linktr.ee/KazWindness
Bill Canterbury @billcanterbury.bsky.social Kidlit author, tv writer/producer.
Wrote Simpsons/Pinky&Brain/Clone Wars.
FARM SHARK (June '26, DBYR)
STRANDED PANDAS series ('27/'28, Simon Spotlight)
billcanterbury.com
Amy Chini @amychini.bsky.social #Kidlit writer and sometimes illustrator, making things since 1980. Send me all the vegan things.
#FallWritingFrenzy 2024 Winner #KidLitVibes 2023 Winner #SprinFlingKidLit 2023 (HM) 12th annual #Halloweensie (HM)
www.amychini.com