Daniele Arndt @danielearndt1.bsky.social PB author rep'd by Jen Newens, Debut PIG AND SKUNK with Disney Hyperion ‘27 (sequel’28). Friend of Jesus.
Andrea Wickert @librarymusthaves.bsky.social 🌳 Parent | ♡ Book Lover |📍Upstate NY
🖼️ Author + Illustrator
✨ Finding you the best children’s books
💻 Portfolio: andreawickert.com
📖 IG: instagram.com/librarymusthaves
🍄 Shop: shop.hedgerowgeneral.com
Claire Woodend @clairewoodend.bsky.social Budding picture book writer.
CANSCAIP '25 Long List (x2)
#PBParty '25 Honorable Mention.
Trivia nerd. Would do anything for my cats.
Victoria, BC. 🏳️⚧️
Lori Knutsen: Kidlit Writer, Teacher and Photographer @lknutsenkidlit.bsky.social I write #PB #YA to uplift, inspire, and entertain kids.❤️ Boy mom. Teacher. Dreamer. #kidlitfirefly #ND 💫📝🌈
Seeking Rep https://loriknutsen.com
#50Preciouswords ‘26‘25 HM
#springflingkidlit ‘25 Winner
#Halloweensie ‘25 HM
#SCBWI
#12X12
#PBRS Col
Allison Hackworth @allisonhackworth.bsky.social Neurodiverse mom, wife, and nurse who absolutely loves creating colorful, spooky picture books with her husband! 📚📖✏️🎨🖌️👻💀🧟🧛🏼🦇🎃♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
Brock Stephen Henning @bshenning.bsky.social #kidlit @SCBWIRockyMtn member 📚 MG Author/Illustrator of HACKERS: WORM EATER and the HACKERS series 👾 gamer, sax player, fly fisher, tech geek, film buff 🌐 www.brockhenning.com
Kelly Crull 🦊 @kellycrull.bsky.social Author, illustrator, and photographer of picture books for children. THE BLACK MAMBAS (Lerner 2025), WASHED ASHORE (Lerner 2022). Rep’d by Deborah Warren. #kidlit 🇪🇸🇺🇸
Sherry @shdubis.bsky.social Unagented PB writer, Member of SCBWI, 12x12, Reading advocate & literacy tutor. Cross-country skier, hiker, and “closet” organizer.
Andi Diehn @andidiehn.bsky.social Writer. Editor. Safe person. Loves queer lit, little free libraries, running. Also loves dogs, cats, ducks. Knits blobby shawls. Author of 20ish #kidlit books, editor/marketer at Nomad Press. Here to help.
Jeanne Walker Harvey @jeannewharvey.bsky.social #kidlit author! I value the power of words, art, dancing & chocolate.
I love writing picture book bios about inspiring creative people!
Recent books: THE GLASS PYRAMID, ELSE B. IN THE SEA, ABLAZE WITH COLOR & DRESSING UP THE STARS. jeanneharvey.com
Angela Antonelli @skybrary.bsky.social #Librarian, K-4 | #Kidlit Writer | #SCBWI | #12x12 | #CTCASL Board Member | #STEM
Jessica Ralli @jessicaralli.bsky.social Manager of #EarlyLiteracy Programs & Special Initiatives @ Brooklyn Public Library | #KidLit Writer @ RISE X Penguin Workshop | LJ Mover and Shaker 2020 |
John Gallagher Cartoonist @johnbgallagher.bsky.social Artist/Writer/Educator/Dad; Creator of Max Meow kids' graphic novel series from Random House (Book 5 hits Nov 2023!) Art Director of Ranger Rick magazine www.maxmeow.com
Picture Book Creative Crew @pbcreativecrew.bsky.social Welcome! We are a bountiful bunch of KidLit creatives with picture books sailing your way. Hop aboard! #PBCreativeCrew #picturebookauthor #scbwi
Sarah Ressler @resslerwrites.bsky.social Mom. Music teacher. Picture book author.
Seeking representation
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/
Maryellen Annese @maryellenannese.bsky.social ✍🏻Kidlit writer rep’d by Katie Erickson @ Jennifer De Chiara literary.
🍎Teacher and mom👧🏻👦🏻
#PBParty 2024 finalist, #PBChat mentee 2022 #SCBWI #kidlit http://www.maryellenannese.com
Danielle Anderson @fortheloveofkidlit.bsky.social Freelance editor and aspiring pb author
Massachusetts Authors Against Book Bans @massaabb.bsky.social Massachusetts Authors Against Book Bans is a state affiliate of Authors Against Book Bans, book creators fighting for our freedom to read. #MassFreedomToRead https://www.massfreedomtoread.org/ www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
Jake Lockett, Order MY LIFE AS AN ASTHMANAUT Now! @jlockettauthor1.bsky.social #PB author of MY LIFE AS AN ASTHMANAUT (Free Spirit Publishing, April 14, 2026)
Order here: https://bookshop.org/a/115186/9798885547970
More tales found in Cricket Media & online!
Website: https://www.jakelockett.com/
aNi ilustra @aniilustra.bsky.social 🖌 Children's book author-illustrator #kidlit #kidlitart
✉️ ani.ilustra.asl@gmail.com
🌐 www.aniilustra.com
@laurabower.bsky.social @laurabower.bsky.social picture book author and pre-school teacher.
THE IMPOSTER (Gnome Road Publishing, Spring 2024)
EMILY SNOOK, THE WORLD'S SMALLEST COOK (Gnome Road Publishing Fall 2024)
HAIL THE TAIL (Beach Lane Books/S&S Spring 2027)
Meg Walters Illustrator @megwaltersdesign.bsky.social SCBWI, Children's book illustrator & author
Julia @juliagertrud.bsky.social Librarian. Storytime is the best time.
youth services & rare books and special collections
#librarylife | #bells #changeringing | #neurodivergent #NEISvoid #chronicpain #bendybrain hEDS ADHD
Kristin Nilsen @kristinnilsen.bsky.social bookseller/librarian/author of mg novels WORLDWIDE CRUSH and THE SCOTT FENWICK DIARIES (7.22.25).
Kristinnilsenbooks.com
https://kristinnilsenbooks.substack.com/
Poppreservationists.com
Lisa Carmody Doiron-Author @lisacarmodydoiron.bsky.social SCBWI | CANSCAIP | 12x12 | 2025 Chuckle Challenge Finalist | HM 2025 Halloweensie Contest | HM 2026 Valentiny Contest | AHOY, MATE, AHOY! MISS MOLLY MOLLOY, spring '26
Julie Honan Johnston @juliehonanjohnston.bsky.social Picture Book Author. Owner of Coyote Kids, a secondhand clothing and bookstore for kids in Albany, CA. It's all about the kids! 
Leigh Russell King @lfrk.bsky.social School librarian and book reviewer for ysbookreviews.wordpress.com.
Busy mom of 3 humans and 1 dog. Worcester girl with Maine aspirations.
Katharine Gails @katharinegails.art Picture book Author/Illustrator from Minnesota! Take a look at my portfolio katharinegails.art tell me what you think!!
SuSuVW.bsky.social @susuvw.bsky.social Kidlit author
Allyssa Van Cuyk @avc-art.bsky.social Children's Book Illustrator in central Florida
"The Inclusive Reef: Finn and Hatch" by Tabitha Erbe is available for preorder TODAY! 🐠🪸
https://www.tabithaerbe.com/shop
Open for work and representation ✨
My portfolio: https://www.avc-art.com/
mbwallarice.bsky.social @mbwallarice.bsky.social Grateful Mom & Babi | Writer | Retreat Facilitator Connector of Humans & Ideas + Wonder + Joy = Holy Moments #SCBWI #12x12PB #InkedVoices #StoryStorm #PBParty Finalist 2024 #PBRisingStars Runner-Up 2025
www.thevillagejoymaker.com
Brandon Province @brandonprovince.bsky.social Kidlit illustrator from Missouri, USA.
Mental health advocate, neurodivergent, all-inclusive, father of seven.
Proudly represented by Amy Milligan of Illo Agency.
https://www.provinceart.com
#kidlitart #kidlit #illustrator 
Kate Cosgrove @k8cosgrove.bsky.social KidLit #1 NYT BESTSELLING ILLUSTRATOR 🌈
Rep: Deborah Warren
@eastwestlit.bsky.social
she/her
https://linktr.ee/k8cosgrove?fbclid=PAAabMQUP9aLIDiOylx1JASn-n7ENDVrSKlbPdNyvIGdtGs6qfXIhmjM1BMTk_aem_AQY1
🚫A.I.
SCBWI New York: West/Central Upstate @scbwiwestcentny.bsky.social Dedicated to developing experiences where SCBWI members can grow in their craft, expand their network, and build their writing and illustration goals.
Melisa Wrex @mowrex.bsky.social Twitter defector | Writer of Random Thoughts | Documenter of Family Adirondack Adventures | she/her | #SCBWI | #kidlit | #pb | #Storystorm | #amquerying
LA Kids Book Festival @lakidsbookfest.bsky.social 
Stephanie Owens @stephanieowens.bsky.social 🇨🇦Canadian kidlit author/Photographer/Healthcare professional
Represented by Sharon Belcastro
https://stephaniemcowens.wordpress.com/
Laura Mossa @lauramossa.bsky.social #Kidlit Book Blogger
www.beaglesandbooks.com
Melissa Catena @melissacatena.bsky.social 📚 #Kidlit Author
✏️ Curriculum Developer
📝 Times/Chicken House 2024 Children's Fiction Competition Shortlistee 
Jennifer Gonzalez @cultofpedagogy.bsky.social Teacher of teachers. 
Patty McGee @pmgmcgee.bsky.social Author, Educator, and Consultant AKA Traveling Teacher. As a second grader described, I help make teachers' jobs just a bit easier, and I sometimes teach students.
linktr.ee/pattymcgee
The Author Village @theauthorvillage.bsky.social The Author Village is a collective of forward-thinking and award-winning children’s book creators, educators, and librarians available for in-person and virtual school and library visits, conferences, workshops, and professional development experiences.
Cindy Samul @cindysamul.bsky.social Illustrator with a life-long love of books, cartoons, and gummy bears (but not necessarily in that order). https://linktr.ee/cindysamul #scbwi
Anitra Rowe Schulte @anitraschulte.bsky.social Children’s book author
DANCING WITH DADDY ✨❤️
WILLOW AND BUNNY 🍃🐰
STARLIN chapter books (2026/27)
12x12 | SCBWI
Katie Gilstrap @bykatiegilstrap.bsky.social Author of SPACEMANATEE! (Magination Press), PENNY LU PORCUPINE, and FINNEGAN FOX (Nancy Paulsen Books). 📚
Bestie to @attaboyartie.bsky.social 🐕
Friend to all creatures ❤️🐾
Allie Cornejo @alliethelibrarian.bsky.social 2026 SLJ School Librarian of the Year, Apple Distinguished Educator, LJ Mover & Shaker, TLA Tall Texan, YART Past Chair & Keynote Speaker #booksky
Tenderhearted Teacher @sallymacsam.bsky.social Special education preschool teacher, mom of 2 littles and a rescue dog, ECE blogger, and aspiring PB writer
www.tenderheartedteacher.com
IG: @tenderheartedteacher
#scbwi #12x12challenge #kidlit #pb #writingcommunity #preschool #earlychildhood
Amanda Fletcher @mandyfletcher.bsky.social Co-RA Southern Breeze @SCBWI
#MG #PB writer
#Valentiny '26
#50PreciousWords '25 & '26 HM
#FallWritingFrenzy '24 HM, '25 (Finalist)
#WTMP '24 mentee
Rep: Ritu Anand @ D4EO
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
Josh Monken @joshmonkwords.bsky.social Writer, talker, asker, curiouser. #VerseShow #kidlit podcast with @brennajeanneret. Family man w/2 girls, he/him. http://linktr.ee/VerseShow
Beth Carrison | B&N Bookseller @bcarrisonbn.bsky.social 📚 Helping Schools, Libraries, Hospitals & Businesses Access Books, Games & More!
✨ #Boston #Metrowest #Southshore #Northshore #MA #AEPA #bookvendor
📩 DM or http://linktr.ee/bcarrison
Stephanie Lisa Tara @stephanielisatara.bsky.social 🌟Stephanie Lisa Tara Children's Books®
🌟PRESERVE, CONSERVE, INSPIRE, TEACH.
🌟Founded by a mom who cares,❤️
Amazon.com/dp/0989433404
San Francisco
http://www.stephanielisatara.com
Susan Apps-Bodilly @sabwriter.bsky.social Author, Speaker, Educator, She/Her/Hers
My books: Old Farm County Cookbook, One Room Schools, Seeds in Soil, Timber! - A Northwoods Story of Lumberjacks, Logging, and the Land. 
ReadiLN – Discover & Share Books @readiln.com 📚 Where Readers & Authors Connect!
Discover new books. Share reviews. Connect with authors
🔗 ReadiLN.com
Readers: Explore indie gems & bestsellers.
Authors: Promote books, get reviews & grow your audience.
Join our community of book lovers & storytellers
@librarycats25.bsky.social @librarycats25.bsky.social Teacher-Librarian, 😺📚🏒
https://www.donorschoose.org/project/book-trolley-book-love/9061761/?challengeid=393443 
Caterina Salvatori @caterinawrites.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Picturebook writer. Dog mom.
Kim Campbell @pblove.bsky.social Former Children's Librarian💗 | Big Dreamer | Lover of picture books, the KidLit world, libraries, community, & fart books | Haiku Writer
Website: www.booksbutterfliesandbeing.com
KidLit Acrostics flipbook: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/fe5beff236.htm
David Daily @daviddaily.bsky.social Writer (PB, MG) | rep’d by Elena Giovinazzo
Entrepreneur, salty snack aficionado, outdoor & travel enthusiast, grumpy runner, skilled in cookery, made in Minneapolis | MN
Deena Viviani @deenamlv.bsky.social Kidlit writer & librarian
deena-writes.com
Natalia Iacobelli 📚 @nataliaiacobelli.bsky.social Literary translator 🇮🇹 | Art writer | Rep’d by Rising Bear Literary | PAINTING THE LIGHT: THE STORY OF BERTHE MORISOT (Reycraft ‘26) 🎨 ✨ #SCBWI
nataliaiacobellibooks.com
Brooke Baum @brookebaum.bsky.social 🌟 2025 #PBRisingStars Mentee
🎨 #kidlit author-illustrator
📚 Former children's bookseller and school librarian
😴 Current tired mom
🤓 Self-taught and still self-teaching
Represented by Marissa Brown at Pippin Properties
brookebaum.com
Andrew Auseon @andrewauseon.bsky.social MG/YA Author. Video Game Designer.
SPELLBINDERS: OVERPOWERED now available!
spellbinderbooks.com
andrewauseon.com
Represented by Aevitas Creative Management.
Lauren Whitney (she/her) is querying! @laurenem6.bsky.social Mom of two, #kidlit writer, elementary school librarian, movie-lover, crazy LEGO lady
she/her
David McMullin @davidmcmullin.bsky.social Kidlit Author, FREE TO BE FABULOUS, ROCK 'N' ROLL BABY
Maria @bookit.bsky.social 32 years as an educator, middle school librarian, CASL executive board member, avid reader & hiker. Caretaker of Shelly the library tortoise.
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
@nerdcampct.bsky.social @nerdcampct.bsky.social 
Tatia Gruenbaum @tatiagruenbaum.bsky.social My account for work, stuff & endless project ideas: #picturebooks in #ELT | visiting researcher #tubraunschweig | current research: visual children's #Holocaust literature | 2024 BC ELTons Winner | Co-founder Words & Pictures Library | Coke Zero #2.
Corey King @ckinginator.bsky.social Children's book author, #SCBWI, MBA, musical theatre is my love language, Repped by Lindsay Auld of Writers House
Yashika Mody @yashikamwriting.bsky.social A recovering management consultant turned picture book writer from sunny Singapore #PB #SCBWI #12x12
✍️ Repped by Karly Dizon, Fuse Literary
📚 FUNCLES (Fall 2026, Lantana Publishing)
💻: yashikamodywriting.com
Let’s be friends! https://linktr.ee/yashikamody
Elizabeth Gilbert Bedia @lizbedia.bsky.social Children's Book Author
BESS THE BARN STAND STRONG (PSK)
ARTHUR WANTS A BALLOON (Trigger) | BALLOONS FOR PAPA (HarperKids)
A DINOSAUR'S DAY Series (DK/PRH)
Repped by Charlotte Wenger, Prospect Agency
https://elizabethgilbertbedia.com
Elaine Anderson @eandersonwriter.bsky.social Vermont Writer. Former Teacher. Ilsley Public Library. Yellow House.
SCBWI. MG HUB. #amwriting #amquerying #YA #MG
MG and YA have my heart. 
Kidlit411 @kidlit411.bsky.social Everything kid lit, in one place! A website and community founded by Elaine Kiely Kearns and @sylvialiu.bsky.social. Follow us for weekly links to kid lit resources and book giveaways.
website: kidlit411.com 
Pat Zietlow Miller (she/her) @patzmiller.bsky.social Picture book author. Reader. Bookstore and library lover. All about my kids and cats. Repped by Ammi-Joan Paquette. #Kidlit website: www.patzietlowmiller.com
Ibarra V. Gomez @ibarravgomez.bsky.social Author of kids’ horror fiction and a voracious reader, watcher, and player of stories! Contact: ivg@eml.cc
Oak Tree Comics @oaktreecomics.bsky.social An independent children’s book publisher 📚
Where imagination meets environmentalism🌍
Based out of Los Angeles ☀️
Founded by author Josh Oaktree 🌳
www.oaktreecomics.com/link-tree
Bianca Schulze: The Children's Book Review @tcbrbookreview.bsky.social Founder of The Children's Book Review. Reader-writer-reviewer!
Bestselling author of 101 Books to Read Before You Grow Up, Don't Wake the Dragon, and more. Sharing reviews, book lists, interviews with authors and illustrators, and tips for raising readers.
Books of Wonder @booksofwonder.bsky.social Open 11am-7pm, 7 days a week📚
NYC's largest independent children's bookstore 🌈
Libby Demmon @demmonlikelemon.bsky.social Loves books. Loves kids. Loves kids' books. Not to be trusted around chocolate. libbydemmon.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. 
Roze Nwoga @rozenwoga.bsky.social Kidlit Author
THE WOMAN UNDER THE EL '28 @ Random House Studio
(Consistently forgetting the second parenthesis /Empath/Multiracial/ Mother of Gremli-- I mean boys... two beautiful boys/ Smithie/ MFA Candidate VCFA/ Rep'd by @Joycekay.bsky.social
Hannah Holt @hannahholt.bsky.social Kidlit author, educator, speaker.
💎The Diamond and the Boy
🐧A Father's Love
🐔A History of Underwear with Professor Chicken
#SCBWI #12x12PB
Meryl Suresh @merylwrites.bsky.social #kidlit author in training
#SCBWI
2025 #12x12challenge
2025 #PBRisingStars HM
a 2025 #KidLitZombieWeek Winner
Laura McLam @lauramclam.bsky.social children's book writer, educational media producer, outdoor lover.
curiosity kills stagnation.
Hà Dinh @hellomrsdinh.bsky.social Author. Teacher. Forever learner.
WHERE WILDFLOWERS GROW | THE JADE BRACELET | LY-LAN FINDS A WAY CHAPTER SERIES | THE MOON LANTERN
Repped by: Belcastro Agency
Published with @PenguinRandomHouse @RandomHouseStudio @Zonderkidz @AlbertWhitman
Katie Kulla @katiekulla.bsky.social 🌻 Author FARM-RAISED KIDS (Storey 2024)
🌱 Illustrator EDIBLE (Thames & Hudson 2023)
🥕 Podcaster GROWING FOR MARKET PODCAST
Taylor Woolley @woolleystories.bsky.social Kidlit author and illustrator, graphic designer for higher education, owner of a giant tortoise 🩵✏️📖🐢🩵
BIRTHDAY BASH (2025) | EARTH ROVER (2025)
repd. by Dan Cramer @pageturnerlit.bsky.social
www.woolleystories.com
Janet Halfmann—Children's Author @janethalfmann.bsky.social I am an award-winning children's picture book author focusing on animals, nature, community, and little-known people of achievement. 
Lauren N. Simmons @laurennsimmons1.bsky.social #Kidlit writer. Wife and mom. Loves Jesus.
#50preciouswords HM 24/25, #springflingkidlit HM 25, #sunwritefun win 23/24/25.
Erin L. Thomas @erinthomas.bsky.social Author, Daydreamer, Lover of Yarn
I write books for kids and teens from my home in Whitby, Ontario. I love knitting and sewing, and have a thing for old sewing machines and typewriters. I'm happiest when surrounded by my wonderful family and pets. 
Scott Rothman @scottrothmanwriter.bsky.social Writer of Underwear Dragon kid's books (Random House), the football movie DRAFT DAY and other stuff. My newest books are KITTYBUNKPORT (Viking) and WARM AND FUZZY (Tundra).
www.scottrothmanwriter.com
Ryan T. Pozzi @ryantpozzi.bsky.social Nonfiction writer. Author of The Mess That Made Them (Bloomsbury, 2026). | 🏠 Council Bluffs, IA (Omaha Metro Area) | Rep: Anderson Literary Agency
Michelle S. Kennedy - Children's Picture Book Writer and Poet @michelleskennedy.bsky.social https://www.michelleskennedy.com/
https://x.com/MichelleSKenned
#PBWriter. Wife & mom. Loves Jesus. #SCBWI Southern Breeze Co-Asst. Regional Advisor, #12x12, #PBParty Finalist '24, '23, & '22 and #50PreciousWords HM '26, 25 and '23.
Suzanne Beaky Illustration @suzannebeaky.bsky.social Children’s Illustrator. Cat Lover. Avid Gardener.
You can find my portfolio at http://www.suzannebeaky.com
Margaret Pecelli @margaretpecelli.bsky.social Here for the #kidlit and the #homeschooling fun.
Melissa Stoller Author @melissastoller.bsky.social Author & Educator #PictureBooks and #ChapterBooks. HAZEL AND MABEL: TWO HEARTS APART releasing from @GnomeRoadPublishing in Fall 2025. #SCBWI #12x12PBChallenge #WritingBarn #RateYourStory Judge
www.MelissaStoller.com
Sally Anderson @sallyginger.bsky.social Freelance illustrator with clients from PRH, innocent, NHS and Chatsworth House with a passion for drawing and specialising is Children’s book illustration.- B @bethsullivan.bsky.social @bethsullivan.bsky.social
Heather Turner @techielibgrl.com #EduSky #TLSky #TLSkyChat #KidLit #Skybrarians #ISTCert
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