Leslie Nightingale @leslienightingale.bsky.social Writer of YA novels and educator in the DC area
Leslienightingale.com
Sarah A @sarahleeab.bsky.social Proudly Minneapolis born. Chapel Hill NC, Passionate advocate for the needs of twice-exceptional students. MA UNC-CH Folklore.
Heather J. “Lives in a city on Lake Ontario” Wood @rollwithheather.bsky.social Author, Publicist, World Fantasy Award Nominee, Cat Lover, Feminist (she/her but they/their is good too!)
@messypress.bsky.social @messypress.bsky.social 
Author Sylvia Fiorello @sylviafiorello.bsky.social As an author, educator, and counselor, I am passionate about helping children build healthier relationships with food, exercise, and self-image. https://tinyurl.com/3uy98yvc #booksky
MzLove420 @mzlove420.bsky.social NOT YOUR AVERAGE OLD LADY! BLAST LOUD BASS TUNES IN MY CAR AND I RACE IT. COLOR MY HAIR IN CRAZY COOL COLORS, HAVE A SMILE OR WILLINGNESS TO HELP MOST PEOPLE, HATE trump AND THE REST OF MAGA WITH ALL MY BEING! HAVE BEEN IN SEVERAL MOVIES AND Z NATION
@katwithasword.bsky.social @katwithasword.bsky.social 
Baby Richman @babyrichmanband.bsky.social REMEMBER TO HIT THE BELL (🔔+ ) 👆
SO YOU’RE NOTIFIED WHEN WE GO LIVE 📺
Na Malum Afrad @namalumafrad.bsky.social Journalist and documentarian posting independently curated and underreported global news.
Amplifying grassroots movements & mutual aid.
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Story Monsters LLC @storymonsters.bsky.social Story Monsters® is home to the award-winning Story Monsters Ink® magazine, the international literary magazine for teachers, librarians, and parents. We also provide award-winning Publishers Support Services ~ Book Production and Book Marketing since 1985
edithcohn.bsky.social @edithcohn.bsky.social MG mystery author (Birdies Billions & Spirit’s Key). Dog mommy, small human mommy, library volunteer. In my bog witch era
Histoire et curiosités @histoire-curiosite.bsky.social Passionnée d'histoire, d'art, de littérature, de site culturel, de cuisine et, bien sûr, de curiosités !
#histoire #curiosités
Piet ("Pete") Marino, Author of YA Fiction @pietmarino.bsky.social Represented by Michelle Witte, Mansion Street Literary Management
Michael Genhart @michaelgenhart.bsky.social Clinical Psychologist. KidLit author of several picture books: EDIE FOR EQUALITY; SPANISH IS THE LANGUAGE OF MY FAMILY; THEY’RE SO FLAMBOYANT; MAY YOUR LIFE BE DELICIOSA
molly margaret @loveisapinkcake.bsky.social heart of carrots
Amy Ludwig VanDerwater @amylvpoemfarm.bsky.social Knitting, jam making, bread baking, gardening, mending, writing, tea drinking, antifascist wife and mom and author/teacher from Western New York. Blogging since 2010 (no ads, no AI) at www.poemfarm.amylv.com 💙
Eagle Harbor Book Co. @eagleharborbooks.bsky.social Established in 1970, Eagle Harbor Book Co. is a full service, locally-owned and proudly independent bookstore located on Bainbridge Island, WA. With an extensive selection of books and gifts, we're the perfect "destination bookshop"
Artemesia Publishing @apbooks.bsky.social Small indie publisher located in the Land of Enchantment.
MG/YA imprint: Kinkajou Press
SF/F/H imprint: Shadow Dragon Books
Currently closed to submissions.
www.apbooks.net
Matilda Dix @romancelibrarian88.bsky.social Welcome to my site celebrating romance books. These are my recommendations. If it's posted here, I loved it! I'm a librarian who loves to introduce new readers to my favorite genre.
Izzy Unger-Finn @izzyungerfinn.bsky.social Author of the social/emotional growth series of children's books, "Being Gertie," award-winning playwright, and advocate for recovery of any kind.
https://linktr.ee/IzzyUngerFinn www.BeingGertie.com
www.izzyungerfinn.com
Toddling The Stacks @toddlingthestacks.com You should be reading #kidlit, and we'll help you see why.
A children's literature podcast by award-winning educator and Princeton-educated literature PhD @seangill.net
New episodes drop on Mondays!
http://www.ToddlingTheStacks.com
Phyllis Harris @phyllisharris.bsky.social Children’s book author-illustrator. Rep’d by @KTerrette.bsky.social at Martin Literary.
Books:
THE GIFT SHOP BEAR 🧸🎄❤️
CLAUDE 🎨🐶 3 Starred Reviews
THE DAY KINDNESS CAME🌲🐻
Illustrated over 30 children’s books.
Website - https://www.phyllisharris.com
Jacquie Pearce @jacquieink.bsky.social Writer of kids' books, poetry and nonfiction, lover of nature, history and art, living on Canada's west coast.
Haley Dusenberry @haleydusenberry.bsky.social 📇North American Children’s Author
Nurturing cognitive development, unplugged childhoods, and SEL through literature. 📚
💌 ARCs & Reviews
https://linktr.ee/haleydusenberry
Lisa L. Owens @lisalowens.bsky.social Kidlit author, freelance editor & writer. Authors Guild, #SCBWI, EFA, #binders. Greyhound minion. Genealogy enthusiast. Jazz singer. Iowa Hawkeye. PNW dweller. She/her/hers.
Kim Long @kimlongmg.bsky.social Writer, Lawyer, Jedi Master. Pitch Wars mentor 2015-2021. Next up: CATCHING CRYPTIDS (May 2025). She/her.
Nimblewitlit Mag @nimblewitlit.bsky.social Epistemic Literary's new adventure for a young audience!
Our all ages eMag will extend the conversation to a younger audience by exploring similar themes.
Issue 1: https://epistemiclit.com/nimblewitlit/taking-a-stand/
www.EpistemicLit.com/nimblewitlit
Shout Mouse Press @shoutmousepress.bsky.social We're a DC-based nonprofit that supports the creation and publication of diverse books by young people for young people. 📚 Publisher of 60+ youth-authored books. Find us at www.shoutmousepress.org
GW @gwoltjer.bsky.social Read books. Touch grass. Enjoy sunshine.
Husband. Father. Professor. PRPL Director. Baseball fan. Jesuit.
Luciana Illustration @lucianaillustra.bsky.social Illustrator from Brazil, creating #kidlit in the PNW. rep by EastWest Lit Agency. "A Speedy Little Cheetah on the Big Blue Earth" Amicus Ink /"Squirrel's Big Picture" Beaming Books Spring 2026
🍎 Taylor Twins 🍏 @thirstytwins.satan.social 🦋Taylor Twins TWINS BING TWINS🦋
🌀gemelos Taylor Gemelos siendo gemelas🌀
⓸ 泰勒双胞胎 双胞胎就是双胞胎 ⓸
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Marie Hermansson @mariehermansson.bsky.social Illustrator of Picture Books. American living on the West coast of Sweden. I'd enjoy hearing about your book project! ✨
Portfolio site: www.MarieHermanssonIllustration.com
Suzy Levinson @suzylevinson.bsky.social Children's Author + Poet
ANIMALS IN PANTS (Abrams), DINOS THAT DRIVE (Tundra), A YEAR IN CLOWN TOWN (Tundra), SALVADOR SNAKE: LOOKING FOR LOVE (Balzer + Bray), PUMPKIN SPIES (Penguin Workshop), BABY MERMAID'S BEDTIME (Little Simon)
www.suzylevinson.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
Erin Dealey--> Kidlit Author*Playwright @erindealey.bsky.social #Kidlit author repped by Deborah Warren @eastwestlit -- Blogger of author & illus. #BookBirthdays -- Playwright at Uproar Theatrics erindealey.com -- Happily MARRIED btw--
Chelsea Tornetto @chelseatornetto.bsky.social Kid Lit author and content creator at At Home Author. SCBWI member. Repped by Lisa Amstutz at Storm Literary. 
Gabby Zapata @gabbyzapata.bsky.social Art director . Character Designer 🇲🇽🇨🇴🇺🇸 Former: Disney, DWTV, Netflix, Nick hello@gabbyzapata.com
Gabbyzapata.com
Jarch @itsokihaveabook.bsky.social Massachusetts librarian, parent, greyhound adopter. "It's what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it." https://jenny-arch.com
Aimee Nezhukumatathil @nezhukumatathil.bsky.social 🇵🇭🇮🇳 roller-skater since I was ten • school supplies • gardens • bioluminescence • axolotls • Buckeye • NYT bestselling author • NIGHT OWL (Ecco, Spring 26) aimeenez.net
Caterina Salvatori @caterinawrites.bsky.social 🇨🇦 Picturebook writer. Dog mom.
Authors League Fund @authorsleaguefund.bsky.social Emergency fund for professional writers. Find our application form, FAQs, and more at www.authorsleaguefund.org.
Meg Walters Illustrator @megwaltersdesign.bsky.social SCBWI, Children's book illustrator & author
Katie L. Carroll @katielcarroll.com Award-winning author of books for kids, teens, and those who are young at heart
She/they
https://katielcarroll.com/
Jane Kohuth @janekohuth.bsky.social Children's book author, Jewish educator, Mom, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome haver. Rep'd by Bookmark Literary. https://www.janekohuth.com/
@goldenbridgesbooks.bsky.social @goldenbridgesbooks.bsky.social https://goldenbridgespublishing.start.page
LBYR School & Library @lbschool.bsky.social 📚 A place for educators & librarians to get the latest news and book information from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. 📚
Visit https://www.littlebrownlibrary.com/
https://linktr.ee/lbyrschool
Angel Gantnier @angelgan.bsky.social Picture Book Writer. Published Short Story Author. Reader. Crafter. Optimist. Nature. Animals. Institute of Children’s Literature. #Storystorm #PBParty #12x12PictureBookWritingChallenge
@eirelyn.bsky.social @eirelyn.bsky.social 
Kazoo magazine @kazoomagazine.com Quarterly Print Magazine for girls. National Magazine Award-winner. “Smart & beautiful” -NYT. "For little girls who want to grow up to be president” -Vogue. Made in Brooklyn. Ships worldwide. www.kazoomagazine.com
Melissa Brooks @melissa-brooks.bsky.social A memoir writer, writing about my experiences and childhood as a form of personal therapy.
BookProf @bookprof.bsky.social University lecturer sparking future teachers' connections to children's literature. Kidlit picture book geek. Photography enthusiast. Nana. Dog-lover.
Maria Williams @lightwitch876.eurosky.social #Eurosky Account/Alt
#ActuallyAutistic #BlackandAutistic. Aspiring writer, author, worldbuilder, and reader. #BostonFleet #PWHL, #scientificskeptic, and #secularhumanist Love Squishmallows, TTRPGS, RPGS, #podcasts, #webnovels, #lightnovels, and #donghua
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
@kjlutz.bsky.social @kjlutz.bsky.social 
Nev @alphukit.bsky.social Outdoors and all things nature type of guy.
I love camping, hiking, foraging and travelling anywhere, anytime.
Sarah Wheeler @sarahsart.bsky.social Artist • Illustrator
Member of SCBWI
C. M. Larkin Publishing, LLC. @cmlarkinbooks.bsky.social Publisher of works by J. Christin Fields
Print Play Protect @printplayprotect.bsky.social We make cool tabletop items :D
@aquariously.bsky.social @aquariously.bsky.social I hold the radical view that genocide is bad thing 🍉
Gen X, atheist, living in UK
Loving black ☕️, white 🐱, ✍️ my 📖
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Fernwood Publishing @fernpub.bsky.social Critical Books for Critical Thinkers https://linktr.ee/fernwoodpublishing
easychore.bsky.social @easychore.bsky.social Want a simple, free to use Chore and Allowance App? Say no more!
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Elaine Fultz 📚💜☮️ @fultzmoyerlibrary.bsky.social Youth advocate & librarian
Fierce ally for LGBTQIA+ youth
Kids' literature zealot
Banned books reader
Veteran educator
Fairy enthusiast
Alienated stepparent
Terry Birdgenaw @terrybirdgenaw.bsky.social Award-winning author of The Antunite Chronicles (Antifascist Allegorical Fiction), Satirist, Professor, Democracy Defender, Resists Autocracy, Writing for freedom, See my fun Orwellian & Swiftian stories.
terrybirdgenaw.com
https://linktr.ee/terrybirdgenaw
@mplswaytogrow.bsky.social @mplswaytogrow.bsky.social 
Ms. A @msa3rd.bsky.social 3rd grade teacher in a Title I school. #clearthelist
Classroom wish list - https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/8W5GVA9DKPAQ?ref_=wl_share
@Narnialibraries @narnialibraries.bsky.social Narnia Libraries offers support to schools by providing library services, books and reading resources. Based in Coventry UK
Ms. C @msc623.bsky.social 1st Grade Teacher
Mama to 3 kids
#clearthelist
Lori Tecler @loritecler.bsky.social Elementary school library media specialist; 💙 literacy & freedom to read advocate 💙; 📚reader;📚; goldendoodle mom🐾; DC sports fan 🏒🏈🏀; University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate & Badger sports fan 🦡
https://www.donorschoose.org/ms-tecler
The Horn Book @thehornbook.bsky.social Independent, opinionated, and stylish: essential multimedia publications for everyone who cares about children's and young adult literature. Visit us at hbook.com.
The Edinburgh Bookshop @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social Small but mighty, award-winning indpendent bookshop in the heart of Edinburgh's lovely Bruntsfield area
https://www.edinburghbookshop.com/
Debra @kalaka58.bsky.social Wikitree ADDICT (it's FREE). Genealogy is my passion. 67yo, PNW was my home, now a Texan, RESISTER, adult children, cat & dog Mom, widowed, disabled. I follow followers.
My BLOCKED list is HUGE.
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/37BH00FMQZAG4
Cyberflaneurs @cyberflaneurs.bsky.social 
Nicolette Little @nicolettelittle.bsky.social Researcher, author & erstwhile prof
New book 📕: From Red Dresses to Memory Stones: Multimedia Activism and Gender-Based Violence in Canada (UBC Press, 2026)
Media activism, tech-facilitated gender-based violence & memory
McGill & UAlberta
Kirsten Miles, Author 🌹 @kirstenmiles.bsky.social Author 🖊 Vegan 🥬 Libra ♎️
EDM forever 🪩 Write Your Heart Out ❤️
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Lianne Kulik @liannne.bsky.social perpetual student, quasi-transcendentalist, hs econ/law/history teacher. also: theater, board games, ya lit, lego, bikes, comics, #nyjets #freodockers. (she/her) ⚓️💜
James Portis | JPenumbra @jpenumbra.bsky.social he/him, ✊🏾, 🏳️🌈, Comics & Gaming Enthusiast
Freelance Journalist,
Variety Streamer,
Podcaster: @comicsunmasked.bsky.social
Contributor to @comicsbeat.bsky.social
Creator ✉️: jpenumbra3@gmail.com
Journalism ✉️: jportisthethird@gmail.com
Robin Newman @robinnewmanbooks.bsky.social I write picture books, chapter books, and more! A Sesame Street Kid at heart. Rep'd by Liza Fleissig at Liza Royce Agency. 
@cchristie317.bsky.social @cchristie317.bsky.social 
Badger Learning @badgerlearning.bsky.social Supporting teachers and inspiring a love of reading since 1989! Specialists in hi-lo publishing, and suppliers of bespoke, school-ready collections for EYFS–KS4 — from first phonics to fluent reading!
Kristi Mahoney @kristimahoney.bsky.social picture book author:
OWLS MAKE TERRIBLE TEACHERS
ALPACAS MAKE TERRIBLE LIBRARIANS
OSTRICHES MAKE TERRIBLE PILOTS (2028)
rep'd by @elisahouot.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/kristimahoneybooks
12x12, SCBWI, PBSoar, 24CarrotWriting, Boston Author's Club
@briannasmykreder.bsky.social @briannasmykreder.bsky.social Renaissance woman, MA, MPW, Exposition Review Editor & social media, writer, editor, PR/comm consultant, art historian, yoga teacher, life lover, mama
Joan Marie Galat @jmgalat.bsky.social Author and speaker. 30+ books. Topics include #activism, #astronomy, #darkskies, #nature, #ecology #pollution. #SCBWI Crystal Kite winner #STEM #STEAM www.joangalat.com & moondotmedia.com 
Jason G. Edwards @jasongedwards.bsky.social Jason G. Edwards is a pastor + writer in MO. Forthcoming book "At Home With God: How the Cross Transforms Us" (IVP) out this fall. jasongedwards.substack.com
@clueless9.bsky.social @clueless9.bsky.social 
Dr. Michelle @lipsticklitterati.bsky.social The People’s Professor | #FREADOM |#FreedomToRead |💗💚 | Using books & #BlackFeminist lit to make a better world | #BlueWave | #KidLit & #NonProfits | Proud #SCBWI member |Happily 💍! | Posts are mine, all mine.
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
normacardenas.bsky.social @normacardenas.bsky.social assoc prof of practice | research food, identity, culture, and pedagogy #LasMusas #PBChat #WNDB #RUCCL Mentee #SCBWI #12x12 Ella/She
Lari Don @laridonwriter.bsky.social Children's writer based in Edinburgh. Adventure novels, pic books, trad tale retellings. Passionate re stories, politics, feminism. #longcovid. she/lher
Lisa Cortez @marieandleelee.bsky.social Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist/Children’s Book Author
The Adventures of Marie and LeeLee, Las Aventuras de Marie y LeeLee
YouTube “Learning with Marie and LeeLee” videos and tips for language development
#kidlit #SCBWI
San Diego, CA
@integmed.bsky.social @integmed.bsky.social Writer of picture books and novels. Published children's short stories and poetry. Highlights for Children, Highlights Hello, Ladybug, Babybug and others. #cwhv #kidlit
KG Mach @kgmachwrites.bsky.social Author/ Educator
she/her
MG historical fiction, fantasy, and reimagined folklore: 'The Shoemaker of Siberia' in Gramarye, summer '25
PRESENT, STILL MISSING: September 16, 2025, Golden Bridges Publishing
kmachwrites.com
SCBWI, Write Mentor
TimTical @timtical.bsky.social Human, writer, artist, husband, dog friendly, bad golfer
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