Canette Books @canettebooks.bsky.social Children's books for parents who get it 📚
"You're Only Two Once" — celebrating toddler magic
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Crystal Lorons @crystallorons.bsky.social This ATL 🍑 is here in 2026
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www.CrystalSmallsWright.com
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Lili Hill @dr-lil-hill.bsky.social Hobby-knitter, Stress-baker, Master Gardener. PharmD. Poly-worker(I work more than 1 fulltime job). She/Her. 🇨🇦. Immigrant. Views my own. No DMs, please. Just do good. There is strength in kindness. Exist loudly.
Virginia McGregor @virginiamcgregor4u.bsky.social Children’s book author, poet, educator, child safety/improve school indoor air quality advocate, support school librarians, require teacher training in asthma ed. #children'sbookauthors #STEAM #earthscience https://diggerdynamo.com 
Nora Nickum, children’s author @noranickumbooks.bsky.social Author, STEM, ocean, islander.
🌊 SUPERPOD: SAVING THE ENDANGERED ORCAS OF THE PNW (‘23)
🕳️THIS BOOK IS FULL OF HOLES (’24)
🫧 THIS BOOK BUBBLES OVER (‘25)
🐋 12 DARING GRAYS (‘26)
🦍WILD MEDICINE (‘26)
She/her. Rep: Lynnette Novak
www.noranickum.com
Louise M. Aamodt @louisemaamodt.bsky.social Picture book author, SCBWI, educator, ant-watcher, defender of the underdogs. Rep’d by Emily S. Keyes @esc_key. www.LouiseAamodt.com
joannamcintyre.bsky.social @joannamcintyre.bsky.social Author of Picture Books and Wrangler of Small, Feral Children.
OUT NOW: Tidy Ted Meets Jess the Mess (Clavis, distributed by Simon & Schuster) out April 21st!
SCBWI, 12x12 Challenge, often in the weeds
Debbie Moeller @debbiemoellerbooks.bsky.social Author. Eclectic kidlit writer. I write picture books (fiction & nonfiction), leveled readers and early readers. Retired teacher. Eccentric grandma. Beach junkie. SCBWI member. She/her
Allison Hackworth @allisonhackworth.bsky.social Neurodiverse mom, wife, and nurse who absolutely loves creating colorful, spooky picture books with her husband! 📚📖✏️🎨🖌️👻💀🧟🧛🏼🦇🎃♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
Remarkable Young Women Project @megorra.bsky.social Hi! I'm Meg, founder of The Remarkable Young Women Project: remarkableyoungwomen.org || historian, writer, feminist, museum nerd, traveler #womenshistory #herstory
Jessie May @jessiemayontheweb.bsky.social Writer, musician, school librarian. #booksky #scbwi #12x12PB
The Wheel of the Year: An Introduction to Pagan Holidays is out now! https://amzn.to/4tbmyyL
https://sites.google.com/view/jessicakarjanis/home
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KatharineEmlen @katharineemlen.bsky.social Writer - Photographer - Radio Host - Follower of Random Thoughts and Whimsical Ideas
Member of SCBWI, 12x12
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https://fireflystationery.etsy.com
Alysa Loring | Bleeding Pen Editing & Coaching @alysableedingpen.bsky.social Observer. Listener. Creative. Editor. Writing Coach. Mother. Daughter. Spouse. Citizen. Reader of banned books. Human.
Elowen Silverscale @elowensilverscale.bsky.social ✨ Weaver of magic! ✨
She/Her | Artist | Kidlit Writer
G.G. Sherrill @ggsherrillreads.bsky.social Writer, Aspiring Middle-Grade Novelist, Traveler, Fan of Nature, Folklore, Underdogs, Paranormal/Spooky, Humor, Encouraging Boys to Read, Making a Difference.
www.ggsherrill.com
Suzanne Goldsmith @suzgold.bsky.social Author of WASHASHORE, winner of the Green Earth Book Award, and A CITY YEAR. Writing like a maniac while getting an MFA in writing for kids at Hamline U. Watch this space!
http://www.suzanne-goldsmith.com/
Becky Kidd @mrsbkiddfcps.bsky.social 4th grade teacher, wife, and mom of 4.
Thomas Harding @thomasharding.bsky.social Author: THE EINSTEIN VENDETTA, THE HOUSE BY THE LAKE, HANNS AND RUDOLF and more …
www.thomasharding.com
Emmy Kastner @emmykastner.bsky.social Author & illustrator of books for kids, rep’d by Hannah Mann.
Grant Snider @grantdraws.bsky.social Keeper of sketchbooks. Loser of pens. Author of THE YEAR I STOPPED DRAWING, coming this fall from Abrams Books.
Mo Willems @mowillems.bsky.social “Always think of your audience, never think for your audience. “
Nina Crews @ninacrews.bsky.social Children's book author and illustrator
Visit me at www.ninacrews.com
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
Landsil @landsil.net Hobby photographer from UK.
Very run-n-gun, street, nature, random events, portraits, whatever is interesting.
I also shoot for WikiPortraits in case you would like to invite me to an event :D
Use form on the website www.landsil.net
Christoph Fischer Photography @beautysurroundsyou.com 100% Human. Passionate Nature photographer. I run premier, small group photo tours in Patagonia, Namibia, Canada, Greenland & New Zealand.
Website: https://beautysurroundsyou.com
The world is full of beauty. Let me take you there!
Montreal, Canada 🍁
Jo Hackl @johackl.bsky.social Award-winning author, lawyer & outdoor enthusiast. Free resources: https://johackl.com, and https://outdoorosity.com
Cathy Ballou Mealey @catballoumealey.bsky.social Picture book author
Scone lover
Jessie Romigh @jessieromigh.bsky.social Children's book writer & illustrator seeking representation. Finding whimsy & humor with a dash of puns. Illustrations are hand-drawn, inked, & painted with watercolor. SCBWI-Austin Chapter. She/Her
www.jessieromigh.com
#kidlit #picturebook #kidlitart
Karyn Curtis @karyncurtiswrites.bsky.social Middle Grade, Picture Book writer, former editor, horse girl, #MGWaves
Katherine Applegate @kaaauthor.bsky.social I write books, like the "ONE & ONLY" series, WISHTREE, ODDER, DOGTOWN, and POCKET BEAR.
My new novel, WOMBAT WAITING, is out now!
I post with some help from Two Cats Comm.
Mack Gordon @mackgordon.bsky.social Vancouver performing arts
Alexander Vidal @alexandervidal.bsky.social Illustrator and sometimes writer with a focus on nature, science, and wildlife. Gay, Latino, from New Mexico, living in California. 
Daniel J. O’Brien (DanielOStudios) @danielostudios.bsky.social Illustrator and author with Caribbean roots and a love for campy sci-fi. My 2024 releases include, Juneteenth Is, written by Natasha Tripplett and Glen Burke, Game Changer by Phil Bildner! You can find samples of my work @ www.DanielOStudios.com
Josée Bisaillon @joseebisaillon.bsky.social Bonjour ! Je suis illustratrice et autrice ///
Hello ! I'm an illustrator/author • Montréal (elle/she)
www.joseebisaillon.com
Rep by Morgan Gaynin www.morgangaynin.com
Danna Zeiger - Kidlit Author @drzathome.bsky.social REWRITING THE RULES (Sept '25 Millbrook Press)
#MakingSTEMaccessible
Bio PhD | PB MG YA author |
1st pl '22: #rateyourstory & #springflingkidlit
3x winner #50PreciousWord '22/3/4;
Highlights sch '23
Rep: @gabycabezut @SeymourAgency
www.dannazeiger.com
Heidi Bee Roemer @heidibeeroemer.bsky.social I’m Heidi Bee, poet and author of 12 books. I host a free annual STEAM Poetry Video Contest for students—and I produce WEE STEAMERS videos for little learners. Poetry, tech, and STEAM learning! www.SteamPoweredPoetry.com
Darrin Simpson @darrinsimpson.bsky.social Darrin is a career educator and writer living with his amazing wife in Boston. He loves to walk the harbor, Kayak, ride motorcycles, cheer for the Red Sox and Celtics, read the news, and hang out with his amazing family.
Mirka Breen @m-moi.bsky.social Kidlit reader & writer, Cat Crazy (but not a lady), my heros are the get-along people
Carrie Cook @carriecookhere.bsky.social writer of #kidlit and #fiction. Member of #SCBWI and #12x12
Steven B. Epstein @stevenbauthor.bsky.social Author of bestselling true crime books Deadly Heist, Murder on Birchleaf Drive, Evil at Lake Seminole, and Extreme Punishment StevenBEpstein.com #truecrime
Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinois’ 43rd governor.
Forrest Burdett @hellomrforrest.bsky.social Kidlit Illustrator & Aspiring Author
Rep’d by Jen Rofe at ABLA
Forrestburdett.com
Aven Shore-Kind @avenkind.bsky.social Audiobook Narrator
Author: The Truthseer and the Goose
Beekeeper
@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)
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The Serious Fun Stuff Librarian @seriousfunstuff.bsky.social Resources for libraries, librarians, and fans of funky library stuff. Have fun and learn stuff!
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/
Rachel Cantor @rachelcantor.bsky.social Author of the adult literary novels Half-Life of a Stolen Sister (2023), Good on Paper (2016), and A Highly Unlikely Scenario (2014). Now writing speculative MG/YA. Flailing but I mean well. She/her. www.rachelcantor.com
Librarians Building Libraries @bldglibraries.bsky.social Our mission is to collaborate with library communities worldwide, providing resources, training, and innovative solutions that promote literacy and provide access for all.
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 🇪🇸🇺🇸
Gordy Wright @gordywright.bsky.social 🏴 Illustrator based in Scotland painting in gouache, ink & acrylic
📚 Represented by the Bright Agency
🏳️🌈 He/him
🌐 gordywright.com
🌐 linktr.ee/gordyjwright
Wendi M Lindenmuth BS, MPH @wendilindenmuth.bsky.social Writer, Author, Editor, Artist, Sexy and Nerdy, Nature Lover, Cyclist, Hiker.
https://www.healingforwardwithwendi.com/love-letters-for-your-body
Blue Dot Kids Press @bluedotkidspress.bsky.social Books that engage a young reader's innate sense of wonder + empathy, connecting them to our global community + the pale blue dot we call home.
https://www.bluedotkidspress.com/
Amanda MacGregor @amandamacgregor.bsky.social Writing, reading, reviewing, libraries, dogs, children’s lit, mental health, and Teen Librarian Toolbox. All opinions solely my own. She/her.
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 |
Stephen Briseño @stephenbriseno.bsky.social Husband. Dad. Middle School English Teacher. Kidlit author.
THE NOTEBOOK KEEPER ('22)
QUEEN OF LEAVES ('23)
TEXT STRUCTURES FROM PICTURE BOOKS ('23)
TAMALES FOR CHRISTMAS (‘24)
and more on the way!
Rep: Lilly Ghahremani
www.stephenbriseno.com
Chuck Groenink @cgroenink.bsky.social I draw pictures, I bake bread, I go for walks.
Columbia county, NY
Nancy Castaldo Books @nancycastaldobooks.bsky.social Author and photographer of books for curious minds. 🇺🇸🇮🇹
Rep'd by Jennifer Laughran @literaticat.bsky.social
Andrea Brown Literary @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/NancyCastaldo
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
Susan Park @susanfirghilpark.bsky.social writer, poet, nature lover and complete book geek living in the Pacific Northwest surrounded by forest, birds, squirrels, chipmunks and chickens. Member SCBWI.
Images By Jon Evan @imagesbyjonevan.bsky.social I was a dentist until #MS affected my hands & mobility. Now I create photographs capturing the imagery of nature’s beauty and serenity in stunning prints.
websites:
https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/imagesbyjonevan
https://www.pictorem.com/gallery/Ima
Free Spirit Publishing @freespiritbooks.bsky.social Books that support young people's social, emotional & educational needs. https://linktr.ee/freespiritpublishing
Little, Brown Young Readers @littlebrownyr.bsky.social 
Little, Brown and Company @littlebrown.bsky.social Behind the scenes at one of the nation's oldest publishing houses! We just really love books.
Home to: 📖 Algonquin Books; 🔎 Mulholland Books; 🧠 Little, Brown Spark; and 🍽️ Voracious!
Frances Goldin Literary Agency @goldinagency.bsky.social New York City-based literary agency, representing books that matter since 1977.
Doubleday Books @doubledaybooks.bsky.social US book publisher
An imprint of @penguinrandomhouse
Keep Turning Pages.
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Penguin Kids @penguinkids.bsky.social 
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Penguin Books @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social We publish fiction and nonfiction adorned with the famous dignified but flippant logo.
Chronicle Books @chroniclebooks.bsky.social 
@chroniclekidsbooks.bsky.social @chroniclekidsbooks.bsky.social 
The Creative Company @thecreativecompany.bsky.social Since 1932, we have published children’s books of the highest quality. Across four generations of family participation, we remain committed to crafting internationally sought-after picture books & superb nonfiction for readers of all ages.
Tonya (Momma Zen Creations) @mommazencreations.bsky.social Tonya (Momma Zen Creations): Wife, mom, brain tumor warrior, and digital art diva. My kingdom of creativity.
Lynne Lieberman @hikewriterepeat.bsky.social Author. Lynne was born under the Liberty Bell and currently dwells among the saguaros. She loves reading and writing urban fantasy, for adults & children. Her short story, “Safety,” appears in The Writers’ Journal: Live and Learn.
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/
Nikki Harwood @ohhhhdoodles.bsky.social Aspiring author/illustrator and ASL/English interpreter by day - also obsessed with the magic of theater.
https://nharwood124.wixsite.com/ohhhh-doodles
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
Eileen Ruvane @eileenruvane.bsky.social Author of YA speculative thriller TELL ME MY FUTURE, coming June 16, 2026 with Amulet Books. Rep'd by Susan Hawk / Upstart Crow https://linktr.ee/eileenruvane
Lauren Whitney (she/her) is querying! @laurenem6.bsky.social Mom of two, #kidlit writer, elementary school librarian, movie-lover, crazy LEGO lady
she/her
Suzanne Kaufman @suzannekaufmanart.bsky.social Artist/Author/lover of children’s books/Illustrator of #1 NYT bestseller All Are Welcome
Jessixa Bagley @jessixabagley.bsky.social Currently residing on planet Earth making books for kids and drawing hotdogs! 📚✏️🌭 I Can also burp really loudly. 💫 substack.com/@jessixabagley
Elke @theremaybecats.bsky.social Illustrator & Storyteller.
Rep'd by: Caryn Wiseman @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
Portfolio: www.theremaybecats.com/links
Kirsten Pendreigh @kirstenpendreigh.bsky.social Picture Book Author & Poet. https://www.kirstenpendreigh.com/
WHEN A TREE FALLS, PW ⭐️; WHAT FISH ARE SAYING, SLJ ⭐️; MAYBE A WHALE, Horn Book⭐️ Fanfare Book; JLG, CCBC⭐️; LUNA'S GREEN PET (Quill & Quire Book of the Year. Next: CAMPING IS A TERRIBLE IDEA.
Lisa Genova @lisagenova.bsky.social Author
Neuroscientist
Speaker
Empathy warrior
Kailei Pew @kaileipewbooks.bsky.social Children’s Book Author
THE MONSTER ABOVE THE BED
KID-VENTORS
I SEE COLOR
Repped by Emily Forney of Bookends Lit
kaileipewbooks.com
Layla Fallah @laylafallah.bsky.social Agent Assistant at BookEnds Literary Agency
www.laylafallah.com/links
Fred Bergman Photography @fbergmanphoto.bsky.social Husband, Father of Six, Photographer - primarily wildlife and nature but a little bit of everything. All photos shot/edited by me.
View/Buy images at https://www.fredbergman.com/
Big F1 fan - F1 Hats 20% off : https://etsy.me/3H4tWsZ
Nashville, TN
Madeline Martin @madelinemartin.bsky.social NY Times bestselling author of historical fiction and historical romance, mother of teen daughters and cats, and losing myself in research, history, and books every day
Wendy BooydeGraaff @onlybooyskies.bsky.social Reader, writer, sporadic gardener, fair-weather biker, Can/Am, SALAD PIE pb author, THE HAUNTED STATES OF AMERICA contributor, fiction & poems in various literary mags
wendybooydegraaff.com
Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social Econ professor at Michigan ● Senior fellow, Brookings ● Intro econ textbook author ● Chief economist & Deputy platypus https://newsletter.platypuseconomics.com ● Find me: https://linktr.ee/justinwolfers
Brittany Pearson @britspixels.bsky.social Asian American author / illustrator, represented by Jordan Hamessley at JABberwocky Literary Agency. I draw cute, colorful, whimsy, and joy 🩷
#PBparty finalist ‘25
#SCBWI and #12x12 member.
www.britspixels.com
Summit County Libraries @summitlibraries.bsky.social #1 Most Followed Library in the USA!
https://summitcountylibraries.org/
Located in beautiful Summit County, Colorado.
Maria Linn @marial1nn.bsky.social I write silly/scary MG books, make silly/scary collages, and, silly/scariest of all, analyze data for a living
Abby White @abbywhitewrites.bsky.social author of D.J. ROSENBLUM BECOMES THE G.O.A.T. 🐐 // available wherever books are sold!!!
rep: @carynwiseman @AndreaBrownLit
https://linktr.ee/abbywhitewrites
Rebecca Ensign @rebecca-ensign.bsky.social OTIS HAS A BAD DAY (2023)
Mom, Picture Book Author, LCMHC, Coffee Enthusiast, #InkedVoices Member & #PBParty 2025 Finalist!
1/6 of #kidlitzombieweek hosts.
www.rebecca-ensign.com
Rep'd by Michelle Witte (@michellewitte.bsky.social)
Brian Lies @brianlies.bsky.social NYT bestselling children’s book author and illustrator. Caldecott honoree. Visiting author. Gardener, woodworker, fan of “how to” videos and making stuff like pickles, cheese and kimchi. 
Meneka Repka @menekarepka.bsky.social Children's illustrator, represented by Charlotte Wenger/ Prospect Agency.
Website: https://www.menekarepka.com