Danna Staaf @dannastaaf.bsky.social https://www.dannastaaf.com/
Author, artist, speaker with a fondness for cephalopods. Books:
🦑 Monarchs of the Sea
👩🔬 The Lady and the Octopus
🐣 Nursery Earth
🐙 The Lives of Octopuses and Their Relatives
Newsletter: https://buttondown.com/dannastaaf
Jacob Hansen @jacobhansenwrites.bsky.social Repped by Sorcha Fairbank
#SCBWI member
#chucklechallenge ‘24 winner
#kidlit Author
Indianapolis
Jeannine Vetrano Smith @jvsmithauthor.bsky.social Picture book author, canine educator, messy cook,Ga-ga for Golden Retrievers, writer4life, proud to be human not AI
www.jeanninevetranosmith.com
Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social M.Ed. Children's Book Writer. Picture Taker. Nature Lover. Anglophile.
Curious about flora and fauna of all kinds but particularly fond of elephants, wolves, birds, insects, and trees.
#SCBWI. #12x12 #kidlit #naturalist
elizabethvolkmannauthor.com
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
Anna M Lewis @annamlewis.bsky.social Author/ Illustrator | Toy Inventor | Sarcasm Queen | Pursuer of Creative Ideas | Constantly Spiraling Down Some Rabbit Hole
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.
K.L.Going @klgoing.bsky.social Keep. Love. Going. Do one good thing every day. (One writer's quest not to shut down in the face of injustice, but instead to commit to small acts of resistance, education, kindness, and hope every single day.)
Christine Van Zandt @christinevanzandt.bsky.social craft and creativity
Lindsey Leigh @wiggle-n-write.bsky.social New Mama🩵#Kidlit Writer✍🏼Educator📖Doing Handstands🤸♀️in San Diego🏝️
BooksForOurChildren @booksforourkids.bsky.social a parent's eye-view of children's literature
www.booksforourchildren.com
Sara Pennypacker @sarapennypacker.bsky.social New York Times bestselling author of PAX, PAX JOURNEY HOME, CLEMENTINE, HERE IN THE REAL WORLD, and LEEVA AT LAST.
Coming February 3, 2026 - THE LIONS' RUN!
Heidi Lewis @heidilewis.bsky.social Author and vintage ephemera/mixed media collage artist. Ask me about the lost art of letter writing.
My picture book, LOUIE MATTAR’S FABULOUS CAR, illustrated by the amazing Jordi Vila Delclòs comes out in August (Creative Editions).
heidilewis.info
Heather Stigall @heatherstigall7.bsky.social 📚KidLit Author
#SCBWI PA East Critique Group Coordinator
👻GILBERT & THE GHOST (Beaming Books 2025)
🐰PAISLEY'S BIG BIRTHDAY (Clavis Books, 2023)
🚌PAISLEY’S BIG FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL (Clavis Books, 2027)
picture book obsessed, creator of stuff
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
Submissions open now:
https://book-shelfie.com/submissions
Postscript (Book Formatter, Cover Designer and Socials Post Maker): https://book-shelfie.com/postscript
Carolyn Keating @wonderscribe.bsky.social Writer. Editor. Fantasist
Once Upon A Time Bookstore @shoponceuponatime.bsky.social America's Oldest Children's Bookstore nurturing a love of reading.
Mon-Sat: 10 am - 6 pm
Sun: 11 am - 4 pm
https://www.shoponceuponatime.com/link-bio
Geoff Handsoff @itsherbie.bsky.social Accelerating decarb with data @WattTime. Learning to be a Dad, electrifying my everything, and doing a little bit to heal the planet.
Pam Vaughan @pamvau.bsky.social Children's book author. NE-SCBWI co-ARA. Director of Whispering Pines Writers’ Retreat. #kidlit #PB #MG #12x12 www.pamvaughanauthor.com
@Vera Lisa Smetzer @veralisa.bsky.social Picturebook maker. Author/illustrator.
12x12. SCBWi.
Maine photographer.
"Journey to Forgiveness," second chance romance on a Maine flower farm. Harl. Aug. 2026. 🌷
Soozal @soozal.bsky.social 
P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields) @pjpurtee.bsky.social SCBWI
PBs
Poet: The Toy, Little Thoughts Press
Mira Reisberg's Children's Book Academy (featured poems)
Honors: Madness! Poetry (Elite 8), #50PreciousWords, Valentiny, Halloweensie, Holiday, Spring Fling
School volunteer
Hx: pediatrics
http://pjpurtee.com
Leah Moser @leahmoserwrites.bsky.social Picture Book Writer / Freelance Editor
I AM A THUNDERCLOUD (Running Press Kids, April 2024)
Rep’d by Page Turner Literary Agency
#scbwi / #12x12 / Mom x3 / Member of PBSoar24
https://linktr.ee/leahmoser
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
Laura K Zimmermann @laurak-pbwriter.bsky.social Children’s Author | Professor | Rep’d by @KaitlynLeann17.bsky.social at @Bradfordagents.bsky.social | MUSHROOM RAIN | UNDER THE FOREST FLOOR coming Spring 2028 | #SCBWI | she/her
Andrew Allsop @handle.invalid Children’s book author, #PBParty Finalist ’25, #PBRisingStars Mentee ’23, WriteHive Mentee ’24, member of SCBWI, repped by @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social at Bradford Literary Agency.
suspiciously green pegrr @pegrr.bsky.social please no starterpacks
I'd rather talk to people
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
Crystal Brunelle @librarygrl2.bsky.social I’m an elementary teacher librarian, avid reader, tea drinker, and co-founder/YA blogger at Rich in Color http://richincolor.com/. I also post on a personal blog readingtl.blogspot.com & Storygraph at crystalreading. (she/her)
#kidlit #ethnicstudies
Heidi Aubrey @heidiaubrey.com Children's author and illustrator. “Ada and the Goat" (Neal Porter Books/Holiday House)
www.heidiaubrey.com
Kind World Publishing @kindworldpub.bsky.social We connect the world through stories—stories that express kids’ big feelings, big questions, and big dreams, stories that celebrate curiosity and build bridges. Our goal is to start conversations that create a kinder world.
www.kindworldpublishing.com
@mvknoth.bsky.social @mvknoth.bsky.social 
KindleStack – The Go-To Platform for Indie Authors @kindlestack.com Boost Your Book Sales!
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Shoshana Flax @shoshanaflax.bsky.social @HornBook-er. MG/PB author. Rep: @AmyRStern, Sheldon Fogelman Agency. #SCBWI. 2025 Walter Award judge. She/her. Opinions mine.
Parodies for Charities: tinyurl.com/hwtylda
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.
KidsWord & AllKidsBooks – Explore, Read & Share! @allkidsbooks.com 🌟 Join our vibrant community of children's book lovers!
🔗 KidsWrd.com | AllKidsBooks.com
👧 Parents & Teachers: Find the best books for young readers.
✍️ Authors & Illustrators: List & showcase your books to a global audience.
Adam Blackman @adamdblackman.bsky.social Acquiring Editor (Cardinal Rule Press), Freelance Editor (developmental through proofreading at www.adamdblackman.com). Writer of PB and MG. Proud dad to 1 burgeoning tween (human) and 1 seriously adolescent bunny. #SCBWI #Kidlit
Jess Golden @goldenillust.bsky.social illustrator. dog person.
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/
Evelyn Day @evelynday.bsky.social #Kidlit writer, #SCBWI, #PB, #KidlitChuckleChallenge HM ‘25 & ‘24, Classically trained movie watcher, Poetry nerd, AuDHD, and Oxford comma enthusiast!
Jody Jensen Shaffer @jodywrites4kids.bsky.social Children's Author. Knopf BFYR, Nancy Paulsen Books, Doubleday, Penguin Workshop, Simon Spotlight, Beach Lane, Laura Godwin Books, Two Lions, Beaming Books, Magination Press
Proudly represented by @casahasegawa of @the_t2_agency!
T. L. McBeth @tlmcbeth.bsky.social Children's book author & illustrator.
Repped by Stephen Barr @ Writers House.
www.TLMcBeth.com
www.linktr.ee/tlmcbeth
Kate Applebee @k8applebee.bsky.social High school Teacher Librarian in SoCal | board game and escape room enthusiast | reader of anything I can get my hands on | independent bookstores are beautiful gems of our communities
Boni Ashburn @boniashburn.bsky.social Children’s Book Author.
Librarian (Middle/High School & Public).
Mom. Dog mom. Human.
The U.P. of Michigan. boniashburn.com
Aaron Piepmeier @aaronpiepmeier.bsky.social writer, actor, teacher
E. Lockhart @elockhartbooks.bsky.social Writer. Beachy gothics. Plot twists. Feminism. Occasional comedy. Author of We Were Liars, Family of Liars, Genuine Fraud, Again Again etc. Liars on television: Prime Video, Spring 2025.
Dylan Teut @dylan-teut.bsky.social K-5 Music Educator. Children's Literature Fanatic and Enthusiast. PhD in Education: Reading Assessment & Intervention. Husband. Uncle. Rotarian. Kiwanian. Organist. Local Dolly Parton Imagination Library Director. Adjunct Children's Literature Prof.
Phil Bildner @philbildner.bsky.social I write books for young people, picture books and middle grade novels. I’m the founder and President of The Author Village. Mets and Nets fan. LGBTQ🌈
Deborah Freedman @deborahfreedman.net author & illustrator of children's picture books,
+ gardener, woods walker, cloud & bird watcher
www.deborahfreedman.net
Matthew Cordell @cordellmatthew.bsky.social Dad. Husband. Illustrator and author of books. 2018 Caldecott Medalist.
Greg Pizzoli @gregpizzoli.bsky.social Maker of picture books, comics, early readers and screenprints. Preorder my new book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/721979/earl-and-worm-1-the-b
Varian Johnson @varianjohnson.bsky.social I used to design bridges but now I write books. My novels include TWINS, THE PARKER INHERITANCE, THE GREAT GREENE HEIST & PLAYING THE CARDS YOU'RE DEALT. VCFA/OU. He/Him. http://linktr.ee/varianjohnson
Philip Nel @philnel.bsky.social 👨🏼🏫 Prof. he/him.
📚 Books on children's books & comics: https://philnel.com/writing/books/
📷 IG: thephilnel
🐘 Mastodon: @philnel@mastodon.green
🎵 Spotify: thephilnel
🐦 ex-Twitter (deleted in 2022): @philnel
Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social I wrote some books, once upon a time.
Posting about stories, brain injuries, adorable animals, rhubarb recipes, nature facts, human rights, and how we can make this world safe and kind and good. You are precious to me, and I love you.
kellybarnhill.com
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
Nelson @nappell.bsky.social Public Librarian, current Library Director. MoBookFest co-chair. Bibliophile. Long Covid. Cooks, bakes, writes, sketches. Dumb Bluesky jokes. Sounders. AI sucks.
Hart Cunningham @hart28.bsky.social ‘28 Progressive Dem candidate Hart28.com
1) End genocide globally
2) Pardon 100k protestors
3) Nuremberg type trials
4) Free Healthcare for every citizen
5) END fascism/zionism