Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social The official "Resistance" team of U.S. National Park Service. Our website: www.ourparks.org
@tobarvan.bsky.social @tobarvan.bsky.social 
Absurd Creation @absurdcreation.bsky.social Vell, Zaphod’s just zis guy, you know?
Loveofxena @loveofxena.bsky.social Dog lover, Labrador retrievers, mom to Soot, Cinder, Xena and Mulan, certified school librarian for 34 years, back in my previous position as Library Specialist in a K-6 building, avid blogger at Librarian's Quest for 13 years, kidlit lover/book collector
Ruta Sepetys @rutasepetys.bsky.social Author of Historical Fiction
Seeker of Lost Stories • Explorer of Shadows Past
📘 Between Shades of Gray 📘 Salt to the Sea
📘 The Fountains of Silence 📘 I Must Betray You
📘 The Bletchley Riddle 📘 You: The Story
Michael Leali @michaelleali.bsky.social Award-winning author. THE CIVIL WAR OF AMOS ABERNATHY | MATTEO | THE TRUTH ABOUT TRIANGLES. Rep by Sara Crowe. He/him/his. 🏳️🌈
Simon Kids @simonkids.bsky.social Find us at https://www.simonandschuster.com/p/kids!
Mike Boldt @mikeboldt.bsky.social New York Times Best-Selling Illustrator of JUST TRY ONE BITE! Author/Illustrator of the CANTALOUPE AND HONEYDO series, DON'T EAT BEES, BAD DOG, and others.
Rep'd by Jennifer Rofé
Links here: https://linktr.ee/mikeboldt
10 Minute Rant @10minuterant.bsky.social Homesteader-lite (in a liberal way) and lover of Broadway musicals. Catch me baking, canning, and learning new skills for surving the end of the world just a little longer 🏳️🌈 Mostly here to troll my spouse
Sam Subity @subity.bsky.social Dad, MG author, dragon rider | THE LAST SHADOW WARRIOR ~ Percy Jackson meets Beowulf | VALOR WINGS ~ Dunkirk with dragons (2024) - both from @Scholastic | Find me at subity.com
Bored Teachers @boredteachers.bsky.social We Live, We Laugh & We Love What We Do. We're teachers, but we're human, too!
Dan Wuori @danwuori.bsky.social Educator, Author of The Daycare Myth: What We Get Wrong About Early Care and Education (and What We Should Do About It) 
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 🐉
McCall Hoyle @mccallhoylebooks.bsky.social Best-Selling & Award Winning Author, Educator, Avid Dog Enthusiast, Book Nerd 🖊️👩🏼🏫🦮📚 #kidlit
Learn more at mccallhoyle.com
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.
Amy Brennan @amybrennan.bsky.social Principal of Cutchogue East Elementary School
Reader, writer, and thinker who loves to learn, teach and lead. 
Ami Schroder @amischroder.bsky.social Reader and reviewer of books 📚, crafter of things, school librarian, Co-founder of VA READS http://www.vareads.com , 2026 Newbery Committee
#skybrarian #schoollibrarian #EduSky
Michele Knott @micheleknott.bsky.social Lifelong reader, book suggester, book fairy. Sharing my love of reading across all the socials. Let’s talk books📚📚📚
Victor Pineiro @victorpineiro.bsky.social Pura Belpré author of The Island of Forgotten Gods & Time Villains (Sourcebooks) | Rep: Elana Roth Parker | Digital Innovation Director at HBO / Max | Ran social for YouTube, Skittles etc at Big Spaceship | 🇵🇷
Linda Zajac @lindazajac.bsky.social 
Kari Tanaka @karitanaka.bsky.social Mom/Bookseller/Reader/Writer/Word Nerd/Foodie/Whatever-Else-I-Happen-to-be-Interested-in-at-the-Moment/Undefined/My views are my own
Emily Drabinski @edrabinski.bsky.social PSCCUNY. #CUNYStrong. Queer. Collective power, public good. Organize your workplace. Zindabad. Makibaka. Solidarity
Sourcebooks Library @sbkslibrary.bsky.social The Sourcebooks library team offering updates, news, reviews, and a whole lot of library and educator love! 📚 linktr.ee/sbkslibrary
Dean Hale @halespawn.bsky.social Writer and o+#!TEXT_STRING_CORRUPTED
Jennifer C @thejenniwren.teamlh.social Director of Digital Strategy @demcastusa
I taught rhetoric. Now I use it to fight fascism.
English Prof-in-protest
Always Get In Good Trouble
Cary Elwes @cary-elwes.bsky.social 
Betsy Bird @fuse8.bsky.social Blog about kids books? You bet (A Fuse #8 Production). Library degree? You know it. Books for kids? Seven. Books for adults about kidlit? Two. Podcasts about kids books? One (Fuse 8 n’ Kate). Having fun! https://afuse8production.slj.com
American Library Association @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social Empowering and advocating for libraries and library workers to ensure equitable access to information for all. 🌎’s largest library association.
Find us at https://ala.org.
We follow the ALA Code of Conduct: https://www.ala.org/user-guidelines
Sally J. Pla @sallyjplabooks.bsky.social ALA Schneider Award winning children's author, inclusivity advocate, autistic, anovelmind.com, sallyjpla.com.
Loving kindness.
We all shine with different lights. 
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
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
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 🏳️🌈
Author Padma Venkatraman @padmatv.bsky.social THE BRIDGE HOME, BORN BEHIND BARS, SAFE HARBOR, A TIME TO DANCE. WNDB Walter Award winning writer, reader, poet, oceanographer, yoga teacher. K-12 Education. Science, nature, music, art. DEI. “Stories are ships on which we sail oceans of hope.”
Jessica Vitalis @jessicavitalis.bsky.social Award-winning author, Greenwillow/HarperCollins. American by birth, Canadian by choice. 
E Train Talks Books @etraintalks.bsky.social E Train Talks is a 501©(3) literacy nonprofit. Founded by Ethan, a 15-year-old award-winning literacy advocate, podcaster & Giving Tuesday Leader. E Train Talks Literacy Initiative is turning pages & changing lives, one story at a time! etraintalks.org
Greg Pincus @gregpincus.bsky.social Writer. Likes to rhyme, though not when writing movies or novels. But you should see my shopping lists! Has never bought an orange. #kidlitchat cohost for 14+ years on ex-Twitter (and now here on Tuesday nights at 9 PM EST!). Still bats and throws righty.
Kim Hazel-Rudden @kimhazelrudden.bsky.social K-5 school librarian at Westmore Elementary📚, Mom ❤️❤️, pro photographer 📸, ♑️, #BookAllies 📖, creator of Author Chats for the IL Bluestem Award.🎙️ UIUC mom 💙🧡
Kari Percival @karipercival.bsky.social Author Illustrator, SAFE CROSSING, Chronicle Books, 2025
Ezra Jack Keats Award for Writer, How to Say Hello to A Worm, Rise x Penguin Workshop
Repped by @bookmarklitereary
Kristine Paulson (she/her) @kristinemp.bsky.social Elementary school principal, instructional coach at ❤️and inquiry advocate. All ideas and opinions expressed are my own.
Adriana Hernández Bergstrom @adriprints.bsky.social Author + Illustrator | 🇨🇺 | she/her | Rep: Wernick&Pratt | Abuelita & I Make Flan 🍮 / TUMBLE 🏜️ / Countdown for Nochebuena 🎄
Annie Ward @annietward.bsky.social Educator, mother. Lover of kids, books, and dogs in most any combination.
Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app I wrote #TheDarkFantastic. Aspiring YA fantasy author; newbie YouTuber. Professor and grad program chair; Auntie PhD. 🔺1913, OES⭐️, Rattler🧡🐍, Wolverine💛💙. Detroit vs Everybody. Linktree: Ebonyteach.
Kristi Montague @kristimontague.bsky.social Illustrator & Maker
Brad Montague @bradmontague.bsky.social stubborn optimist
Jen Calonita @jencalonita.bsky.social NYT bestselling author, Jenna Rink fan, Disney Girl. Latest: The Enchanter’s Tale: FAIRY GODMOTHER Up next: ISLE OF EVER 3/25/25
Elana K. Arnold @elanakarnold.bsky.social Writer, Human, Author, Friend.
Cindy Minnich @cbethm.bsky.social she/her; HS Librarian and English teacher; wife; mom to 1 young adult, 3 cats, 2 dogs; #nerdybookclub tech queen; NWP, NCTE, ALAN, ALA, PSEA/NEA
Beth @kidlitandcoffee.bsky.social 
Winsome Bingham @armyvet5.bsky.social Author of books 4 children. Picture books, chapter books, and an occasional novel. I’ve penned SOUL FOOD SUNDAY (⭐️), WELCOME TO FORT GOODE, THE WALK ( ⭐️), MISSING MOMMA (⭐️), LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (⭐️), THE TABLE (⭐️). I treat others the way I want to be treated.
Trudy Ludwig @trudyludwig.bsky.social Hi there! I’m a kidlit author recruiting Kindness Warriors wherever I go. Yep. You could say I’m…
Making a Difference in Kids’ Lives, One Book at a Time(R).
www.trudyludwig.com
Kathryn Otoshi @kathrynotoshi.bsky.social Children’s Book Author & Illustrator
of Character Building Picture Books
John Hendrix @johnhendrix.bsky.social Professional Drawer (not furniture). Author / Illustrator of 'The Mythmakers' • 'The Faithful Spy’ & others. Professor of Art at WashU, Chair MFA Illus. & Visual Culture
JoEllenMcCarthy @joellenmccarthy.bsky.social 
Terri Farley @terrifarley.bsky.social Writer, recovering teacher, advocates for the wild, love selkies, dogs, cats, brainy outsiders.
PHANTOM STALLION books w Simon & Schuster ORDER here http://bit.ly/3BoMfnd Check out my new website TerriFarley.com
Ann Marie Stephens @amstephens.bsky.social Kidlit Author • Teacher • Diver🤿 ARITHMECHICKS 🐥series, CATastrophe 🐈 series, & more! Rep'd by Emily Mitchell @ Wernick & Pratt Agency https://www.annmariestephensbooks.com
Colleen AF Venable @colleenaf.bsky.social AF = Ann Felicity. Author: Katie the Catsitter series, Junie B. Jones graphic novels, Kiss Number 8 (National Book Award nominee!), The Swayze Year. Comic booker, maker, loudest laugher in the room. Splits time between North Adams, MA and Brooklyn, NY.
Paul Vinelli @paulvinelli.bsky.social Picture Book Writer | MLIS
Co-Host of The Sartorial Librarians Podcast
@sartoriallibrary.bsky.social
Spotify: spoti.fi/3ANgYge
Apple: apple.co/4e4mM3h
Joanna Ho @joannahowrites.bsky.social NYT Bestselling author • Intl speaker • Educator. Eyes that Kiss in the Corners. We Who Produce Pearls. The Silence that Binds Us.
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
Jenna Vandenberg @jennavandenberg.bsky.social Yay for writing, reading, and teaching history!
Member of SCBWI and NCSS
Find me at https://jennavandenberg.substack.com/ 
Dev Petty @devpetty.bsky.social Children’s Author. Devout Californian.
Rep'd by @jenrofe of ABLA
www.devpetty.com
Lina Chopra Haldar, PhD @linahaldar.bsky.social Kid Lit Author | Math Enthusiast | Education Consultant | Ice Cream Lover | 12x12 and SCBWI Member | Rep’d by Saba Sulaiman, Talcott Notch Literary Services
Author of DEAR MATH, WE’RE NOT FRIENDS (Beaming Books 2026)
www.linahaldar.com
Mae Respicio 🇵🇭🇺🇸 @maerespicio.bsky.social ✨ Writer of Books / Eater of Snacks
✨ APALA Honor Award, NPR Best Books
✨ www.maerespicio.com
✨ Author brand: tender+joyful+Filipino dad jokes
✨ Agent: Jennifer Laughran
Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social Believe in yourself! Work hard, never give up & anything's possible! OR: Kick back, relax & aim low: You'll never be disappointed...😜
@alankatz.bsky.social @alankatz.bsky.social 
Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social What Do People Do at the Science Museum (illus Qin Leng, 8.26)
Bathtime for Snow Monkeys (illus Yas Imamura,10.26)
Profile pic by Yas Imamura
Prettyokmaggie.com
Stephen Shaskan @sshaskan.bsky.social Creator of the best-selling graphic chapter book series PIZZA AND TACO.
The Autism Books by Autistic Authors Project @autisticbooks.bsky.social Books about autism, written by Autistic people. Community resource website cataloguing as many of these as possible (2300+ so far).
Autistic curator (@lillyjade.bsky.social she/her).
https://linktr.ee/autisticbooks
*Taking a social media break*
Elly Swartz @ellyswartzbooks.bsky.social Author of books for kids and their adults: SAME PAGE, HIDDEN TRUTHS, DEAR STUDENT, FINDING PERFECT, GIVE AND TAKE, SMART COOKIE, ALMOST TRUE (2027). Rep'd by Andrea Cascardi at Transatlantic. https://linktr.ee/ellyswartz
Anne O'Brien Carelli - kidlit author @aobriencarelli.bsky.social Children's book author www.anneobriencarelli.com
Margarita Engle @margaritaengle.bsky.social Cuban American poet and children’s book author. Young People’s Poet Laureate Emeritus. Newbery Honor, Pura Belpré Awards, etc.
Rick Riordan @rickriordan.bsky.social Author of Percy Jackson and many other books.
Jeff Kinney @jeffkinney.bsky.social Wimpy Kid author, Unlikely Story owner
Remy Lai @rrremylai.bsky.social Author Illustrator having too much coffee somewhere.
Next up: CHICKENPOX (January '25)
Readiatrician @readiatrician.bsky.social Just a pediatrician who loves to read!
🚫Fighting book bans
💪Freedom to read
📚#kidlit
🍪baked goods
❤️my three boys
👶pediatrics
✍️writing
www.readiatrician.com
Illustrated version on instagram
Wendy Gassaway @wendygassaway.bsky.social New librarian, old teacher, enthusiastic about books, hikes, and dessert. Title Chair for Oregon Battle of the Books. 2023 AASL Innovating Reading grant. 2025 Connie Hull Grant. 2015 Book Love Foundation grant. RPCV & Fulbright exchange in Latvia. She/her.
꯱ׁׅ֒hׁׅ֮ɑׁׅ֮ꪀׁׅꪀׁׅᨵׁׅꪀׁׅ @shanyo.bsky.social i'm not even remotely interesting.
i'm a huge fan of goats.
my brain is a hot mess.
pro oxford comma.
Sarah Aronson @saraharonson.bsky.social Writer. Reader. Bike Rider. My books include: Abzuglutely: Battling Bellowing Bella Abzug (2024), Brand New Bubbe (2022) and Just Like Rube Goldberg (2019)! Are you writing a book? Subscribe to my substack or work with me at Highlights!
Dr. Jessica Cavalier @jcavalierwrites.bsky.social Instructional Coach, reading specialist, continuous learner
#writing #research #inquiry
Lindsay Burton, PhD @lindsayburton.bsky.social AP English teacher in West Michigan
Children’s/YA Lit & Media Researcher
All thoughts/posts/likes are my own
My publications: http://bit.ly/3CxqLb1
Tracey Baptiste @traceybaptiste.bsky.social Author. Educator.
Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social NYT & indie bestselling author of Love Hate & Other Filters, Internment, Hollow Fires, Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit, This Book Won't Burn, The Singular Life of Aria Patel. Nat'l leadership team Authors Against Book Bans
www.samiraahmed.com
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
David Bowles @davidbowles.us Writer. Translator. Nahuatlahtoh. Chicano. He/él/yehhua. Pan [💖💛💙]. Representation: Full Circle Literary. Associate Professor at UTRGV. Ca notoca Tlahzotic Mazacnihuitl.
Tae Keller @taekeller.bsky.social 
Alex Gino @alexgino.bsky.social They/them. Middle grade kidlit author of MELISSA, GREEN, and other books with LGBQTIAP+ characters and friendship themes. Living that pun lifestyle. ACAB. Free Palestine. Reparations. Housing, food, and medical care for all. Interdependence is life.
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
Gennifer Choldenko @choldenko.bsky.social Co-author of the Dogtown series with Katherine Applegate. (Am I lucky or what?) Author of The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman.
Melissacorey @melissacorey.bsky.social MS Library Media Specialist | MASL Past President | LJ Mover & Shaker 2024 | 2024 #ILoveMyLibrarian Award Honoree | SLJ #SchoolLibOTY Finalist 2023
Jennifer Casa-Todd @jcasatodd.bsky.social Mom. Teacher. Learner. Author. Keynote Speaker. Student Voice Amplifier. Faculty of Ed Instructor. 🇨🇦 School Library. Google Certified Innovator. GEG ON Leader. ISTE/ASCD Community Leader. Media Smarts Facilitator. #GlobalStudentChat co-founder #NYC19
PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social We stand at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect open expression in the U.S. and worldwide. Support and learn more at pen.org.
Jen the Feisty Librarian @feistywaters.com Oatmeal socialist, pocketed dress enthusiast, chaos goblin, food stylist, insufferable dog mom, spoonie tattooed librarian. She/Her
https://www.feistywaters.com/
Shannon McClintock Miller @shannonmmiller.bsky.social Mom❤️Wife. #VanMeter Teacher Librarian. #FutureReadyLibs Leader. @BookCreatorApp Future Ready Advocate. @capstonepub Champion. LJ Mover & Shaker. ISTE Making IT Happen. DA Top 100 Influencer.
That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com Educator-Librarian-Author-Activist-Speaker-Bibliophile-Louisianan-Defender of Wonder
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/ThatLibrarian
Stacy Alfano @teachlovesbooks.bsky.social Reader!!, ELA and Soc St. Teacher #BookPosse member 📚
MrsSimonsReads @mrssimonsreads.bsky.social Mom | Teacher | Reader | Member of #BookAllies | Elementary Librarian in TX 📚❤️
Beth Campbell @beth1campbell.bsky.social I love great books. Creator of Authors' Studio - Advocate for student voice and connecting students with authors/illustrators.
Teacher librarian. Member of #BookPosse
https://authorsstudio.com