Jen Alfonso-Punzalan @japunzalan.bsky.social Middle school librarian
#librarians #tlskychat #schoollibraries #middleschool #books #kidlit #yalit #medialiteracy #edusky- R Randi Brush 🇨🇦🇮🇹 @randibrush.wsocial.eu Curious human. Love comics (esp. autobio and political). Dabbling in creating my own.
molly margaret @loveisapinkcake.bsky.social heart of carrots
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!
BookProf @bookprof.bsky.social University lecturer sparking future teachers' connections to children's literature. Kidlit picture book geek. Photography enthusiast. Nana. Dog-lover.
Ben Adkins @benadkinscomics.bsky.social I like to draw. Second year student at The Center for Cartoon Studies. He/him
https://benadkinsart.myportfolio.com/
Author Craig Read @craigread.bsky.social Dwayne And The Dinosaur Dilemma now available, either from myself paperback £10 each, or Hardback £15 each, or Amazon at £15 & £25
Liz Gotauco @cosbrarian.bsky.social Author, Librarian, & storyteller. READ MY DEBUT BOOK F*cked Up Fairy Tales from WW Norton! Recovering TikTokker. Rhode Islander. Filipina. Headshot by Brittanny Taylor.
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
Bob Cullen @robertgcullen1.bsky.social An information professional who also happens to be a historian, writer, and reader. I wish all of you who have likewise landed here a wealth of peace and goodness!
Elowen Silverscale @elowensilverscale.bsky.social ✨ Weaver of magic! ✨
She/Her | Artist | Kidlit Writer
Illustration Jobs @illustration-jobs.com https://illustration-jobs.com is a free job board for illustrators.
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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)
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More tales found in Cricket Media & online!
Website: https://www.jakelockett.com/
su moon @sailor-smoon.bsky.social author-doodler + character designer #kidlit #animation
📕 Vlad is Mad! (B+B/Macmillan, Aug ‘26)
📖 The Ugly Donkey (B+B/Macmillan, Aug ‘28)
Lauren Hoffmann @mrshoffy.bsky.social 📚Picture book connoisseur
😻Animal adorer
😆Comedy nerd
🎃Halloween zealot
🥄Spoonie
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Chris Lutz @the-untrained-eye.bsky.social 
Esther Richardson @estherichardson.bsky.social Artistic Director, Pilot Theatre
@pilottheatre.bsky.social
Erin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social America’s only art crime professor, studying theft, repatriation, and general museum shenanigans. Forthcoming book: The Styrofoam Mummy (Norton), on fraud and forgery on the market for ancient treasures. She/her; queer.
www.artcrimeprof.com
Comics Jobs @comics-jobs.com https://comics-jobs.com is a free job board for comics creators.
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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
Eric Bell @ericbellwriter.bsky.social Middle grade writer of ALAN COLE IS NOT A COWARD and ALAN COLE DOESN'T DANCE. Kidlit teacher, workshop facilitator, freelance editor. Queer, neurodivergent. He/him. Rep: Christa Heschke, Daniele Hunter. https://iamericbell.com/
Ken @msbsongs.bsky.social Musician, retired teacher, creating and producing songs and sharing them. The name of my group is MRS SMITH'S BASEMENT. I hope you will give us a listen. 
@jenhueifen.bsky.social @jenhueifen.bsky.social 
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
Tetris Jupiter @tetrisjupiter.bsky.social random things to do with your hands as you put together a puzzle you won't finish
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/
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 |
Jason Croot @jasoncroot.bsky.social Bradfordian, actor and author of the Bradford Back in the Day Memories Series: Bradford, Eh? & Bradford, Ye What? and the nostalgic football book Bradford or Leeds, Eh?
https://www.jasoncroot.com
The Edinburgh Bookshop @edinburghbookshop.bsky.social Small but mighty, award-winning indpendent bookshop in the heart of Edinburgh's lovely Bruntsfield area
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Tatjana Mai-Wyss @tatjanamaiwyss.bsky.social illustration + surface design, based in South Carolina. Telling stories with pictures. Represented by the Bright Agency
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Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
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Kathryn 📚 @kathrynreads4fun.bsky.social Teacher, Reader, member of The Bank Street Children’s Book Committee, PhD, Brooklyn girl at heart so…occasionally snarky.
@bell1977.bsky.social @bell1977.bsky.social 
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Alison L. Morris @alisonlmorris.bsky.social Professional children’s book buyer/curator. Consultant providing support & insights to nonprofits/authors/publishers. Reviewer for #BookFriendsForever. Wife of @garethhinds.bsky.social. Passionate advocate for book access & diverse books. Opinions mine.
Alex Leighton @xanderthurteen.bsky.social Co-creator, Co-director, character designer, wishful thinker and recovering perfectionist at Mukpuddy Animation in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Bank Street College of Education @bankstreet.edu Bank Street College prepares teachers and school leaders, provides education and support for children from infancy through high school, and conducts research to advance high-quality practice and policy across the field.
New York, NY | bankstreet.edu
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@bobmcmahonart.bsky.social @bobmcmahonart.bsky.social Creator of the Cookie & Broccoli early reader series, Dial Books Random house.
Be honest, be silly, be kind. 
Druscilla Santiago @adventurefunclub.bsky.social An Illustrator! In Honolulu! Probably drinking coffee.
Rep'd by @ksonnack.bsky.social
www.adventurefun.club
📗: Anything? Anything! (Summer 2027)
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Anitra Rowe Schulte @anitraschulte.bsky.social Children’s book author
DANCING WITH DADDY ✨❤️
WILLOW AND BUNNY 🍃🐰
STARLIN chapter books (2026/27)
12x12 | SCBWI
Pacific NW Reader @reasearchthefacts.bsky.social I fact check before I post. K12 NBCT teacher-librarian in another life. Apparently not a great speller🙄
Erica Flory @ericaflory.bsky.social Elementary school librarian , kid lit fan girl
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Donalyn Miller @donalynbooks.bsky.social I’m a TX teacher and author of books about engaging young people with reading. Co-founder #nerdybookclub. Founder #bookaday. Regular posts at donalynmiller.substack.com
@usagitomusashi.bsky.social @usagitomusashi.bsky.social 
Lisa - BoBQC @bobqc.bsky.social I make quizzes about books for students in 2nd - 12th grade to prepare for the Battle of the Books and other academic competitions, book clubs, literature circles, and classroom activities. 
Ioana Hobai @ioanahobai.bsky.social Picture books writer and illustrator.
Rep’d by Root Literary.
www.ioanahobai.com
Macmillan Children's School & Library Marketing @mackidssl.bsky.social We are the MacKids School & Library marketing team! Follow us for news about books for kids & teens and resources for teachers & librarians!
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@reginaswirsky.bsky.social @reginaswirsky.bsky.social 
Alison Sanders Illustration @sanders-illust.bsky.social 🎨 Whimsical art for grown-ups
🖼️ Playful prints, cards and stickers
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Melissa Snider @meliroowy.bsky.social K5 Dual School Librarian (Spanish/English) in Wyoming! | Past Chair of the WY Library Association's School Library Interest Group (SLIG) | WLA’s 2024 “Outstanding Librarian.” 🌟
Love to: write, cook, be in nature.
All views are my own.
She/her/hers
Hey Crystal Smith Illustrates @crystalsmithart.bsky.social West Coast Canada illustrator & writer🤖🦕🛼
Short, left-handed, adhd, lighthouse keeper’s daughter. Nature & neon
Rep'd by @jemiscoe.bsky.social -Starling Literary
@starlingliterary.bsky.social
PBs: MAYBE A WHALE | MOTHER ASPEN
www.heycrystalsmith.com
Mark Hoffmann @studiohoffmann.bsky.social Children’s books & editorial illustrator, professor
🎥 Host of Gab ‘n’ Doodle on Insta
🚫 No AI Art
Proudly rep’d by:
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Editorial- @i2iart.bsky.social
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And Now This @andnow-this.bsky.social 
@abbottzoey.bsky.social @abbottzoey.bsky.social 
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.
Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social NYT Bestselling, Geisel-winning, GRATEFUL #kidlit author! (Short, loud, goofy… and probably trying to hug wildlife. “NO, AME!”) LATEST 📖: ⭐️THE SICK DAY⭐️ (🦇, 🐈 & 🐀 #6). MORE 📚 ON THE WAY! Rep: Tricia Lawrence—🏆—at Aevitas!
Brooke Boynton-Hughes @bboyntonhughes.bsky.social Children's book illustrator/author
Children's Round Table @crtxla.bsky.social Promoting & improving library services to children & young people, & supporting those who serve them in TxLA. Sponsors the Texas Bluebonnet Award, Texas 2x2 Reading List, and Little Maverick Graphic Novel Reading List. https://linktr.ee/CRTxLA
@librarycats25.bsky.social @librarycats25.bsky.social Teacher-Librarian, 😺📚🏒
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Huda F @yesimhotinthis.bsky.social Author/Illustrator of Yes, I'm Hot in This, That Can Be Arranged, Huda F Are You? and National Book Award Finalist for Huda F Cares? | Rep’d by Kathleen Ortiz
Huda F Wants to Know? Out Now!
lnk.bio/yesimhotinthis
Bear Edwards @bearedwards.bsky.social Cartoonist, illustrator, designer.
National Cartoonists Society
#seekingrepresentation
BearEdwards.ink
Carol M. Ford @cmford714.bsky.social Sr. Editorial Director | Author & Editor | Official Biographer—Bob Crane (Hogan's Heroes) | Golden Linings Charity | Artist | Photographer | Podcaster | History Obsessed | World Traveler | Proud Aunt | Lover of Books, Dogs, Cats—and Chocolate!
Jessie Sima @jessiesima.bsky.social Indie and NYT Bestselling Author & Illustrator of a stack of books for kids.
https://www.jessiesima.com/
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@msumovich.bsky.social @msumovich.bsky.social 
Dani_B @danib.bsky.social Future of education. She/her. EdD student studying futures thinking in the youth educator workforce.
Yell at the machine, girl
Hayley Lowe @hloweart.bsky.social Author/Illustrator found in 🇨🇦 and🇬🇧
✨Debut✨
THE PIE REPORTS - Orca Books Spring ‘24 (Hayley Lowe)
DIAPER KID - Owlkids Fall ‘25 (Loretta Garbutt/Hayley Lowe)
MEMORY STONES- Second Story Press, Fall 25 (Kathy Kacer/Hayley Lowe)
United Independents (ANTI-FASCIST) (ANTI-COMMIE) Party💜❤️🔥 @unitedi.org HITLER 2.0 IS NOW HERE, FIGHT BACK LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT BECAUSE IT DOES NOW!! Let's get United for a better World! Not a political party, yet. #resister #nevergiveup #fightfascism #equalrightsforall
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Pat Cummings @betnoire.bsky.social Olympic medalist, Grammy winner, ballerina emeritus, storyteller, bookie.
Faith Pray @faithpray7.bsky.social PNW author+illustrator | THE DAY WE GOT LOST |
Repp’d: @mollyoneillbooks
faithpraybooks.com
https://linktr.ee/faithpray7
Journey Mosley @journeymosley.bsky.social A more perfect union....
Gabriella Aldeman @writebetween.bsky.social Spanish translator and PB author. PAULA'S PATCHES (FreeSpiritBooks), SQUAWK OF SPANISH (Charlesbridge), SOMETIMES A DREAM (Versify, 2027). Rep’d by Jennifer Unter
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
@kimbrapower.bsky.social @kimbrapower.bsky.social 
Tenzin (Doug) Rose @fearlesspuppy.bsky.social This 5* author is a traveling corpse. Website has TV, radio, and newspaper interviews. See life (and Asia) through the eyes of the dead in his 3rd book FREE right here! Love from Kathmandu. Be well, Tenzin/pronoun WE www.fearlesspuppy.info/newbook 
Valerie Bean @valdraws.com Children’s illustrator represented by
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@bookendsliterary.bsky.social
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
Kirk Reedstrom @kirkreedstrom.bsky.social USA Today Bestselling author/illustrator of funny kids books with heartfelt characters and a little bit of mayhem. Creator of the Duck & Moose graphic novel series (Disney-Hyperion).
He/Him
kirkreedstrom.com
Books of Wonder @booksofwonder.bsky.social Open 11am-7pm, 7 days a week📚
NYC's largest independent children's bookstore 🌈
Hannah Chung @hannahchung.com Writing and illustrating children's books!
✎ THE MOST PERFECT PERSIMMON
✎ BREAD DAYS
Rep: Rebecca Sherman at Writers House
hannahchung.com/books
T. L. McBeth @tlmcbeth.bsky.social Children's book author & illustrator.
Repped by Stephen Barr @ Writers House.
www.TLMcBeth.com
www.linktr.ee/tlmcbeth
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