Sarah A @sarahleeab.bsky.social Proudly Minneapolis born. Chapel Hill NC, Passionate advocate for the needs of twice-exceptional students. MA UNC-CH Folklore.
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.
MO-KAN HASH @mokanhash.bsky.social 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Cannabis reform • Psychedelic awareness/Veterans Advocate
Education • Art • Community
Missouri + Kansas
🔵LAWRENCE, KS DEMOCRAT🔵
Gardners @gardnersbooks.bsky.social Britain and Europe's leading and largest independent wholesaler - has been involved as an integral link in the book supply chain for over 40 years.
🔗 gardners.com – 📍 Eastbourne, UK
Sarah Claxton @sarahclaxton.bsky.social #kidlit writer, SCBW, Inked Voices, PB Party Finalist 2026
Amy Axtell @amybett.bsky.social Former: Missouri @momsdemand.bsky.social Social Media Volunteer, HS Art Teacher, AA Flight Attendant, Big Apple Circus
Amy Axtell, she/her
KCMO Kansas City Missouri #MOleg
amybett on all other socials
BookProf @bookprof.bsky.social University lecturer sparking future teachers' connections to children's literature. Kidlit picture book geek. Photography enthusiast. Nana. Dog-lover.
ᶠᵉʳᵃˡ ʰᵒᵘˢᵉʷⁱᶠᵉ @feral-housewife.bsky.social I am probably at home baking, baked like a cake, or somewhere being a mayhem menace or giving charming chaos. Marla Singer turned homemaker.
⛥ I am a predator posing as a house pet. ⛥
Married & monogamous; mom. Queen of the ruins.
@tabenson.bsky.social @tabenson.bsky.social 
Sara Foss @sarafoss.bsky.social Journalist in upstate NY. 
Abby Olcese @abbyolcese.bsky.social Film critic/writer at The Pitch, Paste, Sojourners, rogerebert.com, others. Author of FILMS FOR ALL SEASONS: https://tinyurl.com/5n8hre5e
Michael Kelley says Vote NO on Amendment 3 @mckelleykc.bsky.social Husband | Father | Royals/Braves | Passionate about socks and multimodal transportation | He/Him
📍Missouri
evolbrew @evolbrew.net For legal purposes, I am a joke. (KCMO)
Band names: https://bit.ly/EvolBands
easychore.bsky.social @easychore.bsky.social Want a simple, free to use Chore and Allowance App? Say no more!
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Amy Farris @amylizfs.bsky.social Voice actor and picture book enthusiast, I'm on a mission to ID "read-aloud-ability"--those enigmatic elements that make picture books entertaining for both the narrator and the audience.
🔗 HearMeOutReviews.Substack.com
🔗 VoiceOfAmy.com
Leslie McCrary @lesliemccrary.bsky.social children’s independent bookseller/picture book author/artist/weirdo/invisible disability
www.lmccrary.com🖌️🎨📝📚
Rep’d by Kaitlyn Sanchez- P @pdkirke.bsky.social @pdkirke.bsky.social
@mdhstrauss.bsky.social @mdhstrauss.bsky.social 
Sarah Surprise @sarahsurprise.bsky.social ✏️Illustrator and textile designer
Seeking representation and pb, mg and book cover projects 📘
https://www.sarahsurprisestudio.com
Brenda Maier @brendamaier.bsky.social Children’s author, gifted education specialist, and mom of five. Hobbies include traveling, tricking kids into thinking for themselves, and reading way past my bedtime. brendamaier.com 
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
Radagogy @rad3.bsky.social Liberty Justice HumanRights Love
For ALL!
Mother Partner Teacher Activist Learner Gardener Dogs Cats Science Music Knitter anti-hate.
makiko @makikoi.bsky.social Editor
Paige Gray @blankpaige.bsky.social Enchantress/Professor/Explorer Extraordinaire
Children's Literature • Newspapers • Puppets
Children of the Black Press (Ohio State UP)
Cub Reporters: American Children's Literature and Journalism in the Golden Age (SUNY Press)
linktr.ee/blankpaige1110
AmesJo @amesjo11.bsky.social 
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
Mary Murphy @memurphy.bsky.social Genealogist/family historian; retired attorney and history/gov teacher; journalist by training.
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art @carlemuseum.bsky.social We ❤️ picture books. Follow along to fall in love with picture books, too. https://linktr.ee/carlemuseum
📍Amherst, MA
Urban Librarian 📚🏛️ @nicbrewer.bsky.social She/her. Kansas City. Public librarian. Loves travel & science & biking & crocheting & pool time & art & F1 & current events. Fan of fact-checking. And democracy.
Views my own.
SpamDino @spamdino.bsky.social 
Bill McConnell @lectricbillmc.bsky.social eclectic entrepreneur, designer, sound design enthusiast
Amy Westover @awestover24.bsky.social Librarian 🔹 Cat Lover 🔹 Books, Baseball, and Broadway- R Robbie @robbiemedlin.bsky.social
@gabrieljliv.bsky.social @gabrieljliv.bsky.social 
@librarycats25.bsky.social @librarycats25.bsky.social Teacher-Librarian, 😺📚🏒
https://www.donorschoose.org/project/book-trolley-book-love/9061761/?challengeid=393443 
William the Librarian @williamottens.com Librarian in Kansas City. Creator of librarianproblems.com. Author of LIBRARIAN TALES. Lover of all things cats and books. He/him. williamthelibrarian.com 🏳️🌈📚😺
Chloe💛 @chloebart.bsky.social Reader, Art Student, and Muppet Enthusiast
💛MCAD Comic Arts 2028💛
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Zach @zpreheim.bsky.social Kansas City
Charles Ghigna @charlesghigna.bsky.social Poet, children's author, syndicated feature writer. FatherGoose.com
barefootwriter @bfwriter.bsky.social PhD candidate, Educational Studies. MA, Human Development, Learning, and Culture. gamer (not the bad kind), budoka, NOLA girl. I blog about POTS at barefootwriterhaspots.com
Andy Salinas Aceves @andylozano.com Animator and Illustrator from Kansas City!
Regional Advisor for KsMo SCBWI
Trying out new socials
Kdog McMarx @kdogmcmarx.bsky.social Architect and Philosopher. Indoctrinated at Kansas State University in Manhattan, KS. Unabashed Agnostic Secular Humanist. #EMAW #KCMO #KansasCity
Margaret Fogarty @mfogarty.bsky.social Things I love: picture books, writing bad poetry, overthinking, being a librarian(ish), my two kids, and making lists.
Annamarie @musicstar61.bsky.social KC Swiftie | Nonprofit Marketing | Animal Lover | Community Service
GameStop Alexander @cornmuffin64.bsky.social I was put on this earth to game. #1 Young Bucks enjoyer
@chomperhead.bsky.social @chomperhead.bsky.social 
Nina Crews @ninacrews.bsky.social Children's book author and illustrator
Visit me at www.ninacrews.com
A. Frederick @schoolyardbard.bsky.social Nerd, educator, human mom and cat mom
Eva Louise Hall @theseacircus.bsky.social Writer, filmmaker, Stop motion animator
Professor of Animation at KCAI
Linktr.ee/evalouisehall
Kate Bradshaw @kateruthbradshaw.bsky.social Designer, runner, cat & dog enthusiast. She/her.
@andiegrrl.bsky.social @andiegrrl.bsky.social 
WhatsaMattaU - Make Frostbite Falls Great Again @whassamattau.bsky.social Nerd. I love Books, Theology, Dogs, Yoga, Classic Frasier.
@jillnice.bsky.social @jillnice.bsky.social 
Sally McEntyre @sallymce.bsky.social 
Ron Megee @ronmegee67.bsky.social Actor-Bon Vivant
barley & birch @barleyandbirch.com Creative art and play explorations for kids and their families. Visit us at https://barleyandbirch.com
#KidsActivities | #KidsArt | #ArtEd | #EduSky | #KidsCrafts | #NatureSky | #OutdoorLearning | #CreativePlay | #KidLit | #DIYKids | #ECE | #EarlyYears
Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social Los Angeles via Hampton U via Houston
Concept Artist: Sinners, Wakanda, TheyClonedTyrone, etc.
www.NIKKOLAS.art
Elizabeth @elizabethbaddeley.bsky.social Author, NY Times Best Selling Illustrator, Sewist, Mom, Boston Terrier enthusiast. Living in the liberal part of Kansas. She/her. Elizabethbaddeley.com
Jo Ruksenas @ruksenas.bsky.social Still inexpungible
@ka-myers.bsky.social @ka-myers.bsky.social 
adrianRebranded @xenozoo.bsky.social This ain't no party. This ain't no disco. This ain't no foolin' around. Pro work at http://xenozoo.com/11thhour, comics at http://xenozoo.com
Lillie Pardo @lilliepardo.bsky.social Picture Book Writer ✏️
3rd Grade Teacher 🍎
Filipino American 🇵🇭 🇺🇸
#PBRisingStars mentee ‘23
#SCBWI work-in-progress award winner ‘24
#12x12 scholarship winner ‘25
#PBParty Finalist ‘25
#Kidlit
Seeking representation
www.lilliepardo.com
Adventure! CM @adventurecm.bsky.social Adventure! Children's Museum is a 501c3 nonprofit children's museum in Eugene, Oregon! We help make life a little brighter and more adventurous for kids and families in our handmade, mostly upcycled hands-on museum.
@ensanegwen.bsky.social @ensanegwen.bsky.social Kansas City, KS. Mom. A little bit punk slightly more metal. Probably autistic definitely with the ADHD.
Priscilla Van Der Weele-Smith @prisbythepond.bsky.social 
Emma Heuchert @emmaheuchert.bsky.social 
Jen 🖤 @justjennifer90.bsky.social #OASIS 🖤 🏰 #AEW #ManCity 💙🦈 she/her
Free Palestine. Abolish 🧊.
Johnna @johnna-w-perry.bsky.social Midwestern to a fault, rescue dog mom, sunset chaser, cookbook author, artist, celiac advocate.
Kristin Hansen @kwhansen.bsky.social Retired admin. Anglophile, especially with entertainment. Lifelong Kansas City Chiefs fan. Pragmatic progressive. Part of the Resistance. Formerly a Kricket. Always curious.
@kathyt1211.bsky.social @kathyt1211.bsky.social 
@caseysimmons.bsky.social @caseysimmons.bsky.social 
@cjkappeler.bsky.social @cjkappeler.bsky.social 
@adriennenewlin.bsky.social @adriennenewlin.bsky.social Mom, wife, fierce liberal, believer in rights, democracy and being a good human.
Aaron Caldwell @pheonixcaldwell.bsky.social Implementation Engineer. Aspiring Writer. Member of the Mutant Fam. Love all things Horror.- C @courtenay21.bsky.social @courtenay21.bsky.social
Diane Bulan @actordi.bsky.social Actor/director.
CEO Spel-It-Rite Proofreading.
Perfectionist, procrastinator, skeptic.
"I'll get it done right... later... nah, I doubt it"
@terracottawarrior.bsky.social @terracottawarrior.bsky.social Gardener & lover of the natural world.
Radical Optimist @juliazcole.bsky.social 
@jkdbean.bsky.social @jkdbean.bsky.social 
DB @dbecky1109.bsky.social Escaping the fb world
@cblake50.bsky.social @cblake50.bsky.social 
Hillary Clemens Harbor @hillaryclemens.bsky.social Kansas City Actors Theatre (KC)
The Gift Theatre Company (Chicago)
@jani6.bsky.social @jani6.bsky.social 
@violetlyen.bsky.social @violetlyen.bsky.social 
Kansas City Public Library @kclibrary.bsky.social The Kansas City Public Library cultivates connection through experiences that educate, empower, and celebrate our stories.
@helix8.bsky.social @helix8.bsky.social Poetry, Ancient Greek, bassoon, vintage fountain pens, reading, choir, Knit/Crochet/Tat/Quilt, woodcarving, birdwatching, Senet, artistic movies, hiking, studying French, Swiss German, Spanish, Icelandic, good lyrics, creative healthy GF cooking
Dr. Chris Kusek @chriskusek.bsky.social KC | Music Educator | Pianist | Bassist
NISE Network @nisenet.bsky.social The National Informal STEM Education Network (NISE Network) is a community of informal educators and scientists dedicated to supporting learning about science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) across the United States. https://www.nisenet.org
@tippywalnut.bsky.social @tippywalnut.bsky.social Bookseller, Reader
Anne Kniggendorf @annekniggendorf.bsky.social Writer/editor in Kansas City. Navy veteran. St. John's College alumna.
@rjburns80.bsky.social @rjburns80.bsky.social 
@lindseyfoat.bsky.social @lindseyfoat.bsky.social 
Laura the Librarian EdD, MSLIS @laurathelibrarian.bsky.social K12 Librarian EdD, MSLIS, Mom. Wife. ISTJ. Trekkie. Whovian. Feminist Killjoy. Nerd. BLM. Rural places are important. Without literacy, there is no equity. She/her
Grant Snider @grantdraws.bsky.social Keeper of sketchbooks. Loser of pens. Author of THE YEAR I STOPPED DRAWING, coming this fall from Abrams Books.
David W. Hardy, Esq. @hardymediation.bsky.social Atty, mediator, teacher. Lawrence, KS Advocate, MBA, former uni admin. Spouse:🧑🤝🧑@bsbadger INTJ/ENTJ 🚫DMs 🚫 Porn 🚫 Crypto 🚫 OnlyFans 🚫GoFundMe YES to int. news, sci, law, art, philos, Left pol, philanth, nature
@lncks.bsky.social @lncks.bsky.social