Sheri Bentley @sheribbooks.bsky.social Writer. Literacy Coach. Lover of people and words. #SCBWI #KidsChoice-Winner #KidLitVibes-Winner #50PreciousWords-HM #KidlitChuckleChallenge-HM Pub'd in @DirigibleBalloon
Jessica Braidan @jessicabraidan.bsky.social 📚 Color & Discover series — fact-and-coloring books for curious kids 4 and up. Surprising facts + bold pictures to color + try-it activities. Read, create, discover, screen-free. 🦕🚀🐴 jessicabraidan.com
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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
Symbiosky @symbiosky.bsky.social Make Decisions Through Conviction,
Fund Public Good like Journalism, Academic Content, Education
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Open Ulysses - Add Your Link @open-ulys.bsky.social Turning 265,222 words into links. Add yours. Discover something unexpected.
https://openulysses.substack.com/p/chapter-1
Kyle Reardon @kylereardon.bsky.social Children’s Picture book Author/Illustrator rep’d by Lynnette Novak at The Seymour Agency.
www.kylereardonart.com
Public nuisance.
Maya Biagioni @biaggoni82.bsky.social A girl from a "blue state" who cares about social equity, environmental protection, and the small, delightful moments in life.
Mike Freveletti @frevma.bsky.social picture book writer | occasional poet | improviser | intermittent funny man
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Ranked News @rankednews.bsky.social Ranked News is the most diverse, unbiased/uncensored free news platform. Articles ranked, summarized and translated in +200 languages. More in the iOS/Android app.
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Maria is Writing @mariakidlit.bsky.social #Kidlit PB/MG writer and enthusiast
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@miriamknowak.bsky.social @miriamknowak.bsky.social Pre-pub PB writer. Querying. Goal: write publishable, fun books that help children feel valued and understood. Jesus follower, wife, mom, grandma. I like to clean, watch birds and horses, and play with kids. SCBWI, CBI, Inked Voices, Lyrical Language Lab.
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@lynnparrishsutton.bsky.social @lynnparrishsutton.bsky.social PB Writer, watercolors, nature poetry and photos
lynnparrishsutton.com
Taiko Endo @taikoendo.bsky.social • author of character-driven love stories
• literary agent assistant @andreabrownlit
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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
JoEllenMcCarthy @joellenmccarthy.bsky.social 
Papel en Blanco @papelenblanco.bsky.social Todo sobre literatura y cómic: novedades, crítica, actualidad... Pasión impresa. https://t.co/gndnyCq0iU
Ram Gulrajani Author 📚 @rockape65.bsky.social From suspense to soul-stirring stories I writes them all Love the arts, writing, painting, strumming my guitar & generally being creative. From Gibraltar originally Website: https://t.co/8gSEmJ7TCu Team Site @iquitcigs.bsky.social
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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.
Oliver Allison @oliverallison.bsky.social Illustrator and educator in Brooklyn. Instructor at SVA’s BFA Illustration department.
https://www.oliverallison.com/
Bookshelfie ⭐️ @bookshelfie.bsky.social The Self-Pub Hub (Book Review and Story Site)
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Sheila M Averbuch @sheilamaverbuch.bsky.social Children's #author of middlegrade thriller FRIEND ME (Scholastic Press). Studied history & literature at Harvard. From US & Ireland. Living in Scotland. NEW BOOK: PITCH YOUR BOOK - write the letter that hooks an agent on your novel bit.ly/SMApitchorder
Susan Rich @susanrichreads.bsky.social Children's Book Editor-at-Large with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
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Daniel Rolph Author @danielrolphauthor.bsky.social Daniel Rolph grew up in the UK foster care system, experiencing firsthand the challenges that come with it. Now, he's channelling those experiences into his debut novel, Shattered Paths
Buy Now: https://geni.us/OEi75Gh
Jessica Yaun @jessicayaun.bsky.social Follower of Jesus. Disabled mom of 2. She/they. Writer:
@AllAgesOfGeek
interviewee, #12x12 2023, Courage to Create Scholar 2023, Wild Ink anthology contributor x2 2024
Melanie Sheppard @melaniejsheppard.bsky.social Kidlit author. Former school librarian. Lover of cozy hobbies and long walks outside. Rep’d by Sam Farkas.
Katherine Thorne @sparklemarkers.bsky.social She/her. Picture book writer/illustrator.
Rep: @swekstein.bsky.social
I do not use AI for anything.
Keep posting about your books; I want to read them!
sparklemarkers.com
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)
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
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Alex Waldo @alexwaldobooks.bsky.social 📍 Nashville
Rebuilding after leaving Twitter!
Querying PB!
Mom, Picture Book Writer, Application Development, Gardner, Hiker, Dog Lover, she/her #kidlit #PBPitch #SCBWIMidsouth #amquerying #writingcommunity 🌞
www.waldohousebooks.com
Chris Robertson @chrisrbooks.bsky.social Author/Illustrator of many delightful picture books and Storyboard Professor at Otis College of Art & Design www.chrisrobertsonbooks.com
VivaVoce @vivavoce.bsky.social Cantiere creativo e culturale di progetti che coniugano lettura ad alta voce, teatro, musica e illustrazione con le nuove tecnologie 
Katie Edwards @kateeds.bsky.social Treading tentatively into the realms of picture book writing (author / illustrator). No idea what I’m doing but enjoying the journey. South Wales, UK
www.kateeds.co.uk
Bonnie Lambourn @fireurchinbl.bsky.social Illustrator/author kidlit - picture book / graphic novel *
world music playlist curator host of - Bioluminosity dance
Care about our world - others - diversity & biodiversity
love to dance, swim & create!
Jodie @ Growing Book by Book @growingbookbybook.bsky.social Children's book lover, educator, and creator of Growing Book by Book. https://growingbookbybook.com 
@msumovich.bsky.social @msumovich.bsky.social 
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
Faith Pray @faithpray7.bsky.social PNW author+illustrator | THE DAY WE GOT LOST |
Repp’d: @mollyoneillbooks
faithpraybooks.com
https://linktr.ee/faithpray7
SMALL SODA @smallsodas.bsky.social I a cat.
I like to draw :3
I like video games 🧡
Twitch:SmallS0da
Youtube:small_sodas
Jordan Kirtley @jordankirtley.bsky.social Illustrator from Wichita, SCBWI KS/MO member
Future children’s book author
Mom of 2. No AI ever. Abolish ICE.
jordankirtley.com
Julie Berry @julieberrybooks.bsky.social I write books. I own a bookstore. (NYT Bestselling author of Lovely War and a bunch of others. Owner, Author’s Note @authorsnote.bsky.social)
Books of Wonder @booksofwonder.bsky.social Open 11am-7pm, 7 days a week📚
NYC's largest independent children's bookstore 🌈
T. L. McBeth @tlmcbeth.bsky.social Children's book author & illustrator.
Repped by Stephen Barr @ Writers House.
www.TLMcBeth.com
www.linktr.ee/tlmcbeth
Phoebe Wahl @phoebewahl.bsky.social Author, illustrator, surface designer 📚🍄🌷
Anne Awh @anneawh.com #Kidlid Author/Illustrator seeking representation. Author/Illustrator seeking representation, urban gardener, knitter, loud laugher, cat spoiler.
Azalea (uh-zah-lee-ah) @rhododendrawn.bsky.social ✏️ illustrator
📚 freelance designer @ Abrams
🍞 & full-time bread enthusiast
born in Malaysia, raised in Singapore, based in NYC 🌟
Sarah Kurpiel @sarahkurpiel.bsky.social Picture book author/illustrator. MORE THAN A TREE (2026), A LITTLE LIKE MAGIC, SNAKE'S BIG MISTAKE. ♿ She/her.
linktr.ee/sarahkurpiel
sharyn november @sn0vember.bsky.social Alien anthropologist, smoker, disorganizer, enthusiast, poet, baker, children's/YA book editor. A tough room.
@villagelibrarian.bsky.social @villagelibrarian.bsky.social 
Gaia Abraxas @gaiaabraxas.bsky.social Aka Rebecca Migdal, artistic mystic
Kinderbuchkiste @kinderbuchkiste.bsky.social Hey!
Ich bin Anke von der Kinderbuchkiste und zeige euch hier kurz die Bücher, die ich auf meinem Blog Kinderbuchkiste.blogspot.com ausführlich vorstellte und freuen mich über euere Anfragen!
Mary Kalampalika @marykalart.bsky.social 🍄 Kidlit illustrator and comic artist from Greece
🌱 Tree hugger 🧶 crafts gremlin 🫖 milk tea guzzler
marykalart.carrd.co
Brian Ormiston @bormiston.bsky.social Story artist for animated films and other visual narratives. Here you'll find my drawings, paintings, and other creative whims.
Hannah Salyer @hsalyer.bsky.social Slow makings and musings of the illustration, sculpture, and storytelling variety.
Emma Miller 😁📚🍁 @emmadmiller.bsky.social Canadian Author & Creator of "The Doonies" children's book series! 📚🍁 https://thedoonies.ca
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Deborah Marcero @deborahmarcero.com Author & Illustrator. IN A JAR, OUT OF A JAR, HOPE IN A JAR (25), THE GREAT ESCAPE (26), THE LONE WOLF (27), & more. Rep’d by Laura Rennert, ABLA. 
Lupine Books @lupinebooks.bsky.social Children's bookstore coming to Providence, RI. Woman/queer/disabled/neurodivergent owned.
https://linktr.ee/lupine_books
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
Aaron Zenz @aaronzenz.bsky.social Author and/or Illustrator of 45 books for kids
Darin Shuler @darinshuler.bsky.social 💥drawing💥
sketchbooks, comics, zines, picture books
Substack.com/@darinshuler
Vera Knauer @waspdebbie.bsky.social Neither a WASP nor a Debbie. Artist, craftsman, former Cash Cab champ. Still terrible at selfies, and I spill stuff on myself a lot.
A lot.
Diana Schoenbrun @dianaschoenbrun.bsky.social Artist
Award-winning illustrator. Children’s Books, Comics, Editorial.
Rep'd by Lara Perkins @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
Comics for the Washington Post & NYTimes
Artist-in-residence at Ragdale 25'
www.dianaschoenbrun.net
Anne Hunter Illustration @annehunterstudio.bsky.social Picture book maker
Ruth Chan @ohtruth.bsky.social Illustrator, author, comics maker
Matthew Burgess @matthewburgessj.bsky.social Poet, Professor, & Children's Book Author. Brooklyn College. Forthcoming: Words With Wings & Magic Things, illust. Doug Salati (Tundra / Penguin Canada, 2025) & Fireworks, illust. Cátia Chien (Harper Collins, 2025). www.matthewjohnburgess.com
Juana Martinez-Neal @juanamartinezn.bsky.social Author-illustrator and mami born in Lima, Peru and living in the woods of SE Connecticut. Se habla español.
linktr.ee/juanamartinezneal
Iris Quiroga @irisquiroga.bsky.social 🇨🇴🇺🇸 Children’s book author/illustrator based in San Diego, CA
irisquiroga.com
Bridey Lee @brideylee.bsky.social Editorial and picture book illustrator in Portland Maine
Represented by VeroK agency
www.brideylee.com
Annelouise Mahoney @annelouisemahoney.bsky.social #kidlit author/illus. Stories, community, snacks!
LITTLE PURPLE TRACTOR illustrated. sourcebooks ‘24 .
JULIUS AND MACY: A VERY BRAVE NIGHT Two Lions ‘21
www.AnnelouiseMahoney.com
SCBWI Los Angeles
Renee Kurilla @reneekurilla.bsky.social Boston area mom, illustrator & author | Books for preK-elementary | #1 NYT Bestselling Illustrator of JUST BECAUSE ☀️
Emma Kantor @emkantor.bsky.social Writer, film lover, Italian speaker, & children's news editor at Publishers Weekly (@pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social). Words in NYT Mag, Bright Wall/Dark Room, The Millions, Electric Lit, Lit Hub, Hey Alma, & more. All quips my own. emmakantor.com
Suzanne Kaufman @suzannekaufmanart.bsky.social Artist/Author/lover of children’s books/Illustrator of #1 NYT bestseller All Are Welcome
Lauren Eldridge @eldridgestudio.bsky.social Dimensional Illustrator.
Weird but it works.
Rep’d by Lori Kilkelly @lkliterary 💥
eldridgestudio.com
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
Rotem Moscovich @spanishbroom.bsky.social Editorial Director of Picturebooks at Knopf BFYR
@klp51.bsky.social @klp51.bsky.social 
Jashar Awan @jashar.bsky.social Geisel Honor-winning author-illustrator; EVERY MONDAY MABEL out now from Simon & Schuster; repped by Erica Rand Silverman at Stimola Literary Studio
Jess Hannigan @jesshgn.bsky.social 𝖆𝖚𝖙𝖍𝖔𝖗 𝖎𝖑𝖑𝖚𝖘𝖙𝖗𝖆𝖙𝖔𝖗, 𝖕𝖗𝖔𝖋𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖔𝖓𝖆𝖑 𝖋𝖔𝖔𝖑
🕸️ Spider in the Well 🐻 The Bear Out There
Taylor Sterling @taysterling.bsky.social Writer & Creative Director
Professional recommender, promiscuous reader
I write Moonbow, a publication about kids’ books for adults: https://moonbowbooks.substack.com/
Think Farther @thinkfarther.bsky.social 🌍 Think Farther | Better understanding builds stronger communities.
🧠 Sharing insights, sparking ideas, and fostering growth.
🎧 Dive into our playlist for deeper exploration ➡️ https://youtube.com/@thinkfarther?si=6-pMy16LdUrgB5X0 sub_confirmation=1
Lisa Anchin @lisaanchin.bsky.social Illustrator, writer, artist mother, Smithie, tea-drinker, dessert-MacGyver, midnight adventurer.
Rep’d by Andrea Morrison @writershouseagency