Kottie Christie-Blick @kottiecb.bsky.social Children's Book Author
Climate Change Education Consultant
University Instructor
Former Teacher
Helping children understand the world around them.
https://www.kottiecb.com
https://kidsagainstclimatechange.com
#kidsagainstclimatechange #toomuchquiet
Judy Bradbury #KidlitAuthor @judybradbury.bsky.social Children's author, literacy educator, blogger at Children's Book Corner
Most recent pub: THE CAYUGA ISLAND KIDS chapter book series
lover of books, bicycling, and shoes
https://linktr.ee/judy_bradbury
Peter Taylor @petertaylor.bsky.social Author & illustrator of kids' & craft books; past SCBWI Coordinator & science & art teacher; calligrapher, photographer & artist's book maker. My agent for 10 years has retired...seeking new representation.
www.writing-for-children.com
Nancy Hudgins @nancyhudgins.com 🎈Celebrating🎈
Books Good Enough For You: The Storied Life of Ursula Nordstrom, Editor of Extraordinary Children's Books
Rep’d: Rachel Orr, Prospect Agency
#MG #SCBWI #BoydsMill #InkedVoices #nonfictionkidlit
Allison Hackworth @allisonhackworth.bsky.social Neurodiverse mom, wife, and nurse who absolutely loves creating colorful, spooky picture books with her husband! 📚📖✏️🎨🖌️👻💀🧟🧛🏼🦇🎃♥️🧡💛💚💙💜
Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻♀️🎃 @karenyin.bsky.social Writer by day, in bed by night. Author of five books, including The Conscious Style Guide (Hachette). I open my own jars. #AABB
KarenYin.com/links
VCCA/LLF/CAC Fellow | ACES Robinson Prize Winner | DJNF Alum
Agent: Laurie Abkemeier, DeFiore & Company
Mandy @mldavisreads.bsky.social Multilingual children's librarian. Focus on collection development. Hobbies include gardening, backyard chickens and ducks, Orioles baseball, and genealogy. Reviews at https://www.goodreads.com/mldavisreads and storygraph. 
John Turiano @jturiano-author.bsky.social Author|Book Blogger
Sci-fi and thrillers. Book your adventure today. 👇 https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B08413YRF5/allbooks
#camping, #hiking, #books, #bookreviews, and oh yeah, #writing.
https://jturiano.com/author.htm
Anna Young @annayoungpie.bsky.social Library Associate, artist, reader, writer, nature lover, LGBTQ+ social warrior
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
Mizz_Muzi @mizzmuzi.bsky.social Musician🎹, Animal Lover🐾, Kindness, The Constitution Rules ⚖️, 🚫Hate
Dr. Barbara Christie @barbarachristiephd.bsky.social STEM educator, Kidlit author, community outreach advocate, nature-loving birder, pragmatic idealist #12X12PB #SCBWI
Alas I Am But Bones (aka Viergacht) @viergacht.bsky.social Critter artist, occasional writer, werewolf enjoyer, wrangler of tiny dinosaurs
FYI I share a LOT of art.
Premade & Custom book covers available! I don't use ai, just my skullmeat!
Karen 🇩🇰🇬🇱🇪🇺 @karenkrarup.bsky.social Concerned world citizen 🌎🌍🌏
Danish 🇩🇰
I believe in science, rule of law and humanity ❤️
Dialogue, debate and Democracy 🤝
🦋💙🦋#Resist
Anti Trump, Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos 🤡
Kathryn 📚 @kathrynreads4fun.bsky.social Teacher, Reader, member of The Bank Street Children’s Book Committee, PhD, Brooklyn girl at heart so…occasionally snarky.
Ilona @ilonakidscribe.bsky.social Kidlit writer, refugee daughter, amateur photo-snapper, member of co-housing eco-community. Co-author, CAT TAKES QUEEN (middle grade novel about a chess-playing cat) coming Oct. 2026 from Feiwel & Friends. Rep'd by Kristen Terrette, Martin Literary Mgmnt.
Hilary Elizabeth Margitich @hilarymargitich.bsky.social Author of books that inspire and empower today’s kids ✍🏻 📚 💭 🩷
Rep'd by Marisa Cleveland & Gaby Cabezut at The Seymour Agency
2 Charlesbridge picture books forthcoming in 2029!!
Anders Edwards @andersedwards.bsky.social ✍️ Dystopian Author
📚 Erased & What Happened To Ava
➡️ https://a.co/d/9wxT23L
🌐 www.andersedwards.com
Simon Constable @realconstable.bsky.social Broadcaster | Columnist | Commentator | Award-winning Author
Fellow at the Johns Hopkins Institute of Applied Economics
If you are an author or an aspiring one, feel free to contact me
Little Light Books @mylittlelightbooks.bsky.social 📖✨Cuentos infantiles ilustrados en inglés y español
📖✨Illustrated children's stories in English & Spanish
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thesecretofdarkness/384758931?ref=q6qaam
Ellen Bunn @ellenbunn3.bsky.social K-8 school librarian. reader of kidlit/ya diverse fiction and 5 kinds of nonfiction. former elementary science/science & literature teacher. paleoanthropologist. organic heirloom tomato grower and avid cook.
Abbie James @abbiewjames.bsky.social #Kidlit Writer: PB, MG, YA. #SCBWI. Poetry.
Youth Services at a Public Library. Licensed Behavior Specialist.
Wife & Mom. Gardener/Hiker/Birder. Environmentalist. No AI. She/her
abbiewernerjames.com
Kevin Gallant @kevin-gallant.bsky.social Canadian
Author of Beyond the Mark: Ashes of the Hero. 🗡🛡🔮✨️🧙♂️
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/beyond-the-mark
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DM96B5J9
Singer for Violet Outburst 🎸🎤
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0Vf4w9Ze38rLniADBEGKSp?si=AcWduGX
@ritaswartz.bsky.social @ritaswartz.bsky.social Writer (fiction, nonfiction, poetry); lover of compassion, justice, truth, and freedom.
YAbookscentral @yabookscentral.bsky.social Website devoted to YA, Middle-Grade, and Kids books.
We offer book reviews, blog content featuring author Q&A, guest posts, excerpts, cover reveals, and giveaways!
Authors- Check out how to advertise your book with YABC!
Andrea @andreapa.bsky.social Book lover, avid reader, writer of words, nature lover, art and craft, mindfulness practitioner, Reiki, owned by a BorderTerrier. 🚫 annoying DM’s 💙📚🏳️🌈🐕🌺🖊️🖌️
Lesley Parr @lesleyparr.bsky.social Author: Bloomsbury Children's, Barrington Stoke
Rep: Sam Copeland at RCW
Made of Port Talbot steel
Chopsy
lesleyparr.com
CK (They/Them preferred but any) @ckwritesbooks.bsky.social Born Intersex (Bigender easier for peeps to understand ) Autie///Chkee/Chsaw/white///HI///Repped by Page Turner///POPI'S ALL SOULS SONG///A COSTUME FOR CHARLY (Crystal Kite Finalist)///#kidlit #12x12 Insta: https://www.instagram.com/ckmalonewrites/
Michelle Preen @michellepreen.bsky.social Storyteller ✍️ | creative explorer 🎨 📷 | nature, birding & hiking enthusiast 🍃 🦅 ⛰️ | Golden Retriever dog mom 🐕🐾 | from the beautiful city of Cape Town 🇿🇦
Karen Bass 🇨🇦 @karenbasswriter.bsky.social Author of 7 YA novels & 1 MG novel, some that won awards (see website). Rep'd by Stacey Kondla.
www.karenbass.ca
🇨🇦🐱📚✈️
Saf @safprojects.bsky.social Children’s Literature Researcher.📚 Mental Health & Oracy advocate. Girlguiding Leader. Sociologist interested in Education Policy. 🌎 #edusky
KarenJameson15.bsky.social @karenjameson15.bsky.social Children’s author of lyrical/STEM picture books - WOODLAND DREAMS & more. WHO NESTS HERE? & THE SECRETS of the JELLIES. Repped by K. Rushall of ABLA.
Chris Barton @bartography.bsky.social Author—THE DAY-GLO BROTHERS, SHARK VS. TRAIN, WHOOSH! & WE MATCH! Freelance editor—fiction/nonfiction. President—Texas Institute of Letters. Loves visiting schools. https://linktr.ee/bartography
Miriam Chernick @miriamchernick.bsky.social Author, teacher, and animal lover. Prader-Willi syndrome advocate.
Rep: jtf@cbltd.com
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/
Astrid Aillume @aillume.bsky.social A detective. Astrid Aillume's New Case: A Billionaire's Mystery
Cracking a case is like salty liquorice.
Surprising at first,but ultimately addictive.
RachelChurcherWriting @rachelchurcher.bsky.social Award-winning YA author. Indie editor, YA reviewer, co-founder of www.forewordfestival.uk
LGBTQ+ novel 'Angels' available now from bookshops, plus Amazon, Waterstones, B&N, Kobo, Apple, Smashwords, Allstora.
www.tallerbooks.com
freebook.tallerbooks.com
Sophia Gholz Author ✨ @sophiagholz.bsky.social Award-winning writer of books. 📚 New release: BEAR AT THE FAIR 🎡🐻 Next up: SWISH, ARLO…& more! 💕 #kidlit #writers #SCBWI
www.SophiaGholz.com
Pedro The Pigeon @pedrothepigeon.bsky.social I love pigeon so much I just want to hug them all day. 🐦⬛
I am ace ♠️ But want to spread love ❤️
Attempt to paint. 28
PB Pros @pbpros.bsky.social Prolific #PictureBook Professionals banding together to celebrate the joy and inspiration of #kidlit's slimmest works of art.
Jack Foster @jackfoster14.bsky.social Jesus follower, Kid lit illustrator, father, grandfather, animal lover
Heather @hceedee.bsky.social Pigeon lady.
Christine Sawyer @christinesawyer.bsky.social Educator with a passion for STEM
Working to remove barriers to STEM for families & students | Broadway Lover | ❤️ Disney | Swiftie | She/Her #EduSky
Creator of @stemwithmrssawyer.bsky.social
Deborah Kalb @deborahkalb.bsky.social DC area. Ex-journalist, writer, editor, book blogger, podcaster, author of OFF TO JOIN THE CIRCUS and other books.
Christopher Helton @achrishelton.bsky.social Books mostly.
Social media: @cybilsawards.bsky.social
https://pluckedfromthestacks.wordpress.com/
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!
Jessica Harrison @crackingthecover.bsky.social Book critic. Writer. Mom. Gardener. I review books for young readers — picture, MG and YA. https://www.crackingthecover.com
#KidlitZombieWeek @kidlitzombieweek.bsky.social Hosts of #KidlitZombieWeek 2026, @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social @rebecca-ensign.bsky.social @monicafreewoman.bsky.social @janmilusich.bsky.social @drenderturmaud.bsky.social @kcstrocchia.bsky.social
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/kidlit-zombie-week/
Rosemary Kiladitis @roesolo.bsky.social Librarian, Comics and KidLit, Knitter
Evelyn Bookless @evelynbookless.bsky.social Children’s Author - mostly picture books
JINX! Out now
🌏Award winning environmental series:
CAPTAIN GREEN AND THE TREE MACHINE (2021)
CAPTAIN GREEN AND THE PLASTIC SCENE (2019)
www.evelynbookless.com
Mirto - Looking for representation @mirtocomune.bsky.social I l l u s t r a t o r - s t o r y t e l l e r
He/They - 🇮🇹 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🍉
🌈 https://linktr.ee/mirto_comune
📩 mirtomastroieni@gmail.com
🌟Hidden Under the Sun author with @martaart.bsky.social
Sara Van Note @svannotes.bsky.social Science & nature writer for kids and adults. Also educator, naturalist, meanderer. 🌱 🦋 🦜
Member SCBWI, SEJ, NASW.
Represented by Kathleen Rushall at Andrea Brown Literary Agency.
New Mexico = home
Booklist Publications @ala-booklist.bsky.social Official book review journal of the American Library Association.
New ALA Member Benefit! Read digital issues of BOOKLIST READER. Visit www.booklistonline.com/reader-issues to get started!
Angela Antonelli @skybrary.bsky.social #Librarian, K-4 | #Kidlit Writer | #SCBWI | #12x12 | #CTCASL Board Member | #STEM
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.
Valerie Mitchell @valeriemitchell.bsky.social Green thumb, cat lady, foodie.
Only Picture Books @onlypicturebooks.bsky.social OPB is where picture books, authors, and illustrators go to thrive. Writers, readers, and PB fans of all ages--be part of the weekly rumpus! www.OnlyPictureBooks.com
Nikki Grimes @poetnikki.bsky.social Poet, novelist, general word-nerd, gardener, photographer, foodie, film lover. My favorite people on the planet are children, which is why I write for them. Oh! And I'm a freak for roses, watercolor, and collage. Author of Ordinary Hazards, a memoir.
Colleen Muske @colleenmuske.bsky.social Children’s Book Writer and Illustrator represented by Kelly Dyksterhouse https://bsky.app/profile/kellydhouse.bsky.social
http://www.colleenmuske.com/
https://www.inprnt.com/search/products?q=Colleen+Muske
George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social Husband, Actor, Activist, Uncle George to the Internet 🖖
Colleen Paeff @colleenpaeff.bsky.social Rhymes with laugh | Sibert Honor author of THE GREAT STINK | Next up: FIREFLY SONG 6/25 and RAINBOW TRUCK 3/26 | School visits are my favorite! | Los Angeles, CA
www.colleenpaeff.com
Agent: @steelworksliterary.bsky.social
Yuko Shimizu @yukoart.bsky.social NY based Japanese illustrator. I did NOT create Hello Kitty. Yukoart.com
Stephanie Gibeault @stephaniegibeault.bsky.social Children's Author & Freelance Writer | nonfiction and fiction, picture books and middle grade | rep'd by Jacqui Lipton | #SCBWI, #12x12PB | She/Her | https://linktr.ee/stephaniegibeault
🐇💨🐕🐶🐩🐵🐝
Bethany Hegedus @bethanyhegedus.bsky.social Author. Speaker. Teacher. Writer mama.
The Writing Barn Founder/Creative Director 
Ana Siqueira @asiqueira.bsky.social teacher, author, abuela and vovó. Kids are my life. 🇧🇷🇨🇺🇺🇸🍮
Nancy Churnin @nchurnin.bsky.social National Jewish Book Award, Sydney Taylor Honor & Notables, South Asia Book Award, Junior Library Guild, starred reviews, Red Fox Literary "No act of kindness...is ever wasted."--Aesop
nancychurnin.com
SCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators
Supporting quality children’s books & the artists who make them since 1971.
Tom Birdseye @tombirdseye.bsky.social Author of 20 books for young readers, the most recent being my first YA — There Is No Map for This.
Pernille Schmidt Ripp @pernille.bsky.social Global educator living her best life, mom, writer, speaker, creator of the Global Read Aloud and always in search of a great book and a cup of tea. Now a primary teacher ❤️ in DK 🇩🇰 Used to be a teacher in Wisconsin, 🇺🇸
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
Ron Charles @roncharles.bsky.social I write about books at https://roncharles.substack.com/
The Mixed-Up Files @themixed-upfiles.bsky.social A group blog of middle-grade authors celebrating books for middle-grade readers. For anyone with a passion for children’s literature. Join us! https://fromthemixedupfiles.com/
Reimena Yee 🦇 @reimenayee.com Historical fiction comics skeleton with a whimsigoth vibe. Academic-practitioner & comics taxonomist. Co-founder of the @cartoonist.coop I am just chilling here when I am not making my (web)comics or blogging about craft.
reimenayee.com #art
Lin Oliver @linoliver22.bsky.social Author of over 60 children's books, tv writer and producer, co-founder SCBWI. 
Tami Traylor @traylorillo.bsky.social kidlit author/illustrator, library fangirl, mom of humans, servant of felines.
traylorillo.com
Katie Flindall @katieflindallart.bsky.social Artist and Illustrator/Writer . Represented by SteelWorks Literary
Pat Zietlow Miller (she/her) @patzmiller.bsky.social Picture book author. Reader. Bookstore and library lover. All about my kids and cats. Repped by Ammi-Joan Paquette. #Kidlit website: www.patzietlowmiller.com
Wendy McClure @wendymc.bsky.social Nice book person in Chicago. http://www.wendymcclure.net 
James Yang @jamesyang.bsky.social ALA Geisel Award winning Brooklyn based Korean American Illustrator/Author.
IG: https://www.instagram.com/yangblog/
Web: https://www.jamesyang.com
Books: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2143640/james-y
Cynthia Leitich Smith (Native Books for Young Readers & More) @cynleitichsmith.bsky.social children's-YA author, Heartdrum imprint curator, little free library steward, dog mom
SCBWI New England @newenglandscbwi.bsky.social New England chapter of Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators
Fuse 8 n’ Kate @fuse8nkate.bsky.social Two sisters consider the wide world of picture books and deserve which should be remembered as “classics” and which ones are “crrrrrrrap!” Follow the podcast at https://m.soundcloud.com/user-745466600
National Education Association @neatoday.bsky.social The official account of the National Education Association. We are 3 million educators strong, advocating for our students and our professions. #RedforEd
Walden Pond Press @waldenpondpress.bsky.social A collaboration between HarperCollins and Walden Media to create the next generation of middle grade classics.
walden.com/books
Annie Kelley @anniekelley.bsky.social Executive Editor at Random House Studio 📚
Rotem Moscovich @spanishbroom.bsky.social Editorial Director of Picturebooks at Knopf BFYR
Shana Corey @shanacorey.bsky.social Editorial Director Random House Graphic, Writer, Reader, Swiftie, Book Recommender, Mom. Opinions mine. Taylor Swift reader available now https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777341/taylor-swift-superstar-by-shana-corey-illustrated-by-chloe-quinn/
Lee Wade @leewade.bsky.social Publisher of Random House Studio
We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social We Need Diverse Books is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit revolutionizing what we read to create a world where everyone can find themself in the pages of a book.
🔗 bio.site/WeNeedDiverseBooks
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
Authors Against Book Bans @authorsabb.bsky.social We are Authors Against Book Bans. We stand united against the deeply unconstitutional movement to limit the freedom to read. We unequivocally support diverse voices on our library shelves, in our schools, and in our culture.
www.authorsagainstbookbans.com
School Library Journal @slj.com School Library Journal is the premiere publication for librarians and information specialists who work with children and teens. A source of quality, award-winning journalism and reviews for 70 years, SLJ publishes 5,000+ reviews annually.
Books of Wonder @booksofwonder.bsky.social Open 11am-7pm, 7 days a week📚
NYC's largest independent children's bookstore 🌈
@clarionbooks.bsky.social @clarionbooks.bsky.social Home to award-winning books for kids
Elizabeth Lee @eleereads.bsky.social Senior editor at Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers | moonlighting as @elshenwrites.bsky.social | she/her
Catherine Frank @cfrankeditorial.bsky.social Freelance children's book editor and consultant at editedbycatherine.com, devoted pug person, born-and-raised NOLA local.
John Martz @johnmartz.bsky.social Illustration, comics, fonts, book design, crosswords. Art Director at Large, Tundra Books. https://johnmartz.com/
Susan Hawk @agenthawk.bsky.social Literary Agent at Upstart Crow Literary, repping books for kids and teens. Periodically open to unsolicited queries, details here: UpstartCrowLiterary.com