Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social A free e-newsletter from Publishers Weekly that reports on children's and YA books. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/9Ubz9L
HarperCollins @harpercollins.bsky.social Publishing great authors since 1817. 📚
Shawn P. Gilroy @shawnpgilroy.bsky.social Behavior Analyst/School Psychologist. Tech, open science, & (mainly) craft beer. Assoc. Prof @ LSU School Psych/BA. Git: http://bit.ly/3A6ILnl
Affective Old Truant @effectivealtruist.bsky.social I'm an effective altruist mainly reading and boosting posts, but occasionally I'll muse and doodle about #EffectiveAltruism. I take a balanced approach, so will highlight under-represented views—my opinions will no doubt become apparent :)
Sue Sutherland, Author - TWELVE DAYS AT GLACIER @suemt.bsky.social Debut picture book author - TWELVE DAYS AT GLACIER, granola girl, weaver, quilter, traveler, photographer, 12x12, Montana SCBWI
Coming Soon - HOW HANNAH GOT HER LUMP OF COAL (2026), TWELVE DAYS AT YELLOWSTONE (2027), & NOTHING BUT NET TROUBLE
Richard Paolinelli @richardpaolinelli.bsky.social Staff writer at: http://insidethestar.com / Long-suffering Dallas Cowboys fan
Best-Selling Author & Publisher at: http://tuscanybaybooks.com
PLUTO IS A PLANET!!!
Rob Gotobed @robgotobed.bsky.social Stand-up philosopher, scribe, bongo drummer and professional time-traveller. (Once dated Anne Boleyn)
Amazon: bit.ly/4hA0B7W
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IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2992620/
Librarianchica @librarianchica.bsky.social Latinx queer librarian, writer, artist, fic reader. Liberal. Cute animal memes, pretty humans, and books. I have strong opinions about the Oxford comma.
Just here to pretty up your feed and tell you to get a library card!
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Anastasiya Kanavaliuk @anaoseynn.bsky.social ✏️✨ Kidlit illustrator specializing in Picture Books and Middle Grade
💌 ana.oseynn@gmail.com
Represented by @astoundus.bsky.social
Alexandra Alessandri @apalessandri.bsky.social 🇨🇴🇺🇸 Children's Author. Educator. Next in '24: Our Wold: Colombia, Lupita's Hurricane Palomitas, & Grow Up, Luchy Zapata. Rep: Deborah Warren @ East West Literary Agency.
Steven A Hauer @oneinchstory.bsky.social One Inch Between Life and Death https://www.amazon.com/One-Inch-Between-Life-Death/dp/B0DZ8YK4M2
Vanessa Finaughty @vanessafinaughty.bsky.social Published author (indie & commissioned), editor by profession, avid reader and part-time nutcase.
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
Kathryn Otoshi @kathrynotoshi.bsky.social Children’s Book Author & Illustrator
of Character Building Picture Books
Daniel Miyares @danielmiyares.bsky.social Illustrator + Author
https://linktr.ee/Danielmiyares
ashleylaffin @ashleylaffin.bsky.social Debut PB The Balloonimals available now!🎈Wife & mom💗 MFA Grad. Writer. Marketer. SCBWI member & guest blogger April ‘24. Kids’ Choice KidLit Writing Contest HM ‘24📚
Indie Voices · Authors & Books @metareelz.com Notes from the margins of the book world.
Indie stories, wandering writers, soft recommendations, quiet conversations.
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1281628-indie-voices-authors-books
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Beaming Books @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social Beaming Books publishes high-quality children's books that help kids thrive in every part of who they are–emotionally, socially, and spiritually.
Faith Gluskin @authorfaithgluskin.bsky.social #PICTURE BOOK Writer/#Teacher/#amquerying/Author of Gorillas’ Night Out (Indigo River Publishing/2019) and Matzah Means So Many Things (Yorkshire Publishing/2022). Member of #SCBWI
BookishPerseus @bookish-perseus.bsky.social 22yrs
Book Count: 2002
TBR: 6770
2026 Reading Challenge: 171/200
Daniele Arndt @danielearndt1.bsky.social PB author rep'd by Jen Newens, Debut PIG AND SKUNK with Disney Hyperion ‘27 (sequel’28). Friend of Jesus.
Linda Meris (Author) @meristhesea9.bsky.social Hypocrisy vs. Mysticism, Wisdom, and Morality
Claire Annette Noland @claireannette.bsky.social Children’s Picture Book Author
“Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder.” (E.B. White)
Kelly Clasen, PhD @kellyclasenwriter.bsky.social 🌻Kidlit author & writing professor. Rep'd by Reiko Davis.🌻
#SCBWI #InkedVoices #MG #PB
kellyclasenwriter.com
Brackenlowe Halt Storyworld @brackenloweproject.bsky.social Welcome. We’re building a calm community arts project to create story-led, mindful resources for children, schools and nurseries, We’re gathering creatives, illustrators, educators, audio makers, web builders and practical helpers. DMs open.
@mswl.bsky.social @mswl.bsky.social 
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)
Order here: https://bookshop.org/a/115186/9798885547970
More tales found in Cricket Media & online!
Website: https://www.jakelockett.com/
Lisa Cortez @marieandleelee.bsky.social Pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist/Children’s Book Author
The Adventures of Marie and LeeLee, Las Aventuras de Marie y LeeLee
YouTube “Learning with Marie and LeeLee” videos and tips for language development
#kidlit #SCBWI
San Diego, CA
Rachel @rachelbachman.bsky.social Artist. Librarian. Enthusiast.
Manifesting my dream of becoming a
✨children’s book author✨
#kidlit #kidlitart #librarian
Lisa Horn @misslisa.bsky.social 
Faith Pray @faithpray7.bsky.social PNW author+illustrator | THE DAY WE GOT LOST |
Repp’d: @mollyoneillbooks
faithpraybooks.com
https://linktr.ee/faithpray7
Mike Kraus Art @mikekraus.bsky.social Brightscapes: The Way To Beauty
MikeKrausArt.etsy.com
Tanya Packer @tanyapacker.bsky.social #noAI #akitas #indieauthor, #cptsd #neurospicy #servicedoghandler #youthworker, #fantasy, #MG, #MGLit #KidLit, #pb #PB #middlegrade, #SCWI, 🇨🇦 www.tanyapackerstore.com
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writerharrison @harrisonwriter.bsky.social 🍁 #Canadian - #Author - #Poet 🍁
amazon.com/author/phillipharrison
I try to write in ways that feed both the mind and soul. ♊ & #GenX #stationaryaddict
💫 Creator of imagined worlds 💫
Debbie Moeller @debbiemoellerbooks.bsky.social Author. Eclectic kidlit writer. I write picture books (fiction & nonfiction), leveled readers and early readers. Retired teacher. Eccentric grandma. Beach junkie. SCBWI member. She/her
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!
JWT_BookAdventures @jwtba.bsky.social Welcome to JWT_BookAdventures - I do Q&A interviews with Authors - I also do book reviews if I am interested in reading the book
SelfPubShelf | Your Book’s Escape from Algorithm Jail @selfpubshelf.com Tired of shouting into Amazon’s void? SelfPubShelf.com is the indie author’s rebellion against invisibility.
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We Do What Amazon Won’t:
Get found by readers Googling your genre.
Drive traffic that makes Amazon’s system beg to recommend you.
Storytime with Dad Podcast 🎙️ @dadstorytime.bsky.social A podcast full of fun kids stories! Stay a while and listen. Storytimewithdad.com
Gill Evans. Counselling Psychologist AFBPsS. @gillevansx.bsky.social Psychologist living in Philadelphia from the UK.
Gill Evans author of The Anxious Therapist, YouTuber and Wordler. Honourable Mention for my book by Hay House.
Go to my website Anxioustherapist.com for £1 or $1 kindle book. Download kindle app free.
J. C. Jones @thejcjones.bsky.social Author of the best selling Louisa Moss detective series.
Ex-nightclub boss and, due to carelessness, owner of only half a lung.
Poems and Limericks daily.
Based in Hereford, UK.
Jennifer Tarr @jennifertarr.bsky.social #picturebook writer, #12x12PB Gold Scholarship winner '26, often despairing Mets fan- L Lpsimone @lpsimone.bsky.social Definitely a cat lady. Definitely have children. Definitely a writer who cares about truth.
Kirsten Miles, Author 🌹 @kirstenmiles.bsky.social Author of "Heroes of Gold Country" (2025) 🎻
"Emma Revived" (2026)🌙
"In My Sister's Shadow" (coming soon)
Visit me at kirstenmilesauthor.com 💕
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I do not read DMs here.
Laura Perdew @lmperdew.bsky.social Author, educator, presenter, author coach. Writing books for kids to fuel imagination, wonder, understanding, and action.
@scbwirockymtn #kidlit #SCBWI
www.lauraperdew.com
Tiny Tree Books 📕 @tinytreebooks.bsky.social Tiny Northern children's book publisher 📚
www.tinytreebooks.com
Nico Ecenarro @nicoecenarro.bsky.social Everyone's favorite unknown illustrator!
nicoecenarro.com 
Mirka Hokkanen @mirkahokkanen.bsky.social Kidlit author & illustrator, educator, printmaker. Rockville, MD. MOSSY & TWEED (Holiday House), KITTY & CAT (Candlewick), LITTLE SEASONS (Odd Dot) series. Teaching online and in person. Repped by Laurel Symonds. https://smart.bio/mirkahokkanen
Ethan M. Aldridge @ethanmaldridge.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 Bestselling author and illustrator. Creator of the Deephaven Mystery series, the ESTRANGED duology, THE PALE QUEEN, THE LEGEND OF BRIGHTBLADE, and more.
Linktr.ee/ethanmaldridge
Nick Eliopulos @realeliopulos.bsky.social diletante
Mark Snoad @marksnoad.bsky.social I write fun, feel-good fantasy that celebrates misfits and girl-power.
I'm blessed to have two daughters, three sisters, and one wife.
www.wayfindergirls.org
Nici Gregory @nicigregory.bsky.social Children’s book illustrator, I love all the usual stuff; coffee, Scandinavian furniture, vintage knitting, rockabilly, rocket science, splitting the odd atom, dogs, cats…that sort of thing!
Casey Lyall @caseylyall.bsky.social Author of children's books and library staffer. THE LEAGUE OF LITTLES (Greenwillow, 2025), VAMPIRE JAM SANDWICH (Tundra, 2025), and more to come! More info at caseylyall.com
Kaly Quarles @kalyquarles.bsky.social Illustrator & lettering artist. Kidlit & licensing. Cat mama x 4. She/her.
Rep: Jennifer March Soloway at Starling
Clients: Simon & Schuster, Harper Collins, PRH, eeBoo, American Greetings, etc.
📍SLC from Austin, y’all
https://www.kalyquarles.com/links
@tamekafryerbrown.bsky.social @tamekafryerbrown.bsky.social 
Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social Los Angeles via Hampton U via Houston
Concept Artist: Sinners, Wakanda, TheyClonedTyrone, etc.
www.NIKKOLAS.art
Dream Jar Publishing @dreamjarpublishing.bsky.social Dream Jar Publishing creates books that encourage self-expression, promote perseverance and resilience, and empower young readers to believe what’s possible.
Angela Quezada Padron @angelapadron.bsky.social #Kidlit author-illustrator, artist, singer & freelance curriculum dev, editor & writer; Rep’d by Sera Rivers @SpeilburgLit. #scbwi www.angelapadron.com 🇺🇸🇩🇴
Diana Delosh - illustrator @dtdelosh.bsky.social Illustrator/storyteller represented by Lynnette Novak of The Seymour Agency
portfolio: https://dianadelosh.com
MissAlexisLovesBooks @meghanalexis.bsky.social Educator. ✏️Library Lady. 📚Single mom. ⭐️Disney lover. ❤️Halloween Queen. 🎃Former Camp Counselor.🏕️
Stefan Karlsson @stefankarlsson.bsky.social Poet & kidlit writer. Marbling & book artist.
Based in Portland, OR 🌲
https://stefankarlssonwrites.wixsite.com/author
https://linktr.ee/nautiluspaperco
Barbara Kimmel | #KidLit @barbarakimmel.bsky.social Children's Book Author
#KidLit #Writer #Author #WritingCommunity #SCBWI
www.barbarakimmelwrites.com
🕎 Hanukkah Hippity-Hop (Kar-Ben)
👑 Purim Possibilities (PJ Publishing)
🦊 Rep'd by Eve Adler, Red Fox Literary
Laura Croyle @lcroylewrites.bsky.social Children’s author seeking representation. Instructional designer, mom, & former educator. Cat-lover 🐈. #scbwi #12x12pb
Tiffanie Leung Abbott @tleungabbott.bsky.social It’s “Learn” with a “G.”
• Mixed-race Chinese American author
• Rep: Michelle Jackson
• 2026 #pbparty Finalist
• 2025 #pbparty HM
• 2025 #roundtablementor
• #scbwi #12x12challenge
Charline Yutmeyer @charlineyutmeyer.bsky.social #PB and #MG Writer, Educator, #PBParty Finalist 2025, #50PreciousWords Finalist 2024/2025, #PBRisingStars Honorable Mention 2024/2025, #SpringFling Finalist 2025 #Halloweensie Finalist 2025 www.charlineyutmeyer.com #Kidlit #12X12PB #SCBWI #amquerying
Laken Brimicombe @lakenbrimicombe.bsky.social 🇨🇦Middle grade writer
🐈⬛Cat mom
Mariana Ríos Ramírez @marianarios.bsky.social 🇲🇽🇺🇸Kidlit author | SANTIAGO’S DINOSAURIOS - AW’22 | ABUELITA’S GIFT - KNOPF’24 | SCBWI | RYS | Storyteller Academy | Las Musas | 📷 Photographer| K-drama ♥️ I PB Rising 🌟 l Dog 🩷 l Chai Latte fan l Rep’d: Natascha Morris
https://linktr.ee/MarianaRiosR
Phil Bildner @philbildner.bsky.social I write books for young people, picture books and middle grade novels. I’m the founder and President of The Author Village. Mets and Nets fan. LGBTQ🌈
Tina Shepardson @tinashepardson.bsky.social Children’s author of picture and chapter books. Former award winning educator for 33 years. Creator and host of the Lil’ Leaders Poscast: Conversations with Kids. Represented by Sharon Belcastro at The Belcastro Agency. TinaShepardson.com #12x12 #SCBWI
Sarah Atherton @sarah-a-author.bsky.social Children's Author & Teacher/SENCo
Winner #ChuckleChallenge 2024
Winner #springflingkidlit 2023
Mentor #WriteMentor 2023 & 2025
Literary Heist @literaryheist.bsky.social Taking back the arts!
http://www.literaryheist.com/
#WritingCommunity
Lori @loripolydoros.bsky.social Writer. Teacher. Mom. MG/YA Kidlit author. Hiker & dog-lover ❤️🥾🌲
Songju Daemicke - Grace Lee Boggs: Gardens of Hope @songjudaemicke.bsky.social Children's author, software engineer, Tu Youyou's Discovery. Bookshop Lk: http://bit.ly/3A9071n @AlbertWhitman @BarefootBooks #12x12PB
Amy Fettig - Inkhorn Books @inkhornbooks.bsky.social Librarian 📚 Author 🖋️ Believer in the magic of words ✨. Read, Write, Create 🌠 #kidlit #yalit
Katherine Rothstein @krothsteinslp.bsky.social Children’s book author and Speech Language Pathologist specializing in voice, swallow and AAC.
Candace Spizzirri 📚 @candacespizzirri.bsky.social Children’s author 📚young-minded grandma FINLEY: A MOOSE IN CHARTREUSE 🫎💚 FINLEY: A MOOSE ON THE CABOOSE 🫎🚂 FISHING WITH GRANDPA AND SKYE 🎣🐠 AMBER MAE AND HER STRAYS (2027) 🦥🐧🐊🦒 🦛 Rep: Ritu Anand D4EO ❤️ #SCBWI #12x12
Kellie Beggs @authorkelliebeggs.bsky.social Teacher⭐️Librarian⭐️Author
https://kelliebeggs.weebly.com/
Founder of #PBandKidJudges writing competition
#SCBWI #kidlit #PB #author
Mark Watson @markwatsonbooks.substack.com Mark Watson, #1 best-selling, multi-award-winning author. Author of Milo & Ze, The Shark in the Park, Santa Claus & YOU! and many more.
Follow me HERE: https://markwatsonbooks.substack.com/
CYA Conference @cyaconference.com Children, Young Adult, and Adult Writers’ and Illustrators’ Conference, is for writers and illustrators of all ages, all genres.
CYAConference.com
Nicole Monahan @monahanstudio.bsky.social Whimsical Illustrator for the young at heart with a special interest for the eco system of nature, gardening, bonsai and animals. #kidlitartist, Check out my work at www.monahanstudio.com
Marzieh Abbas | Kidlit Author @marziehabbas.bsky.social 🏆📚
🇵🇰📝
Constantly curious, chai-drinking award-winning children's book author, poet, and aspiring illustrator.
📕Excited for Eid (LBB, 2024)
📙Friday Fun (LLB, 2024)
📘Aarzu All Around (S&S, 2025)
📗The Camel Library (F&F, 2025)
📕Radiant Ramadan (LBB, 2025)- M Frank Peter Oliver @magnoliac.bsky.social Old friend of Florida pioneer families. Middle-Grade author of, It's The Remarkable & Bumfuzzled Case Of The Imaginary Mayer. My other Middle Grade WIP's are, One Less, and Dora Dorance Is/Subdivided. SCBWI Write This! Finalist. Website at frank-oliver.org
Loretta Garbutt www.booksbyloretta.com @lorettagarbutt.bsky.social Kid Author
2020 - Stopwatch From Grampa-KCP
2021 - JJ SLEPT - KCP
2023 - JEFFREY LOVES BLUE-Owl
2024 - Wake Up, Little Pin!-Owl
2025 - DIAPER KID-Owl
2027 - In Baba's Tiny Kitchen-Owl
2027 - Where I Belong -Tundra
Voice Animation
Sailor Moon, Max & Ruby
MaryAnn Cortez @maryann123.bsky.social Author, illustrator
SCBWI
12x12
Storyteller Academy
Recipient of RMC SCBWI 2023 BELIEVE grant
Represented by Anjanette Barr
Patty Wurster @pattywurster.bsky.social Illustrator • Writer • Regional Advisor #SCBWI New York West/Central Upstate • MFA Indiana U
#kidlit #kidlitart
www.pattywursterstudio.com
Janie Emaus @janieemaus.bsky.social Author of blended holiday picture books, upmarket fiction and paranormal romance. And a frequent contributor to AARP, where I write about the humorous side of life. 
Melissa Gardner @artgardner.bsky.social illustrator/storyteller, psychotherapist, mom and maker of magic! 🏳️🌈& ND
www.melissagardnerart.com
Rep’d by @sandraproudman.bsky.social
@galltzacker.bsky.social
#kidlit #kidlitart #illustrator
Mother Moon @mothermoonbooks.bsky.social Kidlit Author | 12x12 | SCBWI
Danielle Render Turmaud, PhD @drenderturmaud.bsky.social Kidlit Author (Rep: Amy Nielsen) + Trauma Therapist | THESE BOOTS WERE MADE FOR MARCHING (2029)| Psychology Today Expert Blog Author| SCBWI |Host of the You, Me, & the Writing Journey Podcast (@YMWJPodcast) and @YouDeservepIt Pitch Event
@blairortman.bsky.social @blairortman.bsky.social 
Mindie Erb @one-der-lass.bsky.social Writer. Scottish Fairytale Retellings.
Pagan- turning of the wheel. Cats.
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.
Frank Gaimari @frankgaimari.bsky.social Best-selling author, film critic, and screenwriter. Award-winning scripts: Vincent and Paul: Unspoken Brotherhood, Mary Reid, and La Famiglia. I love movies and my two golden retrievers.
www.FrankGaimari.com
www.FranksFilmReview.com
Della Ross Ferreri @dellarossferreri.bsky.social Children's Author
Rep:Rachel Orr, Prospect Agency
MOUSE BUFFET (Sleeping Bear Press)
HUGGLE WUGGLE, BEDTIME SNUGGLE (Beaming Books)
JANE THE TRAIN & THE CHRISTMAS STORM (Flamingo/PRH, 2028)
Now booking K-3 school visits.
https://www.dellarossferreri.com
Bookelicious @bookelicious.bsky.social ❤️ Bookmoji Book-Matching Technology
📚 Curated Online Children's Bookshop
🎒 Virtual Author Visits
🧑🏫 PD Webinars
🛍️ PopUp Shops Fundraisers
Jenny Andrus | #KidLit @jandrus.bsky.social Children's Book Writer/Librarian
ELSA'S CHESSBOARD (Neal Porter Books, Apr 25)
https://jennyandruswrites.com
Rep: @sarah_redfoxlit
#KidLit #WritingCommunity #PB #EduSky
Mary Ann Cappiello @macappiello.bsky.social PORTRAITS OF ELEANOR (Holiday House, 2027), narrative YA bio of medieval queen Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Rep’d by Eve Adler, Red Fox Literary Agency
Reading with Purpose (Teachers College Press, 2024),Text Sets in Action (2021), and more.
Carla Naumburg @cnaumburg.bsky.social I write funny books about tough topics: How to Stop Freaking Out, How to Stop Losing Your Sh*t With Your Kids, You are Not a Sh*tty Parent.
Also, cats, coffee, crochet, and cross-stitch. Preferably on my couch.
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.
@miriamsf.bsky.social @miriamsf.bsky.social Mom of 2 daughters. Middle Grade Author. Repped by Nicole Eisenbraun. Developmental Editor. MS ELA Teacher. Tree-hugger. Vegetarian. Figure Skater. Dreamer.
#MGpies
https://mspitzerfranklin.wixsite.com/mysite/critique-services