kocona @kocona.bsky.social 🐚Picture books| Illustration
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Kathy Ishizuka @kishizuka.bsky.social Third generation JA; Master Gardener
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Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social Reader.
Multilingual author & literary translator. Kidlit. Poetry. SF/F/H. Comics. 🌈
He/él
I’ve translated: Maggie Nelson, Danez Smith, George Takei, Juan Villoro, Carmen Boullosa, Trifonia Melibea Obono, Koleka Putuma, etc.
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Barbara Perez Marquez @ SDCC 🌴 @mustachebabs.com Queer Writer, Bestselling, Eisner & Ignatz nominated, fairy tales and lady knights enthusiast | She/Her 🇩🇴✨🏳️🌈
Work: THE LIBRARY OF MEMORIES (out 2026), TO DANCE THE MOON AND STARS (out 2026), THE CARDBOARD KINGDOM SERIES + OTHERS
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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com Minneapolis. Author and illustrator of award-winning comics and funnybooks. Keeps hens. Tells fortunes. Is queer. I cannot tell if you're joking. Literal* cartoon. He/him, They/them
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Blue Dot Kids Press @bluedotkidspress.bsky.social Books that engage a young reader's innate sense of wonder + empathy, connecting them to our global community + the pale blue dot we call home.
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Justina Chen @authorjustinachen.bsky.social 🖊️ Author: YA. MG. PB. Book Club fiction.
📚 WITH TWICE THE LOVE, DESSIE MEI. NORTH OF BEAUTIFUL. THE PATCH.
🥳 Asian Pacific American Literature Award
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next book: BSC Super Special! (Sept 2026)
Kevin Gallant @kevin-gallant.bsky.social Canadian
Author of Beyond the Mark: Ashes of the Hero. 🗡🛡🔮✨️🧙♂️
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DM96B5J9
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Kindel Turner Nash @ktnash.bsky.social Humans, Culture, Teaching, Early Literacy
Believer that Children Come Full
Spangler Distinguished Professor at App State University
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Em Gilliam @emgilliam.com draw • write • paint • play • design
Picture book author & illustrator
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Mary Jane Lange @maryjanelange.bsky.social Wine lover, tree hugger, children's book author-illustrator, middle/high school art teacher in Paris.
California (native) 🐻
France (adoptee) 🐓
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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social NYT Bestselling/Geisel-winning #kidlit author! (Short, loud, goofy… & probably trying to hug wildlife. “NO, AME!”) LATEST 📖: BAT, CAT & RAT 5: 🏘️THE COZY TOWN🏘️. 6 new 📚 in 2026! (Send coffee! 😂!) Represented by: Tricia Lawrence, Aevitas Creative Management.
Cynthia Harmony @cynthiaharmony.bsky.social #Kidlit Author
Latest: A Flicker of Hope /Un Aleteo de Esperanza 🦋
Upcoming: Apapacho Love '26
Forest en Familia '26
Row Sow Grow '26
Hasta Pronto is a Promise '27
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Holly R. Valakresch @hollyvalakresch.bsky.social Author & Screenwriter | I 🩶 Arts & Sciences, Sculpting, Cartography, Cooking, Baking, Fashion, Fitness, Fairytales, & Historical Things.
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Rich in Color @richincolor.bsky.social Rich in Color is dedicated to reading, reviewing & promoting YA books starring or written by BIPOC. 📚
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David Lillie @dlillie.bsky.social Phoenix, Arizona
Paraeducator for the Phoenix Union High School District, PBIS Team, Professional Development Facilitator, Classified Employee Association Executive Board, Arizona Education Association CPR Instructor, NEA ESP Leader
Jillian Heise @heisereads.bsky.social {Hi-Z} | 2026 Caldecott Committee | Elementary Librarian | MLIS | Former 7/8 ELA Teacher | NBCT | #ClassroomBookADay founder | she/her | *views are personal & do not represent my employer
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Amy Storey @amybpolkadot.bsky.social Publicist, southern mom, and book lover.
Tom Whitby @tomwhitby.bsky.social Author, Blogger, Speaker, podcaster, 40 yr teacher, Founder #Edchat, Blog: My Island View https://tomwhitby.com senior consultant http://www.innovations4education.com/
Ruta Sepetys @rutasepetys.bsky.social Author of Historical Fiction
Seeker of Lost Stories • Explorer of Shadows Past
📘 Between Shades of Gray 📘 Salt to the Sea
📘 The Fountains of Silence 📘 I Must Betray You
📘 The Bletchley Riddle 📘 You: The Story
Kyle Lukoff @kylelukoff.bsky.social "Kyle Lukoff? Isn't he, like, the trans Maurice Sendak?"
"No, Maurice Sendak is the cis Kyle Lukoff."
Neil Gaiman @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Makes things up. Writes them down. Dreams about growing up but not yet. 
Cyndi Giorgis @cyndigiorgis.bsky.social I’m a Professor of Literacy Education and Children’s Literature at Arizona State University. I am the Co-author of Jim Trelease’s Read-Aloud Handbook and the author of the 2024 edition of Literature and Literacy for Young Children.
Holly Thompson @hatbooks.bsky.social New: LISTENING TO TREES: GEORGE NAKASHIMA, WOODWORKER. Author of verse novels, picture books, poetry, prose. Teacher. Writing Consultant. KidLit translator (J>E). Japan longtimer.
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Blog: https://hatbooks.blogspot.com/
The Brown Bookshelf @thebrownbookshelf.bsky.social The home to 28 Days Later, we are an award-winning website dedicated to highlighting both under the radar Black children's lit creatives and the vanguards whose shoulders we all stand on. Your go-to source on #BlackKidLit since '08. thebrownbookshelf.com
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.
Faber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social Publishing independently since 1929.
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Katie Day @librarianedge.bsky.social Teacher-librarian / international schools / children's & YA lit in translation
American Libraries magazine @amlibraries.bsky.social Magazine of the American Library Association.
Janet Flora Corso @janflora.bsky.social Reading 📚 Writing 📝 Persisting ✌
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Paula Margulies 💙 @paulamargulies.bsky.social Retired PR consultant & business teacher ▪︎ Voracious reader ▪︎ Butterfly gardener ▪︎ Quilter ▪︎ LA Kings fan ▪︎ Baby Yoda fanatic
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@mahtabnarsimhan.bsky.social @mahtabnarsimhan.bsky.social Writes books for young, curious minds.
Repped by Naomi Davis, Bookends Literary
The Ghost Queen is a JLG Selection : 11 Feb, 2025
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Jenne (she/her) Go Birds @jenne.myatproto.social Pfp: A red haired white woman dressed as Lauren Cooper poses in front of the TARDIS.
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Cover pic: A railcar stove that says “if I am good, please tell others about it”
Dr. K. Childs @doctorkchilds.bsky.social Educator. Author. Mentor. Advocate. Consultant. First-generation college student, turned teacher, turned award-winning professor. Engaging students in literacy is my thing!
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Just Us Books @justusbooks.bsky.social Black-owned indie publisher of children’s books that center and celebrate Black stories, history and culture. Founded in 1988 by Wade and Cheryl Willis Hudson. https://justusbooks.com
Greg Wright @gregwright13.bsky.social Enh. Yuck.
Cathryn Berger Kaye @cbkaye228.bsky.social International educator, author, engage youth in local and global action, spark JOY in learning! Check out cbkassociates.com
Kim Douillard @kd0602.bsky.social Teacher, writing project director, writer, reader, maker, learner. I blog at https://thinkingthroughmylens.com
Jennifer J. Stewart @jenniferjstewart.bsky.social Writer of seriously funny books for children. Airport volunteer helping asylum seekers. Flying Samaritan. I walk my talk.
Melissa Taylor @imaginationsoup.bsky.social Writer, communications/marketing consultant, fmr teacher & teacher trainer, author. M.Ed. TOVA’S SWEET SOLUTION (4/2026), https://melissataylor.net https://imaginationsoup.net
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Kristin McIlhagga @teachchildlit.bsky.social Teacher Educator, EDI Specialist, Social Justice advocate.
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Krystal Sital @krystalsital.bsky.social Author of Secrets We Kept: Three Women of Trinidad | Anthologies: A Map is Only One Story & Fury | Essays in NYTimes, ELLE, HuffPost, Salon, Parents & more | Writer on all things immigration, women’s health & issues, food, culture & parenting | MOTHER
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Deborah Hopkinson @deborahhopkinson.bsky.social Mostly I write books. I try to inspire young people to read like historians, weigh evidence, and think critically.
Nathan Hale @nathanhale.bsky.social Cartoonist. Author of the Hazardous Tales and Mighty Bite series
Grace Lin @authorgracelin.bsky.social Newbery & Caldecott Honor & Legacy Award & NBA Finalist • contact Hachette Speakers Bureau for appearance requests • https://linktr.ee/authorgracelin
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Elisa Waingort @elisaw5.bsky.social Long time antiracist educator, elementary teacher. Post in English and español. 🇨🇺🇨🇦🇪🇨 Avid reader, teacher-writer & math enthusiast. #readingwritingworkshopteacher #MathInterventionist #TumbaElBloqueo #PalestineWillBeFree
Cheryl Blackford @blackfordbooks.bsky.social #kidlit #MG #PB She/Her Loves fossils and old lithographs of fossils. Latest book: Fossil Hunter: How Mary Anning Changed the Science of Prehistoric Life. www.cherylblackford.com 
dr. sarah HANNAH gómez @shgmclicious.bsky.social reader | editor | writer | pilates instructor | once librarian | occasional professor | phd (kidlit/cultural studies) | afrolatina jew | she
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Scribner Books @scribnerbooks.bsky.social Since 1846, publisher of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Stephen King, Jesmyn Ward, Anthony Doerr, Jennifer Egan, Siddhartha Mukherjee, and more.
@simonbooks.bsky.social @simonbooks.bsky.social 
CLPE @theclpe.bsky.social The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) is a UK based charity that creates and delivers award-winning literacy training and resources for the teachers of early years and primary school children.