Ame Dyckman
@amedyckman.bsky.social
NYT Bestselling/Geisel-winning GRATEFUL #kidlit author! (If YOU’RE a l’il weird too, we’re gonna be pals! 😄!) NEWEST 📚: 🦇🐈🐀BAT, CAT & RAT #4: 🍂A GREAT FALL🍂 and #3: ⛱️THE BEACH DAY⛱️; 🐥DUCKIE & SNAPS🐊 #1: WE CANNOT BE FRIENDS; etc.! And MORE 📚 soon! 😄!
In the gardener’s hand,
The watering can
Looked up at the raincloud
And said,
“YOUR TURN!”
The watering can
Looked up at the raincloud
And said,
“YOUR TURN!”
February 6, 2026 at 5:18 PM
In the gardener’s hand,
The watering can
Looked up at the raincloud
And said,
“YOUR TURN!”
The watering can
Looked up at the raincloud
And said,
“YOUR TURN!”
When you read a short story that’s SO BRILLIANT, you momentarily get a British accent:
“I say, ‘WELL DONE!’”
😳😅!
“I mean, um, nice job.”
“I say, ‘WELL DONE!’”
😳😅!
“I mean, um, nice job.”
February 6, 2026 at 4:20 PM
When you read a short story that’s SO BRILLIANT, you momentarily get a British accent:
“I say, ‘WELL DONE!’”
😳😅!
“I mean, um, nice job.”
“I say, ‘WELL DONE!’”
😳😅!
“I mean, um, nice job.”
If your homemade cheesecake cracks, HAVE FUN WITH IT! 😂!
February 6, 2026 at 3:57 PM
If your homemade cheesecake cracks, HAVE FUN WITH IT! 😂!
It’s SO COLD, the Sani-wipes I leave in my car FROZE into a brick!
A Sani-brick!
I guess I could just THROW IT at germs! 😂!
A Sani-brick!
I guess I could just THROW IT at germs! 😂!
February 1, 2026 at 6:52 PM
It’s SO COLD, the Sani-wipes I leave in my car FROZE into a brick!
A Sani-brick!
I guess I could just THROW IT at germs! 😂!
A Sani-brick!
I guess I could just THROW IT at germs! 😂!
🌽🌾🌽🌾🌽🌾: “YES!”
ME: “NO!”
I like to go against the grain.
ME: “NO!”
I like to go against the grain.
February 1, 2026 at 2:20 PM
🌽🌾🌽🌾🌽🌾: “YES!”
ME: “NO!”
I like to go against the grain.
ME: “NO!”
I like to go against the grain.
Snow day so we made Monte Cristo sandwiches!
(They look like they got snowed on, too! 😂!)
(They look like they got snowed on, too! 😂!)
January 26, 2026 at 6:07 AM
Snow day so we made Monte Cristo sandwiches!
(They look like they got snowed on, too! 😂!)
(They look like they got snowed on, too! 😂!)
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Well, this was a nice surprise. Kirkus gave this a star. ⭐️ I TOLD A LITTLE LIE is out in the spring. My debut illustrator picture book. 📕
January 8, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Well, this was a nice surprise. Kirkus gave this a star. ⭐️ I TOLD A LITTLE LIE is out in the spring. My debut illustrator picture book. 📕
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🎈✨ Tiny book cover reveal! Coming later this year from Simon & Schuster, Monster OG book THREE! Thank you @amedyckman.bsky.social , @sarahpaintsnature, @andreabrownlit.bsky.social , and @jenrofe.bsky.social #kidlitart
January 15, 2026 at 8:53 PM
🎈✨ Tiny book cover reveal! Coming later this year from Simon & Schuster, Monster OG book THREE! Thank you @amedyckman.bsky.social , @sarahpaintsnature, @andreabrownlit.bsky.social , and @jenrofe.bsky.social #kidlitart
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I met Ame when her TEA PARTY RULES won the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award, and my SOPHIE'S SQUASH was an honor book. It’s been a delight to see her books keep coming. I'm especially fond of DANDY. If you know, you know.
January 15, 2026 at 8:25 PM
I met Ame when her TEA PARTY RULES won the Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award, and my SOPHIE'S SQUASH was an honor book. It’s been a delight to see her books keep coming. I'm especially fond of DANDY. If you know, you know.
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One of the funniest, most talented and most prolific folks writing picture books today is @amedyckman.bsky.social
Fortunately, she had the time to put ONE CAN BE in a New Jersey @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social. 39 states down, 11 to go. Yay, Ame!
#onecanbe #50states #newjersey #megakidlit
Fortunately, she had the time to put ONE CAN BE in a New Jersey @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social. 39 states down, 11 to go. Yay, Ame!
#onecanbe #50states #newjersey #megakidlit
January 15, 2026 at 8:25 PM
One of the funniest, most talented and most prolific folks writing picture books today is @amedyckman.bsky.social
Fortunately, she had the time to put ONE CAN BE in a New Jersey @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social. 39 states down, 11 to go. Yay, Ame!
#onecanbe #50states #newjersey #megakidlit
Fortunately, she had the time to put ONE CAN BE in a New Jersey @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social. 39 states down, 11 to go. Yay, Ame!
#onecanbe #50states #newjersey #megakidlit
I need a haircut.
I Googled “SHORT WOLF.”
Google gave me THIS.
I Googled “SHORT WOLF.”
Google gave me THIS.
January 13, 2026 at 1:55 PM
I need a haircut.
I Googled “SHORT WOLF.”
Google gave me THIS.
I Googled “SHORT WOLF.”
Google gave me THIS.
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Day 10 of #365PictureBooks
DUCKIE & SNAPS (We Cannot Be Friends)
@AmeDyckman.bsky.social & Tim Miller
Super fun 2025 PB from humor all-star!
Two hatchlings wonder if they can be friends when one is hungry… and the other looks like food! 👀 🐊 🐥
DUCKIE & SNAPS (We Cannot Be Friends)
@AmeDyckman.bsky.social & Tim Miller
Super fun 2025 PB from humor all-star!
Two hatchlings wonder if they can be friends when one is hungry… and the other looks like food! 👀 🐊 🐥
January 10, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Day 10 of #365PictureBooks
DUCKIE & SNAPS (We Cannot Be Friends)
@AmeDyckman.bsky.social & Tim Miller
Super fun 2025 PB from humor all-star!
Two hatchlings wonder if they can be friends when one is hungry… and the other looks like food! 👀 🐊 🐥
DUCKIE & SNAPS (We Cannot Be Friends)
@AmeDyckman.bsky.social & Tim Miller
Super fun 2025 PB from humor all-star!
Two hatchlings wonder if they can be friends when one is hungry… and the other looks like food! 👀 🐊 🐥
Bought a fancy potpourri for the holidays!
The whole ride home, I thought about how GOOD our house was about to smell!
Got home and discovered…
A SKUNK had sprayed our house!
😳🦨😝😂😂😂! #MerryChristmas
The whole ride home, I thought about how GOOD our house was about to smell!
Got home and discovered…
A SKUNK had sprayed our house!
😳🦨😝😂😂😂! #MerryChristmas
December 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Bought a fancy potpourri for the holidays!
The whole ride home, I thought about how GOOD our house was about to smell!
Got home and discovered…
A SKUNK had sprayed our house!
😳🦨😝😂😂😂! #MerryChristmas
The whole ride home, I thought about how GOOD our house was about to smell!
Got home and discovered…
A SKUNK had sprayed our house!
😳🦨😝😂😂😂! #MerryChristmas
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*wild flailing*
NEW JAGUAR NEW JAGUAR NEW JAGUAR
NEW JAGUAR NEW JAGUAR NEW JAGUAR
Motion-activated trail cameras in southeastern Arizona captured pictures last month of a new, never-before-seen jaguar, according to the University of Arizona Wild Cat Research and Conservation Center.
Remote cameras catch another new jaguar in Arizona
Motion-activated trail cameras in southeastern Arizona captured pictures last month of a new, never-before-seen jaguar, according to the University of Arizona Wild Cat Research and Conservation Center.
tucson.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:43 AM
*wild flailing*
NEW JAGUAR NEW JAGUAR NEW JAGUAR
NEW JAGUAR NEW JAGUAR NEW JAGUAR
How do we have so many BUSTED rolls of gift-wrapping tape in our Christmas supplies?
It’s like someone wrapping last year threw a GIANT TANTRUM and—
Wait…
I think that was ME. 😅😂!
It’s like someone wrapping last year threw a GIANT TANTRUM and—
Wait…
I think that was ME. 😅😂!
December 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
How do we have so many BUSTED rolls of gift-wrapping tape in our Christmas supplies?
It’s like someone wrapping last year threw a GIANT TANTRUM and—
Wait…
I think that was ME. 😅😂!
It’s like someone wrapping last year threw a GIANT TANTRUM and—
Wait…
I think that was ME. 😅😂!
I ain’t Dutch—but my baby is!
😂😋!
😂😋!
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I ain’t Dutch—but my baby is!
😂😋!
😂😋!
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Portland residents in possession of a goose or duck should be aware that it is an infraction not to dress them in plaid with a little cap in the winter months. Penalty for noncompliance is in-person viewing of an entire city council meeting.
November 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Portland residents in possession of a goose or duck should be aware that it is an infraction not to dress them in plaid with a little cap in the winter months. Penalty for noncompliance is in-person viewing of an entire city council meeting.
There’s NO WAY this sign is handmade.
November 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
There’s NO WAY this sign is handmade.
Sign at the baking soda factory:
❌NO VINEGAR ALLOWED!❌
Not even in salad shakers!
(This means YOU, Carol!)
❌NO VINEGAR ALLOWED!❌
Not even in salad shakers!
(This means YOU, Carol!)
November 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Sign at the baking soda factory:
❌NO VINEGAR ALLOWED!❌
Not even in salad shakers!
(This means YOU, Carol!)
❌NO VINEGAR ALLOWED!❌
Not even in salad shakers!
(This means YOU, Carol!)
When email Subject lines get cut off and you have to guess what the whole thing says.
Today:
💻✉️: “WHY ARE MEN’S AND WOMEN’S BUTT—”
ME: “Hee-hee! This is gonna be GOOD!”
💻✉️: “—ONS ON OPPOSITE SIDES?”
ME: “Aw. Not where I thought they were goin’ with that…”
Today:
💻✉️: “WHY ARE MEN’S AND WOMEN’S BUTT—”
ME: “Hee-hee! This is gonna be GOOD!”
💻✉️: “—ONS ON OPPOSITE SIDES?”
ME: “Aw. Not where I thought they were goin’ with that…”
November 18, 2025 at 2:33 AM
When email Subject lines get cut off and you have to guess what the whole thing says.
Today:
💻✉️: “WHY ARE MEN’S AND WOMEN’S BUTT—”
ME: “Hee-hee! This is gonna be GOOD!”
💻✉️: “—ONS ON OPPOSITE SIDES?”
ME: “Aw. Not where I thought they were goin’ with that…”
Today:
💻✉️: “WHY ARE MEN’S AND WOMEN’S BUTT—”
ME: “Hee-hee! This is gonna be GOOD!”
💻✉️: “—ONS ON OPPOSITE SIDES?”
ME: “Aw. Not where I thought they were goin’ with that…”
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if you have ever taken photos of pigeons that are unique looking would you be willing to share them with me?
November 17, 2025 at 3:14 AM
if you have ever taken photos of pigeons that are unique looking would you be willing to share them with me?
Of course they’re beautiful but
You can be harassed
By hummingbirds
As you’re trying to refill
Their feeder
Like tiny winged cats
Waiting for supper
That can hover
At eye-level
Forever
You can be harassed
By hummingbirds
As you’re trying to refill
Their feeder
Like tiny winged cats
Waiting for supper
That can hover
At eye-level
Forever
November 17, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Of course they’re beautiful but
You can be harassed
By hummingbirds
As you’re trying to refill
Their feeder
Like tiny winged cats
Waiting for supper
That can hover
At eye-level
Forever
You can be harassed
By hummingbirds
As you’re trying to refill
Their feeder
Like tiny winged cats
Waiting for supper
That can hover
At eye-level
Forever
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In a dream a wild storm caused a brown dog to be carried out to sea. The beautiful creature swam until it found a large rock to climb upon and await rescue. How we cheered and cheered.
November 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In a dream a wild storm caused a brown dog to be carried out to sea. The beautiful creature swam until it found a large rock to climb upon and await rescue. How we cheered and cheered.
HAVE YOU SEEN THIS THREAD about a child’s stolen violin? Just awful. Please 👀 and pass it on! Hoping for a happy reunion! ❤️🎻! #kidlit @erinrew.bsky.social
Dear Friends,
My daughter’s violin was stolen from our home by a cleaning service and I know that it is a long shot, but I am desperately seeking it.
My daughter’s violin was stolen from our home by a cleaning service and I know that it is a long shot, but I am desperately seeking it.
November 14, 2025 at 8:55 PM
HAVE YOU SEEN THIS THREAD about a child’s stolen violin? Just awful. Please 👀 and pass it on! Hoping for a happy reunion! ❤️🎻! #kidlit @erinrew.bsky.social
TRUE FACT: All mammals get goosebumps.
(Geese get goose goosebumps. 😂!)
(Geese get goose goosebumps. 😂!)
November 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
TRUE FACT: All mammals get goosebumps.
(Geese get goose goosebumps. 😂!)
(Geese get goose goosebumps. 😂!)