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Nadia Fisher
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Preorder AT THE COOKOUT ‘26 (✍🏽🎨)
Latest: I AM THE SPIRIT OF JUSTICE (🎨) ‘25 • LPBD: SIMONE BILES ‘24 (🎨)

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Nadia Fisher @ariadelsole.bsky.social · Jul 25
I’m SO excited to share the cover for AT THE COOKOUT, my author-illustrator debut, coming April 7, 2026!

tinyurl.com/At-the-Cookout

You can get a behind the scenes look at the cover process and more info about how this story came to be on my Substack (in thread).

#kidlit #booksky
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Cover illustration of AT THE COOKOUT, a picture book written and illustrated by Nadia Fisher. It shows a young Black girl in the center with her grandmother and some cousins in the background. There’s an uncle on the grill on the back patio.
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Can't wait for these 2026 releases from NADIA...
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February 2, 2026 at 2:07 PM
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Bidding opens at midnight tonight for Publishing for Minnesota and there are so many amazing items up from author, illustrators, editors, and agents. I’ve donated a manuscript critique and AMA.

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January 28, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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Check out these authors and illustrators called NADIA.
@TheBookofNadias #NadiasWhoWrite #NadiasWhoIllustrate
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January 28, 2026 at 11:35 AM
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So happy to be back for the 5th and final year! Please visit www.kidlit411.com/2026/01/the-... to see all the amazing mentors and to see if we’re a good fit! 🌟🌟🌟
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⭐️Announcing 40 INCREDIBLE MENTORS! ⭐️

Just look at some of the books from our 2026 mentors!! Miss the big announcement? Follow the link to kidlit 411 to see the news!
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www.kidlit411.com/2026/01/the-...

How are you feeling?
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#picturebook #pbrisingstars #kidlitillustration #kidlit #amwriting
January 23, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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Where is the BUTTERFLY SEA?
It’s a place you go to dream, to escape the world’s problems, and to truly connect. #kidlit #bookrelease #librarians
Butterfly Sea book cover with two children sitting in the grass.
January 23, 2026 at 2:35 AM
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I’m so happy to share this great review of AT THE COOKOUT from Kirkus!
I wanted to write a book that was full of joy & love, & I’m so happy that I get to share it with you when it releases this April.

See below for preorder options #kidlit

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Graphic with the cover of AT THE COOKOUT with the following excerpt from Kirkus Reviews: The joy is palpable in Fisher’s bright, warm artwork and her jaunty, dialogue-heavy text as this loving Black family gathers, bonding over food and music, greeting each other with laughter, hugs, and elaborate handshakes. Warm and inviting. Kirkus review part one: “A youngster reconnects with a favorite cousin at a get-together. It’s summer break, and for Cici, that means making time for family cookouts at Grandma’s house. Cici has a bunch of cousins to play with—and we see them taking part in balloon water fights in the backyard, jumping double Dutch, and playing horseshoes—but there’s one cousin in particular whom the child is searching for, and he’s looking for Cici. At Cici’s lowest point (“Still no sign of Chase”), the little one is compelled to check under a table, where Chase has been hiding with a handful of Grandma’s chocolate chip cookies. Their reunion means the party can finally start in earnest as they join everyone else in cutting up the dance floor until the food is ready to be eaten.” Kirkus review part 2: “Plates full of chicken, burgers, mac and cheese, greens, and more feed the whole family, but Cici and Chase are nourished by each other and the love they share. The joy is palpable in Fisher’s bright, warm artwork and her jaunty, dialogue-heavy text as this loving Black family gathers, bonding over food and music, greeting each other with laughter, hugs, and elaborate handshakes. The author/illustrator employs a variety of panel sizes and vibrant pastel backgrounds, making for an accessible picture book filled with smiling brown faces, as dynamic as the event itself. Warm and inviting. (Picture book. 4-8)”
January 23, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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Meeting my guests from the world of #kidlit is my favorite part of my weekly Gab ‘n’ Doodles. Watch live on Insta or later there or YouTube.

Thank you to all my wonderful guests! See comments for a list of guests and BlueSky handles ⬇️

#kidlitart #illustration #artistsofbluesky #art #liveart
December 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Season's Greetings to you and yours!
December 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Light up the world ✨

#kidlitart #hope
Illustration of a Black child running through the sky and lighting up a path of stars along the way
December 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Thanks to my @SCBWIRockyMtn friend, @bandersonwriter for the kind review! Help me with Amazon reviews and log them at stanyan.me/team-misf... for a chance of winning prizes in my monthly drawing! My last drawing is soon!
December 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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I was a #pbrisingstars mentor for 2 years. @zoodocwrites.bsky.social who was--and is--the joy of my life. She helped me through cancer, helps me with my dog, and is one of the best writers I know. Ty #pbrisingstars! Without you, I never woul have met her.
December 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Congratulations to the Cynsational authors and illustrators of 2025! The annual Cynsational books list is complied by the Cynsations team. Books by team members or the Heartdrum imprint at HarperChildren’s, for which Cynthia Leitich Smith serves as author-curator, are not eligible for consideration.
Yellow background, Cynsational Books of 2025 (neon font); cover art for Words Matter: The Story of Hans and Sophie Scholl, and the White Rose Resistance by Anita Pazner, illustrated by Sophia Casson (Groundwood Books, 2025) Cynsations Team: Gayleeen Rabakukk, Suma Subramaniam, AJ Eversole, Mitu Malhotra, Gail Vannelli.
December 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Most Anticipated Books of 2026!
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December 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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With Mayo the Bruiser. 🦸Do you like superhero comics? I read a ton of them as a kid. Stay tuned for the next #adventcalendar book, I’m getting caught up!

#kidlit #kidlitart #stanlee #anaalbero #littlepeoplebigdreams #picturebooks @quartokids.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Getting caught up with the #LittlePeopleBigDreams #AdventCalendar.

🐕Noodle is silly and dumb 😆

This one’s illustrated by @ariadelsole.bsky.social

#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
December 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Here's another year-end list for you... all my professional failures and disappointments from the year in a nice little row! 😭😅

substack.com/home/post/p-...
BB's top 10 professional disappointments of 2025!
(and why it was still somehow a pretty good year??)
substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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ETERNAL RUIN is still going strong on the NYT list!
🔥🔥🔥🔥
Congratulations to @tigestgirma for your 5th week on the charts!

#StarlingBestsellers #StarlingBooks #StarlingLit #YA #YAFantasy #Fantasy
Graphic that reads 5 weeks as a New York Times Bestseller. With an image of the New York Times bestseller list from 12.10.2025. Number 8 is circled: “Eternal Ruin by Tigest Girma. (Little, Brown) Kidan's quest for power consumes her as she must face her sister, June, in a looming war. (Ages 14 to 18)” The right side of the graphic includes the cover of Eternal Ruin which is red with the image of two hands reach for a golden mask. Bottom of the graphic reads Eternal Ruin, by Tigest Girma
December 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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December's topic for #KidLitArt chat will be - Year End Roundup: All About Hope

Join your hosts on Dec 18, 9pm EST/6pm PST for an hour-long chat about hope!

Banner art by @anneappert.bsky.social
Art of three bunnies looking up at fireworks in the night sky. Text reasd year end roundup: All About Hope #kidlitart. Art by Anne Appert
December 9, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Hopping on Flora’s (@flaroh on IG) color of the year trend ✨

This was such a fun trend, I loved coming up with names for these colors in my artwork! Which one’s your favorite? Don’t ask me to pick cause I definitely can’t 🫣 lol #illustration
December 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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⭐️I have a new agency & the same amazing agent! My agent @jemiscoe.bsky.social along with @marchsoloway.bsky.social and @pterlip.bsky.social , all alums of Andrea Brown, founded a new literary and media agency, @starlingliterary.bsky.social , & I’m happy to start this new journey with them ✨
Illustration of a Black girl riding on the back of a starling while other starlings fly in the background. The text says Nadia Fisher represented by Starling Literary + Media Agency
December 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Can't wait for these 2026 releases from NADIA...
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@TheBookofNadias
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#NadiasWhoWrite #NadiasWhoIllustrate #booksworthreading
December 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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A New Nonfiction Chapter Book Series; Chanel Miller Q&A; Andrea Brown Alum Launch Agency + more in the latest Children’s Bookshelf! buff.ly/vgGs8aO
December 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Happy book birthday to Part 2 of the KEEPER OF THE LOST CITIES graphic novel, by @swmessenger.bsky.social! The thrilling novel comes to life with all the adventure and worldbuilding the Keeper of the Lost Cities series is known for, told in gorgeous full color—plus special bonus features at the end!
December 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Behold! My book was just named a @KirkusReviews Best Graphic MG Book of 2025! See the whole list at tiny.cc/KirkusBOYMGGN25

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December 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM