Bill Canterbury
@billcanterbury.bsky.social
Kidlit author, 6-time lumberjack world champion.
Wrote Simpsons/Pinky&Brain/Clone Wars.
STRANDED PANDAS ('27 Simon Spotlight)
FARM SHARK (June '26 DBYR)
MY TEACHER IS A DINOSAUR! ('25 DBYR)
"Roaring good comedic inspiration." - Kirkus
billcanterbury.com
Wrote Simpsons/Pinky&Brain/Clone Wars.
STRANDED PANDAS ('27 Simon Spotlight)
FARM SHARK (June '26 DBYR)
MY TEACHER IS A DINOSAUR! ('25 DBYR)
"Roaring good comedic inspiration." - Kirkus
billcanterbury.com
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This former Simpsons writer is delving into picture books with titles like My Dad Is a Unicorn and My Mom Is a Mermaid. But how easy is it for a TV writer to make this switch? #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/03/25/k...
Keeping Things Sideways to Expectations: A Q&A with Bill Canterbury on the My Life Is Weird Series
This former Simpsons writer is delving into picture books with titles like My Dad Is a Unicorn and My Mom Is a Mermaid. But how easy is it for a TV writer to make this switch?
afuse8production.slj.com
Had fun chatting with Betsy about 90s music, backup shoelaces, button museums, and the upcoming My Life is Weird series! 🧜♀️🦄🦖
Publishes 4/1/25, ✍️by me, 🎨by @jeffharter.bsky.social
@randomhousekids.bsky.social #kidlit
Publishes 4/1/25, ✍️by me, 🎨by @jeffharter.bsky.social
@randomhousekids.bsky.social #kidlit
📖Cover reveal for Farm Shark, upcoming in June 2026!
Words by me, illustrated by Maddie Frost, published by Doubleday Books for Young Readers.
Words by me, illustrated by Maddie Frost, published by Doubleday Books for Young Readers.
October 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
📖Cover reveal for Farm Shark, upcoming in June 2026!
Words by me, illustrated by Maddie Frost, published by Doubleday Books for Young Readers.
Words by me, illustrated by Maddie Frost, published by Doubleday Books for Young Readers.
A fun read-aloud of My Teacher is a Dinosaur! from "ReadAloudwithBella" on YouTube. Thanks Bella!
#kidlit
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#kidlit
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🦖 My Teacher Is a Dinosaur! | A Jurassic Read Aloud Adventure
YouTube video by ReadAloudwithBella
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August 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
A fun read-aloud of My Teacher is a Dinosaur! from "ReadAloudwithBella" on YouTube. Thanks Bella!
#kidlit
youtu.be/5PF7hhMazGI?...
#kidlit
youtu.be/5PF7hhMazGI?...
Reposted by Bill Canterbury
If you're at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on Sunday 4/27, stop by the Mysterious Galaxy booth #368 and say hello! I'll be signing books from the "My Life is Weird" series at 10:15. Your choice of Sharpie color -- wow! Act fast!
#kidlit
#kidlit
April 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If you're at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on Sunday 4/27, stop by the Mysterious Galaxy booth #368 and say hello! I'll be signing books from the "My Life is Weird" series at 10:15. Your choice of Sharpie color -- wow! Act fast!
#kidlit
#kidlit
If you're at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on Sunday 4/27, stop by the Mysterious Galaxy booth #368 and say hello! I'll be signing books from the "My Life is Weird" series at 10:15. Your choice of Sharpie color -- wow! Act fast!
#kidlit
#kidlit
April 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
If you're at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on Sunday 4/27, stop by the Mysterious Galaxy booth #368 and say hello! I'll be signing books from the "My Life is Weird" series at 10:15. Your choice of Sharpie color -- wow! Act fast!
#kidlit
#kidlit
First time "My Mom is a Mermaid!" was spotted in the wild, at Children's Book World in Los Angeles. Written by me, illustrated by @jeffharter.bsky.social. Thanks so much to CBW, on insta @cbwchildrensbooks.
April 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
First time "My Mom is a Mermaid!" was spotted in the wild, at Children's Book World in Los Angeles. Written by me, illustrated by @jeffharter.bsky.social. Thanks so much to CBW, on insta @cbwchildrensbooks.
Had fun chatting with Betsy about 90s music, backup shoelaces, button museums, and the upcoming My Life is Weird series! 🧜♀️🦄🦖
Publishes 4/1/25, ✍️by me, 🎨by @jeffharter.bsky.social
@randomhousekids.bsky.social #kidlit
Publishes 4/1/25, ✍️by me, 🎨by @jeffharter.bsky.social
@randomhousekids.bsky.social #kidlit
This former Simpsons writer is delving into picture books with titles like My Dad Is a Unicorn and My Mom Is a Mermaid. But how easy is it for a TV writer to make this switch? #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/03/25/k...
Keeping Things Sideways to Expectations: A Q&A with Bill Canterbury on the My Life Is Weird Series
This former Simpsons writer is delving into picture books with titles like My Dad Is a Unicorn and My Mom Is a Mermaid. But how easy is it for a TV writer to make this switch?
afuse8production.slj.com
March 25, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Had fun chatting with Betsy about 90s music, backup shoelaces, button museums, and the upcoming My Life is Weird series! 🧜♀️🦄🦖
Publishes 4/1/25, ✍️by me, 🎨by @jeffharter.bsky.social
@randomhousekids.bsky.social #kidlit
Publishes 4/1/25, ✍️by me, 🎨by @jeffharter.bsky.social
@randomhousekids.bsky.social #kidlit
🎉 2 books #GIVEAWAY 🎉
MY DAD IS A UNICORN! 🦄
MY MOM IS A MERMAID! 🧜♀️
The My Life is Weird! series from Random House,
✍️by me, 🎨by Jeff Harter, debuting 4/1/25.
"Roaring good comedic inspiration!" - Kirkus Reviews
Like, follow and repost to enter!
Winner randomly picked Mon 3/24/25 6pm PDT 🎈
#kidlit
MY DAD IS A UNICORN! 🦄
MY MOM IS A MERMAID! 🧜♀️
The My Life is Weird! series from Random House,
✍️by me, 🎨by Jeff Harter, debuting 4/1/25.
"Roaring good comedic inspiration!" - Kirkus Reviews
Like, follow and repost to enter!
Winner randomly picked Mon 3/24/25 6pm PDT 🎈
#kidlit
March 20, 2025 at 3:22 AM
A roaring good review from Kirkus for the My Life is Weird! series, debuting on April 1st. Written by me and illustrated by Jeff Harter (insta @jeffbharter).
@randomhousekids.bsky.social
#kidlit #picturebook
@randomhousekids.bsky.social
#kidlit #picturebook
March 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A roaring good review from Kirkus for the My Life is Weird! series, debuting on April 1st. Written by me and illustrated by Jeff Harter (insta @jeffbharter).
@randomhousekids.bsky.social
#kidlit #picturebook
@randomhousekids.bsky.social
#kidlit #picturebook
Hurray for the world's #1 mischief maker and a pretty darn good author too 🏅🎉
January 28, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Hurray for the world's #1 mischief maker and a pretty darn good author too 🏅🎉
Huge congratulations to @amedyckman.bsky.social for receiving the Geisel award this morning for Bat, Cat & Rat, a very funny series 🤣 from a VERY funny author/mischief maker! 🤪
#kidlit
#kidlit
⭐️THANK YOU⭐️ to @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social; @wearealsc.bsky.social; Geisel committee; #LibLearnX25, our Bat, Cat & Rat team (ill. #MarkTeague, ed. Allyn Johnston, dsgn. Sonia Chaghatzbanian, BLB/@SimonKIDS); @ScottTreimelNY; readers; & my husband & daughter, Rat & Cat. ❤️, Bat—I mean, Ame #ALAyma
January 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Huge congratulations to @amedyckman.bsky.social for receiving the Geisel award this morning for Bat, Cat & Rat, a very funny series 🤣 from a VERY funny author/mischief maker! 🤪
#kidlit
#kidlit
Loved this poorly translated French comic book
January 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Loved this poorly translated French comic book
I made have to light and photograph the final spread that has a little kid alone in a foreboding pagoda. Very spooky!
December 7, 2024 at 6:03 PM
I made have to light and photograph the final spread that has a little kid alone in a foreboding pagoda. Very spooky!
Nice! I just posted a little photoshoot of Gorey's 1982 pop-up version of The Dwindling Party 😱
December 7, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Nice! I just posted a little photoshoot of Gorey's 1982 pop-up version of The Dwindling Party 😱
Gorey made a creepy pop-up version in 1982 of The Dwindling Party. 😱 I just some pics from it.
December 7, 2024 at 5:54 PM
Gorey made a creepy pop-up version in 1982 of The Dwindling Party. 😱 I just some pics from it.
I just posted some pics of Gorey's pop-up version of The Dwindling Party from 1982, lit up to make even spookier 😱
December 7, 2024 at 5:49 PM
I just posted some pics of Gorey's pop-up version of The Dwindling Party from 1982, lit up to make even spookier 😱
Found this weird Edward Gorey pop-up book version of The Dwindling Party from 1982. I dorked out and added some lighting. The book's ingenious tabs make a rowboat sink and winged monsters soar off clutching parents.
What other dark stories would make great pop-ups?
#kidlit #edwardgorey
What other dark stories would make great pop-ups?
#kidlit #edwardgorey
December 7, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Found this weird Edward Gorey pop-up book version of The Dwindling Party from 1982. I dorked out and added some lighting. The book's ingenious tabs make a rowboat sink and winged monsters soar off clutching parents.
What other dark stories would make great pop-ups?
#kidlit #edwardgorey
What other dark stories would make great pop-ups?
#kidlit #edwardgorey
He would have just kept sitting there forever 😂
December 4, 2024 at 12:52 AM
He would have just kept sitting there forever 😂
December 1, 2024 at 6:07 AM
Someone gave me a painting of my dog and I could not be happier
#dogsofbluesky
#dogsofbluesky
November 30, 2024 at 2:18 AM
Someone gave me a painting of my dog and I could not be happier
#dogsofbluesky
#dogsofbluesky
omg I will track that down!
November 24, 2024 at 6:14 PM
omg I will track that down!
Lol it was the only reason I saw the movie and they had Javier Bardem wear a bowler hat (sigh)
November 24, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Lol it was the only reason I saw the movie and they had Javier Bardem wear a bowler hat (sigh)
November 24, 2024 at 12:57 AM