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Jessica Milo
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#Kidlit Author ✏️
MY PONY WONDER - Random House Studio (Summer 2026) 🐎
📚👀 Unannounced (TBA)
Rep'd by Wendi Gu, HG Literary ✨

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Jessica Milo @jessicammilo.bsky.social · Nov 16
My debut rhyming #picturebook has been announced!! So honored and grateful to work with 3x NYT-bestselling illustrator Ramona Kaulitzki and the team at Random House Studio!! 💖🐎
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karenyin.bsky.social
Eeeeek! It’s the cover reveal for my 5th book, “Nice to Eat You!” Is the sweet old lady a 🧙🏽‍♀️? Well, yeah. But do the kids know?! 🫣

Preorder a signed copy from @vromansbookstore.bsky.social: bit.ly/Nice2EatU

Written by me, illus. by Carolina Coroa, published by Orchard Books.

#KidLit #Halloween 🕷️
On a bright purple background is the cover of Nice to Eat You. The word "Eat" is written next to the word "Meet," which has been X-ed out. The cover has a pink-faced cat-eye-glasses-wearing old lady holding a platter of cupcakes, the other hand raised in welcome. Behind her, leafless trees with haunted faces scream silently under a crescent moon. Above the cover is the text "Pre-order your signed copy now." Below: "Flying into bookstores on July 7, 2026."
October 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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cassfederman.bsky.social
🤩It’s Grayson T. Squirrel’s book birthday! Today you can officially pick up a copy of GRAY SQUIRREL LOSES IT! wherever books are sold!🐿️

Thank you to the amazing team @randomhousekids.bsky.social!

🌰 my genius editor Maria Correa
🌰 my uber talented art director Elizabeth Tardiff

#kidlit #edusky
October 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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karenyin.bsky.social
“So Not Ghoul” made the list! Thank you, Megan Mabee and @bookriot.bsky.social! Written by me, illustrated by Bonnie Lui.

#KidLit #Halloween #Boo👻
Treats Over Tricks: 7 Cute and Silly Halloween Books for Kids
These cute and silly Halloween books are perfect for kids who want to celebrate Halloween without getting too scared.
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October 16, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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karenyin.bsky.social
Ghosts in sheets? BOO-ring! Check out the haunt couture in #SoNotGhoul. This underworldly tale about Mimi, a Chinese American ghost in bicultural limbo, is brought to life by Chinese-style rituals, Mandarin puns, and—of course—ghost fashion. Written by me and illustrated by Bonnie Lui. #Halloween 👻🎃
Graphic featuring cover of "So Not Ghoul" has a blue-and-pink palette to match the cover. On the cover: Mimi, a smiling Chinese American girl ghost, is next to a white cat, who is side-eyeing three girl ghouls sneering at Mimi. Above: "Mimi doesn't look like the other ghosts—but she wishes she did." Below: "A pun-tacular ghost story."—Booklist
September 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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katievenit.bsky.social
I'm agog! FORTS is one of @usatoday.com's bestselling #picturebooks this week!

Thank you to all the indie bookstores who believe in this book and have been sharing it with their customers. ❤️💙📚

#kidlit

www.usatoday.com/booklist/gen...
The cover of the picture book FORTS, showing a girl and her cat sitting in a cozy treehouse.
August 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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katievenit.bsky.social
Happy book birthday to my debut, Forts! Brilliantly illustrated by @kenardpak.bsky.social
#kidlit #picturebooks
Cover of the picture book Forts, with a note that says “happy publication day” Katie Venit, the author, signing copies of Forts in a bookstore. Katie Venit, the author of Forts, holding up a copy of the title page with an inscription that says “forts forever”
July 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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karenyin.bsky.social
What can we do to support #queer #kidlit? Ask your local library and bookshops to participate in #ReadOutLoud as a location. Thank you, @authorsabb.bsky.social! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
July 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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gennie.bsky.social
🎉COVER REVEAL!!🎉

We are thrilled to share this gorgeous cover!

GO PLAY will be released by @broadleafbooks.bsky.social on April 14, 2026!

Thank you to our editor Lisa Kloskin, our book’s agent @literarylesliez.bsky.social and the cover designer Angie Chiu.
July 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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jessyoonwrites.bsky.social
It’s a ✨COVER REVEAL✨ for Jeong Is Jeong, releasing 2/3/26 from @randomhousekids.bsky.social Pre-order link in bio!

“What is Jeong?” a little girl asks her grandma, and so begins a lyrical journey of discovery, kindness, and understanding in this ode to Korean American language and culture.
Cover of JEONG IS JEONG written by Jessica Yoon, illustrated by Michelle Lee. A young Korean American girl smiles and raises her arms looking up at images of her family and folk art of a tiger and magpie coming out of a book
June 23, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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ajirving.bsky.social
We are a group of LGBTQIA+ picture book creators who are hosting this giveaway to support the LGBTQIA+ community this Pride month. By entering this giveaway, you could win a copy of all the LGBTQIA+ picture books below! tinyurl.com/pb-giveaway #kidlit #booksky #pridemonth #giveaway
May 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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kamasanyi.bsky.social
This Pride month I am joining an incredible group of #queerkidlit creators to host a fundraiser for the LGBTQIA+ community.

Enter this giveaway, and you could win a copy of all the LGBTQIA+ picture books below!

More details at: tinyurl.com/pb-giveaway

#edusky #pride #skybrarians #books #lgbtqia
May 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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chloeitoward.bsky.social
#Kidlit friends 💔 Please share this far and wide

Our dear friend, Trenise Sabin, was the victim of a major burglary over the weekend. She and her husband Travis have lost everything— from clothing and appliances to irreplaceable items from their recent wedding and the urn

gofund.me/ce50d993
May 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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katievenit.bsky.social
Emotionally undone by this very generous starred review from @publisherswkly.bsky.social for my and Julia Blattman's #picturebook, CASSINI'S MISSION, releasing in August from MIT Kids Press and Candlewick

#kidlit

www.publishersweekly.com/9781536232325
Cassini’s Mission: A Spacecraft, a Tiny Moon, and the Search for Life Beyond Earth by Katie Venit
“Life as we know/ it,” explains Venit (Forts) on the opening pages of this celestial nonfiction overview, requires “Water/ Chemi...
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May 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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karenyin.bsky.social
I am honored and ecstatic to be joining Virginia Center for the Creative Arts' prestigious artist community as a 2025 #VCCAFellow. Thank you, VCCA, for this invitation to surprise myself and work on my craft uninterrupted in the company of a diverse cohort of artists. 🌷
Black-and-white photo of me. I am wearing a dark-colored V-neck top and a Maori-inspired spiral jade pendant necklace. My hair is long and wavy, and I am smiling at the camera with head slightly tilted. Beneath the photo is the green/orange VCCA wordmark on a white background. At the very bottom is a thick orange snipe with the words VCCA Fellow in white block letters.
May 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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jstremer.bsky.social
It's Wonderfully Wild's book birthday!
May 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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chloeitoward.bsky.social
Teachers & Librarians, we're hosting a picture book bundle giveaway on Insta, and today is the last day! Please check it out 🥰🙃

www.instagram.com/p/DJHYDghpd8...

#Edusky #Skybrarian #kidlit #kidlitmegafeed #reading #books #library #amteaching
May 2, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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katievenit.bsky.social
BEYOND thrilled! Kirkus has given @kenardpak.bsky.social's and my book, FORTS, a starred review!
shorturl.at/eujzR

Coming out with Viking Children's in July. 😁😁

#picturebooks #kidlit
The cover of FORTS by Katie Venit and Kenard Pak features a girl sitting in a tree house surrounded by cozy autumn scenery. A quote from the starred review from Kirkus reads "A childhood essential transformed into poetic beauty." The caption says: "Releases July 29, 2025. Available for preorder everywhere."
April 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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chloeitoward.bsky.social
Attention: teachers, librarians, writers, parents, humans, cats and dogs who enjoy story time
*I hope you read to alllllll the babies, fur included 😆

I'm doing a book launch giveaway 🎉 So please stay tuned!

#library #teacher #KidLitMegaFeed #writingcommunity #Edusky #kidlit #booksky #Skybrarian
February 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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stephlaubooks.com
It's the cover reveal! My picture book debut, 🩰❄️The Abominable Snow Dancer❄️🩰, is now available for pre-order:
✨Amazon: amzn.to/4hBtlfs
✨B&N: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-abomin...
✨Bookshop: bookshop.org/a/17193/9780...
✨And at select indies!(www.mrsdalloways.com/book/9780593... is one of my locals)
The Abominable Snow Dancer by Steph Lau - animated gif A bunch of unicorns with varying facial expressions watch a yeti in a tutu and scarf jump gracefully across the stage. THERE ARE SPARKLES!
February 19, 2025 at 3:08 AM
jessicammilo.bsky.social
This is another 2024 #picturebook that I absolutely fell in love with!! Any guesses on which #PB this is? 🤔

To receive my list of my top fave PBs of 2024 and for writing craft tips, exciting book news, and other #kidlit recommended reads, subscribe to my newsletter at www.jessicamilo.com! 😄✨
January 31, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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I LOVED this super cute & wonderful #picturebook & i 1 of my fave 2024 releases!! Any guesses from this zoomed in snapshot? 😁

To find out, & to see a list of my top 2024 #PBs, subscribe to my newsletter at www.jessicamilo.com! 📚✨ I also share writing tips, book news & other rec #kidlit reads!!
January 28, 2025 at 6:43 AM
jessicammilo.bsky.social
The #ALA Youth Media Awards is tomorrow!! Who will win and be honored?🥂

Maybe this zoomed in snapshot of this #picturebook, one of my top 24 fave PBs of 2024 -- any guesses to what it is?

To find out & see my full list, subscribe to my newsletter at www.jessicamilo.com ✨
January 27, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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kamasanyi.bsky.social
Because we could all use a bit of joy right now. Calling all of my beautiful FAT folx. This 1 is 4u.

Shout out to my dope agnt, the legendary
@jmcgowanbks.bsky.social & amazing editor Regan Winter.
#fatfiercefabulous #madinasbigfabulouswin #disney
#writingcommunity #picturebooks
#fatisbeautiful
January 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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ymwjpodcast.bsky.social
Seriously cannot wait #writingcommunity 🥹🤗😆 #YMWJPodcast launch on February 2nd and pre-launch episode coming in the next few days 👀👀 Stay tuned!! #writers #podcast
drenderturmaud.bsky.social Danielle Render Turmaud, PhD @drenderturmaud.bsky.social · Jan 25
Yesterday, I had a heartwarming conversation w/ Jon Seymour with @tielmourpress.bsky.social for the @ymwjpodcast.bsky.social on the topic of writing/publishing w/ purpose. These podcast discussions are inspiring me in ways words cannot express. I can’t wait to share them with you! #writingcommunity
drenderturmaud.bsky.social Danielle Render Turmaud, PhD @drenderturmaud.bsky.social · Jan 21
I am ✨SO EXCITED✨ to share the @YMWJPodcast trailer! Please find the link to the podcast trailer on Spotify below! Episode 1 coming FEBRUARY 2nd! (Podcast is being approved on other platforms but will be elsewhere soon😊) #writingcommunity #YMWJPodcast

open.spotify.com/episode/26mA...
January 25, 2025 at 12:38 PM
jessicammilo.bsky.social
What were your fave 2024 #picturebooks? This is a zoomed in pic of one of mine. Who knows which book it is? 📕

To find out & to view my full list of top 2024 #PBs, signup for my newsletter at www.jessicamilo.com! ✨

#kidlit #amreading #amwriting #writingcommunity
January 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM