Katie Venit
@katievenit.bsky.social
she/her. National bestselling author in WI
🎪FORTS, Viking
🛰️CASSINI'S MISSION, MIT Kids Press
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https://linktr.ee/KatieVenit
🎪FORTS, Viking
🛰️CASSINI'S MISSION, MIT Kids Press
Rep'd by Joyce Sweeney, Seymour Agency
https://linktr.ee/KatieVenit
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Katie Venit
@katievenit.bsky.social
· Aug 14
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
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Thank you to all the indie bookstores who believe in this book and have been sharing it with their customers. ❤️💙📚
#kidlit
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Yay! It's so great when someone notices wording choices you spent hours agonizing over. 😅 Thanks, @rhymedoctors.bsky.social!!
#amwriting #kidlit #picturebooks
#amwriting #kidlit #picturebooks
Who knew? The Rhyme Doctors love non-rhyming books too! On this HOUSE CALLS post we look at two prose picture books by @katievenit.bsky.social and @nessadeeart.bsky.social that have a lot of poetic appeal! www.rhymedoctors.com/house_calls
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Yay! It's so great when someone notices wording choices you spent hours agonizing over. 😅 Thanks, @rhymedoctors.bsky.social!!
#amwriting #kidlit #picturebooks
#amwriting #kidlit #picturebooks
Thanks Lydia!!
My #LLPick of the day is CASSINI'S MISSION by @katievenit.bsky.social. Great topic and fantastic writing!
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#BlissfullyBookish #LLInspire #kidlit #amwriting #amreading #amediting #writingcommunity #books #AuthorsOfTwitter #writersoftwitter #LLInterviews
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#BlissfullyBookish #LLInspire #kidlit #amwriting #amreading #amediting #writingcommunity #books #AuthorsOfTwitter #writersoftwitter #LLInterviews
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Thanks Lydia!!
Never have I felt so seen by amphibians.
“Why are you banging your head against the wall?” asked Frog.
“I hope that if I bang my head against the wall, it will help me to think of a story,” said Toad.
“I hope that if I bang my head against the wall, it will help me to think of a story,” said Toad.
November 7, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Never have I felt so seen by amphibians.
I'll be in Madison, WI on 11/8 at Lake City Books, reading from FORTS and CASSINI'S MISSION. Come learn about cozy spaces and wonderous moons and spend the rest of the chilly fall day building forts and dreaming about outer space.
Details: lakecitybooks.com/events/38782...
Details: lakecitybooks.com/events/38782...
November 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I'll be in Madison, WI on 11/8 at Lake City Books, reading from FORTS and CASSINI'S MISSION. Come learn about cozy spaces and wonderous moons and spend the rest of the chilly fall day building forts and dreaming about outer space.
Details: lakecitybooks.com/events/38782...
Details: lakecitybooks.com/events/38782...
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I‘m celebrating my debut PB UNIVERSE PIE deal with a PB BRAINSTORM giveaway!
Let’s take a dive into your (fic or NF) pitch & mss via Zoom. To enter, comment below with a GIF of your story’s vibe. OPEN TO AGENTED AND NONAGENTED!
Winner announced Fri, Nov. 7th @ 6 pm EST. #picturebooks #giveaway
Let’s take a dive into your (fic or NF) pitch & mss via Zoom. To enter, comment below with a GIF of your story’s vibe. OPEN TO AGENTED AND NONAGENTED!
Winner announced Fri, Nov. 7th @ 6 pm EST. #picturebooks #giveaway
a logo that says let 's brainstorm with a brain and a light bulb
ALT: a logo that says let 's brainstorm with a brain and a light bulb
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November 5, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I‘m celebrating my debut PB UNIVERSE PIE deal with a PB BRAINSTORM giveaway!
Let’s take a dive into your (fic or NF) pitch & mss via Zoom. To enter, comment below with a GIF of your story’s vibe. OPEN TO AGENTED AND NONAGENTED!
Winner announced Fri, Nov. 7th @ 6 pm EST. #picturebooks #giveaway
Let’s take a dive into your (fic or NF) pitch & mss via Zoom. To enter, comment below with a GIF of your story’s vibe. OPEN TO AGENTED AND NONAGENTED!
Winner announced Fri, Nov. 7th @ 6 pm EST. #picturebooks #giveaway
Thanks for the chat about my nonfiction picture book, CASSINI'S MISSION, @lydialukidis.bsky.social!
#kidlit #writingcommunity #amreading #amwriting 📚💙
#kidlit #writingcommunity #amreading #amwriting 📚💙
How one author turned a Netflix documentary into a kidlit book! Read my Q&A with @katievenit.bsky.social here:
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#kidlit #amreading #amwriting #writingcommunity #BlissfullyBookish #LLInspire #LLInterviews #books
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#kidlit #amreading #amwriting #writingcommunity #BlissfullyBookish #LLInspire #LLInterviews #books
November 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Thanks for the chat about my nonfiction picture book, CASSINI'S MISSION, @lydialukidis.bsky.social!
#kidlit #writingcommunity #amreading #amwriting 📚💙
#kidlit #writingcommunity #amreading #amwriting 📚💙
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Big day at U.S. District Court in D.C. where Sean Dunn, the D.C. Sandwich Guy, is on trial for misdemeanor assault of a federal officer.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
November 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Big day at U.S. District Court in D.C. where Sean Dunn, the D.C. Sandwich Guy, is on trial for misdemeanor assault of a federal officer.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss.
'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.
I preordered this MONTHS AGO and have been anxiously awaiting my bookstore emailing to tell me it's ready to pick up. So excited! Keep an eye out for Steph's books, y'all. She's hilarious and so talented.
Happy book birthday to me!
My debut picture book, the Abominable Snow Dancer, is about a yeti who secretly dreams of dancing, but has only ever seen unicorns dance before. It's an autobiography - sharing a little video about why 😊
Order links: www.stephlaubooks.com
#booksky #kidlit #bookbirthday
My debut picture book, the Abominable Snow Dancer, is about a yeti who secretly dreams of dancing, but has only ever seen unicorns dance before. It's an autobiography - sharing a little video about why 😊
Order links: www.stephlaubooks.com
#booksky #kidlit #bookbirthday
November 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I preordered this MONTHS AGO and have been anxiously awaiting my bookstore emailing to tell me it's ready to pick up. So excited! Keep an eye out for Steph's books, y'all. She's hilarious and so talented.
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
So Not Ghoul is so good!! A great Halloween read for kiddos.
“So Not Ghoul” made the list! Thank you, Megan Mabee and @bookriot.bsky.social! Written by me, illustrated by Bonnie Lui.
#KidLit #Halloween #Boo👻
#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 4:18 PM
So Not Ghoul is so good!! A great Halloween read for kiddos.
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If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
October 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.
My fall newsletter is out, for those of you looking for new vibey reads! I had a backlog, so there are lots of kids and adult book recommendations in this one. :)
#booksky #amreading #kidlit 📚💙
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#booksky #amreading #kidlit 📚💙
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Katie's Newsletter
In which Katie passes along the very best things she's read lately.
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October 13, 2025 at 10:47 PM
My fall newsletter is out, for those of you looking for new vibey reads! I had a backlog, so there are lots of kids and adult book recommendations in this one. :)
#booksky #amreading #kidlit 📚💙
katievenit.beehiiv.com/subscribe
#booksky #amreading #kidlit 📚💙
katievenit.beehiiv.com/subscribe
Some good freakin' news for once, hopefully.
For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says. n.pr/47hcegr
Renewable energy outpaces coal for electricity generation in historic first, report says
For the first time on record, renewable energy generated more electricity for the planet than coal, a new report says.
n.pr
October 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Some good freakin' news for once, hopefully.
Free shipping from bookshop today and tomorrow!
Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚
October 8, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Free shipping from bookshop today and tomorrow!
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Nominations are now open for the 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards and Endies End Paper Awards! Anyone can nominate a book. Head here to get started: 100scopenotes.com/2025/10/01/n...
Nominate Your Favorites for the 2025 Undies and Endies Awards!
The best (see: only) case cover and endpaper awards in children’s literature are back! That’s right, the 2025 Undies and Endies are officially up and running. It’s time to submit your favorite case co...
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October 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Nominations are now open for the 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards and Endies End Paper Awards! Anyone can nominate a book. Head here to get started: 100scopenotes.com/2025/10/01/n...
Thank you to Cait for the kind words! 🥰🥰🥰
Writers, you know how much it means when another author says they wish they had written something. 🫶🥹😭
Writers, you know how much it means when another author says they wish they had written something. 🫶🥹😭
📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
Forts
Katie Venit & Kenard Pak
@katievenit.bsky.social
@kenardpak.bsky.social
This is a story I wish I wrote. Lyrical. Gorgeous. My little talked about all the forts we have around the house now and have had in the past. So lovely.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
Forts
Katie Venit & Kenard Pak
@katievenit.bsky.social
@kenardpak.bsky.social
This is a story I wish I wrote. Lyrical. Gorgeous. My little talked about all the forts we have around the house now and have had in the past. So lovely.
October 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Thank you to Cait for the kind words! 🥰🥰🥰
Writers, you know how much it means when another author says they wish they had written something. 🫶🥹😭
Writers, you know how much it means when another author says they wish they had written something. 🫶🥹😭
This book is gonna be so awesome!!!!! #kidlit
Pleased* to announce my second picture book! MEDUSA'S PET ROCK is slated to launch Fall 2026, with @harpercollins.bsky.social
*Pleasssssssed
Thanks to my agent @allielevick.bsky.social and editor Megan Ilnitzki for loving this story as much as I do ❤️🐍🏺 Can't wait for you all to read it!
#kidlit
*Pleasssssssed
Thanks to my agent @allielevick.bsky.social and editor Megan Ilnitzki for loving this story as much as I do ❤️🐍🏺 Can't wait for you all to read it!
#kidlit
September 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This book is gonna be so awesome!!!!! #kidlit
Thank you so much to Writers Rumpus and @marianneknowles.bsky.social for her amazingly kind review of CASSINI’S MISSION! Publishing is a weird journey, but it’s all worth it when a writer you admire—as I admire Marianne—“gets it”
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Book Reviews – WRITERS' RUMPUS
Posts about Book Reviews written by Marianne Knowles, Keri Demers, Hilary Elizabeth Margitich, Monica Acker, Laura Fineberg Cooper, DrZatHome, Joyce Audy Zarins, and Marcia Strykowski
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September 30, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Thank you so much to Writers Rumpus and @marianneknowles.bsky.social for her amazingly kind review of CASSINI’S MISSION! Publishing is a weird journey, but it’s all worth it when a writer you admire—as I admire Marianne—“gets it”
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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 👻🎃
September 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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 👻🎃
When the teacher knows your kid is the right one to take the giant cardboard tube home ...
Thanks for the inspiration, FORTS by @katievenit.bsky.social & @kenardpak.bsky.social ! #kidlit
Thanks for the inspiration, FORTS by @katievenit.bsky.social & @kenardpak.bsky.social ! #kidlit
September 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
@100scopenotes.bsky.social When do you think you'll open up nominations for Endies and Undies? I've got a couple I'm excited about!
September 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
@100scopenotes.bsky.social When do you think you'll open up nominations for Endies and Undies? I've got a couple I'm excited about!
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If you are a Minneapolis area educator and you're interested in a copy of @grubreport.bsky.social's Not Like Every Day: Finding Calm During School Lockdown Drills, please send me a message. wildrumpusbooks.com/book/9780593...
Not Like Every Day: Finding Calm During School Lockdown Drills
For Henry, lockdown drills can be scary. Staying quiet and still is tough, but with the support of his teacher, he’s able to stay calm. This reassuring story explores the complex emotions surrounding ...
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September 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
If you are a Minneapolis area educator and you're interested in a copy of @grubreport.bsky.social's Not Like Every Day: Finding Calm During School Lockdown Drills, please send me a message. wildrumpusbooks.com/book/9780593...
Illustrating my belief that movies and TV are not my competition as a writer. Kids who love a movie want to read books that are like that movie.
3rd week of school & I finally had time to get a little book display put up!
September 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Illustrating my belief that movies and TV are not my competition as a writer. Kids who love a movie want to read books that are like that movie.
I just gobbled the Book of I by David Greig. It was a mere snack that just made me hungry for more slim books. What other super short (~150 page) books have you loved? (I'm thinking adult books, but I might be interested in short YA at the moment!)
#amreading 📚💙
#amreading 📚💙
September 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I just gobbled the Book of I by David Greig. It was a mere snack that just made me hungry for more slim books. What other super short (~150 page) books have you loved? (I'm thinking adult books, but I might be interested in short YA at the moment!)
#amreading 📚💙
#amreading 📚💙
This funny thread is 100% why I don't believe video games are my competition as a writer. Kids who love Fortnite want to read about Fortnite. Anything that makes a kid want to read turns them into a reader, which is good for everyone, everywhere.
It's seven years since we posted on Twitter about how kids kept coming into the library asking if we had any books about FORTNITE. We didn't back then, and we'd never heard of it so we tried asking what it was.
September 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
This funny thread is 100% why I don't believe video games are my competition as a writer. Kids who love Fortnite want to read about Fortnite. Anything that makes a kid want to read turns them into a reader, which is good for everyone, everywhere.