Katie Venit
@katievenit.bsky.social
she/her. National bestselling author in WI
🎪FORTS, Viking
🛰️CASSINI'S MISSION, MIT Kids Press
Rep'd by Joyce Sweeney, Seymour Agency
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
www.usatoday.com/booklist/gen...
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...
shopping for jeans and I'm BEGGING online retailers to give us more information than "look, my fingers can fit in the pockets" in the photos. I want to see videos of women piling stuff in there before I buy. Phones, keys, index cards, bubbly water, produce... How many apples can fit in the pockets?
February 12, 2026 at 2:46 PM
shopping for jeans and I'm BEGGING online retailers to give us more information than "look, my fingers can fit in the pockets" in the photos. I want to see videos of women piling stuff in there before I buy. Phones, keys, index cards, bubbly water, produce... How many apples can fit in the pockets?
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You were moved to do this by pride and by hate. Is it any wonder the result was ruin?
February 8, 2026 at 11:30 PM
You were moved to do this by pride and by hate. Is it any wonder the result was ruin?
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Is it a bug or is it a feature?"
"Is it a bug or is it a feature?"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
“Those aren’t the colors human eyes would see.”
“Those aren’t the colors human eyes would see.”
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Sadly, not aliens."
"Sadly, not aliens."
February 7, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Is it a bug or is it a feature?"
"Is it a bug or is it a feature?"
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"...what contemporary books do that most legacy titles don’t is reflect the world that children currently live in and its values" www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
Don’t let nostalgia cloud your judgment: some of the best picture books are actually the newest | Kate Temple
Contemporary children’s books reflect the diversity and values of a changing world – but getting new titles into small hands is harder than ever
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:50 PM
"...what contemporary books do that most legacy titles don’t is reflect the world that children currently live in and its values" www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
I am so honored and humbled that the Dolly Parton Imagination Library selected my picture book FORTS to be one of the books sent to hundreds of thousands of children this year. This is the greatest professional honor I could hope for.
#picturebooks #kidlit
imaginationlibrary.com/usa/book-list/
#picturebooks #kidlit
imaginationlibrary.com/usa/book-list/
January 31, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I am so honored and humbled that the Dolly Parton Imagination Library selected my picture book FORTS to be one of the books sent to hundreds of thousands of children this year. This is the greatest professional honor I could hope for.
#picturebooks #kidlit
imaginationlibrary.com/usa/book-list/
#picturebooks #kidlit
imaginationlibrary.com/usa/book-list/
My kid asked to rewatch Princess Bride. I think we all know what I said to that.
a young man with long blonde hair is looking at the camera and saying `` as you wish '' .
Alt: Wesley from Princess Bride saying ``as you wish '' .
media.tenor.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:55 PM
My kid asked to rewatch Princess Bride. I think we all know what I said to that.
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a perennially good read
Looking forward to watching the #ALAYMA this morning and cheering for my colleagues! And like always - I'm sharing my poem "What Happened to Your Book Today." A reminder of why we make books for young readers. ❤️https://katemessner.com/what-happened-to-your-book-today-a-poem-for-after-the-ala-awards/
“What Happened to Your Book Today” A Poem for after the ALA Awards – Kate Messner
katemessner.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:37 PM
a perennially good read
I haven't gotten any calls today (yet) from the "real" ALA about Cassini's Mission, but this was some joyful news regarding a kid version of the Sibert Smackdown! Also, kidlit writers should totally follow Katie's blog (link in OP). It's a terrific home to follow what kids actually like to read.
Taking a moment for joy: Monday is #ALAYMA . My 5th graders have spent the past two months reading and analyzing their favorite nonfiction books for @mstewartscience.bsky.social 's #SibertSmackdown .
Our winner? CASSINI'S MISSION by @katievenit.bsky.social & @jbdrawsthings.bsky.social !
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Our winner? CASSINI'S MISSION by @katievenit.bsky.social & @jbdrawsthings.bsky.social !
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January 25, 2026 at 7:48 PM
I haven't gotten any calls today (yet) from the "real" ALA about Cassini's Mission, but this was some joyful news regarding a kid version of the Sibert Smackdown! Also, kidlit writers should totally follow Katie's blog (link in OP). It's a terrific home to follow what kids actually like to read.
#bluey watch through
“The doctor” is such a palate cleanser after “calypso”.
Calypso felt 100% to me to be aimed at parents. “Here’s how to encourage creativity without telling kids what to do.”
“Doctor” was the opposite. The parents removed themselves and the kids encouraged their own creativity
“The doctor” is such a palate cleanser after “calypso”.
Calypso felt 100% to me to be aimed at parents. “Here’s how to encourage creativity without telling kids what to do.”
“Doctor” was the opposite. The parents removed themselves and the kids encouraged their own creativity
January 22, 2026 at 3:37 PM
#bluey watch through
“The doctor” is such a palate cleanser after “calypso”.
Calypso felt 100% to me to be aimed at parents. “Here’s how to encourage creativity without telling kids what to do.”
“Doctor” was the opposite. The parents removed themselves and the kids encouraged their own creativity
“The doctor” is such a palate cleanser after “calypso”.
Calypso felt 100% to me to be aimed at parents. “Here’s how to encourage creativity without telling kids what to do.”
“Doctor” was the opposite. The parents removed themselves and the kids encouraged their own creativity
#bluey binging
“Yoga ball”
Why is the dad dog’s office full of dinosaur bones? Has he secretly been a paleontologist this whole time? Do dinosaurs exist in this world? Feels like that should be a more developed storyline.
Spent this whole episode expecting Bingo to hurl.
“Yoga ball”
Why is the dad dog’s office full of dinosaur bones? Has he secretly been a paleontologist this whole time? Do dinosaurs exist in this world? Feels like that should be a more developed storyline.
Spent this whole episode expecting Bingo to hurl.
January 19, 2026 at 5:41 PM
#bluey binging
“Yoga ball”
Why is the dad dog’s office full of dinosaur bones? Has he secretly been a paleontologist this whole time? Do dinosaurs exist in this world? Feels like that should be a more developed storyline.
Spent this whole episode expecting Bingo to hurl.
“Yoga ball”
Why is the dad dog’s office full of dinosaur bones? Has he secretly been a paleontologist this whole time? Do dinosaurs exist in this world? Feels like that should be a more developed storyline.
Spent this whole episode expecting Bingo to hurl.
January 19, 2026 at 5:36 PM
#bluey binging: “Spy Game”
I appreciate showing adults having fun without the adults, glad to see that antipodal kids also play potions, and “hurry up, I can feel my sausages burning” is a proper good line.
I appreciate showing adults having fun without the adults, glad to see that antipodal kids also play potions, and “hurry up, I can feel my sausages burning” is a proper good line.
January 19, 2026 at 5:24 PM
#bluey binging: “Spy Game”
I appreciate showing adults having fun without the adults, glad to see that antipodal kids also play potions, and “hurry up, I can feel my sausages burning” is a proper good line.
I appreciate showing adults having fun without the adults, glad to see that antipodal kids also play potions, and “hurry up, I can feel my sausages burning” is a proper good line.
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As a wave of book banning continues across the country, I wanted to reshare this important research from @trevorproject.bsky.social on how book bans affect LGBTQ+ youth. Books save lives. ❤️
Book Bans and LGBTQ+ Youth Mental Health
Research from The Trevor Project—the leading suicide prevention organization for LGBTQ+ youth— sheds light on the harms of book banning and curriculum censorship.
uniteagainstbookbans.org
January 16, 2026 at 6:14 PM
As a wave of book banning continues across the country, I wanted to reshare this important research from @trevorproject.bsky.social on how book bans affect LGBTQ+ youth. Books save lives. ❤️
Hey parents: did you know you don't need to do your kids' laundry? As soon as they can reach the buttons, they can do their own laundry.
Teen Sick Of Mother Barging Into Room With Clean, Folded Clothes https://theonion.com/teen-sick-of-mother-barging-into-room-with-clean-folde-1819577305/
January 6, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Hey parents: did you know you don't need to do your kids' laundry? As soon as they can reach the buttons, they can do their own laundry.
#twin soapbox: There's this content creator posting skits. He's video chatting with either some random guy or his boss, and a woman comes onscreen and the first guy is like, WTF, why are you there or you're his wife I thought you were divorced? etc., and it escalates into this huge conflict...
December 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
#twin soapbox: There's this content creator posting skits. He's video chatting with either some random guy or his boss, and a woman comes onscreen and the first guy is like, WTF, why are you there or you're his wife I thought you were divorced? etc., and it escalates into this huge conflict...
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I love this paragraph on the ever-present uncertainty in science. From the book Unrooted by
@doctorzedd.bsky.social
@doctorzedd.bsky.social
December 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I love this paragraph on the ever-present uncertainty in science. From the book Unrooted by
@doctorzedd.bsky.social
@doctorzedd.bsky.social
Thanks you to @fuse8.bsky.social for mentioning CASSINI'S MISSION twice on her annual blog roundup! Both in the best science and nature categories and in (gasp) the coveted best nonfiction category. Truly an honor!
Day #28: 31 Days, 31 Lists: The creme de la creme! The top of the pops! These are the title you won't be able to forget, no matter how the years roll by. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/28/3...
31 Days, 31 Lists: 2025 Nonfiction Picture Books
The creme de la creme! The top of the pops! These are the title you won't be able to forget, no matter how the years roll by.
afuse8production.slj.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Thanks you to @fuse8.bsky.social for mentioning CASSINI'S MISSION twice on her annual blog roundup! Both in the best science and nature categories and in (gasp) the coveted best nonfiction category. Truly an honor!
I'm SO EXCITED to again volunteer at my local #library for Family Fort Night, in which families come after hours and build forts in the stacks. But this year, I ALSO get to read them my book, Forts.
This is a great post that describes the programming. It's a must do!
jbrary.com/family-fort-...
This is a great post that describes the programming. It's a must do!
jbrary.com/family-fort-...
Go Forth and Fort: Family Fort Night - Jbrary
Family Fort Night is a fun and playful library program. This post has instructions and a list of supplies to try it out for yourself!
jbrary.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I'm SO EXCITED to again volunteer at my local #library for Family Fort Night, in which families come after hours and build forts in the stacks. But this year, I ALSO get to read them my book, Forts.
This is a great post that describes the programming. It's a must do!
jbrary.com/family-fort-...
This is a great post that describes the programming. It's a must do!
jbrary.com/family-fort-...
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I always pretend I don’t know stuff like this is about sports.
Lions are definitely feeling the Christmas spirit, just giving gifts to the Vikings nonstop
December 26, 2025 at 6:58 AM
I always pretend I don’t know stuff like this is about sports.
When past me was leaving future me notes for revision in Scrivener, she was in a MOOD let me tell you.
#amwriting
#amwriting
December 13, 2025 at 2:50 PM
When past me was leaving future me notes for revision in Scrivener, she was in a MOOD let me tell you.
#amwriting
#amwriting
Band Nerd is so good!!!
Time for #LibFaves25! Day 5.
My 10 will appear in no particular order...
BAND NERD by Sarah Clawson Willis
As a former band geek and flute player, this spoke to me!
My 10 will appear in no particular order...
BAND NERD by Sarah Clawson Willis
As a former band geek and flute player, this spoke to me!
December 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Band Nerd is so good!!!
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Top: Sunset on Mars (Curiosity rover, April 2015)
Bottom: Sunset on LV-426 (Alien, 1979)
Bottom: Sunset on LV-426 (Alien, 1979)
December 12, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Top: Sunset on Mars (Curiosity rover, April 2015)
Bottom: Sunset on LV-426 (Alien, 1979)
Bottom: Sunset on LV-426 (Alien, 1979)
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Gamification and the Quest for Commercial Nonfiction
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#TLsky #Skybrarian #edusky #kidlit
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#TLsky #Skybrarian #edusky #kidlit
Gamification and the Quest for Commercial Nonfiction
School and library book sales have always been a major part of the children’s publishing market, especially for nonfiction books. So as the ...
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December 4, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Gamification and the Quest for Commercial Nonfiction
tinyurl.com/mvjbawum
#TLsky #Skybrarian #edusky #kidlit
tinyurl.com/mvjbawum
#TLsky #Skybrarian #edusky #kidlit