Katrina Tangen
@katrinatangen.bsky.social
Kidlit Author | COMING 2026: RAMP IT UP! (Charlesbridge) | COPY THAT, COPY CAT!: INVENTIONS INSPIRED BY ANIMALS (Barefoot Books, 2023) | 12x12 | SCBWI SoCal | Disabled by ME/CFS https://linktr.ee/katrinatangen
OK, #kidlit illustrators, help me shop for Christmas! My nephew (8) likes drawing, so I want to get him some art supplies and a book or 2. I’d like to find something that helps him build core skills. Or are the How to Draw X books just as good? (He’s a bit of a perfectionist when following videos.)
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
OK, #kidlit illustrators, help me shop for Christmas! My nephew (8) likes drawing, so I want to get him some art supplies and a book or 2. I’d like to find something that helps him build core skills. Or are the How to Draw X books just as good? (He’s a bit of a perfectionist when following videos.)
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Psst! I am opening up to unagented children's book submissions *just for the month of October*! This is an exciting experiment. The email to send submissions to is OpenOctober@Sourcebooks.com. You can find out about what I'm looking for at www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/me...
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October 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Psst! I am opening up to unagented children's book submissions *just for the month of October*! This is an exciting experiment. The email to send submissions to is OpenOctober@Sourcebooks.com. You can find out about what I'm looking for at www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/me...
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October 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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WE ARE THE SCRAPPY ONES is a fantastic celebration of disabled people and is only $5 on Amazon right now! www.amazon.com/dp/172848770...
We Are the Scrappy Ones
We Are the Scrappy Ones [Taussig, Rebekah, Fagan, Kirbi] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. We Are the Scrappy Ones
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October 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
WE ARE THE SCRAPPY ONES is a fantastic celebration of disabled people and is only $5 on Amazon right now! www.amazon.com/dp/172848770...
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That's a wrap on #DVpit 2025!
Thank you to everyone who participated, volunteered, or supported!
Thank you to the agents & editors who showed up!
And thank you to our board @peterlopez.bsky.social & @katchowrites.bsky.social & @claribelortega.com who brought #DVpit to Bluesky!
Thank you to everyone who participated, volunteered, or supported!
Thank you to the agents & editors who showed up!
And thank you to our board @peterlopez.bsky.social & @katchowrites.bsky.social & @claribelortega.com who brought #DVpit to Bluesky!
October 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
That's a wrap on #DVpit 2025!
Thank you to everyone who participated, volunteered, or supported!
Thank you to the agents & editors who showed up!
And thank you to our board @peterlopez.bsky.social & @katchowrites.bsky.social & @claribelortega.com who brought #DVpit to Bluesky!
Thank you to everyone who participated, volunteered, or supported!
Thank you to the agents & editors who showed up!
And thank you to our board @peterlopez.bsky.social & @katchowrites.bsky.social & @claribelortega.com who brought #DVpit to Bluesky!
CAMP CHRISTMAS TREE celebrates the contemporary Christmas tradition of camping under the Christmas tree. A family hikes through their house and sets up “camp” to enjoy holiday time together and the beauty of sleeping next to the glowing Christmas tree.
#PB #Holiday #Christmas #Lyrical #DVPit
#PB #Holiday #Christmas #Lyrical #DVPit
October 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
CAMP CHRISTMAS TREE celebrates the contemporary Christmas tradition of camping under the Christmas tree. A family hikes through their house and sets up “camp” to enjoy holiday time together and the beauty of sleeping next to the glowing Christmas tree.
#PB #Holiday #Christmas #Lyrical #DVPit
#PB #Holiday #Christmas #Lyrical #DVPit
The stable is warm.
Nothing can harm you,
cradled here in my arms.
Hush, baby, hush
Joseph tries to get baby Jesus to sleep on the first Christmas night. A lyrical bedtime book celebrating the tender love of a father for his new son.
#PB #Christmas #CF #Bible #Lyrical #Bedtime #DVPit
Nothing can harm you,
cradled here in my arms.
Hush, baby, hush
Joseph tries to get baby Jesus to sleep on the first Christmas night. A lyrical bedtime book celebrating the tender love of a father for his new son.
#PB #Christmas #CF #Bible #Lyrical #Bedtime #DVPit
October 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Nobody warns you about the dangers of gratitude.
Alice loves the ceramic frog she got for her birthday and writes a thank-you note to her grandmother to tell her so. But when the note inspires Grandma to send more and more frog-related gifts, chaos ensues!
#PB #HA #epistolary #DVPit
Alice loves the ceramic frog she got for her birthday and writes a thank-you note to her grandmother to tell her so. But when the note inspires Grandma to send more and more frog-related gifts, chaos ensues!
#PB #HA #epistolary #DVPit
October 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Nobody warns you about the dangers of gratitude.
Alice loves the ceramic frog she got for her birthday and writes a thank-you note to her grandmother to tell her so. But when the note inspires Grandma to send more and more frog-related gifts, chaos ensues!
#PB #HA #epistolary #DVPit
Alice loves the ceramic frog she got for her birthday and writes a thank-you note to her grandmother to tell her so. But when the note inspires Grandma to send more and more frog-related gifts, chaos ensues!
#PB #HA #epistolary #DVPit
TO THE PARK introduces sequence, a core concept of coding. Flaps let readers help Frog get ready for the day and go to the park. If kids pick the right sequence, he’s successful; if they pick wrong, they get funny outcomes like underwear over shorts!
#PB #STEM #STEAM #InfoFic #Coding #HA #DVPit
#PB #STEM #STEAM #InfoFic #Coding #HA #DVPit
October 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Mrs. Tannenbaum is a little old lady who loves to speed down her magnificent sledding hill—until her worried daughter makes her promise not to sled anymore. But she didn’t say anything about skiing…or surfboards…or moose! Maybe she should have been more specific…
#PB #HA #Winter #DVPit
#PB #HA #Winter #DVPit
October 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
WEB THE HALLS: A GHOULTIDE CAROL - A Halloween parody of Deck the Halls with a “killer” refrain perfect for reading (or singing!) aloud.
Web the halls with spiders hairy,
Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
‘Tis the season to be scary.
Mwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
#PB #Halloween #HA #DVPit
Web the halls with spiders hairy,
Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
‘Tis the season to be scary.
Mwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
#PB #Halloween #HA #DVPit
October 8, 2025 at 1:01 PM
WEB THE HALLS: A GHOULTIDE CAROL - A Halloween parody of Deck the Halls with a “killer” refrain perfect for reading (or singing!) aloud.
Web the halls with spiders hairy,
Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
‘Tis the season to be scary.
Mwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
#PB #Halloween #HA #DVPit
Web the halls with spiders hairy,
Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
‘Tis the season to be scary.
Mwah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
#PB #Halloween #HA #DVPit
Since made-up books are called fiction, shouldn’t fact-based books be called faction?
October 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Since made-up books are called fiction, shouldn’t fact-based books be called faction?
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NEW BOOK #AllThatIsMade from Herald Press is out in the world. I hope that it will bring joy and comfort to anyone feeling small or helpless. #JulianOfNorwich #hazelnut #ContemplativePrayer #Christian #BookLaunch #Prayer
Watch out for my next post to enter a giveaway!
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Watch out for my next post to enter a giveaway!
💙📚 #booksky bit.ly/464Rsk6
All That Is Made - Menno Media
In our smallness and fragility, we can find God’s love. Six hundred years ago, Julian of Norwich lived in a world wrought by pandemic, persecution, war, an...
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September 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW BOOK #AllThatIsMade from Herald Press is out in the world. I hope that it will bring joy and comfort to anyone feeling small or helpless. #JulianOfNorwich #hazelnut #ContemplativePrayer #Christian #BookLaunch #Prayer
Watch out for my next post to enter a giveaway!
💙📚 #booksky bit.ly/464Rsk6
Watch out for my next post to enter a giveaway!
💙📚 #booksky bit.ly/464Rsk6
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#DVpit 2025 is coming up!
🎉And we have over 70 agents & editors committed to participate in this pitch event for marginalized creators!🎉
✍️Polish up those pitches before October 8, 2025
🔗And go to dvpit.carrd.co for more info
#writersky #authorsky #booksky
🎉And we have over 70 agents & editors committed to participate in this pitch event for marginalized creators!🎉
✍️Polish up those pitches before October 8, 2025
🔗And go to dvpit.carrd.co for more info
#writersky #authorsky #booksky
August 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
#DVpit 2025 is coming up!
🎉And we have over 70 agents & editors committed to participate in this pitch event for marginalized creators!🎉
✍️Polish up those pitches before October 8, 2025
🔗And go to dvpit.carrd.co for more info
#writersky #authorsky #booksky
🎉And we have over 70 agents & editors committed to participate in this pitch event for marginalized creators!🎉
✍️Polish up those pitches before October 8, 2025
🔗And go to dvpit.carrd.co for more info
#writersky #authorsky #booksky
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DVpit is officially coming back on October 8th, 2025 and we have over 50 agents and editors excited to participate. Follow this account for all announcements and check out dvpit.carrd.co for more details and information!
#dvpit #writersky #booksky #weneeddiversebooks
#dvpit #writersky #booksky #weneeddiversebooks
June 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
DVpit is officially coming back on October 8th, 2025 and we have over 50 agents and editors excited to participate. Follow this account for all announcements and check out dvpit.carrd.co for more details and information!
#dvpit #writersky #booksky #weneeddiversebooks
#dvpit #writersky #booksky #weneeddiversebooks
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A win for publishers, authors, and readers.
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#freedomtoread #florida #publicschool #libraryshelves
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#freedomtoread #florida #publicschool #libraryshelves
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Florida Court Favors Authors, Publishers, Readers in ‘PRH v. Gibson’
The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida has upheld the freedom to read in Penguin Random House v. Gibson, a lawsuit filed in August 2024 to challenge key provisions of Florida HB 10...
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August 14, 2025 at 10:54 PM
A win for publishers, authors, and readers.
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#freedomtoread #florida #publicschool #libraryshelves
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#freedomtoread #florida #publicschool #libraryshelves
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Such a cute book!
Get a free signed book plate sticker dedicated to your child or class for my back-to-school book, Hurry, Little Tortoise, Time for School! Find out more here: www.carriefinison.com/bookplate/
August 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Such a cute book!
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Post from @caitgauthor.bsky.social on the ableism behind “write every day!”
I am definitely writing my book on crip time. Bc I must, there is no other way for me.
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I am definitely writing my book on crip time. Bc I must, there is no other way for me.
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The Ableism and Privilege Behind “You Must Write Every Day”
You are the expert on yourself. (This article first appeared in Write, the official magazine of the Writers’ Union of Canada, Summer 2022 edition.) One of my favourite things about being in a…
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August 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Post from @caitgauthor.bsky.social on the ableism behind “write every day!”
I am definitely writing my book on crip time. Bc I must, there is no other way for me.
caitgordon.com/2022/09/16/t...
I am definitely writing my book on crip time. Bc I must, there is no other way for me.
caitgordon.com/2022/09/16/t...
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So happy to share the cover reveal for my (first!) junior graphic novel with the wonderful @audreysbooks.bsky.social !!!
Coming from Abrams in 2026!
#kidlit #kidlitart #comics #graphicnovel
Coming from Abrams in 2026!
#kidlit #kidlitart #comics #graphicnovel
Hear ye, hear ye! Coming from the magical medieval Land of La-Dee-Dah, I cordially invite you to feast your eyes on this incredible cover of Book #1 in the new young graphic novel series ONCE UPON A TAIL by me and @charlenedraws.bsky.social coming this April, now available for pre-order! #KidLit
August 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
So happy to share the cover reveal for my (first!) junior graphic novel with the wonderful @audreysbooks.bsky.social !!!
Coming from Abrams in 2026!
#kidlit #kidlitart #comics #graphicnovel
Coming from Abrams in 2026!
#kidlit #kidlitart #comics #graphicnovel