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A reader of all things! Book trailer maker! Believer in Canadian writers and illustrators! Yahoo!
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karenkrossing.com
Thanks to author L.E.Carmichael for featuring me on her blog! I chat about my inspiration for MY STREET REMEMBERS & offer activity ideas for parents & teachers.
Link: www.lecarmichael.ca/2025/09/kare...
@groundwoodbooks.bsky.social @picturebookseh.bsky.social #kidlit #CANkidlit #picturebook #Edusky
Karen Krossing: What Does Your Street Remember?
Welcome to Cantastic Authorpalooza, featuring posts by and about great Canadian children’s book creators! Today’s guest: Karen Krossing. Take it away, Karen! Please take a moment to place both your fe...
www.lecarmichael.ca
September 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social
chipmunks
chirp-tocking alarms
—the morning news

#haikusaturday #haiku
a chipmunk with a raised tail looking toward the camera. The edge of a brown and silver tarp, dry grass and brown leaves are the background.
September 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social
A splendid event spotlighting ten new Canadian picture books (which I now need!) and their creators. 👇🏻 @picturebookseh.bsky.social @canscaip.bsky.social organized and hosted this wonderful event. Next one is in December. #KidLit
#CanKitLit #PictureBooks Video by the @debbieohi.com
debbieohi.com Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · Sep 30
Fabulous Canadian picture books highlighted at tonight's Great Canadian Picture Book Party. Thanks @picturebookseh.bsky.social @canscaip.bsky.social for organizing/hosting! I've posted this video along with a list on my Bookstagram at www.instagram.com/p/DPNQ5T_ilsj/
#CanKidLit #KidLit #PictureBooks
September 30, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social
lost heads
sunflowers warm
ruminant stomachs

#haikusaturday #haiku
several green stalks with lopped off flower heads in a garden with patch grass in the background
September 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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matthewcwinner.bsky.social
Listen Back: J.J. Austrian and Mike Curato (Worm Loves Worm) talk about the impact of two worms falling in love. www.allthewonders.com/podcasts/jj-... 📚👍🏽 #kidit #ChildrensBkPod @mikecurato.bsky.social @jjaustrian.bsky.social
J.J. Austrian and Mike Curato: Let’s Get Busy, Episode 239
J.J. Austrian and Mike Curato, the author and illustrator respectively of Worm Loves Worm, stop by the podcast to talk about Pants-of-the-Month, having conversations with children through children's b...
www.allthewonders.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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 Readergirl4 resident 'BookDragon' @readergirl4.bsky.social · Aug 28
If a street could talk, what could it remember?
#MyStreetRemembers is a brilliant book by @karenkrossing.com #Indigenous illustrator #CathieJamieson! text and bright vibrant images are perfectly suited and will have any age reader explore & ponder this unique book
#HighlyRecommended⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
My Street Remembers by Karen Krossing and illustrated by Cathie Jamieson. Published by Groundwood Books. When the cover is opened it reveals an indigenous representation of turtle island that straddles the spine of the book. The back of the book shows the outline of a cityscape. The front cover shows a turtle walking and leaving tracks in the soil.
September 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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hkubiw.bsky.social
Fab presentation (#graphicnovel) for #nonfiction #MG: informative & definitely entertaining. THE SUSTAINABLE SCHOOL by Erica Fyvie & illus by @ritchiescot.bsky.social from @kidscanpress.bsky.social covers #energy #history #transportation #STEM. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...
Book cover of The Sustainable School: A Journey Through Time and Energy by Erica Fyvie and Scot Ritchie depicts a school and children from 100 years ago (in sepia tones) and the same school today with today's kids (in colour)
September 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social
Thank you to The Heron's Nest for publishing one of my #haiku in the September, 2025 issue.

theheronsnest.com/September202...
The Heron's Nest - Volume XXVII, Number 3: September 2025
theheronsnest.com
September 1, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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lindamludke.bsky.social
True Colors by @elisegravel.bsky.social trans. Montana Kane is a totally tubular time capsule of growing up in the early 1990s filled with colourful hobbies, true-blue friends and undiagnosed ADHD. Here’s my ⭐ @quillandquire.bsky.social #bookreview: bit.ly/46biqGm 📚👍 #KidLit @dandq.bsky.social
The cover of True Colors: Growing up Weird in the 90s by Elise Gravel resembles a page from a lined notebook. A dark haired teen is sitting on the floor writing in her journal surrounded by a skateboard, board games, telephone and books.
August 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
If a street could talk, what could it remember?
#MyStreetRemembers is a brilliant book by @karenkrossing.com #Indigenous illustrator #CathieJamieson! text and bright vibrant images are perfectly suited and will have any age reader explore & ponder this unique book
#HighlyRecommended⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
My Street Remembers by Karen Krossing and illustrated by Cathie Jamieson. Published by Groundwood Books. When the cover is opened it reveals an indigenous representation of turtle island that straddles the spine of the book. The back of the book shows the outline of a cityscape. The front cover shows a turtle walking and leaving tracks in the soil.
August 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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kidsbookcentre.bsky.social
Four Questions for Canadian creator Charlene Chua from Publishers Weekly.

www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Four Questions for Charlene Chua
A grieving girl finds the ideal way to honor her late aunt in Charlene Chua’s 'The Pink Pajamas: A Story About Love and Loss,' the second picture book Chua has both written and illustrated (after 2020...
www.publishersweekly.com
August 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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phdowding.bsky.social
Honored to publish "The Love Song of Mr. Byrd" (Oct/25), with @cormorantbooks.bsky.social. An independent publisher, all their books are entirely made in Canada!
Written by Canadians
Illustrated by Canadians
Edited by Canadians
Designed by Canadians
Published by Canadians
and Printed in Canada!
July 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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hkubiw.bsky.social
Love Vicki Grant novels: the laughs, the storytelling, the characters...Out tmrw: DEATH BY WHOOPEE CUSHION from #TundraBooks delivers all. And there's #STEM and a mystery to solve. ( #Science #teachers: use for lessons re acids/bases) canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/07/deat...
Book cover of Death by Whoopee Cushion by Vicki Grant depicts a giant orange whoopee cushion with skull and crossbones letting air out as two kids in lab coats run away
July 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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scbwicanadawest.bsky.social
Join #SCBWICanadaWest for a kit lit chat on Wed, Jul 30 from 5-6pm/pst with an interactive Q&A hosted by @kenrolston.bsky.social @deborahpaquette.bsky.social @annely-so.bsky.social

Connect with the Canadian Kit Lit community.

Use #SCBWICanadaWest to find us.

#scbwisummerconference2025
July 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social
trilling toads
pause their songs
my path parts through the dusk

#haikusaturday #haiku
#amwriting #poetry
August 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social
Thank you @thesolitarydaisy.bsky.social for including my #haiku in Issue 56 - Festivals and Celebrations!
July 16, 2025 at 1:03 PM
These are now 'Frankie' approved! Thank you Kelly Collier, can't wait to share 'Steve' with all my students in the fall!
July 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social
A #Canadiankidlit collection #TodayIAm, 10 stories of belonging by @chadgalucas.bsky.social, @martychan.bsky.social, @lisellesambury.bsky.social, Michael Hutchinson, Rosena Fung, @dannyramadan.com, @jaelrichardson.bsky.social , @mahtabnarsimhan.bsky.social, Angela Misri & Brandon Wint #kidlit 📚👍🏻
a book cover of a purple background with two girls and a boy in different coloured clothing - the title Today I Am is written in yellow, subtitle: 10 stories of Belonging. Edited by Jael Richardson, author of Gutter Child.
June 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social
a rose
by another name-
bumblebee bonanza

#haikusaturday #haiku #amwriting #bloomscrolling #micropoetry
a bumblebee in the centre of a dark pink rose blossom
July 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social
To alleviate angst I #knit - this one is for my month old great nephew to grow into. Pattern: #GrowingGardenCardigan. Yarn: #CottonChirp, both from #PurlSoho. Somehow the act of knitting turns down the volume in my head enough to re-set. Plus making something for someone...🧶
a partially knitted baby sweater in off white with stripes of different blues.
July 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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debbieohi.com
MÉTIS LIKE ME by @tashahilderman.bsky.social & @risahugo.bsky.social, published by #TundraBooks. This beautifully illustrated story encourages readers of all cultural backgrounds to embrace our own cultural roots.
www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/710553...
📚👍🏽 #SchwartzAwards #CanKidLit #EduSky
Cover of the book "Métis Like Me" by Tasha Hilderman and Risa Hugo, showing three children lying on grass surrounded by large beaded floral patterns. Logos at the top include the Ontario Arts Council, Ontario Arts Foundation, and Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards. The Tundra Books logo is on the right. Text at the bottom reads: “Shortlisted for 2025 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award.”
May 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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fuse8.bsky.social
A Newbery winner switches gears and writes a work of older nonfiction for her young readers. Today we answer why, and discover just how cool Joey Guerrero truly was. I interview @erinentrada.bsky.social #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/05/21/e...
Erin Entrada Kelly Goes All Nonfiction on Us! A Talk About AT LAST SHE STOOD
A Newbery winner switches gears and writes a work of older nonfiction for her young readers. Today we answer why, and discover just how cool Joey Guerrero truly was.
afuse8production.slj.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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anastasiasuen.bsky.social
#kidlit Book of the Day: Hannah and the Wrong Note #family #school #concert #picturebook #fiction from @owlkidspublishing asuen.com/hannah-and-t... 📚👍
May 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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troystory.bsky.social
Four Faves, Dragon Edition. 📚👍
May 13, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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beckylevine.bsky.social
When you need mentor texts for wildly different projects. Thx, @kirstenwlarson.bsky.social for your podcast interview w/ @kamalani3.bsky.social. After hearing you talk about KAHO'OLAWE - THE TRUE STORY OF AN ISLAND AND HER PEOPLE, I knew I needed it. The art by Harinani Orme is perfect! #kidlit 📚👍🏻
May 15, 2025 at 2:39 AM