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Ame Dyckman
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NYT Bestselling/Geisel-winning GRATEFUL #kidlit author! (If YOU’RE a l’il weird too, we’re gonna be pals! 😄!) NEWEST 📚: 🦇🐈🐀BAT, CAT & RAT #4: 🍂A GREAT FALL🍂 and #3: ⛱️THE BEACH DAY⛱️; 🐥DUCKIE & SNAPS🐊 #1: WE CANNOT BE FRIENDS; etc.! And MORE 📚 soon! 😄!
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There’s NO WAY this sign is handmade.
Etsy headquarters with large “Etsy” sign, Brooklyn.
November 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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This one shook me down for my french fries.

And then my car keys.

😅😂!
ABSOLUTE UNIT of a pigeon staring at the camera. He wants food. He wants money. HE WANTS YOUR ETERNAL SOUL! (With ketchup.)
November 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Husband Guy was taking out the trash last night when SUDDENLY this bunny in our yard SAT STRAIGHT UP ON ITS BACK LEGS, and in the light from the streetlight, its eyes GLOWED LIKE A MONSTER!

So anyways, now I’m the one who has to take out the trash.
Night. Brown yard bunny with glowing eyes sits upright between the trees.
November 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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HAPPY #HALLOWEEN, EVERYBODY! ⭐️🎃👻⭐️!

It’s so windy here, our zombie gnome keeps blowing over.

HE LOOKS SO SURPRISED! 😂!
Zombie gnome that’s blown over and looks surprised.
October 31, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Sometimes, I have weird little thoughts.

But sometimes, I have WEIRRRD little thoughts.

This is one of them.

(Sorry in advance!)
You wear one of those zit stickers to bed. But when you wake up in the morning… it’s gone. (Not the zit. The sticker.) You look everywhere: pillowcase, sheets, jammies. Partner and children and pets. You post flyers. Set up a call center. Hire a detective. Nothing. You wonder: is your zit sticker… happier now? Then one day, when you’ve almost lost hope, you get a postcard from Paris that just says: “Bonjour!”
October 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Saw these plastic key charms on Etsy and thought they’d (individually) be cool on a chain as a necklace, so I bought them!

Then I read a review from another lady who said she bought them, too—

As toys for her PARROT.

I HAVE THE FASHION SENSE OF A BIRD! 😅😂😂😂!
Colorful classic key-shaped plastic charms in various colors.
September 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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If a blue-tongued skink eats a cherry ICEE, what color will their tongue be then?
Blue-tongued skink. Cherry ICEE.
September 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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🍂HAPPY 1ST DAY OF FALL!🍂

Hope YOU have A GREAT FALL!

(If not, you can get A GREAT FALL at your fave bookstore or library! 😂!)

BAT, CAT & RAT:
🍂A GREAT FALL🍂
📝 by me, 🎨 by #MarkTeague
@SimonKIDS.bsky.social

THANKS for including A GREAT FALL in YOUR #Fall #reading fun! ❤️!

🦇🐈🐀: “THANK YOU!”
The cover of the BRAND-NEW BAT, CAT & RAT: A GREAT FALL, in which the titular characters (housemates-and-friends Bat, Cat, and Rat) have sweet-and-funny Fall-and-Halloween-themed fun! Text by Ame Dyckman. Art by Mark Teague. Beach Lane Books, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing. The cover shows a happy Bat, Cat, and Rat returning from the pumpkin patch with pumpkins (and Bat) in their wagon.
September 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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THE BIGGEST SPIDER I’ve ever seen has built a web on our porch near our mailbox!

In other news, our mailman is missing, but I’m sure that’s just a coincidence.

🕷️: *BURP*
Photo of an orangish-reddish-striped big-brown-bodied spider—possibly an orb weaver—sitting in the center of its circular web, and licking its mandibles after eating our mailman possibly.
September 16, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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We went to a theme park with a PARAKEET ROOM!

You buy a stick.
The stick has little seeds.
The parakeets land on the stick and eat the little seeds.

Which is great unless…

You have freckles.
Freckles that look like little seeds.

BACK OFF, BIRDIE! 😳😅😂!
Hungry blue parakeet with a sharp little beak, disinterested in his little seed stick, stares right at me!
September 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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SOUND ON to hear this canary tell me their ENTIRE life’s story.

😂❤️🐤!
September 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Stole a WHOLE
Twizzler and he’s just
SO happy!
Happy gull at the beach carrying a pilfered Twizzler licorice rope candy in his beak.
August 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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THANKS for the ❤️ for our WEE BEASTIES books, Katie! Had SO MUCH FUN with those!
⭐️❤️🐍🦁🐙⭐️! @alexggriffiths.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social #kidlit
The WEE BEASTIES board books: HUGGY THE PUTHON HUGS TOO HARD; ROARY THE LION ROARS TOO LOUD; TOUCHY THE OCTOPUS TOUCHES EVERYTHING.
August 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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THANKS for including our BAT, CAT & RAT #3: ⛱️THE BEACH DAY⛱️ in your July reading fun, Dawn!

🦇🐈🐀: “Appreciated!”

#MarkTeague @simonkids.bsky.social #kidlit
The cover of BAT, CAT & RAT #3: THE BEACH DAY, in which the titular characters (a cute Bat, Cat, and Rat) spend an exciting day at the beach. Text by Ame Dyckman. Art by Mark Teague. Beach Lane Books, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing.
August 2, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Can YOU guess what happens NEXT? 😈😂😂😂!

See if you’re right in the BRAND-NEW:

BAT, CAT & RAT #4:
🍁🍂A GREAT FALL🍂🍁
📝 by me!
🎨 by #MarkTeague
Beach Lane Books, @simonkids.bsky.social!

Everywhere you ❤️ to buy or borrow books! #kidlit #Fall #BackToSchool
A spread from the BRAND-NEW early reader, BAT, CAT & RAT #4: A GREAT FALL, showing an unsuspecting Bat and Cat with three mugs of apple cider standing before an enormous pile of raked-up golden fallen leaves. But WHERE could their friend, Rat, be? (And have I mentioned that Rat is a PRANKSTER? 😂!) Text by Ame Dyckman, art by Mark Teague, from Beach Lane Books, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing. Available NOW (and PERFECT for Fall!) everywhere you love to buy or borrow books! ❤️📚!
July 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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HONORED 😊 and AWESOME, Stephanie! CONGRATS 🏆 that your kiddo is reading, and hope they’ll ❤️ our l’il series! The 🦇, 🐈 & 🐀 📚 out now are:

THE COZY HOME
VACATION
THE BEACH DAY
A GREAT FALL

and we’ll have more 📚 next year! #MarkTeague @simonkids.bsky.social #kidlit
The cover of BAT, CAT & RAT #1: THE COZY HOME, in which the titular characters (a cute Bat, Cat, and Rat) find a cozy home to share. Text by Ame Dyckman. Art by Mark Teague. Beach Lane Books, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing. The cover of the Geisel-winning BAT, CAT & RAT #2: VACATION, in which the titular characters (a cute Bat, Cat, and Rat) must decide where to go on vacation—but they don’t immediately agree. Text by Ame Dyckman. Art by Mark Teague. Beach Lane Books, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing. The cover of BAT, CAT & RAT #3: THE BEACH DAY, in which the titular characters (a cute Bat, Cat, and Rat) spend an exciting day at the beach. Text by Ame Dyckman. Art by Mark Teague. Beach Lane Books, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing. The cover of the BRAND-NEW BAT, CAT & RAT #4: A GREAT FALL, in which the titular characters (a cute Bat, Cat, and Rat) have Fall-and-Halloween-themed fun. Text by Ame Dyckman. Art by Mark Teague. Beach Lane Books, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing.
July 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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⭐️THANK YOU⭐️ for the #BookBirthday cheer for our BAT, CAT & RAT: A GREAT FALL, dear Debbie! 😊❤️! We (#MarkTeague, the Beach Lane Books/ @simonkids.bsky.social gang, and I) are having SO MUCH FUN with our l’il trio! And we have MORE 🦇🐈🐀 📚 on the way! 🎉! CONGRATS to all the Book Birthday folks! ⭐️🎂📖⭐️!
The cover of BAT, CAT & RAT #1: THE COZY HOME, in which the titular characters (a cute Bat, Cat, and Rat) find a cozy home to share. Text by Ame Dyckman. Art by Mark Teague. The cover of the Geisel-winning BAT, CAT & RAT #2: VACATION, in which the titular characters (a cute Bat, Cat, and Rat) try to decide where to go on vacation—but they don’t immediately agree. Text by Ame Dyckman. Art by Mark Teague. The cover of BAT, CAT & RAT #3: THE BEACH DAY, in which the titular characters (a cute Bat, Cat, and Rat) spend a day at the beach. Text by Ame Dyckman. Art by Mark Teague. The cover of the BRAND-NEW BAT, CAT & RAT #4: A GREAT FALL, in which the titular characters (a cute Bat, Cat, and Rat) have fun Fall-themed mini-adventures. Text by Ame Dyckman. Art by Mark Teague.
July 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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HOORAY and THANKS for sharing our BAT, CAT & RAT series, Matthew! 😊! So far, we have:

THE COZY HOME

VACATION
(our Geisel winner! 🏆! Still gobsmacked and so grateful for this award!)

THE BEACH DAY

our ⭐️NEW⭐️
A GREAT FALL

and we’re working on two more 📚—so far! ❤️ these characters and our team!
July 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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YIPPEE! 🎉📖🎂❤️!
HAPPY #BOOKBIRTHDAY to:

BAT, CAT & RAT #4:
🍂🎃A GREAT FALL🎃🍂

📝 by me
🎨 by #MarkTeague
Beach Lane Books, @simonkids.bsky.social!

In 3-and-a-1/2 short stories, friends 🦇, 🐈, and 🐀:

Rake leaves 🍂🍁
Play a l’il prank 😈😂
Pick pumpkins 🎃
Make costumes🧵🪡
MORE!

Everywhere TODAY! #kidlit
A GREAT FALL (BAT, CAT & RAT #4), by Ame Dyckman and Mark Teague, from the nice folks at Beach Lane Books, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing. In this collection of 3-and-a-half short stories, roommates-and-friends BAT, CAT, and RAT enjoy Fall fun: falling leaves (and a little prank! HEE-HEE!); picking pumpkins ; choosing Halloween costumes; and of course, trick-or-treating! The cover shows the trio with their wagon in the pumpkin patch. Please include our A GREAT FALL in all YOUR great Fall reading fun! THANK YOU!
July 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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JUST DAYS ’til the
🎂#BookBirthday🎂 of:

BAT, CAT & RAT #4:
🍂🎃A GREAT FALL🎃🍂

📝 by me
🎨 by #MarkTeague
Beach Lane Books, @simonkids.bsky.social!

🦇, 🐈, and 🐀:

Rake leaves 🍂🍁🪾
Play a l’il prank 😈😂
Pick pumpkins 🎃
Make costumes 🧵🪡
MORE! ❤️

Everywhere ⭐️7/15/25!⭐️
#kidlit
A GREAT FALL (BAT, CAT & RAT #4), by Ame Dyckman and Mark Teague, from the nice folks at Beach Lane Books, Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing. In this collection of 3-and-a-half short stories, roommates-and-friends BAT, CAT, and RAT enjoy Fall fun: falling leaves (and a little prank! HEE-HEE!); picking pumpkins; choosing Halloween costumes; and of course, trick-or-treating! The cover shows the trio with their wagon in the pumpkin patch. Pubs SOON on 7/15/25! Preorder today, and please include A GREAT FALL in all YOUR great Fall reading fun! THANK YOU!
July 9, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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The bunnies
Are chomping
The clover
SO hard
I won’t
Go outside
In green socks
A wild bunny eating clover. And if I’m not careful, MY TOES!
July 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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🎉YAY🎉 for #ALAAC25!
⭐️❤️📚⭐️!

Hope to see pals SUNDAY:

1-2:
🐥DUCKIE & SNAPS🐊:
WE CANNOT BE FRIENDS
Scholastic Booth #1805

3:30-4:30:
🦇BAT, CAT & RAT🐈🐀:
VACATION
(W/ MarkTeague! 🏆!)
S&S Booth #405

@Scholastic.bsky.social
@simonkids.bsky.social
@alaannual.bsky.social
@ssedlib.bsky.social
#kidlit
An enthusiastic yellow duckling and a reserved green crocodile hatchling on the cover of the picture book, DUCKIE & SNAPS: WE CANNOT BE FRIENDS. Text by Ame Dyckman. Art by Tim Miller. Orchard Books, Scholastic! A bat plays with a telescope, a cat relaxes in a folding chair, and a rat nibbles a snack on the cover of the Geisel Award-winning early reader picture book, BAT, CAT & RAT: VACATION. Text by Ame Dyckman. Art by Mark Teague. Beach Lane Books, Simon & Schuster!
June 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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The bunnies
Keep coming
Onto our porch
And peeking in
The windows
While I’m writing
As if to say,
“Hey!”
“Y’know what that book needs?”
“A BUNNY!”
Wild brown bunny peeking in my window.
June 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Yesterday, we met this goose.

Big.

Beautiful.

And TOTALLY giving “Peace was never an option.” vibes. 😅!

YOU CAN ALMOST SEE THE BUTTER KNIFE, RIGHT?! 😂❤️!
An annoyed-looking big white goose with an orange beak and orange feet side-eyes the camera.
June 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Bought this spiderweb
‘Cause although I’ve really tried
I still can’t make one

#Haiku #SaturdayHaiku #HaikuSaturday
Real spiderweb, painted gold, mounted on black in an ornate round gold frame.
May 31, 2025 at 10:18 PM