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Anita Tran
@anitatran.bsky.social
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Storyteller | Author | Illustrator | Creator
SCBWI | 12x12 | kidlit

www.anitatran.com
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mmanlove.bsky.social
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...
Melissa Manlove – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website
www.manuscriptwishlist.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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jacobsouva.bsky.social
This week's prompt for #ABLArt was "Chats by the Cauldron" ... Had fun thinking outside of the first idea and pushing into something more creative. I also really enjoy illustrating spiders lol

#kidlit #kidlitart @jenrofe.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
A busy spider is toiling over a makeshift cauldron that also happens to be a frankenmonsters head.
October 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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scbwi.bsky.social
Registration for the SCBWI 2026 New York Conference opens TODAY, October 14 @ 10am PST ! 🎉

⁠View the entire in-person line up on our website here: tinyurl.com/79hkf4ta

(and a special thank you to Merrill Rainey for making our gorgeous conference art www.littlerainey.com)

#scbwiNY26
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October 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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vbartles.com
We have been doing non-candy treats for the past few years, and the kids in the neighborhood LOVE it!! I have discovered that the toddler toys are most popular—for ALL ages—so we’re doing a lot more “toys for little kids” this year than ever before
lifeontamiami.bsky.social Kathleen Lowry @lifeontamiami.bsky.social · Oct 11
As you make Halloween preparations, please consider having non-candy options, or candy free of the top 8 allergens, available for trick or treaters will food allergies.
As a mama to 3 kiddos with allergies, it would mean the world to a family to have their kids included.
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Please Join Us for the Teal Pumpkin Project 2025! | Celiac Disease Foundation
Halloween is just around the corner, and this year the Celiac Disease Foundation is proud to partner again with our friends at Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE) to promote the Teal Pumpkin…
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October 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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martapilosio.bsky.social
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day and happy Halloween-Month! I am Marta, illustrator and author, and I am open to new projects, especially board books, picture books and book covers! I love anything funny, cute, but also spooky and magical!
October 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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grubreport.bsky.social
I have been a writer for 25 years, a kid's book writer for 10. Today, I was told that the book of mine that came out last week is an instant NYT bestseller, debuting at #5.

It's been a long, shambling road.
September 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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marianarios.bsky.social
Today, on the 1st anniversary of Abuelita’s Gift release, I’m celebrating the book is a finalist in the 2025 International Latino Book Awards🧡

I’m so excited and grateful that a book about a beloved Mexican tradition is being recognized with such an honor.

#kidlit #pb #diademuertos
September 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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grubreport.bsky.social
Help me launch the most adorable zombie-brain duo ever imagined!
Graphic for a book launch event. Green mottled background which mimics zombie skin. Header of Linden Tree Books. Image of a pile of pink pompoms and stickers based on the PB Zombie and Brain Are Friends. Arrows point to this image saying "Make-your-own-brain crafts!" and "Adorable stickers!" arrow points to Zombie and Brain Are Friends cover saying "storytime!" Event details on graphic say: September 7th @ 10:30 AM at Linden Tree Books 265 State Street Los Altos CA
August 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
anitatran.bsky.social
CALLING ALL ILLUSTRATORS!
Join us in-person for ILLUSTRATOR DAY on Sat, Sept 6 at Santa Clara University (SF Bay Area)!
Learn from ROB SAYEGH JR. (NYT Bestseller), EUGENIA YOH (Chronicle AD), & CINDY CHANG.
Critiques available!
Register by Sep 2nd, www.scbwi.org/events/SFSouth-Illustrator-Day-2025
August 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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katievenit.bsky.social
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...
The cover of the picture book FORTS, showing a girl and her cat sitting in a cozy treehouse.
August 14, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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cherylklein.bsky.social
The Four D’s of Novel Revision: Revisions should increase the DIMENSION of your characters, the DRAMA of your action, the DISTINCTION of your prose, and the DEPTH of your themes and the reality of the novel’s world.
July 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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charlenedraws.bsky.social
Hello #kidlitartpostcard ! I am Charlene Chua & I illustrate books for kids.

🌟Open for 2026 projects for PB, GN, board & chapter books🌟

Portfolio - charlenechua.com
Agent - Tracy Marchini @bookendsliterary.bsky.social

#kidlitart #kidlit
July 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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studiohoffmann.bsky.social
🚜🐷 Help! I need to give this pig a name!

🎨 Happy #kidlitartpostcard day. I’m Mark Hoffmann & I’m a #kidlit author/illustrator. I’m rep’d by @literaticat.bsky.social with @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

Interested in picture books, board books, kids editorial & more!

#kidlitpostcard #kidlitart #art
Collage and paint illustration of a construction site. A cute little pig is driving a digger that has broken through a sewer pipe. Brown liquid is spraying everywhere.
July 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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isabellakung.bsky.social
Happy #kidlitartpostcard day!
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I’m an author / illustrator and I love hugs. This is a close up of my upcoming book NUNU AND THE SEA, pub date 10/14/2025!
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I am rep’d by @literaticat.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social
Portfolio: isabellakung.com
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#kidlit #kidlitart #illustration
Asian girl with red glasses surrounded by life-sized origami animals (fox, penguin, rabbit, crane, frog, squirrel, dragonfly) on paper textured land by the sea.
July 3, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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phoebecreates.bsky.social
Happy July #kidlitpostcardday

I'm Phoebe Zeng, an Chinese illustrator based in Australia. I love nature and close observation of life's little moments, there's magic in everything! I'm represented by @sallymkim.bsky.social at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social

You can find more of my work on my website.
Capybaras enjoying a soak in a lake full of lotus flowers. A girl dressed in yellow is sleeping on one of the capybaras, and a cat is sitting on another one of the capybara's head.
July 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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bradfordagents.bsky.social
"Endless Pastures" by Maddie Sandell ☁️

Available as: an author-illustrator or #illustrator

Focuses: picture books and board books (open to all #kidlit projects, including MG)

Rep: @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social
Website: maddiesketch.com
#kidlitart #illustration
June 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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pubspotlight.bsky.social
And yes, #kidsbook readers (esp @angelajrey.bsky.social ) @dansantat.bsky.social has signed @libraryellen.bsky.social 's tiny #BookEarrings with #Beekle!
June 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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joshfunkbooks.bsky.social
Summer is here! It’s time for sandcastles, rollercoasters, and … a #coding storytime! Join me at Moon and Back, a brand new bookshop in Medford, MA on Saturday afternoon!

#kidlit #booksky #edusky #skybrarian
June 16, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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scbwisf.bsky.social
🌟Illustrator Day 2025🌟
🎉REGISTRATION OPEN NOW!🎉

📆Saturday, Sept 6th, 2025 @8 AM - 5 PM, PST
📍Guadalupe Hall, Santa Clara University

Don't forget our VIRTUAL Pre-event Webinar on July 19th!
✅REGISTER: www.scbwi.org/events/SFSou...
Art by Meridth Gimbel
June 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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juliamaisen.bsky.social
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scribbles & thoughts
Scribbles & Thoughts is a mostly monthly newsletter where I share my process (what's on my desk and in my brain), news about what I'm up too and resources and tutorials for aspiring children's book an...
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June 9, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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carriefinison.bsky.social
Friday is #NationalDoughnutDay! What are your plans to celebrate?I have dozens fun activities connected with my book Dozens of Doughnuts—including a video read-aloud, a downloadable Reader's Theater script, crafts, word searches & more. Sign up for my newsletter for access. www.carriefinison.com
June 3, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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kidlitzombieweek.bsky.social
It's ba-ack.
Dunh, dunh, DUNH!

Hey, #KidLit #WritingCommunity! #kidlitzombieweek hosted by @kaitlynleann17.bsky.social & Co has moved right here to BlueSky.

Check it out:
sites.google.com/view/kidlit-...

#WIP #PB #MG #YA #kidlitart
June 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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bookbarrista.bsky.social
Dunham Literary will be #opentoqueries on June 1st. I’ll be sharing my MSWL here in small sections between now and then. Follow @jenniedunhamlit.bsky.social for more.
May 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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larissadelliott.bsky.social
Emily’s Bird:

The hope in my soul
Sometimes sings soft, sometimes loud,
And now bursts with song.

#haikusaturday
May 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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jenanbenton.bsky.social
#teachers do you know about the Amber Brown Grant??? SCBWI will fund an author/illustrator visit to 1 school, give free books, & supply a $250 stipend for a school celebration. Submission deadline is Friday, June 6, at midnight PST. More info at link! #grant

www.scbwi.org/awards-and-g...
Amber Brown Grant
The Amber Brown Grant commemorates author and beloved school speaker Paula Danziger. One school is awarded each year with an author or illustrator visit and new books to continue Paula’s love of conne...
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May 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM