Debbie Vilardi
@debbievilardi.bsky.social
Freelance author and editor of works for the educational markets, working on my own YA, poems, picture books. Fascinated by the mind. Saved by chocolate. (It's a mood booster, so some days I mean it.)
Happy sales to @catherinehapka.bsky.social and congratulations! This little pup needs help getting home to the North Pole.
Happy holidays to me - my editor at Clarion just told me my #kidlit Advent holiday title, JINGLE ALL THE WAY HOME, has earned a spot on the Indie Bestsellers List!
Illustrated by Kathryn Selbert. Available at your local independent bookstore (or wherever books are sold).
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Illustrated by Kathryn Selbert. Available at your local independent bookstore (or wherever books are sold).
🎁❄️🐶🎄📖
November 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Happy sales to @catherinehapka.bsky.social and congratulations! This little pup needs help getting home to the North Pole.
Adding: This group is the real deal on the front lines of the fight for the right to read. Whatever help you can manage is appreciated, so we can all one day have happy sales.
BIG shout out 2 @authorsabb.bsky.social who r kid lit activists across the US organizing against BS book bans which dont protect kids, they actually harm them. They been going w/ no dough. If u can, peep em & donate www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/ #bookbans #kidlit #authorsagainstbookbans
Donate - Authors Against Book Bans
Thank you for donating to Authors Against Book Bans. Your donation directly supports the freedom to read by powering our work with our partner organizations, bringing the author muscle to the fight to...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Adding: This group is the real deal on the front lines of the fight for the right to read. Whatever help you can manage is appreciated, so we can all one day have happy sales.
Happy (furute) sales to @kirstenpendreigh.bsky.social! I have found camping a terrible idea only once. I got no sleep because it rained off and on. Whenever it started, the noise of it hitting the tent woke me. But I don't think that happens in this story. And other camping trips were fun.
November 9, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Happy (furute) sales to @kirstenpendreigh.bsky.social! I have found camping a terrible idea only once. I got no sleep because it rained off and on. Whenever it started, the noise of it hitting the tent woke me. But I don't think that happens in this story. And other camping trips were fun.
Happy sales to @caseylyall.bsky.social! This looks like so much fun. As a little sister myself, I'm rooting for the littles (unless they are too young to be safe). But then my brother was the one I had to run from most. Also, there be cookies in here.
It's cover reveal day! @sarafaber.bsky.social and I are so excited to share the cover for the next book in the League of Littles series: THE BAND OF BIGS! The Band of Bigs hits shelves on June 23rd, 2026 from Greenwillow Books. Available to preorder now! www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Happy sales to @caseylyall.bsky.social! This looks like so much fun. As a little sister myself, I'm rooting for the littles (unless they are too young to be safe). But then my brother was the one I had to run from most. Also, there be cookies in here.
Happy sales to @stormsy.bsky.social! I love a book with a tune. Add Halloween, counting, and bright detailed art. What fun!
And for those fine folks in the US, there's a US edition of The Ghosts Go Spooking. It's called The Ghosts Go Scaring! Published by the wonderful Sky Pony Press. There's a hardcover version as well as a board book. Lots of ghostie fun! #Ghosts #Halloween #HalloweenFun
October 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Happy sales to @stormsy.bsky.social! I love a book with a tune. Add Halloween, counting, and bright detailed art. What fun!
Reposted by Debbie Vilardi
It’s Banned Book Week. A time to call out the real enemies of freedom.
Our fight is not just to stop the banning of books. It is not just to preserve our right to speak.
Our fight is to secure democracy and ensure the freedom of all of us to live.
Join us now.
Our fight is not just to stop the banning of books. It is not just to preserve our right to speak.
Our fight is to secure democracy and ensure the freedom of all of us to live.
Join us now.
October 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It’s Banned Book Week. A time to call out the real enemies of freedom.
Our fight is not just to stop the banning of books. It is not just to preserve our right to speak.
Our fight is to secure democracy and ensure the freedom of all of us to live.
Join us now.
Our fight is not just to stop the banning of books. It is not just to preserve our right to speak.
Our fight is to secure democracy and ensure the freedom of all of us to live.
Join us now.
The majority of Americans oppose book bans.
Let’s prove it.
✍️ Sign the pledge & share during #BannedBooksWeek
#FreedomToRead via @everylibrary.bsky.social
action.everylibrary.org/bookbanpledge
Let’s prove it.
✍️ Sign the pledge & share during #BannedBooksWeek
#FreedomToRead via @everylibrary.bsky.social
action.everylibrary.org/bookbanpledge
Pledge to Protect the Freedom to Read
This Banned Books Week (October 5–11, 2025), join EveryLibrary and We Believe in standing up for every reader’s right to read and access every story.
action.everylibrary.org
October 8, 2025 at 3:16 AM
The majority of Americans oppose book bans.
Let’s prove it.
✍️ Sign the pledge & share during #BannedBooksWeek
#FreedomToRead via @everylibrary.bsky.social
action.everylibrary.org/bookbanpledge
Let’s prove it.
✍️ Sign the pledge & share during #BannedBooksWeek
#FreedomToRead via @everylibrary.bsky.social
action.everylibrary.org/bookbanpledge
Happy sales means the books finding the readers who need the books. People being willing to explore outside their comfort zones with open minds and hearts. No one being afraid to explore any topic (age appropriate please). It's no longer needing #bannedbooksweek. Happy sales to all!
We desperately need regular to people to bring to this fight all the energy they brought to Jimmy Kimmell and then some. The stakes could not be higher. "Rampant" is no exaggeration.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/b...
‘Rampant’ Book Bans Are Being Taken for Granted, Free Speech Group Warns
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Happy sales means the books finding the readers who need the books. People being willing to explore outside their comfort zones with open minds and hearts. No one being afraid to explore any topic (age appropriate please). It's no longer needing #bannedbooksweek. Happy sales to all!
Happy sales to @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social! I wish I could read in every language to better understand other peoples. But since I can't, I'm so happy someone else can translate for me.
I translated two of these three books reviewed for #worldkidlit (the authors from #Peru and #Argentina). 🥰🥰
#kidlit #xl8 #booksky #albumilustrado #libroinfantil
#kidlit #xl8 #booksky #albumilustrado #libroinfantil
Day 25 of #WorldKidLitMonth! And it's also Hispanic Heritage Month!
Today Mariana Ruiz shares three fab picture books translated from Spanish, from Peru, Argentina & Mexico
worldkidlit.org/2025/09/25/p...
#latineheritagemonth #HispanicHeritageMonth #kidslit #booksky #readtheAmericas #readtheWorld
Today Mariana Ruiz shares three fab picture books translated from Spanish, from Peru, Argentina & Mexico
worldkidlit.org/2025/09/25/p...
#latineheritagemonth #HispanicHeritageMonth #kidslit #booksky #readtheAmericas #readtheWorld
September 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Happy sales to @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social! I wish I could read in every language to better understand other peoples. But since I can't, I'm so happy someone else can translate for me.
Happy sales to @chamisa.bsky.social! Is anyone else wondering what the tree and bird have to do with the girls and the town's secrets?
I have a new book on the way! A story about friendship, self-doubt, creativity and grief, all woven together with a little magic ✨ a little while til it's out but I'll be sure to let you know when it's almost here! Til then you'll find me drawing or typing away furiously 😁✏️🎨
#graphicnovels #kidlit
#graphicnovels #kidlit
September 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Happy sales to @chamisa.bsky.social! Is anyone else wondering what the tree and bird have to do with the girls and the town's secrets?
This is also where they learn to talk about what they read and decide what they like and think for themselves.
And PLEASE don't stop once they can read for themselves. Sharing a book together is special.
I'll repeat it until the day I die: READ TO YOUR KIDS! 📚
#WritingCommunity #readers #kidlit #parents #books
#WritingCommunity #readers #kidlit #parents #books
September 19, 2025 at 10:57 PM
This is also where they learn to talk about what they read and decide what they like and think for themselves.
Happy sales to @katiecarroll.bsky.social! Dystopian. Spy. Thriller is enough of a hook. But the main character has amnesia and a found family to boot.
I'm finding videos to be a fun way to promote my books, so I'm going to try and share more of that here. #booktok #booksky
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www.tiktok.com/@katielcarro...
Such a fun scene between Black Butterfly and Elijah in my YA dystopian thriller book! Is she the hero or the villain? Black Butterfly wakes to a country devastated by terrorist attacks, supposedly at ...
TikTok video by Katie L. Carroll Author Shop
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September 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Happy sales to @katiecarroll.bsky.social! Dystopian. Spy. Thriller is enough of a hook. But the main character has amnesia and a found family to boot.
Happy sales to @allymalinenko.bsky.social! I love me a book with a good map. Stay strong through the submission process.
And the witch book is done and edited and back in my agents inbox and ready to go on submission. I can't wait to see where this one lands. Also there was talk of including a map! 👀
September 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Happy sales to @allymalinenko.bsky.social! I love me a book with a good map. Stay strong through the submission process.
On this Labor Day weekend, a shout out to all of us working hard as freelancers, indie publishers, publishing professionals, agents, authors, illustrators, marketing teams, art directors, etc. Happy sales to each and every one of you!
August 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
On this Labor Day weekend, a shout out to all of us working hard as freelancers, indie publishers, publishing professionals, agents, authors, illustrators, marketing teams, art directors, etc. Happy sales to each and every one of you!
I'm looking forward to participating in this event. Critique groups have formed the foundation of learning craft and the industry for me. Find your people, people.
As we get back in the swing of things for fall, join us for a virtual event HOW CRITIQUE GROUPS CAN ELEVATE YOUR MANUSCRIPT!
Sat - Sept 13th 3-4pm with Q&A
Free for members.
Registration: www.scbwi.org/events/scbwi...
Sat - Sept 13th 3-4pm with Q&A
Free for members.
Registration: www.scbwi.org/events/scbwi...
August 30, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I'm looking forward to participating in this event. Critique groups have formed the foundation of learning craft and the industry for me. Find your people, people.
Happy sales to @jandersoncoats.bsky.social! It seems the theme is seeing yourself in a book can change your life. But you have to decide if the change is for the better. So important to remember that readers must think for themselves. (Let's encourage that.)
The Unexpected Lives of Ordinary Girls comes out one month from tomorrow! This #middlegrade #historical is set in Colorado in 1910, and it's for everyone who's had to decide whether to take what's handed to them or make their own way. Preorder here! www.jandersoncoats.com/the-unexpect...
August 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Happy sales to @jandersoncoats.bsky.social! It seems the theme is seeing yourself in a book can change your life. But you have to decide if the change is for the better. So important to remember that readers must think for themselves. (Let's encourage that.)
Happy sales to @joymccullough.bsky.social! Because the girls were really dressing in someone else's story until now. I am so curious what they have to say.
For everyone with a sudden interest in Ophelia, may I offer my book ENTER THE BODY, which tells--and retells--her story, along with Juliet, Cordelia, and Lavinia? www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/676666...
Enter the Body by Joy McCullough: 9780593406779 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
“At once tender, poetic and ferocious, Enter The Body breathes new life into the Bard’s most tragic heroines. More than a tribute to Shakespeare, this kaleidoscopic, ambitious novel-in-verse...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
August 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Happy sales to @joymccullough.bsky.social! Because the girls were really dressing in someone else's story until now. I am so curious what they have to say.
Happy sales to @lynnplourde.bsky.social! I wrote a book on artificial body parts as a work for hire, so this is a topic I know. But I also love the theme of everyone being a hero for themselves, at least. And maybe for their community too.
SNEAK PEEK…You can read the first 3 chapters of THE BIONIC BOY (click “Read sample”) www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/635417... On sale Oct. 21st @nancyrosep.bsky.social @penguinschoollib.bsky.social
August 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Happy sales to @lynnplourde.bsky.social! I wrote a book on artificial body parts as a work for hire, so this is a topic I know. But I also love the theme of everyone being a hero for themselves, at least. And maybe for their community too.
The parents of these students are fighting for our freedoms abroad, yet those same freedoms are being eroded in their children's schools at home.
action.everylibrary.org/dodschools via @everylibrary.bsky.social
action.everylibrary.org/dodschools via @everylibrary.bsky.social
PETITION: Support the Right to Read in Defense Department Schools and Academies
Military students deserve the rights they or their families are fighting for.
action.everylibrary.org
July 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The parents of these students are fighting for our freedoms abroad, yet those same freedoms are being eroded in their children's schools at home.
action.everylibrary.org/dodschools via @everylibrary.bsky.social
action.everylibrary.org/dodschools via @everylibrary.bsky.social
Happy sales to @bibisenthi.bsky.social! The current political environment is trying to silence voices. But we need more representation. More opportunities to understand each other. And this looks like a great read (says the mother of a daughter with ASD.)
Thanks so much to my wonderful agent @essiewhite.bsky.social at @stormliterary.bsky.social and my wonderful critique partners too!I
This beautiful, authentic #PB found an exceptional home at Magination Press. Written by @bibisenthi.bsky.social and illustrated by Felishia Henditirto THE SOUNDS THAT SHELTER ME speaks to sensory challenges a young child faces and how Tamil music brings comfort and calm @stormliterary.bsky.social
July 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Happy sales to @bibisenthi.bsky.social! The current political environment is trying to silence voices. But we need more representation. More opportunities to understand each other. And this looks like a great read (says the mother of a daughter with ASD.)
Happy sales to @benkahncomics.bsky.social! Because very kid, and I do mean every kid, should be able to find themselves in books in every library, and I do mean every library. And because this just looks like a lot of fun.
Trump is trying to ban this book from schools, but "Elle Campbell Wins Their Weekend" is still for sale, and still unapologetically non-binary and joyful.
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Elle Campbell Wins Their Weekend
Check out Elle Campbell Wins Their Weekend - <p><i>Ferris Bueller's Day Off</i> meets <i>Gamer Girl</i> for middle grade in this hilarious, heartfelt story about a non-binary kid trying to figure out ...
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July 19, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Happy sales to @benkahncomics.bsky.social! Because very kid, and I do mean every kid, should be able to find themselves in books in every library, and I do mean every library. And because this just looks like a lot of fun.
We’re facing the most brazen rollback of civil rights in generations—and it doesn’t have to be this way.
On July 17, five years since the passing of Congressman John Lewis, communities are coming together to make sure #GoodTroubleLivesOn
social.demcast.com/s/c8RLoKRW
On July 17, five years since the passing of Congressman John Lewis, communities are coming together to make sure #GoodTroubleLivesOn
social.demcast.com/s/c8RLoKRW
Find A Good Trouble Event
social.demcast.com
July 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
We’re facing the most brazen rollback of civil rights in generations—and it doesn’t have to be this way.
On July 17, five years since the passing of Congressman John Lewis, communities are coming together to make sure #GoodTroubleLivesOn
social.demcast.com/s/c8RLoKRW
On July 17, five years since the passing of Congressman John Lewis, communities are coming together to make sure #GoodTroubleLivesOn
social.demcast.com/s/c8RLoKRW
Happy sales to @kathrynhulick.substack.com! What a fun way to teach a little science! I'm wide-eyed and waiting.
The year is 2033. An alien spacecraft has arrived on Planet Earth. What could be inside?
It's the last day for this special offer on my new kids book THE UFO FILES. Get 25% off with code PREORDER25
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-ufo-fi...
@quartokids.bsky.social @barnesandnoble.com #BNPreorder
It's the last day for this special offer on my new kids book THE UFO FILES. Get 25% off with code PREORDER25
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-ufo-fi...
@quartokids.bsky.social @barnesandnoble.com #BNPreorder
July 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Happy sales to @kathrynhulick.substack.com! What a fun way to teach a little science! I'm wide-eyed and waiting.
Happy sales to @cafecliche.bsky.social! It's so nice to see some good news today.
I am so excited to share that I'm now represented by @mwhatnall.bsky.social at DG&B! I'm so so thrilled to work with Mike - I've admired their list and their taste from afar for a while, and I am SO looking forward to teaming up with them for some of these ideas I've got in the oven!!
July 3, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Happy sales to @cafecliche.bsky.social! It's so nice to see some good news today.
This is a sad day for America. Another step away from the idea that all people are equal and deserving of respect.
Our statement in response to the Supreme Court ruling in Mahmoud v Taylor. Image thread with alt text. 1/4
June 28, 2025 at 1:52 AM
This is a sad day for America. Another step away from the idea that all people are equal and deserving of respect.