Gennie ✨Jenny with a G✨ Gorback
@gennie.bsky.social
📖📚 Picture books
👧🧒 Parenthood
🧠🎉 Learning Through Play
Represented by Katie Bircher at Sara Crowe Literary
https://www.genniegorback.com/
👧🧒 Parenthood
🧠🎉 Learning Through Play
Represented by Katie Bircher at Sara Crowe Literary
https://www.genniegorback.com/
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Happy book birthday to me!
My debut picture book, the Abominable Snow Dancer, is about a yeti who secretly dreams of dancing, but has only ever seen unicorns dance before. It's an autobiography - sharing a little video about why 😊
Order links: www.stephlaubooks.com
#booksky #kidlit #bookbirthday
My debut picture book, the Abominable Snow Dancer, is about a yeti who secretly dreams of dancing, but has only ever seen unicorns dance before. It's an autobiography - sharing a little video about why 😊
Order links: www.stephlaubooks.com
#booksky #kidlit #bookbirthday
November 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Happy book birthday to me!
My debut picture book, the Abominable Snow Dancer, is about a yeti who secretly dreams of dancing, but has only ever seen unicorns dance before. It's an autobiography - sharing a little video about why 😊
Order links: www.stephlaubooks.com
#booksky #kidlit #bookbirthday
My debut picture book, the Abominable Snow Dancer, is about a yeti who secretly dreams of dancing, but has only ever seen unicorns dance before. It's an autobiography - sharing a little video about why 😊
Order links: www.stephlaubooks.com
#booksky #kidlit #bookbirthday
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🤩It’s Grayson T. Squirrel’s book birthday! Today you can officially pick up a copy of GRAY SQUIRREL LOSES IT! wherever books are sold!🐿️
Thank you to the amazing team @randomhousekids.bsky.social!
🌰 my genius editor Maria Correa
🌰 my uber talented art director Elizabeth Tardiff
#kidlit #edusky
Thank you to the amazing team @randomhousekids.bsky.social!
🌰 my genius editor Maria Correa
🌰 my uber talented art director Elizabeth Tardiff
#kidlit #edusky
October 21, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🤩It’s Grayson T. Squirrel’s book birthday! Today you can officially pick up a copy of GRAY SQUIRREL LOSES IT! wherever books are sold!🐿️
Thank you to the amazing team @randomhousekids.bsky.social!
🌰 my genius editor Maria Correa
🌰 my uber talented art director Elizabeth Tardiff
#kidlit #edusky
Thank you to the amazing team @randomhousekids.bsky.social!
🌰 my genius editor Maria Correa
🌰 my uber talented art director Elizabeth Tardiff
#kidlit #edusky
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📦Unboxing my newest picture book GRAY SQUIRREL LOSES IT with my kiddo! There were some bumps along the way, like the cat food dispenser sounding off, but we pressed on and now I’m inclined to make this a tradition. What do you think—should we keep unboxing together?
#kidlit #edusky
#kidlit #edusky
October 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Ghosts in sheets? BOO-ring! Check out the haunt couture in #SoNotGhoul. This underworldly tale about Mimi, a Chinese American ghost in bicultural limbo, is brought to life by Chinese-style rituals, Mandarin puns, and—of course—ghost fashion. Written by me and illustrated by Bonnie Lui. #Halloween 👻🎃
September 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Ghosts in sheets? BOO-ring! Check out the haunt couture in #SoNotGhoul. This underworldly tale about Mimi, a Chinese American ghost in bicultural limbo, is brought to life by Chinese-style rituals, Mandarin puns, and—of course—ghost fashion. Written by me and illustrated by Bonnie Lui. #Halloween 👻🎃
Wooo hooo!!! 🎉🎉🎉
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
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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...
August 15, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Wooo hooo!!! 🎉🎉🎉
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Happy book birthday to my debut, Forts! Brilliantly illustrated by @kenardpak.bsky.social
#kidlit #picturebooks
#kidlit #picturebooks
July 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Happy book birthday to my debut, Forts! Brilliantly illustrated by @kenardpak.bsky.social
#kidlit #picturebooks
#kidlit #picturebooks
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What can we do to support #queer #kidlit? Ask your local library and bookshops to participate in #ReadOutLoud as a location. Thank you, @authorsabb.bsky.social! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
This weekend Read OUT Loud as part of a national day of action to support Queer Kids Books. Find in-person events near you or sign up to participate in an online action!
Read OUT Loud Press Release
Read OUT Loud Contact Information: Jeannie Regan (she/her) jeannieregan.mail@gmail.com Emily L. (they/them) sorryimallbooked88@gmail.com https://www.instagram.com/readoutloud4ever Release Date: July ...
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July 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
What can we do to support #queer #kidlit? Ask your local library and bookshops to participate in #ReadOutLoud as a location. Thank you, @authorsabb.bsky.social! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Yay! So excited for this one! The world needs it!
🎉COVER REVEAL!!🎉
We are thrilled to share this gorgeous cover!
GO PLAY will be released by @broadleafbooks.bsky.social on April 14, 2026!
Thank you to our editor Lisa Kloskin, our book’s agent @literarylesliez.bsky.social and the cover designer Angie Chiu.
We are thrilled to share this gorgeous cover!
GO PLAY will be released by @broadleafbooks.bsky.social on April 14, 2026!
Thank you to our editor Lisa Kloskin, our book’s agent @literarylesliez.bsky.social and the cover designer Angie Chiu.
July 11, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Yay! So excited for this one! The world needs it!
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I’m (finally) starting a newsletter! Want to hear some fun stuff about ALA, including that time I nicely accosted a group of Korean librarians on the street and what they asked me? Want to dictate what prizes I should offer for future giveaways? Subscribe! jessyoonwrites.substack.com
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July 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I’m (finally) starting a newsletter! Want to hear some fun stuff about ALA, including that time I nicely accosted a group of Korean librarians on the street and what they asked me? Want to dictate what prizes I should offer for future giveaways? Subscribe! jessyoonwrites.substack.com
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Whoa it’s Amazon Prime Day! Yeah I’m into PRIME.
P - Purchasing
R - Right from
I - Indie bookstores who
M - Make our communities
E - Even better places to live
Shop indie, shop local.
P - Purchasing
R - Right from
I - Indie bookstores who
M - Make our communities
E - Even better places to live
Shop indie, shop local.
July 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Whoa it’s Amazon Prime Day! Yeah I’m into PRIME.
P - Purchasing
R - Right from
I - Indie bookstores who
M - Make our communities
E - Even better places to live
Shop indie, shop local.
P - Purchasing
R - Right from
I - Indie bookstores who
M - Make our communities
E - Even better places to live
Shop indie, shop local.
🎉COVER REVEAL!!🎉
We are thrilled to share this gorgeous cover!
GO PLAY will be released by @broadleafbooks.bsky.social on April 14, 2026!
Thank you to our editor Lisa Kloskin, our book’s agent @literarylesliez.bsky.social and the cover designer Angie Chiu.
We are thrilled to share this gorgeous cover!
GO PLAY will be released by @broadleafbooks.bsky.social on April 14, 2026!
Thank you to our editor Lisa Kloskin, our book’s agent @literarylesliez.bsky.social and the cover designer Angie Chiu.
July 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
🎉COVER REVEAL!!🎉
We are thrilled to share this gorgeous cover!
GO PLAY will be released by @broadleafbooks.bsky.social on April 14, 2026!
Thank you to our editor Lisa Kloskin, our book’s agent @literarylesliez.bsky.social and the cover designer Angie Chiu.
We are thrilled to share this gorgeous cover!
GO PLAY will be released by @broadleafbooks.bsky.social on April 14, 2026!
Thank you to our editor Lisa Kloskin, our book’s agent @literarylesliez.bsky.social and the cover designer Angie Chiu.
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I logged in to #scbwi to vote for some Crystal Kite books and was pleasantly surprised to see that A Hat for House made it to round three of voting for the California/Hawai‘i Division! Yay!
To celebrate I am sharing a little abridged gif-
Written by @audreysbooks.bsky.social and drawn by me.
To celebrate I am sharing a little abridged gif-
Written by @audreysbooks.bsky.social and drawn by me.
July 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I logged in to #scbwi to vote for some Crystal Kite books and was pleasantly surprised to see that A Hat for House made it to round three of voting for the California/Hawai‘i Division! Yay!
To celebrate I am sharing a little abridged gif-
Written by @audreysbooks.bsky.social and drawn by me.
To celebrate I am sharing a little abridged gif-
Written by @audreysbooks.bsky.social and drawn by me.
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hey I am posting this because I didn't know it, and so others might not either: but the BBB has NOT PASSED YET-- it's passed the senate & now it must pass the house.
It's time to call reps RIGHT NOW. Johnson is going to push the vote ASAP before backlash can form so the calls need to start NOW.
It's time to call reps RIGHT NOW. Johnson is going to push the vote ASAP before backlash can form so the calls need to start NOW.
July 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
hey I am posting this because I didn't know it, and so others might not either: but the BBB has NOT PASSED YET-- it's passed the senate & now it must pass the house.
It's time to call reps RIGHT NOW. Johnson is going to push the vote ASAP before backlash can form so the calls need to start NOW.
It's time to call reps RIGHT NOW. Johnson is going to push the vote ASAP before backlash can form so the calls need to start NOW.
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“If you don’t believe that the picture book is real literature, then in some level you don’t believe that children are real people. And that’s unacceptable.” Thank you, Mac Barnett. #ala25.
June 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM
“If you don’t believe that the picture book is real literature, then in some level you don’t believe that children are real people. And that’s unacceptable.” Thank you, Mac Barnett. #ala25.
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This Pride month I am joining an incredible group of #queerkidlit creators to host a fundraiser for the LGBTQIA+ community.
Enter this giveaway, and you could win a copy of all the LGBTQIA+ picture books below!
More details at: tinyurl.com/pb-giveaway
#edusky #pride #skybrarians #books #lgbtqia
Enter this giveaway, and you could win a copy of all the LGBTQIA+ picture books below!
More details at: tinyurl.com/pb-giveaway
#edusky #pride #skybrarians #books #lgbtqia
May 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This Pride month I am joining an incredible group of #queerkidlit creators to host a fundraiser for the LGBTQIA+ community.
Enter this giveaway, and you could win a copy of all the LGBTQIA+ picture books below!
More details at: tinyurl.com/pb-giveaway
#edusky #pride #skybrarians #books #lgbtqia
Enter this giveaway, and you could win a copy of all the LGBTQIA+ picture books below!
More details at: tinyurl.com/pb-giveaway
#edusky #pride #skybrarians #books #lgbtqia
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#Kidlit friends 💔 Please share this far and wide
Our dear friend, Trenise Sabin, was the victim of a major burglary over the weekend. She and her husband Travis have lost everything— from clothing and appliances to irreplaceable items from their recent wedding and the urn
gofund.me/ce50d993
Our dear friend, Trenise Sabin, was the victim of a major burglary over the weekend. She and her husband Travis have lost everything— from clothing and appliances to irreplaceable items from their recent wedding and the urn
gofund.me/ce50d993
May 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Emotionally undone by this very generous starred review from @publisherswkly.bsky.social for my and Julia Blattman's #picturebook, CASSINI'S MISSION, releasing in August from MIT Kids Press and Candlewick
#kidlit
www.publishersweekly.com/9781536232325
#kidlit
www.publishersweekly.com/9781536232325
Cassini’s Mission: A Spacecraft, a Tiny Moon, and the Search for Life Beyond Earth by Katie Venit
“Life as we know/ it,” explains Venit (Forts) on the opening pages of this celestial nonfiction overview, requires “Water/ Chemi...
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May 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Emotionally undone by this very generous starred review from @publisherswkly.bsky.social for my and Julia Blattman's #picturebook, CASSINI'S MISSION, releasing in August from MIT Kids Press and Candlewick
#kidlit
www.publishersweekly.com/9781536232325
#kidlit
www.publishersweekly.com/9781536232325
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I’m hiring an intern! If you or someone you know is enthusiastic about children’s books, apply at the link below (please do not DM me, it will not help your chances):
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Bloomsbury - Children's Editorial Intern
Bloomsbury Children’s Books is seeking an editorial intern for Summer 2025. We are located in Midtown/Herald Square and publish bestselling and acclaimed picture book, middle grade, and young adult au...
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May 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I’m hiring an intern! If you or someone you know is enthusiastic about children’s books, apply at the link below (please do not DM me, it will not help your chances):
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May 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Someone crashed a car into our local bookstore last night. It's Independent Bookstore Day. 📚 If you're looking to support a local business, might I suggest The Book Jewel thebookjewel.com
April 26, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Someone crashed a car into our local bookstore last night. It's Independent Bookstore Day. 📚 If you're looking to support a local business, might I suggest The Book Jewel thebookjewel.com
My kindergartener learned that snail slime is called mucus, so now when she needs a tissue, she says, “my nose snails are escaping!”
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April 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
My kindergartener learned that snail slime is called mucus, so now when she needs a tissue, she says, “my nose snails are escaping!”
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BEYOND thrilled! Kirkus has given @kenardpak.bsky.social's and my book, FORTS, a starred review!
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Coming out with Viking Children's in July. 😁😁
#picturebooks #kidlit
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Coming out with Viking Children's in July. 😁😁
#picturebooks #kidlit
April 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Happy world art day!!
Happy World Art Day! Here's a small peek into my creative process for my upcoming picture book Will and Krill!
Available in stores on June 10th. #kidlitart #kidlit @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social
Available in stores on June 10th. #kidlitart #kidlit @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social
April 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Happy world art day!!
Nothing warms my heart quite as much as seeing Love on the Spectrum stars find love. 🥰🥰🥰
a person is holding a sunflower with a netflix logo in the corner
Alt: a person is holding a sunflower with a netflix logo in the corner. This is from the show Love on the Spectrum Australia, when a couple went on a date to pick sunflowers and found one with a “love heart.”
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April 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Nothing warms my heart quite as much as seeing Love on the Spectrum stars find love. 🥰🥰🥰
I’m proud to announce that I am now represented by Katie Bircher at @saracrowelit.bsky.social!!
Katie and Sara are the perfect partners for me!! I’m excited to create beautiful #kidlit books with this wonderful team!!
📚🥰📖🥰📚
Katie and Sara are the perfect partners for me!! I’m excited to create beautiful #kidlit books with this wonderful team!!
📚🥰📖🥰📚
April 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I’m proud to announce that I am now represented by Katie Bircher at @saracrowelit.bsky.social!!
Katie and Sara are the perfect partners for me!! I’m excited to create beautiful #kidlit books with this wonderful team!!
📚🥰📖🥰📚
Katie and Sara are the perfect partners for me!! I’m excited to create beautiful #kidlit books with this wonderful team!!
📚🥰📖🥰📚