Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit
@jilanne.bsky.social
Children's book author, book blogger: PB/MG, #STEM
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HEARTLAND (LBYR '26)
THE OCEAN'S HEART (Millbrook ‘26)
A RIVER OF DUST (Chronicle '23)
Agent: Lori Steel
Focus: Earth's wonders+environment, STEAMTeam
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HEARTLAND (LBYR '26)
THE OCEAN'S HEART (Millbrook ‘26)
A RIVER OF DUST (Chronicle '23)
Agent: Lori Steel
Focus: Earth's wonders+environment, STEAMTeam
As I put the final touches on the typeset manuscript for HeartLand, I feel ecstatic and terrified. Will this book get hugged? Will kids care? I hope so. I hope it makes them laugh. I hope it makes them think. But right now, I'm going to focus on the joy I feel in sharing its cover with you! #kidlit
November 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
As I put the final touches on the typeset manuscript for HeartLand, I feel ecstatic and terrified. Will this book get hugged? Will kids care? I hope so. I hope it makes them laugh. I hope it makes them think. But right now, I'm going to focus on the joy I feel in sharing its cover with you! #kidlit
November 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
When I read the full review of THE OCEAN'S HEART I cried (tears of joy)...Okay, I'm still crying. The reviewer connected with this book on every level. I hope other readers will, too. ❤️@steelworksliterary.bsky.social @lernerbooks.bsky.social @carolhinz.bsky.social #Edusky #Skybrarians #kidlit
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
When I read the full review of THE OCEAN'S HEART I cried (tears of joy)...Okay, I'm still crying. The reviewer connected with this book on every level. I hope other readers will, too. ❤️@steelworksliterary.bsky.social @lernerbooks.bsky.social @carolhinz.bsky.social #Edusky #Skybrarians #kidlit
It's starting again...soon.
from late November to mid-March the Harmattan howls.
Hear Dust tell its story
in the award-winning book A RIVER OF DUST...
#kidlit #picturebooks #nonfiction #dust #teachers #librarians #Edusky #Skybrarians #rainforest #STEM #meteorology
@steelworksliterary.bsky.social
from late November to mid-March the Harmattan howls.
Hear Dust tell its story
in the award-winning book A RIVER OF DUST...
#kidlit #picturebooks #nonfiction #dust #teachers #librarians #Edusky #Skybrarians #rainforest #STEM #meteorology
@steelworksliterary.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
It's starting again...soon.
from late November to mid-March the Harmattan howls.
Hear Dust tell its story
in the award-winning book A RIVER OF DUST...
#kidlit #picturebooks #nonfiction #dust #teachers #librarians #Edusky #Skybrarians #rainforest #STEM #meteorology
@steelworksliterary.bsky.social
from late November to mid-March the Harmattan howls.
Hear Dust tell its story
in the award-winning book A RIVER OF DUST...
#kidlit #picturebooks #nonfiction #dust #teachers #librarians #Edusky #Skybrarians #rainforest #STEM #meteorology
@steelworksliterary.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
My middle grade novel in prose-verse, HeartLand, grew to 109,000 words. It's now 72,000. But the ghosts of those words are there, haunting what remains. I just received the ARCs, and yes, I can definitely feel those missing words hovering at the edges. Cover reveal coming soon! #kidlit #MG #poetry
October 30, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Here's one of our family's Halloween costumes. I wish I still had mine for when my PB comes out next spring! It would have been great to wear to school visits! #kidlitchat
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Here's one of our family's Halloween costumes. I wish I still had mine for when my PB comes out next spring! It would have been great to wear to school visits! #kidlitchat
📚👍 Read in 7 hours straight, spellbound, a tribute to pacing and clear writing. I now get how easily disenfranchised people or those at a loss in other ways can be devoured by a cult. Even cults originally based on altruistic principles can deteriorate into cults of control. An outstanding book.
October 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
📚👍 Read in 7 hours straight, spellbound, a tribute to pacing and clear writing. I now get how easily disenfranchised people or those at a loss in other ways can be devoured by a cult. Even cults originally based on altruistic principles can deteriorate into cults of control. An outstanding book.
This pretty much sums things up......#TLSkyChat
October 23, 2025 at 12:04 AM
This pretty much sums things up......#TLSkyChat
Here’s another
October 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Here’s another
Here’s one. Sorry about the blur.
October 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Here’s one. Sorry about the blur.
October 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
📚👍Congrats to @isabellakung.bsky.social on launching her beautiful new picture book about big emotions, Nunu and the Sea!!! It’s gorgeous! #kidlit #picturebooks
October 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
📚👍Congrats to @isabellakung.bsky.social on launching her beautiful new picture book about big emotions, Nunu and the Sea!!! It’s gorgeous! #kidlit #picturebooks
My great-niece’s view tonight. Go Cubbies!!
October 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
My great-niece’s view tonight. Go Cubbies!!
Two sea lions who have a difficult time sharing?
October 10, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Two sea lions who have a difficult time sharing?
How about some really cool sculptures from an exhibit called “Midnight March” by Masako Miki? I loved walking through this in semi-darkness. Felt like I was in a picture book! #art #sculpture
October 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
How about some really cool sculptures from an exhibit called “Midnight March” by Masako Miki? I loved walking through this in semi-darkness. Felt like I was in a picture book! #art #sculpture
Yes, this is the best I can do on a moonlit night. I love watching it rise.
October 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Yes, this is the best I can do on a moonlit night. I love watching it rise.
One of the few books I had was called Just Around the Corner, by Leland Jacobs, a collection of poems separated by season. I read it to death. #kidlitchat
October 1, 2025 at 5:23 AM
One of the few books I had was called Just Around the Corner, by Leland Jacobs, a collection of poems separated by season. I read it to death. #kidlitchat
September 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
It’s so coooool to see A River of Dust in Korean! And the promo cards they made to go with it! Wish I could read it!! @steelworksliterary.bsky.social @chroniclekidsbooks.bsky.social @pbspree.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 6:25 AM
It’s so coooool to see A River of Dust in Korean! And the promo cards they made to go with it! Wish I could read it!! @steelworksliterary.bsky.social @chroniclekidsbooks.bsky.social @pbspree.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social
Charlotte startled me this morning in the garden. We had to have a discussion about my needing to water the staghorn ferns. She reluctantly agreed. #spiders #orbweaver
September 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Charlotte startled me this morning in the garden. We had to have a discussion about my needing to water the staghorn ferns. She reluctantly agreed. #spiders #orbweaver
I write children's books day and night. During the crepuscular hours, I review children's books on my blog. Wrigley is my assistant. She'll be helping me with PR on two books in 2026, THE OCEAN'S HEART (Nonfiction picture book) and HEARTLAND (middle grade historical fiction novel in verse) #kidlit
September 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I write children's books day and night. During the crepuscular hours, I review children's books on my blog. Wrigley is my assistant. She'll be helping me with PR on two books in 2026, THE OCEAN'S HEART (Nonfiction picture book) and HEARTLAND (middle grade historical fiction novel in verse) #kidlit