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Katie Venit
@katievenit.bsky.social
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she/her. National bestselling author in WI

🎪FORTS, Viking
🛰️CASSINI'S MISSION, MIT Kids Press

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Big thanks to Amazon for including Forts in its list of best picture books for 2025! (Psst: it's almost the exact same price at your local indie. 😉)

#picturebooks #kidlit
A screenshot from Amazon's Top 20 Children's Books of 2025: Ages 3 to 5, showing FORTS by Katie Venit and Kenard Pak, The Baby Who Stayed Awake Forever, and Norman adn the Smell of Adventure.
November 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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I'll be in Madison, WI on 11/8 at Lake City Books, reading from FORTS and CASSINI'S MISSION. Come learn about cozy spaces and wonderous moons and spend the rest of the chilly fall day building forts and dreaming about outer space.

Details: lakecitybooks.com/events/38782...
A graphic advertising a storytime event with Katie Venit at Lake City Books in Madison WI on Nov. 8 at 11 am.
November 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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October 9, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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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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Katie venit smiling, holding her two picture books—FORTS and CASSINI’S MISSION.
August 13, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Happy Birthday, CASSINI'S MISSION!! This picture book has my whole heart. It's about Cassini as she explores the Saturn system and discovers the ingredients of life on the moon Enceladus. Julia Blattman's illustrations are jaw-dropping!

#kidlit #picturebooks #picturebook
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An image of the picture book Cassini's Mission, which is on sale now, with the following excerpts from quotes: "a courageous, steadfastly rendered story" "A perfect read for kids curious about the universe" "Engaging text and awe-inspiring art" "A must have for schools and libraries"
August 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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Thanks to @katiemcenaney.bsky.social for the adorable FORTS photoshoot!
The picture book Forts, nestled among some tree roots. The picture book Forts being held up against the backdrop of a stick fort in the woods. Forts in front of another stick fort.
August 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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FORTS was listed on Amazon's best of the month list, which is a wonderful recognition.

(Still, I recommend buying from indies!)

#books #kidlit #picturebooks
A cover of the picture book forts with the caption "August; Amazon best of the month, ages 3-5"
August 2, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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ISO pictures of the #forts your kiddo (or you!) were inspired to find or build after reading FORTS!

(This would be for a SM post, so only send me pics you’d be ok with me resharing)
#kidlit #picturebook
A cute brown dog asleep on a blanket fort next to a copy of the book FORTS
July 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Happy book birthday to my debut, Forts! Brilliantly illustrated by @kenardpak.bsky.social
#kidlit #picturebooks
Cover of the picture book Forts, with a note that says “happy publication day” Katie Venit, the author, signing copies of Forts in a bookstore. Katie Venit, the author of Forts, holding up a copy of the title page with an inscription that says “forts forever”
July 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Nothing, NOTHING has prepared me for the thrill of searching for my books on my library website (the best library in the world) and finding them both there--and there's a queue! 🙀

#kidlit
A page from the MORE library search, showing Katie Venit's two books, with 5 holds on each.
July 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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I commissioned my 13-year-old to make this post. Simple? yes. Effective? YOU BE THE JUDGE.

Starred Kirkus review, on the Kids Indie Next list, favorable reviews from PW and Booklist. But my favorite review has been when my nephew merely saw Kenard's amazing cover and said, "I want to build a fort!"
the cover of FORTS, depicting a child sitting in a cozy treehouse in a tree in the autumn. On screen text says "Forts. Launching July 29th, Coming in one month!"
June 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Many thanks to the ABA for including @kenardpak.bsky.social and my FORTS in their Kids Indie Next list!

#kidlit #picturebooks #forts #kidlitart

www.bookweb.org/news/julyaug...
June 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Yay! I'll be joining the faculty at the Wisconsin Writers Association's annual conference this fall. Registration is open, please come!

This conference is so much fun, full of the most supportive writers you'll ever meet.

#kidlit #picturebooks #amwriting
This image advertises the WWA's annual conference. It includes speakers Katie Venit ("Demystifying Picture Book Publishing"), Sarah Tilton ("Publishing Co-op"), Maggie Smith and Kristin Oakley ("Creating your Book Marketing Plan"), and TK Sheffield ("Writing Loglines").
June 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Please observe how adorably my dog sleeps.
Brown mutt sleeping in an exaggerated jackknife position with his hind legs almost to his nose and his front leg stretched out.
May 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Over five years after I wrote FORTS, today I got to hold it in my hands and see @kenardpak.bsky.social’s stunning art in person. It’s finally finally a real book!

#kidlit #picturebook
The author’s brown dog, asleep in a blanket fort, with the picture book FORTS behind him. The author, Katie Venit, holding FORTS. The cover displays a girl sitting in a treehouse in a beautiful autumn tree
May 29, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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poster from Wall-E, about a robot just trying to do his job.
May 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Poster from Ratatouille, about a rat trying to get a job in a restaurant.
May 27, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Poster from Incredibles, about a man going through a mid-life crisis and taking it out on his wife.
May 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Poster from Up, with a senior citizen lead character
May 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Poster from Soul, with an adult character lead
May 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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image from Finding Nemo with two adult fish characters
May 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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#kidlit gatekeepers: "Kids don't want stories about adults. They don't want stories about grownup worries like jobs or protecting your children or navigating marital issues or growing old and facing your mortality or anything."

Pixar: Okaaayy.....
Image of coworkers Mike and Sully from Monster's Inc.
May 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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First look inside CASSINI’S MISSION!
#kidlit #picturebooks #nasa
May 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Very important package! 1 author of Cassini’s Mission arrived… but I haven’t opened it yet.
#kidlit #picturebook #amwriting #nasa
May 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM