Caroline Fernandez
@parentclub.bsky.social
🍁 Canadian children's book author
📚 #kidlit genres: PB, non-fiction, chapter book, MG
🎉 New Books: #HomeChild #AshaAndBaz #PlagueThieves
☕ me in 3 words: books, baking, tea
carolinefernandez.ca
📚 #kidlit genres: PB, non-fiction, chapter book, MG
🎉 New Books: #HomeChild #AshaAndBaz #PlagueThieves
☕ me in 3 words: books, baking, tea
carolinefernandez.ca
Thank you to the @ontarioarts.bsky.social and the Government of Ontario for supporting my work-in-progress through a recommender grant.
#CanKidLit #ReadCanadian
#CanKidLit #ReadCanadian
December 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Thank you to the @ontarioarts.bsky.social and the Government of Ontario for supporting my work-in-progress through a recommender grant.
#CanKidLit #ReadCanadian
#CanKidLit #ReadCanadian
Join @lorettagarbutt.bsky.social and myself at the @mghtoronto.bsky.social Holiday Market! We will be selling and signing books (great holiday gifts)
December 3, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Join @lorettagarbutt.bsky.social and myself at the @mghtoronto.bsky.social Holiday Market! We will be selling and signing books (great holiday gifts)
Kid Activity: Book Badges
Great for collecting for at-home reading, library reading clubs, classroom bookworms, more...
You can create as many badges as you want! Put in the comments as book badge ideas you care to share...
#Kidlit #BookBadges #RaiseAReader #teachers #librarians
Great for collecting for at-home reading, library reading clubs, classroom bookworms, more...
You can create as many badges as you want! Put in the comments as book badge ideas you care to share...
#Kidlit #BookBadges #RaiseAReader #teachers #librarians
November 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Kid Activity: Book Badges
Great for collecting for at-home reading, library reading clubs, classroom bookworms, more...
You can create as many badges as you want! Put in the comments as book badge ideas you care to share...
#Kidlit #BookBadges #RaiseAReader #teachers #librarians
Great for collecting for at-home reading, library reading clubs, classroom bookworms, more...
You can create as many badges as you want! Put in the comments as book badge ideas you care to share...
#Kidlit #BookBadges #RaiseAReader #teachers #librarians
Kid Activity: Make a No-Cut Mini Book With Kids (Using Just One Sheet of Paper!)
Pdf is available here: parentclub.ca/2025/11/make...) OR you can DIY.
Let me know if you want more book/reading related kid activities!
#KidLit #MiniBook #booklovers #RaiseAReader #teachers #librarians
Pdf is available here: parentclub.ca/2025/11/make...) OR you can DIY.
Let me know if you want more book/reading related kid activities!
#KidLit #MiniBook #booklovers #RaiseAReader #teachers #librarians
November 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Kid Activity: Make a No-Cut Mini Book With Kids (Using Just One Sheet of Paper!)
Pdf is available here: parentclub.ca/2025/11/make...) OR you can DIY.
Let me know if you want more book/reading related kid activities!
#KidLit #MiniBook #booklovers #RaiseAReader #teachers #librarians
Pdf is available here: parentclub.ca/2025/11/make...) OR you can DIY.
Let me know if you want more book/reading related kid activities!
#KidLit #MiniBook #booklovers #RaiseAReader #teachers #librarians
November 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Remembrance Day #kidlit (2 of 2)
Girl Takes a Drastic Step by Jillian Dobson
Sergeant Billy by Mireille Messier
Two Pieces of Chocolate by Kathy Kacer
I Didn't Stand Up by Lucy Falcone (inspired by the poem First They Came – by Pastor Martin Niemöller)
#remembrancedaybooksforkids
Girl Takes a Drastic Step by Jillian Dobson
Sergeant Billy by Mireille Messier
Two Pieces of Chocolate by Kathy Kacer
I Didn't Stand Up by Lucy Falcone (inspired by the poem First They Came – by Pastor Martin Niemöller)
#remembrancedaybooksforkids
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Remembrance Day #kidlit (2 of 2)
Girl Takes a Drastic Step by Jillian Dobson
Sergeant Billy by Mireille Messier
Two Pieces of Chocolate by Kathy Kacer
I Didn't Stand Up by Lucy Falcone (inspired by the poem First They Came – by Pastor Martin Niemöller)
#remembrancedaybooksforkids
Girl Takes a Drastic Step by Jillian Dobson
Sergeant Billy by Mireille Messier
Two Pieces of Chocolate by Kathy Kacer
I Didn't Stand Up by Lucy Falcone (inspired by the poem First They Came – by Pastor Martin Niemöller)
#remembrancedaybooksforkids
Remembrance day #kidlit (1 of 2)
Stealing Home @jtorrescomics.bsky.social
What if Soliders... @heathercamlot.bsky.social
Making Bombs.. @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social
September 17 Amanda West Lewis
Sabotage @karenautio.bsky.social
#remembrancedaybooksforkids
Stealing Home @jtorrescomics.bsky.social
What if Soliders... @heathercamlot.bsky.social
Making Bombs.. @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social
September 17 Amanda West Lewis
Sabotage @karenautio.bsky.social
#remembrancedaybooksforkids
November 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Remembrance day #kidlit (1 of 2)
Stealing Home @jtorrescomics.bsky.social
What if Soliders... @heathercamlot.bsky.social
Making Bombs.. @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social
September 17 Amanda West Lewis
Sabotage @karenautio.bsky.social
#remembrancedaybooksforkids
Stealing Home @jtorrescomics.bsky.social
What if Soliders... @heathercamlot.bsky.social
Making Bombs.. @marshaskrypuch.bsky.social
September 17 Amanda West Lewis
Sabotage @karenautio.bsky.social
#remembrancedaybooksforkids
November 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Trick or treat...got my treat today...bestseller list. The algorithm will change tomorrow and that will be the trick!
pub: @cormorantbooks.bsky.social
#kidlit #CanKidLit
pub: @cormorantbooks.bsky.social
#kidlit #CanKidLit
October 31, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Trick or treat...got my treat today...bestseller list. The algorithm will change tomorrow and that will be the trick!
pub: @cormorantbooks.bsky.social
#kidlit #CanKidLit
pub: @cormorantbooks.bsky.social
#kidlit #CanKidLit
Hide and Seek: Wild Animal Groups in North America AND Cache-cache : Animaux sauvages en Amérique du Nord
🦋 Read the book in English
🦋 Read the book in French
🦋 Do the puzzles
🦋 Enjoy the posters
Ages 4-7
@pencilempire.bsky.social @dceducation.bsky.social #monarchbutterfly🦋 #picturebooks #kidlit
🦋 Read the book in English
🦋 Read the book in French
🦋 Do the puzzles
🦋 Enjoy the posters
Ages 4-7
@pencilempire.bsky.social @dceducation.bsky.social #monarchbutterfly🦋 #picturebooks #kidlit
October 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Hide and Seek: Wild Animal Groups in North America AND Cache-cache : Animaux sauvages en Amérique du Nord
🦋 Read the book in English
🦋 Read the book in French
🦋 Do the puzzles
🦋 Enjoy the posters
Ages 4-7
@pencilempire.bsky.social @dceducation.bsky.social #monarchbutterfly🦋 #picturebooks #kidlit
🦋 Read the book in English
🦋 Read the book in French
🦋 Do the puzzles
🦋 Enjoy the posters
Ages 4-7
@pencilempire.bsky.social @dceducation.bsky.social #monarchbutterfly🦋 #picturebooks #kidlit
PLAGUE THIEVES is nominated for the Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice Awards — Diamond Willow 2025, and has been shortlisted for the IODE Violet Downey Book Award for 2025 and the SCBWI Crystal Kite Awards 2025.
pub by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social
#kidlit #CanKidLit #PlagueThieves
pub by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social
#kidlit #CanKidLit #PlagueThieves
October 15, 2025 at 9:26 PM
PLAGUE THIEVES is nominated for the Saskatchewan Young Readers’ Choice Awards — Diamond Willow 2025, and has been shortlisted for the IODE Violet Downey Book Award for 2025 and the SCBWI Crystal Kite Awards 2025.
pub by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social
#kidlit #CanKidLit #PlagueThieves
pub by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social
#kidlit #CanKidLit #PlagueThieves
Teachers and librarians! Did you know there are activity pages for my #MGbook Plague Thieves?
Read the book and then enjoy the word search for added discussion (and I'm open to author Q & As too!).
Plague Thieves is published by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social
#CanKidLit #KidLit
Read the book and then enjoy the word search for added discussion (and I'm open to author Q & As too!).
Plague Thieves is published by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social
#CanKidLit #KidLit
October 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Teachers and librarians! Did you know there are activity pages for my #MGbook Plague Thieves?
Read the book and then enjoy the word search for added discussion (and I'm open to author Q & As too!).
Plague Thieves is published by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social
#CanKidLit #KidLit
Read the book and then enjoy the word search for added discussion (and I'm open to author Q & As too!).
Plague Thieves is published by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social
#CanKidLit #KidLit
Literacy activity
What's the S.C.O.O.P? Helps kids retell a story (promotes comprehension, vocabulary development, memory and attention skills).
Ice cream scoops are the perfect visual to "layer" the retelling of a story.
PDFs available
#kidlit #activitysheetsforkids #literacyactivitiesforkids
What's the S.C.O.O.P? Helps kids retell a story (promotes comprehension, vocabulary development, memory and attention skills).
Ice cream scoops are the perfect visual to "layer" the retelling of a story.
PDFs available
#kidlit #activitysheetsforkids #literacyactivitiesforkids
October 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Literacy activity
What's the S.C.O.O.P? Helps kids retell a story (promotes comprehension, vocabulary development, memory and attention skills).
Ice cream scoops are the perfect visual to "layer" the retelling of a story.
PDFs available
#kidlit #activitysheetsforkids #literacyactivitiesforkids
What's the S.C.O.O.P? Helps kids retell a story (promotes comprehension, vocabulary development, memory and attention skills).
Ice cream scoops are the perfect visual to "layer" the retelling of a story.
PDFs available
#kidlit #activitysheetsforkids #literacyactivitiesforkids
Teachers and librarians! Did you know there are activity pages for my #MGbook Plague Thieves?
Read the book and then enjoy the word search for added discussion (and I'm open to author Q & As too!).
Plague Thieves is published by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social
#kidlit #PlagueThieves
Read the book and then enjoy the word search for added discussion (and I'm open to author Q & As too!).
Plague Thieves is published by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social
#kidlit #PlagueThieves
October 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Teachers and librarians! Did you know there are activity pages for my #MGbook Plague Thieves?
Read the book and then enjoy the word search for added discussion (and I'm open to author Q & As too!).
Plague Thieves is published by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social
#kidlit #PlagueThieves
Read the book and then enjoy the word search for added discussion (and I'm open to author Q & As too!).
Plague Thieves is published by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social
#kidlit #PlagueThieves
Sharing an activity sheet I created for kids to Build A Story.
*Brainstorm the ideas
*Write a working title
*Invent character names, the setting, and the problem
*Then, invent "but then this happened..." (a roadblock), "so..." (the solution the characters create), "then..."
#kidlit #amwriting
*Brainstorm the ideas
*Write a working title
*Invent character names, the setting, and the problem
*Then, invent "but then this happened..." (a roadblock), "so..." (the solution the characters create), "then..."
#kidlit #amwriting
October 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Sharing an activity sheet I created for kids to Build A Story.
*Brainstorm the ideas
*Write a working title
*Invent character names, the setting, and the problem
*Then, invent "but then this happened..." (a roadblock), "so..." (the solution the characters create), "then..."
#kidlit #amwriting
*Brainstorm the ideas
*Write a working title
*Invent character names, the setting, and the problem
*Then, invent "but then this happened..." (a roadblock), "so..." (the solution the characters create), "then..."
#kidlit #amwriting
📚👍Recommended reading: MY STREET REMEMBERS by @karenkrossing.com @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social Cathie Jamieson
It's about how land has memory and is inspired by Danforth Ave.
#picturebooks #kidlit
It's about how land has memory and is inspired by Danforth Ave.
#picturebooks #kidlit
September 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
📚👍Recommended reading: MY STREET REMEMBERS by @karenkrossing.com @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social Cathie Jamieson
It's about how land has memory and is inspired by Danforth Ave.
#picturebooks #kidlit
It's about how land has memory and is inspired by Danforth Ave.
#picturebooks #kidlit
Wasn't even looking for @lorettagarbutt.bsky.social @carmenmok.bsky.social @kidscanpress.bsky.social but they found me!
September 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Wasn't even looking for @lorettagarbutt.bsky.social @carmenmok.bsky.social @kidscanpress.bsky.social but they found me!
If you attend WOTS on Sunday -- I'm signing copies of PLAGUE THIEVES at the @cormorantbooks.bsky.social booth (B11) at 11am.
However, I understand if you all go to see @davidarobertson.bsky.social (who has a panel at the exact same time/same day).🙂
#MeetMeAtWOTS #WOTS2025
However, I understand if you all go to see @davidarobertson.bsky.social (who has a panel at the exact same time/same day).🙂
#MeetMeAtWOTS #WOTS2025
September 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
If you attend WOTS on Sunday -- I'm signing copies of PLAGUE THIEVES at the @cormorantbooks.bsky.social booth (B11) at 11am.
However, I understand if you all go to see @davidarobertson.bsky.social (who has a panel at the exact same time/same day).🙂
#MeetMeAtWOTS #WOTS2025
However, I understand if you all go to see @davidarobertson.bsky.social (who has a panel at the exact same time/same day).🙂
#MeetMeAtWOTS #WOTS2025
It'll change tomorrow but today (Fri Sept 19) - lifting a cup to the orange banner ☕
PLAGUE THIEVES is published by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social
#CanKidLit #KidLit #mgbooks
PLAGUE THIEVES is published by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social
#CanKidLit #KidLit #mgbooks
September 19, 2025 at 3:25 PM
It'll change tomorrow but today (Fri Sept 19) - lifting a cup to the orange banner ☕
PLAGUE THIEVES is published by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social
#CanKidLit #KidLit #mgbooks
PLAGUE THIEVES is published by @cormorantbooks.bsky.social
#CanKidLit #KidLit #mgbooks
🧙♀️📚 The Little Gothic Bakeshop
Over 50 recipes with sweetness and shadows on every bite.
A ghoulish good cookbook to have on hand leading up to Halloween.
By @helenagarciafp
Trivia: Helena was one of the 2019 Great British Bake Off
Publisher @quartobooksus
Over 50 recipes with sweetness and shadows on every bite.
A ghoulish good cookbook to have on hand leading up to Halloween.
By @helenagarciafp
Trivia: Helena was one of the 2019 Great British Bake Off
Publisher @quartobooksus
September 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
🧙♀️📚 The Little Gothic Bakeshop
Over 50 recipes with sweetness and shadows on every bite.
A ghoulish good cookbook to have on hand leading up to Halloween.
By @helenagarciafp
Trivia: Helena was one of the 2019 Great British Bake Off
Publisher @quartobooksus
Over 50 recipes with sweetness and shadows on every bite.
A ghoulish good cookbook to have on hand leading up to Halloween.
By @helenagarciafp
Trivia: Helena was one of the 2019 Great British Bake Off
Publisher @quartobooksus
Congrats @owlkids.bsky.social authors @lorettagarbutt.bsky.social @annahumphrey.bsky.social (and someone tag the 3rd author!) On your launch at Mables Fables!
#kidlit #CanKidLit
#kidlit #CanKidLit
September 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Congrats @owlkids.bsky.social authors @lorettagarbutt.bsky.social @annahumphrey.bsky.social (and someone tag the 3rd author!) On your launch at Mables Fables!
#kidlit #CanKidLit
#kidlit #CanKidLit
Three cheers to @karenkrossing.com and @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social for My Street Remembers
#picturebooks #kidlit
#picturebooks #kidlit
September 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Three cheers to @karenkrossing.com and @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social for My Street Remembers
#picturebooks #kidlit
#picturebooks #kidlit
I'll be volunteering again at #PYI2025 - here are my tips for the conference:
* wear comfy shoes
* bring a refillable bottle
* BYOL Bring Your Own Lunch
* Don't be afraid to ask questions because it shows the session presenters that you are paying attention
#kidlit #CanKidLit
* wear comfy shoes
* bring a refillable bottle
* BYOL Bring Your Own Lunch
* Don't be afraid to ask questions because it shows the session presenters that you are paying attention
#kidlit #CanKidLit
September 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I'll be volunteering again at #PYI2025 - here are my tips for the conference:
* wear comfy shoes
* bring a refillable bottle
* BYOL Bring Your Own Lunch
* Don't be afraid to ask questions because it shows the session presenters that you are paying attention
#kidlit #CanKidLit
* wear comfy shoes
* bring a refillable bottle
* BYOL Bring Your Own Lunch
* Don't be afraid to ask questions because it shows the session presenters that you are paying attention
#kidlit #CanKidLit
Do you think auhor visits are important to readers? Share your opinion in the comments...
#kidlit #CanKidLit
#kidlit #CanKidLit
August 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Do you think auhor visits are important to readers? Share your opinion in the comments...
#kidlit #CanKidLit
#kidlit #CanKidLit
Honoured that PLAGUE THIEVES (pub @cormorantbooks.bsky.social) is a finalist in the Diamond Willow @willowawards.bsky.social. They have a great finalist list for readers in grades 4-6 for this category. Best wishes to all the nominees!
#CanKidLit #KidLit
#CanKidLit #KidLit
August 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Honoured that PLAGUE THIEVES (pub @cormorantbooks.bsky.social) is a finalist in the Diamond Willow @willowawards.bsky.social. They have a great finalist list for readers in grades 4-6 for this category. Best wishes to all the nominees!
#CanKidLit #KidLit
#CanKidLit #KidLit