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SusanHughes
@susanhughes.bsky.social
editor/story coach specializing in kidlit | author of kids' books | freelance writer | she/her | upcoming bk: MISS MATCH | recent bks: HOORAY FOR TRUCKS!; SAME HERE; WALKING FOR WATER; LIGHTS DAY AND NIGHT | www.susanhughes.ca
October is National Bullying Prevention Month. Share our #picturebook WHAT HAPPENS NEXT with kids ages 5 to 12.

@owlkids.bsky.social #careysookocheff
September 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Just received author copies of my soon-to-hit-the-shelves “junior rom-com” novel MISS MATCH (ages 9-12; high-interest accessible)! Ya-hoo!

Get ready to meet 8th-grader Polly and find out about her “great idea” in just a few days -- on April 15, '25!

@orcabook.bsky.social #MG #kidlit
April 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
@ashleybarron.bsky.social and I are thrilled that our book UPSY-DAISY, BABY is being shared with so many young readers! Thanks, @dollyslibrary.bsky.social!

#Owlkids @picturebookseh.bsky.social #diversity #families @12x12challenge.bsky.social @scbwicanadaeast.bsky.social
December 19, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Want to introduce children to amazing architect Antoni Gaudi through an imaginative story and amazing illustrations? They'll love meeting Carmen and her dragon in my #picturebook Carmen and the House that Gaudi Built

#OwlKidsBooks @CasaBatlloGaudi #architects #AntoniGaudi #MarianneFerrer
October 11, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Just rec'd copies of our board books soon to be distributed free to thousands of kids by Dolly Parton's ImaginationLibrary -- my Upsy-Daisy, Baby! (illus #AshleyBarron) in Dec '24 and #GeraldValerio's Canadian Animals in Colour in Oct '24. Thrilling!

#owlkidspress @scbwicanadaeast.bsky.social
September 1, 2024 at 12:58 AM
Come to Toronto, Canada tomorrow (May 24)! and visit the art studio of Suharu Ogawa, fab illustrator of our picture book HOORAY FOR TRUCKS! (401 Richmond Street). See where all the magic happens AND ride in her handmade TRUCK.

#owlkidsbooks @canscaip.bsky.social @12x12challenge.bsky.social #kidlit
May 24, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Loved Bill Peet's books. Like this one:
May 8, 2024 at 9:40 PM
I remember those. There were so many in the series! I loved them -- read every one!
May 8, 2024 at 9:36 PM
The 2024 Jane’s Walk Festival Weekend is this May 3, 4, 5-online and everywhere! Read up on #JaneJacobs herself, the great urban thinker and activist, in my #picturebook WALKING IN THE CITY WITH JANE: A STORY OF JANE JACOBS (#kidscanpress).
@12x12challenge.bsky.social #janeswalk #kidslit #bio
April 29, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Lovely news! My picture book EARTH TO AUDREY (illus by Stephane Poulin) was published by #KidsCanPress back in 2005--and as of March 1, 2024, it's available as an e-book. Isn't that fantastic?

#picturebooks #kidlit #backlist
March 8, 2024 at 12:20 PM
I'm excited to share that my board book UPSY-DAISY, BABY!, illustrated by Ashley Barron, and Geraldo Valério's CANADIAN ANIMALS IN COLOUR have been selected for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library 2024!

#Owlkids #Dolly Parton's Imagination Library @canscaip.bsky.social @12x12challenge.bsky.social
February 8, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Thanks for the wonderful words about our kids' book, SAME HERE! THE DIFFERENCES WE SHARE, @diannewrites.bsky.social!

#sophiecasson #owlkidsbooks #MG #picturebooks #globalvillage #diversity @12x12challenge.bsky.social #scbwi
January 12, 2024 at 11:39 AM
November 23, 2023 at 10:03 PM
Some great advice ... Sometimes doing nothing at all is best!

#leavetheleaves #lessismore #butterflies #moths #pleasethebees
November 5, 2023 at 1:08 AM
I spy at least two of my recent picture books -- Upsie, Daisy, Baby! and Hooray for Trucks! -- in the Owlkids Books booth at this year's Frankfurt Book Fair. How thrilling! Go, team, go!

#diversity #rhymingtext #picturebooks #foreignrights
October 21, 2023 at 12:33 PM
Thx for a super review, Tara! @trusreads

"HOORAY FOR TRUCKS is a rhythmic, rhyming celebration of trucks and cleaning up. A great choice for kids who are learning about rhyming as well as truck lovers. The language is playful and includes toddler favourites like 'No, no, no!'"

#suharuogawa
September 28, 2023 at 12:11 AM