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rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social
The Last Last by @wendyjwhittingham.bsky.social and Brianna McCarthy turns the bittersweet of leaving one home to the sweetness of greeting another. I especially loved how the birds, although different in each location, provide connection. #kidlit #canadiankidlit 📚👍🏻
an illustration of a brown girl with pigtails dressed in a pink with purple polkadot bathing suit floats on her back in blue water. The title The Last Last is multicoloured, black text identifies the book creators Wendy J. Whittingham, Brianna McCarthy.
December 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social
The Love Song of Mr. Byrd by @phdowding.bsky.social with illustrations by Caroline Clarke is a balm for the soul. A reassuring story of friendship: poignant, lyrical, wise in an empthetic perspective for young readers. I loved this book. Much needed in our current world. #kidlit #canadiankidlit 📚👍🏻
A photograph of the cover of The Love Song of Mr. Byrd by Philippa Dowding with illustrations by Caroline Clarke, shows a robin and bat together in a tree. To the right is a smaller version of the cover printed on a shortbread cookie.
December 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
authorsbooking.bsky.social
Hey teachers and librarians! 💛

Enter our Educator Giveaway for a chance to win a $25 Indigo Gift Card — just in time for the holidays!

Enter here ➡️ forms.gle/3uwif1iKjkkW...
Closes December 15, 2025.

#TeacherGiveaway #CanKidLit #SchoolLibraries
Hey teachers and librarians! 💛 We appreciate everything you do to inspire young readers. Enter our Educator Giveaway for a chance to win a $25 Indigo Gift Card — just in time for the holidays! Enter here ➡️ https://forms.gle/3uwif1iKjkkWBS2A9 Closes December 15, 2025. Hosted by Authors’ Booking Service, your go-to for booking Canadian children’s authors for school and library visits. #TeacherGiveaway #LibrarianLife #CanadianKidLit #AuthorsBookingService #SchoolLibraries #TeacherLibrarian #CanLit
November 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
groundwoodbooks.bsky.social
These six Groundwood books publish NEXT WEEK! 📚

Learn more about these titles here: houseofanansi.com/collections/... #booksky #kidlit #canadianbooks #canadiankidlit #cankidlit
The spines of a stack of picture books, featuring: MY STREET REMEMBERS, CATS AND US, WORDS MATTER, THE LAST LAST, A SINGLE DREADLOCK, and ONE CAN.
August 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
gingerngo.bsky.social
🎉 Today is publication day for EMERSON THE ELEPHANT SEAL!

I'm so excited to share my boyfriend with you. He is over 500 lbs, so there is plenty of Emerson to go around!

Now available widely across Canadian bookshops!
www.indiebookstores.ca/book/9781998...

#kidlit #kidlitart #canadiankidlit
August 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social
A #Canadiankidlit collection #TodayIAm, 10 stories of belonging by @chadgalucas.bsky.social, @martychan.bsky.social, @lisellesambury.bsky.social, Michael Hutchinson, Rosena Fung, @dannyramadan.com, @jaelrichardson.bsky.social , @mahtabnarsimhan.bsky.social, Angela Misri & Brandon Wint #kidlit 📚👍🏻
a book cover of a purple background with two girls and a boy in different coloured clothing - the title Today I Am is written in yellow, subtitle: 10 stories of Belonging. Edited by Jael Richardson, author of Gutter Child.
June 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
torreybalsara.bsky.social
This is a very personal essay on my journey through childhood trauma & #mentalillness to a place of peace and faith. I talk about Darwin the donkey & my struggles with trusting God.

🐴 #DonkeyWisdom 🕊️ #HealingThroughStory ☮️ #InnerPeace #KidLit 🇨🇦 #CanadianKidLit

bahaiteachings.org/animal-helpe...
How an Animal Helped Heal My PTSD
By the time the submerged memory of the abuse surfaced, my life was in flaming ruins – but I was learning to heal myself, by the grace of the Creator.
bahaiteachings.org
June 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
torreybalsara.bsky.social
Going at my own pace these days. 💜
Not rushing the process--that doesn't work for me, anyway. Lol!
Creating, healing, writing—on my timeline.
We’re all on our own path. That’s the point! 💫

#GoAtYourOwnPace #CreativeProcess #Kidlit #CanadianKidlit #WritersOfBluesky #IllustratorsOfBluesky
June 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
svtworks.bsky.social
#canscaip #WFCC2025 #kidlit
#picturebooks #middlegrade #canadiankidlit #writingcontest Submitted two already. Putting a neat bow on my third entry. The last time I entered was 2022. I received encouraging feedback from my 2021 works, one of which is now a WIP GN. W8 for feedback to edit in Nov.
June 1, 2025 at 12:10 AM
ashleyspires.bsky.social
To celebrate my new book, THE MOST MAGNIFICENT TEAM, I made friendship bracelets for a soon to be announced giveaway! Stay tuned… #kidlit #authorillustrator #canadiankidlit
May 8, 2025 at 1:53 AM
menekarepka.bsky.social
Some highlights from Canadian Children's Book Week with the author of The Mango Monster, Derek Mascarenhas! So fun to finally meet Derek and meet some great people. #canadianchildrensbookweek #kidlit #canadiankidlit #kidlitartist
May 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
ashleyspires.bsky.social
Amazing author copy haul today! I’m gonna have to go get a new bookshelf (or more friends with wee children.) #newbooks #author #illustrator #kidlit #canadiankidlit @kidscanpress.bsky.social
March 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
parentclub.bsky.social
Boosting for #Canadiankidlit
February 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
bevrosenbaum.bsky.social
Love this annual holiday catch-up with my Toronto kid lit peeps—these people have the biggest hearts. Big thanks to @claudiaosmond.bsky.social for hosting, and to @debbieohi.com for the photo! 💕. #torontokidlit #canadiankidlit #writingcommunity
debbieohi.com Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · Dec 5
Thanks to @claudiaosmond.bsky.social for hosting the annual #TorKidLit holiday party. SO great to see everyone again plus make some new friends. ❄️💙
A group of smiling women gathered in a warmly lit kitchen during a festive gathering, many holding drinks and dressed in casual yet chic attire. The background features holiday decor, including a lit tree branch and a wreath. Photo credit: Debbie Ridpath Ohi.
December 5, 2024 at 4:45 AM
gingerngo.bsky.social
Hey friends. If anyone is in North Vancouver next month, do come visit me and my buddy Grant! We are signing books at 32 Books & Gallery and we'd love to see you there!

Dec 7, 1:00 - 3:00pm! Bring me snacks!

#kidlit #kidlitart #canadiankidlit #northvancouver #vancouver
November 27, 2024 at 7:48 PM
megsscribbles.bsky.social
So excited seeing this project come together! #kidlitart #canadiankidlit #picturebookart
Tablet showing thumbnails for a picture book
November 22, 2024 at 9:46 PM
rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social
As days shorten & grow colder I'm reminded of how fortunate I am to have a safe home. I don't often shout out my own books but #teachers #librarians & #parents have told me #LilyAndThePaperMan is a good conversation starter about about those experiencing #homelessness. #kidlit #canadiankidlit #pb
Cover of picture book Lily and the Paper Man written by Rebecca Upjohn, illustrated by Renné Benoit shows a young dark haired girl in a pink hat & mittens, a blue striped scarf & red jacket holding tight to a grownup's arm as she looks fearfully over her shoulder at a man selling papers, wearing a coat with hiles, no hat or gloves. It is snowing. Pigeons, people and a cityscape are visible in the background.
November 18, 2024 at 1:15 AM
playandscribe.bsky.social
I haven’t written anything recently, thanks mostly to the persistent rejections of publishers, but this is my first YA novel released in 2013. I have 2 others since.
I hope this qualifies me for this list. #Canadiankidlit #yalit #canadianlit

www.goodreads.com/book/show/18...
Jacky the Brave
Twelve-year-old Jacky Fraser has entered a whirlwind of…
www.goodreads.com
November 16, 2024 at 8:48 PM
rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social
@phdowding.bsky.social So lovely to see you here, Philippa! #CanadianKidLit #Kidlit
November 15, 2024 at 6:45 PM
rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social
@friedawishinsky.bsky.social , Welcome, Frieda!
#Kidlit #CanadianKidlit
November 14, 2024 at 11:59 PM
rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social
Taking comfort in #PictureBooks on #IReadCanadianDay. @stormsy.bsky.social @susanhughes.bsky.social @canscaip.bsky.social #Kidlit #CanadianKidlit
Five picture books on a white carpet by Canadian authors and illustrators: The Fabulous Song - Don Gilmore & Marie-Louise Gay, Sidewalk Flowers - Jon Arno Lawson & Sidney Smith, The Pirate and the Penguin - Patricia Storms, We Belong Here - Frieda Wishinsky & Ruth Ohi, What Happened Next - Susan Hughes & Carey Sookocheff
November 6, 2024 at 5:18 PM
alisonmcgauley.bsky.social
What book(s) by Canadian creators will you read November 6th, for #IReadCanadianDay2024?
@kidsbookcentre.bsky.social #ForestOfReading #Teachers #kidlit #schoolvisits #Canadiankidlit
@canscaip.bsky.social
@orcabook.bsky.social
Covers of picture books by Canadian creators.
November 6, 2024 at 11:23 AM
megsscribbles.bsky.social
Gasp! My upcoming hilo title is a JLG Gold Standard Selection! Cheat Code hits shelves February 2025!
#kidlit #canadiankidlit
October 4, 2024 at 2:34 PM
rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social
A delightful #MG by @caseylyall.bsky.social #GnomeIsWhereYourHeartIs

#Kitlit #CanadianKidlit #MGLit 📚👍
cover of Gnome is where our Heart is by Casey Lyall
September 22, 2024 at 9:02 PM
rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social
Congratulations to the wonderful @debbieohi.com for her splendid new picture book I Want to Read All the Books! Have a blast at your Toronto launch this coming week, Debbie! Cheering you on all the way. ❤️ #Kidlit #CanadianKidlit @canscaip.bsky.social
The cover of picture book shows a girl surrounded by piles of colourful books hugging one book while a small white dog, holding a book in its mouth looks at her. The text reads: I Want to Read ALL the Books, Debbie Ridpath Ohi
September 22, 2024 at 8:50 PM