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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

THIS seagull. Hopping on top of Each car in the lot. An avian valet! Cheeky for his size. Saying, “Hey! You’d better pay! With FRIES!”

Side-eye from a seagull—who’s standing on the top of a car in a parking lot—who really wants some French Fries. (Seagulls. THEY’RE JUST LIKE US!)

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RossyDoesDrawings (commissions open) @rossydoesdrawings.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Time of man over. It goblin time now.

a drawing of a goblin who is roaring, with their hands raised

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BrianMcLachlan @brianmcl.com · 17/09/2026

New webcomic day! This is a fun colour palette to work with. 3 more bonus panels here: tinyurl.com/bvx4ce97

Rogue's Garden copyright Brian McLachlan. Lesser-Known Tarot Cards. a 9 panel grid
1. The Haters. Two young women, one whispering into the ear of the other who smiles, holding a cup. Two cats rub up against their legs. They are catty.
2. Cheese. A wheel of cheese with a wedge out of it against a galaxy backdrop, a bottle of wine on each side, one pouring out red. Two rats run across the bottom.
3. Ol' Money Bags. A plump man waist high in gold coins and gems holding a bejeweled cup, wearing a plain grey tunic and a tied red bag over his head with one eye hole cut out. In the back, skeletons are part of the scene.
4. The Very High Priestess. A woman in blue and white robes with a large joint in her lap, wearing a marijuana leaf necklace. Her head from the nose up is in a green cloud that takes up the top of the panel. She sits in a garden or mushrooms.
5. Cup Swords. A guy is sword swallowing with a cup with a sword coming out of it.
6. Pontiff's side piece. An attractive woman, showing a bit of leg and showing off her jewelry A peacock spreads its tail beside her.

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Got nails that are longer and pointier than the ones I usually wear. ✨💅✨ Still getting used to ’em. This morning, tried to do my makeup— AND STABBED MYSELF IN THE FACE! 😳! COP: “Did you see the perp who did it?” “Yeah! It was ME!” 😅😂!

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

HOORAY! 🎉! It’s a DOUBLE #BookBirthday! 📖📖🎂🎂! ⭐️THE SICK DAY⭐️ (BAT, CAT & RAT #6) 📝 by me 🎨 by #MarkTeague ⭐️OG ROCKS THE BOAT⭐️ (MONSTER OG #4) 📝 by me 🎨 by @eliopictures.bsky.social Both from the nice folks at @SimonKIDS.bsky.social! Everywhere you ❤️ to buy and borrow 📚! THANK YOU! #kidlit

The cover of the 48-page short chapter/picture book, THE SICK DAY (BAT, CAT & RAT #6), showing a sneezing Bat sitting on the couch, comforted by his roommates-and-best-friends, Cat and Rat. In these latest “three-and-a-half” sweet-and-funny stories from the Geisel Award-winning series, Bat wakes up with a cold! Suddenly the schedule for the day is out the window as everyone helps Bat rest, eat—a spider sandwich?!—and feel better! Text by Ame Dyckman. Art by Mark Teague. From Beach Lane Books, Simon & Schuster.

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Viv Schwarz @vivschwarz.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Hey, there's an entire free story for you to read here about two girls writing a love letter to the rain. www.vivianeschwarz.co.uk/a-love-lette...

a scribbly drawing of a smiling rain cloud

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

On the beach next to us, a kid unpacked a soccer ball. Iridescent green. SHINY. And absolutely COVETED by the toddler behind us. Toddler’s mom had to remind him several times: “That’s not our ball.” Then toddler came up to me, pointed, and said: “Dat’s not my ball.” 😂❤️!

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Yesterday, we were fossil-hunting on the beach. ME: “I found a chicken bone!” HUSBAND GUY: “Is it a fossil?” ME: “No.” HUSBAND GUY: “Give it time.” 😂😂😂!

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Kbport714 @kbport714.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Such a great book!

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

YAY! #BackToSchool means LOTS of FUN— But also, Sniffle Season! 🤧! BE PREPARED for Sick Day Cozy Reading with: ⭐️THE SICK DAY⭐️ (BAT, CAT & RAT #6) Bat has a cold, and Cat and Rat comfort him until he feels better! 🥹❤️🦇🐈🐀! @simonkids.bsky.social PREORDER now! Pubs 9/15! #kidlit

The cover of THE SICK DAY (BAT, CAT & RAT #6). Bat sits on the couch and sneezes into a tissue as Cat and Rat comfort him in these “three-and-a-half” new stories from the Geisel-Award-winning series. Text by Ame Dyckman. Art by Mark Teague. From Beach Lane Books, Simon & Schuster. PREORDER TODAY (and THANK YOU)! Pubs 9/15/26—right on time for Sniffle Season! 😅❤️🦇🐈🐀!

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It’s silly that humans aren’t “supposed” to wear white after Labor Day. Arctic hares and such are all, 🐇: “I wear what I WANT!”

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The Sheep by Jacques Hnizdovsky, 1961

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Sandra Newman @sannewman.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Great writing is bad writing plus time, plus the three raccoons who look into your window and see you drinking whisky and sobbing inconsolably over your bad manuscript, then after you pass out on the floor, they creep in and rewrite all your work.

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

🎉HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY🎉 week to the absolutely HILARIOUS-looking new picture 📖: ⭐️THERE’S A PONY IN MY APARTMENT!🐴⭐️ #CONGRATS, @jennharknee.bsky.social and @littlebrownyr.bsky.social team! #BookBirthday #kidlit 🎂!

The cover of the new picture book, THERE’S A PONY IN MY APARTMENT! by Jenn Harney. On the cover, a kid hugs their pet pony—who’s INSIDE ON THE COUCH?! Everywhere you ❤️ to get books!

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

*LAUGHING* SEE?! Books ARE for EVERYONE! 🤩❤️📚! THANKS, @jennharknee.bsky.social and Indianapolis Zoo! #kidlit

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Dehumidifiers are magic. It’s like, “But WHERE did this whole tank of water COME FROM? Whaddya mean, ‘The AIR?!’ WHAT SORCERY IS THIS?!” ✨✨✨MAGIC!✨✨✨

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

YIPPEE! 🎉! HAPPY #BookBirthday to: ⭐️WE CANNOT BE BRAVE⭐️ (DUCKIE & SNAPS #2) LAUGH & CHEER as Duckie🐥 & Snaps🐊 TRY to be brave in the deep, dark jungle—& once again discover “WE CANNOT” can be “WE CAN!” ❤️! 📝 by me! 🎨 by #TimMiller Orchard Books, Scholastic! #kidlit

The cover of WE CANNOT BE BRAVE (DUCKIE & SNAPS #2), in which an enthusiastic yellow duckling in a pink hairbow (DUCKIE) leads a worried green crocodile hatchling (SNAPS) through the deep, dark jungle in search of The BIG Little Yellow Thing. (A banana big enough to share with EVERYONE!) Text by me, art by Tim Miller, from Orchard Books, Scholastic. Everywhere you love to get books!

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

We have employed A tiny gardener To solve our Clover problem They are slow but THOROUGH

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY, EVERYBODY! Please enjoy our high-tech fireworks display. 😂!

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

EARWIGS, man. They’re EVERYWHERE! 🪳: “HOT EARWIG SUMMER!” 🪳: “It’s givin’ EARWIG!”

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

There’s a dog on our street with an unusual voice. He doesn’t say: “BARK-BARK-BARK!” He says: “BORK-BORK-BORK!” Reminds me of THIS guy! 😂!

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Husband Guy and his group were having a Very Important Meeting in the big conference room with all the windows when suddenly— THIS baby deer wobbled over and *PLOPPED* down RIGHT outside to wait for their mom. “VERYIMPORTANTSCIENTIFICDISCOVERIESBLAHBLAH—” “AWWWWWWW!” 🥹😍!

ADORABLE spotted baby deer curled up in the grass, waiting for their mom to come back from doing Mom Deer Stuff.

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Elio @eliopictures.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

🎉 It’s a #bookbirthday for early readers! MONSTER OG number 3: ⭐️🎈OG RESCUES BOP!🎈⭐️ is out TODAY! Written by @amedyckman.bsky.social , art by me. Published by @simonandschuster + @simonkids 📸 photo taken at @andersonsbookshop Thank you @sarahmakesbooks @jenrofe @andreabrownlit #kidlitart

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Jeremy C. Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Meet my newest fabric art creation: Princess Prisma Moonsorrow the Cosmic Ghost Bag. I designed and hand-sewed her and her little hat, and I hand-embroidered all her stars. Prisma wholeheartedly believes that she's a princess, although most people don't seem to agree. jeremycreature.bigcartel.com

Here's a lovely photo of Prisma. She's a black ghost with a gray moon face, twinkly black eyes, and a little frown. Her body is covered with stars of various colors and sizes. There's every color of the rainbow, as well as pink. The top of her head is a metal coin purse clasp. She's wearing a black fabric witch hat magnetically attached to the clasp. There's green fur in the background of the pic.

Here's another lovely photo of Prisma, where she's resting on my palm, her back facing the camera. Her back is also covered with an embroidered galaxy of colorful stars. The hat is beside her.

Here's a lovely peek inside Prisma. Her lining is a beautiful galaxy print fabric.

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

B&N PRESALE 25% OFF THINGY*! *Official name. Right? Pretty sure! Y’know how this thingy works! Show authors a l’il ❤️ by preordering their upcoming 📚—⭐️THANK YOU! 😊!⭐️—& save 25% of yer 💰! GOOD karma, deal, THINGY! #Scholastic @simonkids.bsky.social @littlebrownyr.bsky.social @barnesandnoble.com

The cover of the upcoming (8/4/26) children’s picture book, DUCKIE & SNAPS #2: WE CANNOT BE BRAVE, in which the enthusiastic yellow duckling, Duckie, and the cautious green crocodile, Snaps, TRY to be brave and venture into the deep, dark jungle—in search of the BIG Little Yellow Thing. (An enormous banana! 😂!) But as always with DUCKIE & SNAPS, when they work together, “we cannot” can be, “WE CAN!” Text by me. Art by the fabulous Tim Miller. From Orchard Books, Scholastic!

The cover of the upcoming (9/15/26) children’s book, BAT, CAT & RAT #6: THE SICK DAY, in which Cat and Rat comfort Bat, who wakes with a little cold. Then nothing is on the daily schedule—except Bat. In these latest three-and-a-half stories, a sweet reminder of what’s really important, with laughs—and a few spider sandwiches!—too. Text by me. Art by the fabulous Mark Teague. From Beach Lane Books, Simon & Schuster.

The cover of the upcoming (9/15/26) children’s rhyming early reader, MONSTER OG #4: OG ROCKS THE BOAT!, in which kind Monster Og (and his ENORMOUS Cat, Mog) are challenged to a boat race by gloating Cousin Zog and his goat, Goat. With a little STEAM—and a little wind! HA!—can Og think, make a plan, and save the day? And will EVERYONE learn good sportsmanship? EVEN ZOG?! Text by me. Art by the fabulous Elio. From Simon Spotlight, Simon & Schuster!

The cover of the upcoming (11/24/26) children’s picture book, TO THE ACTUAL MOON AND BACK, in which a parent’s figurative “I love you to the moon and back” to their child kicks off an unexpected wacky-but-sweet intergalactic adventure. (LITERALLY! 😂!) Text by me. Art by the fabulous Dan & Jason. From Little, Brown Books For Young Readers!

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

AUTHOR CONFESSION: Yesterday, Husband Guy & I went to #FIFA #WorldCup. There were a lot of people. A LOT of people. All was well-run—YAY, PHILLY!—& EVERYONE was literally SO NICE ❤️, but… Being around LOTS of people that were ACTUALLY REAL & not just in my head? WEIRD! 😅!

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

THANKS SO MUCH for the #BookLove, @perednia.bsky.social and kinders! 😊! We hope you’ll ❤️ our ⭐️🎈MONSTER OG: OG RESCUES BOP!🎈⭐️ too! (A little #STEAM and a little SILLY! 🤓😂!) #Booksky #kidlit @eliopictures.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

HOORAY and THANKS, @kslivensky.bsky.social! 😊! And CHEERS to your little reader! SO HAPPY he’s enjoying our MONSTER OG books, and hope he loves ⭐️🎈OG RESCUES BOP!🎈⭐️ too! @eliopictures.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

YAY! 🎉! It’s a #BookBirthday for our #EarlyReader: MONSTER OG #3: ⭐️🎈OG RESCUES BOP!🎈⭐️ 📝 by me, 🎨 by @eliopictures.bsky.social, @SimonKIDS.bsky.social! Og (& his BIG 🐈, Mog) babysit Og’s little sister, Bop, but— Bop runs off. Grabs a 🎈. & FLOATS AWAY! 😅☁️! Hope YOUR littles ❤️ it! #kidlit #STEAM

The colorful cartoon cover of MONSTER OG #3: OG RESCUES BOP! Cute green toddler monster, Bop, holds a balloon and sails away over her big brother, the kind Monster Og—who was SUPPOSED to be babysitting her! OOPS! Can Og (along with his BIG cat, Mog) think, make a plan, and rescue Bop? With a little #STEAM and a lot of heart, this rhyming family-oriented early reader is PERFECT for littles learning to read themselves. (And MORE fun with MONSTER OG is coming later this year from me, illustrator Elio, and the team at Simon Spotlight, Simon & Schuster!) Buy or borrow OG RESCUES BOP! wherever you love to get books! Thank you!

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Man, my cozy town’s #library is SO FREAKIN’ COOL! ROCK ON, @mclsnj.bsky.social! 🏆❤️!

GINORMOUS like 9-feet-tall inflatable toothed dinosaur head—INSIDE MY LIBRARY for the library’s “Unearth A Story” theme! AWESOME!

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Simon and Gargamel @kellylink.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

post the best picture you have ever taken of your pet (if you feel like it)

Must always repost this closeup of our labradoodle, Koko, shaking herself after getting out of a river. Her hindlegs appear to be bent-kneed regular, hairy black legs, while her forelegs are stretched straight out on either side like weird arm poles. They almost look as if they are behind her back legs. The rest of her is a hairy black oval resting like a neckless spider sac directly on top of the four black limbs. The only features discernible are a triangle of nose, and a glint of one eyes looking directly at you. She looks like a nightmarish cryptid—an alien able to skitter at high speeds, emerging from some hell portal. Behold the Babadoodle.

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Saw on my walk. I have QUESTIONS. 😳😂!

It’s a white… mannequin arm? With a Post-It that says, “FREE” written on it in black marker, on the yellow-painted curb of the street.

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

This beach bunny thinks I can’t see them. So I can’t. And you can’t, either. Good hiding, Bunny. ❤️!

An (almost entirely visible) little brown rabbit “hiding” behind a straggly beach plant in the sand, behind a short weathered white picket fence.

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I have an interview in this month's Clarkesworld magazine, which you can read here: clarkesworldmagazine.com/kritzer_inte...

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When The Future Catches Up To You: A Conversation with Naomi Kritzer by Arley Sorg

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

LOVE this scene from our ⭐️NEW⭐️ BAT, CAT & RAT #5: 🏘️THE COZY TOWN🏘️ when Cat realizes “junk” flea markets have… 🤩❤️BOOKS!❤️🤩 (😂😂😂!) THE COZY TOWN 📝 by me! 🎨 by #MarkTeague! Beach Lane Books, @simonkids.bsky.social! Everywhere YOU ❤️ to buy or borrow books! 🦇🐈🐀! #kidlit

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Summer camp catapulted Maddie Frost out of her comfort zone as a kid. So she wrote her first middle grade book about it | People

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

⭐️YIPPEE!⭐️! Honored & grateful that our: BAT, CAT & RAT #5: 🏘️THE COZY TOWN🏘️ 📝 by me 🎨 by #MarkTeague from Beach Lane Books, @simonkids.bsky.social is an: ⭐️AMAZON EDITORS’ PICK!⭐️ THANKS, Amazon & @amazonpublishing.bsky.social! 😊🎉! 🦇🐈🐀: “THANK YOU!” Hope YOU’LL ❤️ it! #kidlit #BookBirthday 🎂!

The cover of the children’s book, BAT, CAT & RAT #5: THE COZY TOWN—with an Amazon Editors’ Pick badge! The cover features an adorable-and-funny illustrated Bat, Cat, and Rat exploring their cozy town. Rat holds his flea market “treasure” (a ridiculously giant fork), Cat is smiling and holding their shopping bag, and cute little Bat is practically DROOLING on the marshmallows for the bonfire later. (Can he wait? MAYYYBE!) Text by Ame Dyckman, art by Mark Teague, from Beach Lane Books, Simon & Schuster. Thanks for reading!

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Father’s Day is coming up. Husband Guy wants a long cutter thingie for pruning trees. (BOR-ing! 😂!) So I Googled: “Are there TREE LASERS?” THERE ARE! & THEY 💥VAPORIZE💥! But they cost tens of thousands of 💵s & need special training &… I don’t have either of those. 😅!

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

When you go to a fancy restaurant and the menu says their salads have “hand-torn” lettuce. ME: “Did they wash hands? For the WHOLE ‘Happy Birthday’ song? Nobody washes hands for the WHOLE ‘Happy Birthday’ song. Even surgeons rush the ‘Happy Birthday’ song. Let’s get fries.”

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Reuters @reuters.com · 02/06/2026

The world's largest dedicated space for illustration, the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration, the brainchild of celebrated the British illustrator, is all set to open its doors in London on June 5.

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

🎉HOORAY🎉! It’s the #BOOKBIRTHDAY of: 🐀🐈🦇 BAT, CAT & RAT #5: 🏘️THE COZY TOWN🏘️! 📝 by me 🎨 by #MarkTeague from Beach Lane Books, @simonkids.bsky.social! A 💌 to cozy towns, flea market fun, chatting w/ neighbors—& MARSHMALLOWS! 😋! Share a copy w/ YOUR cozy town! THANK YOU! ❤️📚! #kidlit

The cover of the children’s book, BAT, CAT & RAT #5: THE COZY TOWN, surrounded by ribbons, a bow, and confetti. The cover features an adorable-and-funny illustrated Bat, Cat, and Rat exploring their cozy town. Rat holds his flea market “treasure” (a ridiculously giant fork), Cat is smiling and holding their shopping bag, and cute little Bat is practically DROOLING on the marshmallows for the bonfire later. (Can he wait? Find out!) Text by Ame Dyckman, art by Mark Teague, from Beach Lane Books, Simon & Schuster. (And we just found out: it’s an Amazon Editors’ Pick! WOO-HOO!) Hope you’ll love the latest “three-and-a-half” stories with our l’il trio! Available everywhere you love to borrow or buy books, and we’d be so grateful if you’d give it a peek. THANK YOU!

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

We were watching a TV show where someone swiped a badge that got them into a room that said, “AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY.” ME: “I’ve never been Authorized Personnel.” Then I realized: I’M AUTHOR-IZED PERSONNEL! 😂😂😂!

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Carpe Librum Bookstore and Art Gallery @carpelibrum.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

We'd like to reopen the shop in a brick and mortar format and adopt a shop cat, so we're running a sale on the website to help with that. Get 25% off your order with promo code Bookstore cat at checkout. Pictured are some of the adoptable cats at BARCS we were looking at. carpelibrumbaltimore.com

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Do YOU ❤️ flea markets? Or know someone who does? Take a sneak 👀 at the #fleamarket fun in: BAT, CAT & RAT #5: THE COZY TOWN 📝 by me, 🎨 by #MarkTeague, Beach Lane Books, @simonkids.bsky.social Order today, 😂 on ⭐️6/2/26⭐️! See MORE: simonandschuster.com/books/The-Cozy… #kidlit 🦇🐈🐀: “THANKS!”

The cover of the children’s early reader/picture book, BAT, CAT & RAT #5: THE COZY TOWN, in which roommates-and-friends Bat, Cat, and Rat explore their cozy town in three-and-a-half new stories! Cover art features lovable Bat gazing at a bag of marshmallows for later, Cat smiling, and Rat completely smitten with his flea market find: a GIANT fork! Text by Ame Dyckman, art by Mark Teague, from Beach Lane Books, Simon & Schuster! Pubs 6/2/26–order yours today!

Cat spots a flea market in their cozy town.

Cat and Bat whisper that flea markets are full of junk—and Rat, who LOVES junk, hears them!

Bat, Cat and Rat have arrived at the flea market! Cat is unimpressed, Rat is SO impressed—and Bat is startled by a jack-in-the-box clown. (WHY do flea markets always have CLOWNS?! HA!)

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

As the weather gets nice, it’s the PERFECT time to explore your cozy town! (And OURS. ❤️!) THE COZY TOWN (BAT, CAT & RAT book #5) 📝 by me. 🎨 by #MarkTeague. From the nice folks at Beach Lane Books, @simonkids.bsky.social Order today, “AWWW!” on June 2nd! 🦇🐈🐀: “THANK YOU!” #kidlit

The cover of the children’s book, THE COZY TOWN, the fifth book in the BAT, CAT & RAT series, by Ame Dyckman and Mark Teague, from Beach Lane Books, Simon & Schuster, pubbing June 2nd. On the cover, roommates-and-friends Bat, Cat, and Rat explore their cozy town. Rat holds a ridiculously large fork he got from their local flea market, Cat is smiling, and Bat’s obsessed with Cat’s bag of marshmallows for the bonfire. (For LATER, Bat! Not now!) ❤️🦇🐈🐀!

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Katie Slivensky @kslivensky.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Our cat Darwin, enjoying this new cat bed we were thoughtful enough to get him.

Black and white cat sleeping on an uncompleted puzzle on a cardboard board, on a wooden floor.

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

WE ATE AN ALLIGATOR! ⭐️🐊⭐️! (I mean, we went to food festival and ate prepared, cooked alligator. Not that we went outside and said, “I bet we could catch THAT one!” 😂!)

Fried marinated alligator chunks with “swamp sauce,” lemon, and hot sauce. YUM, YUM!

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Kim Campbell @pblove.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

For the Love of dandelions!💛😍🥰💗 A haiku I wrote and a favorite picture book written by @amedyckman.bsky.social & illustrated by @charlessantoso.bsky.social! Highly recommend! #HaikuSaturday #KidLit

Closeup photo of a dandelion with a haiku on the photo that reads…

Leave me in your grass
Soak in my Sunshine and Cheer
Bee nourishment

—Kim Campbell, Books, Butterflies, & Being
Photo by Kim Campbell

Screenshot of front cover of picture book, Dandy, written by Ame Dyckman & illustrated by Charles Santoso

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Ame Dyckman @amedyckman.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

We were hanging out with these marvelous meerkats at the @phillyzoo.bsky.social when an airplane flew overhead. The meerkats all stopped. And STARED. Like small animals who have to be on guard against grabby winged things from the sky. (Or like toddlers who just really ❤️ airplanes. 😂!)

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