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Katelyn Aronson📚#KidLit Author/Poet @katelynaronson.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

SCBWI Friends! There’s still time to vote for your favorite Crystal Kite finalists in this last round…’til Fri, July 17th. 💜 A heartfelt ‘thank you!’ you to those who have supported #Orpheline in the ‘Europe’ division. ✨🐚🧜🏽‍♀️ @dowphumiruk.bsky.social #scbwi #kidlit #mermaid #merbaby #picturebook

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Dow Phumiruk @dowphumiruk.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

So excited!! 🌟🌟🌟

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Katelyn Aronson📚#KidLit Author/Poet @katelynaronson.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Thank you #SCBWI pals!! #ORPHELINE : A #Mermaid Lost & Found has reached the final round of The Crystal Kite Award! We are so proud of our beautiful book & so grateful for your support. 🙏💜🧜🏽‍♀️✨ Don’t forget to give your favorite titles that last little victory vote! #merbaby @dowphumiruk.bsky.social

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Katelyn Aronson📚#KidLit Author/Poet @katelynaronson.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

🐚🧜🏼‍♀️ #Orpheline : A Mermaid Lost & Found (written by me & illustrated by Dow Phumiruk) is currently in the running for the SCBWI’s Crystal Kite Award (Europe region).✨ If you haven’t yet been able to read our book, comment & I’ll send you a digital review copy. 💜 #mermaid #merbaby #picturebook

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Katelyn Aronson📚#KidLit Author/Poet @katelynaronson.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

🥳 A #giveaway for February, the month of #valentinesday and my bday! ❤️💕💖💜💗💓💝 To enter ONCE (here on or on any of my other social media profiles): Like, Share, Tag a pal below, & Follow Me! for a chance to win 2 copies of WHEN PB MET J 🍇❤️🥜! #kidlit #valentine #valentines #picturebook #whenpbmetj

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Candace Spizzirri 📚 @candacespizzirri.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Just a bull and a moose hanging out on the bookshelf together! 🫎❤️🐂 ❤️ CLOVIS MEETS HIS MATCH written by @katelynaronson.bsky.social with art by Benji Williams. FINLEY: A MOOSE ON THE CABOOSE written by me with art by Chantelle & Burgen Thorne. 📚❤️🐂🫎 #kidlit #picturebooks #bulls #moose #funnybooks

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Lynn Becker @lynnbbooks.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Today on the blog: December Recommendations! 📚👍 @issiekatt.bsky.social @andenwilder.bsky.social @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social @dowphumiruk.bsky.social @katelynaronson.bsky.social lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/12/dece...

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Heather Dawn Torres @hdtorresauthor.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

I had the most fun today chatting with author Katelyn Aronson about two of her charming PB’s! Visit www.heatherdawntorres.com/blog for the full interview! @katelynaronson.bsky.social @penguinkids.bsky.social #picturebooks #authorinterview #PictureBookPlaces

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Katelyn Aronson📚#KidLit Author/Poet @katelynaronson.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

EGADS, an 'exciting conversation'! (Can I be exciting after 15 hours of flights & layovers?😵‍💫!) In any case, I'm excitED for sure. See you soon, Vegas. 😅❤️ #NYRA #LasVegasBookFestival #LasVegas @pbpros.bsky.social @candlewickpress.bsky.social

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12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge @12x12challenge.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

🎉 Happy Book Birthday to @katelynaronson.bsky.social! 🎉 📚 CLOVIS MEETS HIS MATCH, illustrated by Benji Williams and published by Page Street Kids, is here!✨ Find it here: buff.ly/Td4EV8X #kidlit #12x12PB

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PB Pros @pbpros.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Happy Book Birthday to @katelynaronson.bsky.social & Clovis Meets His Match!

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12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge @12x12challenge.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

🎉 Happy Book Birthday to @katelynaronson.bsky.social! 🎉 📚 CLOVIS MEETS HIS MATCH, illustrated by Benji Williams and published by Page Street Kids, is here! 🐻✨ Find it here: buff.ly/PLnYGZq #kidlit #12x12PB

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Katelyn Aronson📚#KidLit Author/Poet @katelynaronson.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Sorry, Clovis. The answer’s NOPE. Buckle you’re seatbelt ‘cuz there’s more to learn, buddy! (And that’s why life is hard 😂). Out Tuesday: CLOVIS MEETS HIS MATCH by Katelyn Aronson, illustrated by #BenjiWilliams ☕️❤️🐃 @pbpros.bsky.social #clovis #clovismeetshismatch #clovisthebull #sel #kidlit

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Maria Marshall @mmarshallauthor.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Check out @katelynaronson.bsky.social & Benji Williams's new book and Giveaway: CLOVIS MEETS HIS MATCH by Katelyn Aronson kathytemean.wordpress.com/2025/09/09/b... #Giveaway #kidlit 📚👍

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Katelyn Aronson📚#KidLit Author/Poet @katelynaronson.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

The star-reviewed ‘POO-DUNIT? A FOREST FLOOR MYSTERY’ has won the 2025 Nevada Young Readers Award! THANK YOU #NYRA !!! POO-RAY for this hilarious, rhyming #STEM mystery, chosen by the children! 🙌 And POO-RAY for silly, stinky science!🐭💩 #NYRA #poodunit #poodunnit #kidlit @pbpros.bsky.social

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Katelyn Aronson📚#KidLit Author/Poet @katelynaronson.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

READY? With a glowing review from Kirkus, CLOVIS 3 drops Sept 16th! And sure… it’s about all those nice things Kirkus mentions but…TBH, if you wanna see #Clovis REALLY lose his cool this time, 😆 CLOVIS MEETS HIS MATCH is for you! ☕️🏈🐃 #kidlit #benjiwilliams #pagestreetkids @pbpros.bsky.social

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Katelyn Aronson📚#KidLit Author/Poet @katelynaronson.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

☕️❤️🐃 #CLOVIS 3 is out in a matter of weeks & coming to a #barnesandnoble near you! Your favorite bull has a new enemy in #Cloverdale and theirs is a rivalry to remember! Illustrated by the talented #benjiwilliams and published by #pagestreetkids , #ClovisMeetsHisMatch releases September 15th!

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Gareth L. Powell / G.L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

I promote other authors and encourage aspiring authors because I believe those other authors are my colleagues, not my competition. Their success is necessary for mine, because it keeps the publishing industry alive and keeps people reading #books.

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Heidi Yates @heidikyates.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Happy Book Birthday! 🥳🎉 @katelynaronson.bsky.social @dowphumiruk.bsky.social

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Erin Dealey--> Kidlit Author*Playwright @erindealey.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

“the name Orpheline symbolizes the different ways we can feel ‘orphaned’ in our lives—bereft of someone or something—and how that drives us to belong to someone and/or want someone to belong to us.” @katelynaronson.bsky.social @pbpros.bsky.social @dowphumiruk.bsky.social @candlewickpress.bsky.social

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Dow Phumiruk @dowphumiruk.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Thank you so much for the interview, Erin! Happy that Orpheline is out in the world today!⭐

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Katelyn Aronson📚#KidLit Author/Poet @katelynaronson.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

#Orpheline is here at last, washing up on shores everywhere today! Will you give this #merbaby a home? 😍 Special thanks to editor #AndreaTompa at @candlewickpress.bsky.social & illustrator #DowPhumiruk and my agents Christa & Daniele at @McIntoshAndOtis for making #mermaid magic with me! 🧜‍♀️✨ #kidlit

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eastwestlit.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Happy Book Birthday @dowphumiruk.bsky.social --illustrator of ORPHELINE, written by @katelynaronson.bsky.social @candlewickpress.bsky.social It's mer-magical indeed! #PictureBooks #KidlitArtSky

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12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge @12x12challenge.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Congrats to #12x12PB member @katelynaronson.bsky.social on her Book Birthday for her #picturebook, 📚ORPHELINE: A MERMAID LOST AND FOUND STORY, illustrated by @dowphumiruk.bsky.social and published by Candlewick Press! See her book and MANY more: buff.ly/Zlzmje0

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Katelyn Aronson📚#KidLit Author/Poet @katelynaronson.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Just 2 more sleeps until our #merbaby washes up on shores everywhere & hopefully finds a home on many bookshelves…🧜‍♀️✨🐚

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Katelyn Aronson📚#KidLit Author/Poet @katelynaronson.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

#MerMay announcement: ORPHELINE is out next month from @candlewickpress ! 🐚✨Pre-order by June 9th, let me know you did, & I’ll send you some #mermaid mail 💌 featuring @dowphumiruk ‘s luscious illustrations. 🤩🧜‍♀️ #orpheline #merbaby #newrelease #picturebook #mermail #kidlit #fairytale #folktale

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Skylaar Amann @skylaar.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Looks like they removed comments about ai — I guess given all the reports of nonpayment to contributors and now this, I have no value alignment with Cricket at all. When I think of all the time I spent reading and looking up to the magazine as a kid — very sad indeed

Cricket Magazine posted a gen ai image on Instagram

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Jenn Kaufman @jennkaufman.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

As a #boymom, books about poop are always among the most requested at storytime. Thanks to Poo-Dunnit by @katelynaronson.bsky.social my 3-yr-old can identify bear poop with more consistency than he can count to 10 😂

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Momo @heyheymomo.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

“AI made art accessible” is like saying burglary made me having your tv accessible

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Katelyn Aronson📚#KidLit Author/Poet @katelynaronson.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

🥳 POO-DUNIT : my guaranteed giggle fest, star-reviewed #STEM #mystery for kids has released in paperback (just in time for spring in the forest)! WOOHOO🎉 Illustrated by Stephanie Laberis and published by Candlewick Press 🐭💩🌷 #Kidlit #Poodunit #picturebook @pbpros.bsky.social

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Katelyn Aronson📚#KidLit Author/Poet @katelynaronson.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Kirkus has spoken!✨And it’s a sparkling review for #Orpheline : A Mermaid Lost & Found tale! ✨🐚 Lushly illustrated by @DowPhumiruk.bsky.social & out from Candlewick June 10th, if you preorder, I’ll send you some #mermaid mail.🧜‍♀️ So let me know, friends!💜 #kidlit #newrelease #picturebook #merbaby

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Picture Book Gold @picturebookgold.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Some ways to support your favorite #authors: 📗Share on Social media 👭Tell a friend if you love a book 📘 Ask your library to buy a book 📚 Ask your indie bookstore to stock a book ✍️ Write reviews - lots of stars and a few sentences #BookSky #kindness #Friday

Free ways to support your favorite authors
Reviews, social sharing tell a friend, ask your library to buy a book

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Troy Wilson @troystory.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

PB of the day. 📚👍

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Katelyn Aronson📚#KidLit Author/Poet @katelynaronson.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Thank you @lindsaybonilla.author for this pic of #Clovis 1 & 2 stocked at Barnes & Noble! The 3rd in the series, CLOVIS MEETS HIS MATCH (in which Clovis challenges a rival shopkeeper) will be out in Sept. Illustrated by #BenjiWilliams , it’s another keeper! ☕️❤️🐃 #KidLit #SEL @pbpros.bsky.social

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Katelyn Aronson📚#KidLit Author/Poet @katelynaronson.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Happy weekend, whether you celebrate #valentines #galentines or #palentines ! I love this holiday so much 💌 Fun fact: I was supposed to be born on Valentine’s Day (but was late to the party) & my dad originally wanted to name me Valentine. 😍 #KidLit #WhenPBMetJ #pbj #pbandj #peanutbutterandjelly

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Stephanie Maksymiw @storiesbystephm.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I literally lol-ed at the wordless spread in Poo-Dunit: A Forest Floor Mystery by @katelynaronson.bsky.social & illustrated by Stephanie Laberis. The book is brilliant! 💩

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Katelyn Aronson📚#KidLit Author/Poet @katelynaronson.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

UPDATE: 🥳100 *valid* entries! Thanks to all who entered my #giveaway across BlueSky, Insta, and X! 🤗Random Number Generator selected "sandrain2nd" on X as my #winner ! CONGRATS Sandra! I will get in touch & send your #Clovis prizes! 🎁💌

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Katelyn Aronson📚#KidLit Author/Poet @katelynaronson.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Members get 25% off preorders thru Feb 7th on BarnesandNoble.com w/ code PREORDER25 ! If you pre-order ORPHELINE, please let me know below! I’ll get in touch & send you some custom swag as a thank you 🙏🧜‍♀️✨ #mermaid #babymermaid #kidlit #picturebook #folktale #fairytale

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Katelyn Aronson📚#KidLit Author/Poet @katelynaronson.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Last weekend to enter, #kidlit lovers! Enter across any of my social media platforms ❤️

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

@katelynaronson.bsky.social we had so much fun using PooDunnit at Forest School. The Poo-seum turned out fantastic and we love Stephanie Laberis' illustrations so much!

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Katelyn Aronson📚#KidLit Author/Poet @katelynaronson.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

HEY #kidlit , #teacher , #librarian , #writer & #illustrator folk! This #Clovis #giveaway is for you! To enter: ❄️Like ❄️Follow ❄️Share 🔁 ❄️Tag a friend in the comments #Winner gets Clovis 1 & 2 + a bag of caramels (similar to Granny’s ☺️) #HappyNewYear #HappyWinter #HappyWeekend

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Michelle Witte @michellewitte.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Is anyone even talking about how Microsoft's AI could steal author's work just by using Word? There's so much going on right now, but it really concerns me as an author, editor and agent that we can't trust the word processing program we use to read manuscripts not to steal the text and train on it.

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Candace Spizzirri 📚 @candacespizzirri.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Spotted in the wild! CLOVIS SUSPECTS A SNEAK! I adore this beautiful book written by @MademoiselleK8 and illustrated by Benji Williams! ❤️

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12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge @12x12challenge.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Did you know #12x12PB can help you polish your pitches? It's true! Our Pitch Elves @katelynaronson.bsky.social & @judysobanski.bsky.social are ready to help YOU polish & share pitches at upcoming pitch events! Join today! #skypitch #12x12PB #kidlit #amwriting #picturebook www.12x12challenge.c...

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