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Katie Venit

@katievenit.bsky.social
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she/her. National bestselling author in WI 🎪FORTS, Viking 🛰️CASSINI'S MISSION, MIT Kids Press 🛰️VOYAGER TWINS FOREVER! ('28) linktr.ee/KatieVenit

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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
On a related topic, I've been pleasantly surprised at the quality of the Disney+ Percy Jackson series. Hope they stick with it to finish the first five books! The actors who play the main trio are all really great.
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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Just based on the popularity, I'm so surprised that neither Warriors nor WoF have been made into movies. They'd have to be animated, sure. And I bet that can make things harder than an easy realistic fiction kids' movie. But, they'd probably make a TON of money (and pull more kids into reading).
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Libby App @libbyapp.com · 01/06/2026
🌈 A reminder today and every day! #LibbyApp #Bookish #LibraryLove #PrideMonth #Booksky
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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Member of @authorsabb.bsky.social @jerroldconnors.bsky.social came through in the best way and assembled this for us all! Know thine shitty bills!
Three poop colored circles in a Venn diagram, 8705: mandates teaching propagandistic US history, HR 7661: will banned undefined "sexually oriented" materials, HR 2616 will mandate teachers to put trans and nb students. ALL 3 will ban books. ALL THREE are transphobic bs.
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
No darkness lasts forever. And even there, there are stars.
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Tricia Dearborn @triciadearborn.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
If you're thinking about using gen-AI to "write" books, this 🧵 is for you. I’m a highly experienced editor who’s been in the biz a long time. Recently I’ve had manuscripts come to me where the author has used gen-AI – not for writing, I’ve been assured, but for “structuring” or "organising"
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The Onion @theonion.com · 08/05/2026
God Discontinues The Pebble theonion.com/god-discontinues-the-p…
God Discontinues The Pebble
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Kate Messner @katemessner.com · 05/05/2026
I love the way Meg Medina used her time as National Ambassador for Young People's Literature to lift up so many voices in our amazing community of creators. Such a great example of what leaders do when they're offered a platform. Check out her interview series here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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Cuéntame! Let’s Talk Books with Meg Medina - YouTube
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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
favorite 15 TV shows, no order. Reading Rainbow TNG Good Place Seinfeld West Wing Avatar: TLA Stranger Things X Men ('90s) Batman animated series X Files Parks and Recs (more consistent than The Office) The Office (higher highs but lower lows than P&R) Firefly Planet Earth Buffy Cosmos
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SCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Use the EveryLibrary action center to urge your representative to vote NO, or better, yet, to not take it up for a vote. tinyurl.com/hapf2m9r
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Wil Wheaton ❌👑 @wilwheaton.net · 21/04/2026
I really needed to see this thing I just saw on Tumblr: Write it badly or it'll never be written Write it badly or it'll never be written Write it badly or it'll never be written Write it badly or it'll never be written Write it badly or it'll never be written
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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Author and former bookstore owner Danny Caine discusses the dangers of HR 7661—a bill that would withhold funds from public schools and libraries that have “sexually oriented” material on their shelves—and the impact it could have on children buff.ly/oKSyQrx
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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Hey @youngteenlit.bsky.social, recommendation for your awesome book lists: Dustborn by Erin Bowman (dystopian). It might not fit the page count requirement, though, I'm not sure. youngteenlit.com
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It's Time for Young Teen Lit
What is Young Teen Lit?
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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
my family had an interesting debate while on a spring break trip to Mammoth Cave #nationalpark: Are #caves inside or outside, and why? (Mammoth is amazing, BTW, and anyone who says otherwise went on the wrong tour)
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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Do I dare Disturb the universe? Do I dare Put away my winter boots?
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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
CASSINI'S MISSION didn't get a real Sibert, but I was thrilled to learn it won a mock Sibert at @katiemcenaney.bsky.social's school! Thanks for the awesome article, Melissa and Katie, and words of affirmation, kiddos!
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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
My spring newsletter with lots of juicy book recommendations for picture books through adult novels is out! katievenit.beehiiv.com/p/katie-s-sp...
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Katie's Spring 2026 Newsletter
Spring Break!
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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
So excited to be working with Jon Chad on Voyager Twins Forever, my middle grade graphic novel debut!! #kidlt
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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
New book deals on the way from @katievenit.bsky.social @nessadeeart.bsky.social @caitlevin.bsky.social @bonniekelso.bsky.social + more buff.ly/NFH6TZl
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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
shopping for jeans and I'm BEGGING online retailers to give us more information than "look, my fingers can fit in the pockets" in the photos. I want to see videos of women piling stuff in there before I buy. Phones, keys, index cards, bubbly water, produce... How many apples can fit in the pockets?
a jeans model with just her fingers in her pocket.
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
You were moved to do this by pride and by hate. Is it any wonder the result was ruin?
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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work. "Is it a bug or is it a feature?"
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Publisher Spotlight @pubspotlight.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
"...what contemporary books do that most legacy titles don’t is reflect the world that children currently live in and its values" www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
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Don’t let nostalgia cloud your judgment: some of the best picture books are actually the newest | Kate Temple
Contemporary children’s books reflect the diversity and values of a changing world – but getting new titles into small hands is harder than ever
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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
I am so honored and humbled that the Dolly Parton Imagination Library selected my picture book FORTS to be one of the books sent to hundreds of thousands of children this year. This is the greatest professional honor I could hope for. #picturebooks #kidlit imaginationlibrary.com/usa/book-list/
Dolly Parton holding a book and smiling into the camera. The logo reads "Proud to be Part of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library 2026"
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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
My kid asked to rewatch Princess Bride. I think we all know what I said to that.
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a young man with long blonde hair is looking at the camera and saying `` as you wish '' .
Alt: Wesley from Princess Bride saying ``as you wish '' .
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Star Trek Minus Context @nocontexttrek1.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Star Trek The Next Generation scene. We're in engineering with control panels and engineering stuff on the walls and whatnot. We see Picard and Worf, but Picard is a borgs! His whole body is worn in black spandex or rubber or something borgy and he looks to have been transformed into half robot half human, with tubes and wires and mechanics attached to his body and head, including half his face being covered in tech and wires, Phantom of the Opera style. (SING FOR ME, MY ANGEL CHRISTINE!) Picard's whole arm is also now a long metally tool doohickey with sharp smaller tools doohickeys sticking out of the end, and he's holding it to Worf threateningly. Worf, in gold uniform, stands like he's being held at gunpoint. Closed caption reads, "We only wish to raise quality of life." (Editors note, it goes without saying but FUCK ICE)
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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
a perennially good read
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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I haven't gotten any calls today (yet) from the "real" ALA about Cassini's Mission, but this was some joyful news regarding a kid version of the Sibert Smackdown! Also, kidlit writers should totally follow Katie's blog (link in OP). It's a terrific home to follow what kids actually like to read.
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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
#bluey watch through “The doctor” is such a palate cleanser after “calypso”. Calypso felt 100% to me to be aimed at parents. “Here’s how to encourage creativity without telling kids what to do.” “Doctor” was the opposite. The parents removed themselves and the kids encouraged their own creativity
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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
#bluey binging “Yoga ball” Why is the dad dog’s office full of dinosaur bones? Has he secretly been a paleontologist this whole time? Do dinosaurs exist in this world? Feels like that should be a more developed storyline. Spent this whole episode expecting Bingo to hurl.
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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
#bluey binging “Butterflies” “No one to love him at all” 😭😭
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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
#bluey “takeaway” Seeing the big blue dad dog get flustered is always a good time.
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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
#bluey binging: “Spy Game” I appreciate showing adults having fun without the adults, glad to see that antipodal kids also play potions, and “hurry up, I can feel my sausages burning” is a proper good line.
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Katherine Applegate @kaaauthor.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
As a wave of book banning continues across the country, I wanted to reshare this important research from @trevorproject.bsky.social on how book bans affect LGBTQ+ youth. Books save lives. ❤️
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Book Bans and LGBTQ+ Youth Mental Health
Research from The Trevor Project—the leading suicide prevention organization for LGBTQ+ youth— sheds light on the harms of book banning and curriculum censorship.
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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Hey parents: did you know you don't need to do your kids' laundry? As soon as they can reach the buttons, they can do their own laundry.
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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
#twin soapbox: There's this content creator posting skits. He's video chatting with either some random guy or his boss, and a woman comes onscreen and the first guy is like, WTF, why are you there or you're his wife I thought you were divorced? etc., and it escalates into this huge conflict...
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Jill U. Adams @juadams.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
I love this paragraph on the ever-present uncertainty in science. From the book Unrooted by @doctorzedd.bsky.social
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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Thanks you to @fuse8.bsky.social for mentioning CASSINI'S MISSION twice on her annual blog roundup! Both in the best science and nature categories and in (gasp) the coveted best nonfiction category. Truly an honor!
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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
I'm SO EXCITED to again volunteer at my local #library for Family Fort Night, in which families come after hours and build forts in the stacks. But this year, I ALSO get to read them my book, Forts. This is a great post that describes the programming. It's a must do! jbrary.com/family-fort-...
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Go Forth and Fort: Family Fort Night - Jbrary
Family Fort Night is a fun and playful library program. This post has instructions and a list of supplies to try it out for yourself!
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uosdɯᴉS ɐuɐꓷ 🦄 @danacorn.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
I always pretend I don’t know stuff like this is about sports.
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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
When past me was leaving future me notes for revision in Scrivener, she was in a MOOD let me tell you. #amwriting
This screenshot from Scrivener under notes says "This chapter sucks. Improve it."
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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Band Nerd is so good!!!
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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 12/12/2025
Top: Sunset on Mars (Curiosity rover, April 2015) Bottom: Sunset on LV-426 (Alien, 1979)
Top: the Sun sets on a barren, lifeless world.
Bottom: the Sun sets on a barren, slightly less lifeless world.
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Melissa Stewart @mstewartscience.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Gamification and the Quest for Commercial Nonfiction tinyurl.com/mvjbawum #TLsky #Skybrarian #edusky #kidlit
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Gamification and the Quest for Commercial Nonfiction
School and library book sales have always been a major part of the children’s publishing market, especially for nonfiction books. So as the ...
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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
My holiday hot take is that Die Hard is more of a Christmas movie than It's a Wonderful Life. Like, it's not even close.
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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
my picture book CASSINI'S MISSION is 900 words long--which is pushing it for a PB!--so I had to leave some stuff out. 😭 In this wonderful post, Porco, lead for the imaging team, has many more details on the amazing discoveries they made on Saturn's gorgeous moon Enceladus. #planetsci #kidlit
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
How men feared women! she thought, walking among the late-flowering roses. Not as individuals, but women when they talked together, worked together, spoke up for one another - then men saw plots, cabals, constraints, traps being laid.
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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
“…Saturn's rings are confined to a plane many times thinner, in proportion, than a razor blade.”
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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Big thanks to Amazon for including Forts in its list of best picture books for 2025! (Psst: it's almost the exact same price at your local indie. 😉) #picturebooks #kidlit
A screenshot from Amazon's Top 20 Children's Books of 2025: Ages 3 to 5, showing FORTS by Katie Venit and Kenard Pak, The Baby Who Stayed Awake Forever, and Norman adn the Smell of Adventure.
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