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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What a fun day exploring the woods with Forest School!

A cut stump surrounded by green has a layered cake looking stack of shelf fungi on its side.

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This little Douglas Squirrel would like everyone to know she's unimpressed with our very existence. They are so funny!

A red squirrel perches on the branch of a cedar tree.

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

It was fun to spot a new to me bird in the neighborhood. I think it's a scrub jay.

A bird with a white chest and a blue head with a peanut in its beak perched on the top of a white house with a black roof.

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This is such a cool destination for a little fall hike. Fortunately the ice caves did not collapse on the people who disregarded the signs warning them not to go near or in the caves.

Huge, steep Rick mountains with a mound of snow at the bottom which have melted out into a cave. If you zoom in, you can see tiny people near the cave.

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I'm thrilled to announce that Laura Bifano and I have a picture book coming out in the spring of 2027 with Orca Book Publishers.

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Mindy Weisberger @laminda.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

This incredible tardigrade video really highlights the accuracy of the name "slow stepper" (translation of "Tardigrada," bestowed upon the group in 1776 by Italian biologist Lazzaro Spallanzani) More importantly, you can admire every flex of its wee toeses

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I have no idea how Amazon decides their prices and if it means anything, but Tiny Hiker is 42% off right now. Hopefully you'll buy from your local bookseller because they are awesome, but if price was the reason you couldn't pick up a copy, this is by far the cheapest I've seen.

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Tiny Hiker

Tiny Hiker [Zimmers, Natasha, MacGibbon, Jaimie] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Tiny Hiker

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April Berry | KidLit @aprilberrybooks.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

NEW BOOK MAIL! This #PictureBookPostcard is SO MUCH FUN! TINY HIKER Written by @natashazimmers.bsky.social Pictures by @jaimieillustrates.bsky.social Published by @orcabook.bsky.social Explore the wild with Tiny Hiker and read the blog post here: aprilberrybooks.com/tiny-hiker-n...

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Happy Book Birthday to Tiny Hiker, written by me illustrated by @jaimieillustrates.bsky.social and published by Orca Book Publishing. It takes a team to make a beautiful book and our team was the best! ❤️

Tiny jumps off logs shouting "It's Pub Day!"

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Spring in the PNW. We wouldn't mind some actual snow, but I'm also grateful we're not in a blizzard like those in the East.

Snowdrop flower with green leaves against a brown background.

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Would you like 9 seconds of glorious frog chorus? If so, this video is for you.

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

The conditions were perfect for hair ice today ❤️

A fern beside a stick with hair like ice coming out of the stick.

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

I got home from presenting (about picture books) at an environmental conference and these amazing bookmarks were waiting for me! I'm so excited to give them to kids on the trail ❤️ @orcabook.bsky.social @jaimieillustrates.bsky.social

Two stacks of bookmarks with Tiny Hiker and Trail Games on them

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Just a few seconds of sunset waves for you.

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

I'm so thrilled to see the first review for Tiny Hiker and it's a ⭐! @orcabook.bsky.social @jaimieillustrates.bsky.social www.schoollibraryjournal.com/review/tiny-...

Text reads: VERDICT A charming celebration of nature and curiosity, this book offers a realistic, joyful depiction of a young adventurer and reflects the author’s experience as an outdoor educator. A standout debut that will inspire young readers to explore the outdoors.

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A red star
The cover of Tiny Hiker by Natasha Zimmers and Jaimie MacGibbon

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

I made a Christmas fort in my yard. It makes me happy.

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Spiny lumpsuckers are the most adorable fish.

A little green fish with small fins and large eyes is suction cupped to the aquarium.

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

My kid needed to make a stick puppet character for their Wild Robot puppet show. ChitChat looks suspiciously like the adorable squirrel @jaimieillustrates.bsky.social put on all the pages of Tiny Hiker...

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Look at the twist on this arbutus/madrone tree trunk ❤️

A tree trunk twisted like a candy cane with peeling red bark on an angle, lower on the left corner and higher on the right corner.

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

This week we visited the hatchery with students. I will never get tired of seeing these adorable babies!

A teeming mass of alevin (baby salmon with their yolk sacs attached. They look like eggs with tails and eyes.)

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Slug dinner time. I'll never get tired of these slug sagas.

A child-made drawing of two banana slugs seated at a table with a plate of something green in front of each one.

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Sunshine in the forest is always glorious in the fall.

Leaf covered trail with tall trees and lots of yellow leaves.

Mossy vine maples create an arch over a leaf covered trail.

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

It was a gorgeous day in the woods. You never know if a perfect fall day will happen, so they are extra treasured. (My sample clay fairy doors were still in my backpack so they got to make an appearance too)

Orange amanita mushroom against yellow leaves with a fern in the foreground.

A yellow banana slug crawls across a yellow leaf

A mossy green tree has a red/orange clay leaf with a tiny red door leaned against it.

A green and purple leaf out of clay with a small red fairy door on it is on a mossy branch.

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Karen Yin (Nice to Eat You / Scholastic) 🧙🏻‍♀️🎃 @karenyin.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Eeeeek! It’s the cover reveal for my 5th book, “Nice to Eat You!” Is the sweet old lady a 🧙🏽‍♀️? Well, yeah. But do the kids know?! 🫣 Preorder a signed copy from @vromansbookstore.bsky.social: bit.ly/Nice2EatU Written by me, illus. by Carolina Coroa, published by Orchard Books. #KidLit #Halloween 🕷️

On a bright purple background is the cover of Nice to Eat You. The word "Eat" is written next to the word "Meet," which has been X-ed out. The cover has a pink-faced cat-eye-glasses-wearing old lady holding a platter of cupcakes, the other hand raised in welcome. Behind her, leafless trees with haunted faces scream silently under a crescent moon. Above the cover is the text "Pre-order your signed copy now." Below: "Flying into bookstores on July 7, 2026."

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

@gingerngo.bsky.social ! I squealed when I saw it on BC Ferries since I can't get it yet in the US!

Emerson (the elephant seal) book front and center on a book shelf.

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

The frost has arrived but these flowers are hanging into the last tendrils of summer.

A dark pink flower with a yellow center is against a green background.

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

I made it to see the golden larches! (This was Friday - today, everything was covered in snow!)

Trail with yellow trees and some green - blue sky is poking out between clouds.

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

I was chatting with one of my Forest School kids and he was so excited to tell me about a book he was reading: Log Life, by @amyhevron.bsky.social He was especially excited to tell me about "Vacay in the decay!" ❤️

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

A little spinning wonder from this morning.

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

I got to spend my Saturday hiking. The puppy was not impressed. "Why are we still walking?"

Orange puppy with white paws and very fluffy ears wearing a red harness rests on dirt.

A bright green lake is framed by evergreen branches.

Pink nosed puppy looks at the camera with a forlorn expression. He is orange, with a narrow white blaze on his face and a white chest. He's sitting in bright green ferns.

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

I listened to the Teuthology episode of Ologies from 2018 and @sarahmackattack.bsky.social is just so delightful. Do I already have 2 picture book manuscripts featuring octopuses? Yes. Am I inspired to work on another cephalopod story? Indeed I am!

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

We're still working on convincing the water dog that he's a water dog, but we're making progress!

A red puppy with a white nose marking and a red vest splashes into the water.

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Inked Voices @inkedvoices.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Non-member registration is open for our upcoming Adult/YA SFF workshop with Naomi Davis at Bookends Literary. This is a great opportunity to get market and editorial feedback on your opening chapters! find out more and register at app.inkedvoices.com/event/worksh...

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Rain today! Good day for a tunnel hike for Hike-a-Thon

Pink sweat pea flowers with raindrops on the petals

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Katie Venit @katievenit.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

I'm agog! FORTS is one of @usatoday.com's bestselling #picturebooks this week! Thank you to all the indie bookstores who believe in this book and have been sharing it with their customers. ❤️💙📚 #kidlit www.usatoday.com/booklist/gen...

The cover of the picture book FORTS, showing a girl and her cat sitting in a cozy treehouse.

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Look at this unusual cosmos flower. Its petals didn't split!

A pink flower with a yellow Center on a green background

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

I got a physical ARC of Tiny Hiker in the mail ❤️ I love it so much!

Cover of book reads Tiny Hiker with a little girl looking up at the trees and her family hiking away in the woods behind her.

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

How many seeds are catching a ride in this puppy's ear fur?

A duck Toller puppy with a white blaze and his tongue hanging out lies in tall grass.

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

It's a long travel day for us, so here's a moonsnail shell from the mossy woods of Gwaii Haanas.

Large white snail shell on a bed of moss.

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Here is a beautiful beach in the middle of nowhere. (Gwaii Haanas, Haida Gwaii. And what happens to it next? The island's landfill cannot handle the amount of debris that floats in. Cleaning it up isn't enough. We have to stop letting so much plastic get into the ocean in the first place.

Driftwood, sand, ocean, low mountains, blue sky

Sand and driftwood with small plastic pieces entwined.

Zodiac boat full of garbage, with crew leaning over the front of the boat

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Natasha Zimmers (she/her) @natashazimmers.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

I spent 10 days exploring Gwaii Haanas. It was incredible, and I'm not sure how to write about the experience. ❤️

Sign with a Haida picture of a sea otter.
Sign reads:
UNFORGETTABLE
GAM GAN K'AAYSGID
INOUBLIABLE
GWAII HAANAS

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Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com · 04/06/2025

You might’ve heard me say: the goal of a creative practice is to refine what you’ve made until you can bear witness to it with a quiet mind—free from the whisper of an urge to change anything. Thinking this morning that—bearing witness to whatever you’ve made—you should also have a full heart.

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