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Sue Scott @sdscottwriter.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Saving Shark Pup is a glorious new picture book by @sharondalgleish.bsky.social and @amandinethomas, published by @allenandunwin.bsky.social Now, more than ever, we need to learn about respecting sharks. Congratulations, Sharon! 💕🦈💕 #kidlit #auskidlit #picturebooks #sharks

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Picture Book Summit @picturebooksummit.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

There's still time to enter the #PBSummit 2025 TICKET GIVEAWAY! Just share our reveal posts with your writer friends on social media and tell us about it at: www.picturebooksummi... Enter today! Ends 6/9/25. #amwriting #picturebook #kidlit #PBSummit #booksky

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Lynne Marie - Holiday Book Author, RYS Director @literallylynne.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Rate Your Story is super excited to present a January 20th 7 PM Launch and Learn with Beth Anderson here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Beth Anderson @followers @highlight #nonfiction #NonFictionBooks #RateYourStory

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PB Rising Stars @pbrisingstars.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

🌟But since we can’t wait…we’re hosting a social media GIVEAWAY! 🎁 You could win ONE MONTH FREE of Ebony Lynn Mudd’s PB courses at The PB Retreat! How to enter: 1. Follow us 2. Repost! 3. Tag a friend in the comments! A winner will be chosen on Friday, 1/10! Enter on IG too to DOUBLE your chances!

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PB Rising Stars @pbrisingstars.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

🍦✨ Calling all aspiring picture book authors and illustrators! Join us for our Third Annual Virtual Ice Cream Social on Tuesday, January 28th from 8-9:30 PM Eastern! Connect with the co-directors, meet past mentees, get insider tips on applying to the program + more! Register at pbrisingstars.com

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sharondalgleish.bsky.social @sharondalgleish.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

So much to love about a Rate Your Story membership! Check it out! www.rateyourstory.org #RateYourStory @literallylynne.bsky.social #picturebooks

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SCBWI @scbwi.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Join us today for a Free Digital Workshop for Premium Members! A replay will be made available if you cannot attend live! Register here: www.scbwi.org/events/state...

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Sheryl McFarlane @sherylbooks.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Lit Kids Magazine is a good one-line publishing option for 5-13 year old creatives. A quarterly with themed submissions, it requires parental permission. I like that it provides mentors helping kids to improve their writing & art. Check them out, and check out their latest issue. #kidswriting

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Heather Macht - KidLit Author & Blogger @authorhmacht.bsky.social · 11/08/2024

Hi, #WritingCommunity.👋 My name is Heather Macht, I'm a #kidlit author who writes #PB & #MG, & I'm one of the faces behind #SeasonsOfKidLit.com. I write stories about mutants, monsters, & prehistoric creatures, & love mixing #STEM and #girlpower themes into my books. 💚 I'd love to connect!

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 25/11/2024

Updated: Bluesky resources For The #KidLit Community. Added a Master Index to make it easier to find subtopics, plus you can always use the Search field to look for specific topics. publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/fo...

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For KidLit Community - Debbie Ridpath Ohi - Obsidian Publish

KidLit Community On Bluesky Since I mainly joined Bluesky in hopes of helping to establish my new home for connecting with the kidlit community (writers, illustrators, educators and librarians, agent…

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 24/11/2024

Thanks to all who have shared my Unofficial Guide To Bluesky! MUCH appreciated. Other ways to help: - Pass it forward. Help/welcome a Bluesky newcomer. - I make a living writing/illus #KidLit, so consider boosting, borrowing, or buying one of my books? More: publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/bl....

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a. Welcome - Debbie Ridpath Ohi - Obsidian Publish

Welcome to Debbie's Unofficial Guide To Bluesky Greetings to those finding me via the recent Vox post about Bluesky! You may already be familiar with my Bluesky tips blog post, Bluesky article in Sch…

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 22/11/2024

Do not engage with trolls. BLOCK them. Feel free to share with anyone who needs it: How to Block a user on Bluesky (including screenshots of what they'll see, etc): debbieohi.link/how-to-block #BlueSkyTips

Graphic with a blue sky and butterfly motif featuring the text 'How to Block Someone on Bluesky' in bold, black letters. Below it reads 'Do not engage with trolls. BLOCK them.' A QR code is placed on the right side of the image.

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 25/11/2024

Today, I got to read #IWantToReadALLTheBooks to Archie, the real-life dog who inspired the canine throughout my book! I presented him with a personalized copy, of course. 😁

A woman sits on a cozy couch, smiling as she reads a children's book titled "I Want to Read ALL the Books" to an attentive white West Highland Terrier beside her. A decorative pillow in the background features the word "FAMILY" with an inspiring quote. Photo credit: Sara Jandrew.

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 25/11/2024

I provide templates for book creators for FREE & without needing to register: debbieohi.com/resources/pr... Thanks @annettewhipple.bsky.social for the heads-up.

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Templates For Book Creators – Debbie Ridpath Ohi

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 25/11/2024

Just out that www.formsbank.com has an old version of one of my PB templates on their website, without permission, and with THEIR TRADEMARK over it. 😡 Have asked them to take it down.

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Julie Murphy, Children's Author @juliekidsbooks.bsky.social · 14/10/2024

It's Nature Book Week in Australia. My fave kind of book, they are beautiful, informative, entertaining and inspiring. People can't care about something they haven't experienced first-hand - nature books are the gateway to making future conservationists. 💚Here are some I wrote. #NatureBookWeek2024

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Julie Murphy, Children's Author @juliekidsbooks.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

The good news: I've been visiting local bookshops to sign copies of my new picture book with Annie White called DOG BEACH. The bad news: about 1 in 3 times, they don't have DOG BEACH in stock. The good news: it's because DOG BEACH has sold out! The best news: they are ordering more. 😁 #picturebooks

Author Julie Murphy stands in front of a colourful mural in a local bookshop, holding a copy of her picture book called DOG BEACH, and smiling.

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Stephanie Campisi @stephcampisi.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

*doing a signing for Quacks Like a Duck...* Parent: Oh yay! My kid LOVES ducks. Absolutely obsessed with ducks! Can't get enough of ducks. Ducks ducks ducks! Me: Unfortunately it's about a platypus 😅

The cover for Quacks Like a Duck by Stephanie Campisi and Maria Lebedeva, showing an ambiguous duck looking creature staring wide-eyed out at the reader

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Stephanie Campisi @stephcampisi.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Two more months until my magical guinea pigs waddle on to shelves! ✨

A graphic showing the three Sparkle Pigs chapter book covers, with a quote from Kirkus calling the books "funny and relatable"

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

We often worry about the wrong things. People killed annually by Sharks 10 Elephants 100 Hippos 500 Snails 10,000 Dogs 25,000 Snakes 50,000 People 475,000 Mosquitoes 725,000 🧪

This graphic, created for Bill Gates' website, shows that diseases transmitted by mosquitoes are responsible for vastly more human deaths than other animals. While sharks inspire fear in many, they kill few people.

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Gina Soldano @ginasoldano.bsky.social · 09/02/2024

Latest #podcast episode of my chat with @sharongiltrow1.bsky.social is in! Give it a listen to hear more on celebrating community success, why Australian libraries are so awesome, and why it matters to find joy in the writing process. Link in bio. #author #kidlit ginasoldano.com/joy-writing-...

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Finding Joy in the Writing Process with Sharon Giltrow - Gina Soldano

Check out the latest episode of "Getting to The Heart of Why We Write" with author Sharon Giltrow. Book recs, community support and more!

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Sue Scott @sdscottwriter.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Well, I’ve had a go and created a Starter Pack for those interested in Australian Kidlit. Please let me know if you’d like to be added and/or removed. Looking forward to connecting with others who are also Aussie Kidlit tragics and advocates. go.bsky.app/BHYEVMN

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DK Mok @dkmok.bsky.social · 27/11/2023

For those who like gifting books, here are some of my favourite reads this year. These beautiful picture books by Australian First Nations storytellers range from the gently serene to the fantastically wondrous. 💙📚👍🏼 #Books #KidLit #ChildrensBooks #PictureBooks #Australia #DiverseBooks #Gifts

A cream-coloured page with the heading Recommended Children’s Books. The front covers of the following picture books are tiled beneath. The Incredible Freedom Machines by Kirli Saunders and Matt Ottley; Our Dreaming by Kirli Saunders and Dub Leffler; Cooee Mittigar: A Story on Darug Songlines by Jasmine Seymour and Leanne Mulgo Watson; Bidhi Galing by Anita Heiss and Samantha Campbell; Listen by Duncan Smith, Nicole Godwin and Jandamarra Cadd; We Are Australians by Duncan Smith, Nicole Godwin and Jandamarra Cadd.

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Betsy Bird @fuse8.bsky.social · 23/09/2024

"Hurt creatures, hurt creatures." A emotionally resonant Australian classic that should be better known. On @fuse8nkate.bsky.social we dive deep into a book that will stay with you for years. Get ready for FOX by Margaret Wild: #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2024/09/23/f...

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Fuse 8 n’ Kate: Fox by Margaret Wild, ill. Ron Brooks

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Joyce Uglow, award-winning kidlit picture book poet @jpuglow.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

If you need a reason to go to a library, here are 101 instead. #TBR #kidlit I especially love the #NF #poetry and #PB lists. Check it out.

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Kirsten W. Larson @kirstenwlarson.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Podcast Episode 3: Writing Nonfiction Poetry with Buffy Silverman

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Podcast Episode 3: Writing Nonfiction Poetry with Buffy Silverman

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12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge @12x12challenge.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Okay, here's the first 12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Starter Pack. Let me know if you are a member and would like to be added (check to make sure you're not on it already). We're going to need more packs given the number of members we have, but it's a start! go.bsky.app/SE9YQfH

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Jennifer Laughran @literaticat.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Okay now that have hopefully ALL left that other place and there’s critical mass of kids book creators, readers, agents and editors here — WHAT WILL IT TAKE to make the big publishers follow suit? I’M JUST AN AGENT STANDING IN FRONT OF THE BOOK PUBLICITY DEPARTMENTS BEGGING

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 14/11/2024

To new Bluesky users: This place has the BEST curation & moderation tools of any social media platform I've been on (& I've been around for a while 🦕). *Strongly* recommend TAKING A FEW MINUTES to learn. I've summarized the essentials in my Unofficial Guide: publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/bl...

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Brian LaRossa @brianlarossa.com · 08/08/2024

Picture Book Idea

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Sylvia Chen 余愛莉 @sylviaichen.bsky.social · 08/08/2024

🤩 I more than adore THE BOOK THAT ALMOST RHYMED—brilliant storytelling through an ever-clever rhyming scheme, entertaining pacing, funny read-aloud appeal, plus so much more! 📚👍🏼 #PBStudyBuddy #Kidlit #bookboost #TheBookThatAlmostRhymed @omarabedwrites.bsky.social @metahatem.bsky.social #PenguinKids

#PBStudyBuddy feature picture book THE BOOK THAT ALMOST RHYMED: Pic of Asian American author Sylvia Chen in giant glasses holding book. Emoji Arc shows emojis plotted on graph with Y-axis for Tension/Intensity & X-axis for Pages; may vary by reader. Standout Phrase: "But then my sister came along, and now the story sounds all wro— BETTER!" Standout Page Turn Text: All the cut-off words and phrases Standout Art Detail: Fantastically imaginative scenes plus endearing sibling shenanigans Starry Book Marks: Brilliant storytelling through an ever-clever rhyming scheme, Entertaining pacing, Advanced vocabulary with easy-to-understand context.

Top-of-Mind Book Hooks: Fun, savvy rhyming, Sibling angst, Compromise, Read-aloud appeal plus funny surprises, Sharing and shifting perspectives for the better. Fast Facts: Pub Year 2024, Created by Omar Abed and Hatem Aly, Imprint/Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers / Penguin Random House. For more, visit pbstudybuddy.com. Thank you!

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12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge @12x12challenge.bsky.social · 08/08/2024

#12x12PB members, are you ready for our August webinar with Tameka Fryer Brown? Tune into "Picture Book Range: Writing Across Styles and Topics" on Thursday, August 29th, 2024 at 1pm ET/10am PT. Mark your calendars, and we'll see you there!

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 06/06/2024

Created a new EduLib feed that picks up hashtags like #EduSky #Skybrarian #SchoolLibrarian #TeacherSky #TeacherLibrarian: bsky.app/profile/debb...

The image has a bright green background with the word "EduLib" in large black letters at the center. On either side of the text are white butterfly silhouettes. Below "EduLib," there are several hashtags related to education and libraries, including #EduSky, #EduLib, #Skybrarian, #TeacherSky, #SchoolLibrarian, #TeacherLibrarian, and related hashtags. The image also features two QR codes, one labeled "Feed" and the other labeled "Info." At the bottom, there is a URL: https://debbieohi.link/edulib-feed.

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Searchlight Awards @writingawards.bsky.social · 04/12/2023

Love, love, love 💕 that Katie Blagden of The Bright Agency is judging our shiny new Chapter Book for 5-8-year-olds competition. Find out what our agent judge is looking for in a chapter book here: www.searchlightawards.co.uk/judge/katie-...

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Searchlight Awards @writingawards.bsky.social · 25/01/2024

Time is running out… To enter, send us your opening chapter and a pitch. Your story can be work in progress. 1st prize: £350 + a call with our agent judge - Katie Blagden of The Bright Agency. Top 10 entries: featured in our agent/publisher pitch book. www.searchlightawards.co.uk/competitions/

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sharondalgleish.bsky.social @sharondalgleish.bsky.social · 29/01/2024

Hooray! 'What Sort of Dog is That?' 🐾 🐾 found a home on the shortlist for Searchlight's Best Picture Book Text 2023. Thank you to the hard working @writingawards.bsky.social team!

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