Journalist/author of Down Syndrome Out Loud & lots of other nonfiction/fiction. Work in NYT Magazine, WaPo, Smithsonian, Nat Geo Kids, CNN, Slate, Salon, +. melissahart.com
Read Your World is a non-profit whose mission is to raise awareness about children’s books that celebrate diversity and to get more of these books into the hands of readers.
https://linktr.ee/ReadYourWorld
Award-winning author, lawyer & outdoor enthusiast. Free resources: https://johackl.com, and https://outdoorosity.com
Birdability is a nonprofit working to make birding and the outdoors accessible and inclusive for everyone, especially those with disabilities and health concerns. Check out birdability.org for more information!
Children's Book Author
GREAT CARRIER REEF 🌟🌟 LIGHTS OUT;
FIRE ESCAPE 🌟🌟; PLIGHT OF THE PELICAN; WONDERFULLY WILD 🌟 TRAPPED IN THE TAR PIT; WHEN OLD BECOMES NEW ('26)
Picture books that explore and illuminate touching and humorous moments of family situations. www.FlashlightPress.com
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Writer, poet, kidlit, SCBWI, librarian, teacher
✨Middle grade writer
🐈⬛Cat mom
M.Ed. Children's Book Writer. Picture Taker. Nature Lover. Anglophile.
Curious about flora and fauna of all kinds but particularly fond of elephants, wolves, birds, insects, and trees.
#SCBWI. #12x12 #kidlit #naturalist
elizabethvolkmannauthor.com
THE BLUE JAYS THAT GREW A FOREST (2025), NO FEATHERS IN YOUR HATS! (2027)
VCFA. 12x12. Writing lyrical nonfiction and fiction for curious kids.
Rep'd by @SFretwellHill @RedFoxLiterary. http://linktr.ee/lynnstreet
Author of "Heroes of Gold Country" (2025) 🎻
"EMMA REVIVED" COMING SOON! 🌙
Visit me at kirstenmilesauthor.com 💕
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Children's Author & Teacher/SENCo
Winner #ChuckleChallenge 2024
Winner #springflingkidlit 2023
Mentor #WriteMentor 2023 & 2025
Children's book writer, nature and animal lover, cat wrangler, promotions coordinator for SCBWI-Michigan and a member of the editorial team for The Mitten, SCBWI-Michigan's blog. #12x12, #SCBWI, Rate Your Story
#kidlit, SCBWI, 12x12, book lover, nature lover. A BOOK FOR BEAR (Flamingo Books/Penguin Random House, 2023) www.ellenlramsey.com
Educator with a passion for STEM
Working to remove barriers to STEM for families & students | Broadway Lover | ❤️ Disney | Swiftie | She/Her #EduSky
Creator of @stemwithmrssawyer.bsky.social
2nd grade teacher with a passion for STEM education through the lens of SEL, equity, & diversity; monthly At-Home STEM challenges for families #EduSky #stem
www.stemwithmrssawyer.com
https://linktr.ee/stemwithmrssawyer
Award-winning author of WHO NEEDS A FOREST FIRE #NautilusAward #SkippingStoneAward #IndieExcellenceAward #middlegrade #nonfictionkids #picturebooks #educator #kidlit #12x12 www.paulahenson.com www.terrabellabooks.com
-- Writer of kidlit fiction, seeking representation #kidlit #amquerying #amwriting.
-- Love drinking coffee while conjuring my childhood self.
-- Passionate about advocating for developmental disability awareness. #intellectualdisabilities #Downsyndrome
Foraging Ideas. Cultivating Change. Leading publisher of books on the politics and practice of sustainable living.
We are the MacKids School & Library marketing team! Follow us for news about books for kids & teens and resources for teachers & librarians!
https://www.mackidsschoolandlibrary.com/
To nurture and enrich the established writer’s journey through podcasts, classes, retreats, and more.
Leading the movement to reforest America, from cities to large, rural landscapes. #TreeEquity #Forests4Climate
📚 KidLit Writer
✍️ SCBWI + Mighty KidLit
🌋 STEAM Curriculum Writer
📚 Children’s Book Resource Hub
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Sharing about the Bank Street Library and Center for Children's Literature events, happenings, and the people who make them special.
https://linktr.ee/bankstreetlibrary
Mom jokes and puns. Humor with lightness and depth. Picture books, kid lit, literature, and poetry. And coffee, always coffee.
jessicamurrayauthor.com
Children’s book author
DANCING WITH DADDY ✨❤️
WILLOW AND BUNNY 🍃🐰
STARLIN chapter books (2026/27)
12x12 | SCBWI
The official Blue Sky account for Simon & Schuster. Learn more at simonandschuster.com.
We are a full-service,boutique literary agency representing children's book authors and illustrators from novelty & PB to YA. Here to share #kidlit GOOD NEWS. 📚eastwestliteraryagency.com
Find us at https://www.simonandschuster.com/p/kids!
Children's book author, illustrator, birder, baker.
Recent books: 🪵 Log Life 🍃 City of Leafcutter Ants 🐜 Poo Pile on the Prairie 💩
Coming 2026: Bog Buddies www.amyhevron.art
Writer: #Poetry Published in: #haiku journals & anthologies @TheDirigibleBalloon & DB anthology SKY SURFING @TygerTyger @Parakeet Mag @TheToyPress @PaddlerPress @HoneyguideLitMag Touchstone Nominee
Passionate about animals the environment kindness
Follow us for Giveaways and get to know new Authors & Illustrators with picture books launching in 2023-24 and beyond! See our books at https://linktr.ee/pb_2023 (Mascot by
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•📕Out now: WORM AND BUTTERFLY (S&S)
•📘Out soon!: TIME TRAVELING CHICKENS (S&S)
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Award-Winning Children’s Book Author-Artist, Art Professor, Autistic-ADHD 🌈📚Books, Classes, Social Media: linktr.ee/KazWindness
MG author of THE BENEFITS OF BEING AN OCTOPUS, FLIGHT OF THE PUFFIN, OPINIONS & OPOSSUMS.... just released: INTO THE RAPIDS
Former middle school teacher.
Southern Vermont.
Rep'd by Tricia Lawrence
https://linktr.ee/annbraden
Literary Agent at CMA ❤ Publishing Coach + 🇵🇷 Children's Book Author repped by Amy Giuffrida @kissbyink.bsky.social
👉 https://vickyweberbooks.substack.com/p/start-here
Using shared reading to create a world where every child has the relationships and resources to learn and thrive.
📚We're an Award-Winning website celebrating children's books & reading with Videos 🎥 Podcasts 🎧 KidLit Crafts & Activities 🎨 🏅An ALSC BEST DIGITAL TOOL 🐛CARLE HONOREE
Founder: Julie Gribble @juliegribble.bsky.social #kidlit
Our agency focuses on developing and finding the right home for the work of some of the most talented writers and illustrators in the book industry.
Author of books 4 children. Picture books, chapter books, and an occasional novel. I’ve penned SOUL FOOD SUNDAY (⭐️), WELCOME TO FORT GOODE, THE WALK ( ⭐️), MISSING MOMMA (⭐️), LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL (⭐️), THE TABLE (⭐️). I treat others the way I want to be treated.
West Houston's favorite bookshop. Can we say that? Opinionated service and fantastic author events since 1996.
Picture Book Author. Owner of Coyote Kids, a secondhand clothing and bookstore for kids in Albany, CA. It's all about the kids!
Author of over seventy-five books for young readers. Crazy about my family, animals of all kinds (including reptiles), books, and travel. Rare disease advocate. Represented by Andrea Cascardi. (she/her) www.jessicaleeanderson.com
The legendary independent bookstore.
Portland, OR | est. 1971
Connecticut Association of School Librarians
We believe in the right to read. We support #FReadom. Website link: https://www.txfreadomfighters.us/
Founder & Literary Agent at Open Book Literary. Lapsed librarian. Rapacious reader. Wishful writer. She/her. Member of @scbwi & @aalitagents. http://www.openbooklit.com/
She/Her
Literary Associate at Gallt and Zacker Literary
Proud nerd and Kidlit advocate
Loudest GRD Jeerleader
All thoughts are my own
✨📚🏳️🌈| backyard gardener🌻| associate literary agent @ ABLA |
Independent publisher of quality fiction for children & teens. WINNER Branford Boase first children’s novel Award, Yoto Carnegie Medal, Wales Book of the Year
www.fireflypress.co.uk
Publishing award-winning books and magazines for children ages 2 to 14 since 1976 📚
shop.owlkids.com
A lifelong love of reading starts here! 📚🎈
Books and author events from the home of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group in NYC.
http://www.mackids.com
Home of Brain Quest, Indestructibles, Paint by Sticker Kids, and more innovative books for curious kids ❤️
Celebrating 100 years of publishing great books. Here are some posts about them.
The official Blue Sky profile of Simon & Schuster Education and Library Team, offering great book suggestions/resources for educators & librarians, pre-K through College.
www.simonandschuster.net
The home of Simon & Schuster Children’s Books and Gallery Kids.
Dog lover, book hoarder, outdoor enthusiast 🌈 Founder + Lit Agent @ Starling Literary + Media
www.paigeterlip.com
www.starlingliterary.com
www.cowritecollective.com
Founder/Literary Agent at mccarthylit.com, long-suffering Mets fan, hops (beer and rabbits) enthusiast.
Director of Kidlit at The Seymour Agency
she/her | 📚 literary agent with Prospect Agency repping kidlit authors and illustrators | toddler mom | Greater Boston Area | opinions mine
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www.charlottewenger.com
www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/charlotte-wenger
Agent at Red Fox Literary ✏️ Kidlit Author 🖍️Indie Bookseller 📚 Dog Worshipper 🐾 Tree Hugger 🌳
A full-service team of fierce advocates whose priority is championing authors and books that reflect the diverse world around us🪞📚 http://lookingglasslit.com
Literary Agent at Storm Literary Agency | Podcast Cohost: Way-Word Writers | Writer
https://linktr.ee/heathercashman
Writer. Literary Agent at Speilburg Literary. Status updates and MSWL at SeraRivers.com Rep’d by Katie Shea Boutillier at Donald Maass Literary Agency
Literary Agent @AndreaBrownLit
https://querymanager.com/query/sallyabla
Executive Agent @ Andrea Brown Literary Agency
Children's Agent. Reader. Mama.
Header art by Marissa Valdez.
#kidlit writer rep'd by Taylor Martindale Kean at Full Circle Literary
#SCBWI #12x12PB #CTC #neurodivergent
Kidlit reviewer on https://www.instagram.com/johannapeytonauthor/. www.johannapeyton.com
The original online writing conference JUST for Picture Book Creators, established in 2015. Grab our PB Pitch Formula at picturebooksummit.com/pitch-formula. See you on Oct. 4, 2025! picturebooksummit.com
Creator of 87 books for readers of all ages including the children's books, "Joyful Song: A Naming Story," "Sparkle Boy," "The Babka Sisters," and "Heather Has Two Mommies" and the poetry collections for adults, "I Carry My Mother" and "I Wish My Father."
Kidlit agent at The CAT Agency, writer, story collector. Future ghost.
Newsletter: throughlines.substack.com
We are a happy bunch of #KidLit authors with #PictureBooks set to bloom! #SCBWI #12x12PB
Award-winning NF PB WHO NEEDS A FOREST FIRE #NautilusAward #SkippingStoneAward #IndieExcellenceAward #middlegrade #nonfictionkids #picturebooks #educator #kidlit @12x12challenge.bsky.social @aabbri.bsky.social #StopBookBanning
Kidlit Literary Agent at Bradford Lit, Middle School Math Teacher, PB author Repped by Jackie Kruzie, Living that “eat a cookie while you can” kinda life
We believe that books can change the world, and it all starts with our authors and illustrators.
www.bookendsliterary.com
Tiger Tales publishes imaginative picture, board, novelty, chapter, and nonfiction books for children 10 and younger. https://tigertalesbooks.com
Discover in-depth author interviews and insights into their writing journeys at AuthoriView. Submit your interview for free and connect with readers worldwide!
Visit AuthoriView.com to share your story today.
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K-12 art teacher | #kidlit author | enrolled member of the Osage Nation | rep’d by @literarylesliez
#SCBWI #kidlit #arted
www.annaharberfreeman.com
Kidlit writer, knitter, beginning drummer. Come for the writing and books, stay for the cat, yarn, and travel pix. Opinions are my own. Unless you love them, in which case I'm happy to share. She/Her
www.beckylevine.com
author/illustrator of
MAYBE JUST ASK ME! (Coming in 2025 from Beach Lane)
BEULAH HAS A HUNCH! (Beach Lane 2023)
ANNETTE FEELS FREE (Beach Lane 2022)
#ND #Disabled | She/Her, Rep’d by @fairbanklit |NE
https://linktr.ee/KatieMazeika
www.katiemazeika.com
Guidebook author, TV & radio host, business owner, Lutheran, and NORML Board Member. Fanatically positive and militantly optimistic.
#Kidlit Writer: PB, MG, YA. #SCBWI. Poetry.
Youth Services at a Public Library. Licensed Behavior Specialist.
Wife & Mom. Gardener/Hiker/Birder. Environmentalist. She/her
abbiewernerjames.com
📚KidLit Author
#SCBWI PA East Critique Group Coordinator
👻GILBERT & THE GHOST (Beaming Books 2025)
🐰PAISLEY'S BIG BIRTHDAY (Clavis Books, 2023)
🚌PAISLEY’S BIG FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL (Clavis Books, 2027)
picture book obsessed, creator of stuff
Empowering and advocating for libraries and library workers to ensure equitable access to information for all. 🌎’s largest library association.
Find us at https://ala.org.
We follow the ALA Code of Conduct: https://www.ala.org/user-guidelines
Author-Illustrator | Educator | Mom 🐶🐶👶🏽
🇺🇸 30,000 STITCHES (‘21)
🌙 MOONLIGHT MEMORIES (‘23)
💙 SOMETIMES STORMY (‘25)
KidLit Author, Photographer, Educator
2 trad pub #PB #STEM + #Kindness
Here to connect with #Teachers, #Librarians, #Kidlit #Edusky
https://lauraroettigerbooks.com/
@picturebookgold.bsky.social 🚫DM
#HaikuSaturday #WordlessWednesday
Neurologist. Writer. Editor.
Author, THE COMMON SENSE GUIDE TO DEMENTIA.
Contributor, PUTTING THE SCIENCE IN FICTION, THIS SIDE OF DOCTORING.
2025 #KidLitChuckleChallenge champion, 2025 #SpringFlingKidlit contest winner, 2024 #FallWritingFrenzy winner.
Middle Grade, Picture Book writer, former editor, horse girl, #MGWaves
A fortnightly journal of haiku. Co-editors Sally Quon and Michele Rule. thesolitarydaisy.ca
Author, Educator, and Consultant AKA Traveling Teacher. As a second grader described, I help make teachers' jobs just a bit easier, and I sometimes teach students.
linktr.ee/pattymcgee
#Author of big-hearted stories for little readers. #teacher #parent #chronicillness #IBD #arthritis
https://linktr.ee/alisonmcgauley
OTIS HAS A BAD DAY (2023)
Mom, Picture Book Author, LCMHC, Coffee Enthusiast, #InkedVoices Member & #PBParty 2025 Finalist!
1/8 of #kidlitzombieweek hosts.
www.rebecca-ensign.com
Rep'd by Michelle Witte (@michellewitte.bsky.social)
Poet, Picture Book author, and Nature educator. IF A BUMBLE BEE LANDS ON YOUR TOE, Picnic Heist. BUTTERFLY SEA is available for pre-order with Tielmour Press, #SCBWI #Edusky #CANSCAIP #CWILLBC
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www.booksbycindy.com
https://linktr.ee/Cynthiamackey
The original & only WomensArt created/ curated by art historian and author PL Henderson
Real art...real artists
Images © to respective owners
We Need Diverse Books is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit revolutionizing what we read to create a world where everyone can find themself in the pages of a book.
🔗 bio.site/WeNeedDiverseBooks
Picture Book Author & Illustrator, Designer, Pun-slinger, Diet Coke Connoisseur
Represented by Jes Trudel at The Rights Factory
www.wordsandpicturesbynancygoulet.com
Creston Books is author/illustrator driven, with talented, award-winning creators we promote every book we publish https://www.crestonbooks.co/
