Sandra Nickel 📚

“They’re not aware of doing this, but kids use books as a kind of rehearsal for real life ... what a book has to say will be different for different readers, because they’ll all bring their own selves to the book, as I have done, and so the book they read is not even the book I wrote."- Lois Lowry

An Author Breathes What I'm up to between projects!

My latest newsletter is out and I share a little bit of author life in between projects. Plus I’m giving away a 20-minute AMA and I share a picture of my kid as a cardboard box. Clearly, you want in on this newsletter. vickyfang.substack.com/p/an-author-...

Can these two out-of-sync hearts ever find a common rhythm?
#kidlit #middlegrade #fiction #versenovel

HeartLand

"HeartLand tells the story of two broken, out-of-sync hearts. One beats with gumption, the other with DRAMA. One works every minute, the other thinks about time to the point of distraction." — @jilanne.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2026/03/hear... @lbschool.bsky.social

I loved celebrating stories today with 1,100 students at the school where @colbysharp.bsky.social teaches!

You'll never look at the ocean the same way again....

#kidlit #picturebooks #nonfiction #ocean

Of course! I love your work!

I had an incredible talk with Uma Krishnaswami about Hans Christian Andersen, his effect on my childhood & writing The True Ugly Duckling. She has a gift for asking questions that go to the heart. www.umakrishnaswami.com/blog/process....
#neurodivergence #newbook @levinequerido.bsky.social

This is magnificent.

An illustration of a small kid in pajamas with big moth wings, flying over a black background, leaving a trail of stars. The text reads Luisa Uribe - rep'd by Alex Gehringer at the Bright Agency.

Better late than never! Happy #KidLitArtPostcard day 💚

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Beautiful. The fish in particular are stunning!

For #kidlitartpostcard day, I’m highlighting my work illustrating Anatomy Under the Sea: The Adventures of Luna the Loggerhead.
I’d 💙to illustrate more like this! Animals, habitats, & conservation…yes please!
www.jessburbank.com
Rep’d by @arianaphilips.bsky.social at @jvnla.bsky.social

Q&A with Melissa Stewart and Sarah S. Brannen about their new children's picture book, MONARCH AND MOURNING CLOAK: A BUTTERFLY JOURNAL.
@sarahsbrannen.bsky.social
@mstewartscience.bsky.social
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Is this beautiful one a Siberian?

Thank you!

A Crocodile with coat and hat reading a book . He's sitting on a chair. In front of him a squirrel on a branch

Happy #kidlitartpostcard Day !
My name Is Monica Rondino, I'm a children's illustrator. I worked several years in 2D animation, comics and in these late years in the children's book field.

Interested in new projects.

#kidlit #kidlitart #illustration #childrensbook #picturebooks

Close up of illustration of the first sea creatures on the planet in bright colors splooshing around in blues and aqua water.

Hello #kidlitartpostcard buddies,
I make books for kids!
Rep: Deborah Warren @eastwestlit.bsky.social
#kidlitart #kidlit #evolution #nonfiction #NYTbestseller

Gorgeous!

Sandra Nickel: The Ugly Duckling (Neurodiversity) "Writing a Fairytale about the Father of Modern Fairytales"When I first started to suspect that I was autistic, I began reading extensively about neurodivergence. Along the way, I discovered two detai...

I am enormously grateful to A Novel Mind for featuring my essay, Writing a Fairytale about the Father of Modern Fairytales. Thank you so much! www.anovelmind.com/post/sandra-...
@levinequerido.bsky.social #newbook #childrensbooks #biography #books #uglyduckling

Welcome to the #KidLitArtPostcard Day feast. Hope you find something you like. I am Chris, a picture book illustrator. See more work at thornockstudios.com. Inquiries - Agent Lori Steel - steelworksliterary.com

Remembering Meindert Dejong, Professor, grave-digger, mason, tinsmith, and Dutch-born American author of #childrensbooks. He won Newbery Honors FOUR times and in 1955, the medal itself. #kidlit

Thank you so much for featuring The True Ugly Duckling! I appreciate it so much.

“So many neurodiverse children struggle with feeling like an outsider. I felt a strong push to show children that they aren’t alone”: Sandra Nickel in conversation with Calvin Nicholls on their picture book ‘The True Ugly Duckling: How Hans Christian Andersen Became a Swan’ buff.ly/WrN95K9

@kwrights.bsky.social, thanks so much for the repost!

What an honor to have Publishers Weekly feature The True Ugly Duckling on its release day! Thank you so much @publisherswkly.bsky.social @levinequerido.bsky.social #illustration #newbook #fairytale #hanschristianandersen

UNBOXING:
THE STORY OF EVERYTHING written by the amazing Kara Newhouse
/ art by me Kate Cosgrove / published by holidayhousepeachtree

AVAILABLE for pre order wherever you buy books!!
@eastwestlit.bsky.social
@hownowbooking
#bigbang #kidlit #kidlitart picturebook scienceforkids #evolution

Stunning! 😍

Thank you so much! 🙂

Happy Book Birthday to The True Ugly Duckling! @levinequerido.bsky.social #bookbirthday #books #NewBook #biography #childrensbook

Wombats Are Pretty Weird: A (Not So) Serious Guide by Abi Cushman. Get reluctant readers excited to read with this fun, fact-filled book about wombats! #picturebook #wombats #funny