DAY 16 NF Fest: You might have heard of a throughline, but do you know what it really means? Or the various ways you can establish one? #KidLit author @donnajanellbowman.bsky.social tackles this topic and gives some amazing examples on today's post.
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BIG NEWS! 12 x 12 has a PODCAST! The 12 x 12 Picture Book Podcast is ready to bring you #author, #illustrator, agent, & editor interviews & things you need to know about writing #picturebooks! Listen now:
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#amwriting #kidlit #12x12pb #booksky #writingcommunity #podcast
Can't wait! Congrats!
One month from today, our new book enters the world. Hooray for butterflies!
@sarahsbrannen.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social
#TLsky #Skybrarian #TLchat #SchopolLibraries #edusky #kidlit
So ridiculous. 😡
Day #20: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 Funny Books for Older Kids. Hijinks ensue. You have been warned. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/20/3...
Day #21: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 Science Fiction Books for Kids. If you're a fan of robots, post-apocalyptic floods, aliens, and more, then you've come to the right place. #31days31lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/21/3...
It's a always a thrill to see one of my books on @fuse8.bsky.social 's fantastic end-of-the-year lists! Thanks, Betsy! 🦫🥳💩
So fun to see BUTT OR FACE? SUPER GROSS BUTTS on here! These lists are one of my favorite end-of-year things. Thank you! 💩🥳
Day #17: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2025 Unconventional Children's Books. Oh yeah, AI? Here are the books for kids that will crush your creations with their sheer unpredictability. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/17/3...
🕎 12 x 12 celebrates Hanukkah! ✨
We’re lighting up the season with these joyful #kidlit reads:
🕯️Beam of Light
🕯️Eight Sweet Nights
🕯️Little Dreidel Learns to Spin
🕯️My Dreidel
🕯️Oy, Santa!
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#12x12PB #kidlit
Thank you, @leahmoserwrites.bsky.social !
Can’t wait! ✨
Looking forward to this panel! ✨
So excited for this panel!
Thank you, @txfreedomread.bsky.social ! I'm hopeful that these school boards will recognize the engagement and educational value of these books.
Congrats, @imaginationsoup.bsky.social !
We join PEN America in celebrating a victory for the freedom to read, as a U.S. judge orders banned books returned to military school shelves.
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Educators, here’s a free curriculum & discussion guide for Three Blue Hearts!
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Thank you for your kind words and support. It’s so infuriating.
Books like “Butt or Face?” by @karilavellewrites.bsky.social help spark curiosity, laughter, & learning even among relunctant readers.
The majority of Texas parents are not worried about nonfiction books with animal butts, and wish our trustees weren’t either.
Join us:
www.txftrp.org/petition
BREAKING!
Delaware officially enacted House Bill 119, the Freedom to Read Act, yesterday.
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@everylibrary.bsky.social
Cartoon of a man in a turtleneck drinking wine and a woman holding a glass. Man says, “I think I’m going to write children’s books. Thought I’d start with something easy, like a picture book.” Woman replies, “I think I’m going to be a cage fighter. Thought I’d start with something easy, like a guy in a turtleneck.” Text at bottom: ©Debbie Ridpath Ohi (DebbieOhi.com) & Catherine Bailey (CatherineBaileyBooks.com).
Comic inspired by (too many) encounters with those who think writing/illustrating children's picture books are a stepping stone to writing/illustrating REAL books. Thanks to Catherine Bailey for the caption! #KidLitChat #LibrarySky #DebbieOhiComics
And how!
Thank you for joining today's Zoom, @loritecler.bsky.social and 3rd graders! 🥳
Thank you, @12x12challenge.bsky.social ! Grateful for this community's support! ❤️
I love the way the Sourcebooks team uses googly eyes to make the covers look silly!
Thank you, Sam! 🍑👀🥳❤️
Thank you! ❤️
Thank you, Lynne! Yay, butts! 🍑👀🥳❤️
