We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book, A LIGHT FOR LUCINDA by Olga Herrera (@charlesbridge) out on June 9.
To enter, L RP & confirm your entry in our Friday weekly update: kidlit411.com/2026/06/the-we… ( more ways to win)
Friends!!! It’s Kidlit Zombie Week!!! #kidlit friends, join us for blogs about revising old manuscripts and a pitch contest with PRIZES!!! But seriously, look at these prizes 👀👇🧟
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MAZEL TOES! Share the joy of a newborn in this charming rhyming board book that sprinkles just the right amount of Yiddish throughout, and over the decades. Written by Audrey Barbakoff w/art by Annita Soble. #jahm#yiddishwp.me/p3X25n-brd
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📚💖🤩 So very happy to uplift these *fabulous* picture books with #PBStudyBuddy: I AM A BON DANCER, CAN YOU IMAGINE?, and BINNA’S DALGONA. Please share and support them too!
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Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (May 8): kidlit411.com/2026/05/the-we… Inside: The 8 Shapes of Stories, Tips for Writing Verse Novels, Self Publishing 101 Webinar, more. Thanks @SharonLaneHolm for the illustration, @kristi_mahoney & Knopf BYR for the PB giveaways.
Want to read good children's nonfiction? As of 2026, a total of 116 books and 129 creators had received the Sibert Medal and/or Honor Award. Twenty-six creators had been honored multiple times. Read good books! #FactsAreFuncelebratescience.blogspot.co…
Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (April 24): kidlit411.com/2026/04/the-we… Inside: Internal v External Conflict, What do Editors Want Webinar, How to Evaluate Small Publishers, more. Thanks Laura Pigott for the illustration, @CCSpizzirri1 & @penguinkids for the giveaways.
Six Questions with Kimberly Delude — from aspiring chocolate taste tester to award-winning children’s author and SLP. Quick, fun, and full of writing insight. Read more: wix.to/pN57LLh#KidLit#Authors#Writing
In today’s interview w/Happy Birthday, America! author @RoxanneTroup Troup illustrator @jendoehring, readers get the inside scoop about the creation of this new picture book celebrating America's 250th! @AlbertWhitman Available to preorder now! #kidlitwp.me/p3X25n-bpA
Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (April 3): kidlit411.com/2026/04/the-we… Inside: publishing news, better book launches, school visits, more. Thanks Ginny Neil for the illustration and @angela_padron for the PB giveaway (LUCÍA'S GOALS)
Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (Mar 27): kidlit411.com/2026/03/the-we… Inside: @InkedVoices PB class, Newsletter Tips, Revision Workshops, more. Thanks Karen Ritz for the illustration, DC Swanson & GS Harrington for the PB & YA giveaways.
Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (March 20): kidlit411.com/2026/03/the-we… Inside: Rules for Picking Character Names, YA Webinar, Big Sur on Cape Cod conference, more. Thanks @MirkaHokkanen for the illustration, Annette Bay Pimentel & @TenSpeedPress for the PB giveaways.
Worried about Titles? Beginnings? First Pages? Be sure to join us for this informative webinar. FREE to RYS Members, $20 for Non-Members. Replay available to RYS Members. @RateYourStory
Do you want to grow as a children's writer? Here are some dos and don'ts for kidlit writers!
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