#KidLit

Margaret Owen, Temporary Hermit

what_eats_owls

Today is a good day to remind my fellow white writers that this was the state of kidlit in 2018: When you see agents soliciting work from BIPOC, when you

saranyan

saranyan

(1) Something like nine/ten years or so (I should look at that email) -- I sought help from a #kidlit agent turned editor with a manuscript (agree it was horrible

Sarah Kapit

SarahKapit

I have some thoughts on disability representation and incidental diversity in #kidlit.Namely, I'd like to see more of it.So many times I see books with disabled characters where disability is

LibraryGirl&BookBoy (Jo)

BookSuperhero2

#RefugeeWeek2020 Starting off my thread of books to encourage discussions about acceptance, kindness & refugees is #TheUnexpectedFriend about a Rohingya boy & a little bird with a broken wing 6+

ardo

ArdoOmer

So February 17th is #IReadCanadian Day and I want to remind everyone that Canadians also include marginalized folks such as BIPOC, disabled folks, LGBTQ+ folks etc. Getting Canadians to read

Sylvia Liu 🐙

artsylliu

A thread on the importance of critique groups & the power of persistence. 7.5 yrs ago, I joined a group of aspiring PB writers. Only one of us was published,

Tonnye Fletcher

tonnyef

A thread -- on nurturing your creative self in the midst of struggles. . . .1/?The past few weeks have been a struggle. For the summer I lived in this

🖊️MaryJo Wagner🖊️(She/Her/Hers)

mj_wagner

Tho I didn't get any agent/editor love on last Thurs's #PBPitch, it was an insightful and valuable classroom for pitching/story ideas. I've spent several hours studying pitches, noting hot topics

Debbie Ridpath Ohi

inkyelbows

Tip for pre-published book creators: DON'T wait until you have a book contract to get to know & support your fellow kidlit creators. Pandemic may make current in-person meet-ups tough

Lindsay H. Metcalf 🎤🚜🔬📚

lindsayhmetcalf

Let's kick off the year with a fresh TBR list. What 2021 #kidlit titles are you looking forward to reading? We can never have too many of these threads. @PBTroupe21

GlobalLiteratureinLibrariesInitiative

GlobalLitin

September is #WorldKidLitMonth!#GlobalLiteratureinLibrariesInitiative is venturing to the world's oldest colony this month to see the beautiful #kidlit & #yalit produced by Puerto Ricans. https://glli-us.org/2020/09/01/worldkitlit-m

Even the Trunchbull Podcast

TrunchbullPod

Afternoon, #kidlit fans! @gourenina here to talk to you about fat representation in children's books, how pervasive fatphobia is even now, and asking for your recommendations as I'm trying to

Shana Targosz 📔🖋🖤

ShanaTargosz

It looks like craft-related thoughts & resources #AMMteasers is the winner! Don’t worry, I’ll be posting hype-teasers, too. I’m loving these #AMM MG entries & will keep shouting positive thoughts

Jenn Baker (she/her)

jbakernyc

Sooo I was going to build a master BIPOC 2021 Book Release list, but I've been seeing various people doing different iterations of this via surveys and/or threads. So I'm

Eliza Kinkz

elizakinkz

So here’s some actually nice news...I’m happy to announce that I am now represented by Stephen Barr at Writers House!Always have had a difficult time celebrating accomplishments... But I wanted

Emily Gale

EmilyGale

As Australia is hellbent on importing children's books by British male celebrities, we should also import this very good thread and Guardian piece: "Famous first words: how celebrities made their

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