The #CBCA2023 Shortlist is here: HUGE congratulations to our creators!🥳

🎉 Farmhouse by Sophie Blackall
🎉 August & Jones by Pip Harry
🎉 Amazing Animal Journeys by Jennifer Cossins

Check out all the wonderful Aussie books on the full shortlist here: cbca.org.au/shortlist-2023

#Creativity | Are you a member of the children’s book community in the US? 📚 GameChanger and illustrator, Sophie Blackall, runs retreats at Milkwood in the West Catskills of NY State for all members of the community! #AlwaysAustralian

Register here! 👉 milkwoodfarm.org/2023-retreats-…

Oh, it’s all SO WEIRD

We are pleased to announce the 2023-24 Nominees for the Great Lakes Great Books Award!

Nominees for 2nd-3rd Grade: Sophie Blackall Marie Hermansson, Stephanie Graegin, @elisaitw, Stacy Innerst, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow, T.Rose, Dr Jess Wade liked it here once, Melissa Castrillón
Congratulations, nominees!

You can register for the amazing Milkwood Farm 2023 summer retreats, workshops and residencies until noon (EDT) on April 3. For the #kidlit community, authors, illustrators, editors, agents, librarians and teachers, hosted by Sophie Blackall #EdSchmidt . milkwoodfarm.org

An antidote for despair. I love that. Thank you WildGeeseBookshop ❤️

Today gleebooks !❤️

Sorry! ❤️

Join Sophie Blackall at gleebooks this weekend as she takes us behind the scenes of her new picture book #Farmhouse – and then kids can get crafty themselves making Farmhouse inspired collage!

It’s a FREE event but RSVPS are essential for materials: bit.ly/GleebooksFarmh…

Thank you Sara O'Leary ! Happy to be in such grand company. ❤️

Kidlit Illustrators! Looking for ways to build, expand & sustain your illustration career? Sign up for our Illustrator Creative Lab at #scbwiNY23 ! Follow @SCBWI for details about when reg opens. More about our Creative Lab:
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Frontier Valley Elementary students created a schoolwide mural for “If You Come to Earth” by Sophie Blackall #OneBookDCSD ! Librarian Cindy Holguin: “Our focus was on how you can see the whole of something but need to zoom in to truly understand that object or person.' Douglas County School District

Author & Illustrator Sophie Blackall will virtually visit with DCSD participating schools on 11/8 to discuss her book If You Come to Earth. DCSD is celebrating the 2nd annual One Book One District program. Contact your school librarian or the District Library Media Center for more info. #OneBookDCSD

“We all are the same.” –Charlie, Coyote Creek Elementary Coyote Creek. Congrats for a winning bookmark submission for #OneBookDCSD ! Award-winning illustrator, Sophie Blackall, will visit virtually on Tuesday, November 8! Douglas County School District

So happy to be in such wonderful company. Thank you Children's Bookshelf !

Discover your new favorite storytime classic! 📚💕 🔗: bit.ly/3fRbC96

For teachers and parents who have asked to see more about the making of Farmhouse, thank you! Here it is: youtu.be/GMwVdHmsN40
Little, Brown Young Readers

Thank you for having me @WaterStBooks and Jill Sweeney-Bosa — and for the lovely Farmhouse flowers Cymbidium Floral ! ❤️

Thank you! ❤️

I’m so grateful!!! Thank you, booksellers! Thank you, librarians! Thank you, readers!!! ❤️❤️❤️