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Check out these exciting Spring Releases from our @busypbs ! 1. March 28 - DADDY DRESSED ME by @daddydressedmebymg and 🐝 @ariadelsole 2. April 11 - I WANT TO BE BIG by 🐝 @tiffany.golden.13 and @sawyercloud01 3. April 11 - THE LOUD LIBRARIAN by 🐝 @jennabeatricebooks and @erikalynnejones 4. April 11 - OUR ROOF IS BLUE by 🐝 @autoraechenique and Ashley Vargas 5. APRIL 18 - FINLEY: A MOOSE ON THE CABOOSE by 🐝@ccspizzirri and @chantelle_burgen 6. May 2 - THE GLOW SHOW by @susischaeferart 7. NIGHT MARKET RESCUE by 🐝 @charlottemakesbooks and @ren.amber 8. DADDY & ME, SIDE BY SIDE by @piercefreelon and 🐝 @ariadelsole #childrensbookstagram #picturebooks #kidlit #newchildrensbooks #kidsbooks #childrensbookauthor #childrensbookillustrator #picturebooklove #bookstogram #kidsauthors #newbookstagram

Meet the @busypbs #picturebook promo group launching in 2022 and bee-yond! #writingcommunity #pb #kidlit #kidlitart #kidlitcreators #picturebooks linktr.ee/busypbs

Team Copy Cat with be at Comic Orange this weekend! Saturday May 16th from 11 AM to 2 PM at the Aliso Viejo Library. Come find out how fish inspired submarines! @ocpubliclibraries

¡ELEVA LA RAMPA! 6 de octubre Escrito por Katrina Tangen Ilustrado por Wendy Wen Traducido por Anyeliz Pagán Muñoz RAMP IT UP! is also available in Spanish as ¡ELEVA LA RAMPA!

**COVER REVEAL FOR RAMP IT UP!** I’m so excited to share the cover of RAMP IT UP!, written by me and illustrated by @wendywen_illustration . It will be published October 6 by @charlesbridgepublishing as part of their new SteamWorks line, which showcases diverse kids using math and science in their everyday lives. RAMP IT UP! is about Zoe, a wheelchair user and LEGO enthusiast. Her latest toy brick castle has a rooftop pool perfect for parties, but there’s no way for her toys with wheels to get there! With some trial and error and a look at her own ramp for inspiration, Zoe builds her way to the best party ever! Physics, geometry, simple machines, angles, and engineering! @busypbs @steamteambooks @scbwi_SoCal #wheelchairs #cars #lego #GirlsInSTEM #stemforkids [Visual description: Cover of picture book titled Ramp It Up!, written by Katrina Tangen, illustrated by Wendy Wen, part of Charlesbridge’s Steam Works series. Coming October 6! A white girl with red braids sits in her dark blue and hot pink wheelchair behind a light brown table. Her hand is in the air, holding a boy doll who also uses a wheelchair. On the table is a colorful toy brick castle and a ramp made of cardboard taped to LEGO towers. A toy construction worker balances on one leg on top of a Lego which is on the ramp. He holds toy bricks in his hand A smiling red toy car revs her engine and a toy queen in a white gown waves her heart scepter. A party invitation and loose Legos lie on the table.]

I’m thrilled that the sloth, penguins, alligator, giraffe, hippo…and the cat are out of the bag! This is the first manuscript I wrote and it’s going to be a book! It is about my real life sister Amber who truly brought home every stray. Thank you @gnomeroadpublishing for believing in this story. I’m delighted that uber talented Carlos Velez Aguilera @carlosvelez_ilustra will be illustrating! 📕🎉❤️ #picturebooks #kidlit #animals #rhyme #humor

Are you an unpublished, unagented, children’s book writer wanting to take a class to study the craft of writing, polish your manuscript, or push yourself to advance toward your publishing goals? The Write Kidlit NOW! Scholarship is open! 🤩✍️🙌😃⭐️🎉 Submit now! Guidelines and sign-ups Link in profile #kidlit #Writers #kidlitart #amwriting #amquerying #writerscommunity #scholarships #scholarshipopportunities #writersofinstagram #aspiringwriter #aspiringwriters #aspiringwritersofinstagram #aspiringwriterslife #newwriter #newwriters #newwritersclub @busyPBs @21fortheBooks

Spotted in the wild: The Glow Show by @susischaeferart in the Sea World gift shop!

It’s official! I’m so excited to announce my second book, RAMP IT UP! It will be illustrated by Wendy Wen @wendywen_illustration and published by Charlesbridge @charlesbridgepublishing in Fall 2026, as part of their STEAMWORKS line, which introduces science and math concepts through fiction. In RAMP IT UP!, Zoe uses spatial reasoning and physics to design a ramp that makes the rooftop pool of her Lego house accessible to all of her toys. Like Zoe and her toy, Wendy and I are both wheelchair users, which makes this story particularly special. It’s perfect for anyone who likes legos, cars, wheelchairs, or science! @busypbs @steamteambooks @scbwi_SoCal #engineering #physics #geometry #wheelchairs #cars #lego #steamteam #childrensbooks #pb #WomenInSTEM #scicomm #GirlsInSTEM #bookstagram #STEMeducation #kidsbooks #stemforkids #SchoolLibrarian #teachers #NGSS #kidlitSTEM #KidLit #PictureBooks #steam #stem

🌟🌟🌟Publishing Day!🌟🌟🌟 Help celebrate that ‘All Eyes On You’ is out in the world! This book was born to offer help and chuckles to all those who suffer from performance anxiety, like myself. Wherever books are sold! 📗♥️ #dance #picturebook #stagefright #performanceanxiety #theaterkids #littleleague #classroompresentation #beingpresent #confidence #confidentkids #parenting #danceteachersofinstagram

I’m so excited that COPY THAT, COPY CAT! won a Eureka Gold Award for Excellence in Nonfiction. Thank you, @crareading ! Check out the rest of the honorees on the California Reading Association’s website! /cra-awards/ @giuliaorecchia @barefootbooks @autumnallenbooks @busypbs

Check out the interview and Miso Magic #giveaway at @ellenl411 🙌🌸😊 #misomagic #newbook #japanesefood #japaneseculture #teachersofinstagram #librariansofinstagram #miso #picturebook