Applications OPEN SOON for the Kidlit Firefly Mentorship! Choose from 22 authors to work with for three months. Scroll to see the mentors and for a QR code that takes you to the site to register! #kidlitfirefly #mentorship #kidlit #kidlitcommunity #writingcommunity @mightykidlit.bsky.social

I’m super excited to be on the Fall Mighty KidLit Firefly Mentor Team! If you are an unpub writer, join Kidlit Fireflies by 8/10, choose from more than 20 mentors & apply! www.kidlitfirefly.com @mightykidlit.bsky.social #kidlit #kidlitcommunity #authormentor #writing #mentorship #picturebooks #PB

This never gets old! Gilbert & the Ghost spotted “in the wild” face out in the library in Independence, OH. Thanks @robinjordan.bsky.social for sharing! #gilbertandtheghost #booksighting #picturebook #kidlit #library @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social

📚👍SCBWI FRIENDS: Only 1 wk to vote in the Crystal Kite Awards! If you ❤️ GILBERT & THE GHOST, consider voting for it in the ATLANTIC DIVISION. Thank you for the Gilbert ❤️👻 @scbwiepa.bsky.social @scbwi.bsky.social #crystalkite #bookawards #picturebooks #gilbertandtheghost @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social

😮WOW! 🥰 Thank you to all who voted in round 1 of the #SCBWI Crystal Kite Awards. GILBERT MADE IT TO ROUND 2! SCBWI members can vote in all 15 divsions. If you ❤️ GILBERT & THE GHOST👻, pls consider voting for it in the ATLANTIC DIVISION. www.scbwi.org/crystal-kite #kidlit @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social

My summer newsletter is here! Click this link to read: mailchi.mp/23ecd841cba1... #kidlit #authornewsletter

Celebrating Summerween? Consider reading Gilbert & the Ghost by me & Jess Mason at your event! #summerween #gilbertandtheghost #kidlit #picturebooks @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social

How cool is this?! I just received the Russian edition of Paisley’s Big Birthday! #kidlit #picturebook #paisleysbigbirthday #kidsbooks #booksforchildren @clavispublishing

Thank you to the organizers at the Chesapeake Children's Book Festival! It was a great events, and I loved being surrounded by all the enthusiastic book lovers! #AuthorEvents #bookfestival #literacy #youngreaders #SummerReadingChallenge #kidlit #library

It's time to vote for the SCBWI Crystal Kite Awards! Round 1 goes til 6/23 - Vote in all 15 divisions If you ❤️ GILBERT & THE GHOST👻, by me & Jess Mason, pls consider casting your vote for it in the ATLANTIC DIVISION www.scbwi.org/crystal-kite #scbwi #CrystalKiteAward #gilbertandtheghost #kidlit

Join me and more than 20 other authors and illustrators for a day of Books! Books! Books! 📚at the 11th Annual Chesapeake Children's Book Festival! 🦀📘 When: 6/6/26, 10 - 2 Where: Talbot County Free Library, 100 W. Dover St., Easton, MD #kidlit #picturebooks #childrensbooks #kidsbooks #authorevent

📚Bookish places you'll find me in the next two months: 5/9, 11 am Story Time @barnesandnoble.com (Exton, PA) 6/6, 10 - 2 - Chesapeake Children's Book Festival ( Easton, MD). Hope to see you there! For more: www.heatherpiercestigall.com/events--news... #kidlit #authorlife #bookfestival #storytime

📚Are you interested in writing &/or illustrating children's books? Are you a children's book lover? Here are some podcasts about and for kidlit creators that I like to listen to! What are some of your favs? #kidlit #booksforkids #childrensbooks #amwriting #authorlife #podcast #writerscommunity

I am OBSESSED with HOW A BEAR BECAME A BOOK by @annettepimentel.bsky.social & @faithpray7.bsky.social Thank you @kidlit411.bsky.social for hosting the #picturebook #giveaway. I was thrilled to hear I won a signed copy! Congrats to the creative team who made this glorious book! #kidlit #winniethepooh

Had the best time at @boydsmills.bsky.social last week surrounded by kidlit creators, good food, the flora and fauna of the Pocono Mt, and inspiration! Perfect place to make headway on my #PB #WIP. #amwriting #amrevising #kidlit #authorlife

Hooked on Books was an amazing success! 📚👏🎉 Coord by HS student to earn her Girl Scout Gold Award, the event was held to promote early childhood literacy: activities, prizes, snacks, free books, local author story times & crafts. Thrilled to be a part of it! #kidlit #literacy #girlscoutsofamerica

Missed you my friend. Thrilled to be back at @boydsmills.bsky.social (Highlights). #amwriting #AmRevising #writingcommunity #kidlit #writingretreat #writinglife

👻GILBERT AND THE GHOST has been nominated for a Keystone to Reading Literacy Award! 👻 Students across the state of PA will read & vote for their favorites! @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social @amynielsen.bsky.social #kidlit #gilbertandtheghost #KSLA #bookawards #literacy #reading #educators #PATeachers

I'm often asked by aspiring writers, "I want to write a picture book. How do I begin?" These are some of the books I recommend. Do you have any favorites? For more resources: www.heatherpiercestigall.com/resources-fo... #amwriting #amrevising #kidlit #booksforchildren #picturebooks #writingforkids

💐Where I'll be next month!💐 🌸Story Time & Craft at Tyler Arboretum's "Spirit of Spring Fireside" event 4/10, 5 - 8 PM 🌸Eastern PA SCBWI's Annual Pocono Retreat at the iconic Boyds Mills from 4/26-28 For more: www.heatherpiercestigall.com/events--news... @scbwiepa.bsky.social @boydsmills.bsky.social

🐰Looking for an Easter basket stuffing idea? 🐣 How about a book? 📖 Maybe even Paisley's Big Birthday - perfect for Easter, spring, birthday, or anytime! More info here: www.heatherpiercestigall.com/paisleys-big... #easter #easterbasket #picturebook #childrensbooks #bunnies #easterbunny

🌹🌷Happy Spring! ☔🐇 The spring 2026 edition of my newsletter is out! Link to FREE educator guides inside. If you'd like to subscribe, there is a link at the bottom of the newsletter. Happy reading! 📖 #AuthorNewsletter #booknews #kidlitcommunity #kidlit #childrensbooks mailchi.mp/a097f9825a12...

Congrats to @mattphelandraws.bsky.social on his new picture book, BARTLEBY!

ATTN LOCAL BOOK LOVERS! An amazing young lady earning her Girl Scout Gold Award & is org HOOKED ON BOOKS, a FREE event for children ages 2-7 on 3/22. Crafts! Activities! Guest readers! (including me😉) Prizes! Books! RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #kilit #literacy #girlscoutgoldaward

It's that time again! Who's with me? Registration is open all month at www.rateyourstory.org/post/2026-ma... #MOWMT #RateYourStory #mentortexts #kidlitcommunity #KidLit #reading #amreading #amwriting #AmRevising

Local friends - Here's where I'll be in March! 🍀🌈 For more info and updates on my whereabouts, visit www.heatherpiercestigall.com/events--news... #authorlife #AuthorEvent #kidlit #booksforkids #bookevent #childrensbooks #gilbertandtheghost #paisleysbigbirthday #library #literacymatters #literacy

☃️Got a little more snow here in southeast PA. Didn’t like having to shovel again, but Lacey sure had fun. 🐶❤️❄️ Glad we don’t live in New Jersey where my daughter does. Look what got dumped all over her car! 🥶 #doyouwanttobuildasnowman

🐰Exciting news: Éditions Héritage purchased the rights to publish Paisley's Big Birthday (Clavis Pub/Illus. Bushuyeva) which means the Canadian-French edition will be marketed and distributed in Canada! 🇨🇦 #paisleysbigbirthday #picturebooks #kidlit #reading #kidsbooks #booksforkids #childrensbooks

📚👍Happy #NationalRubberDuckyDay!🐤 What a great opportunity to give a shoutout to @berrietr.bsky.social's new picture book JUST DUCKY: A FRIENDSHIP TAKES FLIGHT. My review: www.heatherpiercestigall.com/ramblings--r... #kidlit #WhatToRead #booksforkids #childrensbooks #bookreview #reading #literacy

⛄My winter newsletter is out! ❄ What's inside? Where I've been, with whom, and where I'll be next, what I'm celebrating, how to play Ghosts in the Graveyard and more! mailchi.mp/bd84c409a424... #kidlit #childrensbooks #reading #literacy #educators #picturebooks #authornewsletter #winter