NEW PICTURE BOOK POSTCARD! It's from the Omid family of My America Blooms. 💐💌✨️ This hopeful story embodies the American dream in all its complexity. MY AMERICA BLOOMS Author: Nazanin Agange Ford Illustrator: Fateme Mokhles Publisher: Beaming Books #kidlit #picturebooks

NEW BOOK MAIL! From Berthe Morisot the impressionist! 🎨👩‍🎨💌✨ PAINTING THE LIGHT Author: @nataliaiacobelli.bsky.social Illustrator: Rosanna Tasker Did you know one of Impressionism's most important artists was a woman? ➡️Read her Picture Book Postcard on the blog.

NEW PICTURE BOOK POSTCARD! ☀️💌 TALL AS THE SUN Author: Stephanie Henson Illustrator: Yasmin Akhtar As our little hero rises higher and higher on Dad’s shoulders, the world transforms into a playground of endless possibilities. #amreading #kidlit

Friends! I just listened to @natashazimmers.bsky.social 's episode of the You May Contribute a Verse podcast. It was so good. Go listen to that episode, read Tiny Hiker's Picture Book Postcard, and buy the book. Right away! ❤️✨️ aprilberrybooks.com/tiny-hiker-n... P. S. Maybe go for a hike, too. 😉

This week's NEW PICTURE BOOK POSTCARD is worthy of fireworks! 🎆🎇💌 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA! Author: Roxanne Troup Illustrator: Jennifer Doehring Publisher: Albert Whitman It’s time to celebrate our country’s birthday, and everyone is invited to the party! 🎉 #america250 #kidlit

Do you know what's better than Christmas in July? A visit to Glacier National Park in July! Check out today's awesome Picture Book Postcard! 🐻 🏔️ 💌 ✨️ TWELVE DAYS AT GLACIER Author: @suemt.bsky.social Illustrator: Chris Gafner ➡️ Read the entire postcard on my blog!

NEW PICTURE BOOK POSTCARD!🎻🎶💌✨️ MY VIOLIN Author: @jenfierjasinski.com Illustrator: @anitab.bsky.social Publisher: @gnomeroadpub.bsky.social Explore how a violin works through the eyes of a master craftsman and a young musician learning to play solos and with an ensemble.

NEW PICTURE BOOK POSTCARD! And it is from a shrimp!!!🦐💌✨ SEA SUDS Words and pictures by @bonniekelso.bsky.social Published by @gnomeroadpub.bsky.social Bathtime has never been so fun or so interesting! A child discovers strange🤔 and sudsy🫧 ways that sea creatures keep themselves clean. #kidlit

NEW BOOK MAIL! Love this postcard about a girl with Tourette syndrome who realizes tics are part of what makes her terrific! 🎸🎶💌 TIC-ERRIFIC ME Words: @byaliciameyers.bsky.social Pictures: Cait Brennan Publisher: @freespiritbooks.bsky.social Read the postcard: aprilberrybooks.com/tic-errific-...

NEW PICTURE BOOK POSTCARD!💌✨ What a delight! The Barcelona Plants wrote to tell us all about a very special concert. 🪴🎻🎶 MUSIC PLANTS HOPE Author: @tonnyef.bsky.social Illustrator: Natalia Bruno Read the postcard: aprilberrybooks.com/music-plants...

NEW PICTURE BOOK POSTCARD! From Digital Red to her followers.📵💌✨ This one is so fun! DIGITAL RED Author: @kimdbooks.bsky.social Illustrator: @jandolby.bsky.social Read the postcard: aprilberrybooks.com/digital-red-...

3-2-1-BOOK MAIL! 🚀💌✨ This week's Picture Book Postcard from Jacob the Asthmanaut is out of this world! MY LIFE AS AN ASTHMANAUT Words: @jlockettauthor1.bsky.social Pictures: Adriana Predoi Published by @freespiritbooks.bsky.social Read the entire postcard here: aprilberrybooks.com/my-life-as-a...

BOOK MAIL! Check out this fun Picture Book Postcard from Goldi-Fox! HOW TO HATCH A WRITER Words: @karianngonzalez.bsky.social Pictures: Rachel Suzanne Read the postcard here: aprilberrybooks.com/how-to-hatch...

📢 HEY, PICTURE BOOK AUTHORS! I'm looking for new picture books to feature on the Picture Book Postcards blog. If you are an author of a new-to-market (or publishing soon) picture book, please consider it. I'm currently scheduling posts for late summer/early fall.💌

A new picture book postcard? From a moose?? 🫎💌✨ FINLEY: A MOOSE IN CHARTREUSE Author: @candacespizzirri.bsky.social Illustrator: @chantelleburgen.bsky.social This one is so much fun! Read the entire postcard here: aprilberrybooks.com/finley-a-moo...

HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAY, @kristimahoney.bsky.social! Owls Make Terrible Teachers comes out today! 🦉💌♥️✨ If you haven't read Owl's postcard on my blog yet, you should: aprilberrybooks.com/owls-make-te... Oh, and you should definitely get yourself a copy of this super fun new book!

NEW PICTURE BOOK POSTCARD! 🩰💌✨ I love this sweet postcard from Jen. 💃 I SPARK LIKE LIGHTNING Author: @kidlitjennaj.bsky.social Illustrator: Sue Teodoro Publisher: @freespiritbooks.bsky.social Read the entire postcard here: aprilberrybooks.com/i-spark-like... #amreading #kidlit

WHAT'S THAT IN THE NIGHT SKY? Is it a bird? A plane? No, it's a Picture Book Postcard from Supermoon! SUPERMOON Author: @writessue.bsky.social Illustrator: Tincho Schmidt Publisher: @tielmourpress.bsky.social Read Supermoon's super fun postcard here: aprilberrybooks.com/supermoon-su... 🌝💌♥️✨

My favorite books from this morning's reading stack: I HATE EVERYTHING! (Sophy Henn) THE REMEMBERING CANDLE (Alison Goldberg/Selina Alko) Highly recommend! 📚👍

ANOTHER PICTURE BOOK POSTCARD! I love this fun postcard from Vo! 👩‍🦽💌✨ WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE A CHAIR Author: @ryanraeharbuck.bsky.social Illustrator: Barry Lee Publisher: @barefootbooks.bsky.social Read Vo's postcard here: aprilberrybooks.com/when-i-grow-... #amreading #kidlit

👀Looky, looky! A new #PictureBookPostcard! 💌❤️✨ Bea's Balikbayan Box of Treasures Written by @christinealemshah.bsky.social Illustrated by Dream Chen Published by @freespiritbooks.bsky.social Read Bea's postcard here: aprilberrybooks.com/beas-balikba... #kidlit #writingcommunity

NEW BOOK MAIL! This #PictureBookPostcard is SO MUCH FUN! TINY HIKER Written by @natashazimmers.bsky.social Pictures by @jaimieillustrates.bsky.social Published by @orcabook.bsky.social Explore the wild with Tiny Hiker and read the blog post here: aprilberrybooks.com/tiny-hiker-n...

A NEW PICTURE BOOK POSTCARD!🎣💌✨ Today, we get a sneak peek at this fantastic new picture book! Fly Rod Was First: Cornelia Crosby's Adventures in Angling Words by @catballoumealey.bsky.social Pictures by Billie Michael Read the postcard here: aprilberrybooks.com/fly-rod-was-...

#Kidlit Friends! It's Picture Book Postcard day, and Wonder the pony is wishing you Happy trails! 🏇 💌 ✨ MY PONY WONDER Words by @jessicammilo.bsky.social Pictures by Ramona Kaulitzki Read the postcard here: aprilberrybooks.com/my-pony-wond...

Hey, #kidlit friends! Look what the March winds just blew in??? A new Picture Book Postcard! 🪁 📬️ ✨ Kai Po Che: Mini's Perfect Kite Words by @thesusankam.bsky.social Pictures by @devikaoza.bsky.social Read the postcard here: aprilberrybooks.com/kai-po-che-m...

A new Picture Book Postcard just fluttered into my virtual mailbox! 🦋📬️✨ Such a lovely book! BUTTERFLY SEA Author: @booksbycindy.bsky.social Illustrator: @marielaurecouet.bsky.social Publisher: @tielmourpress.bsky.social Read the postcard here: aprilberrybooks.com/butterfly-se...

It's out in the world! Hurrah! Last night, I sent out the first ever Postcard Mailbag - the monthly roundup email for Picture Book Postcards! Did you get it? What did you think? Gah! I am having SO MUCH FUN with this new #kidlit book blog. I should've started this blog a long time ago. 💌📚❤️✨

GREAT BIG THANK YOU to the #kidlit community for your support of my new PICTURE BOOK POSTCARDS blog! So far, we have received postcards from Andrew Hacket, Ana Siqueira, Brian Gehrlein, Brittany Pomales, Sylvia Chen, and many others! See the entire postcard stack here==> PictureBookPostcards.com

I know this routine well. Here is a picture of our mischievous barker-in-chief.

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT... I was a guest on the @ymwjpodcast.bsky.social podcast a few days ago. We talked about the rollercoaster of publishing, the value of community, how to find writing friends and build a supportive village. Thanks for the great chat, @drenderturmaud.bsky.social!