
KIDLIT411
@kidlit411
Everything kid lit, in one place! Founded by @elaine_kearns11 and @artsylliu. Follow for weekly updates of kid lit links & for #giveaways. Also on 🦋.
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It's the first of the month so we have a new website banner and an Illustrator Spotlight on Angela Marise Johnson. Check out her awesome art and banner! kidlit411.com/2025/05/illust…



We are pleased to host a giveaway of the early reader, MADDIE AND MABEL MAKE A FRIEND by Kari Allen, illustrated by Tatjana Mai-Wyss (Kind World Publishing) out on May 6. To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday weekly update: kidlit411.com/2025/05/the-we…


Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (May 2): kidlit411.com/2025/05/the-we… Inside: The Midpoint Slump, Power of Punctuation in Poetry Inked Voices, 2 New Query Trends, more. Thanks Aneta Cruz of the illustration and Kari Allen & Scholastic for the PB giveaways.


We are pleased to host a giveaway of the debut picture book, OUR LAKE, written & illustrated by Angie Kang (Kokila/ Penguin Kids), out now. To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday weekly: kidlit411.com/2025/05/the-we… (+ more ways to win)


We are pleased to host a giveaway of the middle grade book, CLIMATE IS JUST THE START by Mikaela Loach - It’s Not That Radical 📖🇵🇸 (Bright Matter Books), out now. To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday weekly: kidlit411.com/2025/05/the-we… (+ more ways to win)


Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (May 9): kidlit411.com/2025/05/the-we… Inside: scbwi nonfiction class, Book Publicity, Combatting Writer Loneliness, more. Thanks Kira Sokolovskaia for the illustration, Penguin Kids & Bright Matter Books for the PB & MG giveaways. #kidlit



We are pleased to host a giveaway of the middle grade novel THE GIRL IN THE WALLS by Meg Eden Kuyatt (Scholastic) out on May 20. To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday weekly update: kidlit411.com/2025/05/the-we… (+ more ways to win)


Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (May 16): kidlit411.com/2025/05/the-we… Inside: Common Pitfalls in MG, Better Action Scenes, Nonfiction PBs, more. Thanks berrie torgan-randall for the illustration, Meg Eden Kuyatt & Penguin Kids for the MG & PB giveaways.


We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book GRANDPA'S BARN by Debra Daugherty illustrated by Victoria Marble (Roan & Weatherford Publishing). To enter, L + RP & confirm your entry in our Friday weekly: kidlit411.com/2025/05/the-we… (+ more ways to win)


Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (May 23): kidlit411.com/2025/05/the-we… Inside: Writing Novels v Scripts, Humor in Kidlit, MG Tips, more. Thanks Michele Katz for the illustration, Debra Daugherty & Luisana Duarte Armendáriz for the giveaways.


We are pleased to host a giveaway of the English and Spanish versions of JULIETA AND THE DIAMOND ENIGMA by Luisana Duarte Armendáriz (Lee & Low Books) To enter, L + RP & confirm your entry in our Friday weekly: kidlit411.com/2025/05/the-we… (+ more ways to win)


We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book THE AIR WE SHARE: THE POLLUTION PROBLEM AND FINDING WAYS TO FIX IT by Dee Romito, illus by Mariona Cabassa (Holiday House Publishing, Inc.) out 6/17. To enter, L + RP & confirm your entry in our Friday weekly: kidlit411.com/2025/05/the-we…


We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book LIVING BRIDGES: THE HIDDEN WORLD OF INDIA'S WOVEN TREES by Sandhya Acharya illustrated by Avani Dwivedi (Beach Lane Books) out on 6/3 To enter, L + RP & confirm your entry in our Friday weekly: kidlit411.com/2025/05/the-we…


Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (May 30): kidlit411.com/2025/05/the-we… Inside: Connotations in PBs, Emotional Arcs, Instagram tips, more. Thanks Paula Piechna for the illustration, Dee Romito & Sandhya Acharya for the PB giveaways.


It's the first of the month so we have a new website banner and Illustrator Spotlight on Johanna H. Kim. Check out her amazing art & enter to win one of her books! kidlit411.com/2025/06/illust… #kidlitart


We are pleased to host a giveaway of the middle grade graphic novel, HOW TO TALK TO YOUR SUCCULENT by Zoe Persico (Tundra Books) out now. To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday weekly update: kidlit411.com/2025/06/the-we… (+ more ways to win)


We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book MUSTAFA'S MITHAI by Sana Rafi, illustrated by Nabi H. Ali (Viking Books for Young Readers). To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday weekly update: kidlit411.com/2025/06/the-we… (+ more ways to win)
