editor/coach/author specializing in kidlit | upcoming: MG bio '26; 2 x pbs '27; recent: MISS MATCH, HOORAY FOR TRUCKS!; SAME HERE; WALKING FOR WATER
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Joined March 2013
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Are you a Canadian writer working on a children's manuscript (picture book, MG, YA)? I can apply for a @twuc grant to mentor 1 writer for 10 hrs. Contact me by Oct 15 if interested!
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A wonderful short story by #naomigordon. Check it out.
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Are you a Canadian #kidlit writer? I can apply for ONE #grant to mentor ONE writer for 10 hrs (Nov - March) ie manu feedback, zoom chats, etc.
If you're working on a PB, MG, or YA and are interested, pls get in touch asap. (Thx, @twuc!)
#mentorship #writing @picturebookseh
Thanks for the wonderful review of my MG novel MISS MATCH, Helen!
@SCBWICanadaEast @InkedVoices #hilo #juniorromcom
What could go wrong when a group of 8th graders start a matchmaking service for their peers? MISS MATCH by Susan Hughes @childbkauthor from @orcabook @picturebookseh (#hilo novel for #MG) canlitforlittlecanadians.blo…
Thanks for this wonderful review, @HelenKubiw! What could go wrong indeed??
#MG #hilo #humor #juniorromcom @orcabook @MyaColwell @InkedVoices @SCBWICanadaEast
What could go wrong when a group of 8th graders start a matchmaking service for their peers? MISS MATCH by Susan Hughes @childbkauthor from @orcabook @picturebookseh (#hilo novel for #MG) canlitforlittlecanadians.blo…
Susan Hughes retweeted
A new book tells the story of a #disabled boy in the 1800s who was treated at SickKids Hospital after travelling 40 miles on his own in a sled pulled by his dog. @HBKidsHospital @SickKidsNews hollandbloorview.ca/stories-…
Susan Hughes retweeted
In her poem “The Friend’s Dog,” @sadiqademeijer crystallizes one of life’s most difficult moments in amber: a pet’s transition from life into death. thewalrus.ca/the-friends-dog…
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📷📷Look for these new #kidlit books by @parentclub @LauraBontje @childbkauthor
@MahtabNarsimhan @kirsten_marion
#KidLit #KidlitChat
ALT 📚👍🏼 Look for these new #kidlit books by: @parentclub @reganw.h.macaulay @LauraBontjeBooks @BeddiaLea @franbwrites @caseyklyall @susanhughesbooks @mahtab_narsimhan @valeriesherrard @kirstenlmarion
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Gorgeously illustrated by Ashley Barron, @childbkauthor's charming book highlights how children around the world are carried in many different ways, but each one with love. #DollysLibrary #CanadaBook #ReadOnCanada
Thanks, Sue!
@KidsCanPress
Today, to celebrate #IReadCanadianDay, I read the #picturebook, SOUNDS ALL AROUND: THE SCIENCE OF HOW SOUND WORKS (words by @childbkauthor, pics by Ellen Rooney). #amreading #Canadian #nonfiction #kidlit @BrouwerSigmund @lornasn @kidsbookcentre👂🐝🛻✈️📚
Want to introduce children to amazing architect Antoni Gaudi through an imaginative story and amazing illustrations? They'll love meeting Carmen and her dragon in my #picturebook Carmen and the House that Gaudi Built (@owlkids)!
@CasaBatlloGaudi #architects @picturebookseh
Are you a Canadian #kidlit writer? I can apply for ONE #grant to mentor ONE writer for 10 hrs (Nov - March) ie chatting line, manu feedback, etc. If you're working on a PB, MG, or YA and are interested, pls get in touch.
(Thx, Writers Union of Canada!)
@twuc #mentorship
I was delighted to receive author copies of my two picture books Sounds All Around and Lights Day and Night (in The Science Of series) now in Simplified Chinese translation! Woo-hoo!
@KidsCanPress #ellenrooney #stem #picturebook #translation #physics #light #sound
Thanks for highlighting the importance of walkable neighborhoods, especially for kids! Encourage kids to connect with, and speak up for, their 'hoods, like #JaneJacobs did!
A #kidlit picture book bio about Jane: Walking in the City with Jane!
@kidscan #activism #grassroots
Explore 'Walking in the City with Jane: A Story of Jane Jacobs'. Introduce kids to the importance of walkable neighborhoods and community-centered urban planning. #JaneJacobs #UrbanDesign
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Yes!
And for younger minds - read about the classics.
Walking in the City with Jane: A Story of Jane Jacobs - by @childbkauthor
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Dropped into my amazing local independent children's book store, Mabel's Fables, and signed copies of my MG picture book SAME HERE: THE DIFFERENCES WE SHARE (illus #SophieCasson), recently released in paperback!
#backtoschool @owlkids @picturebookseh @SCBWICanadaEast #diversity
Just rec'd copies of our board books soon to be distributed free to thousands of kids by Dolly Parton's @dollyslibrary -- my Upsy-Daisy, Baby! (illus #AshleyBarron) in December '24 and #GeraldValerio's Canadian Animals in Colour in Oct '24. Thrilling!
@owlkids @picturebookseh
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This summer we're taking a #ReadingRoadtrip across Canada. First stop, PEI! Where should we visit next?
ALT Digital graphic displays The Journal of Anxious Izzy Parker with Prince Edward Island in the background.