Hey #picturebook peeps! How are you doing on your #amwriting goals for 2024? We're almost 1/2 through! #12x12PB has a mid-year goal check-in and worksheet. Celebrate, calibrate & plan for the next 6 months. Grab it here: 12x12challenge.com/goals-worksheet

Special thanks to Hope Lim for sharing her stunning #picturebook SOURGRASS with us at our June Book Chat! You can still grab the replay here:
12x12challenge.com/hope

#amreading #amwriting #kidlit #writingcommunity

Hey #12x12PB members & #picturebook creator friends! We announced our second Superstar Speaker for this year's #PBSummit ! Check it out, and mark your calendars to register starting tomorrow! #kidlit #writingcommunity .

Yay, Kerry Aradhya! This #12x12PB member's #picturebook , ERNO RUBIK AND HIS MAGIC CUBE, illustrated by Kara Kramer and published by @peachtreepub, released today.

View it here: buff.ly/43OXTTS

#newbook #booklaunch

Special thanks for 임재구.bsky.social for sharing SOURGRASS with us at our June Book Chat! You can still grab the replay here:
12x12challenge.com/hope

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By now you know our Founder @juliefhedlund is also a co-founder of #PBSummit , and today they announced their first superstar speaker for 2024. Who is the first qualifier? Watch and find out! :-) #picturebooks #amwriting #12x12PB #writingcommunity #kidlit

We're putting a new spin on this year's Fall Illustrator Challenge: we would love to see the #12x12PB characters dressed up in Halloween costumes 🎃

If you're a 12 x 12 member, you can submit your illustration of our characters in costumes through Thursday, August 1st!

Hey #12x12PB peeps, check out these editors doing #picturebook first pages critiques at #PBSummit ! Plus the chance to pitch to them. Hope you join us! Registration opens June 12th. #amquerying #amwriting #kidlit

Hey #amquerying #12x12PB members! Check out this amazing panel of editors who will be critiquing #picturebook first pages at this year's #PBSummit !

Hey #12x12PB members who are #amquerying your #picturebooks (or about to), you'll want to attend our 10th #PBSummit for this winning agent panel + the oppty to pitch to them above the slush pile! Registration opens June 12th. #kidlit #writingcommunity

Congrats to #12x12PB member H. Lorenzo (Hannah Lorenzo) on signing with her agent, Kaitlyn Leann Sanchez at Bradford Literary Agency! What advice does Hannah have?

Read our blog post to find out! buff.ly/3yHGbI1

#amwriting #amquerying

Attention #12x12PB members who qualify! Be sure to apply for a #PBSummit scholarship. #picturebooks #kidlit

And by a #12x12PB member!

Hey! #12x12PB Founder @juliefhedlund is teaching a Winning with Wordplay workshop (say THAT 5 times fast) at this year's Picture Book Summit! Registration for this 10 year anniversary event opens June 12th. #kidlit #picturebooks

Meet this month's #12x12PB Featured Agents, Charlotte Wenger of Prospect Agency and Alyssa Eisner Henkin of Birch Path Literary!

Head to the blog to learn more about these fantastic #agents and what they're looking for in #picturebooks : buff.ly/3RwzZZZ

#amquerying

Hey #12x12PB members! Don't miss your chance to win a FREE ticket to this year's Picture Book Summit! The lineup includes Founder @juliefhedlund's workshop on Winning with Wordplay! #pbsummit #picturebooks #amwriting #writingcommunity #kidlit #kidlit art

Happy Book Birthday to #12x12PB member @catrinekyster for her #picturebook , REJSEN TIL NEW YORK: DENGANG OG NU (THE JOURNEY TO NEW YORK: THEN AND NOW), illustrated by Signe Gabriel and published by Gads Forlag!

#newbook #booklaunch

We're celebrating #12x12PB member Jackie Morera 🌻 ABUELO’S FLOWER SHOP is out now! for the release of her #picturebook , ABUELO'S FLOWER SHOP, illustrated by Deise Lino and published by @beamingbooksmn, today!

Check it out here: buff.ly/43OXTTS

#newbook #booklaunch

Happy Book Birthday to #12x12PB member Valerie Bolling and her co-author @kaileipew! Their #picturebook , I SEE COLOR, illustrated by laylie 🌻 and published by @harperchildrens, is available for purchase today.

Check it out and MANY more! buff.ly/43OXTTS

#newbook

Yay! #12x12PB member @fictioncity (Lisa Katzenberger)'s #picturebook , A LOVE LETTER TO MY LIBRARY, illustrated by @robsayart and published by @sourcebookskids, hit the shelves today!

See all of June's book birthdays: buff.ly/43OXTTS

#newbook #booklaunch