Erin Dealey--> Kidlit Author*Playwright

🌟Thank you so much @mrschureads.bsky.social for helping us celebrate our #BookBirthday today! 🌟📚🌟📚🌟📚🌟 Squirrel Draws BIG Feelings Illus. @lucianaillustra.bsky.social @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social “Like Art and Libraries, Squirrel Draws BIG Feelings is for all of us.”

We ❤️ Deborah Salyer ! @bookfloodpod.bsky.social

It’s a Picture Book Postcard from SQUIRREL DRAWS BIG FEELINGS @lucianaillustra.bsky.social @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social via @aprilberrybooks.bsky.social aprilberrybooks.com/squirrel-dra...

It’s my Three Year THEATERaversary with Uproar Theatrics 🌟🎭🌟— so very grateful! www.uproartheatrics.com/authors/erin... #theater @eastwestlit.bsky.social

Happy #BookBirthday to The Boy Behind the Wardrobe: How C.S. Lewis Grew Up to Create Narnia + 7 Qs with debut author Suzanne Poulter Harris = behind the book! @ebyrbooks.bsky.social illus. Mira Miroslavova #picturebook #kidlit #nonfiction #CSLewis erindealey.com/book-birthda...

Happy Happy Birthday Marie Boyd! 🎉🎉🎉 Can’t wait for Sebastian’s Sunflower marieboyd.com

So honored to receive the Celebrate Literacy award at the California Reading Assoc. conference! Thank you Nancy Rogers-Zegarra, Janeen Zuniga, Paula Aja, Carla Peterson, Suzanne Bethel & CONGRATS Gateway Reading Council on your well-deserved Torchlighter award. #Literacy heroes, one & all! #kidlit

Our Oct ILLUSTRATOR HIGHLIGHT: Award-winning author-#illustrator Stephanie Roth Sisson #kidlit mailchi.mp/eastwestlite...

Happy Birthday @KimberlyBiddle4 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Hope it’s a wonderful day—and the beginning of the best year yet!

My first interview about NIGHTMARE BURGER

Sacramento peeps, come to this Joyous Festival and buy books. Join me!!! Saturday, October 17th. @eastwestlit.bsky.social

Robert Munsch is a beloved #KidLit author in Canada. His memory is fading, will continue to fade. 😢 "Luckily, the residents of Guelph, Ont. remember everything." Uplifting, moving article in @theglobeandmail.com. Gift article link: www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/643477e...

Happy #IndigenousPeoplesDay Can You Hear the Plants Speak? @juliawasson.bsky.social Nicolas Hummingbird / Madelyn Goodnight @harperkids.bsky.social Daughter of the Light-Footed People: Indigenous Marathon Champion Lorena Ramírez Belen Medina / Natalia Rojas Castrois @simonkids.bsky.social

Are you ready for Nightmare Burger? (Coming 11/24) NYT Bestselling author Joshua Pruett answers eight Questions about his debut horror novel for adults! @zombietardis.bsky.social @andrewsmcmeel.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social #horror erindealey.com/authors-and-...

Hooray @carmelasimmons.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations!

Fall into Books! #kidlit Squirrel Draws BIG Feelings Illustrated by @lucianaillustra.bsky.social @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social

Thank you @writersrumpus.bsky.social for inviting me to write about my experience illustrating Picture Books! #teachers and #educators, it's a Giveaway! @erindealey.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social writersrumpus.com/2026/10/06/t...

The Freedom to Read . @eastwestlit.bsky.social @edusky.bsky.social @erindealey.bsky.social @laurenkerstein.bsky.social #teacher #librarian #parent www.amazon.com/As-You-Are-H... .

Happy Book Birthday to I FLY: An Airplane's Fantastic Flight + author Kelly Rice Schmitt answers Six Questions about her new #Nonfiction PB. @lernerbooks.bsky.social #kidlit #skybrarians #TLSky erindealey.com/book-birthda...

Happy Birthday @apalessandri.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉 alexandraalessandri.com Hope it’s the start of a wonderful year for you!

Banned Books Week starts today! This year’s theme is: #LetBooksBe What do you think books should be? Share your answer in the comments: ✨ Let Books Be Free 🎉 Let Books Be Fun 🌎 Let Books Be Diverse 💡 Let Books Be Thought-Provoking ❤️ Let Books Be Themselves

Thank you BBSS northern Sierra @bbbsamerica.bsky.social 🌟📚🌟Squirrel, Porcupine, Bear Cub and I had a great time! #kidlit @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social @lucianaillustra.bsky.social 🌟📚🌟

New on the blog: Today’s topic is (drum roll, please…) board books –reading, chewing, and writing them. #kidlit @eastwestlit.bsky.social erindealey.com/raising-read...

Our September GOOD #kidlit news: Book BDays: @meganefreeman.bsky.social Ariel Vanece, Stacia Deutsch Kwame Alexander, Belen Medina; DEALS @heatherbrockmanlee.bsky.social Best Sellers AnnaDewdney thepetethecat @joebot.bsky.social + Welcome @juliebookagent.bsky.social! mailchi.mp/eastwestlite...

Happy Book Birthday @arielvanece.bsky.social DAY SHIFT, NIGHT SHIFT Illus. Jade Orlando @simonkids.bsky.social Denene Millner Books “A rewarding tale of familial bonding, centered on a common passion.”Kirkus

Two E/W titles on @cbcbooks.bsky.social Fall 2026 list: The Wisdom of Elders. cbcbooks.org/cbc-book-lists… GRANDMA’S FAVORITE @kanemillerbooks.bsky.social @lucianaillustra.bsky.social @erindealey.bsky.social HILWA’S GIFTS Safa Suleiman @candlewickpress.bsky.social Illus. Anait Semirdzhyan

Thank you @cbcbooks.bsky.social for including GRANDMA’S FAVORITE @kanemillerbooks.bsky.social @lucianaillustra.bsky.social on your Fall 2026 post: The Wisdom of Elders. cbcbooks.org/cbc-book-lists… We spy HILWA’S GIFTS Safa Suleiman /Candlewick /Anait Semirdzhyan too! @eastwestlit.bsky.social

Happy #Fall — What are you reading? Squirrel Draws BIG Feelings 🍁📚🍂 Book trailer: youtube.com/watch?v=7-cogg…. @lucianaillustra.bsky.social @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social

What a beautiful library for a reading of "Squirrel Draws Big Feelings" 📚📚📚🐿️ !

NEW on the blog: Happy “Our Play” Birthday! = 2 Act Comedy for Young Adult Actors — with Uproar Theatrics. (Ever wonder what an author does when she's not writing children's books?) erindealey.com/plays-for-youn… @eastwestlit.bsky.social @ncte.org @uproartheatrics.com #theater

"A beautiful love letter to the theater. . . . the very first time that I read this book, I just smiled. John and Jaime were made to make this book together. Friends, you need to read this book. It will just make you so happy." — @colbysharp.bsky.social mrschureads.blogspot.com/2026/06/this...

Yesterday was a busy day for Squirrel Draws BIG Feelings @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social @lucianaillustra.bsky.social & JUST FLOWERS @sleepingbear1192.bsky.social Illus. @k8cosgrove.bsky.social 🌟📚🌟 Thank you EDCLibrary & @lindentree.bsky.social 🌟📚🌟 @eastwestlit.bsky.social

Did you know that lighthouses used to have their own tiny, traveling little libraries? 📚👍🏽 #KidLit #picturebook #interview #bookblogger jenabenton.com/2026/09/17/s...

Happy Book Launch @meganefreeman.bsky.social 🌟📚🌟

Happy YA debut #BookBirthday to THE SECRET TO BELONGING + Five Questions with highly acclaimed author, Megan E. Freeman @meganefreeman.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social @ssedlib.bsky.social #kidlit erindealey.com/book-birthda...

Happy birthday, @annbraden.bsky.social!

Happy #GrandparentsDay Repost from @laurenkerstein.bsky.social + more Grandparent Books by Anna Dewdney @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @erindealey.bsky.social @lucianaillustra.bsky.social @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social

"I'm excited to share the activity for Lily-May's Joyful Day because it was inspired by two specific aspects of my conversation with John Schu." —Jennifer LaGarde static1.squarespace.com/static/604c4...

September Squirrel Parties! Save the dates. @bbbsamerica.bsky.social Squirrel Draws BIG Feelings @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social @lucianaillustra.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social

COVER REVEAL: A GENTLE LIGHT: The Untold Story of British Spy and World War II Hero Noor Inayat Khan by Shirin Shamsi, Illus. Tara Anand. @redcometpressbooks.bsky.social @meganhoytwrites.bsky.social #BookBoost #nonfiction erindealey.com/authors-and-...

Squirrel Draws BIG Feelings @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social @lucianaillustra.bsky.social seen in the wild at #chalkitupsac @crockerart.bsky.social this weekend! #chalkart #kidlit

The BEST podcast I’ve seen in forever: youtu.be/DjJfKRNWMhU Mo & Cher Willems talk with WHO’S WITH ME @wkamaubell.bsky.social @whoswithme.bsky.social @mowillems.bsky.social @The_Pigeon on #kidlit, process, and being a “random ant.” 🐜📚🐜 Happy #Friday

This was such a pleasure! Wait til you read what’s in @mrschureads.bsky.social John Schu’s Bag of Y-O-U 🌟📚🌟

New work on U.S. stages? In this economy? Our complete list for September. www.americantheatre.org/2026/09/01/w...

macabre = “muh-KAHB” Worcestershire = “WOOSS-ter-sheer” omnipotent = “ahm-NI-puh-tunt” reticent = “RET-uh-sunt” epitome = “ih-PIT-uh-mee” myriad = "MEER-ee-ud" Never make fun of someone if they mispronounce a word. It means they learned it by reading.

18 Children's Books on Media Literacy and Fake News buff.ly/2AeEjJE via @pragmaticmom @readyourworld.bsky.social #ReadYourWorld #MediaLiteracy #KidLit #fakenews #eduators

Happy Book Birthday to Lily-May’s Joyful Day + Five Qs with NYT Bestselling Author & #Kidlit Literacy Advocate @mrschureads.bsky.social Illus. @hollyhatam.bsky.social @charlesbridge.bsky.social #BookBoost #TLSky #Skybrarians erindealey.com/authors-and-...

E/W News: mailchi.mp/eastwestlite... @heatherbrockmanlee.bsky.social @apalessandri.bsky.social @staciawrites.bsky.social @meganefreeman.bsky.social @kellycrull.bsky.social @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social @joebot.bsky.social @stacysjensen.bsky.social @annaouchchy.bsky.social @laurenkerstein.bsky.social

WOW! 🌸📚🌸 Thank you @lindentree.bsky.social & Turbow Farms for including JUST FLOWERS @k8cosgrove.bsky.social Sleeping Bear @eastwestlit.bsky.social in these beautiful #flower pairings. We are truly honored. 🌸📚🌸

It is and will remain one of the greatest honors of my life to have been asked to help Dr. Kakenya Ntaiya tell the story of her journey through girlhood to womanhood.

Repost from Instagram—Evergreen Middle School— 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟REVIEW of Ernesto Cisneros’ Queso, Just in Time QuillTreeBooks #BookBoost #kidlit