MG author who loves oceans, kraken, cephalopods | new MG: ⚽️ STEALING THE SCORE (World Cup mystery)| next: 🐕 NOW THAT WE DON’T TALK| sci-fi: 🦀 HANA HSU AND THE GHOST CRAB NATION | co-run Kidlit411 | website: enjoyingplanetearth.com
Sylvia Liu
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One more day to go and I’m hyped! What the World Cup means to me this time around… ⚽️📕
Enough! Summer reading should be fun! Take a look at these #MGLit titles that have adventures, SPORTS, and horror. There are at least fifteen more books I could list, but this is a start.
Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (June 12): kidlit411.com/2026/06/the-... Inside: How to Self-Edit, Query 101 Workshop, Narrative Nonfiction, more. Thanks Moira Ratchford for the illustration, Pooja Makhijani and Ashley Wall for the PB & CB giveaways.
Can't wait until you get this one by @sylvialiu.bsky.social, @jenniferhalbur.bsky.social #bookposse is grateful!
Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (June 5): kidlit411.com/2026/06/the-... Inside: Traits of a Strong Antagonist, Social Media without Burnout, Self-Editing, more. Thanks Willemijne Van for the illustration, @olgaherrera.bsky.social and Dial Books
for the PB giveaways.
Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (May 22): kidlit411.com/2026/05/the-... Inside: @pbrisingstars.bsky.social Collective, Evergreen Marketing Tips, Guides to Sustainable Writing Life, more. Thanks Marie Banville for the illustration, Kristen Mei Chase
& Abrams for the CB and GN giveaways.
Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (May 15): kidlit411.com/2026/05/the-... Inside: Festival Scams, @scbwi.bsky.social awards, Finding Social Media Joy, more. Thanks @pensandpickles.bsky.social for the illustration, Emily Sun Li & Penguin Workshop for the PB & YA giveaways.
Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (May 1): kidlit411.com/2026/05/the-... Inside: Writing Unreliable Narrators, What to Do 3 Years Before Launch, ChronicleBooks open submission, more. Thanks @ericcastleman.bsky.social for the illo & Penguin Random & Viking Books for the MG giveaways.
Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (May 8): kidlit411.com/2026/05/the-... Inside: The 8 Shapes of Stories, Tips for Writing Verse Novels, Self Publishing 101 Webinar, more. Thanks Sharon Lane Holm for the illustration, @kristimahoney.bsky.social & Knopf BYR for the PB giveaways.
Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (May 29): kidlit411.com/2026/05/the-... Inside: Worldbuilding tips, 4 Ways to Deal with Criticism, PB Momentum, Writing Humor, more.
Thanks John Lechner for the illustration and GP PutnamBooks
for the YA giveaway. #kidlit #kidlitart
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