Does your #picturebook have more than one reason for readers to pick it up? 👀📚

Our FREE 12 x 12 Guide to Picture Book Hooks explores why multiple hooks matter in today’s market and how you can strengthen your manuscripts.

Grab your copy: buff.ly/rLgkRXZ

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✍️ Writing may be solitary, but being a writer doesn’t have to be.

#12x12PB member Bill Borders says 12 x 12 gives him “a warm sense of community” and helps him feel connected to “a larger group of kindred creative spirits.” 💛

Learn more: buff.ly/VpfPKcd

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Who says you have to draw to write graphic novels? @marciecolleen.bsky.social has written many #graphicnovels for kids & shares her secrets on the #12x12pb #podcast. Listen to this fun chat:
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The Fall course begins 9/14: 12x12challenge.com/gn
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🍎🍯 Welcome the Jewish New Year with #12x12PB stories celebrating family, tradition, reflection & new beginnings!

📚 STELLA'S SPECIAL RECIPE
📚 THE ROSH HASHANAH RECIPE
📚 KAYLA AND KUGEL'S SUPER SWEET ROSH HASHANAH
📚 FINDING FORGIVENESS

Find them here: buff.ly/H4cnIeN

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Today, we remember those whose lives were lost on September 11, 2001, and honor the courage and compassion shown in the days that followed.

Explore #12x12PB books that can help young readers learn about September 11th with care and understanding:

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12 x 12 member @kidlitjennaj.bsky.social shares how submitting one story led to writing a completely different manuscript for the same publisher! Good things happen when you put your authentic self out there. Way to go, Jenna!

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🎉 Congratulations to #12x12PB member @alisonpstevens.bsky.social!

📚 WHEN BEAVERS MOVE IN has been named a Boston Globe-Horn Book Nonfiction Award Honoree! ✨

Join us in celebrating this wonderful recognition from @thehornbook.bsky.social! 👏

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Picture Book Author @annewynter.bsky.social reveals her process for using structure—even when she's just starting to write a picture book!

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🎉 Happy Book Birthday to #12x12PB member, @sheridillard.bsky.social! 🎉📚

📚 TIC, TAC, AND TOE: IN THE GARDEN illustrated by @chuckie346.bsky.social, and published by Reycraft Books is now available.

Find it along with more Book Birthdays here: buff.ly/Rto2ywD

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🎉 Happy Book Birthday to #12x12PB member, Laura Hays Hoover! 🎉📚

📚 IT WON'T BE LONG illustrated by Jieting Chen, and published by Reycraft Books is officially out now.

Find it here: buff.ly/Rto2ywD

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🎉 Happy Book Birthday to #12x12PB member, @ashleybelotebooks.bsky.social! 🎉📚

📚 SQUIRREL LOCK HOLMES: MYSTERY AT THE CORNY MAZE published by Random House Graphics is now available.

Check it out: buff.ly/Rto2ywD

#kidlit

🎉 Happy Book Birthday to #12x12PB member, Laura De La Cruz! 🎉📚

📚 LOWRIDER FOR SALE illustrated by @phonemova.bsky.social, and published by Disney Hyperion is officially available.

Find it along with more Book Birthdays here: buff.ly/Rto2ywD

#kidlit @vrukaslt.bsky.social

🎉 Happy Book Birthday to #12x12PB member, @claireannette.bsky.social! 🎉📚

📚 A KNOT OF FROGS, A PASSEL OF HOGS: RECESS WITH COLLECTIVE NOUNS illustrated by Susie Oh, and published by Gnome Road Publishing is officially out!

Find it here: buff.ly/Rto2ywD

#kidlit

🎉 Happy Book Birthday to #12x12PB member, @korena.bsky.social! 🎉📚

📚 A HANBOK FOR HANA illustrated by Jaime Kim, and published by @candlewickpress.bsky.social is now available.

Check it out: buff.ly/Rto2ywD

#kidlit

📚✨ Happy International Literacy Day!

Today we celebrate stories that help young readers learn, imagine, explore & discover a love of reading.

Here’s to #12x12PB creators helping raise the next generation of readers, one story at a time! 💛

#kidlit #internationalliteracyday

Does backmatter really matter in picture books? Kidlit author Heidi E.Y. Stemple thinks so! Come discover just how fun backmatter can be—in nonfiction AND fiction! (Really!)

Listen here: 12x12challenge.com/p...

#podcast #author #kidlit #nonfiction #picturebook #amwriting #12x12pb #booksky

✏️📚 Back-to-school season calls for some great back-to-school books!

From first-day jitters to classroom adventures, #12x12PB creators have stories perfect for welcoming a brand-new school year. 🍎

Find your next back-to-school read: buff.ly/GHxxqPO

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Your stories will still be there tomorrow. 💛

This Labor Day, we hope our #12x12PB community finds a little time to rest, recharge, and enjoy a well-earned break.

Happy Labor Day, writers! ✏️📚

#kidlit

Will your #picturebook hook a reader? 🎣📚

Our FREE 12 x 12 Guide to Picture Book Hooks explores what hooks are, why your story may need more than one, and the types you can add to your manuscripts.

Get the guide: buff.ly/xULpvAx

#12x12PB #kidlit

What are agents & editors thinking these days? @emmawaltonhamilton.bsky.social & @katiedavisburps.bsky.social join the #12x12PB Podcast to give you the skinny on the Agent & Editor Panels for #PBSummit online on 10/3.

Listen: 12x12challenge.com/p...

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