Children's Author. Knopf BFYR, Nancy Paulsen Books, Doubleday, Penguin Workshop, Simon Spotlight, Beach Lane, Laura Godwin Books, Two Lions, Beaming Books, Magination Presshttps://bsky.app/profile/jodywrites4kids.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jodywrites4kids.bsky.social/post/3mjwzou5hpc2vHappy #NationalLibraryWeek, everyone! I hope you get lost in a great book or two! #HighlightsPress #TravisFoster20 Apr 2026 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:iewp4m6t4frocy2bitkqix3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwzou5hpc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jodywrites4kids.bsky.social/post/3mjfrc5nxd22dSo fun to see @colbysharp.bsky.social's reaction to Disco Dave! I hope those fifth graders dig it! https://youtu.be/Bwmd8IlGmVE?si=RfXNVRZOa-APPXmy #MaginationPress #YanaKozak13 Apr 2026 21:03 +0000at://did:plc:iewp4m6t4frocy2bitkqix3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfrc5nxd22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jodywrites4kids.bsky.social/post/3mja3tjltns2aHappy National Pet Day! Here’s Sophie by @caleatkinson.bsky.social! I’d love to see your pets!11 Apr 2026 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:iewp4m6t4frocy2bitkqix3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mja3tjltns2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/jodywrites4kids.bsky.social/post/3mj5gnldofs2nI'm excited for Turkish readers to enjoy My Beautiful Fluffy Sweater aka Porcupine Had a Fuzzy Sweater! #MaginationPress #AngelaEdmonds10 Apr 2026 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:iewp4m6t4frocy2bitkqix3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5gnldofs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jodywrites4kids.bsky.social/post/3miyvq7jg3s2yHappy belated birthday, Jackie! 🎂@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @penguinschoollib.bsky.social08 Apr 2026 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:iewp4m6t4frocy2bitkqix3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3miyvq7jg3s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jodywrites4kids.bsky.social/post/3mikexxsmds2tI'm so grateful to connect with Kansas City-area kids through Church of the Resurrection's great Partner Schools ministry. All 85 fourth graders at this school went home with a free, signed copy of Creep, Leap, Crunch! A Food Chain Story. ❤️ @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @csneal.bsky.social02 Apr 2026 23:41 +0000at://did:plc:iewp4m6t4frocy2bitkqix3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mikexxsmds2thttps://bsky.app/profile/jodywrites4kids.bsky.social/post/3mieeovb23k2rHappy #BookBirthday to Daddy's Little Burrito! 👨‍👧‍👦🌯 P.S. Father's Day is right around the corner!😊 #HighlightsPress #BeatriceTinarelli31 Mar 2026 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:iewp4m6t4frocy2bitkqix3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mieeovb23k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/jodywrites4kids.bsky.social/post/3mi2njy7sq22wWhat it is, groovy people? Here's the skinny. Kirkus loves Disco Dave! "A heartfelt reminder that falling on one’s face often gives us the opportunity to rise in a whole new direction." Can you dig it? tinyurl.com/3p64edtn #MaginationPress #YanaKozak #Disco #PictureBooks #WritingCommunity27 Mar 2026 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:iewp4m6t4frocy2bitkqix3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2njy7sq22whttps://bsky.app/profile/jodywrites4kids.bsky.social/post/3mhssx7vvwk2kThanks to Jill Esbaum for sharing Disco Dave on #PictureBookBuilders! Delighted to share the spotlight with @carriefinison.bsky.social, LarryDaly, and @louisemaamodt.bsky.social! tinyurl.com/5ymnjm2a #MaginationPress #YanaKozak24 Mar 2026 14:47 +0000at://did:plc:iewp4m6t4frocy2bitkqix3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhssx7vvwk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jodywrites4kids.bsky.social/post/3mhq44mprok2zThis coming Sunday, March 29, from 1-3!! Let's boogie, KC! [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Mar 2026 12:53 +0000at://did:plc:iewp4m6t4frocy2bitkqix3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhq44mprok2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jodywrites4kids.bsky.social/post/3mhgctgabtk23Over the last couple of weeks, I've visited hundreds of students in Missouri and Kansas. I got to share Porcupine Had a Fuzzy Sweater (a 2026-2027 Missouri Show Me Award finalist), Creep, Leap, Crunch! A Food Chain Story (a 2026 Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award finalist), and...19 Mar 2026 15:26 +0000at://did:plc:iewp4m6t4frocy2bitkqix3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhgctgabtk23https://bsky.app/profile/jodywrites4kids.bsky.social/post/3mh6g47jq722eThank you for including Disco Dave, Nadia! #MaginationPress #YanaKozak [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Mar 2026 12:04 +0000at://did:plc:iewp4m6t4frocy2bitkqix3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh6g47jq722ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jodywrites4kids.bsky.social/post/3mgt363nzhc27This one’s for the daddies and their little burritos! Out March 31 wherever you get books! Pub Highlights Illus Beatrice Tinarelli 🌯 ❤️11 Mar 2026 23:49 +0000at://did:plc:iewp4m6t4frocy2bitkqix3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgt363nzhc27https://bsky.app/profile/jodywrites4kids.bsky.social/post/3mgrw76dsms24Happy National Reading Month, friends! And thanks to Kathy Carroll from Celebrate Picture Books for featuring Disco Dave! tinyurl.com/ye487vsk Pub Magination Press Illus Yana Kozak https://tinyurl.com/ye487vsk11 Mar 2026 12:47 +0000at://did:plc:iewp4m6t4frocy2bitkqix3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgrw76dsms24https://bsky.app/profile/jodywrites4kids.bsky.social/post/3mgn2ak4ih22lI'm honored that Disco Dave is on your list, @nadiaawriter.bsky.social! 🪩 [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Mar 2026 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:iewp4m6t4frocy2bitkqix3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgn2ak4ih22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/jodywrites4kids.bsky.social/post/3mgfh7wre6c2hIt's a Dino + Disco Book Party! And YOU'RE invited! Join Sue and me at The Learning Tree in Prairie Village, KS as we celebrate our newest books on Sunday 3/29 from 1-3. Dinos ✅🦖 Disco ✅🪩 You ✅😊 Books ✅📚 ======= FUN! ✅🎉 learningtreetoys.com/pages/even06 Mar 2026 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:iewp4m6t4frocy2bitkqix3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgfh7wre6c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jodywrites4kids.bsky.social/post/3mgbfrwvv222xIt was lovely to chat books with Kellie Houx of my hometown newspaper! https://x.com/myCTnews/status/2029282974894559243?s=2004 Mar 2026 23:11 +0000at://did:plc:iewp4m6t4frocy2bitkqix3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgbfrwvv222xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jodywrites4kids.bsky.social/post/3mgacqxpmkc2pHappiest of Book Birthdays to my critique buddy, Sue Gallion, on the release of this beauty from @phaidonpress.bsky.social! Illus Lisk Feng It's a masterpiece! tinyurl.com/mum8dy7c04 Mar 2026 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:iewp4m6t4frocy2bitkqix3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgacqxpmkc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jodywrites4kids.bsky.social/post/3mg66cplifs2xFriends! It's a Groovy Book Birthday Giveaway! Thanks for having me, Kathy! tinyurl.com/mvk9havh #MaginationPress #YanaKozak https://tinyurl.com/mvk9havh03 Mar 2026 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:iewp4m6t4frocy2bitkqix3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg66cplifs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jodywrites4kids.bsky.social/post/3mg5wl5jh2c2y03 Mar 2026 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:iewp4m6t4frocy2bitkqix3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg5wl5jh2c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jodywrites4kids.bsky.social/post/3mftyqv344c2oDisco-lovers far and wide! Enter this groovy giveaway of my new picture book, DISCO DAVE! It’s far out! #MaginationPress #YanaKozak [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Feb 2026 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:iewp4m6t4frocy2bitkqix3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mftyqv344c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jodywrites4kids.bsky.social/post/3mfmim2q7wk2dI was delighted to share DISCO DAVE'S backstory with @boonewrites.bsky.social on her Six Questions Blog! Thank you for having me, Mary! 🪩 Published by Magination Press Illustrated by Yana Kozak #SelfExpression #Perserverance #Persistence #PictureBook tinyurl.com/mrtddycz Out March 3! [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Feb 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:iewp4m6t4frocy2bitkqix3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfmim2q7wk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jodywrites4kids.bsky.social/post/3mfhupbth3c2kCue the disco ball! 🪩DISCO DAVE releases in ONE week! https://facebook.com/share/r/17eDxj5pUN/ Pubbed Magination Press Illus Yana Kozak tinyurl.com/mrtddycz22 Feb 2026 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:iewp4m6t4frocy2bitkqix3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfhupbth3c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/jodywrites4kids.bsky.social/post/3mfa2323ads26I had such a good time chatting about writing DISCO DAVE on @jenanbenton.bsky.social's Simply 7 Blog! Thanks for having me, Jena! 🪩Out March 3!🪩 tinyurl.com/mrtddycz Published by MaginationPress Illustrated by Yana Kozak #Persistence #GrowthMindset #PictureBook #Dance #Disco #Books #Humor [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Feb 2026 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:iewp4m6t4frocy2bitkqix3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfa2323ads26https://bsky.app/profile/jodywrites4kids.bsky.social/post/3mewhgcfabk2yIs your Kindergartener starting school in the fall? The @kclibrary.bsky.social has a list of books to help ease the transition! tinyurl.com/yvt7633k #BacktoSchool #Kindergarten #Emotions #PictureBook #kidlit15 Feb 2026 21:16 +0000at://did:plc:iewp4m6t4frocy2bitkqix3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mewhgcfabk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jodywrites4kids.bsky.social/post/3met7gyceis22Wishing you homemade love this Valentine's Day! Porcupine Had a Fuzzy Sweater shorturl.at/FUoa0 Art Angela Edmonds #MaginationPress14 Feb 2026 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:iewp4m6t4frocy2bitkqix3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3met7gyceis22https://bsky.app/profile/jodywrites4kids.bsky.social/post/3meluo5o47s2iThree weeks, folks! Got your disco shoes? **Psst...you should be dancin'--yeah! Preorder wherever you get b🪩🪩ks! Magination Press, Illus Yana Kozak #Persistence #NeverGiveUp #PictureBook #KidLit #Disco #SelfExpression #WritingCommunity #BookJoy11 Feb 2026 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:iewp4m6t4frocy2bitkqix3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3meluo5o47s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jodywrites4kids.bsky.social/post/3megv3yhot22sShe's done it again! Thanks KidTimeStoryteller for sharing with kids through your channels! Sometimes I AM HOT LAVA - temper tantrum read aloud! 🌋 https://youtu.be/c4Sj8M1s1IQ?si=kOl4_MS6evQNf20T via @YouTube illus AmelieVidelo #Emotions #kidlit #PictureBooks @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #WritingCommunity09 Feb 2026 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:iewp4m6t4frocy2bitkqix3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3megv3yhot22shttps://bsky.app/profile/jodywrites4kids.bsky.social/post/3medxvns5e227Sharktastic News! Who am I? Sharks and Other Ocean Animals is a 2026 Missouri Dogwood Outstanding Nonfiction Book! Thanks @maslonline.bsky.social!! #TravisFoster maslonline.org/awards/ #HighlightsPress08 Feb 2026 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:iewp4m6t4frocy2bitkqix3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3medxvns5e227https://bsky.app/profile/jodywrites4kids.bsky.social/post/3mdzxkf6v6k2oBooks? Sweaters? Happy #WRAD everyone! #MaginationPress #AngelaEdmonds04 Feb 2026 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:iewp4m6t4frocy2bitkqix3l/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdzxkf6v6k2o