Welcome to KidLit Cares, an online talent auction to benefit the Red Cross relief effort to help communities recover from Hurricane Harvey and related flooding. Agents, editors, authors, and illustrators have donated various services to be auctioned off to the highest bidder, with donations being made directly to the Red Cross disaster relief fund. You can read more about KidLit Cares here. Now, on to the auction!

Patricia Nelson is offering a critique of a query letter + the first 15 pages of a YA or MG manuscript. She’ll also have a 20-minute phone call with you to discuss any aspects of writing and publishing that you’d like. Patricia is a literary agent with Marsal Lyon Literary Agency. She represents middle grade and YA of all genres, as well as select adult fiction. You can find out more about her atwww.marsallyonliteraryagency.Opening bid: $50
Auction ends: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 9pm EST.
Any bids submitted in comments after that time will be void. (Please note: bidding at the last second isn’t a good idea. Websites get overloaded & there’s always a chance that your bid might not post on time. So please bid your best offer with plenty of time to spare.)
If you’d like to bid on this auction, check the current high bid and place a higher bid by leaving your name and bid amount in the comments, along with some way to contact you (email, FB or Twitter…I’m not fussy.) Winners will be notified when the auction ends and should be prepared to make an online donation to the Red Cross Hurricane Harvey Disaster Relief fund in the amount of the high bid at that time. After you’ve made your donation, you’ll forward your receipt to me, and I’ll put you in touch with the person who donated the service you won so that the two of you can work out the details about how and when. All services will be provided at the convenience of both the person making the donation and the auction winner, but this should happen within three months of the auction’s end unless something else is agreed upon by both parties.
Good luck, and thanks for bidding!





Author donna Gephart has donated a Skype visit up to 45-minutes (valued at $250), a signed hardback copy of Lily and Dunkin and class set of bookmarks. Donna
Author AC Gaughen has donated a signed set of the Scarlet Trilogy (SCARLET, LADY THIEF, LION HEART), a signed ARC of REIGN THE EARTH, coming January 2018, and a twenty page manuscript critique of an MG or YA novel. She’s the author of the Scarlet Trilogy and the upcoming REIGN THE EARTH. Find out more at
Author Fran Manushkin has donated a 30-minute Skype visit and 20 books for the winning bidder of this auction. Fran is he author of the Katie Woo series and the Pedro series, as well as the picture book “Happy In Our Skin.”
Karen Boss is offering a two-page critique of a full picture-book manuscript or 10 pages of a middle-grade novel. Karen acquires fiction and nonfiction picture books and middle-grade novels at Charlesbridge. She holds a MA in Children’s Literature from Simmons College and regularly acts as a mentor for their Writing for Children MFA program.
90 Minute School Visit Consultation for an author or illustrator. With Michelle’s guidance, you’ll develop a program that engages students and excites teachers/librarians. If you are new to School (author/illustrator) visits, you’ll develop a program from the beginning. Or maybe you have some experience under your belt but you’d like to step up your game. Michelle will help you develop a program that capitalizes on your strengths. If you want to tie your program to standards, she can help you do that, too. If you live within 50 miles of Michelle’s house in Rochester, MA, she’ll meet you in person at a café or library. If not, you’ll do it over Skype or the phone.
Amy Guglielmo and Jacqueline Tourville, co-authors of POCKET FULL OF COLORS, are offering one picture book manuscript critique for an aspiring picture book author!
Elizabeth Eulberg is offering a 30-minute Skype Q&A session for your school, library, or book club, along with signed copies of the Texas Bluebonnet Master List book, The Great Shelby Holmes, and the upcoming sequel, The Great Shelby Holmes Meets Her Match.
Emma Otheguy, author of the bilingual picture book Martí’s Song for Freedom (Lee & Low Books, 2017) is offering a thirty-minute Skype chat with your library or classroom, along with a signed book for the classroom and a Martí sticker for each student (up to forty stickers). Date & time will be mutually agreed after the auction ends.
Award-winning children’s author Cynthia Reeg