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!

Picture book manuscript critique and signed copy of Chicken Wants a Nap from children’s author and Literary Agent Tracy Marchini of BookEnds Literary.Opening bid: $50
Auction ends: Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at 8pm 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!





Courtney Pippin-Mathur is the author/illustrator of “Maya was Grumpy” and “Dragons Rule, Princesses Drool”. She is originally from Texas but now lives in a suburb of Washington DC with a knight, princess and two dragons.
Amy Ludwig VanDerwater is the author of FOREST HAS A SONG, EVERY DAY BIRDS, READ! READ! READ! and POEMS ARE TEACHERS as well as a
Skype Author Visit (or in-person visit for a southern New England classroom or library) + 5 signed copies of LOVE, MAMA + signed archival art print of cover art
Josh Funk is offering a 30-minute classroom Skype Q&A visit including a sneak-peek read-aloud of one of his unreleased books AND a signed copy of all five of his picture books.
Janet Fox is offering a 30-minute Skype author visit, along with signed copies of each of her books, or five copies of CHARMED CHILDREN (your choice). Janet is the author of five books for young readers, including the Crystal Kite award winner and multiply-starred THE CHARMED CHILDREN OF ROOKSKILL CASTLE (Viking 2016). Her debut picture book (VOLCANO DREAMS) will be out in fall 2018 and her next novel THE LAST TRUE KNIGHT in spring 2019. You can find more at
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Agent Erin Murphy of the 