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Looking forward to hearing Carol Foote read TROUBLE DOG this week! Sign up for the link to listen in. If you write a review, you'll be entered to win a book/PB critique/or an AMA with Carol. Register here! (P.S. It's an awesome book! 🐕) us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @storytimesprint.bsky.social

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Join us next Thursday at 8pm for our February Storytime Sprint with Carol A. Foote🐶 Listen in! Review! Win! Sign up here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... @carolafoote.bsky.social @ryannjones117.bsky.social @storytimesprint.bsky.social #kidlit #storytime

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Jumping for joy! I hope you will be, too! Please check out & share the HEADS-UP-The-#50PreciousWords CONTEST-IS-COMING-SOON post! Find DATES, GUIDELINES, and a list of fabulous PRIZES! And I hope you love my updated website thanks to @thebooklinksllc.bsky.social viviankirkfield.com/2025/02/01/h...

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Join their email list and join the fun! I love this event. It’s a “Bite Size” event - and if you know me you’ll get this - iykyk #kidlit See you in June!

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Hello Friends! Welcome to #MSWL Day 2025! 🎉 This is our first #MSWL Day on Bluesky, and we have new features to share! Rather listen than read? Here’s a how-to! vimeo.com/1055984106 Here’s our Bluesky search guide: youtu.be/LnZt1MCjKZE?...

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Who doesn’t ❤️ a #kidlit writing contest? The contest submission period is from February 12th - 14th. Agented, pre-agented, published, pre-published, writers of all ages and stages— all kidlit creatives are welcome to enter! www.littlethoughtspress.com/post/2025sil...

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I always said I'd never self-publish a picture book, so WHY am I self-publishing a pb manuscript that wasn't sent to even ONE editor? I talk about the main reason I decided on this particular path for this particular manuscript in my most recent blog post: www.andichittybooks.com/posts/the-bi...

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I'm officially signed up for an author table at the Fredericksburg Book Festival in October! This is my hometown, and I am PUMPED to represent. If you're in the area, mark your calendars for October 4th🎉 #fredbookfest #fredericksburgva #books #kidlit

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"Strings may tangle, kites may fall, but sibling bonds will endure through it all—Kai Po Che." I'm a sucker for sibling stories, and I can't wait to read this one by @thesusankam.bsky.social and @devikaoza.bsky.social!

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We have a cover sketch!! I'm blown away by Alex's skills, especially given the chicken scratch I supplied for reference😂 It's so exciting watching this book come together! #kidlit #boardbook #trusttheprocess

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Another blog post is up! The winner of last GIVEAWAY is... @canoesandcosmos.bsky.social Thanks for commenting, Stephanie! You've won a copy of my forthcoming board book, BANANAS IN THE BATH! Check out my newest post about self-publishing, and subscribe! www.andichittybooks.com/posts/the-bi...

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HEY #kidlit , #teacher , #librarian , #writer & #illustrator folk! This #Clovis #giveaway is for you! To enter: ❄️Like ❄️Follow ❄️Share 🔁 ❄️Tag a friend in the comments #Winner gets Clovis 1 & 2 + a bag of caramels (similar to Granny’s ☺️) #HappyNewYear #HappyWinter #HappyWeekend

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If you're an aspiring picture book author & the critiques offered in the @kidlitforla.bsky.social auction are out of your budget, don't sleep on these AMA sessions - 30 minutes is plenty of time to share a short pb aloud & brainstorm with a brilliant author! www.32auctions.com/organization...

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Hello Writing Community! We are delighted to announce our First Official Bluesky * #MSWL Day * February 12, 2025. 🎉🎉🎉 Agents + editors can post what they ✨wish✨ they had in their inboxes; writers can find their next best fit for querying. Learn more here: manuscriptwishlist.com/the-next-off...

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I was NOT PREPARED for the emotions I'd feel upon seeing the sketches for my debut😭 Let me just say, Alexandra Elliot is so talented😭 To distract myself, I thought I'd catch up on STORYSTORM! But did you see Audrey Perrott's post? I get it, Milton😭 taralazar.com/2025/01/14/s...

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✨Such an honor to see Lupita’s Brown Ballet Slippers on The 2025 Pedro and Daniel Intersectionality Book Awards (PADIBA) PB/GN long list! Illustrations by Melissa Castillo. ❤️@beamingbooksmn.bsky.social #PADIBA #PADIBA2025 #ReadYourWorld

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Can you believe @ryannjones117.bsky.social and I are officially in our 3rd year doing @storytimesprint.bsky.social ? Our first Sprint of the year brought in 52 reviews! Feeling especially grateful for the creatives on my feed, the not-so-little #kidlit community, and adorable books like this ❤️

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Thanks for the reminder @teresarobeson.bsky.social @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social

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We ❤️ board books! This article in the New York Times shares charming insights from Canadian creator Jon Klassen. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/b...

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Mullets and Hybrids and Books, Oh My! My first official blog post is here🥳 If you're interested in following my journey as I self-publish one of my picture book manuscripts (in board book format!), check it out (there may even be a giveaway 🙊)👇 www.andichittybooks.com/posts/mullet...

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It's today! The first Storytime Sprint of 2025 is TODAY! Join @ryannjones117.bsky.social and me at 8pm EST as Anna Ouchchy reads her and Raahat Kaduji's new book, I DON'T WANNA HIBERNATE! Listen in! Review! Win! Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #kidlit

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I love board books in my house! Something I can simultaneously read to my 4 year old, and let the baby chew on?? Priceless👌 #kidlit

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What a lovely essay on the board book! An art form all its own.

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Cold weather is seeping in, but what does little groundhog say? I DON'T WANNA HIBERNATE! @ryannjones117.bsky.social and I are so excited for our first @storytimesprint.bsky.social of 2025, starting out strong with Anna Ouchchy! Register HERE! 👇 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Will be mentoring 2 #kidlit illustrators during the first 6 months of 2025, one for WNDB, and one for Scholastic’s internal mentorship program. Teaching is great but mentorship is how you really move the needle on what matters to you. Never tried being a mentor? Maybe 2025 is your year.

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STORYSTORM Day 3! Hope the ideas are brewing easier, but if not, today's post with Leigh Anne Carter should help! #kidlit taralazar.com/2025/01/03/s...

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STORYSTORM Day 2 is here, brought to you by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman, the 2nd author @ryannjones117.bsky.social and I hosted on @storytimesprint.bsky.social back in 2023! Check it out! #kidlit taralazar.com/2025/01/02/s...

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STORYSTORM Day 1 is here🥳 Happy New Year!! #kidlit taralazar.com/2025/01/01/s...

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My first social media post of 2025: check out this very handy reference guide to all the new publishers, imprints, literary agencies, and literary agents announced in 2024 (and there are a lot) (via the essential and indefatigable @janefriedman.com ) hotsheetpub.com/2024/12/new-...

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STORYSTORM starts in January, and @taralazar.bsky.social has officially opened up registration on her blog! 30 days of tips, tricks, motivation, and encouragement that (fingers crossed!) ends with 30 new story ideas🥳 Sign up here👇 taralazar.com/2024/12/27/s... #kidlit

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Writer Beware is getting a growing number of reports from authors who paid publishing scammers for services and subsequently found unauthorized charges on their credit cards. Some suggestions for precautions to take when you realize you've been ripped off writerbeware.blog/2024/12/21/a...

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It's interesting how often the question of "but why do I care?" comes up. I taught a wkshop on Revising for a Well-Paced and Well-Plotted picture book and opened with "Do We Care?" and I thought, "Oh, this is going to be too basic." But in fact it came up again and again in the submissions I saw.

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"Write the book of your heart, but don't forget the reader." Thank you Alison, for always sharing such great #kidlit advice!

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On-point advice, as always, from Elizabeth Law👇

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