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chelseaauthor.bsky.social
Award-Winning Children’s Author Poet + Drama Queen 📝📚🎭 📖DARE TO BE DARING (Abrams) 📖THE BOO-BOOS OF BLUEBELL ELEMENTARY (Chronicle) 📖ODE TO A BAD DAY (Chronicle) 📖A HOME NAMED WALTER (Macmillan) #12x12pb #kidlit #scbwi https://chelsealinwallace.com
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This was an experience I’ll never forget! I’m so grateful to @thehornbook.bsky.social for awarding ODE TO A BAD DAY this honor. ❤️

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

From January/February #HBMag @bostonglobe.com–Horn Book #BGHB #PictureBook honoree @chelseaauthor.bsky.social's speech for ODE TO A BAD DAY www.hbook.com/story/ode-to... #BGHB24 #kidlit @chroniclebooks.bsky.social

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

Who will I see at #ncte24?

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Our second Starter Pack is just as great as the first one. Still space here, so if you're a member and want to be added, comment here with your handle. bsky.app/starter-pack...

submitted 108 days ago • 102 comments

It's been fun seeing familiar faces pop up here this week! If you're just arriving & are an author, illustrator, educator, or librarian, here's a list of like-minded folks to follow: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... And here's how to add yourself to the list: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

submitted 111 days ago • 28 comments

Okay now that have hopefully ALL left that other place and there’s critical mass of kids book creators, readers, agents and editors here — WHAT WILL IT TAKE to make the big publishers follow suit? I’M JUST AN AGENT STANDING IN FRONT OF THE BOOK PUBLICITY DEPARTMENTS BEGGING

submitted 108 days ago • 8 comments

Well, that was fast! Our first 12 x 12 Starter Pack is full. If you are a member of 12 x 12 and: 1. Are not in the first Starter Pack - PLEASE CHECK! (bsky.app/starter-pack...), AND, 2. WANT to be added to the next one that we're creating now, PLEASE COMMENT ON THIS POST WITH YOUR HANDLE. Thanks!

submitted 108 days ago • 140 comments

DARE TO BE DARING by @chelseaauthor.bsky.social received a star from Kirkus! 🌟 “addressing our fears has never been this fun." 🌟 Read the full review here Learn more about the book here @jenrofe.bsky.social

submitted 224 days ago • 1 comment

I have a super sore throat so 9 read to me tonight. #picturebooks @chelseaauthor.bsky.social and Lian Cho

submitted 130 days ago • 1 comment

DARE TO BE DARING was selected as one of Amazon’s Best Books of the Year! 🏆 @liantomato.bsky.social @jenrofe.bsky.social

submitted 109 days ago • 3 comments

To new Bluesky users: This place has the BEST curation & moderation tools of any social media platform I've been on (& I've been around for a while 🦕). *Strongly* recommend TAKING A FEW MINUTES to learn. I've summarized the essentials in my Unofficial Guide: publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/bl...

submitted 109 days ago • 22 comments

Thank you so much, Mark!!!

submitted 370 days ago • 1 comment

#LibraryHaul part 2! Super fun #picturebooks by: Ame Dykman & Jennifer Harney Kerri Kokias & Mike Lowery Travis Jonker @stacymcanulty.bsky.social & Claire Keane Alex Latimer @chelseaauthor.bsky.social & Alison Farrell #Kidlit #childrensbooks 📚👍 #📚👍

submitted 372 days ago • 0 comments

I love that this picture book gives children permission to feel their feelings! The creative rhymes, childlike art style, and universal and hilarious moments in ODE TO A BAD DAY by @chelseaauthor.bsky.social and Hyewon Yum will resonate deeply with ALL readers! Highly recommend!

submitted 408 days ago • 1 comment

We are thrilled to see BLUEBELL as a pick for best book release this month by Book Riot!!

submitted 484 days ago • 0 comments

I just watched the @12x12challenge.bsky.social book chat replay with @chelseaauthor.bsky.social & it was stellar. Full of laughs, truth, & a beautiful book—you don’t want to miss it!

submitted 487 days ago • 1 comment

The Bluesky #kidlit community is growing! Here's a list of authors, illustrators, educators, librarians, and publishing professionals to follow: https://shorturl.at/AKLST And here's how to add yourself to the list: https://forms.gle/78Cz3ETu4xo4qsNdA

submitted 611 days ago • 90 comments

K-12 Educators/Librarians: If you'd like to be added to my K-12 Educators & Librarians custom feed, pls let me know. Also see: Edusky feed Kidlit/YA Book Boosters Kidlit/YA authors & illustrators who enjoy connecting w/schools & libraries. #Edusky cont'd

submitted 494 days ago • 33 comments

6 more daysssssss!!!! This book is perfect for any kids who have had boo-boos, ouchies, sniffles, itchies, or uh-ohs! The Boo-Boos of Bluebell Elementary a.co/d/f4pspdZ

submitted 488 days ago • 0 comments

Oh I need this as a bluesky newbie. Thank you Debbie! #kidlit

submitted 489 days ago • 1 comment

Caption this!!! [my dog Lucky on Halloween].

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Sending a huge THANK YOU to #12x12PB member @chelseaauthor.bsky.social for sharing the journey to publication for her #picturebook, ODE TO A BAD DAY, in this month's Book Chat! #amwriting #amquerying #kidlit youtu.be/xY-s84EBFZM

submitted 502 days ago • 2 comments

If you have a kidlit book launching in Nov.2023, reply in ONE post w/info (title, author, illustrator (if illustrated), publisher, launch date & link with info. I also advise including an image (cover?etc). If you're a debut, be sure to say so! Also see my October 2023 launches thread.

submitted 511 days ago • 5 comments

NEW #VERSESHOW EPISODE with @chelseaauthor.bsky.social! @joshmonkwords.bsky.social and I talk with Chelsea about process, the drama of it all and the importance of not yet. Check out THE BOO-BOOS OF BLUEBELL ELEMENTARY out Nov. 7th art by Alison Farrell jmonken.podbean.com/e/chelsea-li...

submitted 511 days ago • 8 comments