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@devpetty.bsky.social I bid on your critique for the LA wildfire auction but didn't win the bid but the universe sent you as my mentor at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social #BIGSUR conference. I feel so lucky. Thank you 🙏🏽 for your notes on my work.

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A couple more fave moments from MONTY AND THE MUSHROOMS which comes out 3/18 with illustrations by the amazing @jaredchapman.bsky.social... Turns out mushrooms are pretty annoying! Who knew?! www.simonandschuster.com/books/Monty-... #kidlt #fungifriends #picturebooks

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MONTY AND THE MUSHROOMS (Illustrated by @jaredchapman.bsky.social) comes out in about a month so I figured I'd share some of my favorite spreads... As the saying goes, "when someone lets you write a mushroom song in a book, you write a mushroom song, duh" #kidlit #fungifriends #picturebooks

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FTW

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The wonderful @merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social here in Vermont is almost to 20k followers. Can you help them reach that milestone? They do amazing work for hoofcats, snoutcats, moocats, woolcats, and more!

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This new sculpture at the beach gets me.

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Yeah, so I just wrote NOWHERE as KNOW WHERE and I suppose there's some sort of hotline I should call for wayward picture book writers or something.

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J.D. Vance's lecture in Europe basically convinced every country to quietly create a new secret group chat without the US.

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Musk is an ideologically warped wrecking ball. He’s mixing (1) extreme leftist impulses, like Maoist iconoclasm, with (2) rightist elements, like neoliberal privatisation. But that’s not all. A third, underestimated element is afoot: (3) Earth-eschewing techno authoritarianism. 🧵

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#kidlit #megakidlit #booksky

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Tommy Tuberville blocked military promotions for months while his party was in the minority and he can’t read or write

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It is not Constantly Numb nor is it Comfortably Known.

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My now.

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"How lucky are we ordinary Americans to be living in the Age of Trump? Our president is sticking it to the globalist elites by giving the world’s wealthiest man a huge government contract."

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Banning and punishing diversity and inclusion. Stripping women and people of color of their rights and erasing them from history. Reveling in Nazism and the confederacy. Flaunting and celebrating corruption. Don’t call this a course correction. It’s retribution.

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So I guess Utah’s added to the NEVER EVER GOING THERE list.

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So if the federal government is firing throngs of employees, that should be reflected in future job/unemployment data, right?

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I would so love to get an answer to this: I've not heard anyone in the climate movement discuss the carbon catastrophe of close to a million unwanted dogs and cats being killed and incinerated each year in the US because of a problem WE created and fail to solve. Thoughts?

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"Two verse novels exploring subjects from the perspective of teenage boys are Louder Than Hunger by children’s librarian John Schu, about disordered eating, and Trigger, a story about sexual assault by the Irish author CG Moore." publishingperspectives.com/2025/02/uk-m...

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Skip the flowers, chocolates & fancy dinners. Do something that will really warm your heart. Donate to your favorite animal rescue organization. In honor of Missy’s Gotcha Day & Valentines Day tomorrow we will be donating to several of our favorite rescues.

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LOVE this #ValentinesDay comic. 😂 #BirdSky

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I think we should ban grown men wearing baseball hats indoors. I mean, WTF? There's no sun in there. Certainly WAY weirder than wearing a mask during a health crisis. lame.

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It may be pouring outside, but sometimes (now in particular) the well feels dry. Taking some time to replenish. Poetry, pictures, new things, old things, inspiration...whatever creates a spark. Thank you @mrschureads.bsky.social @grantdraws.bsky.social #Charlip #Tan #Hannigan #Kuritomi/Kakimoto

@devpetty.bsky.social I bid on your critique for the LA wildfire auction but didn't win the bid but the universe sent you as my mentor at @andreabrownlit.bsky.social #BIGSUR conference. I feel so lucky. Thank you 🙏🏽 for your notes on my work.

A couple more fave moments from MONTY AND THE MUSHROOMS which comes out 3/18 with illustrations by the amazing @jaredchapman.bsky.social... Turns out mushrooms are pretty annoying! Who knew?! www.simonandschuster.com/books/Monty-... #kidlt #fungifriends #picturebooks

MONTY AND THE MUSHROOMS (Illustrated by @jaredchapman.bsky.social) comes out in about a month so I figured I'd share some of my favorite spreads... As the saying goes, "when someone lets you write a mushroom song in a book, you write a mushroom song, duh" #kidlit #fungifriends #picturebooks

FTW

The wonderful @merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social here in Vermont is almost to 20k followers. Can you help them reach that milestone? They do amazing work for hoofcats, snoutcats, moocats, woolcats, and more!

This new sculpture at the beach gets me.

Yeah, so I just wrote NOWHERE as KNOW WHERE and I suppose there's some sort of hotline I should call for wayward picture book writers or something.

J.D. Vance's lecture in Europe basically convinced every country to quietly create a new secret group chat without the US.

Musk is an ideologically warped wrecking ball. He’s mixing (1) extreme leftist impulses, like Maoist iconoclasm, with (2) rightist elements, like neoliberal privatisation. But that’s not all. A third, underestimated element is afoot: (3) Earth-eschewing techno authoritarianism. 🧵

#kidlit #megakidlit #booksky

Tommy Tuberville blocked military promotions for months while his party was in the minority and he can’t read or write

It is not Constantly Numb nor is it Comfortably Known.

My now.

"How lucky are we ordinary Americans to be living in the Age of Trump? Our president is sticking it to the globalist elites by giving the world’s wealthiest man a huge government contract."

Banning and punishing diversity and inclusion. Stripping women and people of color of their rights and erasing them from history. Reveling in Nazism and the confederacy. Flaunting and celebrating corruption. Don’t call this a course correction. It’s retribution.

So I guess Utah’s added to the NEVER EVER GOING THERE list.

So if the federal government is firing throngs of employees, that should be reflected in future job/unemployment data, right?

I would so love to get an answer to this: I've not heard anyone in the climate movement discuss the carbon catastrophe of close to a million unwanted dogs and cats being killed and incinerated each year in the US because of a problem WE created and fail to solve. Thoughts?

"Two verse novels exploring subjects from the perspective of teenage boys are Louder Than Hunger by children’s librarian John Schu, about disordered eating, and Trigger, a story about sexual assault by the Irish author CG Moore." publishingperspectives.com/2025/02/uk-m...

Skip the flowers, chocolates & fancy dinners. Do something that will really warm your heart. Donate to your favorite animal rescue organization. In honor of Missy’s Gotcha Day & Valentines Day tomorrow we will be donating to several of our favorite rescues.

LOVE this #ValentinesDay comic. 😂 #BirdSky

I think we should ban grown men wearing baseball hats indoors. I mean, WTF? There's no sun in there. Certainly WAY weirder than wearing a mask during a health crisis. lame.

It may be pouring outside, but sometimes (now in particular) the well feels dry. Taking some time to replenish. Poetry, pictures, new things, old things, inspiration...whatever creates a spark. Thank you @mrschureads.bsky.social @grantdraws.bsky.social #Charlip #Tan #Hannigan #Kuritomi/Kakimoto

Shaun Tan

They also make side glances but no one can tell.

Troy is the guy at the Denny’s bar.

Oh yes this

My boys.