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Ontario educators! Let's team up to get kids excited about books! The Writer's Union of Canada will let me put in an application for two grants to visit Ontario schools (in person or virtually) next fall or winter! Contact me (via DM or my website) if you'd like me to apply on your behalf! #kidlit

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For Nerdy Book Club, I wrote a Top Ten list of Middle Grade Novels with a Hint of Magic. #MGLit #MiddleGrade nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/category/top...

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Love seeing Coyote Queen in such great company! nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2025/05/23/t...

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May is Mental Health Awareness Month Our faculty members, Crystal Allen and Katie Keridan, have created a powerful booklist of middle grade and young adult novels that highlight the diversity of representation in mental health narratives for kids and teens. Click the link in bio for the full list!

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SW Ontario friends! Join me at the Appleby College festival of authors on Saturday, May 24th at 10am! Incredible authors will be speaking all day! Kids 14 and under are free, $10 for 15+. Sign up now to secure your spot. www.appleby.on.ca/festival-of-...

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I'm always so touched when students take the time to create art inspired by my books. This one is a sketch a 5th grade student did after my virtual visit with a school in Virginia this morning. #kidlit

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Here are the 35 middle grade verse novels that published in 2024. (That I know of. If I’ve missed one, let me know!!!) On the second image I’ve circled the titles I’ve read. Still several for me to find and read! #KidLit #VerseNovel #NationalPoetryMonth

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I’m thrilled to see Unsinkable Cayenne on the 2025 Telling Tales Recommended Reading List along with so many other fabulous titles. #kidlit

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Loved celebrating National Poetry Month with 200 students at the Kitchener Public Library this morning! We talked about free verse, motifs, metaphorical walls, and more! #kidlit

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Please, please, if you liked a book please talk about it publicly. Review it, post about it on socials, tell your friends. We authors can only yell about our own work so much and a recommendation means SO much more coming from someone who isn't the author.

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My neighbourhood indie children's bkstore in Toronto, Mabel's Fables, is having to move because their landlord is demolishing the building to build a condo. 😢 Owner is trying to raise funds to help cover costs: www.gofundme.com/f/mabels-fab... #IndieBookstores #Toronto #KidLit

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Love seeing Unsinkable Cayenne in library displays for National Poetry Month! 😍 #kidlit

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Happy Earth Day, my friends! If you are looking for environmentally-themed books to share with middle grade readers, here are a few I recommend. #kidlit

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Heading out today to help turn out the vote in the upcoming Canadian election. If there’s anything the U.S. election has taught us, it’s that voting really, really matters. 🇨🇦

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Books are incredibly important resources for kids to learn about important topics in safe spaces! #kidlit

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Just sent not one but two shiny new things off to my agent. #kidlit

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The R.M.S. Titanic departed on its maiden voyage 113 years ago today. Though life was different back then, the social divisions on board the boat can teach us more about modern life now than ever. This poem is from my latest novel, UNSINKABLE CAYENNE. #kidlit

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In case you're wondering... it's been 17 days since a reporter was added to a Signal group chat where our government officials were sharing war plans. And nobody has been fired... Don't stop talking about SignalGate

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School Year Read # 77 #msfoleyiscurrentlyreading #audiobooklove #bookstagram #librarylife #read @jessicavitalis.bsky.social

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It sounds like it came right from a Russian propaganda playbook.

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Good trouble

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5th grader Natalie loves THE WOLF'S CURSE by @jessicavitalis.bsky.social. "This is a good book because it is about not always believing everything you are told." 🐺 #kidlit #5thgradebooks Isn't her new cover design great? www.thelogonauts.com/2025/04/wolf...

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Follow the money and see where it goes. Elon Musk was just awarded a $5.9 billion taxpayer-funded SpaceX contract by Trump—the largest in a new package of space deals. Trump ensured Musk got the money, fully aware he’s facing “steep personal cost.”

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Today seems like a good day to share this poem from UNSINKABLE CAYENNE. Stay safe out there, friends. #kidlit

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MG educators in US and CAN! Enter to win a free virtual class visit with 3 MG Authorcade authors! #kidlit

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Happy National School Librarian Day! We ❤️ school librarians! Sending heartfelt thanks today and every day for inspiring kiddos to be readers, thinkers, and dreamers! 📚 #NationalSchoolLibrarianDay #kidlit #EduSky #Skybrarian

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I really wanted to participate tonight, but I’m in ER with kiddo (she’s going to be fine) so I’ll just wish everyone a happy National Poetry Month and give a shout out to my novel in free verse, Unsinkable Cayenne. #kidlitchat

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Cory Booker. 👇👇👇

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April is National Poetry Month! If you're looking for a book that's "intensely readable" (School Library Journal) be sure to check out Unsinkable Cayenne!

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School Library Journal included Unsinkable Cayenne in a list of "9 Exemplary Novels in Verse for Middle Grade and Teen Readers"––just in time for National Poetry Month! Educators with access to the journal, be sure to check out the article for all their fantastic recommendations! #kidlit

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