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10 activities for NADIA: THE GIRL WHO COULDN’T SIT STILL—the #truestory of #NadiaComaneci 🥇 For links to activities: www.karlingray.com/attachments/...

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Celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth with #truestories for kids. 📚👍 #kidlit #bookspotlight bookshop.org/lists/true-s...

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Happy Birthday #11 #JulieFoudy Look for Julie in MIA & FRIENDS—a #graphicnovel that celebrates #friendship, #teamwork, and the #soccer #sisterhood that made #sports history. bookshop.org/a/17044/9781...

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📚👍 Recommend in 5 #TrueStory categories: #Activists #StageScreen #WomensHistory #BlackHistory #LGBTQ+ Tie-in dates: 🗓️Feb: Black History 🗓️Mar: Women's History 🗓️Mar. 11: A Raisin in the Sun premiere 🗓️Mar. 27: World Theater Day 🗓️May 19: LH’s birthday 🗓️June: Pride www.karlingray.com/blog/posts/4...

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For the young #soccer players on your 🎁 list: MIA AND FRIENDS ⚽️ bookshop.org/a/17044/9781...

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Gifts for young computer masterminds. #pbbios

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Biography #writingtips for kids

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The thing about sports books? The "game" is only part of the story. At their heart, these are stories about people with a passion. Some who can pursue the passion they love, others who have to adapt to "something else" because of life's curve ball.

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📚👍 Recommend in 4 #TrueStory categories: 📕Fashion 📕Makers 📕Women's History 📕Black History 👗 Special tie-in dates: 🗓️Feb & Sep: Fashion Weeks 🗓️Feb: Black History Month 🗓️Mar: Women's History Month 🗓️June 28: Zelda Wynn Valdes' birthdate Q&A w/ #AuraLewis : www.karlingray.com/blog/posts/4...

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📚👍 Recommend in 3 #TrueStory categories: 📕Musicians & Singers 📕Activists 📕Asian & AAPI Stories Special tie-in dates: 🗓️Mar. 30: Simon Tam's bday 🗓️May: AANHPI Month 🗓️June 19, 2017: Supreme Court ruling, Matel vs. Tam 🗓️July 7: Ntl Day of Rock 'n' Roll Q&A w/ author: www.karlingray.com/blog/posts/4...

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I first wrote this story as a #pbbio but it never found a publisher. Years later, I rewrote it as a #graphicnovel script & (after much #revision ) it’s in bookstores today! So #kidlit writers, consider a new goal—transform an old manuscript into a gn script. You never know…

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📚👍 My list of true stories for National Hispanic Heritage Month bookshop.org/lists/true-s...

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📚👍 I recommend this book in the TrueStory category: 📕 True Stories~Artists Special tie-in dates: 🗓️Third Monday of Feb.: President's Day 🗓️Feb. 22: George Washington's Birthday 🗓️Aug. 8: National Dollar Day 🗓️Dec. 3: Gilbert Stuart's Birthday Author Q&A: www.karlingray.com/blog/posts/4...

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📚👍 Let’s go #KamalaHarris 🇺🇸 Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice by Nikki Grimes & Laura Freeman —The #truestory of a young daughter of immigrants who would grow up to be the first woman, first Black person, & first South Asian American ever elected US Vice President. bookshop.org/a/17044/9781...

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On this day in 1976, #NadiaComaneci became the first gymnast—male or female—to receive a perfect 10 at the #Olympics

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⚽️ Happy 25th Anniversary to the #99ers 🏆

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Here is my #truestory list for National Immigrant Heritage Month. 📕👍 bookshop.org/lists/true-s...

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📚👍 Recommend in 2 TrueStory categories: 📕True Stories~Makers 📕True Stories~Teachers Tie-in dates: 🗓️Jan. 29: Puzzle Day 🗓️Feb 11: Inventors Day 🗓️May: Inventors Month 🗓️July 13: Rubik Day/Ernő Rubik's Birthday 🗓️Aug. 13: Left Handers Day Author Q&A: www.karlingray.com/blog/posts/4...

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Happy #PrideMonth 🌈 A few favorite #truestories of #LGBTQ+ trailblazers. 📚👍 www.tiktok.com/@karlingray/...

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📚👍 I recommend this in 2 #TrueStory categories: 📕Stage & Screen 📕Women's History Special tie-in dates for #Lucy! 🗓️Mar.: Women's History Month 🗓️Mar. 19: National Let's Laugh Day 🗓️Aug. 6: World Red Head Day 🗓️Aug. 11: Lucille Ball's Bday 🗓️Oct. 15: "I Love Lucy" Day www.karlingray.com/blog/posts/4...

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MIA AND FRIENDS will be on bookshelves Aug. 27! Until then, learn about all the #99ers www.pinterest.com/karlingray/m... #kidlit #graphicnovel #womeninsports #soccer #readlikeachamp

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A few favorites for #AAPIHeritageMonth 📚👍

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📚👍 I recommend this #TrueStory in 3 categories: 📕Makers 📕Science 📕Women's History Special tie-in dates for #Skybound!: 🗓️Mar.: Women's History Month 🗓️June 5: Hot Air Balloon Day 🗓️July 5 (1880): Mary's first flight 🗓️Aug. 26 (1850): Mary Myers birthday Author Q&A: www.karlingray.com/blog/posts/4...

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📚👍 I recommend this #pbbio in 4 #TrueStory categories: 📕 #Basketball 📕 #Athletes 📕 #Activists 📕 #AAPI Stories Tie-in dates for #IfLinCan: 🗓️Feb. 4: #Linsanity. 🗓️Mar.: March Madness 🗓️May: AANHPI Month 🗓️Aug. 23: Lin's birthday 🗓️Nov. 6: National 🏀 Day Author Q&A: www.karlingray.com/blog/posts/4...

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📚👍 A few favorite #truestories about librarians for #schoollibrarymonth

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📚👍 Recommended in 4 #TrueStory categories: 📕Women's History 📕Artists 📕Makers 📕Entrepreneurs Tie-in dates for #ValentinesForAll: 🗓️Feb. 14: Valentine's Day 🗓️Aug. 17: Esther Howland's birthday. 🗓️Oct. (First Saturday): World Card-Making Day #KidLit Author Q&A: www.karlingray.com/blog/posts/4...

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Take a look inside my graphic novel MIA AND FRIENDS, illustrated by Micheline Hess (First Second, 8/27/24): us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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📚👍 3 #TrueStory categories for #SakamotosSwimClub: 📕Athletes 📕Olympics 📕Asian & AAPI Stories Tie-in dates: 🗓️May (3rd Sat.): National Learn to Swim Day 🗓️July 27-Aug. 11, 2024: Summer Olympics 🗓️Aug. 6: Sakamoto's birthday 🗓️Sep.: Hawaiian History Month Author Q&A: www.karlingray.com/blog/posts/4...

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📚👍 I recommend this #TrueStory in 3 categories: 📕Foodies 📕Women's History 📕Asian & AAPI Stories Tie-in dates for #NikiNakayama: 🗓️Jan. 1: Japanese New Year 🗓️Mar.: Women's History Month 🗓️Mar 8: Women's Day 🗓️May: AANHPI Month 🗓️June: Pride Month Q&A w/ authors: www.karlingray.com/blog/posts/4...

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📚 👍 4 #truestory categories for #MamiKing: 📕Foodies 📕Makers 📕Entrepreneurs 📕Asian/AAPI Stories Tie-in dates: 🗓️Jan/Feb.: Chinese New Year 🗓️Mar.: Noodle Month 🗓️Apr.: Filipino Food Month 🗓️May: AANHPI Heritage Month 🗓️June 9: Filipino-Chinese Friendship Day 🗓️Oct.: Filipino American History Month

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📚 👍 I recommend this #pbbio in 2 #truestory categories: 📕Activists 📕Science Tie-in dates for Hope for Ryan White: 🗓️Aug. 18 (1990): Congress passed Ryan White CARE Act 🗓️Dec. 1: World AIDS Day 🗓️Dec. 6 (1971): Ryan White's birthday Q&A w/ #kidlit author Dano Moreno: www.karlingray.com/blog/posts/4...

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📚👍 #kidlit Tie-in dates for Door by Door: 🗓️Mar. 31: Transgender Day of Visibility 🗓️June: Pride Month 🗓️Oct. 11: National Coming Out Day 🗓️Nov.: Election Days—both federal & local elections 🗓️Nov. 20: Transgender Day of Remembrance Q&A w/ author Meeg Pincus: www.karlingray.com/blog/posts/4...

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📚👍 I recommend this spirited and empowering #pbbio (with a "Kapow!" cover) in 5 categories: 📕 Women's History 📕 Athletes 📕 Activists 📕 Jewish Heritage Stories 📕 Olympics Author Eve Nadel Catarevas’ Q&A: www.karlingray.com/blog/posts/4...

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“Writing true stories is like trying to create a recipe from ingredients that are already given….the key is figuring out the main ingredient—the core of the story.”—Jacqueline Chio Lauri discusses #MamiKing on the #TrueStory blog: www.karlingray.com/blog/posts/4... 🍜 #kidlit #writing #pbbio

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