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Unagented PB writer, Member of SCBWI, 12x12, Science of Reading advocate & literacy tutor learning how to use social media for engagement.
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JUST ANNOUNCED: 2025 FEATURED AGENTS! Join our superhero agents—Leah Pierre of Ladderbird Agency, Lori Steel of SteelWorks Literary, & Ritu Anand of D4EO Literary—as they use their industry X-ray vision to analyze #picturebook queries from Summit attendees. Early Bird 6/11 www.picturebooksummi...

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This week’s “study haul,” in order of publication year. Quite a span of topics, all good reads!

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The literacy crisis open.substack.com/pub/throughl...

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

Writers. WHY is technology advanced enough to allow a car to parallel park itself, but there is no keyboard button for an em dash?

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Registration for #scbwisummer25 is open! I'm delighted to be on faculty for the Illustrators Intensive this year, along with the amazing CECE BELL (I'm a huge fan so am esp honoured). Info: www.scbwi.org/events/virtu... Illus Intensive: www.scbwi.org/events/virtu... #KidLit #SCBWI

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

Did you know that May is Mental Health Awareness Month? Start conversations about emotions, feelings and tough topics with these books. ⛈️ DARK CLOUD, written by Anna Lazowski and illustrated by Penny Neville-Lee

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I have recently discovered th benefits of Bookshop.org on Independent Book Store Day. I hope to peel myself away from the bigger retailers to support "locals." Okay. I wrote it. NOW I'm committed to the actual follow-up of shopping this way. Wrote a review. uk.trustpilot.com/reviews/681a...

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Do you know these titles?2/3 belong to my critique group members and the 3rd is to help me get there too!

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Daffodils and new reads!

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I forgot to post a link to this review on a brand new picture book by Laura Gehl. mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#ad...

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Guess what Guess what Guess whaaaaat?! 2025 #PBRisingStars mentee selections ARE IN!!!! And in two-ish weeks, we get to SCREAM about the new mentee class! 😱😱😱😱 How are you feeling as we inch closer to May 15?! Tell us tell us!

submitted 46 days ago • 6 comments

Here’s part of my to - do list! Some cool titles. Love 7 ate 9 by Tara Lazar!

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#springflingkidlit entry post is live! Submit your entries by April 3rd at midnight CST here: ciaraoneal.weebly.com/spring-fling... #kidlit #writingcommunity #writingcontest Share with all your #amwriting #amqueyring friends and good luck! @ciaralovesbooks.bsky.social

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Spring Fling Kidlit Contest April 1-3! I entered. #KaitlynLeann17

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Feet up. Reading some cool kid lit by 12x12 authors.

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Justread Robin Wall Kimmerer's books, positing systems of abundance & reciprocity, not scarcity. This connects to Linda Sue Park's video-The Scarcity Myth in publishing- also connects to today's headlines. Thank you, authors for being proactive and spreading light! youtu.be/zzmDmMox04A

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@12x12challenge.bsky.social #12x12PB Writing for kids? Check out this organization! www.12x12challenge.com

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@12x12challenge.bsky.social I'm excited to join this group and connect with other writers! Also still discovering new tech and tools.

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For those seeking a feed free of politics, negativity & mean-snark, feel free to follow my #Uplift feed: bsky.app/profile/debb... Hand-curated by yours truly, criteria unapologetically subjective.

submitted 158 days ago • 5 comments

Only 4 DAYS left until #12x12PB opens! The countdown continues thru 1/9. To win today's prize, a copy of ENCHANTMENT: Awakening Wonder in an Age of Anxiety by Katherine May, tell us how you plan to keep wonder alive in your life this year. #kidlit #kidlitart #amwriting

submitted 161 days ago • 27 comments

From SCBWI description of schools needing library books. Could going screen- free more often improve our education? Heck, yeah!

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