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Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (Feb 21): www.kidlit411.com/2025/02/the-... Inside: Compelling First Sentences, Strong Antagonists, Pitching Your GN, more. Thanks @emmagrahampics.bsky.social for the illustration, @susischaeferart.bsky.social Liza Cortez,Simon & Schuster for the giveaways.

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🤩Super excited to join educators, librarians, authors, and book lovers next week at @nerdcampct.bsky.social in New London, CT next week! 🤩

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Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (Feb 14): www.kidlit411.com/2025/02/the-... Inside: Organize Your Writing, Valentiny Contest, Red Flags in Publishing webinar, more. Thanks @jenanbenton.bsky.social for the illustration and Simon & Schuster and Philomel Books for the MG & PB giveaways.

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We are pleased to host a giveaway of the middle grade novel, AWAY by @meganefreeman.bsky.social (Simon & Schuster), out now. To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday weekly update: www.kidlit411.com/2025/02/the-... (+ more ways to win)

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Something exciting came in the mail! My contributor copy of IF I COULD CHOOSE A BEST DAY: POEMS OF POSSIBILITY selected by Irene Latham & @charleswaters.bsky.social, illus by Olivia Sua (Candlewick) out on Mar. 4. It's so lovely! (My poem "If You Catch a Magic Fish" is in the 2nd image)

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⭐Cover reveal!!!⭐ Super happy to be sharing the cover of my next YA fantasy novel THE RAVENOUS SKY (sequel to THE SHADOW ROAD)!! Huge thanks to artist extraordinaire @dcurtisstudio.bsky.social and to @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social! THE RAVENOUS SKY is available for pre-order now! #kidlit #CanYALit

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Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (Jan 7): www.kidlit411.com/2025/02/the-... Inside: @pbrisingstars.bsky.social mentors announced, Writing Humor, How to Pull off a Plot Twist, more. Thanks @sydneydunlap.bsky.social & @heidieys.bsky.social for the PB & MG giveaways.

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We are pleased to host a giveaway of the middle grade book, RACING THE CLOUDS by @sydneydunlap.bsky.social (@jollyfishpress.bsky.social) out on Feb. 18. To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday update: www.kidlit411.com/2025/02/the-... (+ more ways to win)

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We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book, JANIE WRITES A PLAY: JANE YOLEN'S FIRST GREAT STORY by @heidieys.bsky.social, illus by Madelyn Goodnight (@charlesbridge.bsky.social) out Feb. 11. To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday update: www.kidlit411.com/2025/02/the-...

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Ciao, Bluesky! I'll open with a biggie... We've learned that a lawsuit naming Love, Violet (Chua, FSG) and 8 other LGBTQIA+ picture books is headed to SCOTUS. Oof. #kidlit #lgbtqkidlit #Freadom #loveislove @charlenedraws.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social charlotteswild.com/scotus-takes...

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⚽️Reposting because I'm still can't get over that this book is going to be out next year. It's moving along in the editorial process. . .getting ever closer to an actual book! ⚽️

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It's the first of the month, so we have a new website banner and Illustrator Spotlight on Sian Moore. Check out her awesome art, and enter to win a copy of her book COWBOY CAM, by William Russell. To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry here: www.kidlit411.com/2025/02/illu... #giveaway

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Trump is openly violating the law on a vast and unprecedented scale and everyone is acting like it's normal. NPR had a long story about finding a rare shrew. NYT said he was disregarding "legal niceties." This is an attack on the Constitution as profound as the attempt to overturn the 2020 election.

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Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (Jan 31): www.kidlit411.com/2025/01/the-... Inside: Plan a Marketable Series, Creating Characters, One-Sentence Summary, more. Thanks @maryjanelange.bsky.social for the illustration, @pragmaticmom.bsky.social @kamalani3.bsky.social for the giveaways.

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We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book, WE SING FROM THE HEART by @pragmaticmom.bsky.social, illustrated by @bizargomez.bsky.social (Red Comet Press). To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday weekly update: www.kidlit411.com/2025/01/the-... (+ more ways to win)

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Welcome to 2025 Author sponsor @sylvialiu.bsky.social ! Hana Hsu and the Ghost Crab Nation is a thrilling, cinematic sci-fi novel follows Hana Hsu’s mission to save herself—and her friends—from a dangerous plot to control their minds. readyourworld.org/2025-author-... #ReadYourWorld #ad #kidlit

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The news is dire so I’m sharing some bookish love. I loved Lauren Blackwood’s books so much I accidentally ordered them twice, so I’m giving away a set of her YA fantasies. L + RP to enter, ends 2/4. Leave a comment for an extra entry. #giveaway

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Congratulations @erinentrada.bsky.social for winning the Newbery! I inhaled FIRST STATE OF BEING - it was so poignant and wonderful and had Erin's trademark mastery of storytelling.

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So excited for @missashleyjean.bsky.social! Congratulations on CRUZITA AND THE MARIACHEROS becoming a Pura Belpré Honor Book! I'm thrilled that I got to see an early version and could cheer you on from the start!

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Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (Jan 24): www.kidlit411.com/2025/01/the-... Inside: Writing classes, Successful Library Visits, Dissecting Voice, more. Thanks @steveasbell.com for the illo, @rebeccaglevington.bsky.social @writerjolene.bsky.social Dial Books for the giveaways.

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If you have a #KidLit book launching Jan. 20-26, reply with book cover (use alt text), title, author & illustrator, publisher, launch date, link where people can find more info. Pls add good karma to universe by helping to boost! It's a tough time to be launching books. #KidLitLaunches #Edusky

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The @kidlitforla.bsky.social auction is live - check out the great items: www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlos... I'm donating a query critique + first 15-pages of a MG/YA manuscript critique. Auction ends Jan. 26.

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Seems like a good time to share this lovely book of children's poems will come out on March 4: IF I COULD CHOOSE A BEST DAY: POEMS OF POSSIBILITY edited by Irene Latham and Charles Waters, illustrated by Olivia Sua. Check out a preview of my poem, "If You Catch a Magic Fish"

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In honor of my most viewed TikTok video, posting it here! www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8F4Vqwc/

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Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (Jan. 17): www.kidlit411.com/2025/01/the-... Inside: PB tips, 3 Ways to Fall in Love with Marketing, Query Letter tips, more. Thanks @krisfulkart.bsky.social for the illo, @chadgalucas.bsky.social & Scholastic for the MG & board book giveaways.

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We are pleased to host a #giveaway of the middle grade novel, THE VANISHED ONES by @chadgalucas.bsky.social (Amulet Books) out on Jan. 25. To enter, L + RP and confirm your entry in our Friday weekly update: www.kidlit411.com/2025/01/the-... (Canada entries only)

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In my latest email newsletter, I write about how I came to write my next book, STEALING THE SCORE. (I'm also running a giveaway for the chance to name a character in this story): mailchi.mp/30e6dcb0c204...

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I'm thrilled to announce my next middle grade book: STEALING THE SCORE, a World Cup-themed story about teens trying to find a missing soccer star. So excited to be working with Anjali Bisaria at Scholastic on this story inspired by my love of international soccer.

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Our weekly big list of kid lit links is up (Jan. 3): www.kidlit411.com/2025/01/the-... Inside: Creating Character Voice, Writing Deeply Emotional Fiction, @inkedvoices.bsky.social agent workshops, Marketing tips, more. Thanks Thu Kim Vu for the illustration and Charlotte Glaze for the PB giveaway.

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