Welcome back and happy new year! I read 30 books in 2025. Which of these titles did you read? I'm sorry but I don't remember where I got this cool #Canva template!

How I rehumanize the college classroom for the AI-augmented age via @conversationUS theconversation.com/how-i-rehuma... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai

I keep forgetting to do these #currentlyreading posts, but I promise I am reading! Look for my 2025 reading recap soon! This is a rare adult read for me, but I've been following Molly for years and I'm excited to read her book! #amreading #tlsky

Novel Writing Club recap! About half my students finished their word count goals this year. Combined, they wrote over 200,000 words! (That's without my 50,000!) Check out our final progress and some reflections for 2025. #nanowrimo #notnano #tlsky #novelwritingclub

Not my best, but certainly not my worst! Finished this year’s novel A Whole Latke Problems at 50,075 words! It’s my 20th year writing a novel in November! 🥳 #MG #kidlit #nanowrimo #notnanowrimo #iamwritinganovelinnovember

Very interesting themes emerged from the comments that teens made about the news that 12th-grade reading scores are at a 30-year low #EduSky #TLSky www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/l...

Look at my young novelists go! They get a box colored in for each 10% of their word goal they complete. I use a different color for each club meeting so we can see our progress over time! #nanowrimo #nano2point0 #youngwriters #tlksky #kidlit

One day down. Approximately 48,000 words to go! #nanowrimo #imwritinganovelinnovember #kidlit #middlegrade #amwriting

I completed all 31 days of #MOCtober I didn’t have time to commit to a full build, so all of my builds this month were one piece/minifig. #LEGO #AFOL

Started novel writing club last week. Today I asked them what their novel would be about. Here's one fourth grader's response. #nanowrimo #novelwritingclub #tlsky

Haven't remembered to do one of these in a while! Mrs. Whitney is #currentlyreading The Things We Miss by Leah Stecher #kidlit #tlsky

After being bullied for her smarts AGAIN, Cal goes home to cry in her dad's failed teleporter. But then it actually works. Kinda. She's going to need all her brain power, a little toxic dihydrogen monoxide, and a few new friends if she ever wants to get back home. #SFpit #MG #SO #Q

When a rip in spacetime causes wormholes and other cosmic oddities to start popping up in town, twelve-year-old Mackenzie must balance homework and babysitting with time jumping squirrels—and keep her loved ones safe, no matter the cost. #SciFiPit #SFPit #MG #Epistolary #Q

1988. Suburbia. Wannabe writer Vinny goes on an epic kids on bikes adventure w/ his friends to find a crashed UFO. Along the way they find an exact duplicate of their neighborhood, a creepy mansion and uncover a dangerous conspiracy, all in one night. #MG #Q #SFPit

Thirteen-year-old Hannah has spent her entire life within the walls of Paradise, safe from those infected by the asteroid. But a chance meeting with an outsider leaves Hannah changed—in more ways than one—and at risk of losing her loved ones forever. #SciFiPit #SFPit #MG #NovelInVerse #Q

Imaginative 16yo Mia’s spent 2020 connecting w/ family she’s never met. Bro’s emails drop SF references, convincing her they’re secret aliens When aliens land & offer a COVID cure, Mia’s sus. She’ll break out of her bubble to learn if they’re here to serve man or “To Serve Man” #SFPit #YA #novella

An 11-year-old girl science prodigy and a slug-like alien accidentally swap places in a teleporter mishap and will team up to stop a smuggler from stealing the only part in the universe that can repair the teleporter, or be permanently stranded in each other’s world. #SFpit #MG #Q #SO

Tomorrow #NoKings

Decided to upgrade my quotes. Five stars for this one ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ #bookquotesIlike #kidlit

Anyone else in?

I would probably tell my younger self not to burn out and take a 10+ years hiatus. I should have kept querying then, because it was easier in a way. But even if my past self would have listened, I’m a much better writer than I was then. #kidlitchat

@youngteenlit.bsky.social how can I get involved? I’m an elementary school librarian, but I’m also a writer, and I wrote a story perfect for this age group. Young teens have much different reading needs than MG and YA can satisfy.

I haven’t been doing much this past quarter, just a bit of querying. I’ve been sort of lazy, sort of stuck. I hope to start revising something (thinking of taking a serious low fantasy YA to a funny MG), and I’m still going to write a novel in November even though #nanowrimo is dead. #kidlitchat

Sharing a couple of bulletin boards for back to school! Ideas not mine #tlsky

This week I'm doing a PD on ‪@elementari.bsky.social‬. Learning a lot of coding and hope to bring it back to the library and/or my creative writing club! #infypathfinders #tlsky #edusky

Had to make a #MOC for #BrickFairChantilly. The theme is rock 🪨 #LEGO

NOVA-LUG monthly build challenge: build something inside this terrarium #NOVA-LUG #LEGO #MOC #weaintfoundshit #spaceballs

And one I actually am #currentlyreading (almost done) #kidlit #booksky 💙📚

Not so #currentlyreading #kidlit

Another #kidlitquote. This one is from Wink by Rob Harrell. “A ball of gum the size of a softball flies out of his mouth with an audible phoont.” That one made me laugh! You can hear it! #kidlit

No Kings protest this morning wearing my #fightevilreadbooks t-shirt. #nokings

I rarely plan to do deep things with my writing, but sometimes they happen! #kidlitchat

The time of year when I remember we *do* actually have a lot of Diary of a Wimpy Kid books. #kidlit #tlsky #skybrarians

After being bullied for her smarts AGAIN, Cal goes home to cry in her dad's failed teleporter. But then it actually works. Kinda. She's going to need all her brain power, a little toxic dihydrogen monoxide, and a few new friends if she ever wants to get back home. #JoyPit #MG #SF #COM

Halloween G-rated version of CAN’T HARDLY WAIT Packer’s on a one-night adventure featuring: 🍕 ”phude” his health food mom won’t let him eat 🎃 trick-or-treating with his crush 🔍 more than one mystery 🚲 a crashed bike 🏎️ the costume contest prize: a ride in the mayor’s Ferrari #JoyPit #MG #HA #COM

An overthinking 11-year-old sneaks out to investigate how the only other kid in town not at the annual Halloween party can win the costume contest; then must go home before he gets punched in the face (too late), murdered (maybe), or most terrifyingly, caught by his mom. #JoyPit #MG #HA #CON

An 11-year-old girl science prodigy and a slug-like alien accidentally swap places in a teleporter mishap and will team up to stop a smuggler from stealing the only part in the universe that can repair the teleporter, or be permanently stranded in each other’s world. #JoyPit #MG #HA #SF

An overthinking 11-year-old sneaks out to investigate how the only other kid in town not at the annual Halloween party can win the costume contest; then must go home before he gets punched in the face (too late), murdered (maybe), or most terrifyingly, caught by his mom. #JoyPit #MG #HA #CON

I’m not an illustrator, but I love KidLitArtPostcard day (not going to use the real hashtag so I don’t mess it up, but go check it out!). Everybody’s work is so beautiful! 🤩 #kidlit

Yikes

reminder, bsky has a clever way to display pronouns that's built in! but you only see them if you yourself opt in, so please feel free to here by subscribing and then choosing which applies!! @pronouns.diy

No, You Shouldn't Let Your Kids Use ChatGPT. A thread. 🧵 1/16

Question for writers: how do you decide when to change your query/pages? After a certain number of queries? After a certain number of rejections? Something else? #amquerying #writingcommunity #kidlit

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Reading is reading.

"When a school library is properly staffed by trained professionals, there are opportunities to engage students in conversations about the books they are choosing and help them make selections that fit their developmental maturity." #TLSky ➡️ www.canadianschoollibraries.ca/csl-statemen...

Another book quote I liked. Still need a clever hashtag for these. This one’s from Mixed Up by @kamigarcia.bsky.social #kidlit #graphicnovel #tlsky #graphicnovelsarerealbooks #booksky 💙📚

Writing pitches is so haaaaaard! #kidlit #writingcommunity #amwriting #amquerying

The June NOVA-LUG challenge was to build a habitat of a favorite movie scene. Guess the movie! #LEGO #MOC