Celebrate the first day of spring and Women’s History Month by learning about some very talented naturalists and artists, thanks to primary sources from the Library of Congress. Maybe you’ll be inspired to create your own masterpieces! blogs.loc.gov/families/202...

As a reading specialist, literacy, coach, and children’s author, I cannot agree with this more! Teachers in my school district embrace graphic novels, and I sing their praises to parents whenever I have the opportunity! I’m thankful that our new GA ELA standards support this, too!

This is a pinnable post for the MSWL (Manuscript Wish List) & Call For Art & Writing feed. Searches list of approved users for terms like #MSWL #CallForArtists #CallForSubmissions etc. More info & to check if you're on the feed here. Those in my Editors, Agents & Art Directors lists already added.

This is my plan for the new year🫶🏻

Oh. This post is a work of art. Well done, Travis. Well done indeed. #kidlit 📚👍

Day 6: 31 Days, 31 Lists - 2024 Funny Picture Books. Today we look at a slew of books that are doing it right. From parrotfish and hilarious Iranians to science fiction, nonfiction, & more, there's something here for every humor lover on your list! #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2024/12/06/3...

Day 7: 31 Days, 31 Lists - Caldenotts. What precisely is a "Caldenott"? A book where the illustrator is inconveniently from a country other than America. Today, we celebrate artists deserving in every possible way, save location. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2024/12/07/3...

📚👍 Seeing others through the eyes of a child with a generous spirit. www.mariacmarshall.com/single-post/... #kidlit #picturebooks #homelessness

Great advice!

What a thrill to have OCTOPUS selected for this honor, and to be in the company of such amazing #kidlit creators!

"Inside a poem, anything is possible. Maybe we can make that true of life as well." Ada Limon's #NCTE24 keynote was everything my heart needed.

“Hope is our superpower.” - Bryan Stevenson at #NCTE24 Teaching kids to read, think, and write…this is hope. #readmorehateless #readwidely #readallthebooks #readthinkwritehope

Bryan Stevenson tells us it's time to change the narrative. It's time for truth and reconciliation, and English teachers can do this work through the power of literature. Hopelessness is the enemy of justice: we have to be agents of hope and be willing to do the uncomfortable thing. #NCTE24

A starred review from School Library Journal for WIND IS A DANCE! I'm beyond honored and excited for my first starred review. They love Josée Bisaillon's art as much as I do. "A first choice for any library." #nfforkids #stemforkids #wind #weather @steamteambooks.bsky.social @kl4gm.bsky.social

Excited for my picture book bio of ecologist Ruth Patrick, MAGIC IN A DROP OF WATER, coming March 25, 2025 from Rocky Pond/Penguin.

So excited to be presenting today about #naturenonfiction and #poetry at #NCTE2024 with @teresarobeson.bsky.social @marciefatkins.bsky.social @debrakshumaker.bsky.social

A very exciting day today. I presented at two panels at NCTE with amazing authors about using STEAM books and poetry techniques in the classroom and also found out WIND IS A DANCE is an NCTE 2025 Notable Poetry Book! #windisadance #stemforkids #ncte #ncte2024

Yet another incredibly inspiring session! #ncte24 “We have to do real writing and real reading with our students because we never know when one of those things will reach those kids.” ~Rief. “The kids that struggle the most need languages the most.” ~Draper. “Every kids has a story to tell.” ~Kittle

@nellcrossbeckerman.bsky.social @rsonenshine.bsky.social @cedarpruitt.bsky.social Thank you authors! Such great ideas and energy.

#kidlit and #educator friends, Who will be at #ncte24???

📚Libraries are #2 on the list

Big thrill to learn our book is an honour book for 2024! #kidlit #kidlitmegafeed

I sent an autographed copy to Archie the Dog (my sister-in-law's Westie) in thanks for his help with my book: posing for reference photos! My sis-in-law just sent this photo of Archie w/his copy of #IWantToReadALLTheBooks. 😁 Posting my "Archie behind the scenes" video in the thread below 👇🏼

Please join me, along with Josh Funk, this coming Sunday 9/22 at 11am at Lala Books in Lowell, Mass. for a picture book story time! We'll be sharing Pigs Dig a Road and Attack of the Scones, and there will be some special snacks!

Register to vote, vote, get your sticker!!!!!!!! (this image was inspired by an umbrella I saw one of the times I went to vote) #bunny #vote

Join us this Sunday, August 4 for a virtual event with Books of Wonder. I’ll be on with authors @rsonenshine.bsky.social , @rosanneparry.bsky.social , and @maishawrites.bsky.social. Save your spot: crowdcast.io/c/intriguing...

Join us for this cool event from Books of Wonder on Sunday!

Fave Four If you'd like to see other picture book recommendations for this year, pop on over to cherylajohnsonwrites.weebly.com. @rsonenshine.bsky.social @ljrwritenow.bsky.social @debbiepalen.bsky.social #picturebook #readwithyourkids #kidlit #kidlitbookstack

I’m so excited for this! Any of my #kidlit friends joining? @svtworks.bsky.social @lorikeating.bsky.social @thesusankam.bsky.social

Check out these 4 fabulous authors & their stunning NF #STEM books releasing in June. www.mariacmarshall.com/single-post/... @abicushman.bsky.social @msmarianayagam.bsky.social @lauriethompson.bsky.social Jeanne Harvey @steamteambooks.bsky.social #kidlit

Don't miss this interview with @rsonenshine.bsky.social about the inspiration for this spectacular, honest, and gorgeous lyrical nonfiction book about octopuses - The Den That Octopus Built. www.mariacmarshall.com/single-post/... #interview #kidlit

This was such a fun interview! @steamteambooks.bsky.social

It is my incredible honor to be talking with @dekemoulton.bsky.social about her incredible Sydney Taylor Honor winning title DON'T WANT TO BE YOUR MONSTER as part of this week's #sydneytaylorbookaward blog tour. Vampires and more are on the menu. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2024/02/07/s...

#VerseThursday #kidlit Book of the Day: Aunt Sue's Stories #family #BlackHistoryMonth #picturebook #poetry from @the_creative_company_books asuen.com/aunt-sues-st... 📚👍

Today, it is my utter delight and honor to speak to both author Antwan Eady and artists Jerome & Jarrett Pumphrey about THE LAST STAND, where it came from, and a whole host of other things that you will DEFINITELY want to know soon. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2024/02/07/t...

Both of these topics--proposal writing and nonfiction that's not boring--are ones that I haven't seen enough of. For more info, follow the link in Patricia's message. #kidslit #nonfiction #howto #workshops

Our Fours classes are fascinated with THE LODGE THAT BEAVER BUILT. And some of them noticed “it rhymes!” @rsonenshine.bsky.social

Speaking my language! 💗💗💗

@WSJ: Penguin Random House, after a fiery board meeting, decided to actively challenge book bans in school libraries https://t.co/apvJZ81og5 https://t.co/apvJZ81og5

“…even though most parents have never met their school librarian, they still trust them as professionals. They trust their abilities to select age- and content-appropriate materials for the collection.” @heykellyjensen.bsky.social has so many quotable items in the attached post, (&whole series of 4)

What a joy it was to learn of this honor yesterday! I’m so grateful to the Jewish Book Council, editor Aviva Gutnick, illustrator Gina Capaldi, and the Apples & Honey team!

Congratulations #alayma #sibert honor titles. Hooray for nonfiction!

I absolutely loved @jstremer.bsky.social 's LIGHTS OUT! You'll want to turn off all your lights at night after reading this heart-gripping tale about migrating sparrows. Gorgeously illustrated Bonnie Pang and coming March 5 from S&S @steamteambooks.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/book/show/17...

Today! tune in! @charlenedraws.bsky.social has won illustration awards including the the 2023 Stonewall Book Award Children’s & Young Adult winner, Love, Violet thanks to @debbieohi.com for sharing this visit with them! debbieohi.com/kidlitama/

Katharine Blodgett was a physicist and chemist known for her invention of nonreflective glass. Read more about this amazing woman in the book KATHARINE BLODGETT AND INVISIBLE GLASS by Virginia Loh Hagan. #bookposse #teachers #librarian #educators #homeschoolers t #edusky #WomenInSTEM #scicomm #STEM

Wait, the ALA Youth Media Awards are on Monday?!? Better produce my final prediction edition of both the Newbery and the Caldecott then. These are not the books that I am saying I want to win (though I do) but the books that I think will win. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2024/01/18/n...

Best Nonfiction of 2023 Roundup tinyurl.com/3437jv2e

LitLinks is full of great #STEM ideas for students.