GIVEAWAYS for Educators! Author visit with me & TPT Gift Card from Lindsay Moretti (article on kidlitgrove.substack.com) open.substack.com/pub/kidlitgr...

@lindsayamoretti.bsky.social Lindsay is amazing! Check her SubStack and get in on the giveaways and resources!

“Poetry has a crucial role to play in our lives, society, and the world. It helps us slow down, hear clearly, see deeply, and envision what matters most in our lives.” ARTHUR SZE

choose zero it is worth it

“The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.” —Alden Nowlan

Becki is sooooo right! #SCBWI truly has a great deal to offer. #WI #kidlit #memberbenefits

Interview with #Kidlit Writer Rebecca Gardyn Levington on Finding Forgiveness writersrumpus.com/2025/08/26/i... Another winner!

"Worrying gets you nowhere. If you turn up worrying about how you’re going to perform, you’ve already lost." Usain Bolt

bsky.app/profile/inke... Check it out!

Children's Book Week: Nov 3-9 "An Ocean of Stories" & an ocean of #SCBWI #wisconsin creatives Children's Book Festival: Nov 9 noon to 2 at Wisconsin's own Burlington Public Library! #everychildareader #educators #childrensbookcouncil #americanlibraryassociation #burlingtonwisconsin

Today on my #KidlitLOVEItLists on jpuglow.substack.com I feature fabulous #NF #picturebookbiographies by #jillesbaum and Lisa Rogers @lisaljrogers.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/jpuglow/...

😎 @drdanger.bsky.social for donating STUCK! Mine are: BROWN: The Many Shades of Love @nancyjauthor.bsky.social IN OUR GARDEN @patzmiller.bsky.social #SunWriteFun @buchetbooks.bsky.social @kmgreenwald.bsky.social @swildmansf.bsky.social @12x12challenge.bsky.social @thewritingbarn.bsky.social

“Wherever you look, there are inspirations, books, literature, paintings, landscapes, everything. Just living is an inspiration.” GAVIN ROSSDALE

Wow! Emily, this is FUNtabulous! and generous. Thank you!

Andrew, these look fantastic!

“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world." Lucille Ball

@steamteambooks.bsky.social @educators You’ll want to add Animal Climate Heroes to your read aloud list!

Hello #educators! @steamteambooks.bsky.social Look what’s flying onto shelves and into hearts by @lydialukidis.bsky.social

www.kidlit411.com/2025/07/the-... Great giveaways!

Lois Ehlert Legacy: A Kenning Poem

Morning dew on leaves Rose welcomes needed moisture Ready for day’s heat #PBwriters #ImpromptHaiku

#LoveItLists: A-one, ace, first-rate, super, tiptop, excellent, don't-pass-this-book-up! In support of the best of the best in kidlit! open.substack.com/pub/jpuglow/... @steenahernandez.bsky.social

“Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time." Sandra Day O'Connor

Check out #LoveItLists on jpuglow.substack.com/SubStack And Then Came You by the uber-talented Christina Shawn! open.substack.com/pub/jpuglow/...

“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning.” Albert Einstein #PBwriters

Kwame Alexander ❤️❤️❤️ #CSKAward Author Honor Book! Black Star #ALAAC25

Craig Kofi Farmer #ALAAC25 #CSKBookAwards Kwame WINNER! Crashes the Underworld John Steptoe Award for new talent

Show up for libraries!!! #ALAAC25

#ALASC25 welcome!

Have you voted in the Crystal Kite Awards yet? Each year we recognize great books from around the world. The Crystal Kite Awards are chosen by other children's book writers and illustrators, making them the only peer-given awards in publishing for young readers. Vote via your Member Home.

☀️🥰💫SCBWI members, SUMMER: A Solstice Story is nominated for a Crystal Kite award. #midwestregion #scbwi #wisconsin #vote ❤️

“If there's not love present, it's much, much harder to function. When there's love present, it's easier to deal with life." Brian Wilson #BeachBoys #BkindDay #quotesREcaring

"It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done." Harriet Beecher Stowe #nokingsday

Woohoo! You’re going places! @scbwi-wi #Wisconsin #art #illustrate

Anna Aronson’s art! Check out this post on Susanna Leonard Hill’s blog about Mystery Driver.

“To practice any art, no matter how well, or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.” Kurt Vonnegut #PB #poetry #amwriting #NF

“Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body.” JOSEPH ADDISON Friends, how would you finish this? Writing books for kids is to the heart, what ____ is to the ____.

“The land is the real teacher. All we need as students is mindfulness.” ROBIN WALL KIMMERER www.robinwallkimmerer.com

I'm thrilled to share this wonderful interview with my Kids Book Crew teammate @thesusankam.bsky.social I invite you to check it out and learn more about her new book. marianariosramirez.com/kai-po-che/ #kidlit #pb #culture #childrensbooks #picturebooks #kites #siblings

Beyond Coloring Pages: Making Your Educator’s Guide Pop writersrumpus.com/2025/05/20/b...

Are you going to be attending #ALAC25? I'll be signing our #NF #PB STUCK! The Story of La Brea Tar Pits at the Bushel and Peck Books' booth 624 on Sunday, June 29 at noon. Let's meet up in Philadelphia!

BFFs come around in surprising ways. 🌿 Check out the uGROnews interview with @beckyscharn.bsky.social about her upcoming new #PB BEST BUDS! I promise, you will fall in love. ugronews.substack.com/p/becky-scha...

“We can’t heal the world today but we can begin with a voice of compassion, a heart of love, an act of kindness.” MARY DAVIS #PB #bethechange #care

“Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.” Mary Oliver #PB #NationalParks #poetry #nature

🎉Congratulations, Elizabeth!

Congratulations, @AlyssaSatinCapucilli on books 33 and 34 in the Biscuit My First I Can Read series, illustrated by @PatSchories, to @ErikaDiPasquale @HarperChildren's, by @lizavoges at Eden Street for the author, and by Edward Necarsulmer IV at Dunow, Carlson & Lerner for the illustrator (world)

Smilodon and I had the pleasure of meeting Cashton students and staff today. Who knew fossils could bring so much fun? #schoolvisitfun

Thanks for the warm welcome, Wonderland Bookshop on Indie Bookstore Day! 😍 STUCK! & I are having a blast meeting kids on our #pb book tour. Available at @thelabreatarpits, lots of #independentbookstores, and @bushelandpeckbooks. You just MUST see the amazing @valerya.milov's artwork.