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The Nov. newsletter with an article by author @lynnstreetbooks.bsky.social is ready to read! Find book news, teaching tips, inspiration, and #KidLitForGrowingMinds members who will attend NCTE! 📚 #NCTE2025 #edusky #booksky #schoollibrarians #skybrarian tinyurl.com/zk4asf3m

🌼 42 2025 Middle Grade and Young Adult Novels-In-Verse 🌼 popgoesthereader.com/42-2025-midd... #BookSky #KidLit #YALit #MGLit

Grateful to @slj.com for this awesome review of WOODY'S WORDS: WOODROW WILSON RAWLS AND WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS by me & Susan Reagan! I relied on SLJ as a school #librarian & still do! TY, SLJ! #WhereTheRedFerngrows #Edusky #librarians #SchoolLibrarians #Skybrarian #Skybrarians #TLSky #biography

Behind the Scenes: "How Primary Sources Can Grow Your Nonfiction Nature Picture Book" by Lynn Street bethandersonwriter.com/2025/09/05/b...

Writer's Digest published my article on writing NF PB stories that balance facts with narrative. Link below. @steamteambooks.bsky.social @annehunterstudio.bsky.social @12x12challenge.bsky.social @redfoxliterary.bsky.social @kl4gm.bsky.social #bluejays #birds #fall #nonfiction #kidlit #picturebooks

We interviewed @marciefatkins.bsky.social in the latest issue of #PaperBoundMag. Read all about her novel #OneStepForward free at paperboundmag.com/issues 💙 @versifybooks.bsky.social #HistoricalFiction #YAHistoricalFiction #VerseNovel #KidLit #YABooks

I have an interview in this new issue!

I’m catching up on podcast episodes and highly recommend this episode for NF revision. Loved this @mcusolito.bsky.social and @kirstenwlarson.bsky.social

With the new issue just around the corner, we thought we'd remind you of all the authors we have featured! We can't wait to share their interviews and articles very soon! #KidLit #MGBooks #YABooks #AuthorInterview #WritingTips @marciefatkins.bsky.social @meganfreemanauthor.bsky.social

🎉COVER REVEAL📚👀 Welcome to a sneak peek of the brand new LIGHT & DARK issue of #PaperBoundMag! Packed full of brand new content, including book reviews, author interviews and writing tips (plus more!), we're so excited to share this with you SOON! Massive thanks goes to 👇

Tomorrow is independent bookstore day and there are newly signed copies of One Step Forward at @onemorepagebooks.bsky.social

Two recent multimodal MG novels that I love & recommend: WEREWOLF HAMLET by @kerrymadden.bsky.social - heartbreakingly real & hopeful family story (partly in stage-play script!) ONE STEP FORWARD by @marciefatkins.bsky.social - fantastic & well-researched verse novel about a teen suffragist.

Salt City Verse review of "ONE STEP FORWARD" by Marcie Flinchum Atkins: Demonstrations are Nothing New. https://bit.ly/3Ghvn6U #ChildrensPoetry #Poetry4kids

📚👍 ONE STEP FORWARD by @marciefatkins.bsky.social is an inspiring YA novel in verse about the tremendous sacrifices suffragists made so we can vote. Reading about their work motivates me to continue speaking up, imagining what they would say right now... Beautiful cover by Babeth Lafon. #kidlit

I’m the #poetryfriday host this week. Hop on by and read the posts: www.marcieatkins.com/2025/03/27/p... #haikusaturday

⭐️Eleanor Roosevelt ⭐️Lucy Stone ⭐️Kate Warne How many of these women from history have YOU heard of? Check out Good Reads with Ronna's Women's History Month Roundup! @viviankirkfield.bsky.social @michellemarkel.bsky.social @kl4gm.bsky.social @edusky.bsky.social wp.me/p3X25n-bbw

viviankirkfield.com/2025/03/28/p... A wonderful interview with two @picturebookgold.bsky.social members and a #Giveaway @viviankirkfield.bsky.social welcomes @lisaljrogers.bsky.social to share her book JOAN MITCHELL PAINTS A SYMPHONY: LA GRANDE VALLÉE SUITE 💙🎶💚

Honored to be interviewed by Andrea Wang on #picturebookbuilders and share a bit of the story behind the story for HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT.😍 And DON'T MISS THE GIVEAWAY of a copy of the book!📕🥳 picturebookbuilders.com/2025/03/hidi... @edusky.bsky.social @kl4gm.bsky.social @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social

Yay! It's pub day for MAGIC IN A DROP OF WATER: HOW RUTH PATRICK TAUGHT THE WORLD ABOUT WATER POLLUTION! Beautifully illustrated by #SusanReagan. @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @penguinkids.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social #pbgreensteam #stembooksforkids #rockypondbooks

We are so thrilled that @marciefatkins.bsky.social YA Novel in Verse, One Step Forward, is out in the world🌟

Happy birthday to suffragist Matilda Young who fought for the passage of the 19th amendment. #suffragists www.onemorepagebooks.com/one-step-for...

Thrilled that ONE STEP FORWARD is on this list!

Happy #BookBirthday to @marciefatkins.bsky.social (debut YA author), @jodywrites4kids.bsky.social, Clair Rossiter, @junoniaarts.bsky.social (debut picture bk illus), @elizabetheverett.bsky.social @davidanaxagoras.com & C.Gebauer on their books! More: bsky.app/profile/debb... #KidLitLaunches #KidLit

Happy Book Birthday! I'm SO excited to see this book enter the world. Illustrator @brianlies.bsky.social and I will be signing copies TOGETHER at @silverunicornbooks.bsky.social in Acton, MA on March 15 at 11:00 am. We hope our MA friends can join us. #edusky #kidlit

I’m so excited for people to read Matilda Young’s story of fighting for woman suffrage. In bookstores today! #suffrage #suffragists #womenshistorymonth www.onemorepagebooks.com/one-step-for...

Women have been protesting for more than 100 years. The first (but not the last) women’s march was on March 3, 1913. You can read more about the march on HarperStacks blog. harperstacks.com/blogs/blog/m...

I’m so grateful that SLJ gave my book a starred review!! ⭐️ I rely on this journal so much for my own collection, so I’m thrilled to have my book recognized by them!

#haikusaturday February storm snow cones served In the moon garden

Not sure what to read next? This list of 55 exciting new YA books being published in March 2025 might be a great place to start! popgoesthereader.com/hot-off-the-... #BookSky #KidLit #YALit

March is Women’s History Month. What woman would you like people to know about this March? Who do you admire from history? www.marcieatkins.com/suffrage-his... #womenshistorymonth

I’m so grateful to Irene Latham for hosting me at her blog today. She had awesome prompts for me to answer. Check them out here: irenelatham.blogspot.com/2025/02/one-...

Matilda Young, the protagonist in my new book was in Washington, DC for most of her life. She was curator for a children’s museum and a charter member of the Children’s Book Guild. www.marcieatkins.com/suffrage-his...

Research is my jam and finding cool details is part of the fun. Piecing together Matilda’s story took some digging. I found this National Woman’s Party (NWP) switchboard operator schedule with her name on it at the Library of Congress. #suffragists

Matilda Young was at Occoquan Workhouse on the “Night of Terror” when suffragists were beaten. Learning about this event first made me ask questions about the suffragists’ story. #suffragists www.marcieatkins.com/suffrage-his...

Matilda Young didn’t protest alone. Suffragists took turns at the White House gates and later outside of the Capitol building. Matilda protested with (and was arrested with) Rose Winslow (also know as Ruza Wenclawska) who had been a factory worker until suffering from TB. #suffragists #versenovel

One of the ways I learned about Matilda’s family was through census records, including this one from 1910. www.marcieatkins.com/suffrage-his... #suffragists #historicalfiction

One of the most interesting parts of researching ONE STEP FORWARD is learning about the people who fought for suffrage. Matilda Young grew up in Washington, DC, and fought for suffrage in DC. #suffragehistory #suffragists www.marcieatkins.com/suffrage-his...

I had a fabulous conversation with @kirstenwlarson.bsky.social about writing NF for kids. Lend an ear to go behind the scenes and learn what goes into it. 😍 @kl4gm.bsky.social @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social @redfoxliterary.bsky.social @edusky.bsky.social kirstenwlarson.com/2025/02/07/n...

Even in winter, gardens are beautiful. #haikusaturday

I first heard the term “suffragette” as a kid watching the first Mary Poppins movie. When researching ONE STEP FORWARD, I learned that women in the US preferred the term “suffragist.” For more links and info: www.marcieatkins.com/suffrage-his...

Interested in writing rhyming nonfiction picture books? Join me for a webinar with @scbwi.bsky.social: Rhyme & Facts: Building Fun Nonfiction Picture Books on March 25th from 7 - 8:15 pm EST. For details and to register: www.scbwi.org/events/rhyme...

Wow, you guys. Just wow. Thanks to all the readers, teachers, and librarians who made this happen. I’m overwhelmed. @ssedlib.bsky.social @simonkids.bsky.social  @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social @mgauthorcade.bsky.social  #AwaybyMeganEFreeman #hybridnovel

For signed copies of One Step Forward, you can order through my local indie One More Page Books www.onemorepagebooks.com/one-step-for...

#haikusaturday www.marcieatkins.com/2025/02/13/p...

Suffragists sent tongue-in-cheek valentines to members of Congress in 1916. Check out some of their messages in favor of Votes for Women. #suffragists