Are you interested in learning how write a 'difficult' character? And maybe get some wisdom into how to handle the 'difficult' stuff in your own life? If so, take a listen! #coachingkidlt #kidlit #stoicism

📚👍 Looking for an impulsive, funny narrator who can't help being herself...one who desperately turns to philosophy for guidance (relatable, funny, and thought-provoking encounters) in hopes of keeping her exuberant dog from being returned to the pound...here you go! #middlegrade #booksky #kidlit 🧵+

I am so happy to be able to share the wonderful cover, by artist Matt Rockefeller, for my forthcoming book CALLIOPE CALLISTO CLARK AND THE SEARCH FOR WISDOM, coming out from Holiday House Books for Young People in March. Available for preorder now! #kidlit @holiday-house.bsky.social

🍎 Teachers! THE LAST APPLE TREE pairs perfectly with oral history units. Award-winning author @claudiamills123.bsky.social shares how this story inspires students to preserve family stories. GIVEAWAY includes a Zoom author visit! Read more: lifeiswhatitscalled.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-... #MGLIT

The Children's Book Review conducts the BEST interviews! Here's one with me about the forthcoming paperback release of my middle-grade novel THE LAST APPLE TREE. @holiday-house.bsky.social @ www.thechildrensbookreview.com/interview-wi...

I'm thrilled that my book THE LAST APPPLE TREE is coming out in paperback very soon! So I'm hosting a virtual book tour in celebration with lots of giveaways. You can find out more about it here. www.thechildrensbookreview.com/the-last-app... @bholiday-house.bsky-social

What a lovely thing to post on Labor Day - a display of books that help us remember the entire point behind this holiday.

I can't wait for this one! Stan has been the best cheerleader for his fellow authors, like, forever. And now it's our turn to cheer for him!

My book launch event is set! Come see me at @boulderbooks, Thursday, Oct 9 at 6:30 pm. I'll be in conversation with my editor, Kristie Choi, followed by a signing! Register at boulderbookstore.net...

Ahoy! If you’ve in the Denver area, I hope you’ll come out and have a kraken good time at the farmers market this Sunday! Get some swag (and vegetables ?) and support a local indie bookstore!

I love people who want to save things, big things like the planet, of course, but small things, too. There is such tenderness in saving small things... (like the lone surviving apple tree in a now-vanished orchard, as in my recent middle-grade novel THE LAST APPLE TREE).

Lynn Becker reads and reviews zillions of books. If she thinks these ones are terrific, they are!

Actual rejection letter for ANNE OF GREEN GABLES: "Our readers report that they find some merit in your story, but not enough to warrant its acceptance." (From HOUSE OF DREAMS, terrific bio of L. M. Montgomery by Liz Rosenberg). #kidlit #rejections

This sounds like a must-see.

This will be worth every penny. One of the Rhyme Doctors, Michelle Schaub, gave a stunning talk on rhyme recently to SCBWI.

Looking for words to show your child they matter? 💕 We Needed a You by M.H. Clark says it perfectly: "The world is more magnificent with YOU in it!" Beautiful rhymes show kids how they make ordinary moments magical: thechildrensbookreview.com/interview-with-m-h-clark-author-of-we-needed-a-you/

Ingrid Law is a fabulous writer, and this is a fabulous book. #picturebooks #bookreview

A preorder link is live! 😊 If you would like the book and can preorder, that is a *huge* help, but if you can't, I completely get that. The best thing you can do in that case is request that your university or local library orders a copy - that helps sales, too! mcfarlandbooks.com/product/news...

One of my recent books was criticized for showing sympathy for its problematic parental characters. So I was glad when a writer friend shared this quote from Walt Whitman: "The poet judges not as a Judge, but like sunlight falling around a helpless object." Yes! #writing #kidlit

Betsy Bird has updated her list of children's literary statues in the United States. Take a deep dive into characters old and new.

Takes for joining POEM SHARE today, @patriciatoht.bsky.social! POEM SHARE: A great way to weave some poetry into your day all April long! www.poetryboost.com @ncte.org #kidlit #poetry #NationalPoetryMonth

It's Arbor Day! Celebrate trees with LEAFY LANDMARKS: TRAVELS WITH TREES. And plant a sapling if you can! www.michelleschaub.com/landmarks @stormliterary.bsky.social @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social

Happy Arbor Day! This recent book of mine culminates in an Arbor Day school assembly, fitting for a story that stars an heirloom apple tree, lone survivor of a vanished orchard, and the secrets concealed in its bark and branches.

The Lost Languages by Claudia Mills sparked my interest because it's about saving a language, using things learned from the main character's linguist mother. Sign me up. #RecentReads #TBR #ToBeRead #Books #Bookish #BookSky #CreativeLifeOfLiz #BookNerd

Today’s #poetry #picturebook is another one of my favorite discoveries this year. It’s a tree road trip! #kidlit #bookblogger #poetrycommunity jenabenton.com/2025/04/15/n...

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