Check out this month's interview in the Book Nook 🙌 Link in profile. Christine VanZandt serves up hot dog history with her new book, 🌭🌭🌭 “Hot dog!: The History of America's Favorite Sausage.” #kidlit #kidlitart #childrensbooks #picturebooks #elementaryteacher @christinevanzandt.bsky.social

Feeling so grateful for the Honorable Mention I received after applying to the Write Kidlit Now scholarship! Thank you so much @bookthreader.bsky.social for your efforts and generosity! What a boost for those of us getting started on our writing journey. #kidlit #community #scholarship #kindness

Soup's on! Free, downloadable content: lesson plan w/ ELA, history-social science + more at www.moniritchie.com/misomagicres.... @bookthreader.bsky.social @albertwhitman.bsky.social #teacherstuesdays #educators #teachers #homeschool #elementaryschool #picturebook #misomagic #miso #japan #misosoup

I'll be reading #misomagic at The Bowers Museum Saturday 10/25. A free book for the first 35 to get tickets! #santaana #orangecounty #storytime www.bowers.org

Love this Scholarships like this really help young voices shine,so curious to see the winners📖

Children's book writers, the Write Kidlit NOW! Scholarship opens tomorrow. 👍👏🙌

#pasadena #pasadenaevents

HUGE fan of my public #libraries! Their digital collections (esp #audiobooks) come to the rescue daily!!!🎧📚💙

After losing her Greek immigrant parents Kali’s life in the housing projects of 1940s LA takes a turn when a powerful aunt (Athena) offers her the magnificence of Olympus —but Kali must leave behind her goblin of a little brother, and the only true magic she’s ever known #Questpit #AG #MG

When Zeus and Athena strike a deal,12-YO Medusa must travel to modern day Italy to find her own monstrous voice and learn to work together with her cranky sisters to rescue their aunt (Zeus’ oracle) from a revengeful sea monster that threatens to plunge the human world into chaos #Questpit #AG #MG

An intersection in time brings together a girl from the past and a guy from the future together to take an existential quest for ❤️ & meaning in Joshua tree, a magical CA desert – – a quest that teaches them about resilience, sacrifice, & what it means to be alive #Questpit #AG #W #YA

Nix & Sol intersect in time on an existential quest to save the world and save each other. If Nix helps Sol will he exist? If Sol helps Nix will they ever meet? If their plan works, will TIME ever let them be together? #Questpit #W #AG #YA

Three 12-year-old best friends are excited to go to summer camp, but when the counselors pit them against each other as part of a social inequality experiment, they must restore their friendships and team up against the ruthless counselors to survive. #Questpit #Q #MG #amquerying

Comin soon 2/21/25 Tickets below regentdtla.com/tm-event/ace...

It’s lovely to hear from the recipients of the #wknscholarship 🌸 A #mentorship with Mira is a dream!! #anwriting #kidlit

100 Children’s & YA Books with Muslim Characters buff.ly/4h01PIn via @Coloursofus #ReadYourWorld #KidLit #Muslim

A huge thank you to the LAPL for this huge honor. Congrats, Ann, and to all the other PB creators on this list!! 🌸❤️🌸

Check out fellow bsky military brat, @bookthreader.bsky.social ‘s book, MISO MAGIC! 💖 I wish I had more books like this back when my kids were littles. Having spent many of my formative years on Okinawa,the Japanese & Okinawan culture of my friends’ families still touch my own. www.moniritchie.com

Keep kids reading this holiday season! ✨🎄🎁 #misomagic #picturebooks #picturebooksaremyjam #picturebookscanteach #picturebooksrocks #picturebooksmatter #christmasgifts #christmasgiftsideas #christmasgiftsforkids

🎉Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Write Kidlit Now! Scholarships!! Laura McIntosh (MG Music in My Heart) Becky Goodman (PB Oranges to Apples) Kristen Kareem (YA Blood before Rain) Honorable mentions: Savannah Tries Eric Sondergeld @laurawrites @beckygoodman @ericsondergeld #kidlit

Last chance to win a copy of Miso Magic! #misomagic #Japaneseculture #picturebook #eatmiso

Deadline is midnight tonight!! #kidlit #amwriting #alwayslearning

Dear author and illustrator friends, editors, reviewers, and publishers, in the #Kidlitcommunity, let’s find each other so I can leave X!

Miso Magic #giveaway 🙌 Check out how to enter here! 👇👇👇 ellenleventhal.com/2024/10/moni... #giveaway #kidlit #kidlitart #newpicture2024 #japanesefood #STEMEducation #familytime

Find out more about the Write Kidlit NOW! Scholarship at www.moniritchie.com Open for the month of October only! #kidlit #writeforkids #picturebooks #amwriting #amquerying #middlegrade #ya #scholarship #education

MISO MAGIC by @bookthreader.bsky.social w/art by Mizuho Fujisawa is a lovely and informative story about a father and daughter that pairs family traditions and culture with an important message about the value of hard work, perseverance, and patience. #kidlit

#kidlit #writers Here's a resource to help with book promotion. I've compiled this list of stores and contacts as I've promoted my books, including my latest, MISO MAGIC. I hope you find it useful! #supportlocalbusinesses #bookstores mailchi.mp/488c95de62a8...

SAVE THE DATE: Fri. Nov. 15th, 1 pm ET. My next #KidLitAMA will be w/ @christiemegill.bsky.social of @thecatagency.bsky.social! More details (including how to register for free, via a thread on Bluesky) to be posted next month.

Check out the trailer for Miso Magic! In stores soon!🪄✨🍜 youtube.com/shorts/qu_5T... #preorder #sneakpeak #misomagicbook #picturebooks #kidlit #japaneseculture #NewBook #japanesefood #STEM #STEMEducation #kidlit #kidlitart #CulturalHeritage #miso #japan #librarians #teachers #parents #fatherdaughter

The review is in for MISO MAGIC! Thank you @Kirkusreviews Link in profile for the full review! Have you preordered your copy? #asiankidlit #kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks #kidlit #kidlitart #kidsliterature #childrensbooksofinstagram #kidsstories #asianstorieslibrary #asianstories #asianauthors

I am a butterfly mama because of Christine and her research with Monarchs. Check out her new picture book 🦋🦋🦋 Milkweed For Monarchs! #kidlit #lyrical

2 important books w/ classroom diversity, cultural awareness & making friends on this week's Dynamic Book Duo's Blog. Thank you @andriarosenbaum.bsky.social and @bookthreader.bsky.social for sharing your books & coordinating activities. #edusky🍎 More at: www.suzannejacobslipshaw.com/dynamic-book...

What is delicious, nutritious and has now made its way into a picture book? Miso!!🥣I’m so excited to reveal the cover of my upcoming book MISO MAGIC! ✨ Read about the inspiration behind the story bit.ly/48qTcCH #misomagic #misomagicbook #asianbooks #picturebooks #kidlit

Yay, Scott! Congrats everyone!!

🤩The Write Kidlit NOW! Scholarships results are in! ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Wow! Submissions increased by 70% this year.✍️ Check out the recipients! Congrats to all! 🎉https://www.moniritchie.com/wkns_recipients.html #kidlit #amwriting #amquerying #wknscholarship @busyPBs @21fortheBooks

Yay!!!

Are you an unpublished, unagented children’s book writer? The Write Kidlit NOW! Scholarship is open! Submit now! 🤩✍️🙌😃⭐️🎉 bit.ly/3xaBxyf  #kidlit #Writers #kidlitart #amwriting #amquerying #writerscommunity #scholarships #childrensbooks #writeforkids #picturebooks #opportunity #aspiringauthors