Day #16: 31 Days, 31 lists - 2025 Poetry for Kids. Feel like you should give kids the best of the best poetry coming out today? Well, aren't you in luck. I've gathered it all together for you here. #31Days31Lists #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/12/16/3...

To be successful in picture books, you need to write—A LOT. That's where 12 x 12 comes in! Author and poet @suzylevinson reveals the beauty in doing all of that writing. Registration opens in January. Find out more: www.12x12challenge.c... #amwriting #picturebook #kidlit #12x12pb #booksky

One of my recent fav picture books, DINOS THAT DRIVE by @suzylevinson.bsky.social is a roaring & revving delight from start to finish 🦖🏎️ 🏁 It’s exciting to see such a fun & wildly imaginative *poetry* PB on the shelves! 😊 #kidlit #picturebooks #poetryforkids

Happy #Dinovember! 🦖🚗 Two hilarious new picture #books prove dinosaurs are still ROARING: 🦕 Dinos That Drive: Prehistoric traffic jam! Pure, chaotic joy. 🦖 The Great Dinosaur Sleepover: Actual dinosaurs crash a party! Which dino book are you grabbing first? 📚 #KidsLit #Dinosaurs #PictureBooks

[racy review] Dinos That Drive by Suzy Levinson and Dustin Harbin jamarattigan.com/2025/11/07/r...

12 x 12 member Suzy Levinson shares how to find your voice as a picture book writer! #writer #author #picturebook #picturebooks #kidlit #writingforkids #writingforchildren #writingcommunity #booksbooksbooks #writingtipsforbeginners #amreading #amwriting

ICYMI, @suzylevinson.bsky.social was interviewed on the Children's Literature podcast about her new picture book DINOS THAT DRIVE, illus. by @dharbin.bsky.social. bit.ly/4pvV6Kw Suzy reads (and sings!) her poems. Mel Rosenberg says he's "in awe" of her work. Not to be missed! #kidlit #poetry #dinos

Join YABC for an #authorchat with Suzy Levinson about #kidlit DINOS THAT DRIVE, plus #entertowin a #freecopy in our #giveaway! yabookscentral.com/author-chat-... #dinosaurs #drive #poem #free #freebook

Wow! Thanks for including DINOS THAT DRIVE, Evanston Public Library! 🦖🦖🦖

Just 2 days to go! 📣 Join us for this month’s FREE #12x12PB Book Chat with Suzy Levinson, author of DINOS THAT DRIVE! 🦖 Discover how this book went from idea to bookshelf. 📅 Tuesday, Oct 28 at 8 PM ET / 5 PM PT Sign up here: buff.ly/AwNDBl1 #kidlit #12x12PB

And if that doesn't inspire you to try your own hand at poetry, then check out these five collections we're loving. 📖 Dinos That Drive 📖 If I Could Choose a Best Day 📖 Words with Wings and Magic Things 📖 Torrible Puns 📖 A Universe of Rainbows

🎉 Happy Book Birthday to @suzylevinson.bsky.social! 🎉 📚 DINOS THAT DRIVE, illustrated by @dharbin.bsky.social and published by Tundra Books, is out today! 🚗🦖 Find it here: buff.ly/Io8UdaM #kidlit #12x12PB

DINOS THAT DRIVE by @suzylevinson.bsky.social & Dustin Harbin is filled with action-packed illustrations and hilarious rhyming text. There are so many fun details in the art! Kiddos and grownups will be obsessed with these dinosaurs and want to read this brilliant picture book again and again!

"Buckle up for a raptor race, train-faring Titanosaurs and (gulp) a taxi-driving T. rex in this hilariously whirlwind picture book poetry collection for fans of Richard Scarry!" Enter to win a copy of @suzylevinson.bsky.social & Dustin Harbin's "Dinos That Drive" from Tundra Books

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Just launched my first newsletter! A feature is #PB and #MG recommendations. This time: PBs: ANIMALS IN PANTS, by @suzylevinson.bsky.social; HONEYBEES, by Candace Fleming MGs: CITY SPIES (all 6!), by @jamesponti.bsky.social; THE WOMAN WHO SPLIT THE ATOM, by @marissamosswriter.bsky.social #kidlit

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SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN for the #LyricalLanguageLab 2nd Annual Summer Poetry Contest! Theme = MASK POEMS, my favorite kind to write. We judges would love to see your work -- rhyming or free verse! ALL INFO: www.reneelatulippe.com/poetry-contest @suzylevinson.bsky.social @loupiccolo.bsky.social

Here’s a guaranteed laugh-out-loud read-aloud—ANIMALS IN PANTS—by @suzylevinson.bsky.social, illus. by Kristen and Kevin Howdeshell. Suzy is so clever. And funny! Can’t wait for her new book—DiNOS THAT DRIVE—out in September!

Celebrate #NationalPoetryMonth with #12x12PB books: TORRIBLE PUNS: ‪@ttorrible.bsky.social‬, ANIMALS IN PANTS: @suzylevinson.bsky.social, UP, UP, HIGH: @lydialukidis.bsky.social, NO WORLD TOO BIG: @keilavdawson.bsky.social, A POEM GROWS INSIDE YOU: @kateywrites.bsky.social buff.ly/oLm5AgA

@suzylevinson.bsky.social joins today's POEM SHARE, poetry videos by award-winning poets all National Poetry Month Long www.poetryboost.com/2025/04/suzy... @ncte.org #kidlit #poetry #NationalPoetryMonth

The Kidlit for Los Angeles auction is NOW OPEN! We have more than 340 INCREDIBLE items from top authors, illustrators, editors, agents and publishing professionals. You don’t want to miss out! Go bid here: www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlosangeles Auction runs Jan 20th - Jan 26th. #kidlit

THE RESULTS ARE IN! We judges are in a flurry about our winter #LyricalLanguageLab #poetrycontest winners and honorable mentions! Meet the poets and read the poems here: www.reneelatulippe.com/winners-wint... CONGRATULATIONS, POETS! 💜

POETS, lend me your ears! Only 7 days left to enter the #LyricalLanguageLab #RHYMING #poetry contest! And remember -- it's not all about SNOW. If you live in a hot climate, or your winter is in July, we'd love to know what YOUR winter wanderings look like too!

Submissions are officially open for the WINTER WANDERINGS rhyming kidlit poetry contest! We can't wait to read your work! #kidlit #poetrycontest #kidlitpoetry www.reneelatulippe.com/poetry-conte...

Hi, #kidlit community! I'm loving this cool new hangout spot, aren't you? Bring on the picture books, bring on the poetry, bring on the good vibes! And cats. ❤️

POETRY CONTEST!! We're baaaaaaaack ... but this time it's for RHYMING VERSE for PB, MG, YA! Submissions open Monday, November 18. My fellow judges are back: Michelle Heidenrich Barnes, Suzy Levinson, and Lou Piccolo. We can't wait to read your kidlit poems! www.reneelatulippe.com/poetry-conte...

1st Annual Lyrical Language Lab Free Verse Poetry Contest *for kidlit THE RESULTS ARE IN! We judges are tickled pink with our contest winners and honorable mentions! Meet the poets and read the poems here: www.reneelatulippe.com/poetry-conte... ⬇️ 1/3

I'm super excited to see so many amazing picture books win Crystal Kite awards! Congrats @juliefhedlund.bsky.social @jilanne.bsky.social @rebeccaglevington.bsky.social AnitraSchulte @abicushman.bsky.social @suzylevinson.bsky.social @lydialukidis.bsky.social and so many more!

... #CYBILS2023 Poetry Finalists: Collection + Novel In Verse www.cybils.com/2024/...

Happy New Year! ICYMI & here's my post on the Picture Book Builders blog of @suzylevinson.bsky.social 's fabulous kidlit poetry collection ANIMALS IN PANTS, Illustrated by Kristen and Keven Howdeshell! LOVE this book! 😍http://tinyurl.com/mtxzwmzm

Day 16: 2023 Poetry Books for Kids. There just aren't a lot of new poetry collections out there. Fortunately, from the few that do exist, I've seen some really lovely stuff. Here's a 31 Days, 31 Lists selection of some great books. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2023/12/16/3...

Hi, Bluesky, I'm Suzy. I write fun children's #poetry collections! I just realized that I've never actually posted anything here so...WHOOPS and hello. 😎 👍