Q & A with Cathy Ballou Mealey about her latest picture book! #pb #kidlit @catballoumealey.bsky.social

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15 picture books about astronomy 🌟♥️ #kidlit #pb #science #stem #steam

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Guest post on my For the Love of KidLit blog with author Kitty May Gruchelska. Plus a book giveaway! 📚🌟 check out the schedule for the other blog tour stops too @rockstarbooktours.bsky.social #kidlit

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Yay!! So excited! Thank you @jennytwrites.bsky.social 📚📚♥️♥️

GIVEAWAY: Perfect day for a treat! Signed copy of my debut TATE’S WILD RESCUE is looking for a home. Follow, comment + share, and you are entered my sweets. Winner on Monday, 2/17. 💌 🐾

SCOTUS said it will hear a case on whether reading #LGBTQ picture books in an elementary school w/o giving parents a chance to opt out their kids violates religious freedom. Details at link, & a quote from @sarahsbrannen.bsky.social, author of one of the targeted books. mombian.com/2025/01/21/s...

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Two incredible mini-workshops by Mike Ciccotello last night during my school’s book fair event! The students were totally inspired, engaged, and entertained by Mr. Mike! So fun to see their drawings! ✏️ 📚 I’m happy I got to see my friend and witness his magical connection with kids, art, and books!

Incredibly happy I got to watch the @blueorigin launch with my students! So excited for everyone on board, especially Emily Calandrelli! (the 100th woman in space!) 🚀🚀🌟🌟

Educators, librarians, parents, home-schoolers - I'm sharing a list of STEAM/STEM books that model scientific thinking for kids. Data, evidence, questioning, and more! Dive into scientific investigation! ❤️📚🥳 @edusky.bsky.social @steamteambooks.bsky.social imaginationsoup.net/books-that-m...

I’m so grateful to win a picture book to honor the memory of Katey Howes from Give Something Away Day @DBeckJacobson @kpfenni 💙 I simply can’t rave enough about this book! The Reindeer Remainders by Katey Howes, illustrated by Marie Hermansson is fabulous, fun, & full of math!📚

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Roses are red, but never blue, if you’re wondering why, this book is for you! theexperimentpublishing.com/catalogs/fal... 🧪

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Day 27: 2023 Nonfiction Picture Books. For 31 Days, 31 Lists, these are the nonfiction picture books closest to my heart. The ones that I truly feel did their jobs the best. Agree! Disagree! Debate! It's wide open. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2023/12/27/3...

Our naughty elf likes potty humor! 😂🎅🏼🎄

PB Spotlight: To Dogs, With Love by Maria Gianferrari, plus a giveaway! 🐾❤️🐾 #pb kidlit #kidlitart

I was gifted “math art” by a kindergarten student and ❤️❤️❤️

An awesome treat from a fellow science teacher! ❤️

I love chatting with #kidlit authors! jennifermaryg.com/2023/12/11/q... #pb #writingcommunity

For anyone looking for a yummy recipe, this was delicious! www.foodandwine.com/recipes/shee... #yum #recipe

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(*Updated Nov/2023*) Do you know a kidlit/YA person new to Bluesky? Here are starting resources that might help, pls see full thread 👇🏼 My take on social media Quick tips + templates My Bluesky how-to videos KidLit Authors & Illustrators On Bluesky Kate Messner's KidLit Community list cont'd

I love that my colleague does this every year outside of his classroom. 💦 😂 #H2O #chemistry #science

It’s #NationalSTEMDay! Celebrate a scientist who fought hard to secure a place in a male dominated world…like Wu Chien Shiung! #WomenInSTEM

These classic picture books are always a highlight when we study owls in science. My first graders are gearing up to dissect owl pellets. 🦉 🦴 In the second picture, you’ll see the talon of a Barn owl (on the left) compared to a Bald eagle (middle) and a Harpy eagle (right). 👀 #kidlit #science #pb

I’ve been using the stunning classic Stellaluna for many, many years in my elementary science classroom. Kids absolutely love this story. 🧡What a great way to kick off our study of bats! 🦇 And a great way to compare/contrast bats and birds.

Q & A with illustrator Diana Sudyka, plus a spotlight on Fungi Grow by Maria Gianferrari with a giveaway! www.jennifermaryg.com/2023/11/03/q-a-with-illustrator-Diana-Sudyka-plus-a-spotlight-on-fungi-grow-with-a-giveaway #kidlit #kidlitart #pb #nf

Iggy Peck Architect by @andreabeatyauthor.bsky.social is such a wonderful way to kick off engineering/design lessons with my kindergarten science classes! And they love the illustrations by David Roberts 🏢🏗️🏙️ #pb #kidlit

Picture Book List: 16 Books About Classic Halloween Monsters www.onlypicturebooks.com/2023/10/30/p... 👻🎃📚

My cauldron bubbled with Halloween science today! 🧡👻🎃 My students especially loved when the eyeballs rose up and spilled over the edge 👀 👻🧡

I love this gorgeous book and can’t wait to use it with my students! It’s been on my mental wishlist, yet I didn’t buy it and it was delivered today with no note. Hmm…a wonderful mystery!! Anyone want to fess up, so I can thank you?!? ♥️📚#kidlit

Found this magical book and witchy swag in my mailbox! Thank you @gayleckrause.bsky.social, I was thrilled to win a copy of this clever/kind tale and I love the illustrations by Kate Talbot! ♥️🌟📚#kidlit