Hey parents: did you know you don't need to do your kids' laundry? As soon as they can reach the buttons, they can do their own laundry.

#twin soapbox: There's this content creator posting skits. He's video chatting with either some random guy or his boss, and a woman comes onscreen and the first guy is like, WTF, why are you there or you're his wife I thought you were divorced? etc., and it escalates into this huge conflict...

I love this paragraph on the ever-present uncertainty in science. From the book Unrooted by @doctorzedd.bsky.social

Thanks you to @fuse8.bsky.social for mentioning CASSINI'S MISSION twice on her annual blog roundup! Both in the best science and nature categories and in (gasp) the coveted best nonfiction category. Truly an honor!

I'm SO EXCITED to again volunteer at my local #library for Family Fort Night, in which families come after hours and build forts in the stacks. But this year, I ALSO get to read them my book, Forts. This is a great post that describes the programming. It's a must do! jbrary.com/family-fort-...

I always pretend I don’t know stuff like this is about sports.

When past me was leaving future me notes for revision in Scrivener, she was in a MOOD let me tell you. #amwriting

Band Nerd is so good!!!

Top: Sunset on Mars (Curiosity rover, April 2015) Bottom: Sunset on LV-426 (Alien, 1979)

Gamification and the Quest for Commercial Nonfiction tinyurl.com/mvjbawum #TLsky #Skybrarian #edusky #kidlit

My holiday hot take is that Die Hard is more of a Christmas movie than It's a Wonderful Life. Like, it's not even close.

my picture book CASSINI'S MISSION is 900 words long--which is pushing it for a PB!--so I had to leave some stuff out. 😭 In this wonderful post, Porco, lead for the imaging team, has many more details on the amazing discoveries they made on Saturn's gorgeous moon Enceladus. #planetsci #kidlit

How men feared women! she thought, walking among the late-flowering roses. Not as individuals, but women when they talked together, worked together, spoke up for one another - then men saw plots, cabals, constraints, traps being laid.

Frog put the cookies in a box. “There,” he said. “Now we will not eat any more cookies.” “But we can open the box,” said Toad. “That is true,” said Frog.

“…Saturn's rings are confined to a plane many times thinner, in proportion, than a razor blade.”

Big thanks to Amazon for including Forts in its list of best picture books for 2025! (Psst: it's almost the exact same price at your local indie. 😉) #picturebooks #kidlit

Yay! It's so great when someone notices wording choices you spent hours agonizing over. 😅 Thanks, @rhymedoctors.bsky.social!! #amwriting #kidlit #picturebooks

Thanks Lydia!!

Never have I felt so seen by amphibians.

I'll be in Madison, WI on 11/8 at Lake City Books, reading from FORTS and CASSINI'S MISSION. Come learn about cozy spaces and wonderous moons and spend the rest of the chilly fall day building forts and dreaming about outer space. Details: lakecitybooks.com/events/38782...

I‘m celebrating my debut PB UNIVERSE PIE deal with a PB BRAINSTORM giveaway! Let’s take a dive into your (fic or NF) pitch & mss via Zoom. To enter, comment below with a GIF of your story’s vibe. OPEN TO AGENTED AND NONAGENTED! Winner announced Fri, Nov. 7th @ 6 pm EST. #picturebooks #giveaway

Thanks for the chat about my nonfiction picture book, CASSINI'S MISSION, @lydialukidis.bsky.social! #kidlit #writingcommunity #amreading #amwriting 📚💙

Big day at U.S. District Court in D.C. where Sean Dunn, the D.C. Sandwich Guy, is on trial for misdemeanor assault of a federal officer. Border Patrol agent Gregory Lairmore is on the stand narrating surveillance video of the sammie toss. 'Now he’s struck me with the sandwich,' Lairmore says.

I preordered this MONTHS AGO and have been anxiously awaiting my bookstore emailing to tell me it's ready to pick up. So excited! Keep an eye out for Steph's books, y'all. She's hilarious and so talented.

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

So Not Ghoul is so good!! A great Halloween read for kiddos.

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

My fall newsletter is out, for those of you looking for new vibey reads! I had a backlog, so there are lots of kids and adult book recommendations in this one. :) #booksky #amreading #kidlit 📚💙 katievenit.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Some good freakin' news for once, hopefully.

Free shipping from bookshop today and tomorrow!

Nominations are now open for the 2025 Undies Case Cover Awards and Endies End Paper Awards! Anyone can nominate a book. Head here to get started: 100scopenotes.com/2025/10/01/n...

Thank you to Cait for the kind words! 🥰🥰🥰 Writers, you know how much it means when another author says they wish they had written something. 🫶🥹😭

This book is gonna be so awesome!!!!! #kidlit

Thank you so much to Writers Rumpus and @marianneknowles.bsky.social for her amazingly kind review of CASSINI’S MISSION! Publishing is a weird journey, but it’s all worth it when a writer you admire—as I admire Marianne—“gets it” writersrumpus.com/category/boo...

Ghosts in sheets? BOO-ring! Check out the haunt couture in #SoNotGhoul. This underworldly tale about Mimi, a Chinese American ghost in bicultural limbo, is brought to life by Chinese-style rituals, Mandarin puns, and—of course—ghost fashion. Written by me and illustrated by Bonnie Lui. #Halloween 👻🎃

love this! #kidlit #picturebooks

@100scopenotes.bsky.social When do you think you'll open up nominations for Endies and Undies? I've got a couple I'm excited about!

If you are a Minneapolis area educator and you're interested in a copy of @grubreport.bsky.social's Not Like Every Day: Finding Calm During School Lockdown Drills, please send me a message. wildrumpusbooks.com/book/9780593...

Illustrating my belief that movies and TV are not my competition as a writer. Kids who love a movie want to read books that are like that movie.

I just gobbled the Book of I by David Greig. It was a mere snack that just made me hungry for more slim books. What other super short (~150 page) books have you loved? (I'm thinking adult books, but I might be interested in short YA at the moment!) #amreading 📚💙

This funny thread is 100% why I don't believe video games are my competition as a writer. Kids who love Fortnite want to read about Fortnite. Anything that makes a kid want to read turns them into a reader, which is good for everyone, everywhere.

Well done, Stephanie, on bringing a very important and a very silly (thus, also important) book into the world.

Thank you to the Midwest Writers Room for having me on to talk about debuting with two books in two weeks! I was brave and said this could also appear on video. :) #kidlit #picturebooks #amwriting youtu.be/yMNuNmR80u0?...

Thank you to the Wisconsin Writers Association and the Midwest Writers Room for having me on the podcast! Can't wait for the conference in October. www.buzzsprout.com/2217249/epis...

without looking this up, I would guess Ursula wrote this when she was in perimenopause.

This is just a delightful thread of scientists introducing themselves and their nerdy pursuits.

Thanks to Volume One and Barb for the fun article about my two debuts. And check out the amazing forts in the background of the photos! #kidlit #picturebooks volumeone.org/articles/202...

Yes! This is on my list of most anticipated books as well!!!

The spelling of 'awkward' absolutely is.