I discovered KidLit TV STORYMAKERS flagship series: talk show interviews bestselling PB kid lit authors and illustrators. For parents, teachers & librarians, Carrie Newell Author interview: Koda and the Whales true a dog connects with whales! STORYMAKERS!****

I benefited from Simone Kaplan's virtual Picture Book Retreat Jan 24-25 From Idea to Draft. Now I know my MS direction Check picturebookpeople.com website. I joined Picture Book Lab every Wed. With her professional editing/coaching, I'll improve my story development for more MSs' drafts.

I love owls. Check The International Owl Center YouTube Videos. Photo Taken from 2020 AZ Game and Fish great horned owl nest/ owlets webcam. This pole barn had been a nesting area over 6 years. Later AZ microburst flattened pole barn, but owls hadn't nested there for three years prior.

Checking out Book Design as I revise my picture book manuscripts and learn about editing and editors. THIS WEBSITE Is a Treasure👏 www.bookdesignmadesimple.com/category/boo... Follow BlueSky. Brooke Vital's BookDesignMadeEasy extensive education for beginning/ published children's book authors.

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

Today's Exhibit of the Day? A colossal amethyst geode! At ~13 ft (4 m) tall & 9,000 lbs (4,082 kg), it's as heavy as 3 compact cars. Formed 135 million years ago, it started as colorless quartz—becoming purple after millennia of natural radiation, heat, & trace contaminants.

I’m thrilled to share my new podcast & webcast is now live! Many thanks to my partners authors Alicia Salazar and Silvia Lopez and to all our guests - you’ve made this happen! Yay!

If you're in the south eastern Wisconsin area, come join me on Friday, April 18 for a book talk complete with slime activities. :) Get into the book and then mired in the muck with slime... 😆 #STUCKbooktalks

The Long Strange Trip continues - closing in on 35 years serving the #kidlit community! We are *so* happy to be here with you on Bluesky....

A first look at our upcoming book, BIRDLORE! The official title: Birdlore: The Iridescent Life Of Florence Merriam Bailey. SO many birds!! Publishing March 18th with Knopf.

What is your Big Why? Why are you a KidLit creator?

www.haleygrunloh.com Super talented realistic illustrator featured on SCBWI YouTube Interview. www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg7b...

Neon (new) - Periodic Table of Videos. cool chemistry videos about the Periodic Table of Elements www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILkv...

www.donnafigurski.com #caregiving I met Donna over an SCBWI zoom meeting. I explored her website and ordered her book. She is an inspirational wonder. For anyone who is caregiving, has been a caregiver, and will be caregivers this book will support you.

Characters and storyline come first, but I knew very early on that I wanted to write #Odder in free verse. Verse just felt right for a book about the ocean—there's so much a writer can do with line breaks, rhythm, and sound. 💙🦦 #mglit @mackidsbooks.bsky.social

That makes two books two weeks in a row that included tidal waves. Can anyone think of a book that might include a third? [Lost and Found, 2005]

@mstewartscience.bsky.social Collection of STEAM children’s picture books.

“Essential” “Brilliant” “Vivid” “Another triumph from Black” When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution’s Greatest Romance, blooming on bookshelves February 25th. 🌱 us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

NCTE’s 2025 Notable Poetry Books and Verse Novels for Children www.slj.com/story/nctes-... via @slj.com

Colorado Prairie Habitat and animals in fun story Penny Adventures: In Search of Tasty Treats by Sandy Ecker sandyeckerauthor.com/my-books

Colorado Prairie Dog fans: Read now: Penny's Adventures: In Search of Tasty Treats by Sandy Ecker sandyeckerauthor.com

wereaditlikethis.blogspot.com/search/label... For Maurice Sendak fans. Also I am interested in the fact that he first drafted about wild horses before Where the Wild Things Are wereaditlikethis.blogspot.com/2013/07/wher...

Helping Writers and Readers Cope The themes in picture books are intended to assist children in dealing with the world around them, and authors benefit in the same way. These three picture books Egils gave me for Christmas are illustrative examples. Hike by Pete Oswald, The Rough Patch by Brian…

www.loc.gov/programs/poe... Your are here poetry in the parks. Have any of you participated? Watch the video for explanation. #poetry

Read about the Poetry Project on Library of Congress website www.nps.gov/subjects/lit...

This week we had International Day of Women and Girls in Science 👩‍🔬 🥼 🔬 There are many women working to provided the resources at PDBe, AlphaFoldDB, EMDB and EMPIAR. Lets met a few of them! #IDWGS #WomeninSTEM #WomenInScience #WhatAScientistLooksLike

PDB Art www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbe/pdb-art This is cool with protein and art in the creative science learning.

Check out Story Monsters Ink digital magazine with authors, illustrators, and publishing resources. Interviews. Figuring out how to post link.

Friends visiting - 3rd time here in Tucson. The husband tells me last night - 'I don't care where we hike tomorrow, I just don't want to see any saguaros.' Think I'll insist on Gates Pass & then Saguaro-henge.

Check out Story Monsters Ink and the wonderful digital magazine with info on authors, illustrators, and publishing. I hope they join blue sky soon.https://storymonstersink.com

Nice to get a mention in the article on the challenges and potential opportunities of mining in Greenland www.bbc.com/future/artic...

@earth-science.bsky.social Greenland riches

CHECK The CDC ARCHIVES! Maybe just for now? But info removed from main search that shows removed is IN THE ARCHIVES! #CDC

High-fibre foods like beans, lentils, and oats aid digestion, lower cholesterol, and help control blood sugar. They keep you full longer, promoting weight management. Add more fibre for a healthier you! #Nutrition #HealthyEating #Wellness #NationalHealthService #Food #Health #Natural #Nutrition

Wow! interesting Picture Book Makers blog features posts by many talented children's book picture illustrators. blog.picturebookmakers.com Along with my book, I appreciate this interaction with the illustrators. #books #illustrators #design #layout #fiction #nonfiction #children #authors

CDC main pages removal--threaten children's health in schools/home! Now Safety links found only in CDC archives. Too many adults ignore disinfectant label warnings. So may trigger asthma symptoms, eye irritations... diggerdynamo.com/asthma-ed #CDC #asthma #disinfectants #school safety

Be confident with your submission! Get our FREE Submissions Cheat Sheet for a step-by-step flowchart for preparing your submissions. #kidlit #amwriting #querytip #amquerying picturebooksubmissions.com/cheat-sheet

Big time 🚨 energy. Calling all of the 🧪 feed. Please re-skeet.

If you search “HIV data” on the CDC’s main page right now, the whole first two pages of results are nothing but broken links, a silent wasteland where there used to be data that helped keep Americans safe. 🧪

I’ve Written Three Ed Week Columns Sharing Over 20 Actions Teachers Can Take Now That Trump Is President – Here Are Links To All Of Them larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/01/30/i...

Our soon to be unveiled all-in-one site features a host of new characters created by the marvelous @violetlemay.bsky.social They represent the journey of #kidlit writers-and some of the obstacles that get in the way. Fun stuff to come. They may even get their own Bluesky accounts...

Very excited to find lots of banana slugs, the second largest slug in the world! We counted 33 at Big Basin @altnps.bsky.social (it had been a very dry fortnight) but the ranger didn't write our total on the board, almost as if counting slugs was only for the children! Well, this adult disagrees!

Each culture that celebrates the Lunar New Year has traditions passed down from generation to generation that are thought to bring good luck. NPR readers share theirs.

Our high school library’s Lunar New Year display 🧧⤵️

A massive thread of resources, history, information, and material to help you not only fight and understand book censorship but protect the incredible democratic institutions of public libraries and public education. This is updated regularly!

It might sound counterintuitive, but could AI actually help students spend less time on screens? Check out Chris Kennedy's thought-provoking post. #EduSky #AIEdu #EduSkyAI

Another great article on #kidlit nonfiction by @mstewartscience.bsky.social. www.slj.com/story/two-ki...