I spy with my author’s eye… my #PictureBook in the background of the ALA conference pics! #WritingCommunity #SCBWI #ALA

A friend asked me to post more of my Bad Art pics. Let this encourage you to enjoy the process without worrying about the product. 😌 #MentalHealthMatters #IsThisArt

Another thing I’ve learned as a new #author: spread out interview releases so I can better share them. Huge thanks to Jena Benton Lasley for her great questions and generous #PictureBook review! jenabenton.com/2026/05/05/s... #more-25109 @esckeyes.bsky.social #WritingCommunity

A new first in my #author’s journey: I got heckled by a 3-year-old in the front row during my story time at Niche Books: He threw his head back and pretended to snore loudly in the middle of my reading as his mom did nothing. So now I can cross THAT off my potential anxiety list! 😂 #WritingCommunity

Got kids? Bring ‘em to story time, Saturday 10:30, at Niche Books! Face paints, temp tattoos, and a simple craft to follow the reading. Hope to see you there! @esckeyes.bsky.social #WritingCommunity #SCBWI

What’s the best way to get this platform to show me bookish postings by authors, and not flood my feed with politics?

Still coming down from a weekend revision retreat with the Nonfiction Ninjas. 🥷 Got TONS of inspiration and help getting unstuck on 4 manuscripts. Honored they invited me to read my new book A Forest Begins Anew! Such high-caliber writers! #WritingCommunity #KidLit

Thank you so much!

Another first! Representing the Red Balloon Bookshop at the Grand Old Days parade in St. Paul. So fun! 📕 💜 🎈 #KidLit #writingcommunity #SCBWI #AstraBooks

This Saturday! 📕 🌲 🔥 🌼 💜 @emilykeyes.bsky.social @wildrumpusbookstore.bsky.social #writingcommunity #PictureBook #scbwi

T-minus one day to launch!! 🚀 (St. Paul, MN) #writingcommunity #scbwi #kidlit

Great big Friday thanks to @viviankirkfield.bsky.social for her #PictureBook review! 📕 💜 Comment in the link to enter for a #free #book copy. @esckeyes.bsky.social viviankirkfield.com/2026/05/08/p...

Less than a week to go before book launching! 🚀

Can you help me brainstorm questions people might ask at bookstore events beyond, “How did you get started writing?” or “Why did you write this book?” Red Balloon Bookshop launch 5-12-26 Wild Rumpus story time 5-23-26 Niche Books story time 6-20-26 #WritingCommunity #SCBWI

That moment you realize your outfit makes you look like a certain #celebrity…

Sick day today. 🤮 Trying to make the best of it with a little 🎨 #art play.

Great workshop today by @kfjbooks.bsky.social! We created collage art related to specific manuscripts in progress. Mine motivated me to power through a tricky spot. Onward! ✂️ ✍️ 📚 #WritingCommunity #KidLit

How’s a #writer supposed to get anything done with the first TICKS of the season making their debut? 😟

A hearty shout-out to Vicki Palmquist for her detailed book review for A FOREST BEGINS ANEW! vickipalmquist.substack.com/p/a-forest-b... 🌲 🔥 🌱 🌼

Can anybody identify these creatures that lie in the thousands under my garden’s leaf litter? Hoping they’re harmless detritivores! #Organic #Gardening

Spotted in the wild: Pickles and Paradise by local author Kristin Johnson, at a school book fair hosted by Red Balloon Bookshop. 🎈 📚 💜

Thank you, EXPO Elementary, for hosting my #author visit to kindergarten & grades 2, 3, & 5! The marvelous Mark Ceilley again coordinated everything like a pro. Astra Books for Young Readers #schoolvisits #WritingCommunity

Your interview brought back college disco memories! 🕺

Huge thanks to Mark Ceilley and Greenleaf Elementary for hosting my author visits with twelve fabulous classes! @markceilley.bsky.social #WritingCommunity #KidLit

I got to be a guest #author in St. Paul for curious 1st, 4th, and 5th graders! They had great questions and enthusiasm. #WritingCommunity #KidLit

Thanks so much, Jill Esbaum, for today’s feature on Picture Book Builders! Check it out here: picturebookbuilders.com/2026/03/a-da... #PictureBooks #WritingCommunity #KidLit

Great new #PictureBook by Abby Cooper at Niche Books today! Perfect gift for #BabyShowers and young families.

Save the date for my book’s birthday party at Red Balloon Bookshop in St. Paul! 🎉😁 Preorder copies or RSVP for this free event at: redballoonbookshop.com/event/2026-0....

Would YOU walk under this roof overhang? ❄️ #Blizzard #SnowDay

Big shout-out to Tonja Drecker for reviewing my #PictureBook on her fabulous Bookworm for Kids blog! Read here: www.bookwormforkids.com/2026/03/a-fo... #WritingCommunity

Free #library class + bad #art = #relaxation

WARNING: Undignified babble ahead! 😂 Elly MacKay @AstraKidsBooks Emily Keyes Astra Books for Young Readers #KidLit #WritingCommunity

So many weird emotions before my first opening! 📚 📦 😂

Something has arrived!!! 📚 #KidLit #WritingCommunity #AstraBooksforYoungReaders @Emily Keyes @AstraKidsBooks

You know it’s gonna be a good day when you go to work dressed as your favorite #book character. I’m the homely kitten from the oldest American #PictureBook still in print. 🐈‍⬛ 📕 💜 #WritingCommunity What would yours be?

This morning’s #research rabbit hole: thermoregulation in #bumblebees, and how to use the pertinent info in a way a five-year-old would understand. 🐝 📕 #WritingCommunity

I LOVE this book, can’t wait to read the post.

Looking forward to reading this!

🥹 Read the full review here: www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews... @esckeyes.bsky.social

I got the BEST feeling today when a #teacher told me that her kindergartners, after my visit, were telling each other they want to be #authors when they grow up. 💜 ✍️ 📚 😊 #WritingCommunity

Teresa, what a clever idea to include pronunciation guides with your book. Very smart and unique!

THE DOG WHO SAVED THE BEES was a natural fit to include in this article! Great book, great resources.

SO honored to be a guest blogger for #NF Fest 2026! Check it out at www.nffest.com/2026/02/teac... #KidLit #WritingCommunity

My first classroom visit as an author!! It only took me 20 years. 😂 😂 #Persistence #KidLit #Determination #Goals

The precise moment you regret your good deed of picking up some kind of trash from an #elementary #school hallway:

Sage advice.

Ok, so I take pity on lost winter souls and feed them strawberries. Could be worse habits. 🍓 🪲 #KindnessMatters #wintervibes #NatureLovers