Here’s the link to the post I wrote for today’s Storystorm 2026 – an inspirational PB challenge for the month of January: taralazar.com/2026/01/19/s... . Thanks, @taralazar.bsky.social for the opportunity!

I wrote a blog post for #Storystorm. Check it out! taralazar.com/2026/01/23/s...

Boosting! And how did I not see this when I was bidding? #writing #supportMInnesota #Minnesota

Today on the blog: My Shelf Awareness review for picture book The Wildest Thing, which splendidly depicts the magic that happens when a girl unleashes the "wild things" inside of her. lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2026/01/shel...

@scbwirockymtn.bsky.social An opportunity.

Thanks to the brilliant Jonathan Humble @northernjim.bsky.social and All at The Dirigible Balloon. Delighted to have poems fly with so many wonderful poets. #kidlit @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social #poems dirigibleballoon.org

Thanks Gina Soldano for the kind review! I would be grateful if you would help me by dropping a review on Amazon for me too!

#Query Critique #GiveawayAlert! Enter my contest for a query critique by A.J. Van Belle and read my agent spotlight interview w/them to find out what they're looking for in submissions at Literary Rambles. #amwriting #amquerying #kidlit tinyurl.com/mpztpvuh

Congrats @bandersonwriter.bsky.social @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social

Our good friends at the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris are advertising a short-term research fellowship in their old library and historical archives. Check it out at portail.centreculturelirlandais.com/index.php?lv...

For our first Author Q&A of the new year, we're featuring amazing local author @kazwindness.bsky.social! She joins us to answer our questions (asked by @zombicatures.bsky.social) about her new picture book out next week, "Worm and Butterfly Are Friends Always"! - www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDe6...

@scbwirockymtn.bsky.social #kidlit #picturebooks #writing Tara Lazar hosts fabulous learning and ideas #storystorm in January. Register below. taralazar.com/2025/12/26/s...

Get a jump start on those writing resolutions with our New Year on Story Street 100 word flash fiction contest! $100 prize!

Lovely! 🥰

@scbwirockymtn.bsky.social A cautionary tale..

Pleased to post a One Question Interview with @jennbertman.bsky.social and review of BOOK SCAVENGER. @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social #kidlit #mg bethsbiblio.blogspot.com/2025/12/inte...

Pushcart Nominee in the House!

@scbwirockymtn.bsky.social an opportunity.

lauraroettigerbooks.com/2025/12/02/w... my interview with @artbyann.bsky.social celebrating her recent book FAIRY GODBUBBIE’S SHABBAT 🩷💜🩷 #BookSky #edusky #giveaway #JewishJoy

Another fascinating blogpost from my friend Lynn Becker @lynnbbooks.bsky.social 🐸

Behold! My book was just named a @KirkusReviews Best Graphic MG Book of 2025! See the whole list at tiny.cc/KirkusBOYMGGN25 @SimonKIDS @TheTobiasAgency

Pleased to post a One Question Interview with @meganefreeman.bsky.social author of AWAY @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social #kidlit #mg bethsbiblio.blogspot.com/2025/11/inte...

The Dirigible Balloon poetry submission window will open on Monday December 1st and close on Sunday December 14th. The guidelines are on the website. This is an open call with no theme. We're looking for poems to entertain and intrigue children. We are a global poetry platform. #PoetryForChildren 🎈

An opportunity. @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social

Pleased to post a one question interview with @zombicatures.bsky.social #kidlit #middlegrade #graphicnovel @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social bethsbiblio.blogspot.com/2025/11/inte...

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Today on the blog: October Recommendations! lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/10/octo...

BIG NEWS! We are now the #2 most followed public library in the USA! 🥳

Pleased to post a review of @taralazar.bsky.social FLAT CAT and FLAT CAT: THE CLASS PET illustrated by Pete Oswald @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social #kidlit #picturebooks bethsbiblio.blogspot.com/2025/10/book...

Congratulations.

Thanks to those who have been boosting my Unofficial Guide To Bluesky. Much appreciated, since I've put a lot of work into this project. publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/bl... #BlueSkyTips

I had the pleasure of presenting my new graphic novel, The Many Misfortunes of Eugenia Wang to a luncheon full of booksellers at the Mountain & Plains Independent Booksellers Association Conference last week. #MPIBA #themanymisfortunesofeugeniawang @SimonKIDS @TheTobiasAgency

When Eugenia gets hit in the head with a sneaker, she gets visions of impending doom about her birthday. As the visions get worse, Eugenia suspects an unseen force may be sending her messages. Join us next week for this fun kid's event w/ @zombicatures.bsky.social! RSVP: YanBBS.eventbrite.com

Join the SCBWI Illustration Community in October for 31 days of illustration prompts under the hashtag #scbwiArtober2025! More info: www.scbwi.org/artober @scbwi.bsky.social #KidLitArt

How was my #bookbirthday? #stephenking #bookstagram #graphicnovel @simonkids.bsky.social @kristiechoi.bsky.social @boulderbookstore.bsky.social @thetobiasagency.bsky.social @annmrose.bsky.social @ingridlaw.bsky.social @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social

Mining for Heart in the Absence of Compassion: WORTHY: THE BRAVE AND CAPABLE LIFE OF JOSEPH PIERCE by @andreaywang.bsky.social .📕🩷 Don't miss this post and GIVEAWAY! #edusky @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social @levinequerido.bsky.social #Chinese #educators #librarians bethandersonwriter.com/2025/09/26/m...

Shining a spotlight on a Children’s Book Resource Hub entry: @bandersonwriter.bsky.social “Especially for Educators” blog—packed with lessons, activities, & insights to make nonfiction shine in classrooms. bethandersonwriter.com/category/esp... #kidlit #edusky #kidlitgrove #nonfiction #teachersky

7 days before my #graphicnovel's #pubdate! Don't forget to drop a review and join Team Misfortune and get freebies on pub date! stanyan.me/team-misf...#graphicnovel's#pubdate!Reviews from Netgalley like this one count! @SimonKIDS @TheTobiasAgency

Congrats @ljrwritenow.bsky.social 🎈🎉🎈

I’m so excited to officially announce a third companion novel in the ALONE series! Publication is planned for Jan ‘27, but I need help with a title! Should it start with A? Should it be one word? If your readers have ideas, I would love to hear them! @simonkids.bsky.social @mgauthorcade.bsky.social

@scbwirockymtn.bsky.social An opportunity.

Pleased to post a review of NOT LUCILLE. @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social @msteelewrites.bsky.social bethsbiblio.blogspot.com/2025/09/book...

#photography #birds #Colorado

#Teachers #Schools #Families #NationalPoetryDay2025 is coming. This way for high quality, safe, thought provoking, informative and funny poems for key stage 2 and 3 children >>> dirigibleballoon.org #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈

#GiveawayAlert! Enter my #giveaway contest to win Christine Virnig's MG ghost story Phantom Academy and read my interview with her at Literary Rambles. #amreading #amwriting #kidlit #teachers #librarians www.literaryrambles.com/2025/09/auth...

@scbwirockymtn.bsky.social An opportunity.

ONE MONTH until the book release event for my #mg #graphicnovel debut at @boulderbooks on 10/9. I hope you can join me for this event along with my editor, Kristie Choi. You can learn more about this and my book at EugeniaWangComic.com#mg#graphicnovel@SimonKids @TheTobiasAgency

Delighted to have new poems fly on The Dirigible Balloon. Thanks so much. #poems @scbwirockymtn.bsky.social #EduSky

@scbwirockymtn.bsky.social An opportunity and fun poems.