Congrats to my publisher @bluedotkidspress.bsky.social for getting recognized for SUNDAY, by @marcelotolentino.bsky.social , a New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children’s Book of 2025! 🙌 bookshop.org/p/books/sund...

LA families! Join me Pages in Manhattan Beach for storytime this Monday! pagesabookstore.com/event/2025-1...

Love the concept of a five-word book review! 👏

Yay! Another storytime coming up! Join me at Pages in Manhattan Beach on Monday, November 10 @ 10:30am. Tell all your LA friends in the South Bay! pagesabookstore.com/event/2025-1...

Show your commitment to amplify marginalized voices through diverse books by signing our Read in Color pledge! Whether you're a Little Free Library steward, patron, book lover, or community member, you can have a role in celebrating diversity in your community. https://lflib.org/ric-pledge

Save the date! << Saturday, November 8 >> I'll be doing a storytime + crafts activity at @vromansbookstore.bsky.social in Pasadena. Tell your friends! vromansbookstore.com/event/2025-1...

‼️ 40% of the approx. 7000 languages around the world may disappear by the turn of this 21st century. This is why I wrote WILD GREENS, BEAUTIFUL GIRL in English, Mandarin & Amis, an endangered indigenous language of Taiwan. Learn more about this award from @unesco.org: www.ibby.org/awards-activ...

Follow my creative collaborator on SKY LUCK @dagmarsmith.bsky.social for beautiful illustrations. See her forthcoming picture books here: www.dagmarsmithart.com/picture-books

😡 Ugh. A wave of #kidlit censorship: event cancellations, book bans & coordinated harassment campaigns targeting authors who have written about Palestinian life & culture, supported Palestinian rights, or who are simply Muslim. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

✨ 12x12 Celebrates Indigenous Peoples’ Day ✨ We celebrate stories by Indigenous creators from our #12x12PB community: 📚 CHARLOTTE’S NEW MOCCASINS 📚 MÉTIS LIKE ME 📚 WHO WAS WILMA MANKILLER? 📚 LIGHTS AT NIGHT More: buff.ly/duZmOjf #12x12PB #kidlit

5 Children’s Books for Indigenous Peoples Day buff.ly/2R2rRk5 via @pragmaticmom #ReadYourWorld #IndigenousPeoplesDay #KidLit

Get your manuscripts ready! @bethphelan.bsky.social is lookin' for fresh stories. ✨

Great opportunity for unagented #kidlit creators! 👀 Thanks @mmanlove.bsky.social !

I'm taking a road trip up to Summerland, CA for a SKY LUCK #storytime at Godmothers on Saturday, October 18! Tell all your friends in the Santa Barbara area!

⭐ SKY LUCK by @ericaleewrites.bsky.social is a beautiful way to encourage appreciation for all of nature's wonders above us. Lovely language, great back matter, and gorgeous illustrations by @dagmarsmith.bsky.social. Published by @bluedotkidspress.bsky.social. ⭐ 📚👍 #kidlit

Flattered to see SKY LUCK on this list of book crushes 🥰 www.letstalkpicturebooks.com/2025/10/crus...

Oh I'm so thrilled to hear this. Thank you @abbiewjames.bsky.social 💫 SKY LUCK, out now! Buy here: www.bluedotkidspress.com/sky-luck

People who consider themselves “lucky” tend to be more open to opportunities, more resilient, and more optimistic. A lot of it has to do with noticing the unexpected things around you—being observant and seeing the world as it is, not as you want it to be. nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2025/10/02/s...

Thank you @12x12challenge.bsky.social for all the encouragement and support!

Yay! 💫 SKY LUCK is out today! open.substack.com/pub/ericalee...

EDUCATORS! LIBRARIANS! Looking for a fun SEL or STEAM activity to do with your students? Check out this downloadable teacher's guide from @bluedotkidspress.bsky.social to accompany my latest picture book 💫 SKY LUCK, about counting your lucky stars. 🌟 PDF >> www.bluedotkidspress.com/_files/ugd/c...

Oh my goodness—time flies! Just two weeks until publication! Pre-order now via our publisher @bluedotkidspress.bsky.social for 25% off with promo code SKYLUCK25 at checkout >> www.bluedotkidspress.com/sky-luck Artwork by the lovely @dagmarsmith.bsky.social

🗓️ SAVE THE DATE! I'll be reading my new picture book 🌟 SKY LUCK 💫 at @vromansbookstore.bsky.social on Saturday, Nov 8. Spread the word to your LA/Pasadena friends with young kiddos. Thanks! vromansbookstore.com/event/2025-1...

Join me for the launch of 🌟 SKY LUCK 💫 at @belcantobooks.bsky.social in Long Beach on Saturday, October 5 @ noon! One month from today! RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/storytime-...

Happy to see SKY LUCK featured on this list of September 2025 releases! Stay tuned! 💫 www.cbcbooks.org/cbc_book/sky...

💫 Get to know the story behind my new picture book SKY LUCK. Available Sept 30 from @bluedotkidspress.bsky.social. Artwork by @dagmarsmith.bsky.social. Pre-order now with code SKYLUCK25 for 25% off the retail price. youtu.be/oEJz1XFQVOA?...

One of my favorite spreads from SKY LUCK, illustrated by @dagmarsmith.bsky.social . Available for pre-order now. Out on September 30.

It’s been 14 weeks since I gave birth for the 1st time & I finally had the chance to process my postpartum recovery (still ongoing—the “6 week checkup” is a joke.) A rambling stream of consciousness, if you’re looking for something to read this weekend besides our dumpster fire of a news cycle.

🏃🏻‍♀️ Run, don’t walk!—and pre-order a copy of my next picture book 💫 SKY LUCK ✨ for 30% off with code SKYLUCK30. Now until July 7th only. Link to order: www.bluedotkidspress.com/product-page... 🎨 illustrated by @dagmarsmith.bsky.social 🌍 published by @bluedotkidspress.bsky.social

"That’s the beauty of writing picture books: it forces you to get to the essence of things. The way kids think and talk is poetic." More of my thoughts via @theshenners.bsky.social : readingasiam.blog/2025/05/16/a...

📕COVER REVEAL! I’m pleased to announce that my 2nd picture book ✨ SKY LUCK 💫 illustrated by @dagmarsmith.bsky.social will be published on Sept 30, and it’s available for pre-order now! Snag a copy for 30% off, thanks to Blue Dot Kids Press 🔗Pre-order here: www.bluedotkidspress.com/product-page

Hi #kidlit community! Have you subscribed to my Substack yet? Very special announcement coming on Monday! 👀 💫 (Hint: look up at the sky…) open.substack.com/pub/ericalee...

For my 7th interview for Taiwanese American Heritage Week, I talked to @hisiheyah.bsky.social about her middle grade fantasy graphic novel, Lu and Ren's Guide to Geozoology, representing her diaspora experience in fantasy, her real life animal adventures, and more. readingasiam.blog/2025/05/17/a...

Check out my latest Q&A, as part of a series for Taiwanese American Heritage Week during #AANHPIHeritageMonth:

In honor of #AANHPIHeritageMonth, re-posting this Q&A I did with TaiwaneseAmerican.org: "I asked myself what was the most true & unique thing about me? The answer always came back to my indigeneity, my mixed identity & my global worldview." www.taiwaneseamerican.org/2024/08/wild...

An important read for #AAPIHeritageMonth (written im 2021; still relevant) readingasiam.blog/2021/05/14/r...

Books to read by #AANHPI creators, via @12x12challenge.bsky.social : bookshop.org/lists/books-...

@leeandlow.bsky.social's New Voices Award writing contest is open for submissions! Lee & Low Books is seeking unpublished authors of color or Indigenous/Native writers hoping to break into the publishing industry for the first time with a picture book manuscript. 💻 bit.ly/NewVoicesAwa...

Happy #IndieBookstoreDay!

Big update: I’m a mom! Read more in my newsletter: substack.com/@ericaleewri...

Are you subscribed to the Imagination Soup newsletter yet? If not, here's today's. You can sign up at the bottom. #kidlit imagination-soup-llc.kit.com/posts/2025-s...

Thank you so much for including 🌱 WILD GREENS, BEAUTIFUL GIRL 🌺 in your #AAPIHeritageMonth line-up @imaginationsoup.bsky.social !

Been a while since I've posted to Substack. Here's what's been going on. Please subscribe for updates! open.substack.com/pub/ericalee...

Very cool to see that 🌱 WILD GREENS BEAUTIFUL GIRL 🌺 is a 2025 Notable Books for a Global Society Award Winner! www.clrsig.org/nbgs-lists.h...

Some exciting news 🌸 Baby is expected to come any day now! My husband is Palestinian. I’m Euro-American/indigenous Taiwanese. Join us in celebrating survival & healing for the next generation with a contribution to MECA to support kids & families in Gaza. 🙏 secure.everyaction.com/P2P/L41t0naU...

Happy Year of the Wood Snake! 🪵 🐍 🔥新年快樂！

Calling all LIBRARIANS! 📚 An opportunity to join the board of @apalaweb.org 👇

For those looking to support booksellers affected by the LA wildfires—a handy list of mutual aid resources, managed by the California Independent Booksellers Alliance (CALIBA): docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

🗣️ #KidLit4Ceasefire is now live! Bid on auction items as a fundraiser to help families in Gaza. First, a ceasefire. Then, lift the siege. Then, end the occupation. #FreePalestine 🇵🇸 ✊

Excited for 🌱 WILD GREENS, BEAUTIFUL GIRL 🌺 to be longlisted for this award, along with all these other creators. Congrats to all! readyourworld.org/awards/padib... @federicoerebia.bsky.social @readyourworld.bsky.social #PADIBA #PADIBA2025 #ReadYourWorld