Publication Day (U.S.)for my #debut #nonfiction #picturebook. ##kidlit #librarians #teachers #lessons #Writingcommunity ##publishing ##picturebooks #kidlitwriter #teacher

SHIPWRECK by @deirdrelaide.bsky.social & Carlos Velez Aguilera is one of my favorite NF PB of the year! It introduces readers to an incredible variety of shipwrecks though lyrical text, fascinating facts, and powerful art. Such a mysterious, adventurous, heartbreaking, intriguing, informative read!

4 fabulous @steamteambooks.bsky.social authors share their four August #NF PBs. www.mariacmarshall.com/singlepost/t... Jennifer Swanson Workman Kids @jstremer.bsky.social Beach Lane Books @karenjameson15.bsky.social Yosemite Conservancy @deirdrelaide.bsky.social Tilbury House #interview #kidlit

#publisherweekly #livingthedream #author #kidlit #writerscommunity #nonfiction So delighted 🙌. Read the full review ❤️⚓️ here. ⏬️ www.publishersweekly.com/9781668944882

Amazing 👏 news. My book is available for preorder. www.deirdrelaide.com #Writingcommunity #kidlit #nonfiction #picturebooks #educational #lessons #teachers #librarians ##schoollibrarian #teacher

Found in the forest...

Dive into a NEW #LitLinks lesson: 3 ways shipwrecks can help students explore lyrical language Explore literary devices Challenge students' imagination & creativity 💫 patriciamnewman.com/?p=12792 @deirdre_laide @tilburyhouse @scbwiIreland @SCBWI @bookendsliterary.bsky.social

Thanks so much for the feature.

When your debut, nonfiction, picture book appears on the publisher's website 😍 🫠📚. Pinch me. @tilburyhousepublishers #WritingCommunity #kidlit #nonfiction #debut #teacher #writerslife #lesson #STEAM

When your friend gives you the perfect gift. #writingcommunity ##publishing #authorlife #bookworm #teacher

Hi, I'm the guy behind this, the most comprehensive account of Tom Crean's epic life. I guess most of you have never have heard of him but I'll wager you'll never forget him after reading his incredible story. I'm Tim and if you want to connect and ask any questions about Tom, please do. #TomCrean

When THE END is just the beginning. I sent my completed MG novel to my agent. I really hope she likes it. #author #writingcommunity #middlegrade #onsub 🏞❤️☕️✨️🧶👧🐾

📍John Rylands Research Institute and Library, Manchester, UK.

☘️What a day... beautiful. 📍Banna Beach, Co. Kerry, Ireland. ☘️

The bay. 📍Blennerville, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland.

Hello Sunshine! Beautiful ❤️ day. 📍Fenit Beach, Co. Kerry.

I love these animal crossing signs. #conservation #animals #wildlife

We're finally here! And while you're here, please check out this wonderful list of authors and illustrators 💚 go.bsky.app/Uw5hJaE

Current mood... waiting to hear news on a special submission. #kidlit #writers #writingcommunity #onsub

So beautiful 😍 today. 📍Fenit, Co.Kerry, Ireland

Windy walk. Sometimes, it's the simple days I cherish the most. ❤️ 📍Fenit, Co. Kerry, Ireland #feelingblessed #gratitude #precious

Do you want to avo cuddle 💚❤️? #kidlitart #doodles

❤️🎵 Dance like nobody's watching. 🎵❤️ #kidlitart #illustration #doodles

✨️✍️Opportunity for unagented writers in the UK and Ireland.✨️✍️ www.harpercollinsacademy.co.uk/admissions/

#kidlit #illustration #valentine #love

📍Mount Brandon,Co. Kerry, Ireland #hikelife #Ireland #mountainwalk

📍Ballybunion Beach, Co. Kerry, Ireland.

📍Old Kenmare Road, Co. Kerry, Ireland. #Ireland #hike

📍Old Kenmare Road, Co. Kerry, Ireland. Beautiful and fresh. #Ireland #hike

Sister love ❤️. My 3 little women.

❄️ Beautiful day. 📍Fenit, Co. Kerry, Ireland.

Morning in📍my mother's garden.

My town is covered in a layer of magic. Beautiful ❤️ ❄️ 📍Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland.

Winter walks. 📍Banna, Co. Kerry.

Old Irish proverb/seanfhocal... Giorraíonn beirt bóthar (Having company shortens the road/journey). As I walked behind my eldest brother and my youngest daughter today, their chatting made me smile. 📍Co. Kerry, Ireland.

Dawn 📍my mother's garden. Red sky in morning, a shepherd's warning.

My first social media post of 2025: check out this very handy reference guide to all the new publishers, imprints, literary agencies, and literary agents announced in 2024 (and there are a lot) (via the essential and indefatigable @janefriedman.com ) hotsheetpub.com/2024/12/new-...

Hey, #kitlit #author #illustrator #agented #unagented #onsub #querying, come join the MIGHTY KIDLIT platform. It's free and so welcoming and has lots of submission opportunities. Follow my link. mighty-kidlit.mn.co/share/NtB6ni...

Hey #kidlit peeps, did you see this competition? #agented #unagented www.faber.co.uk/journal/fabe...

Grateful for winter walks. 🙏 📍Fenit, Co. Kerry, Ireland

Today marks the 20-year anniversary of the tsunami that devasted many lives. Christmas 2004, my friends and I decided to vacation in Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka. (thread)

Happy Christmas 🎄 💓. Sea glass hunting before dinner. 📍Cockleshell Beach, Co. Kerry.

Christmas 🎄 Eve cobweb clearing.📍Banna Strand, Co. Kerry, Ireland.

If we were *really* serious about tackling nature collapse in Ireland (a very big if, I know), what would we be doing? A thread...🧵

My #shortstory was longlisted in the Creative Writing Ink Short Story Competition 2024. I'm so thrilled. Thank you, @writingink

Letter to the editorial section of the newspaper. ♥️😪Christmas 🎄 can be tough for some.

This beautifully illustrated collection of classic Irish poems, illustrated by the talented Erin Brown will bring you from bee-loud glades to fields of light, from purple glens to caves beneath the glittering waves. A beautiful gift for Christmas. #BookElves2024 #OBrienPress

My children love this delightful board book by @erikamcgann.bsky.social about a curious little puffling who lives on Skellig Michael in Ireland. @gerrydalyart.bsky.social gorgeous illustrations give a glimpse of the landscape of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Skellig Michael. #kidlit

Wow. Okay, full credit to @scifri.bsky.social then. This list of 2024’s Best Science Books For Kids is really quite shockingly good: www.sciencefriday.com/segments/sci...

“Nina Peanut is Amazing” by Sarah Bowie Fully illustrated funny book. Nina and stinky cat Les accidentally become video sensations. Is it what it’s cracked up to be? Great if you enjoy comic-book style books. Age 7+ #IrishBooks #BookElves2024 #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks #FunnyBooks #IllustratedBooks