I’m so excited for my friend Vanessa Newton — ya’ll celebrate her new PBS Kids show with me! Wooooo!! youtu.be/CwASc2Re3Is?...

Buongiorno! I’m back! Whatcha been writing while I was away sipping cappuccinos and eating pizza in the boot? #kidlit #Writer #holidays #Italy #books

Hi everyone! Guess what? BARTALI'S BICYCLE is half price for the next seven days at Barnes and Noble!! Yippee! I'd love to see this book in the hands of children all across the country, especially now, in this current political climate. #kidlit #Heroism 🚵 www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bartalis-b...

It's Women's History Month, and I can't think of anyone more worthy of celebrating! Thank you for saving lives, Dr. Karikó!! #COVID19 #NobelPrize #Science #Medicine #WomensHistoryMonth #WomenofValour @steamteambooks.bsky.social

Im new to STEAM Team Books, but what an awesome, inspiring bunch of authors and illustrators! 🚂🚂🚂 #EduSky #books #kidlit #STEAM #Trains @steamteambooks.bsky.social

Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ #edusky #kidlit #Love #Books

Books I love by authors I love! Thank you for writing these beautiful books, Vesper, Lina, and Anita! 🇺🇦📚❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ #kidlit

I loved doing this interview with the amazingly talented author Erin Dealey about my newest book A GRAND IDEA, available for preorder now and coming next week to all the usual retail outlets! #edusky #trains erindealey.com/book-birthda...

That time I met my dad’s old army buddy Henry Mancini at the airport. I was six, and he was tired, but he still signed my music. 🎶

Coming soon and preorders available now!

Happy Christmas Eve!

It’s this spry lil man’s 12th birthday today! #bichonfrise #puppy #dogs #kidlit

Sale! Sale! Sale! Wheeeee! @edusky #kidlit The Greatest Song of All: How Isaac Stern United the World to Save Carnegie Hall a.co/d/4MWRCWy

KATI’S TINY MESSENGERS in Korean! #kidlit #edusky #STEM

There’s gonna be a Good Wife spinoff featuring Elsbeth Tascioni and I’m so happy!! www.instagram.com/reel/C0uTlh8...

May the earth be filled with miracles and light this holiday season! #Hanukkah2023 #kidlit #Light #Joy #Peace

A happy, festive first night of Chanukah led to me falling asleep at 9 pm! ✡️🕎😂🎊🥰 #HappyHanukkah #kidlit #Chanukah

My grandson Levi performed with Sarah Brightman last night, and I can’t stop rewatching it and crying. He did such a great job!!

I just deleted my threads account. So much misinformation and anti-semitism. It really is perfectly normal to grieve the deaths of every child in every location at the hands of anyone and also to care about hostages kidnapped by terrorists. That’s called being human.

Milo says happy holidays to us all! 🕎🎄🕎🎄🕎

Come “see” me virtually! This Sunday afternoon at 1 pm through Books of Wonder in NYC! Here’s a link to sign up, via crowdcast! booksofwonder.com/blogs/upcoming

Yay!

BARTALI’S BICYCLE is coming out in paperback soon!! Here is the library where I wrote much of it, at a little desk in the back.

Pineapple martini after we managed to walk to the restaurant. Baby steps toward my fitness goals! 😂

Fab night at the opera where my girl Hannah had a solo, followed by a snakebite at RiRa’s Irish Pub! #opera #soprano #autumn #Carolinas

My agent featured my latest book, KATI’S TINY MESSENGERS, in her newsletter. Dr. Kariko’s work is truly astounding! #Edusky #Teacher #STEM #kidlit

These fairy girls of ours are 100% sugar and spice and everything nice. #RenFest #kidlit #joy #Autumn #Fall #Edusky #Teacher #Author

In the past two months, I’ve had bronchitis, Covid, and now a head cold — almost back to back. Today, I’m not only miserable, but mad at myself because at least I have a home, food, water, etc. Why so sad, snowflake? Still, I wish I could escape to Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory for a while.

What a beautiful weekend I had in Canada reading a bedtime story to educators and leaning into glory! 🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦 #Edusky #teacher #Education #CharlotteMason

This lil girl is now a tenderfoot in her BSA troop! So proud of her and all the other girls! #girlboyscout #BSA #Edusky #kidlit

My son recently moved back to the area after doing a ton of professional theater in other cities, and he just won the emerging artist award. I mean, it’s great, but he emerged from Boston Conservatory and took off like a rocket long ago! #actor #broadway #theater #triplethreat #music

These Jurassic Park kids … All mine! Love being the Nonna! #JurassicPark #kidlit #grandparent #dinosaur #Edusky #Author

Today has been hard. Yesterday, too. Sending love to all who are grieving and cute dog pics because I have nothing else to offer. #puppies #kidlit #mentalhealth #author #teacher

With the beautiful, talented, amazing Vanessa Brantley Newton celebrating her gorgeous new book, NESTING DOLLS! ❤️🪆❤️🪆❤️ #kidlit #edusky #picturebooks

Today at noon I’m dog sitting a sweet girl who I hope will love my yacking yorkie. If they get along, many pics will follow. If they don’t, I’ll be away from here all weekend trying to keep them apart! #yorkie #dogs #puppies #kidlit

These are tough times, and many of us are empaths. Take care. ❤️ #kindness #poetry #nature #grief #life #kidlit #edusky #author #art I Believe As butterflies dance across sunbeams; And mourning doves snuggle and coo; I believe in the goodness inside me; And the powerful good inside you.

Let me try that again with the right link! The Kirkus review is in for A GRAND IDEA! Releasing in January 2024! www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews... #Reviews #Review #kidlit #Author #Illustrator #GrandCentral #NYC #kidlitchat

Our Kirkus review for A GRAND IDEA is in! What a great book to teach kids about architecture, early 20th century history, trains, and more. It's chock full of factoids and drama! #Reviews #Review #Kidlit #Edusky #kidlitchat #illustrator #Author #Publishing www.parkroadbooks.com/book/9780063...

Spent the day yesterday trying to get into the car — thought the key fob battery died, and it has no manual key! Locksmith 1 didn’t show up. Locksmith 2 set off the car alarm but couldn’t get in. It was the car battery that died! Replaced that and came home for sangria! #wine #whine #kidlit #cars

My local illustrator friend, the brilliant, kind, generous Vanessa Brantley Newton has a line of greeting cards, wrapping paper, and more at Target now, and it’s all absolutely gorgeous! #illustrator #kidlit #art #Christmas #Holidays #Edusky www.target.com/p/wondershop...

Rough day watching the news, but I somehow made great progress on my MG novel! Also, this pic came up in my meta memories. ❤️❤️❤️ #StarWars #Halloween #siblings #kidlit #edusky

Cane Creek State Park with my love! #fitness #hiking #kidlit #nature

What a beautiful day celebrating WITCH AND WOMBAT with author/illustrator Ashley Belote at Main Street Books in Davidson, NC! #kidlit #Halloween #picturebooks #bookstores #librarians #teachers #edusky

And it’s a beautiful PW review! I know I’ve been posting a lot about this book, but I’d dearly love to see it in every school library and home — without this groundbreaking research, countless more would have died of Covid. I’m so grateful! #kidlit #edusky www.publishersweekly.com/9780063216624

My latest blog post! ❤️🧬🎉🧬❤️ www.meganhoyt.net/blog/and-the...

Book trailer is in editing. Two launches done. Vegetable soup is simmering. Headed to the pumpkin patch/corn maze! #kidlit #edusky #fallfest #teacher #author #fitness #kidlitchat #books #librarian #picturebook

My favorite lil spooks! Looking for Halloween picture book recommendations for these ghouls—I mean, girls! #Halloween #addieandcora #spooky #kidlit #books #picturebooks

Celebrating small victories — I walked to the coffee shop with this lil guy today! #Fitness #Goals #inspiration

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These spooky twinnies bring me so much joy! Love their fake scared faces! 🪦💀🪦 #addieandcora #Halloween #spooky #kidlit #twins