Join Judy Allen Dodson and me for a virtual Friday program centering banned and challenged picture books. RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... It's in support of the national Fall of Freedom initiative & hosted by the Raleigh-Durham chapter of @authorsguild.org. Please tune in and share.

Lovely morning with Caitlin Gooch of Saddle Up and Read & another local non-profit. 🥰 Hung out on Caitlin's family farm, visited their horses and dreamed. Riding Magic, illustrated by E.B. Lewis and published by @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social, is available for pre-order: shorturl.at/yElrU

Thrilled that Ty’s Travels: Showtime is a Beginning Fiction Honor Book for the Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award! Congratulations to the winner, Pencil & Eraser, and other honor titles! Thank you to the committee.

Happy to officially have another new book in the world today. Happy Book Birthday to Miles Lewis: Top Chef! Learn more: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/ML3/m... Triangle friends, join me on Saturday, December 13 @page158books.bsky.social for a reading, signing and more: shorturl.at/8nRZc

Happy news! Riding Magic has been named a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection! Yay! Learn more about the book: tinyurl.com/bdfby7kp Learn more about Junior Library Guild: www.juniorlibraryguild.com Thanks so much for your support! #JLGSelection

I'm teaching two online classes on Sunday - one for aspiring authors and one for those who want to expand the reach of their work. Limited spaces available. Please share with your network. Thanks so much for your support.

Thrilled to get a special package: My next book! Miles Lewis: Top Chef, illustrated by @kidgalactus.bsky.social & pubbed by @penguinkids.bsky.social, debuts on 11/4. Pre-order today: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/ML3/m... Have to make some tea cakes to celebrate. 😉 Thanks for your support.

Thank you for spreading the word about my So You Want to Write a Children's Book class. Questions? DM or email me. Would love to bring you steps closer to your dream. Learn more about me at www.kellystarlinglyons.com.

Among countless banned & challenged books is "Fry Bread" by Kevin Noble Maillard. In support of the #TeachTruth campaign & to raise awareness about the dangers of censorship, every Lush store has a display about the ban. #LetFreedomReadDay #BannedBooksWeek socialjusticebooks.org/banned-books...

I'm offering two online group classes in early November: So You Want to Write a Children's Book - Cost is $199 for the three-hour class. Marketing Your Books on a Budget - Cost is $100 for the 90-minute class. DM me if you have questions or would like info. Thanks so much for your support.

Join us Saturday for the Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival. Such an amazing event. Can’t wait!

Thank you to @hereweeread.bsky.social for hosting the cover reveal for Riding Magic! Love that it’s illustrated by the amazing E.B. Lewis. And fun fact, @theblackcowgirl.bsky.social’s family modeled for the book. That’s her daughter and horse on the cover. 🥰 Pre-order: tinyurl.com/47n996yx

Big thanks and love to the @pacftb.bsky.social for including me in the Literary & Cultural Heritage Map of PA project. Honored to have a bio included along with children's book luminaries like Sharon G. Flake and Walter Dean Myers. See biographies here: pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary.../....

Tiara's Hat Parade is on tour! February 7-15, Orlando Family Stage - tinyurl.com/4yyuwkxe March 7-22, Children's Theater of Madison - tinyurl.com/4dj9tref April 11-19, South Carolina Children's Theater - tinyurl.com/3k4ksjmb Buy the book: tinyurl.com/yyny4wnc Thanks for your support.

Honored to be featured in Publishers Weekly today! Thanks so much to Patricia J. Murphy for the wonderful Q&A. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Thanks for the thoughtful review.

Join @kwamembalia.bsky.social and me @quailridgebooks.bsky.social on Sunday at 2 p.m. for superhero fun. Get ready for stories, crafts and snacks. All we need is you. Hope to see you there. Details here: quailridgebooks.com/event/kellys...

NC friends, Judy Allen Dodson and I are co-ambassadors for the Raleigh-Durham chapter of @authorsguild.bsky.social. Join us Sunday afternoon for a meet and greet. RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Hope to see you soon.

DC friends and fam, I'll be at the Parklands-Turner branch of @dcpubliclibrary.bsky.social on Monday, July 28 from 10 a.m.-11 a.m. Join me for stories and writing tips. For all ages. Would love to see you.

Can’t wait to celebrate young superheroes with my friend, Kwame Mbalia! Join us for a superhero book party @quailridgebooks.bsky.social. You can purchase copies of our new books and backlist and get them signed. RSVP and learn more: www.quailridgebooks.com/event/kellys... Thanks for your support.

Happy book birthday to: Fantastic Four: A Family (Anti)Matter by @stacymcanulty.bsky.social Ty’s Travels: Super Ty by @kelstarly.bsky.social We can’t wait to read them! Thank you for being part of BookBreak!

❤️💐 Happy Book Birthday to TY’S TRAVELS: SUPER TY (@harperkids.bsky.social) by @kelstarly.bsky.social, whom we were thrilled to have at our #kidlit Color of Children’s Literature Conference earlier this year!

Two book birthdays today! Very fun and special books for the earliest readers. @andreabrownlit.bsky.social @ksonnack.bsky.social @lbontigao.bsky.social @kelstarly.bsky.social

📚 Ty's Travels: Super Ty! by @kelstarly.bsky.social‬, illustrated by @ninamataart.bsky.social

Keep the Juneteenth celebration going by joining us tomorrow (6/21) for the virtual Author Read-in from noon-2 p.m. Register: readstrongamerica.org Thanks to Shauntee Simpson, Kwame Alexander, NEA, DCPL, Freedom to Read Foundation and ALA for this wonderful opportunity. #ReadStrongAmerica

Our traveling showcase kicked off today with Don Tate visiting Norman-Sims Elementary School, a Children's Defense Fund Freedom School site in Austin, TX. Excited to connect our work with kids across the country. Want us to come to your city? DM for details. Thank you for your support. #BBSPresents

As part of the Anna Dewdney Read-Together Award, illustrator Tonya Engel and I got to do a live readaloud of My Hands Tell a Story. Thanks again to @cbcbooks.bsky.social, Penguin Young Readers, Every Child a Reader, Reycraft Books, and everyone who made it possible. You can check it out here:

Join the Raleigh-Durham chapter of the Authors Guild at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow for a free virtual program - Secrets of a Bestselling Author: Q & A with Vanessa Miller. The USA Today Bestseller share her creative process, her writing journey, and offer tips. Register: docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS...

Great news: The forthcoming Ty's Travels: Super Ty, got a starred review from School Library Journal! Yay! Review: www.slj.com/review/tys-t... Pre-order your copy of Super Ty here: shorturl.at/htYsh Thanks so much for your support.

📚 For Children’s Book Week, we are highlighting children’s book authors and illustrators from Pennsylvania! 📙 Kelly Starling Lyons (@kelstarly.bsky.social) 📙 Zachariah OHora 📙 Rebecca E. Hirsch #BookSky #LibSky #KidLit #Pennsylvania

Exciting virtual event today. Join Tonya Engel Foster and me for the live read-aloud of our Anna Dewdney Read-Together Award winning book, My Hands Tell a Story. It's also the 20th anniversary of Anna Dewdney’s Llama Llama Red Pajama. Thrilled that her daughters will be part of the event. Details:

Happy news! My Hands Tell a Story is the 2025 winner of the Anna Dewdney Read-Together Award! Thank you @cbcbooks.bsky.social, Penguin, Every Child a Reader and Reycraft Books. Hugs to editor Eileen Robinson and illustrator Tonya Engel. Honored.

Triangle friends, join me at 4 p.m. today at Bunn Library for stories and writing tips. Would love to share with you.

Thrilled that My Hands Tell a Story, illustrated by Tonya Engel, is a finalist for the Anna Dewdney Read Together Award! Voting ends tomorrow. Learn more about the award and cast your vote here: everychildareader.net/anna/ Thanks so much for your support.

Sneak peek at Tiara's Hat Parade. Actress Lydia Danielle is incredible. She plays more than 8 parts! Paige Hernandez put her foot in the adaptation. So moving. Hugs & love to director Angelisa Gillyard, artistic director Adam Burke, the co-commissioning theaters & all who made the play possible.

Look at those hats! Love it. Will be at the Charlotte Children's Theater on Saturday wearing mine. Hope to see you there for Tiara's Hat Parade.

Still glowing from the premiere of Tiara's Hat Parade! It was so meaningful to see my book w/ @nicoletadgell.bsky.social go from the page to stage. Stellar production & creative team! Thanks to everyone who came from near and far to attend the opening. Runs through 3/9. Tickets: shorturl.at/Tt6gY

FAVE FOUR If you'd like to see other kidlit recommendations, pop on over to cherylajohnsonwrites.weebly.com. #kidlit #kidlitbookstack @roxannetroup.bsky.social @cicchese-art.bsky.social @beccamcmurdiebooks.bsky.social @kelstarly.bsky.social

Today is the 125th anniversary of Lift Every Voice & Sing being performed for the first time. Sing a Song was inspired by the history of our Black National Anthem. It's up to us to keep our history going strong. You can buy a copy here: shorturl.at/UYHtG Thank you for your support.

Picture book "Sing a Song: How Lift Every Voice and Sing Inspired Generations" by @kelstarly.bsky.social introduces readers to 120-yr history of song & its role through Great Migration, Jim Crow, Civil Rights Movement, HBCU graduations, NMAAHC opening, & today. www.zinnedproject.org/materials/li...

NYC friends, join me on Saturday from 1-2 p.m. for a program at the Central branch of Brooklyn Public Library. Honored to be sharing there and partnering with the Brooklyn Book Bodega which will do a book giveaway. Learn more here:

Here’s where you can find me in the next 2 months celebrating Jasmine Toguchi Great Gardener & the paperback release of Brave Explorer. Stay tuned for details on A Very Asian Book Trip w me & @authorgracelin.bsky.social. We will be “brave explorers”! See you soon! Book art by Elizabet Vuković

I thought I was going to just use this account for jokes and mayhem, but it turns out I am really anxious about next week’s book release, so here you go. Be anxious with me.

One of my coolest author connections has been getting to know track star Miles Lewis who runs for Puerto Rico. Think it’s so amazing that he and my chapter book character share a name. Check out my interview with Miles and learn what else they have in common. www.yabookscentral.com/guest-post-w...