Looking forward to this webinar at the Writing Barn this month!

FREE Book Chat on Jan 20 at 8pm ET / 5pm PT! Join us for this month’s #12x12PB Book Chat with @carriefinison.bsky.social, author of PLENTY OF PANCAKES, as she shares how her picture book went from idea to bookshelf. Sign up: buff.ly/Ky88hrz

Ripples in Payne’s Grey, a path lit by white diamonds, light invites us, still. #HaikuSaturday #PictureHaiku haiku & photograph by @lindajeantm.bsky.social

Still, what I want in my life is to be willing to be dazzled– to cast aside the weight of facts and maybe even to float a little above this difficult world. ~ Mary Oliver #PoetryFriday

Caught in a snow squall, our brake lights glow like red stars in deep blue midnight. #HaikuSaturday #PictureHaiku Acrylic abstract and haiku by @lindajeantm.bsky.social

Thank you to @12x12challenge.bsky.social for this fun contest! I’m tickled pink to win the watercolors prize! 🎨👩‍🎨

Ready for an inspiring start to a creative 2026! Who's in? #storystorm #kidlit #picturebooks #writingcommunity Register at taralazar.com/2025/12/26/s...

Looking forward to #Februlage in 2026. Caption this? #WordlessWednesday #MagazineCollage

9 Exemplary Novels in Verse for Middle Grade and Teen Readers These excellent middle grade and YA titles use poetry to get at the heart of kids’ experiences. Share them for #NationalPoetryMonth and beyond. www.slj.com/story/9-exem...

★ “Gracefully rhythmic” picture book WHERE THE DEER SLIP THROUGH by late creator Katey Howes and Caldecott Medalist Beth Krommes is a “lilting hymn to the way woodland life can lurk in surprising places”

Remember summer? How we heard a rainbow sing in the shade of trees? #HaikuSaturday haiku & photograph by lindajeantm.bsky.social

Beautiful poster and important message!

When rosy light creeps over mountains and fir trees, cloud monsters gather #HaikuSaturday #Haiku #PhotoHaiku haiku & photo by lindajeantm.bsky.social

Andrea Davis Pinkney is one of the 2025 Carle Honors recepients. Congratulations!

The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art has revealed the recipients of its 2025 Carle Honors, who will be fêted at an event this fall

Seed catalogs are starting to arrive in the mail! Dreaming of homegrown tomatoes. #Tomatoes #SeedCatalogs #Collage #MixedMedia

For Read Across America, I'm joining a bunch of wonderful children's poets to read from the anthology IF I COULD CHOOSE A BEST DAY (ed by Irene Latham & Charles Waters). WHEN: March 3, 2025 at 1 p.m. EST (Sign up here: courage.thewritingbarn.com/free-virtual...)

From a bilingual book about Cuba to a graphic novel poetry collection, these diverse titles are sure to delight a wide range of young readers.

Still snow-flanked, a stream zig-zags from winter to spring— New England weather #HaikuSaturday #PhotoHaiku #Haiku haiku and photo by @lindajeantm.bsky.social

Recommendation and rationale for capitalizing each word in in hashtags: www.boia.org/blog/make-yo... #AccessibleHashtags

Celebrating history shapers like John Lewis and Mae Jemison and lesser-known individuals with comparable impact, such as playwrights August Wilson and Lorraine Hansberry, and engineer Raye Montague, these 28 titles share the lives, struggles, and triumphs of notable Black Americans.

It's #BlackHistoryMonth! Time to cozy up with #12x12PB member #picturebooks from Black creators, Find our full Black History Month book list here: https://buff.ly/3WGnJZc #amreading #kidlit #diversebooks

My restless green thumb sticky with paste creates blooms while miracles sleep collage & haiku by @lindajeantm.bsky.social #HaikuSaturday #Haiku #PictureHaiku #Collage

My TBRR (to be read and relished) pile will be getting taller! Congratulations to all the winners ❤️

Lace-like snowflakes drift, polka-dotted leaves remind gardeners to dream #HaikuSaturday

Thank you @marciefatkins.bsky.social for your oh, so helpful blog post on Poems as Picture Books. I’m looking forward to studying these mentor texts! #kidlit #kidlitpoetry www.marcieatkins.com/poems-as-pic...

The countdown is ON. The winners of the 2024 CYBILS Awards will be announced on Friday, 14 February at 9:00 AM PT|12 noon ET Website first. Then social media. #CYBILS2024 #BookLove #KidLit #MGLit #YALit #bookstagram #booksky

Yay! CLARA is a poetry finalist! Congratulations to #PomeloBooks #kidlitpoetry #kidlit #CYBILS2024

14 Valentine’s Day Children’s Books That Won’t Make You Cringe | New York Times

I was tickled pink to have my poem, "Vampire-ish" included in this wonderful poetry anthology by Janet Wong and Sylvia Vardell (Pomelo Books). #kidlit #kidlitpoetry #PomeloBooks You can read a review by Jama Rattigan here: jamarattigan.com/2024/11/15/r...

Jumping for joy! I hope you will be, too! Please check out & share the HEADS-UP-The-#50PreciousWords CONTEST-IS-COMING-SOON post! Find DATES, GUIDELINES, and a list of fabulous PRIZES! And I hope you love my updated website thanks to @thebooklinksllc.bsky.social viviankirkfield.com/2025/02/01/h...

#GIVEAWAY To celebrate the launch of #PictureBooksEh 2025 we’re giving away manuscript crits and PBs! Details on website (link above). To enter: 1. follow @picturebookseh.bsky.social 2. like + re-post this post (extra entry for tagging a friend) 3. Winners ann. Feb. 10 at 9 am #kidlit #cankidlit

Are u querying, too? Hey #writers see call for submissions soon come on #MSWL Day #writingcommunity, #querytrenches #kidlit

I’ve joined the picture book challenge @12x12challenge.bsky.social for my 7th year! I’m looking forward to another year of community, accountability, and so many resources! www.12x12challenge.com