Today, we're going to zero in instead on the small publishers that produce rare, wild, interesting, strange books for kids. Say hello to @doremibooks.bsky.social, Messy Press & @medicinewheelpub.bsky.social via @pubspotlight.bsky.social : #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2026/05/27/p...

One of my favorite places to visit in southwest New Hampshire.

One of the hats I wear in my writing life is that of Production Editor for Smoky Quartz, an online journal. The editorial team created this issue by choosing the amazing work of writers and artists who have a connection to NH. #MonadnockWritersGroup #SmokyQuartzJournal

Happy #HaikuSaturday 💜 Lilac bouquet brings the fragrance of spring inside— I breathe a long sigh. #haiku #imageandverse #bloomscrolling

I loved Jama Rattigan’s review of an illustrated poetry collection by Matthew Burgess and Doug Salati, and now, of course, I need to add this book to my collection! Happy #PoetryFriday! #Kidlit

I managed to fit 100 of my painted paper blooms in one photo. 😊#The100DayProject I’ll use these blooms to make mobiles, greeting cards, and collages later this year. For now, I’ll be growing real flowers in my gardens! 🌸🌺🐝 #LindaJeanBlooms #PaperFlowers #PaperCrafts #FantasyFlowers #MixedMedia

Happy Saturday! oh, coy clematis hiding your bloom behind vines why are you so shy? #haiku #haikusaturday

fleabane flowers frilly feather dusters for cobwebs in my brain #HaikuSaturday 💚 #bloomscrolling 💚 #nativeplants

Happy #HaikuSaturday! Stars shine and bells chime, tucked beneath the peony— lead the spring parade #bloomscrolling #springblooms #poetry

On this #PoetryFriday, I learned about spine poetry at Mona Voelkel’s blog: monavoelkel.com/2026/05/13/p...

Daughter of the Queen, in black and gold fur coat, sips nectar from pink flutes. #HaikuSaturday #ImageandVerse

Happy #WorldCollageDay! “tell me what mountains have you built between your heart and its own love?” ~Emory Hall torn painted paper collage by @lindajeantm.bsky.social #collage #mixedmedia

Happy #PoetryFriday! I’m excited to read these two poetry collections for kids by @sjohnstontaylor.bsky.social that I ordered through my local bookstore! #kidlit #poetryforkids #writingcommunity

For #The100DayProject, I intended to make a bloom a day for 100 days. But I discovered that I didn’t want to stop at just one each day. So I have extras, and I counted them up last week—113 total blooms! So I plan to use the remaining days to glue the blooms to fabric for a wall hanging.

Happy #HaikuSaturday! Tulips invite me to rest by their pastel path— a Spring bed of dreams.

#MayDay #TeachTruth #NoKings

#NationalPoetryMonth Day 27: When a love of nature combines with #poetry and photographs in these picture books, what do you get? Beauty that must be seen and read to be believed! 📚👍🏽 #KidLit #interview #bookblogger #picturebook jenabenton.com/2026/04/27/n...

Celebrating #HaikuSaturday with this tribute to our pomegranate tree: pomegranate prep bloom soon swelling, spreading wide fruit in its cocoon #haiku #poetry #JoyScavengerHunt

Spring comes, whatever. Song Thrush bragging; hawthorn blooms. Grace notes in grey towns. #haikuSaturday

I dream in color of summer at the ocean! Thank you for sharing this bright spot you created! @mickeygomez.bsky.social

Bumblebees are essential workers that help feed the world! This is a Sonoran Bumblebee photo taken at Pedernales Falls State Park. The flowering plant is Mealy Blue Sage. #haikusaturday #poetry #bumblebee🐝 #nativeplants #earthmonth

Happy #HaikuSaturday 🐝 🫐 Bumblebees fly from colonies, pollinate for future blueberries

Seven blooms on Saturday for #The100DayProject, Days 57-63 I didn’t come up with a new design this week so this is a medley of bloom styles. #LindaJeanBlooms #PaperFlowers #PaperCrafts #FantasyFlowers #MixedMedia

Here's my poem for Day 5 of the #StuckBumblebeePoetryChallenge #PoetryFriday Oops! A dragonfly swoops mid-air to swallow a gnat that dared to buzz near!

The Kidlit Progressive Poem for #NationalPoetryMonth continues its journey today at Mary Lee Hahn’s blog—A(nother) Year of Reading ayearofreading.org/2026/04/24/t... @maryleehahn.bsky.social #KidLitProgressivePoem

I’ve been visiting Substack this week for this poetry challenge. Join us if you want to celebrate Earth Day by reading and writing poems about life on our beautiful planet! #StuckBumblebeePoetryChallenge #EarthDay #SaveOurPlanet #Poetry @jpuglow.bsky.social

masked by deep woods hiding beneath a hood a flower disguised #HaikuSaturday 💚 #nativeplants 💚 #bloomscrolling

summer thundered through bursting buds, greening trees leaving spring breathless #haikuSaturday #haiku #springtime #flora #NewEngland #weather

#HaikuSaturday is upon us again. How did the week buzz by so fast? Whistles while working, Hymenoptera worker mines for floral gold.

Seven blooms on Saturday for #The100DayProject, Days 50-56 More than halfway to 100 days. Mandala-inspired blooms. Watercolor and black ink. Imperfectly made by human hands ✍🏼 ✂️🎨 #LindaJeanBlooms #PaperFlowers #PaperCrafts #FantasyFlowers #MixedMedia

It’s #InternationalHaikuPoetryDay today! I’m posting my spring haiku and image a day early for #HaikuSaturday. An island or cloud? Blooms floating by in a dream— Spring awakening. #Haiku #ImageandVerse #WatercolorBlooms haiku & image by @lindajeantm.bsky.social

I love this poster for #NationalPoetryMonth. So many ways to shine a light in the darkness through poetry.

The #KidLitProgressivePoem line for today continues at Robyn Hood Black’s blog. I’m enjoying the journey in the Land of Poetry as poets add their lines of verse! #PoetryFriday #NationalPoetryMonth

“Ode to Forgetting”

I used to be a tech writer and still find those skills incredibly useful. In this creative career growth collage, I paid homage to that old life with this set of instructions on ... attaching a zipper? And a little scissor image holds it closed! Full process here: www.domestika.org/en/projects/...

Day 47 #dothe100dayproject #the100dayproject #nasaartemis

from places far-flung you come, and land feather-light on limbs green with spring #haikuSaturday #haiku #ornithology #seasons #migration #birds

Seven blooms on Saturday for #The100DayProject, Days 43-49 I created 2-layered blooms this week. Used colored push pins to attach to a cork board. A solar system of blooms? 🪐🌎 #LindaJeanBlooms #PaperFlowers #PaperCrafts #FantasyFlowers #MixedMedia

April’s full Pink Moon is named for pink phlox in bloom, both heralds of spring. #HaikuSaturday #SpringFlower #FullMoon #ImageandVerse

Some books are funny; Some books are not. These books have poems; You’ll like them a lot. April is National Poetry Month, and what better way to celebrate than with a good book? We’ve got you covered with some recommendations that’ll make this month a poetic celebration.

The first stanza of a favorite for #PoetryFriday: "Barter" by Sara Teasdale Life has loveliness to sell-- All beautiful and splendid things, Blue waves whitened on a cliff, Soaring fire that sways and sings, And children's faces looking up Holding wonder in a cup. #WomenPoets #SaraTeasdale

Anyone else participating in #SketchbookRevival2026? I plan to watch and create when I have time—starting tomorrow!

A reading of Sara Teasdale's poem, 'Spring in War-Time,' written in the U.S. during the First World War. I'll also include the text of the poem in the comments. When sharing audio poems, tag #PoemsAloud to help people find them. The art is Camille Pissarro's 'Kitchen Garden, Trees in Flower, 1877'

Poetry bears witness to the truth; it is unacknowledged legislator of our realities; it gives voice to the inarticulate suffering of the oppressed. Help us make sense of the turbulent and troubled world we share, and submit one of your poems. psnh.org/submission-call

April is poetry month! Join us on April 13th when registration opens for the Stuck Bumblebee Poetry Challenge. www.booksbycindy.com/poetry/bumbl... @jpuglow.bsky.social @picturebookseh.bsky.social @cwillbc.bsky.social @12x12challenge.bsky.social @canscaip.bsky.social @scbwicanadawest.bsky.social

A progressive poem is blooming for #NationalPoetryMonth at the blogs of a number of #PoetryFriday poets. Check it out!

Seven blooms on Saturday: Days 36-42 of #The100DayProject. I played with how to display paper blooms—pasted on fabric (recycled curtain fabric), framed with a hoop. I plan to add stitching!🧵 #LindaJeanBlooms #PaperFlowers #PaperCrafts #FantasyFlowers #MixedMedia #Collage

Outside the chapel, red rock radiates sunlight— inside, candles glow. haiku and torn painted paper collage, “Sedona” by @lindajeantm.bsky.social #HaikuSaturday #ImageandVerse #Collage #SedonaArizona

On this #PoetryFriday, I’m remembering the first novel in verse for young adults that I read, and I’ve loved reading them ever since. Meg Kearney, a poet and teacher in New Hampshire, is the author of THE SECRET OF ME. #novelinverse #youngadultfiction