Honored that the Texas Library Association chose WOODY'S WORDS: WOODROW WILSON RAWLS AND WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS for its Texas Topaz Nonfiction Reading List! I hope it encourages readers to pursue their dreams. Grateful to Woody & Sophie's family for their support. tinyurl.com/TLA-Reading-...

Celebrate Elvis' birthday 🎉 today with your Elvis favorites! A favorite song, 🎸🎶🎵 favorite movie, his favorite food -- fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches --or even a favorite Elvis book! 🎸🎶🎵 Share your faves! #ElvisPresley #Elvis #LittleGoldenBook #graceland

Happy New Year! The January edition of our newsletter, with an intro by educator Tina M Cho, is ready to read. Find book news, teaching tips, World Read Aloud Day (WRAD2026) signups, book news, inspiration, & more! 💕📚💕 tinyurl.com/29z5zewf #edusky #booksky #schoollibrarians #skybrarian #WRAD2026

How Teresa Robeson's 12 x 12 Critique Group pushed her to publishing success! Find your own critique group in the #12x12pb #writingcommunity! Registration begins in January. Find out more at 12x12challenge.com/m...#12x12pb#writingcommunity!#amwriting #picturebook #kidlit #booksky @teresarobeson.com

Wonderful to see JOAN MITCHELL PAINTS A SYMPHONY by me & Stacy Innerst on this amazing gift list! 👩‍🎨 #JoanMitchell #abstractart #womenartists #artbooks #kidsbooks #picturebooks #childrensbooks #giftbooks Books For the Art Lover on Your List - Woman Around Town womanaroundtown.com/sections/rea...

Love being on the same stage as my friends, @heidieys.bsky.social @barbrosenstock.bsky.social @joycewanbooks.bsky.social @bandersonwriter.bsky.social and @lisaljrogers.bsky.social 🤩 Thank you, Astra Kids Books and @ala-booklist.bsky.social! You can enjoy the sounds of melting snow in the video 😆

I share my #writingprocess for WOODY'S WORDS & there's a #giveaway on blogger Kathy Temean's excellent site! Thanks, Kathy, for featuring this story of perseverance & accepting help to reach a dream. #WhereTheRedFernGrows #writingtips #biography #picturebook kathytemean.wordpress.com/2025/12/09/h...

Rant alert re: misused homophones - pet peeve I wish I didn't have. Read my 1st adult contemporary fiction book in a long time for book club, thought it intelligent & clever. Then...the misuse of palette for palate, multiple times. The horror! The horror! Share your homophone horrors? #homophones

Can't wait to read & sign JOAN MITCHELL PAINTS A SYMPHONY by me & Stacy Innerst at the Clyfford Still Museum in Denver TODAY, Sunday 11/23, 1 PM! Free admission for kids. clyffordstillmuseum.org/events/book-... #JoanMitchell #womenartists #abstractexpressionism #clyffordstill #kidsbooks #artbooks

❤️📚 This #Thanksgiving celebrate & honor Native American culture with these books & crafts for young readers! www.kidlit.tv/celebrating-... @carolelindstrom.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth

The Nov. newsletter with an article by author @lynnstreetbooks.bsky.social is ready to read! Find book news, teaching tips, inspiration, and #KidLitForGrowingMinds members who will attend NCTE! 📚 #NCTE2025 #edusky #booksky #schoollibrarians #skybrarian tinyurl.com/zk4asf3m

❤️ this! "...using picture books for STEAM and PBL is about building bridges: between literacy and science, imagination and innovation, the classroom and the real world...we offer students the tools to question, create, experience, and connect." @lindsayamoretti.bsky.social #Educators #PBL #STEAM

Cozy up with a warm drink and enjoy this stack of new books by members of @picturebookseh.bsky.social! #kidlit #EduSky #CanKidLit #picturebooks #librarians

Celebrate International Day of the Girl by reading stellar picture biographies about some notable #WomenInSTEAM ...by me, @jwbottom.bsky.social, and @lisaljrogers.bsky.social (members of @kl4gm.bsky.social )!

A productive 30 minutes writing outside, punctuated by my pup's baying. Perfect! #kidlit #amwriting

Thank you so much, @loritecler.bsky.social, for the kind review of THE DOG WHO SAVED THE BEES (written by me, illustrated by @davidhohn.bsky.social, and published by Sleeping Bear Press)!

So happy to have the pb bio WOODY'S WORDS featured on the wonderful @viviankirkfield.bsky.social's blog for #PerfectPictureBookFriday w/an effective writing activity based on how Wilson Rawls learned to write. #writing #poetry #noticing #listening #TLSky #EduSky viviankirkfield.com/2025/09/26/p...

Check out @lisaljrogers.bsky.social's post about doing too much telling in writing--w/before & after examples of her own from Woody's Words: Woodrow Wilson Rawls and Where the Red Fern Grows. PLUS a lovely review by @lynnbbooks.bsky.social! All on Lynn Becker's fab blog! #writingtips #ShowDontTell

Educators, would love to hear if you try out this activity for Woody's Words: Woodrow Wilson Rawls and Where the Red Fern Grows with your students! Follow @bandersonwriter.bsky.social's blog for more ideas & info! #Educators #GrowthMindset #writingprompt bethandersonwriter.com/2025/09/19/e...

"Love the day. Do not leave the sky out of your landscape." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson #poetry

So fab for Picture Book Gold's @viviankirkfield.bsky.social & friend to celebrate #InternationalDotDay w/the incredibly talented & giving @peterhreynolds.bsky.social -- where will your dot take you?? #creativity

Without his wife Sophie, Wilson Rawls wouldn't have pubbed WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS. WOODY'S WORDS tells that story. What did you achieve b/c you asked for help? What if you didn't ask? Thx @deborahkalb.bsky.social for hosting me! deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2025/09/q-wi... #EduSky #TLSky #kidlit

Super excited for Sunday's launch at Wellesley Books in MA! 7 years in the making -- this librarian can't wait any longer to share Wilson Rawls' incredible life story with you all! Plus 🐾 dog treats, activities, & prizes! Tomorrow at 2 pm. ❤️ #kidlit #EduSky #TLSky #librarians #PictureBooks

Nonfiction writers! Awesome tips from @lynnstreetbooks.bsky.social on how primary sources can deepen your #NF project & a #giveaway of her brilliant new #STEM pb w/ @annehunterstudio.bsky.social THE BLUE JAYS THAT GREW A FOREST! bethandersonwriter.com/2025/09/05/b... #nonfiction #kidlit #nature

Hey dog-loving readers! Who doesn't want their own hound ears? Launching Woody's Words: Woodrow Wilson Rawls and Where the Red Fern Grows by me & illustrator Susan Reagan w/crafts, prizes, dog treats, & reading. 2 pm on 9/7 @Wellesley Books www.facebook.com/events/73577... #hounddog #Dogsky #kidlit

Celebrate #kidlit nonfiction w/Melissa Stewart's blog--packed with awesome teacher-tested lesson ideas, fantastic book picks, readers' theater, & more! So much in this wrap-up! #TLsky #librarians #skybrarian #booksky #nonfiction

Our Sept. newsletter, article by @lisaljrogers.bsky.social, and #giveaway is ready to read! Find book news, teaching tips, inspiration, & more. Subscribe to receive a special download and bio book list by our KL4GM creatives! 💕📚💕 #edusky #booksky #schoollibrarians #skybrarian tinyurl.com/2yzd9orb

Grateful to @slj.com for this awesome review of WOODY'S WORDS: WOODROW WILSON RAWLS AND WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS by me & Susan Reagan! I relied on SLJ as a school #librarian & still do! TY, SLJ! #WhereTheRedFerngrows #Edusky #librarians #SchoolLibrarians #Skybrarian #Skybrarians #TLSky #biography

Just a few days left to enter the #giveaway for Woody's Words: Woodrow Wilson Rawls and #WhereTheRedFernGrows From @slj.com: "Stunning verse and illustrations...This book would work beautifully in lockstep with any classroom unit" on the novel. Out 9/9! #edusky www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...

A new book doesn't happen too often, so I'm super excited for next week's launch of WOODY'S WORDS! If you loved #WhereTheRedFernGrows, I think you'll love Woody's life story. Join me @ Wellesley Books, request an ARC on Edelweiss, reread the classic novel, hug a hound! #dogsofbluesky #hounddogs

#Librarians enrich our world! Congratulations to @laurenkerstein.bsky.social & @beccastatt.bsky.social on the publication of HOPE RODE, about Kentucky's brave Packhorse librarians! #reading #libraries

Honoring Elvis' music & life during ✨ Elvis Week ✨ w/a #giveaway 🎵 Win a signed copy of ELVIS PRESLEY: A LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK BIOGRAPHY by joining my newsletter at lisarogerswrites.com. Free BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE MUSIC OF JOHN CAGE activity kit w/signup. Ends 8/18/25. US only. 🎶 #ElvisPresley #Elvis

Ahoy! If you’ve in the Denver area, I hope you’ll come out and have a kraken good time at the farmers market this Sunday! Get some swag (and vegetables ?) and support a local indie bookstore!

Love the quiet of an evening paddle on the pond. #reflection #kayak #vitaminN

magic streetlight art beauty surrounds those who look, even after dark #haikuSaturday #photography

Today on my #KidlitLOVEItLists on jpuglow.substack.com I feature fabulous #NF #picturebookbiographies by #jillesbaum and Lisa Rogers @lisaljrogers.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/jpuglow/...

Aroooo!! 🐾 My sweet & silly hound Rory was a *huge* help 🥰 w/this sneak peek of WOODY'S WORDS: WOODROW WILSON RAWLS AND WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS! Out 9/9 w/swoon-worthy illustrations by Susan Reagan! #dogsky #hounds #dogbooks #childrensbooks #CalkinsCreek youtu.be/w-em9QmhQZk?...

I am SO honored to share the #coverreveal for a book I co-authored with Minoru Tonai, illustrated by Chris Sasaki, edited by Meredith Mundy, and published by ABRAMS Books. Join us on the amazing Vivian Kirkfield's blog to learn more: viviankirkfield.com/2025/08/11/c... 🎉

Wednesday’s Wonderful Writers who Champion Writers: Jena Benton -Simply 7 Interview Rebecca Gardyn Levington - Picture Book Builders Lydia Lukidis - Blissfully Bookish Carol Gordon Ekster - Writer’s Rumpus Stacey Ramirez – KidLit Interviews Andrew Hacket – The Backstory Beck Walker – Take 5

Incredibly honored to be a Guest Guru on Rate Your Story!! Check out today's post for all the details! ✍️ ✍️ ✍️Excited to read your manuscripts!! #RateYourStory #kidlit www.rateyourstory.org/single-post/...

Every day should be Dog Photography Day!! Let's see your smiles, all you wonderful pups out there!! #dogsofbluesky #hounddog #goldendoodle #dogbooks

Hanging out with Eliza the corpse flower @ the Massachusetts Horticultural Society! Never saw one when we lived in Indonesia so absolutely cool to see one in the Bay State! #CorpseFlower #gardens #MassHort

Had a blast on Adam Lehrhaupt's Picture This podcast talking #picturebooks, #literacy & classroom creativity! Give a listen! Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p... iHeart: www.iheart.com/podcast/269-... Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/48eE6x6... Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC55... & Amazon!

You know you've got a friend in @ljrwritenow.bsky.social when you find out she's always ready to share copies of the Elvis Little Golden Book! You're the bestest, Laura!! 💗 Elvis is in the building big time!! #ElvisPresley #Elvis @randomhousekids.bsky.social

Today on the blog: July recommendations feature 6 terrific picture books! lynnbeckerbooks.blogspot.com/2025/07/july... @jesshgn.bsky.social @matthewburgessj.bsky.social @rebeccaglevington.bsky.social @rahele.bsky.social

Did you read #WhereTheRedFernGrows as a kid? If you did, I think you'll be amazed by the author's life story. WOODY'S WORDS: WOODROW WILSON RAWLS AND WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS, illus. by Susan Reagan, is out 9/9. Take 25% off at B&N thru 7/11. 🐾❤️🐾 #hounds #dogs www.barnesandnoble.com/w/woodys-wor...

9 Middle Grade Books Featuring Neurodiverse Characters & 2 Signed Book GIVEAWAY! buff.ly/psFDpS0 via @pragmaticmom #ReadYourWorld #neurodiverse #giveaway #middlegrade

Enjoy the sounds around you today and make some music of your own, inspired by these two picture books!! 🎶 💖 🎶 Thanks to @picturebookgold.bsky.social for this lovely graphic! #JohnCage #MusicBooks @johncagetrust.bsky.social

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In Huntington Beach, the message from the community is loud and clear: libraries belong to the people, not to politicians. www.everylibrary.org/huntingtonwin via @everylibrary.bsky.social‬