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Chiara Colombi

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Scruffy-looking word herder. PB + YA author. 🚀 ROCKET SHIP, SOLO TRIP (Viking, '24). ROCKET BEAMS, LUNAR DREAMS (Viking, '25). 🇮🇹 | 🏳️‍🌈🩷💚💙 | She/Her | Photo credit: Lauren Barkume www.chiaracolombi.com

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Chiara Colombi @chiaracolombi.com · Feb 4

We are go for translunar orbit! ROCKET BEAMS, LUNAR DREAMS by me + Scott Magoon has landed on shelves! A lunar mission, yes, but what is this book really about? It's about how we respond when things don’t go our way. When our dreams don’t come true. Or when things take a turn for the unexpected... 🧵

A graphic featuring an illustration of the Moon against a starry background. Overlayed on the Moon is: the cover of the picture book ROCKET BEAMS, LUNAR DREAMS; a lunar lander with a cloud of dust rising around him; and the words “LANDED!” and “On sale now”. In the upper right corner, against the starry sky is a rocket ship, gazing down at the Moon.

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Chiara Colombi @chiaracolombi.com · 17d

Thank you, Andrea! I really appreciate it! ☺️

Chiara Colombi @chiaracolombi.com · Aug 24

Thank you so much for boosting Rocket Ship, Carren!! 😊❤️🚀

Chiara Colombi @chiaracolombi.com · Aug 15

Oh this is awesome! Thank you so much for including Rocket Ship, Jennifer! ❤️🚀

Chiara Colombi @chiaracolombi.com · Jun 25

I completely hear you on all of the above! And so happy you tuned in and found it to be helpful. 💜

Btw, I just moved back to Europe and the proliferation of privacy settings I'm now offered across the internet is amazing. Truly a tangible difference that puts people over tech companies. 🌟

Chiara Colombi @chiaracolombi.com · Jun 25

Thank you, Viviane! I really appreciate it! 😊

Chiara Colombi @chiaracolombi.com · Jun 21

This means so much to me to hear. Thank you!

Chiara Colombi @chiaracolombi.com · Jun 21

Thank you so much, Abby! Very happy to hear that it resonated. 🙂

Chiara Colombi @chiaracolombi.com · Jun 20

🤩 Thank you, Carmela, for this perfect gif response!! Love it! 🖖🏻

Chiara Colombi @chiaracolombi.com · Jun 20

Thank you so much, Susan! All this great feedback is making me want to do more webinars! 😁 It was an awesome experience all around.

Chiara Colombi @chiaracolombi.com · Jun 18

Thank you so much, Patricia! I truly appreciate your kind words. 😊

Chiara Colombi @chiaracolombi.com · Jun 3

Thank you so much, Michelle!

Chiara Colombi @chiaracolombi.com · Jun 3

Awesome! Looking forward to hearing what you think!

Chiara Colombi @chiaracolombi.com · Jun 3

So grateful for all the positive feedback + messages I've received in response to my 12x12 webinar on #kidlit and #AI. It's a gnarly topic that needs a lot of untangling so we can all stay informed + equipped to advocate for our work. Check out the replay and let me know if you have any questions!

Lynn Baldwin @lynnbaldwinwrites.bsky.social · Jun 3

Wow! I just watched the @12x12challenge.bsky.social webinar on AI for #kidlit with @chiaracolombi.com! I have to admit that I've been very reticent about AI, but this webinar did such a great job of explaining it and positioning it as a tool. Thank you!

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Chiara Colombi @chiaracolombi.com · Jun 3

I'm so happy to hear this, thank you, Lynn! It truly means a lot to me to know that the presentation was helpful. 😊

Chiara Colombi @chiaracolombi.com · May 28

Will gladly let you know—that'd be lovely!

Chiara Colombi @chiaracolombi.com · May 24

Thank you so much, Carol! I really appreciate it. ☺️

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Chiara Colombi @chiaracolombi.com · May 21

Thank you, @12x12challenge.bsky.social, for creating such an incredible space within the #kidlit community for critical conversations and meaningful connections. I'm so grateful to have had the opportunity to give back to a community that has helped me in so many ways!

12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge @12x12challenge.bsky.social · May 20

Huge thanks to @chiaracolombi.com‬ for an amazing #12x12PB webinar about how kidlit creators can effectively & ethically use AI & how to protect our work!

We loved this conversation & all the insights shared! Members, check yesterday's email for the link!

#amwriting #kidlit #picturebooks

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Chiara Colombi @chiaracolombi.com · Apr 19

NH friends, don't miss this chance to celebrate libraries and space all at once with ROCKET SHIP's illustrator @scottymagoon.bsky.social! 🤩

Scott Magoon @scottymagoon.bsky.social · Apr 18

🚀 Celebrate National Space Day at Portsmouth Public Library! I'll read and draw from ROCKET BEAMS, LUNAR DREAMS by @chiaracolombi.com, illustrated by me.

🎟️ Free mission patch stickers & activity sheets
📚 Book sales & signing by G. Willikers.
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Families welcome

Hope to see you on 🌎. Link in bio!

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Chiara Colombi @chiaracolombi.com · Mar 14

For anyone who has ever suffered from "I'm-not-a-math-person" issues (🙋🏻‍♀️) or knows a kid who does, this book is for you!

I can't wait for you to discover the heart + humor of my brilliant CP's debut picture book: DEAR MATH, WE'RE NOT FRIENDS. Congratulations, @linahaldar.bsky.social! ❤️🧮

#kidlit 📚👍🏻

Lina Chopra Haldar, PhD @linahaldar.bsky.social · Mar 13

So excited! Thanks to @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social and my amazing agent, Saba Sulaiman at Talcott Notch, this story will be making kids everywhere smile about math.

A huge thank you to @chiaracolombi.com and @juliamoss.bsky.social for all your love and support. We have the best writing group! 💜

Chiara Colombi @chiaracolombi.com · Mar 14

Ahhhhh!!! The world finally knows!! I cannot wait to hold this book in my hands. Congratulations, dear friend!!! ✨💜🧮

Chiara Colombi @chiaracolombi.com · Mar 5

They should make a drink for writers called Someone Who Believes In My Stories, so when a writer gets a rejection and their friend says, "Can I get you something? A cocktail? Wine? Beer?" the writer can reply "Someone Who Believes In My Stories" and actually get what they want. On the rocks.

Chiara Colombi @chiaracolombi.com · Feb 27

Pro tip: be sure to zoom in on my face in pic 3 to see my imitation of Lander’s tight-lipped stare just before blast off... 😵‍💫

Chiara Colombi @chiaracolombi.com · Feb 27

Dear friend and fellow space author @rienealwriter.bsky.social joined me to help launch Rocket’s second mission, ROCKET BEAMS, LUNAR DREAMS, by Scott Magoon and me with Linden’s community of readers. Thank you, Linden Tree, Rie, and all who joined us!

Authors Chiara Colombi and Rie Neal, both white women, sit on the window sill in front of Linden Tree, smiling at each other over the picture book Rocket Beams, Lunar Dreams. Bookshelves of local authors are behind them, and in the foreground is a table with lunar activity sheets on top of a galaxy-themed tablecloth.

Authors Chiara Colombi and Rie Neal hold up each other’s space-themed children’s books inside Linden Tree Books. They are smiling at the camera. Rie holds the 2 Rocket Ship picture books, and Chiara holds 3 of Rie’s Astrid the Astronaut chapter book series.

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Chiara Colombi @chiaracolombi.com · Feb 27

Rocket's launch event at @lindentree.bsky.social this weekend was a veritable planet parade of special crewmates, between the young space enthusiasts gathered for story time, Linden Tree’s stellar staff, and the conjunction of two #kidlit #space authors beaming in the glow of each other’s books!

A photo from the launch event for Rocket Beams, Lunar Dreams at Linden Tree Books. The event is taking place on the sidewalk in front of the bookstore, where there is outdoor furniture and a big window opening onto the store. The author, a while woman with long brown hair, holds up the book to an audience of young kids and grownups. Along the top of the photo is a banner of stars and moons, and the words “Rocket Beams, Lunar Dreams” with a heart-shaped graphic linking the book’s title to the store’s name on the front of the store.

Sitting in Linden Tree’s window, author Chiara Colombi reads from and holds up a spread from ROCKET BEAMS, LUNAR DREAMS, showing the rocket’s flight trajectory to the Moon.

Another photo from the reading, with the audience in the foreground. The author is imitating the nervous face of the Lunar Lander in the story.

Author Chiara Colombi presents the lunar phases to the audience outside of Linden Tree Books.

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Chiara Colombi @chiaracolombi.com · Feb 23

Thank you so much for celebrating with me, Rie! It really made it a special event ❤️🚀

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