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Rusty Fischer | Children's Author

@rustyhalloweeny.bsky.social

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Rusty Fischer's Halloween poems have appeared in Reader’s Digest, Good Housekeeping and Woman’s Day. His latest poem, “Socks,” is currently featured in The Dirigible Balloon. https://www.smashwords.com/books/byseries/36446

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Rusty Fischer | Children's Author @rustyhalloweeny.bsky.social · 17h

Gooey... A Halloween poem #halloween #kidlit #halloweenpoem #poemsforkids #kidspoems #halloweenpoems #childrenspoetry #childrenspoems #monsterpoem

A vibrant Halloween background featuring a cartoon vampire, a witch using her wand plus a gurgling cauldron, a grinning pumpkin and a trio of candy corn, all graphics in support of a poem by Rusty Fischer that reads:

Candy gooey,
Candy sweet;
Empty wrappers
At my feet.

A belly full of
Sweet and yummy,
Means Halloween
Is in my tummy!

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Brooke Baum @brookebaum.bsky.social · 11h

🎃 31 Days of Halloween Books 🎃

Day 14: THE ZOMBEES by @justincolonbooks.bsky.social and art by @kalyquarles.bsky.social

Why I 🖤 it: I was not expecting this to be a rhyming PB but boy did Justin pull it off! Plus, Kaly's whimsical & adorable art had my 3 year old obsessed!

#kidlit #booksky

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YAbookscentral @yabookscentral.bsky.social · 16h

#YAlit #newrelease #bookreview BLACK HISTORY IS YOUR HISTORY is at YABC!
yabookscentral.com/ya-review-bl...
#blackhistory #representationmatters

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 17h

“Winter may be beautiful, but bed is much better.”

A disgruntled Toad decides he's had enough of snow and winter.

From "Down the Hill"
In *Frog and Toad All Year*

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John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social · 13h

Happy book birthday to X. Fang's BROKEN!

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Quintessa Knight @quietblkgrl.blacksky.app · 1d

The crossover I needed 😭

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John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social · 12h

Happy book birthday to @isabellakung.bsky.social's Nunu and the Sea!

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Sojung Kim-McCarthy @creativesojung.bsky.social · 12h

Happy #PortfolioDay! I’m a Korean illustrator based in the UK. I illustrate PB-MG & would love to work on stories about ordinary brave girls✨Finding & helping community✨Folktales!

Repped by Susan Hawk @ Upstart Crow Literary

🖼️ sojungkimmccarthy.art
✉️ [email protected]

#KidLitArt

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Publisher Spotlight @pubspotlight.bsky.social · 15h

3/3 and now the reveal: Did you know today @transitbooks.bsky.social celebrates the #BookBirthday for a #kidsbook Spark and Gorey produced together???? Happy #BookBirthday to THE VERY FINE CLOCK

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Kristi Mahoney @kristimahoney.bsky.social · 10h

In #ThisisNotaSleepyBearBook, @briangehrlein.bsky.social & Jennifer Harney work their magic, juggling both the sweet, lyrical & classic storybook words/setting AND the chaotic, colorful & super fun shenanigans that happen inside Bear’s den. Hilariously distributing bedtimes starting Nov 11, 2025!

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Kalaniot Books @kalaniotbooks.bsky.social · 15h

Have you ordered yours? Happy #BookBirthday all day!

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🎃🕸️Deadly Siete 🔪 @bigmamageneral.blacksky.app · 16h

Black men, we love you and we want you to grow old. Please go get checked out regularly!

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YAbookscentral @yabookscentral.bsky.social · 15h

#Mglit #newrelease #bookreview IVY AND FOREST REWRITE THE WORLD is at YABC!
yabookscentral.com/middle-grade...
#debut #fantasyvillains #fairytaleheroes #retelling #multiverse #clever

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Rachel Ignotofsky @rachelignotofsky.bsky.social · 15h

Today my book DINOSAURS publishes! About prehistoric life and geological time this book talks about 4.5 billion years of Earth history

Grab a copy from your fave book store!

rachelignotofskydesign.com/dinosaurs

#fossiladdict #paleoart #sciart #evolution #dinosaurs #booksky

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 16h

whoever did this little bit of magnificence, take a bow

satire: a spirit halloween costume that’s a “violent antifa terrorist” and includes:
- inflatable frog suit
- cape
- pepper spray filter
- a thirst for the blood of the innocent
- air pump

batteries and Molotov cocktails not included

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 14h

Indianapolis! We're looking for a public editor! Is it you? www.poynter.org/news-release...

Poynter launches public editor project to serve news audiences in Indianapolis - Poynter

Partner newsrooms will publish the editor’s independent analysis of local news coverage across the market.

www.poynter.org

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 14h

That's twenty-seven flat-out murders. That's twenty-seven lives taken without even a semblance of a legal justification under domestic or international law.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

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MizfitMathew @mizfitmathew.bsky.social · 13h

Now seated at the movie theaters for...

It's the 30th anniversary of this! One of my favorite movies growing up, and I remember seeing it at the movies way back then.

Casper, 1995

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Marriott Library @lib.utah.edu · 13h

Need some fall book recommendations? don’t worry, we’ve got you bestie…😌🍂📙

#UofU #MarriottLibrary #UniversityofUtah #FallBookRecs #BookRecs #FallBooks #Books #BookRecs #Library

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Jeff Melnick @melnickjeffrey1.bsky.social · 14h

Paying homage

D'Angelo, Voodoo cd, in room full of records.

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Paul Eggleston @pauleggleston.bsky.social · 14h

When I was forced to sell my drum kit and gig using kitchen pots and pans instead, that's when I knew I'd hit wok bottom.

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Audra Wolfe @audrajwolfe.bsky.social · 15h

My best advice to aspiring authors of scholarly books is to read other scholarly books recently published by your target press. This may seem obvious and yet is not!

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ONLY POEMS @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social · 16h

We are not mad. We are human.We want to love, and someone must forgive us for the paths we take to love, for the paths are many and dark, and we are ardent and cruel in our journey.

—Leonard Cohen

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 21h

Hi, it’s me, an author and librarian-in-progress, here to tell you, yes, YOU, that every form of reading is valid. Ebooks, audiobooks, physical books, graphic novels, romance, old pulp books, the back of the cereal box, whatever. If it gets narrative to your brain, that’s good.

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Arkhangel is in the Borderlands @arkhangel79.bsky.social · 1d

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David Petersen @mouseguard.bsky.social · 16h

COMICS ALOUD! Noon This Sunday at @baltimorecomiccon.bsky.social I'll be with @derekkirkkim.bsky.social, Mark Buckingham, @jeffsmithsbone.bsky.social, & Jeremy Bastian as we read aloud excerpts and short stories of our own comics while the images are projected for the audience.

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