Andrea J. Loney
@andreajloney.bsky.social
Kidlit author, teacher, dreamer, & giggler 💕💖📚💖💕
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Yaaaaaay! 😊 I am an award-winning author of over a dozen children's books, a public speaker, and a teacher. I believe that every kid should get to see themselves lovingly and authentically represented on the cover of a book and as the hero of the story. 💖
We are all in this together! 💕🌎💕
We are all in this together! 💕🌎💕
“Rise above the storm and you will find the sunshine.” – Mario Fernandez via @momentumdash.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
“Rise above the storm and you will find the sunshine.” – Mario Fernandez via @momentumdash.bsky.social
Reposted by Andrea J. Loney
Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑
August 31, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Sometimes we’re unsatisfied with a thing we made because when it only existed in our head, we saw all the things it could have been and when it’s done we know all the things that it isn’t, but we can’t see the way it expands into a million new things when someone else unpacks it in their head. 🖊️🦑
“Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities.” – Dale Carnegie via @momentumdash.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
“Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities.” – Dale Carnegie via @momentumdash.bsky.social
“One small positive thought can change your whole day.” – Unknown via @momentumdash.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
“One small positive thought can change your whole day.” – Unknown via @momentumdash.bsky.social
Reposted by Andrea J. Loney
📚There's a few weeks left to enter your picture book manuscript to our New Voices Award writing contest (deadline 6/30/25)! We're looking for unpublished authors of color or Indigenous/Native writers hoping to break into the publishing industry for the first time!
💻Learn more: bit.ly/EnterNewVoices
💻Learn more: bit.ly/EnterNewVoices
June 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
📚There's a few weeks left to enter your picture book manuscript to our New Voices Award writing contest (deadline 6/30/25)! We're looking for unpublished authors of color or Indigenous/Native writers hoping to break into the publishing industry for the first time!
💻Learn more: bit.ly/EnterNewVoices
💻Learn more: bit.ly/EnterNewVoices
“Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.” – Babe Ruth via @momentumdash.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
“Don’t let the fear of striking out hold you back.” – Babe Ruth via @momentumdash.bsky.social
“The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.” – John Burroughs via @momentumdash.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 3:45 AM
“The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.” – John Burroughs via @momentumdash.bsky.social
“Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.” – Henry van Dyke via @momentumdash.bsky.social
April 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
“Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.” – Henry van Dyke via @momentumdash.bsky.social
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Sharon Salzberg via @momentumdash.bsky.social
April 1, 2025 at 1:02 AM
“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Sharon Salzberg via @momentumdash.bsky.social
Reposted by Andrea J. Loney
The power of on-screen representation 😻🐈⬛
March 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The power of on-screen representation 😻🐈⬛
“The world will ask you who you are, and if you do not know, the world will tell you.” – Carl Jung via @momentumdash.bsky.social
March 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
“The world will ask you who you are, and if you do not know, the world will tell you.” – Carl Jung via @momentumdash.bsky.social
Reposted by Andrea J. Loney
February 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Reposted by Andrea J. Loney
Celebrate Lunar New Year with These 9 Books for Kids, Tweens, and Teens
Celebrate Lunar New Year with These 9 Books for Kids, Tweens, and Teens
Young readers of all ages can enjoy the various activities involved with Lunar New Year as they read these titles.
www.slj.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Celebrate Lunar New Year with These 9 Books for Kids, Tweens, and Teens
Reposted by Andrea J. Loney
WE DID IT! Thanks to your generosity we smashed our fundraising target, and we are so incredibly grateful to everyone who donated, bid, shared, and supported. You showed up for Los Angeles, and we can’t thank you enough!
The @Kidlit For Los Angeles team (Caroline, Charlotte, Tara and Jocelyn) 💖
The @Kidlit For Los Angeles team (Caroline, Charlotte, Tara and Jocelyn) 💖
January 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
WE DID IT! Thanks to your generosity we smashed our fundraising target, and we are so incredibly grateful to everyone who donated, bid, shared, and supported. You showed up for Los Angeles, and we can’t thank you enough!
The @Kidlit For Los Angeles team (Caroline, Charlotte, Tara and Jocelyn) 💖
The @Kidlit For Los Angeles team (Caroline, Charlotte, Tara and Jocelyn) 💖
Yaaaaaaaay! Jan 20th (9am PST) - Jan 26th (9pm PST) support Kidlit For Los Angeles, a fundraising auction benefiting wildfire relief efforts in Los Angeles. Over 340 items (signed books, original artwork, and opportunities for critiques and AMAs)! Bid now!
www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlosangeles
www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlosangeles
January 22, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Yaaaaaaaay! Jan 20th (9am PST) - Jan 26th (9pm PST) support Kidlit For Los Angeles, a fundraising auction benefiting wildfire relief efforts in Los Angeles. Over 340 items (signed books, original artwork, and opportunities for critiques and AMAs)! Bid now!
www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlosangeles
www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlosangeles
Reposted by Andrea J. Loney
pls take a 10s emotional break and look at my cat
January 21, 2025 at 4:09 AM
pls take a 10s emotional break and look at my cat
Reposted by Andrea J. Loney
Unsolicited writing advice, #17171617:
Don't just write. Read books. Watch films. Look at paintings and sculpture. Play games. Go to plays. Listen to music. Think about how these things make you feel.
Making art is a two-way stream. To make art, you have to consume art.
Don't just write. Read books. Watch films. Look at paintings and sculpture. Play games. Go to plays. Listen to music. Think about how these things make you feel.
Making art is a two-way stream. To make art, you have to consume art.
January 13, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Unsolicited writing advice, #17171617:
Don't just write. Read books. Watch films. Look at paintings and sculpture. Play games. Go to plays. Listen to music. Think about how these things make you feel.
Making art is a two-way stream. To make art, you have to consume art.
Don't just write. Read books. Watch films. Look at paintings and sculpture. Play games. Go to plays. Listen to music. Think about how these things make you feel.
Making art is a two-way stream. To make art, you have to consume art.
Yaaaaaaaaaay! I am so excited to share the news! PICK IT UP AND TAKE A SPIN is my love letter to hula hooping and the ups and downs of the learning process, to be illustrated by the delightful Patricia Pessoac and published by @harpercollins.bsky.social in 2027 💖 #EduSky #KidLitSky #Skybrarian
December 13, 2024 at 12:15 AM
Yaaaaaaaaaay! I am so excited to share the news! PICK IT UP AND TAKE A SPIN is my love letter to hula hooping and the ups and downs of the learning process, to be illustrated by the delightful Patricia Pessoac and published by @harpercollins.bsky.social in 2027 💖 #EduSky #KidLitSky #Skybrarian
Yaaaaay! It's #smallbusinesssaturday! And shout out to Malik Books at the Westfield Culver City Fox Hills Mall for turning little shoppers into big readers! Check out some of my books in this inspiring video collaboration he made with @godaddy 💕💖📚💖💕
youtu.be/Jk1Nd-fQUkE?...
youtu.be/Jk1Nd-fQUkE?...
How Malik Books Uses GoDaddy to Build Community
YouTube video by GoDaddy
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December 1, 2024 at 1:36 AM
Yaaaaay! It's #smallbusinesssaturday! And shout out to Malik Books at the Westfield Culver City Fox Hills Mall for turning little shoppers into big readers! Check out some of my books in this inspiring video collaboration he made with @godaddy 💕💖📚💖💕
youtu.be/Jk1Nd-fQUkE?...
youtu.be/Jk1Nd-fQUkE?...
Yaaaaaay! 😊 I am an award-winning author of over a dozen children's books, a public speaker, and a teacher. I believe that every kid should get to see themselves lovingly and authentically represented on the cover of a book and as the hero of the story. 💖
We are all in this together! 💕🌎💕
We are all in this together! 💕🌎💕
December 1, 2024 at 1:33 AM
Yaaaaaay! 😊 I am an award-winning author of over a dozen children's books, a public speaker, and a teacher. I believe that every kid should get to see themselves lovingly and authentically represented on the cover of a book and as the hero of the story. 💖
We are all in this together! 💕🌎💕
We are all in this together! 💕🌎💕
Yaaaaaaaaay! I’m at the Roxbury branch of the Boston Public Library today, 9:30 am to 3 pm! Come visit our amazing Black authors and illustrators at this fun family event!
November 23, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Yaaaaaaaaay! I’m at the Roxbury branch of the Boston Public Library today, 9:30 am to 3 pm! Come visit our amazing Black authors and illustrators at this fun family event!
February 14, 2024 at 7:55 PM
In this onslaught of escalating book bans and injustice, 30 kidlit authors/allies are fighting back by sharing our own stories of hope. Proceeds go to PEN America. Come join us at this virtual event and donate. bit.ly/458lAqM
Book bans ⬆️ 33%. If you value the freedom to read, donate & join us for this event!
#KidlitAgainstBookBans 10/3/23 7 pm ET
Virtual benefit to fight censorship: 30 children's authors/allies tell stories of hope. Any donation gives access to watch. 100% proceeds directly to PEN America. bit.ly/458lAqM
#KidlitAgainstBookBans 10/3/23 7 pm ET
Virtual benefit to fight censorship: 30 children's authors/allies tell stories of hope. Any donation gives access to watch. 100% proceeds directly to PEN America. bit.ly/458lAqM
September 28, 2023 at 10:05 PM
In this onslaught of escalating book bans and injustice, 30 kidlit authors/allies are fighting back by sharing our own stories of hope. Proceeds go to PEN America. Come join us at this virtual event and donate. bit.ly/458lAqM
Yaaaaaay! I finally made it to BlueSky! Thank you @debbieohi.bsky.social for the inspiration and dedication. Thank you @gregpincus.bsky.social for hooking me up with the invite (and for all of your delightful Gregness!). And thanks to everyone who's connected with me on here. Let's do this! 😄
September 28, 2023 at 9:54 AM
Yaaaaaay! I finally made it to BlueSky! Thank you @debbieohi.bsky.social for the inspiration and dedication. Thank you @gregpincus.bsky.social for hooking me up with the invite (and for all of your delightful Gregness!). And thanks to everyone who's connected with me on here. Let's do this! 😄