Cynthia Mackey, Butterfly Sea, pre-order now!
@booksbycindy.bsky.social
Poet, Picture Book author, and Nature educator. IF A BUMBLE BEE LANDS ON YOUR TOE, Picnic Heist. BUTTERFLY SEA is available for pre-order with Tielmour Press, #SCBWI #Edusky #CANSCAIP #CWILL
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Two great books that go great together.
Both are beautiful, poetic, and instructive. Both explore big feelings about little creatures.
Author @booksbycindy.bsky.social sees them as companion books and I totally agree.
Both are beautiful, poetic, and instructive. Both explore big feelings about little creatures.
Author @booksbycindy.bsky.social sees them as companion books and I totally agree.
It started with IF A BUMBLEBEE LANDS ON YOUR TOE, a book that helps readers see how mindfulness and nature connections can help with anxiety. 🐝 🧚♂️ 🦊
BUTTERFLY SEA, its companion, depicts the story of two nature explorers, each with their own unique agenda, and the wonder of discovery. 🦋 🌊 🌼 #Libsky
BUTTERFLY SEA, its companion, depicts the story of two nature explorers, each with their own unique agenda, and the wonder of discovery. 🦋 🌊 🌼 #Libsky
Reposted by Cynthia Mackey, Butterfly Sea, pre-order now!
Huge congrats Cynthia and Marie-Laure!!
Our book baby is getting closer to release date - December 15!! Pre-order Butterfly Sea wherever books are sold. Links in comment thread. 🧵 @tielmourpress.bsky.social @picturebookseh.bsky.social @cwillbc.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Huge congrats Cynthia and Marie-Laure!!
Reposted by Cynthia Mackey, Butterfly Sea, pre-order now!
What do dragons dream of? Peace! 📚👍🏽 #interview #KidLit #picturebooks #bookblogger
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Simply 7 with Roni Schotter & Khoa Le: DRAGON DREAMS
I’m sure this time of year, as holidays approach, many a parent and teacher is familiar with the all too familiar bickering. What if instead, there was kindness and peace?
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November 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
What do dragons dream of? Peace! 📚👍🏽 #interview #KidLit #picturebooks #bookblogger
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November 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Reposted by Cynthia Mackey, Butterfly Sea, pre-order now!
first fur, woolly bears
then orange coats, tiger moths
just missing lions
Happy #HaikuSaturday! (I have The Wizard of Oz in my brain/heart after watching Wicked For Good last night 😅)
#metamorphosis
then orange coats, tiger moths
just missing lions
Happy #HaikuSaturday! (I have The Wizard of Oz in my brain/heart after watching Wicked For Good last night 😅)
#metamorphosis
November 22, 2025 at 1:34 PM
first fur, woolly bears
then orange coats, tiger moths
just missing lions
Happy #HaikuSaturday! (I have The Wizard of Oz in my brain/heart after watching Wicked For Good last night 😅)
#metamorphosis
then orange coats, tiger moths
just missing lions
Happy #HaikuSaturday! (I have The Wizard of Oz in my brain/heart after watching Wicked For Good last night 😅)
#metamorphosis
Reposted by Cynthia Mackey, Butterfly Sea, pre-order now!
late November sun
brings the faint promise of fruit
a honey bee hums
#haiku
#HaikuSaturday
#DailyHaikuPrompt
brings the faint promise of fruit
a honey bee hums
#haiku
#HaikuSaturday
#DailyHaikuPrompt
November 22, 2025 at 7:16 AM
late November sun
brings the faint promise of fruit
a honey bee hums
#haiku
#HaikuSaturday
#DailyHaikuPrompt
brings the faint promise of fruit
a honey bee hums
#haiku
#HaikuSaturday
#DailyHaikuPrompt
Me too! #picturebook 💕 booksi
Well, for me, every month is Picture Book Month.
November 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Me too! #picturebook 💕 booksi
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November 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Reposted by Cynthia Mackey, Butterfly Sea, pre-order now!
I take on average 10,000 stills and a half hour of video every week. Most I'll never think about again. This I'll hold onto until I grow old. 4 hours ago.
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
November 23, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I take on average 10,000 stills and a half hour of video every week. Most I'll never think about again. This I'll hold onto until I grow old. 4 hours ago.
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
We were having such a good time with this, we ended up with a two part #limerick this week. Proof that writing can be goofy and fun. Laughter is the best medicine. (Even if the writers are the only ones laughing). 🤣 😂 😝
Tom stopped at his local craft fair,
Impressed with the mixture of wares.
Booths with colorful sweets
Lined the cobblestone streets.
“I refuse to support billionaires!” (1/2)
#LimerickSunday two-parter by @karyncurtiswrites.bsky.social, @booksbycindy.bsky.social, & me! #limerick
Impressed with the mixture of wares.
Booths with colorful sweets
Lined the cobblestone streets.
“I refuse to support billionaires!” (1/2)
#LimerickSunday two-parter by @karyncurtiswrites.bsky.social, @booksbycindy.bsky.social, & me! #limerick
November 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
We were having such a good time with this, we ended up with a two part #limerick this week. Proof that writing can be goofy and fun. Laughter is the best medicine. (Even if the writers are the only ones laughing). 🤣 😂 😝
Did some writerly errands today!
#butterflysea #ifabumblebeelandsonyourtoe #libsky #edusky #booksky #kidlitmegafeed #cankidlit
#butterflysea #ifabumblebeelandsonyourtoe #libsky #edusky #booksky #kidlitmegafeed #cankidlit
November 22, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Did some writerly errands today!
#butterflysea #ifabumblebeelandsonyourtoe #libsky #edusky #booksky #kidlitmegafeed #cankidlit
#butterflysea #ifabumblebeelandsonyourtoe #libsky #edusky #booksky #kidlitmegafeed #cankidlit
It started with IF A BUMBLEBEE LANDS ON YOUR TOE, a book that helps readers see how mindfulness and nature connections can help with anxiety. 🐝 🧚♂️ 🦊
BUTTERFLY SEA, its companion, depicts the story of two nature explorers, each with their own unique agenda, and the wonder of discovery. 🦋 🌊 🌼 #Libsky
BUTTERFLY SEA, its companion, depicts the story of two nature explorers, each with their own unique agenda, and the wonder of discovery. 🦋 🌊 🌼 #Libsky
Two great books that go great together.
Both are beautiful, poetic, and instructive. Both explore big feelings about little creatures.
Author @booksbycindy.bsky.social sees them as companion books and I totally agree.
Both are beautiful, poetic, and instructive. Both explore big feelings about little creatures.
Author @booksbycindy.bsky.social sees them as companion books and I totally agree.
November 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
It started with IF A BUMBLEBEE LANDS ON YOUR TOE, a book that helps readers see how mindfulness and nature connections can help with anxiety. 🐝 🧚♂️ 🦊
BUTTERFLY SEA, its companion, depicts the story of two nature explorers, each with their own unique agenda, and the wonder of discovery. 🦋 🌊 🌼 #Libsky
BUTTERFLY SEA, its companion, depicts the story of two nature explorers, each with their own unique agenda, and the wonder of discovery. 🦋 🌊 🌼 #Libsky
Reposted by Cynthia Mackey, Butterfly Sea, pre-order now!
Back cover reveal.
November 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Back cover reveal.
A lovely event for your holiday shopping. I’m pleased to be participating with fellow creatives.
#yyj #events #shoplocal #library #books #art #holiday #gifts
🌲 🎁 🐝 🦋 📚
#yyj #events #shoplocal #library #books #art #holiday #gifts
🌲 🎁 🐝 🦋 📚
If you are in Victoria, BC on Saturday, November 22 from 10-3 visit Cedar Hill Rec Centre for the #holidaymarket. Come find several Vancouver Island based writers and illustrators of children and YA books!
#yyjevents #picturebookmaker
@booksbycindy.bsky.social @saanichbc.bsky.social
#yyjevents #picturebookmaker
@booksbycindy.bsky.social @saanichbc.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Looking forward to this very much. 💕 We’ll be there with cute buttons created by @annely-so.bsky.social I love how #Victoria people are so great at shopping #local. 🎁 🌲 🎨 📚
If you are in the lower Vancouver Island area on Saturday, November 21 consider coming to the Cedar Hill Holiday Market. I will be there with other local picture book makers and other artsy people!
@booksbycindy.bsky.social @saanichbc.bsky.social #picturebooks #holidaymarket #yyjevents
@booksbycindy.bsky.social @saanichbc.bsky.social #picturebooks #holidaymarket #yyjevents
November 20, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Looking forward to this very much. 💕 We’ll be there with cute buttons created by @annely-so.bsky.social I love how #Victoria people are so great at shopping #local. 🎁 🌲 🎨 📚
Reposted by Cynthia Mackey, Butterfly Sea, pre-order now!
Huge congrats Cynthia. Can't wait!!
Our book baby is getting closer to release date - December 15!! Pre-order Butterfly Sea wherever books are sold. Links in comment thread. 🧵 @tielmourpress.bsky.social @picturebookseh.bsky.social @cwillbc.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Huge congrats Cynthia. Can't wait!!
Reposted by Cynthia Mackey, Butterfly Sea, pre-order now!
Thank you so much for your review, Patricia! 🥰
Butterfly Sea, by Cynthia Mackey and Marie-Laure Couët, is a charming story that uses lyrical language and soft, beautiful illustrations to remind us to slow down and enjoy the quiet surprises in life.🥰 🦋 #ButterflySea @booksbycindy.bsky.social @marielaurecouet.bsky.social @tielmourpress.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Thank you so much for your review, Patricia! 🥰
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Omg this is my first ever book review.
🦋 After reading a BUTTERFLY SEA advance copy (thank u, @booksbycindy.bsky.social !), I can say y’all are in for a treat. It hits themes I often explore in my own work & makes my photographer’s heart smile. Plus, the illustrations are GORGEOUS. @marielaurecouet.bsky.social @tielmourpress.bsky.social
Getting ready to mail postcards announcing the December 15 release of my next #pb Butterfly Sea. I’m sure you will fall in love with @marielaurecouet.bsky.social artwork! Gorgeous! #CanKidLit #Kidlitmegafeed #booklaunch #pre-order #coverart #butterfly #photography #pretendplay #imagination
November 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Omg this is my first ever book review.
Reposted by Cynthia Mackey, Butterfly Sea, pre-order now!
This is why I love being the author and collaborating with an illustrator. I love to write with a lot of space between the words and then be delighted by the final outcome. 🦋 🐝
“I think the process of illustrating picture books is looking for the space in between the words, and then building out from these spaces. So you’re searching for the parts of the story that have been left unsaid.”
-Todd Stewart
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Skating Wild on an Inland Sea
Let’s go! Experience the magic of skating on wild ice. Two children wake up to hear the lake singing, then the wind begins wailing … or is it a wolf? They bundle up and venture out into the cold, carr...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This is why I love being the author and collaborating with an illustrator. I love to write with a lot of space between the words and then be delighted by the final outcome. 🦋 🐝
Our book baby is getting closer to release date - December 15!! Pre-order Butterfly Sea wherever books are sold. Links in comment thread. 🧵 @tielmourpress.bsky.social @picturebookseh.bsky.social @cwillbc.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Our book baby is getting closer to release date - December 15!! Pre-order Butterfly Sea wherever books are sold. Links in comment thread. 🧵 @tielmourpress.bsky.social @picturebookseh.bsky.social @cwillbc.bsky.social
This makes my heart so happy. Please consider pre-ordering our new book, Butterfly Sea. 🦋 🌊
@cwillbc.bsky.social @picturebookseh.bsky.social
@canscaip.bsky.social
#Libsky #Edusky
@cwillbc.bsky.social @picturebookseh.bsky.social
@canscaip.bsky.social
#Libsky #Edusky
Butterfly Sea earned Kirkus Review 'Get It' accolade! "Couët's watercolor-style illustrations drive the story, offering beautiful, sweeping landscapes of butterflies flying over a body of water and endearing close-ups of the children examining insects. A sweet tale of childhood with lovely images."
November 18, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This makes my heart so happy. Please consider pre-ordering our new book, Butterfly Sea. 🦋 🌊
@cwillbc.bsky.social @picturebookseh.bsky.social
@canscaip.bsky.social
#Libsky #Edusky
@cwillbc.bsky.social @picturebookseh.bsky.social
@canscaip.bsky.social
#Libsky #Edusky
Reposted by Cynthia Mackey, Butterfly Sea, pre-order now!
The butterflies are still here. Feels like Spring of late after the hard freezes. Thank goodness for the hardy meadow wildflowers for the pollinators to have a nectar source.
Cloudless Sulphur butterfly in flight in our middle meadow today for #SundayYellow 💛
#Photography99 📷🌱 #Butterflies 🦋
Cloudless Sulphur butterfly in flight in our middle meadow today for #SundayYellow 💛
#Photography99 📷🌱 #Butterflies 🦋
November 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The butterflies are still here. Feels like Spring of late after the hard freezes. Thank goodness for the hardy meadow wildflowers for the pollinators to have a nectar source.
Cloudless Sulphur butterfly in flight in our middle meadow today for #SundayYellow 💛
#Photography99 📷🌱 #Butterflies 🦋
Cloudless Sulphur butterfly in flight in our middle meadow today for #SundayYellow 💛
#Photography99 📷🌱 #Butterflies 🦋
Thank you for sharing, Patricia! Butterfly Sea releases December 15th! 🦋 🧜♀️ 🏴☠️ 🌊 🌺 📕
Butterfly Sea, by Cynthia Mackey and Marie-Laure Couët, is a charming story that uses lyrical language and soft, beautiful illustrations to remind us to slow down and enjoy the quiet surprises in life.🥰 🦋 #ButterflySea @booksbycindy.bsky.social @marielaurecouet.bsky.social @tielmourpress.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Thank you for sharing, Patricia! Butterfly Sea releases December 15th! 🦋 🧜♀️ 🏴☠️ 🌊 🌺 📕
Reposted by Cynthia Mackey, Butterfly Sea, pre-order now!
Tom wrestled with LED lights
Suspended at towering heights
With talons a-freezing
He couldn't help sneezing
Tom feared this could lead to last rites!
Turkey Tom's #LimerickSunday adventures by @jengelmattern.bsky.social, @booksbycindy.bsky.social, and me
Suspended at towering heights
With talons a-freezing
He couldn't help sneezing
Tom feared this could lead to last rites!
Turkey Tom's #LimerickSunday adventures by @jengelmattern.bsky.social, @booksbycindy.bsky.social, and me
a cartoon of spongebob holding up a string of lights
ALT: a cartoon of spongebob holding up a string of lights
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November 16, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Tom wrestled with LED lights
Suspended at towering heights
With talons a-freezing
He couldn't help sneezing
Tom feared this could lead to last rites!
Turkey Tom's #LimerickSunday adventures by @jengelmattern.bsky.social, @booksbycindy.bsky.social, and me
Suspended at towering heights
With talons a-freezing
He couldn't help sneezing
Tom feared this could lead to last rites!
Turkey Tom's #LimerickSunday adventures by @jengelmattern.bsky.social, @booksbycindy.bsky.social, and me
If you’re in Victoria on November 22, I will be at Cedar Hill Rec Centre from 10 am to 3 pm. I’m with a group of Vancouver Island Picture Book Creators so if you have gifts to buy for children on your list, this is a wonderful way to shop local and support literacy! 🇨🇦 📚 #yyj #gifts #shoplocal
November 16, 2025 at 4:39 AM
If you’re in Victoria on November 22, I will be at Cedar Hill Rec Centre from 10 am to 3 pm. I’m with a group of Vancouver Island Picture Book Creators so if you have gifts to buy for children on your list, this is a wonderful way to shop local and support literacy! 🇨🇦 📚 #yyj #gifts #shoplocal