Cathy Carr
@cathycarrwrites.bsky.social
Author 365 DAYS TO ALASKA (2021) and LOST KITES AND OTHER TREASURES (2024), published by Abrams/Amulet. Rep. Rachel Orr, Prospect Agency. To quote Toni Morrison, "You are your best thing." You can find me at www.cathycarrwrites.com.
Reposted by Cathy Carr
It's OUR BOOK BIRTHDAY! 🎂 🍾 🥳 Check out INFLUENCED by Cindy L Otis and me! Another book for these goofballs to devour 😂 #booksky #YA #kidlit
Influenced Banksy n Layla
YouTube video by Sarah Darer Littman (Author)
youtu.be
August 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Reposted by Cathy Carr
My TAKE 5 interview is with @carolynbfraiser.bsky.social ! She wrote her new PB, M IS FOR MASON JAR, on a dare and sold it to the first publisher!🤯
GIVEAWAY: a 30-min AMA Zoom OR a signed book!
To enter:
Share
Like & Comment
Follow
#Booksky #kidlit #teachersky
beckywalkerbooks.com/2025/08/04/t...
GIVEAWAY: a 30-min AMA Zoom OR a signed book!
To enter:
Share
Like & Comment
Follow
#Booksky #kidlit #teachersky
beckywalkerbooks.com/2025/08/04/t...
TAKE 5 with CAROLYN FRAISER
From canning cucumbers to scattering seeds, children play an essential role in homesteading, learning valuable skills that foster self-reliance, gratitude, and a deeper connection to nature. M Is f…
beckywalkerbooks.com
August 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
My TAKE 5 interview is with @carolynbfraiser.bsky.social ! She wrote her new PB, M IS FOR MASON JAR, on a dare and sold it to the first publisher!🤯
GIVEAWAY: a 30-min AMA Zoom OR a signed book!
To enter:
Share
Like & Comment
Follow
#Booksky #kidlit #teachersky
beckywalkerbooks.com/2025/08/04/t...
GIVEAWAY: a 30-min AMA Zoom OR a signed book!
To enter:
Share
Like & Comment
Follow
#Booksky #kidlit #teachersky
beckywalkerbooks.com/2025/08/04/t...
Reposted by Cathy Carr
The greatest part of a writer’s time is spent in reading, in order to write; a man will turn over half a library to make one book.” — Samuel Johnson
August 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The greatest part of a writer’s time is spent in reading, in order to write; a man will turn over half a library to make one book.” — Samuel Johnson
I've said it before, but it bears saying again: a good review does not have to be a LONG review. My newest GR review is four words--and it does the job! If you like a book, please post a review and make a writer happy today! #mglit #kidlit #teacher #Librarian #abramskids
August 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I've said it before, but it bears saying again: a good review does not have to be a LONG review. My newest GR review is four words--and it does the job! If you like a book, please post a review and make a writer happy today! #mglit #kidlit #teacher #Librarian #abramskids
Reposted by Cathy Carr
Recently a beloved character appeared at a sporting event, middle grade authors held a conversation, an author-illustrator made his debut, and a graphic novelist enjoyed a launch party + more
In Brief: July 24, 2025
Recently a beloved character appeared at a sporting event, middle grade authors held a conversation, an author-illustrator made his debut, and a graphic novelist enjoyed a launch party.
buff.ly
July 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Recently a beloved character appeared at a sporting event, middle grade authors held a conversation, an author-illustrator made his debut, and a graphic novelist enjoyed a launch party + more
Reposted by Cathy Carr
Dear Writer,
Remember to find and hold onto the joy of storytelling.
Love, Kayleigh
Remember to find and hold onto the joy of storytelling.
Love, Kayleigh
July 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Dear Writer,
Remember to find and hold onto the joy of storytelling.
Love, Kayleigh
Remember to find and hold onto the joy of storytelling.
Love, Kayleigh
Reposted by Cathy Carr
The books we love when we're young change our lives forever - and so do the people who help us find those books. So here's a huge & heartfelt THANK YOU to all the amazing teachers, librarians, booksellers & everyone else out there who's helping kids find books to read & love! #literacy
July 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The books we love when we're young change our lives forever - and so do the people who help us find those books. So here's a huge & heartfelt THANK YOU to all the amazing teachers, librarians, booksellers & everyone else out there who's helping kids find books to read & love! #literacy
So the latest publishing gossip I heard was that we should stop writing middle-grade books for boys, because "they don't read anyway." I know at least one middle-grade boy who is a dedicated reader. How about you? Do you know one? #mglit #kidlit
a man is wearing headphones and reading a book
Alt: Nerdy-looking blond young man wearing headphones and reading a book
media.tenor.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Reposted by Cathy Carr
Today is the birthday of American author Ernest Hemingway, who won the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for "The Old Man and the Sea," and the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. His personal library of over 7,000 volumes has been cataloged on LibraryThing as one of our Legacy Libraries. #💙📚 #Booksky
July 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This is good entertainment right here.
"Get that bag, Dr. S."
Can you guess the children’s book by its scathing one-star review on Goodreads?
Can you guess the children’s book by its scathing one-star review on Goodreads?
One Star Review Guess Who?
Can you guess the children’s book by its scathing one-star review on Goodreads?
100scopenotes.com
July 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This is good entertainment right here.
Reposted by Cathy Carr
“By fifth grade, I knew I wanted to write sports books and ones that featured someone like me as an athlete”: Amar Shah on his love of the sports genre and his new graphic memoir, ‘Wish I Was a Baller’ buff.ly/eoe5pvz
July 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
“By fifth grade, I knew I wanted to write sports books and ones that featured someone like me as an athlete”: Amar Shah on his love of the sports genre and his new graphic memoir, ‘Wish I Was a Baller’ buff.ly/eoe5pvz
Reposted by Cathy Carr
Keep creating, even if the world feels hard. Even if the work feels hard. The world needs your voice. There's a kid out there who will be changed because of your imagination and efforts. And even if the work feels lonely, you aren't alone. I'm so proud to be in the publishing trenches with you.
July 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Keep creating, even if the world feels hard. Even if the work feels hard. The world needs your voice. There's a kid out there who will be changed because of your imagination and efforts. And even if the work feels lonely, you aren't alone. I'm so proud to be in the publishing trenches with you.
Reposted by Cathy Carr
This is a pinnable post for the #KidLitMegaFeed, a collab (multiple curated #KidLit lists). Admins: @boringstorybook.com @charlenedraws.bsky.social @debbieohi.com. READ THIS re: how to be added, how to post.
Pls:
📌Save/pin the feed if you enjoy
🔁Repost to share
bsky.app/profile/debb...
Pls:
📌Save/pin the feed if you enjoy
🔁Repost to share
bsky.app/profile/debb...
January 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This is a pinnable post for the #KidLitMegaFeed, a collab (multiple curated #KidLit lists). Admins: @boringstorybook.com @charlenedraws.bsky.social @debbieohi.com. READ THIS re: how to be added, how to post.
Pls:
📌Save/pin the feed if you enjoy
🔁Repost to share
bsky.app/profile/debb...
Pls:
📌Save/pin the feed if you enjoy
🔁Repost to share
bsky.app/profile/debb...
Not a damn thing. Not one damn thing!
I have a game. What were you "known" for on Twitter?
I'll go first. I'm the woman who caused Dave Ramsey to mass-block Royals Twitter.
I'll go first. I'm the woman who caused Dave Ramsey to mass-block Royals Twitter.
June 23, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Not a damn thing. Not one damn thing!
Reposted by Cathy Carr
Let's celebrate the kickoff of summer w/ a #Giveaway! To enter: Follow & share. Extra entry for subscribing to my newsletter, The Briefing Room (see website). @sourcebooks.bsky.social #BTPTravelingARC #BookPosse #BookAllies #BookJaunt #booknerd #mystery #middlegrade #Reading Winner on 6/30.
June 2, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Let's celebrate the kickoff of summer w/ a #Giveaway! To enter: Follow & share. Extra entry for subscribing to my newsletter, The Briefing Room (see website). @sourcebooks.bsky.social #BTPTravelingARC #BookPosse #BookAllies #BookJaunt #booknerd #mystery #middlegrade #Reading Winner on 6/30.
Reposted by Cathy Carr
I ring the closing bell here at #kidlitchat with hopes that 10 years from now, we have this same topic again with all of y'all still joining us every Tuesday night! See you then! (Or... for now... next week)
June 18, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I ring the closing bell here at #kidlitchat with hopes that 10 years from now, we have this same topic again with all of y'all still joining us every Tuesday night! See you then! (Or... for now... next week)
Reposted by Cathy Carr
I'm a couple days late, but thought I'd still say, "Happy National Pollinator Week!" Support #bees, #butterflies and other pollinators by planting #nativeplants,
#booksky, #writersky #readersky, #kidlitchat, #kidlit,#saveourpollinators, #insectsky
#booksky, #writersky #readersky, #kidlitchat, #kidlit,#saveourpollinators, #insectsky
June 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I'm a couple days late, but thought I'd still say, "Happy National Pollinator Week!" Support #bees, #butterflies and other pollinators by planting #nativeplants,
#booksky, #writersky #readersky, #kidlitchat, #kidlit,#saveourpollinators, #insectsky
#booksky, #writersky #readersky, #kidlitchat, #kidlit,#saveourpollinators, #insectsky
I absolutely love this guideline. And let me just say, it works in pottery too.
Take this as a metaphor: lots of people just beginning with drawing work really hard to make their lines a perfectly even thickness. This is a mistake and once they realize that lines with variation are much more interesting and produce higher quality work, it is very freeing for them. #Kidlitchat
June 19, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I absolutely love this guideline. And let me just say, it works in pottery too.
Reposted by Cathy Carr
Been thinking about this a lot. I’ve been writing for 20+ years now in different capacities, and I think the devaluation of knowledge, creativity, literacy, and nature has just cemented what I aimed for at the start:
These things matter, so if you want to keep them — protect them.
#kidlitchat
These things matter, so if you want to keep them — protect them.
#kidlitchat
TOPIC: How has your work changed over the last decade as the times have changed? Or has it? Do you focus on more universal emotions or do you, say, dive into the impacts of the covid years (or the arrival of AI or social media or or or or)? Or is it always how things intertwine? #Kidlitchat
June 19, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Been thinking about this a lot. I’ve been writing for 20+ years now in different capacities, and I think the devaluation of knowledge, creativity, literacy, and nature has just cemented what I aimed for at the start:
These things matter, so if you want to keep them — protect them.
#kidlitchat
These things matter, so if you want to keep them — protect them.
#kidlitchat
I favor universal emotions and situations more than themes "of the moment," as one friend put it. That being said, because so many things don't really change in the tween world (mean friends! flawed parents! siblings are great but also SUCK!) I think my books still feel current. #kidlitchat
TOPIC: How has your work changed over the last decade as the times have changed? Or has it? Do you focus on more universal emotions or do you, say, dive into the impacts of the covid years (or the arrival of AI or social media or or or or)? Or is it always how things intertwine? #Kidlitchat
June 19, 2025 at 2:57 AM
I favor universal emotions and situations more than themes "of the moment," as one friend put it. That being said, because so many things don't really change in the tween world (mean friends! flawed parents! siblings are great but also SUCK!) I think my books still feel current. #kidlitchat
Reposted by Cathy Carr
If anyone else is feeling bleh, then you're welcome to hang out with us in the #5AMWritersClub.
#scriptsky #scriptsky+
#scriptsky #scriptsky+
June 9, 2025 at 9:08 AM
If anyone else is feeling bleh, then you're welcome to hang out with us in the #5AMWritersClub.
#scriptsky #scriptsky+
#scriptsky #scriptsky+
Reposted by Cathy Carr
Time to get working on your Porter Square Books Writer in Residence applications. Form is open now. Deadline is August 31! www.portersquarebooks.com/porter-squar...
www.portersquarebooks.com
June 10, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Time to get working on your Porter Square Books Writer in Residence applications. Form is open now. Deadline is August 31! www.portersquarebooks.com/porter-squar...
I did not give up on writing middle-grade fiction in favor of a focus on something easier and more lucrative.
That was my big writing milestone this quarter. 😂
I'm laughing. But also somewhat serious. #kidlitchat
That was my big writing milestone this quarter. 😂
I'm laughing. But also somewhat serious. #kidlitchat
TOPIC: We have a tradition here at #kidlitchat of checking in every quarter to share what we've been up to, career-wise. What have your past three months been like, and what's next? (Plans, daydreams and false starts are totally valid responses!)
June 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I did not give up on writing middle-grade fiction in favor of a focus on something easier and more lucrative.
That was my big writing milestone this quarter. 😂
I'm laughing. But also somewhat serious. #kidlitchat
That was my big writing milestone this quarter. 😂
I'm laughing. But also somewhat serious. #kidlitchat
Reposted by Cathy Carr
Please share to let young people and teachers know that they (or their pupils) can submit pieces for the @theguardian.com Young Country Diary. Some great tips on #naturewriting here and published YC diarists will be paid!
#countrydiary
#countrydiary
Nature boys and girls – here’s your chance to get published in the Guardian
Our wildlife series Young Country Diary is looking for articles written by children, about their summer encounters with nature
www.theguardian.com
June 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Please share to let young people and teachers know that they (or their pupils) can submit pieces for the @theguardian.com Young Country Diary. Some great tips on #naturewriting here and published YC diarists will be paid!
#countrydiary
#countrydiary