Cheryl B. Klein
@cherylklein.bsky.social
I notice things for a living. Editorial director, Workman Kids; author of THE MAGIC WORDS: WRITING GREAT BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS and five picture books, most recently IT’S HARD TO BE A BABY; 6yo mom; Virgo/goofball. Opinions my own.
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Cheryl B. Klein
@cherylklein.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Hello, new followers! I'm a children's book editor with 24 years in the business & author of THE MAGIC WORDS: WRITING GREAT BOOKS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS and five picture books. I post about books, writing craft, politics, publishing, NYC, my 5-year-old son, & things that make me laugh.
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Some of us have been advocating this going back since chatGPT launched. It also has other benefits: correcting someone else's work is actually a really good way to learn something yourself.
November 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Some of us have been advocating this going back since chatGPT launched. It also has other benefits: correcting someone else's work is actually a really good way to learn something yourself.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
it is happening again theonion.com/this-war-wil...
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November 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Scarleteen is raising $40,000 to support the healthcare needs of staff and volunteers who do this vulnerable, crucial, intimate work. 204 people have donated $23k; please join them today and share. www.classy.org/campaign/scarl...
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November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Scarleteen is raising $40,000 to support the healthcare needs of staff and volunteers who do this vulnerable, crucial, intimate work. 204 people have donated $23k; please join them today and share. www.classy.org/campaign/scarl...
One of my favorite things about the 6yo & his friends is how much of their conversation consists of lore. I met a kid this morning and within 30 seconds he was telling me about a diamond warden (or maybe chicken? Or both) in Minecraft and its powers. 😍
November 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
One of my favorite things about the 6yo & his friends is how much of their conversation consists of lore. I met a kid this morning and within 30 seconds he was telling me about a diamond warden (or maybe chicken? Or both) in Minecraft and its powers. 😍
Want to have me look at your MS or ask me some questions about publishing? Bid to win one of three available hours with me to benefit the Kindling Words retreat! www.32auctions.com/organization...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Want to have me look at your MS or ask me some questions about publishing? Bid to win one of three available hours with me to benefit the Kindling Words retreat! www.32auctions.com/organization...
I enjoyed WICKED: FOR GOOD, but I also have to say my favorite part of the experience was the kid who said “EWWWWW” anytime there was kissing.
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I enjoyed WICKED: FOR GOOD, but I also have to say my favorite part of the experience was the kid who said “EWWWWW” anytime there was kissing.
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Why is startup culture always “I am inventing a coffeeproof phone you can put in your coffee cup to keep it warm with cell radiation” and never “I’m inventing a new library wholesaler to replace the single company that is shutting down and sending libraries into crisis”
November 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Why is startup culture always “I am inventing a coffeeproof phone you can put in your coffee cup to keep it warm with cell radiation” and never “I’m inventing a new library wholesaler to replace the single company that is shutting down and sending libraries into crisis”
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In this tough and moving essay, Caroline Kennedy's 35-year-old daughter Tatiana Schlossberg reveals that she is terminally ill with leukemia. She has some choice words about how her cousin Bobby has made the limited time she has left worse. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
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November 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In this tough and moving essay, Caroline Kennedy's 35-year-old daughter Tatiana Schlossberg reveals that she is terminally ill with leukemia. She has some choice words about how her cousin Bobby has made the limited time she has left worse. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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For those looking for my Unofficial Guide To Bluesky: the link is always in my profile.
Includes quickstart info, how to control what you see and don't see, different community resources, and Resources For the #KidLit Community:
publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/fo...
Includes quickstart info, how to control what you see and don't see, different community resources, and Resources For the #KidLit Community:
publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/fo...
For KidLit Community - Debbie Ridpath Ohi - Obsidian Publish
KidLit Community On Bluesky Since I mainly joined Bluesky in hopes of helping to establish my new home for connecting with the kidlit community (writers, illustrators, educators and librarians, agent…
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November 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
For those looking for my Unofficial Guide To Bluesky: the link is always in my profile.
Includes quickstart info, how to control what you see and don't see, different community resources, and Resources For the #KidLit Community:
publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/fo...
Includes quickstart info, how to control what you see and don't see, different community resources, and Resources For the #KidLit Community:
publish.obsidian.md/debbieohi/fo...
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11 years ago today.
I know we're in a good mood today, but...Tamir Rice should still be here. It's been 10 years and he should be 22 now. RIP to the kid.
November 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
11 years ago today.
In a runoff about whether I pity John Fetterman’s or Olivia Nuzxi’s book publicists more: Fetterman’s author is medically unavailable and everyone hates him, while Nuzzi’s ex is spoiling the book, the campaign, her reputation & possibly life. THEY all chose the mess, but the publicists are innocent.
November 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
In a runoff about whether I pity John Fetterman’s or Olivia Nuzxi’s book publicists more: Fetterman’s author is medically unavailable and everyone hates him, while Nuzzi’s ex is spoiling the book, the campaign, her reputation & possibly life. THEY all chose the mess, but the publicists are innocent.
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With ICE and border patrol goons spreading out across the country, I put together a resource guide for buying, printing, and distributing whistles, based on my own experience. Now is the time to whistle up, hope this helps. dansinker.com/posts/202…
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
With ICE and border patrol goons spreading out across the country, I put together a resource guide for buying, printing, and distributing whistles, based on my own experience. Now is the time to whistle up, hope this helps. dansinker.com/posts/202…
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Mamdani getting Trump to back down & even *compliment* him costs Mamdani absolutely nothing (& indeed actually shows his skills) & probably also saves a lot of vulnerable ppl in this city a trememndous amount of pain if it means Trump is less inclined to act shitty towards us bc of this meeting
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Mamdani getting Trump to back down & even *compliment* him costs Mamdani absolutely nothing (& indeed actually shows his skills) & probably also saves a lot of vulnerable ppl in this city a trememndous amount of pain if it means Trump is less inclined to act shitty towards us bc of this meeting
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November 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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I was expecting a Showdown with Socialism.
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I was expecting a Showdown with Socialism.
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Hi All! I'm opening to submissions between Dec. 1 and Dec 20 - a few short weeks so I can find something fresh to work on for 2026 - before going back to being referral only. For more on my updated manuscript wish list, go here: www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/al...
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November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Hi All! I'm opening to submissions between Dec. 1 and Dec 20 - a few short weeks so I can find something fresh to work on for 2026 - before going back to being referral only. For more on my updated manuscript wish list, go here: www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/al...
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i know we've all laughed about the worm and the affair but this is a profoundly dangerous person who should be expelled from the government.
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
RFK Jr. Says He Instructed CDC to Change Vaccines and Autism Language on Website
In an interview, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited gaps in vaccine safety research. His critics say he is ignoring a larger point: Vaccines save lives.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
i know we've all laughed about the worm and the affair but this is a profoundly dangerous person who should be expelled from the government.
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Bought and sold
November 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Bought and sold
This morning I was thinking about the line “Death, the undiscovered country, from whose bourne no traveler returns,” & I was knocked over by it all over again. The mystery and immensity of death, how it collects everyone in its borders, how we all must go & not come back, in a single phrase. (1/4)
November 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This morning I was thinking about the line “Death, the undiscovered country, from whose bourne no traveler returns,” & I was knocked over by it all over again. The mystery and immensity of death, how it collects everyone in its borders, how we all must go & not come back, in a single phrase. (1/4)
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🧵 Let’s be so effing for real right now. The Department of Education saying these jobs are no longer PROFESSIONAL is dumb as hell and insulting as fuck. It takes YEARS of post-graduate training, including passing certifying exams, to earn degrees in these fields. #fdt #momsky
November 21, 2025 at 1:36 AM
About 8:45, the 6yo announced he wanted to have a dance party. 9:10, he wanted to talk about hieroglyphs. Now he says he is writing a story and asked me how to spell “there.” I am being played like a violin but I am too charmed and pleased to care!
it is only now occurring to me, as i put away the globe and chalk board, having let my 9yo stay up an extra hour bc he said "mama, i just can't remember all the causes of wwi," that i have, perhaps,, been played 😔
November 21, 2025 at 2:28 AM
About 8:45, the 6yo announced he wanted to have a dance party. 9:10, he wanted to talk about hieroglyphs. Now he says he is writing a story and asked me how to spell “there.” I am being played like a violin but I am too charmed and pleased to care!
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"History was full of the bones of good men who'd followed bad orders in the hope that they could soften the blow.
Oh, yes, there were worse things they could do, but most of them began right where they started following bad orders."
-Terry Pratchett, Jingo
#Discworld
Oh, yes, there were worse things they could do, but most of them began right where they started following bad orders."
-Terry Pratchett, Jingo
#Discworld
November 10, 2024 at 2:57 PM
"History was full of the bones of good men who'd followed bad orders in the hope that they could soften the blow.
Oh, yes, there were worse things they could do, but most of them began right where they started following bad orders."
-Terry Pratchett, Jingo
#Discworld
Oh, yes, there were worse things they could do, but most of them began right where they started following bad orders."
-Terry Pratchett, Jingo
#Discworld
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.