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Ellen L. Ramsey

@ellenlramseybooks.bsky.social

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#kidlit, SCBWI, 12x12, book lover, nature lover. A BOOK FOR BEAR (Flamingo Books/Penguin Random House, 2023) www.ellenlramsey.com

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Ellen L. Ramsey @ellenlramseybooks.bsky.social · Jun 9

Happy to be a new member of Bluesky and to join the #kidlit community! #teachers #librarians #kidsbooks #loveofbooks #friendship #abookforbear @penguinkids.bsky.social @scbwiepa.bsky.social

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Ellen L. Ramsey @ellenlramseybooks.bsky.social · 8d

Especially for Educators: "From Story to STEAM: Building Project-Based Learning from Picture Books" by Lindsay Moretti bethandersonwriter.com/2025/10/03/e...

Especially for Educators: “From Story to STEAM: Building Project-Based Learning from Picture Books” by Lindsay Moretti

If you’re not familiar with Lindsay Moretti’s endeavor for educators called KIDLIT GROVE, please…read on! In this post, she shares her process of using picture books as a springbo…

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Ellen L. Ramsey @ellenlramseybooks.bsky.social · 14d

Mining for Heart in the Absence of Compassion: WORTHY: THE BRAVE AND CAPABLE LIFE OF JOSEPH PIERCE by Andrea Wang bethandersonwriter.com/2025/09/26/m...

Mining for Heart in the Absence of Compassion: WORTHY: THE BRAVE AND CAPABLE LIFE OF JOSEPH PIERCE by Andrea Wang

Author Andrea Wang’s latest book is beautiful in text and art, and at the same time heartbreaking and inspiring. The path to the heart of WORTHY: THE BRAVE AND CAPABLE LIFE OF JOSEPH PIERCE s…

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Sondra Eklund @sonderbooks.com · 24d

Firefly Song: Lynn Frierson Faust and the Great Smoky Mountain Discovery, by Colleen Paeff, illustrated by Ji-Hyuk Kim, tells the story of a woman who researched to show scientists there were synchronous fireflies in North America.

Read my review:
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Cover of Firefly Song: Lynn Frierson Faust and the Great Smoky Mountain Discovery, by Colleen Paeff, illustrated by Ji-Hyuk Kim. Picture shows a girl looking into a jar of fireflies with firefly lights all around her and trees in the night behind her.

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Eileen Ruvane @eileenruvane.bsky.social · Aug 28

The math checks out. Let's all buy books this weekend!

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Ellen L. Ramsey @ellenlramseybooks.bsky.social · Sep 5

Fantastic cover! I'm eager to read!

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Eileen Ruvane @eileenruvane.bsky.social · Sep 4

Cover reveal! Huge thanks to designer Micah Fleming and artist Mishko for perfectly capturing the YA thriller vibes. Coming out 6.16.26 from Amulet Books. Available for pre-order now! www.abramsbooks.com/product/tell...

#BookSky #YALit #WritingCommunity #CoverReveal #BookBoost

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Mary Boone @boonewrites.bsky.social · Jul 1

Author @mwstories.bsky.social as grateful for the many ways in which members of the children’s community have helped him grow as a writer.
Read more here: www.boonewrites.com/post/six-que...

Six Questions with Michael Wang

Michael Wang is an author, designer, and avid plant enthusiast. His career began in graphic design, where he worked for many years before co-founding a design studio specializing in creating and curat...

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Mary Boone @boonewrites.bsky.social · Sep 2

How does author @taradairman.bsky.social know an idea will make a good book?
1. When it won’t leave her alone.
2. When it feels like something something she hasn't seen before.
3. When it feels like something she’s particularly qualified to write.
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Six Questions with Tara Dairman

Tara Dairman (she/they) writes middle-grade novels and picture books about kids with strong passions and big questions about the world. Tara’s books include The Girl from Earth’s End, the All Four Sta...

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Ellen L. Ramsey @ellenlramseybooks.bsky.social · Sep 1

When an uninvited guest arrives . . . #hummingbird

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Eileen Ruvane @eileenruvane.bsky.social · Aug 21

Path to Publication: A Poem.
The books on my shelves speak to me in many ways!
#WritingCommunity
#WriteLife
#Authors
#Books
#WriteSky

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John Schu @mrschureads.bsky.social · Aug 20

I chatted with @jyotigopal.bsky.social about The Power of Your Name AND Arctic Adventure: A Tundra Tale: mrschureads.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-...

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That Librarian: Amanda Jones @librarianjones.com · Aug 20

Almost a year since my book came out (!!). It’s now a bestseller, I got to tour the world + meet amazing readers, authors & librarians, and you sent me 200+ photos of it “in the wild.” Paperback drops Sept 30 with a new afterword!
@bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social @sarahnfisk.bsky.social

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Ellen L. Ramsey @ellenlramseybooks.bsky.social · Aug 21

Another fascinating middle grade novel from Lee Miao--Take a Shot, Kipp writerreaderteacher.wordpress.com/2025/08/20/t...

Take a Shot, Kipp

The two best things about being a part of the kidlit community are its network of generous, supportive creatives and the friendships that develop over the shared love of writing and illustrating. I…

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Ellen L. Ramsey @ellenlramseybooks.bsky.social · Aug 7

Reading With Your Kids! writerreaderteacher.wordpress.com/2025/08/06/r...

Reading With Your Kids!

Recently, I was a guest on Jed Doherty’s podcast, learning about his background and media training, and I encourage creatives to pitch their work for exposure.

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Ellen L. Ramsey @ellenlramseybooks.bsky.social · Jul 25

Help Bear find a book and Brian count turtles! Join Angela De Groot and me for fun read-alouds with illustrations by the amazing MacKenzie Haley plus crafts/activities. Hope to see you there! @mainpoint213.bsky.social @penguinkids.bsky.social @scbwiepa.bsky.social #abookforbear #loveofbooks

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Cathy Ballou Mealey @catballoumealey.bsky.social · Jul 25

Congrats @janmilusich.bsky.social and #chrisraschka on I HEAR THE SNOW, I SMELL THE SEA! Read more here: www.pathstoliteracy.org/i-hear-the-s...

@anneschwartz.bsky.social @penguinkids.bsky.social
#picturebook #visionimpairment #Braille

Cover of book written by Jan Milusich and illustrated by Chris Raschka titled I HEAR THE SNOW I SMELL THE SEA, a picture book that follows a young blind girl as she explores the changing seasons through her senses

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Donna Rossman @donnarossman.bsky.social · Jul 25

So excited to have won Second Place! Thank @gayleckrause.bsky.social and contest judges. Congratulations to all the winners and to those to put their work out there! #Kidlit #OnceUponaTwistedTale #Fairytales

Gayle C Krause @gayleckrause.bsky.social · Jul 22

Congratulations!
This contest was in conjunction with the ONCE UPON A TWISTED TALE Special Anniversary Edition release set for August 1st.
If you like "Fractured Fairytales", this collection is for you. <3 #OnceUponaTwistedTale

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Ellen L. Ramsey @ellenlramseybooks.bsky.social · Jul 18

Thanks for sharing, Kristen!

Ellen L. Ramsey @ellenlramseybooks.bsky.social · Jul 18

To win a copy of A BOOK FOR BEAR, follow me @ellenlramseybooks on Instagram and ❤️ this post. Thanks to those who brought Bear’s story to life and to readers who have made Bear’s first two years so special! #giveaway #abookforbear #teachers #librarians #loveofbooks @scbwiepa.bsky.social

Ellen L. Ramsey @ellenlramseybooks.bsky.social · Jul 18

Photos taken at sundown.The total time captured by images was 0.1 second (i.e., one tenth of a second). Thus, time between top and middle images and middle and bottom images was 0.05 second (i.e., five hundredths of a second). #hummingbirds #fireflies

Ellen L. Ramsey @ellenlramseybooks.bsky.social · Jul 18

Look forward to reading PRIYA'S NOT-SO-PERFECT BRAND-NEW OUTFIT.

Srividhya Venkat @srividhyavenkat.bsky.social · Jul 18

Thrilled to announce my next book... PRIYA'S NOT-SO-PERFECT BRAND-NEW OUTFIT.🎉
It is part imagination and part real - a story 'little me' would have loved.
I'm grateful to my CPs and agent @adriagoetz, and excited to have the talent of @colourbyvaish.

#picturebook #kidlit #southasian #pavadai

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Heather Stigall @heatherstigall7.bsky.social · Jul 17

📚👍If you live near Penn State and ❤️ books, this is the event for you! Crafts! Meet the authors! Books! Schlow Library, July 30th!
#kidlit #authorevent #authorlife #writingcommunity #picturebooks #kidlitcommunity #pennstate #educators #readingcommunity #paisleysbigbirthday #gilbertandtheghost

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Candace Spizzirri 📚 @candacespizzirri.bsky.social · Jul 17

I love getting photos of kiddos reading Chantelle and Burgen Thorne’s and my picture book, FINLEY: A MOOSE ON THE CABOOSE! 📕❤️❤️❤️

@GnomeRoadPub #kidlit #picturebooks #librarians #parents #teachers #moose #trains #adventure #alaska

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Roxanne Werner @roxannemwerner.bsky.social · Jul 17

Raining, raining so hard the rainchain is overflowing. Good night to curl up with a cup of tea and a good book! At the moment I'm reading Inheritance by Nora Roberts? What are you reading?

#rainchains #amreading #booksky #rain #amwriting

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Heather Stigall @heatherstigall7.bsky.social · Jul 18

A new family has moved into our window box. I think I count 5?

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