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Stories in @SoutheastReview and Microfiction Monday Magazine; SCBWI; 12x12; picture books!!
“Calm is my courage.” Just read the ARC of My Life as an Asthmanaut: A book about asthma @jlockettauthor1.bsky.social, Adriana Predoi, @freespiritbooks.bsky.social, for kids who cope and their crew. Calmness and caring are our superpowers. In April. #ChildrensBooks, #WritingCommunity.📚
February 15, 2026 at 4:52 AM
“Calm is my courage.” Just read the ARC of My Life as an Asthmanaut: A book about asthma @jlockettauthor1.bsky.social, Adriana Predoi, @freespiritbooks.bsky.social, for kids who cope and their crew. Calmness and caring are our superpowers. In April. #ChildrensBooks, #WritingCommunity.📚
Words of wisdom for finding the heart of your story by Daria Peoples for @12x12challenge.bsky.social. Catch the replay, if you can. #ChildrensBooks, #WritingCommunity. 📚
February 10, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Words of wisdom for finding the heart of your story by Daria Peoples for @12x12challenge.bsky.social. Catch the replay, if you can. #ChildrensBooks, #WritingCommunity. 📚
PB’s I’m loving right now: “Maybe becoming the us is where our story really starts.” Stalactite & Stalagmite, Drew Beckmeyer, Atheneum Books for Young Readers. #ChildrensBooks, #ChewyReviewy, #WritingCommunity.📚
February 9, 2026 at 7:50 PM
PB’s I’m loving right now: “Maybe becoming the us is where our story really starts.” Stalactite & Stalagmite, Drew Beckmeyer, Atheneum Books for Young Readers. #ChildrensBooks, #ChewyReviewy, #WritingCommunity.📚
Six more weeks of winter?
February 9, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Six more weeks of winter?
I did it! This is such a fun event. Tara and the contributors are fantastic!
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February 1, 2026 at 3:27 PM
I did it! This is such a fun event. Tara and the contributors are fantastic!
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Looking for focus in your big topic picture book? Read today’s Linda Ravin Lodding Storystorm post on turning headlines into hope. Thanks to @taralazar.Bluesky.social for providing the setting for gems like this.
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Storystorm 2026 Day 25: Linda Ravin Lodding Turns Headlines into Hope
by Linda Ravin Lodding Some days, the world feels like it’s shouting in ALL CAPS. You open the news and there it is again: another story that makes your shoulders creep toward your ears like they’r…
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January 25, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Looking for focus in your big topic picture book? Read today’s Linda Ravin Lodding Storystorm post on turning headlines into hope. Thanks to @taralazar.Bluesky.social for providing the setting for gems like this.
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PB’s I’m loving right now: “A sea turtle, big as a dinner plate…stranded, far from home.” Turtles Heading Home! @lizalives.bsky.social, Phyllis Root, and Jacqueline Briggs Martin, @charlesbridge.bsky.social. #ChildrensBooks, #ChewyReviewy, #WritingCommunity. 📚
January 2, 2026 at 11:14 PM
PB’s I’m loving right now: “A sea turtle, big as a dinner plate…stranded, far from home.” Turtles Heading Home! @lizalives.bsky.social, Phyllis Root, and Jacqueline Briggs Martin, @charlesbridge.bsky.social. #ChildrensBooks, #ChewyReviewy, #WritingCommunity. 📚
Happy snowy New Year’s morning! What is it about snow that brings out the cardinals?
January 1, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Happy snowy New Year’s morning! What is it about snow that brings out the cardinals?
I'm in!
December 29, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I'm in!
That’s a wrap to our Holiday PB Countdown, folks. I wish you sweet winter celebrations and cozy reading. #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks, #kidlit #holiday, , #winter. 📚
December 24, 2025 at 8:29 PM
That’s a wrap to our Holiday PB Countdown, folks. I wish you sweet winter celebrations and cozy reading. #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks, #kidlit #holiday, , #winter. 📚
Holiday PB Countdown: Bear and Wolf, Daniel Salmieri, @enchantedlion.bsky.social, #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks, #kidlit #holiday, #Christmas, #winter. 📚
December 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Holiday PB Countdown: Bear and Wolf, Daniel Salmieri, @enchantedlion.bsky.social, #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks, #kidlit #holiday, #Christmas, #winter. 📚
Holiday PB Countdown: Dasher, @tavaresbooks.bsky.social , @candlewickpress.bsky.social , #PictureBooks, #ChildrensBooks #Christmas #winter.📚
December 24, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Holiday PB Countdown: Dasher, @tavaresbooks.bsky.social , @candlewickpress.bsky.social , #PictureBooks, #ChildrensBooks #Christmas #winter.📚
Holiday PB Countdown: Mr. Santa, Jarvis, Candlewick Press. #PictureBooks, #ChildrensBooks, #Christmas #winter. 📚
December 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Holiday PB Countdown: Mr. Santa, Jarvis, Candlewick Press. #PictureBooks, #ChildrensBooks, #Christmas #winter. 📚
Holiday PB Countdown: Carla and the Christmas Cornbread, Carla Hall, Cherise Harris, A Denene Millner Book, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. #PictureBooks, #ChildrensBooks, #Christmas #winter. 📚
December 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Holiday PB Countdown: Carla and the Christmas Cornbread, Carla Hall, Cherise Harris, A Denene Millner Book, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. #PictureBooks, #ChildrensBooks, #Christmas #winter. 📚
Holiday PB Countdown: The Christmas Mitzvah, Inspired by a True Story, Jeff Gottesfeld, Michelle Laurentia Agatha, @crestonbooks.bsky.social, #PictureBooks, #ChildrensBooks, #Christmas #winter. 📚
December 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Holiday PB Countdown: The Christmas Mitzvah, Inspired by a True Story, Jeff Gottesfeld, Michelle Laurentia Agatha, @crestonbooks.bsky.social, #PictureBooks, #ChildrensBooks, #Christmas #winter. 📚
Holiday PB Countdown: Oskar and the Eight Blessings, Richard Simon and Tanya Simon, Mark Siegel, Roaring Brook Press, @mackidsbooks.bsky.social #PictureBooks, #ChildrensBooks, #Hanukkah, #Christmas #winter. 📚
December 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Holiday PB Countdown: Oskar and the Eight Blessings, Richard Simon and Tanya Simon, Mark Siegel, Roaring Brook Press, @mackidsbooks.bsky.social #PictureBooks, #ChildrensBooks, #Hanukkah, #Christmas #winter. 📚
Holiday PB Countdown: The Shortest Day, Susan Cooper, Carson Ellis, @candlewickpress.bsky.social. #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks #Solstice #winter. 📚
December 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Holiday PB Countdown: The Shortest Day, Susan Cooper, Carson Ellis, @candlewickpress.bsky.social. #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks #Solstice #winter. 📚
Holiday PB Countdown: The Littlest Solstice Tree, @lisavperron.bsky.social, Ahya Kim, @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social. #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks #Solstice #winter. 📚
December 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Holiday PB Countdown: The Littlest Solstice Tree, @lisavperron.bsky.social, Ahya Kim, @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social. #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks #Solstice #winter. 📚
Holiday PB Countdown: The Book of Candles: Eight Poems of Hanukkah, @laurelsnyder.bsky.social Leanne Hatch, Clarion Books #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks #Hanukkah #winter. 📚
December 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Holiday PB Countdown: The Book of Candles: Eight Poems of Hanukkah, @laurelsnyder.bsky.social Leanne Hatch, Clarion Books #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks #Hanukkah #winter. 📚
Holiday PB Countdown: Little Hare Finds a Gift, Oleksandr Shatokhin, translated by Ali Kinsella, @redcometpressbooks.bsky.social #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks #Christmas #Hanukkah #winter. 📚
December 20, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Holiday PB Countdown: Little Hare Finds a Gift, Oleksandr Shatokhin, translated by Ali Kinsella, @redcometpressbooks.bsky.social #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks #Christmas #Hanukkah #winter. 📚
Holiday PB Countdown: Don’t Invite a Bear Inside for Hanukkah, Karen Rostoker-Gruber, Carles Arbat, Apples & Honey Press, Behrman House Publishers. #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks #Hanukkah #winter. 📚
December 20, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Holiday PB Countdown: Don’t Invite a Bear Inside for Hanukkah, Karen Rostoker-Gruber, Carles Arbat, Apples & Honey Press, Behrman House Publishers. #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks #Hanukkah #winter. 📚
Holiday PB Countdown: How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen, @candlewickpress.bsky.social. #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks #Christmas #winter. 📚
December 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Holiday PB Countdown: How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen, @candlewickpress.bsky.social. #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks #Christmas #winter. 📚
Holiday PB Countdown: Little Santa, Yoko Maruyama, minedition. #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks #Christmas #winter. 📚
December 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Holiday PB Countdown: Little Santa, Yoko Maruyama, minedition. #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks #Christmas #winter. 📚
Holiday PB Countdown: Santa’s First Christmas, Mac Barnett, @sydneydraws.bsky.social, @vikingbooks.bsky.social, Penguin Random House LLC. #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks #Christmas #winter. 📚
December 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Holiday PB Countdown: Santa’s First Christmas, Mac Barnett, @sydneydraws.bsky.social, @vikingbooks.bsky.social, Penguin Random House LLC. #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks #Christmas #winter. 📚
Holiday PB Countdown: The Giving Flower: the Story of the Poinsettia, Alda P. Dobbs, Emily Mendoza, Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, Sourcebooks Kids, @sourcebooks.bsky.social #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks #Christmas #winter. 📚
December 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Holiday PB Countdown: The Giving Flower: the Story of the Poinsettia, Alda P. Dobbs, Emily Mendoza, Sourcebooks Jabberwocky, Sourcebooks Kids, @sourcebooks.bsky.social #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks #Christmas #winter. 📚