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P. J. Purtee, AKA Jill (Shields)
@pjpurtee.bsky.social
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SCBWI
Poet: The Toy, Little Thoughts Press
Mira Reisberg's Children's Book Academy (featured poems)
Honors: Madness! Poetry (Elite 8), #50PreciousWords, Valentiny, Halloweensie, Holiday, Spring Fling
School volunteer
Hx: pediatrics
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Bradenton, FL - United States #LittleFreeLibrary #lfl #books #reading
Bradenton, FL - United States
November 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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BALLOONS OVER BROADWAY
✍🏻 & 🎨 Melissa Sweet
2011, Clarion

A puppeteer
An invention, giant floating balloons
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
♥️
#Thanksgiving
#Parade

#PB
#teachers
#librarians
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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🤣🤣🤣 @sandraboynton.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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FYI:
I would recommend any of the books I personally posted in my thread as gifts this holiday season.

#gifts #presents #books #holiday
Feel free to add your own tag: i.e., #Christmas #Hanukkah, etc.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Little Thoughts Press Issue 12: Better Together ($7.50)
Releases on December 15, 2025

I'm honored one of my poems is in this issue.
Two of my critique buddies poems are in the same issue!
@davidmcmullin.bsky.social @sarahhetu.bsky.social

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Publishing December 15, 2025. Little Thoughts Press is a literary magazine for and by kids. Issue Twelve: Better Together is a celebration of community and collective action. From grand gatherings lik...
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November 23, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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THE DIRT BOOK:
POEMS ABOUT ANIMALS THAT LIVE BENEATH OUR FEET
✍🏻 David L. Harrison
🎨 Kate Cosgrove @k8cosgrove.bsky.social
2021, Holiday House

Dirt
How it’s created
Insects & animals that live there
♥️

#Poems + #NF

#PB
#teachers
#librarians
November 22, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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Well, for me, every month is Picture Book Month.
November 22, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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THE BOOK OF CANDLES: EIGHT POEMS FOR HANUKKAH
✍🏻 Laurl Snyder
🎨 Leanne Hatch
2025, Clarion Books/S&S

Hanukkah
Candles
Explanations
Suggestions
♥️

#Hanukkah

#PB
#KidLit
#teachers
#librarians
#KidAuthors
#KidIllustrators
#KidLitCommunity
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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This week’s prompt from my Rhyme Time group:

Cookies!

#childrenspoetry #kidspoetry
#poetryforchildren #poetryforkids
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November 21, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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THE CITY SINGS GREEN:
AND OTHER POEMS ABOUT WELCOMING WILDLIFE
✍🏻 Erica Silverman @ericasauthor.bsky.social
🎨 Ginnie Hsu @ginniehsu.bsky.social
2024, Clarion/HarperCollins

HELP!

True stories:
honeybee highway
possum bridge
penguin tunnel
turtle beach
etc.
❤️

#poetry #NF

#PB #teachers #librarians
November 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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GO GO DINO!
✍🏻 & 🎨 Kaz Windness
2024, Simon Spotlight

Dinosaurs
Roller skates
Unicycles
A race
♥️
Ready to Read

#rhyme

#KidAuthors #KidIllustrators
#KidLit #KidLitCommunity
#teachers #librarians
November 20, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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November 26, 2024 at 6:11 PM
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BITSY BAT, SCHOOL STAR
✍🏻&🎨 Kaz Windness @kazwindness.bsky.social
2023, Paula Wiseman/S&S

A bat
School
Not fitting in
idea: ⭐️
Fitting in

♥️ ♥️ ♥️
#neurodivergent

#kidlitillustrators #kidauthors: Note all the layers

#PB #picturebooks #childrensbooks
#kidlit #KidLitCommunity
#teachers #librarians
November 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Art day. #artist #kidlitart #joy #kidlit #watercolor #blessed
November 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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You never know what will come out of a broken crayon. #Uplift

More broken crayons, classroom activities, my broken crayon #KidLit picture book with Linda Sue Park: debbieohi.com/resources/re...
A broken brown crayon is arranged so the tip points downward, with the broken end positioned above a drawing. The drawn figure is a bundled-up child in winter clothing holding a mug with a heart on it. A line from the crayon’s broken bit, connects to the mug as if pouring liquid into it.
November 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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ME & MAMA
✍🏻 & 🎨 Cozbi A Cabrera
2020, Denene Millner Books/S&S

A mama
A girl
A rainy day
A bond

♥️

#PB #picturebooks #childrensbooks
#kidlit #KidLitCommunity #kidlitillustrators #kidauthors
#teachers #librarians
November 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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PLUTO GETS THE CALL
✍🏻 Adam Rex @adamrex.bsky.social
🎨 Laurie Keller
2019, Simon Kids

Pluto, a planet . . .
until Earth calls.
Pluto journeys through/interacts with the solar system.

♥️

#PB #picturebooks #childrensbooks
#kidlit #KidLitCommunity #kidlitillustrators #kidauthors
#teachers #librarians
November 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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EARN IT!
SAVE IT!
GIVE SPEND IT!
GIVE IT!
(all 4: A MONEY BOOK)
✍🏻&🎨 Cinders McLeod
Penguin Random House

Math!
#math #teachers #librarians

#PB #picturebooks #childrensbooks
#kidlit #KidLitCommunity #kidlitillustrators #kidauthors
November 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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This week’s prompt from my Rhyme Time group:
Write a “grateful" poem
(using the word, the concept, or any liberal interpretation)
or
write a poem based on Tyger Tyger’s call for submission: tygertyger.net/submissions/.

#childrenspoetry #kidspoetry
#poetryforchildren #poetryforkids
Submissions | Tyger Tyger
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November 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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🔦❤️😂
debbieohi.com Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 14d
Love this post by @mcnees.bsky.social. Quote encapsulates so much about why I write for young people. Children like this 8yo make me hopeful for the future.
#KidLit
mcnees.bsky.social Robert “The Baste God” McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · Nov 9
Probably the best thing I ever posted on that other site, wish I could permanently transplant it to my timeline here.
November 12, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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OUTSIDE IN
✍🏻 Deborah Underwood @underwoodwriter.bsky.social
🎨 Cindy Derby
2020, Clarion

Outside
Inside
Outside inside

Caldecott ♥️

#PB #picturebooks #childrensbooks
#kidlit #KidLitCommunity #kidlitillustrators #kidauthors
#teachers #librarians
November 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Thank you @hunderdown.bsky.social for moderating the SCBWI NY Metro's Annual Agent Panel. Thanks to agents @evascalzo.bsky.social, @janechunlit.bsky.social, & Aashna Avachat for participating. I appreciate your valuable time.
November 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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It's a challenging time for #KidLit book creators. How can YOU can help: browse wkly #KidLitLaunches threads & help boost a book or two? Thanks to those who have been using & helping boost these threads so far! 📚🩷 #EduSky

9/29-10/5 - 10/6-10/12 - 10/13-10/19 - 10/20-10/26 - 10/27-11/2 - 11/3-11/9
Promo graphic for KidLit Launches threads. Illustration shows multiple hands of different skin tones holding up an open book with a pink heart above it. Text below reads “#KidLitLaunches” with art credit to debbieohi.com.
November 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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ROCK AND VOLE
2021, Sleeping Bear Press
📝&🎨 Jennifer Sattler

A predictable vole.
An unpredictable day.
A stubborn rock.

🥰

#PB #picturebooks #childrensbooks
#kidlit #KidLitCommunity #kidlitillustrators #kidauthors
#teachers #librarians
November 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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I adore little libraries!
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM