Samantha M Clark
@samanthamclark.com
Author of books for kids and young at heart. Repped by Rachel Orr, Prospect Literary. Samanthamclark.com | Samanthamclark.substack.com | Bsky.app/profile/samanthamclark.com
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Samantha M Clark
@samanthamclark.com
· Dec 2
Intro post! I'm a dog lover, ghostwriter, writing mentor and author of these books for kids: ARROW (MG, Simon & Schuster) Mad Max meets Jungle Book. Arrow's the only human in a magically hidden rainforest. When they're found by the arid outside world, he must figure out the truth to save his home
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One way to teach visual literacy is to have students read graphic novels, which are a much-maligned genre of books that actually include examples of every genre known in "regular" books, from nonfiction to poetry to fiction
www.kqed.org/mindshift/64...
#EduSky #TLSky
www.kqed.org/mindshift/64...
#EduSky #TLSky
Debunking Myths About Graphic Novels and Comics to Unlock Learning | KQED
3 educators weighed in on how graphic novels and comics can boost reading skills and enhance critical thinking.
www.kqed.org
January 25, 2026 at 8:59 PM
One way to teach visual literacy is to have students read graphic novels, which are a much-maligned genre of books that actually include examples of every genre known in "regular" books, from nonfiction to poetry to fiction
www.kqed.org/mindshift/64...
#EduSky #TLSky
www.kqed.org/mindshift/64...
#EduSky #TLSky
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LOVE this novel! Can't wait to read the graphic novel. #kidlit
The highly anticipated #MG #graphicnovel adaptation of Front Desk by @kellyyang.bsky.social out October 20! 5 ⭐️ bookshop.org/a/102434/978... #library #tlsky #skybrarian #skybrarians #books #bookrecommendation #librarian #librarians
January 26, 2026 at 3:50 AM
LOVE this novel! Can't wait to read the graphic novel. #kidlit
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📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
The Museum of Shapes
Sven Volker
Really fun and simple ways to look at shapes and geometry. I loved the progression from 1D to 2D to 3D and combining shapes!
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
The Museum of Shapes
Sven Volker
Really fun and simple ways to look at shapes and geometry. I loved the progression from 1D to 2D to 3D and combining shapes!
January 25, 2026 at 12:49 PM
📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
The Museum of Shapes
Sven Volker
Really fun and simple ways to look at shapes and geometry. I loved the progression from 1D to 2D to 3D and combining shapes!
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
The Museum of Shapes
Sven Volker
Really fun and simple ways to look at shapes and geometry. I loved the progression from 1D to 2D to 3D and combining shapes!
Yay for the Texas librarians!
THE LIBRARIANS won the Texas Independent Film Award (TIFA), handed out each year to a movie shot in the Lone Star State @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social
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January 25, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Yay for the Texas librarians!
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Excited to announce that ✨THE MOONLIT SPIRAL✨, my first creator-owned original graphic novel since Cleopatra in Space, arrives in shops 10/6/26 from Candlewick Press. 🩵
January 24, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Excited to announce that ✨THE MOONLIT SPIRAL✨, my first creator-owned original graphic novel since Cleopatra in Space, arrives in shops 10/6/26 from Candlewick Press. 🩵
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Your library can be the best place to meet and share with other cooks while finding a world of new cookbooks to try before you buy!
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Library Cookbook Book Clubs
Your library can be the best place to meet and share with other cooks while finding a world of new cookbooks to try before you buy!
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January 25, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Your library can be the best place to meet and share with other cooks while finding a world of new cookbooks to try before you buy!
medium.com/everylibrary...
medium.com/everylibrary...
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Check out this amazing picture book ode to caregivers which will touch the hearts of everyone, young and old alike. www.mariacmarshall.com/single-post/... @torreymaldonado.bsky.social Teresa Martinez @nancyrosep.bsky.social #PPBF #kidlit #family #caregivers 📚👍
January 24, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Check out this amazing picture book ode to caregivers which will touch the hearts of everyone, young and old alike. www.mariacmarshall.com/single-post/... @torreymaldonado.bsky.social Teresa Martinez @nancyrosep.bsky.social #PPBF #kidlit #family #caregivers 📚👍
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📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
Gus Hearts the Bus
Lindsay Leslie & Geeta Ladi
Lindsay Leslie 🖊️📚
@geetaladi.bsky.social
Such a cute book, especially for those kids who get obsessed with a topic. Also, lovely for trusting what kids know about their favorite topic!
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
Gus Hearts the Bus
Lindsay Leslie & Geeta Ladi
Lindsay Leslie 🖊️📚
@geetaladi.bsky.social
Such a cute book, especially for those kids who get obsessed with a topic. Also, lovely for trusting what kids know about their favorite topic!
January 24, 2026 at 12:12 PM
📚👍 So many good books.
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
Gus Hearts the Bus
Lindsay Leslie & Geeta Ladi
Lindsay Leslie 🖊️📚
@geetaladi.bsky.social
Such a cute book, especially for those kids who get obsessed with a topic. Also, lovely for trusting what kids know about their favorite topic!
#kidlit #kidlitart #picturebooks
Gus Hearts the Bus
Lindsay Leslie & Geeta Ladi
Lindsay Leslie 🖊️📚
@geetaladi.bsky.social
Such a cute book, especially for those kids who get obsessed with a topic. Also, lovely for trusting what kids know about their favorite topic!
More benefits from reading... :)
January 24, 2026 at 12:45 AM
More benefits from reading... :)
Oh my goodness!!
January 23, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Oh my goodness!!
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any way you could preorder this if you have kids ages 2-6 or if you think I'm pretty and cool
taking a small break from pigeons and book bans to say: I have books coming out this year!
BATHTIME FOR SNOW MONKEYS is about the Japanese macaques you've seen videos of chillin in hot springs.
It's written in haiku and illus by Yas Imamura! 🐒❄️🛁
bookshop.org/p/books/bath...
BATHTIME FOR SNOW MONKEYS is about the Japanese macaques you've seen videos of chillin in hot springs.
It's written in haiku and illus by Yas Imamura! 🐒❄️🛁
bookshop.org/p/books/bath...
January 22, 2026 at 8:32 PM
any way you could preorder this if you have kids ages 2-6 or if you think I'm pretty and cool
Book 1️⃣ in a #MG #scifi duology. Read it before #book 2️⃣ releases: bookshop.org/a/102434/978... #library #librarian #tlsky #skybrarian #skybrarians #bookrecommendation #books #librarians
January 23, 2026 at 4:41 AM
Registration closes in 1 HOUR for my character writing class with @writersleaguetexas.bsky.social tonight. Looking forward to it! Sign up at the link. It'll be recorded if you can't make it live. writersleague.org/calendar/thr... #writingclass #writers #writing
“Throw More Stones: Creating Characters Through Conflict” with Samantha M. Clark
$59 for Members $119 for Non-Members Whether you’re writing a character-driven or plot-driven story, comedy, drama, or tragedy, conflict is your friend. Big or small, from outside influences or int…
writersleague.org
January 21, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Registration closes in 1 HOUR for my character writing class with @writersleaguetexas.bsky.social tonight. Looking forward to it! Sign up at the link. It'll be recorded if you can't make it live. writersleague.org/calendar/thr... #writingclass #writers #writing
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Almost every shelter dog has a story. Here's MELIA's below. Please read it and repost it. Training is funded to whomever adopts her. You just have to be fully committed to helping her. She will be her best with the right person. Please adopt her.
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January 21, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Almost every shelter dog has a story. Here's MELIA's below. Please read it and repost it. Training is funded to whomever adopts her. You just have to be fully committed to helping her. She will be her best with the right person. Please adopt her.
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Note this one. One of the best of the best of the year already.
★ “Incisive and joyful” picture book GOLDFINCHES by late poet Mary Oliver and illustrator Melissa Sweet “tether[s] nest-building and art-making for a wondrous close that points to the generative meaning that can arise from paying attention”
Goldfinches by Mary Oliver
Sweet vibrantly illuminates an incisive and joyful work from the late poet Oliver in a picture book that takes the feel of a nat...
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January 20, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Note this one. One of the best of the best of the year already.
All my characters have names from the first moment they're on a page. This does not mean that name will be the same name when the story is published. As I learn more about my characters, their names often change. #writing
Tell me more about your #AwesomeCharacters
Writing technical question!
Do you name your characters right away or do you use placeholder names?
Are the placeholders descriptive or just filler names you'll change?
Has a placeholder ever grown on you?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
Writing technical question!
Do you name your characters right away or do you use placeholder names?
Are the placeholders descriptive or just filler names you'll change?
Has a placeholder ever grown on you?
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompts
January 20, 2026 at 8:24 PM
All my characters have names from the first moment they're on a page. This does not mean that name will be the same name when the story is published. As I learn more about my characters, their names often change. #writing
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And now your moment of zen.
January 20, 2026 at 7:09 PM
And now your moment of zen.
Last chance to sign up for my Creating Characters Through Conflict class happening TOMORROW night with @writersleaguetexas.bsky.social ! It's character building, world building and plot building tools rolled into 1. Recorded if you can't attend live. #write writersleague.org/calendar/thr...
“Throw More Stones: Creating Characters Through Conflict” with Samantha M. Clark
$59 for Members $119 for Non-Members Whether you’re writing a character-driven or plot-driven story, comedy, drama, or tragedy, conflict is your friend. Big or small, from outside influences or int…
writersleague.org
January 20, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Last chance to sign up for my Creating Characters Through Conflict class happening TOMORROW night with @writersleaguetexas.bsky.social ! It's character building, world building and plot building tools rolled into 1. Recorded if you can't attend live. #write writersleague.org/calendar/thr...
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✨🎂 Happy Book Birthday to ‘Zamzam for Everyone’ written by Razeena Omar Gutta and illustrated by Bassent Dawoud!
Purchase ‘Zamzam for Everyone’ NOW on our website or wherever books are sold! 👉 www.barefootbooks.com/zamzam-for-e...
Purchase ‘Zamzam for Everyone’ NOW on our website or wherever books are sold! 👉 www.barefootbooks.com/zamzam-for-e...
January 20, 2026 at 3:14 PM
✨🎂 Happy Book Birthday to ‘Zamzam for Everyone’ written by Razeena Omar Gutta and illustrated by Bassent Dawoud!
Purchase ‘Zamzam for Everyone’ NOW on our website or wherever books are sold! 👉 www.barefootbooks.com/zamzam-for-e...
Purchase ‘Zamzam for Everyone’ NOW on our website or wherever books are sold! 👉 www.barefootbooks.com/zamzam-for-e...
Not sure if I'll make it to #kidlitchat tonight, but excited it's on!
It is #kidlitchat day (as it is every Tuesday)! Gather with your #kidlit loving Bluesky pals right here at 9pm Eastern/6pm Pacific for a spirited hour of community. We’ll see you then!
January 20, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Not sure if I'll make it to #kidlitchat tonight, but excited it's on!
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“Reading is an exercise in empathy.” @malorieblackman.bsky.social Let’s make an effort to include Indigenous voices and perspectives in the reading lives of kids and teens. #Books @harperkids.bsky.social @epicreads.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 4:25 PM
“Reading is an exercise in empathy.” @malorieblackman.bsky.social Let’s make an effort to include Indigenous voices and perspectives in the reading lives of kids and teens. #Books @harperkids.bsky.social @epicreads.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social
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I’m nearly in tears over here. It’s not only a star from Kirkus, it’s the most amazing and beautiful review I’ve ever received. Thank you! And thank you to the incredible illustrator, Calvin Nicholls!#newbooks #books #picturebook #hanschristianandersen #starredreview
January 20, 2026 at 4:37 PM
I’m nearly in tears over here. It’s not only a star from Kirkus, it’s the most amazing and beautiful review I’ve ever received. Thank you! And thank you to the incredible illustrator, Calvin Nicholls!#newbooks #books #picturebook #hanschristianandersen #starredreview