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Sandra Nickel 📚
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Award-Winning Picture Book Author | Next Up: THE TRUE UGLY DUCKLING: HOW HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN BECAME A SWAN 🐣| Agent: Victoria Wells Arms l #KidLit l #PictureBooks l #VCFA | #SCBWI l #AffirmingAutism l She/her
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Sandra Nickel 📚 @senickel.bsky.social · Jun 24
It's here! Making Light Bloom, with words by me & illustrations by Julie Paschkis is here! It tells the story of the hidden genius behind the Tiffany lamps & has received 3 starred reviews. To learn more, go to sandranickel.com/books/making... #STEAM #kidlit #tiffanylamps #picturebooks #nonfiction
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Look what I woke up to! Our first snow in Switzerland! ❄️💙
#winterwonderland #snow #switzerland #firstsnow #authorlife #kidlit #iamwriting
November 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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“The lesson that we learn from Seven, that sometimes being different has huge rewards, can make those who don’t fit in feel special.” I really hope those who feel different do indeed feel special—because they are! Thank you so much, Pamela Kramer! pamelakramer.com/2025/10/19/a... #pigeons #books
November 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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I'm so excited that Making Light Bloom and I are on the Page Count podcast today! Laura Walter is a fabulous host, and we had an absolutely wonderful conversation. cpl.org/podcast-epis... #books #library #librarians #Ohio #podcast #childrensbooks #picturebooks #Tiffanylamps @holidayhouse.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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So delighted to celebrate this wonderful book!! 🎉
senickel.bsky.social Sandra Nickel 📚 @senickel.bsky.social · 23d
The Crystal Kite Award for Bear’s Big Idea has arrived! Thank you to all of my fellow @scbwi.bsky.social creatives! I am truly touched and honored. 💕 Thank you also to Il Sung Na for his inspired illustrations! 💕 @lernerbooks.bsky.social #picturebooks #award #childrensbook #kidlit #books #booklove
November 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Congratulations! @senickel.bsky.social BEAR’S BIG IDEA @lernerbooks.bsky.social @carolhinz.bsky.social Illus. Il Sung Na
senickel.bsky.social Sandra Nickel 📚 @senickel.bsky.social · 23d
The Crystal Kite Award for Bear’s Big Idea has arrived! Thank you to all of my fellow @scbwi.bsky.social creatives! I am truly touched and honored. 💕 Thank you also to Il Sung Na for his inspired illustrations! 💕 @lernerbooks.bsky.social #picturebooks #award #childrensbook #kidlit #books #booklove
November 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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The Crystal Kite Award for Bear’s Big Idea has arrived! Thank you to all of my fellow @scbwi.bsky.social creatives! I am truly touched and honored. 💕 Thank you also to Il Sung Na for his inspired illustrations! 💕 @lernerbooks.bsky.social #picturebooks #award #childrensbook #kidlit #books #booklove
November 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Happy Alaska Day from Finley, the friendliest moose! 🫎❤️

#AlaskaDay #Alaska #kidlit #picturebooks #moose #trains #determination #adventure
October 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Happy Halloween from Finley! 🎃🧡🧡🧡🎃

@GnomeRoadPub #HappyHalloween #trickortreat #picturebooks #kidlit #finleyamooseonthecaboose
October 31, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet©2025 Cosgrove

What are you gonna be for Halloween this year? 🖤🧡🖤🧡🎃🎃🎃🎃

#humandrawing #kidlit #bunny #noai #dressup #trickortreat #childrensbooks #kidlitart #halloween #spooky #scary #costume #pumpkin #candycorn
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Halloween illustration in dark gem colors. A jack-o’-lantern carved into a house for a squirrel, hands out candy to tiny animal trick or treaters… bat dressed as dino, mouse dressed as alligator, caterpillar dressed as fish. Under the moon and some twinkle lights of candy corn.
October 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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"I can’t say enough about this beautiful book, my friends.
Read it. Share it." —@erindealey.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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And that’s a wrap on my book tour! Back home in beautiful Switzerland, where everything is now golden. 🍂🍁
#booktour #backhome #autumn #picturebookauthor #childtensbookaithor #kidlit #switzerland #lavaux
October 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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49 Great #OwnVoices Native American Children’s Books

buff.ly/5OinqRA via @pragmaticmom

#ReadYourWorld #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth #KidLit
October 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Awe. My hometown bookstore has every single one of my books! Home is the best!
#home #booklove #picturebookauthor #picturebooks #kidlit #pigeons #bearandfish #tiffanylamps #verarubin #joannesimpson #nachosnachos
October 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Cover Reveal! ❤️❤️❤️
abicushman.com Abi Cushman @abicushman.com · Oct 23
So excited to share the cover of THE QUIET OCEAN (words by Charlotte Offsay, pictures by me)! Splashing onto shelves on May 5, 2026 from @simonkids.bsky.social / @ssedlib.bsky.social.

🐠 Pre-order: abicushman.com/books/the-qu...

#coverreveal #kidlitart
Cover of The Quiet Ocean by Charlotte Offsay and Abi Cushman. Pufferfish in ocean surrounded by dolphin, whale, squid, turtle, and shark.
October 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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What fun we had at Oak Orchard Elementary! We read Seven, A Most Remarkable Pigeon, talked about my inspiration & of course did the Pigeon Quiz! I was so impressed by these pigeon experts! @candlewickpress.bsky.social #pigeons #picturebooks #books #booklove #childrensbooks #kidlit #kidlitauthor
October 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Imagine my surprise (and delight) when our plane landed at SMF and I saw that Mychal Threets was sitting behind us. Did I fan-geek? Oh yes I did. 🤪🌟📚🌟📚🌟📚🌟📚🌟#TLSky #Skybrarians #kidlitmegafeed
tljamesa.com James Allen @tljamesa.com · Oct 18
Library Joy in a human being. Thank you Mychal Threets for your work, for celebrating libraries, and for staying one more day 💙💙💙 Thank you @aaslala.bsky.social for making this visit possible. #ReadingRainbow #AASL25 #libraryJOY #libraries #MentalHealth #TLsky
Messy sketchnote of Mychal Threets talk
October 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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So exciting to be at the iconic Strand in New York City signing Seven, A Most Remarkable Pigeon for its Favorite Picture Books table! Eeeee!
@candlewickpress.bsky.social @strandbookstore.bsky.social #autographedbooks #books #pigeons #newyorkcity #picturebooks #kidlit #childrensbooks
October 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Did I see that #BookBlogger Is trending? #Teachers #Skybrarians #RaisingReaders #Edusky #KidlitMegaFeed I post about amazing NEW #kidlit books every week. Here’s the latest pb from JANE YOLEN & @dowphumiruk.bsky.social @littlebrownyr.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social
RUBY MAPS HER WORLD #read
October 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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I loved meeting with the homeschool group at the Southeast Steuben County Library! We read Making Light Bloom & #librarian Sue McConnell led us in making mini Tiffany lamps—an activity on the free #curriculum guide on my website. #libraries #homeschool #tiffanylamp #STEAM #Books #curriculumguide
October 22, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Love this! Nachos and books make the perfect combo. Gonna have to try the original Nacho’s Special now 🔥
October 21, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Happy International Day of the Nacho! Why not celebrate by reading the true story behind the world’s favorite snack and making the original Nacho’s Special! Yum! #nachos #internationaldayofthenacho #nachosnachos @leeandlow.bsky.social #nonfiction #biography #picturebook #booklove #books
October 21, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Happy birthday, @choldenko.bsky.social!
Al Capone Does My Shirts The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman Mouse and His Dog: A Dogtown Book
October 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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I had the BEST time at the Royalton Hartland Community Library! It has such amazing readers! Curious. Full of great questions. Astoundingly good at the Pigeon Quiz! A big thanks to everyone who allowed me to share their photos! ❤️ #librarians #booklove #pigeons @candlewickpress.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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It was a delight visiting the Washington, DC icon @politicsprose.bsky.social! I had heard so much about it & it did not disappoint! If you live in the #washingtondc area and are looking for signed copies of Seven, A Most Remarkable Pigeon, this is your place!
#autographedbooks #books #kidlit
October 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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The other cool surprise at the Corning Museum of Glass is that they feature both Making Light Bloom AND The Stuff Between the Stars! This is because they have Clara Driscoll's lamp AND the lens created for the Palomar Observatory, where Vera Rubin worked.
#STEAM #STEM #teachers #educators #kidlt
October 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM