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Steena Hernandez

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Steena Hernandez @steenahernandez.bsky.social · Jul 28

✨I’m leaping with excitement to hear that LUPITA’S BROWN BALLET SLIPPERS has won the Crystal Kite Award in the Texas & Oklahoma division! 🤎🩰🥹🤎🩰

✨Thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who voted! Congratulations to all the winners and honorees! 🎉
#SCBWI
#SCBWI25CK
#CrystalKiteAward

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Steena Hernandez @steenahernandez.bsky.social · 4d

Amazing opportunity! Thank you so much! ❤️

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Melissa Manlove @mmanlove.bsky.social · 5d

Psst! I am opening up to unagented children's book submissions *just for the month of October*! This is an exciting experiment. The email to send submissions to is [email protected]. You can find out about what I'm looking for at www.manuscriptwishlist.com/mswl-post/me...

Melissa Manlove – The Official Manuscript Wish List Website

www.manuscriptwishlist.com

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Delia Ruiz @aventuras.en.esl @aventurasenesl.bsky.social · 6d

🚨Last day for FREE SHIPPING on Bookshop🚨 & stack an extra 20% off (lmk if you need a code!) here are all the books by topics: bookshop.org/shop/aventur...
#kidlit

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Steena Hernandez @steenahernandez.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you, amiga! ❤️

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GabrielConstans @gabrielconstans.bsky.social · 7d

📽️ When abandonment and cultural isolation threaten to destroy a new mother's spirit, a passing acquaintance proves that home isn't a place—it's the people who choose to care. #immigrant #USA #India💃🏽 See our #film in Albany, NY on 10/11 at 11am. Tickets: tinyurl.com/3m7dwedz

This image is a promotional graphic for the "YASODHARA" short film, an official selection at the Renaissance Black Film Fest, with a "Save the Date" reminder.

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Steena Hernandez @steenahernandez.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you, friends! ❤️🥰❤️

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Kristi Mahoney @kristimahoney.bsky.social · 12d

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Steena Hernandez @steenahernandez.bsky.social · 24d

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Steena Hernandez @steenahernandez.bsky.social · 26d

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Steena Hernandez @steenahernandez.bsky.social · 26d

Thank You, @12x12challenge.bsky.social!❤️🙏🏼❤️✨

12 x 12 Picture Book Writing Challenge @12x12challenge.bsky.social · 26d

Congrats to our 2025 #CrystalKite winning #12x12PB members! We are so proud of you, @sarahkurpiel.bsky.social, @evawongnava.bsky.social, @steenahernandez.bsky.social, @writerjolene.bsky.social, @cwrobinson.bsky.social, @sylviaichen.bsky.social, & Anita Yasuda!

#amwriting #picturebook #kidlit

Steena Hernandez @steenahernandez.bsky.social · 26d

✨ Enter for a chance to win a copy of Lupita’s Brown Ballet Slippers! 🥰🩰🤎Thank you, @readyourworld.bsky.social!
Check it out on IG! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Read Your World @readyourworld.bsky.social · 26d

Have you entered this week's giveaway yet? Hop over to our Instagram for a chance to win Lupita's Brown Ballet Slippers from @steenahernandez.bsky.social !

www.instagram.com/p/DOqzVS0EfNN/

#ReadYourWorld #kidlit

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Steena Hernandez @steenahernandez.bsky.social · 26d

Yay! 🥰👏🏽

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Jilanne Hoffmann | Kidlit @jilanne.bsky.social · 28d

So excited to FINALLY be able to share some of Khoa Le's amazing art! THE OCEAN'S HEART releases March 3, 2026!!! Get some goodies by preordering from Noe Valley Books!! viviankirkfield.com/2025/09/15/_... #kidlit #picturebooks @steelworksliterary.bsky.social @lernerbooks.bsky.social #edusky

Cover Reveal: THE OCEAN’S HEART: The Tiny Creatures Essential to Life

Hip hip hooray!!! Time to lift the curtain and REVEAL a beautiful new picture book COVER! And this one is for a dear friend, author Jilanne Hoffman who has a new book launching March 3, 2026 from M…

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Vivian Kirkfield @viviankirkfield.bsky.social · 28d

Like a work of art in a museum unveiling, a picture book cover reveal is a special moment. Please join us in congratulating @jilanne.bsky.social and illustrator Khoa Le on this gorgeous work of art! The book launches March 3, 2026 from Millbrook viviankirkfield.com/2025/09/15/_...

Cover Reveal: THE OCEAN’S HEART: The Tiny Creatures Essential to Life

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Steena Hernandez @steenahernandez.bsky.social · 28d

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Steena Hernandez @steenahernandez.bsky.social · 28d

Congratulations! 😍❤️🥳

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Delia Ruiz @aventuras.en.esl @aventurasenesl.bsky.social · Sep 10

🎉Hi friends! I create educator guides & would ❤️ if you hired me! I got an unexpected bill & would love to take on some projects to help cover it. I do English/Spanish guides & have a masters in differentiated instruction to create activities ✨Let's work together: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Educator guide , teaching guide for author books

Spanish Educator guide, teaching guide en español

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Steena Hernandez @steenahernandez.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thanks again! 🥰❤️

Steena Hernandez @steenahernandez.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thanks, Maria! 💕

Steena Hernandez @steenahernandez.bsky.social · Sep 5

I won this wonderful book by @heatherstigall7.bsky.social and Jess Mason from @kidlit411.bsky.social! 😍 Thank you so much for sending it to me! 🥰 I’m Loving it and can’t wait to share it with my homeschool co-op group! ❤️❤️❤️ ~Believe ✨

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Steena Hernandez @steenahernandez.bsky.social · Sep 3

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Steena Hernandez @steenahernandez.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thank you so much! 🥰

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Kidlit411 @kidlit411.bsky.social · Aug 29

We are pleased to host a giveaway of the picture book, TÍO RICKY DOESN'T SPEAK ENGLISH NO HABLA INGLÉS by @maritererbellas.bsky.social illustrated by Jayri Gómez (Lil'Bros) out Oct. 25.

To enter, L + RP & confirm your entry in our Friday weekly: kidlit411.com/2025/08/the-...

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Steena Hernandez @steenahernandez.bsky.social · Aug 25

Thank you for creating a space for young creators to shine! 🥰❤️❤️❤️

Little Thoughts Press @littlethoughtspress.com · Aug 25

Enjoy @ianbrownlie.bsky.social's poem "Ali the Artist," inspired by the illustration Portrait Painting by young artist Olivia McGinty (@steenahernandez.bsky.social).

Little Thoughts Press Issue 10: An Ekphrasis Adventure is available now in print & pdf.

www.littlethoughtspress.com/issues

Illustration by Olivia McGinty of a person having their portrait painted. Accompanying the illustration is part of the poem "Ali the Artist" by Ian Brownlie.

Steena Hernandez @steenahernandez.bsky.social · Aug 25

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