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Suzy Levinson
@suzylevinson.bsky.social
Children's Author + Poet
🦁 ANIMALS IN PANTS (Abrams)
🦖 DINOS THAT DRIVE (Tundra)
🤡 A YEAR IN CLOWN TOWN (Tundra)
🐍 SALVADOR SNAKE: LOOKING FOR LOVE (Macmillan/Balzer + Bray)

www.suzylevinson.com
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Hi, #kidlit community! I'm loving this cool new hangout spot, aren't you?
Bring on the picture books, bring on the poetry, bring on the good vibes!
And cats.
❤️
Wow! Thanks for including DINOS THAT DRIVE, Evanston Public Library!
🦖🦖🦖
October 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Just 2 days to go! 📣

Join us for this month’s FREE #12x12PB Book Chat with Suzy Levinson, author of DINOS THAT DRIVE! 🦖 Discover how this book went from idea to bookshelf.

📅 Tuesday, Oct 28 at 8 PM ET / 5 PM PT

Sign up here: buff.ly/AwNDBl1

#kidlit #12x12PB
October 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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And if that doesn't inspire you to try your own hand at poetry, then check out these five collections we're loving.

📖 Dinos That Drive
📖 If I Could Choose a Best Day
📖 Words with Wings and Magic Things
📖 Torrible Puns
📖 A Universe of Rainbows
October 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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🎉 Happy Book Birthday to @suzylevinson.bsky.social! 🎉

📚 DINOS THAT DRIVE, illustrated by @dharbin.bsky.social and published by Tundra Books, is out today! 🚗🦖

Find it here: buff.ly/Io8UdaM

#kidlit #12x12PB
September 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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DINOS THAT DRIVE by @suzylevinson.bsky.social & Dustin Harbin is filled with action-packed illustrations and hilarious rhyming text. There are so many fun details in the art! Kiddos and grownups will be obsessed with these dinosaurs and want to read this brilliant picture book again and again!
September 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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"Buckle up for a raptor race, train-faring Titanosaurs and (gulp) a taxi-driving T. rex in this hilariously whirlwind picture book poetry collection for fans of Richard Scarry!"

Enter to win a copy of @suzylevinson.bsky.social & Dustin Harbin's "Dinos That Drive" from Tundra Books
September 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Hey, that's me again!
August 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Just launched my first newsletter! A feature is #PB and #MG recommendations. This time:
PBs: ANIMALS IN PANTS, by @suzylevinson.bsky.social; HONEYBEES, by Candace Fleming
MGs: CITY SPIES (all 6!), by @jamesponti.bsky.social;
THE WOMAN WHO SPLIT THE ATOM, by @marissamosswriter.bsky.social
#kidlit
August 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Hey, that's me!
August 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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SUBMISSIONS ARE OPEN for the #LyricalLanguageLab 2nd Annual Summer Poetry Contest!
Theme = MASK POEMS, my favorite kind to write. We judges would love to see your work -- rhyming or free verse!
ALL INFO:
www.reneelatulippe.com/poetry-contest
@suzylevinson.bsky.social @loupiccolo.bsky.social
June 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Here’s a guaranteed laugh-out-loud read-aloud—ANIMALS IN PANTS—by @suzylevinson.bsky.social, illus. by Kristen and Kevin Howdeshell. Suzy is so clever. And funny! Can’t wait for her new book—DiNOS THAT DRIVE—out in September!
April 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Celebrate #NationalPoetryMonth with #12x12PB books: TORRIBLE PUNS: ‪@ttorrible.bsky.social‬, ANIMALS IN PANTS: @suzylevinson.bsky.social, UP, UP, HIGH: @lydialukidis.bsky.social, NO WORLD TOO BIG: @keilavdawson.bsky.social, A POEM GROWS INSIDE YOU: @kateywrites.bsky.social

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April 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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@suzylevinson.bsky.social joins today's POEM SHARE, poetry videos by award-winning poets all National Poetry Month Long www.poetryboost.com/2025/04/suzy... @ncte.org #kidlit #poetry #NationalPoetryMonth
April 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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The Kidlit for Los Angeles auction is NOW OPEN!

We have more than 340 INCREDIBLE items from top authors, illustrators, editors, agents and publishing professionals. You don’t want to miss out!

Go bid here: www.32auctions.com/kidlitforlosangeles

Auction runs Jan 20th - Jan 26th.

#kidlit
January 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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THE RESULTS ARE IN! We judges are in a flurry about our winter #LyricalLanguageLab #poetrycontest winners and honorable mentions!
Meet the poets and read the poems here:
www.reneelatulippe.com/winners-wint...
CONGRATULATIONS, POETS! 💜
December 17, 2024 at 1:24 PM
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POETS, lend me your ears! Only 7 days left to enter the #LyricalLanguageLab #RHYMING #poetry contest! And remember -- it's not all about SNOW. If you live in a hot climate, or your winter is in July, we'd love to know what YOUR winter wanderings look like too!
December 2, 2024 at 2:59 PM
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Submissions are officially open for the WINTER WANDERINGS rhyming kidlit poetry contest! We can't wait to read your work!
#kidlit #poetrycontest #kidlitpoetry
www.reneelatulippe.com/poetry-conte...
November 18, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Hi, #kidlit community! I'm loving this cool new hangout spot, aren't you?
Bring on the picture books, bring on the poetry, bring on the good vibes!
And cats.
❤️
November 16, 2024 at 8:16 PM
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POETRY CONTEST!!
We're baaaaaaaack ... but this time it's for RHYMING VERSE for PB, MG, YA! Submissions open Monday, November 18.
My fellow judges are back: Michelle Heidenrich Barnes, Suzy Levinson, and Lou Piccolo. We can't wait to read your kidlit poems!
www.reneelatulippe.com/poetry-conte...
November 13, 2024 at 5:57 AM
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1st Annual Lyrical Language Lab Free Verse Poetry Contest *for kidlit
THE RESULTS ARE IN!

We judges are tickled pink with our contest winners and honorable mentions! Meet the poets and read the poems here:
www.reneelatulippe.com/poetry-conte...

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POETRY CONTEST WINNERS – Renee LaTulippe
www.reneelatulippe.com
August 7, 2024 at 5:57 PM
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... #CYBILS2023 Poetry Finalists: Collection + Novel In Verse

www.cybils.com/2024/...
January 1, 2024 at 5:29 PM
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Happy New Year! ICYMI & here's my post on the Picture Book Builders blog of @suzylevinson.bsky.social 's fabulous kidlit poetry collection ANIMALS IN PANTS, Illustrated by Kristen and Keven Howdeshell! LOVE this book! 😍http://tinyurl.com/mtxzwmzm
December 31, 2023 at 9:33 PM
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Day 16: 2023 Poetry Books for Kids. There just aren't a lot of new poetry collections out there. Fortunately, from the few that do exist, I've seen some really lovely stuff. Here's a 31 Days, 31 Lists selection of some great books. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2023/12/16/3...
December 16, 2023 at 6:01 PM