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Picture Book author and nature educator. Coming in 2025, IF A BUMBLE BEE LANDS ON YOUR TOE Yeehoo Press. BUTTERFLY SEA is coming soon with Tielmour Press, #SCBWI #Edusky #CANSCAIP #CWILL 🦋 🐝 🍃 www.booksbycindy.com https://linktr.ee/Cynthiamackey

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Cynthia Mackey, If a 🐝 Lands On Your Toe Now Available @booksbycindy.bsky.social · May 20

Happy Book Birthday to IF A BUMBLEBEE LANDS ON YOUR TOE by me and Vikki Zhang!

I have a LOT of people to thank for making this book possible.
(See comment thread)
@picturebookseh.bsky.social @cwillbc.bsky.social #YeehooPress #PicnicHeist
#kidlitmegafeed #debutauthor #bookbirthday #WorldBeeDay

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Cynthia Mackey, If a 🐝 Lands On Your Toe Now Available @booksbycindy.bsky.social · 21h

Good advice!

Cynthia Mackey, If a 🐝 Lands On Your Toe Now Available @booksbycindy.bsky.social · 21h

Oh gosh, me too!

Cynthia Mackey, If a 🐝 Lands On Your Toe Now Available @booksbycindy.bsky.social · 1d

I have to work at them all. I get excited when I find a good comp title and it’s not easy. What I wish I was better at is making sure the editor/agent fully understands my vision. #kidlitchat

kidlitchat @kidlitchat.bsky.social · 1d

TOPIC: Queries, pitches, log lines, synopses, comps--all the stuff that someone other than you needs to see (sometimes before they agree to see your work itself!). What are you especially good at? What do you dread? Any tips for coming up with good versions of any of those steps? #kidlitchat

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three women are sitting at a table toasting with wine glasses and the word cheers is on the bottom

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Cynthia Mackey, If a 🐝 Lands On Your Toe Now Available @booksbycindy.bsky.social · 3d

I think it’s our third anniversary! Incredible!

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Cynthia Mackey, If a 🐝 Lands On Your Toe Now Available @booksbycindy.bsky.social · 3d

In hindsight, we ought to have kept them all because I’m sure we’ve written OVER 100 of these! Right @jengelmattern.bsky.social @karyncurtiswrites.bsky.social ?? 🦃 ☘️

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Tiffany Painter @tiffanypainter.bsky.social · 4d

meander through trees
sheathed in all their autumn best
follow golden trail

#haikuSaturday

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Karyn Curtis @karyncurtiswrites.bsky.social · 4d

boating down the river
fall colours belie the heat
summer's last breath
#Haikusaturday

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Tracie Renee (she/her) @tracierenee.bsky.social · 5d

unexpected guest
in hummingbird's kitchen
my house

#haiku
#HaikuSaturday

Photo of a hummingbird perched on metal grate by Mohann via Pixabay.com.

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Jane Heitman Healy @janemhealy7916.bsky.social · 4d

Happy Saturday!
loveliness of ladybugs
feast on too-ripe fallen fruit
Nature wastes nothing
#haiku #haikusaturday

Rotting pear on the ground. The top is being eaten away by many, many ladybugs

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Jo Hackl @johackl.bsky.social · 5d

Celebrating #HaikuSaturday with a tribute to our wild wahoo bush (and breaking a few haiku rules in the process) [note, this plant is known by many names, but this is what I was taught]

yahoo wahoo birds
browsing, deer devouring fall's
fine first tasty fruit

#poetry #haiku

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Jocelyn @jsteggert.bsky.social · 5d

an aspen tree sways
to the rhythm of the wind--
shimmers in sunshine
#HaikuSaturday #haiku

autumn leaves are falling from a tree in the woods

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Laura Roettiger @ljrwritenow.bsky.social · 4d

nature shares reasons

to believe beauty exists

in these darkest days

#HaikuSaturday #photography #NaturePhotography

Red maple leaf on green grass photography by Laura Roettiger

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Abbie James @abbiewjames.bsky.social · 5d

clinging to summer
salty sand below orange sky
my choice pumpkin spice

Happy #HaikuSaturday 😊

sunset with orange/purple/pink with some blue sky above mostly sand with ocean to the left and fence/structures to the right

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Susan (Morhar) Andrews @andrewssusanm.bsky.social · 4d

#HaikuSaturday #haiku
5/7/5:
white feathery plumes
dance with razor-sharp green
leaves--
pampas grass in wind

short form:
feathery plumes tango
with razor-sharp leaves--
wind-tossed pampas grass

Please add a version if you feel like it.

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Rebecca Upjohn @rebeccaupjohn.bsky.social · 4d

hearing blue jays
through her brush strokes
October hues

#HaikuSaturday #Haiku #amwriting

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Emma @emmasartworks.bsky.social · 4d

The beautiful light
That comes with this time of year -
How the shadows fall.

#haikuSaturday

Photograph of the River Wharfe in North Yorkshire, looking downstream on an autumn day. The light is coming from the top right, casting shadows across the bottom right of the photo. There is a background of trees and pale clear sky.

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Beth Volkmann @bethvolkmann.bsky.social · 11d

paused on river's edge
summer slips beyond the bend
autumn rushes in

#haiku #HaikuSaturday #seasons #rivers #NewEngland #pioneervalley #ecology

Rambling river over rocks and stones with overhanging tree branches mainly of green but hints of autumn colors

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Gordy Wright @gordywright.bsky.social · 7d

Hello #KidLitArtPostcard 👋

My name is Gordy and I'm a Scotland based illustrator painting my illustrations in gouache, acrylic and inks 🎨

🌐 gordywright.com
📚 Rep’d by The Bright Agency

#childrensbooks #kidlitart #illustration

Illustration of Addax, Xeric and Oryx travelling across the sand dunes of the Sahara desert

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Cynthia Mackey, If a 🐝 Lands On Your Toe Now Available @booksbycindy.bsky.social · 7d

Here’s what I have planned so far this fall and beyond! More in the works including two virtual school visits! 🥳 #KidlitMegaFeed #CanKidLit #authorlife #ifabumblebeelandsonyourtoe #kidlit #nature #mindfulness #fairy #theatre #dance

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 9d

Fabulous Canadian picture books highlighted at tonight's Great Canadian Picture Book Party. Thanks @picturebookseh.bsky.social @canscaip.bsky.social for organizing/hosting! I've posted this video along with a list on my Bookstagram at www.instagram.com/p/DPNQ5T_ilsj/
#CanKidLit #KidLit #PictureBooks

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Museum of Science @museumofscience.bsky.social · 17d

How do monarchs complete a 3,000-mile journey with no prior experience? 🦋🧪

Each fall, millions of monarch butterflies take off on an extraordinary migration from the northeastern U.S. and Canada to the high-altitude forests of central Mexico.

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Karyn Curtis @karyncurtiswrites.bsky.social · 10d

Tom cheered on the girls rugby team
The World Cup event was a dream
Without helmets or pads
These ladies were rad
Tom waved his foam finger and screamed

Turkey Tom's #LimerickSunday adventures by @jengelmattern.bsky.social, @booksbycindy.bsky.social and me

a rugby player with the number 2 on the back of his jersey

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Cynthia Mackey, If a 🐝 Lands On Your Toe Now Available @booksbycindy.bsky.social · 10d

I would love to see a few cruise ships docked in Victoria, never to travel again and be converted to senior care facilities and housing which we so desperately need.

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Kirsten W. Larson @kirstenwlarson.bsky.social · Aug 21

🧬 Science meets storytelling! Join me as I read "This Is How You Know" Saturday 10/4 at 11:30am. STEM activity. PreK+. Barnes & Noble Palmdale! https://kirstenwlarson.com/2025/08/20/bn-storytime-and-book-signing/

#KirstenWLarson #ScienceBooks #Storytime #KidsBooks #PalmdaleCA

Promotional flyer for author Kirsten W. Larson's book event at Barnes & Noble Palmdale on Saturday, October 4th at 11:30 a.m. Features author photo, event details including storytime and book signing activities for Pre-K and up, and cover image of her book "This Is How You Know: How Science Happens."

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