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Erin Dealey--> Kidlit Author*Playwright
@erindealey.bsky.social
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Following my #Librarian #Teacher #kidlit friends & hoping to figure out this learning curve. Repped by Deborah Warren @eastwestlit -- Blogger of author & illus. #BookBirthdays -- Playwright at Uproar Theatrics erindealey.com -- Happily MARRIED btw--
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“My 4-yr-old loved it that the characters used art to work through emotions. I think she found it super relatable & it made her ask to get the sidewalk chalk out…” ❤️📚
Early review from a 4-yr-old via @hellonathanc.bsky.social

Squirrel Draws BIG Feelings 4.7.26
Illus. @lucianaillustra.bsky.social
January 9, 2026 at 3:38 PM
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Thank you to thediversebookworm for including SNOW GLOBE WISHES in your January #Reading calendar Insta post. @eastwestlit.bsky.social Sleeping Bear / Illus. Claire Shorrock #kidlitmegafeed #skybrarians
January 4, 2026 at 11:32 PM
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My first tea bag message of 2026.
“May all beings be happy.”
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
January 1, 2026 at 11:02 PM
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Picture Books + #FirstGradeFun 🌟📚#gratitude Sleeping Bear Press @kaylastark.bsky.social Nick Ward, Claire Shorrock #KidlitMegaFeed #Skybrarians @eastwestlit.bsky.social #boatparade
December 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Thank you Reading Rainbow 🌈 for including SNOW GLOBE WISHES in your Winter Children’s Books collection! @eastwestlit.bsky.social Sleeping Bear / Illus. Claire Shorrock via Instagram. ❄️📚❄️#KidlitMegaFeed #Skybrarians
December 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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What a perfect weekend for a #BoatParade 🌟⛵️🌟. Thank you to the Santa Cruz Harbor assoc. & also the yacht club for making the magic happen! And to Lina’s of Capitola for the fun book signing with CHRISTMAS AHOY! 🌟⛵️🌟 SNOW GLOBE WISHES ❄️and DECK THE WALLS @eastwestlit.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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TODAY —December 3rd is #InternationalDayOfPeopleWithDisabilities #IDPD. What are you reading? We suggest the diverse #inclusive EVERY BODY MOVE! by Jenna Elyse Johnson / Illus. Ananya Rao-Middleton (Barefoot Books)

@disabilitydaily.bsky.social #DisabilityDay #EduSky #Skybrarians
December 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Wow.
Thank you for sharing this @harrywallop.co.uk 🌟

Thank you, Sir Tom Stoppard
for so much. 🌟
December 2, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Congrats @zombietardis.bsky.social —debut adult #horror
NIGHTMARE BURGER to @andrewsmcmeel.bsky.social —coming Fall 2026– as announced in @publisherswkly.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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Thank you Face in a Book! #SmallBusinessSaturday What fun to sing DECK THE WALLS/ Illus. Nick Ward, make SNOW GLOBE WISHES /Claire Shorrock & count all the #boats in CHRISTMAS AHOY! @kaylastark.bsky.social Sleeping Bear Books @eastwestlit.bsky.social Let the BookGiving begin! #Skybrarian #EduSky
November 30, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Love seeing our wintery SNOW GLOBE WISHES
(SleepingBearBks /Illus. ClaireShorrock) pop up via Pinterest/ Arin Solange at Home-- in such wonderful company!
@eastwestlit.bsky.social @pbpros.bsky.social
arinsolangeathome.com/best-childre... PS It's not just for Christmas! #Skybrarians
November 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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If you wonder what I’ve been doing lately… This has been such fun! And working with smart, talented high school kids gives you so much hope,friends. Opening Night tomorrow night. 🌟🎭🌟🎭🌟🎭🌟🎭🌟
November 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Since November is #kidlit #PictureBookMonth here are my first two books, which released 20 years ago (!) thanks to the amazing Caitlyn Dlouhy + Aladdin + Atheneum @simonkids.bsky.social Illus. Hanako Wakiyama #Skybrarians @eastwestlit.bsky.social @pbpros.bsky.social
November 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Just had a fun Google Meet with DEAR EARTH...FROM YOUR FRIENDS IN ROOM 5 --illus @lupencita.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social
--and Mrs. Lopez' third grade Earth Heroes from Pinesprings Prep in Holly Springs, North Carolina. #Skybrarians
> #Writing is a Language #Art!<
October 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Book Reivew: DUDE. BE NICE. by Sarah Scheerger
Illus. Alex MacNaughton / Flamingo Books
@eastwestlit.bsky.social

*****Heads up #teachers #parenting #Skybrarians #therapists Because the world could use a whole lot more NICE these days, right? #KidlitMegaFeed
October 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Yayy! @etraintalks.bsky.social Rocks!
Thank you for sharing DEAR EARTH...From Your Friends in Room 5 --illus. @lupencita.bsky.social @harperkids.bsky.social
#BeAnEarthHero
October 14, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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It's a Happy DUDE. BE NICE. Book Birthday celebration + 4 Qs with author Sarah Scheerger and a BONUS Educator Guide = win-win!
erindealey.com/book-birthda...
@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social #KidlitMegaFeed #SEL
#SEL
October 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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@sarahandianhoffman.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Happy #GrandparentsDay to all who celebrate.
These books are extra special for our family this year. Can you guess why?

GRANDMA'S FAVORITE and GRANDPA'S FAVORITE
Illus. @lucianaillustra.bsky.social @kanemillerbooks.bsky.social @eastwestlit.bsky.social @pbpros.bsky.social #KidlitMegaFeed
September 7, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Happy #BookBirthday @hellonathanc.bsky.social WHEN SANTA WROTE BACK Illus. Pablo Pino (Sourcebooks Wonderbooks)
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I'm a stickler for good rhyme and I love epistolary stories, and this one checked all the boxes. #BookBoost #KidlitMegaFeed #KidlitChat #Christmas
September 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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🌼JUST FLOWERS🌼 receives a 2025 GROWING GOOD KIDS award 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟Thank you to the Junior Master #Gardeners program & American Horticulture Society for this honor! 🌷🌺🌻🌼 jmgkids.us/bookawards/ Illus. @k8cosgrove.bsky.social Sleeping Bear @eastwestlit.bsky.social @pbpros.bsky.social #Flowers
August 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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For your consideration www.sarahandianhoffman.com #VelshiBannedBookClub @sarahandianhoffman.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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It’s K is for Kindergarten time! Love seeing it included in #Backtoschool books from Sleeping Bear! Illus. Joseph Cowman @eastwestlit.bsky.social #KidlitMegaFeed #Kindergarten
Kindergarten kids
August 8, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Wow! Saw the almost final pass of our upcoming (4.7.26) #SEL #picturebook SQUIRREL DRAWS BIG FEELINGS & omg @lucianaillustra.bsky.social's #art is so perfect! BeamingBooksMN No spoilers, but it's based on Lu's actual #chalkart. Look!

@eastwestlit.bsky.social @pbpros.bsky.social #KidlitMegaFeed
August 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Had a fun MOWMT @literallylynne.bsky.social chat with @cfreeland.bsky.social whose new book (w/Jacqueline B. Toner), MAKING SENSE OF YOUR SENSES, illus. Katarina Gasko, comes out August 5th from Magination Press. #EduSky #KidlitMegaFeed #STEM #Skybrarians
Pre-orders: www.apa.org/pubs/maginat...
July 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM