Linda Jean
@lindajeantm.bsky.social
Writer/Poet/Editor/Mixed Media Maker
Looking forward to this webinar at the Writing Barn this month!
Webinar: Write and Sell Rhyme With Craft, Creativity, and Connection with Agent Julie Romeis Sanders – Writing Barn
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January 11, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Looking forward to this webinar at the Writing Barn this month!
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FREE Book Chat on Jan 20 at 8pm ET / 5pm PT!
Join us for this month’s #12x12PB Book Chat with @carriefinison.bsky.social, author of PLENTY OF PANCAKES, as she shares how her picture book went from idea to bookshelf.
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Join us for this month’s #12x12PB Book Chat with @carriefinison.bsky.social, author of PLENTY OF PANCAKES, as she shares how her picture book went from idea to bookshelf.
Sign up: buff.ly/Ky88hrz
January 10, 2026 at 6:31 PM
FREE Book Chat on Jan 20 at 8pm ET / 5pm PT!
Join us for this month’s #12x12PB Book Chat with @carriefinison.bsky.social, author of PLENTY OF PANCAKES, as she shares how her picture book went from idea to bookshelf.
Sign up: buff.ly/Ky88hrz
Join us for this month’s #12x12PB Book Chat with @carriefinison.bsky.social, author of PLENTY OF PANCAKES, as she shares how her picture book went from idea to bookshelf.
Sign up: buff.ly/Ky88hrz
Ripples in Payne’s Grey,
a path lit by white diamonds,
light invites us, still.
#HaikuSaturday #PictureHaiku
haiku & photograph by @lindajeantm.bsky.social
a path lit by white diamonds,
light invites us, still.
#HaikuSaturday #PictureHaiku
haiku & photograph by @lindajeantm.bsky.social
January 10, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Ripples in Payne’s Grey,
a path lit by white diamonds,
light invites us, still.
#HaikuSaturday #PictureHaiku
haiku & photograph by @lindajeantm.bsky.social
a path lit by white diamonds,
light invites us, still.
#HaikuSaturday #PictureHaiku
haiku & photograph by @lindajeantm.bsky.social
Still, what I want in my life
is to be willing
to be dazzled–
to cast aside the weight of facts
and maybe even
to float a little
above this difficult world.
~ Mary Oliver
#PoetryFriday
is to be willing
to be dazzled–
to cast aside the weight of facts
and maybe even
to float a little
above this difficult world.
~ Mary Oliver
#PoetryFriday
January 9, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Still, what I want in my life
is to be willing
to be dazzled–
to cast aside the weight of facts
and maybe even
to float a little
above this difficult world.
~ Mary Oliver
#PoetryFriday
is to be willing
to be dazzled–
to cast aside the weight of facts
and maybe even
to float a little
above this difficult world.
~ Mary Oliver
#PoetryFriday
Caught in a snow squall,
our brake lights glow like red stars
in deep blue midnight.
#HaikuSaturday #PictureHaiku
Acrylic abstract and haiku by @lindajeantm.bsky.social
our brake lights glow like red stars
in deep blue midnight.
#HaikuSaturday #PictureHaiku
Acrylic abstract and haiku by @lindajeantm.bsky.social
January 3, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Caught in a snow squall,
our brake lights glow like red stars
in deep blue midnight.
#HaikuSaturday #PictureHaiku
Acrylic abstract and haiku by @lindajeantm.bsky.social
our brake lights glow like red stars
in deep blue midnight.
#HaikuSaturday #PictureHaiku
Acrylic abstract and haiku by @lindajeantm.bsky.social
Thank you to @12x12challenge.bsky.social for this fun contest! I’m tickled pink to win the watercolors prize! 🎨👩🎨
[email protected]... won a set of watercolors in the countdown to #12x12PB giveaway! DM us for instructions on claiming your prize. 7 Days of giveaways left to go! #kidlit #kidlitart #amwriting #writingcommunity
January 2, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Thank you to @12x12challenge.bsky.social for this fun contest! I’m tickled pink to win the watercolors prize! 🎨👩🎨
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Ready for an inspiring start to a creative 2026! Who's in? #storystorm #kidlit #picturebooks #writingcommunity
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December 31, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Ready for an inspiring start to a creative 2026! Who's in? #storystorm #kidlit #picturebooks #writingcommunity
Register at taralazar.com/2025/12/26/s...
Register at taralazar.com/2025/12/26/s...
January 1, 2026 at 12:07 AM
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9 Exemplary Novels in Verse for Middle Grade and Teen Readers
These excellent middle grade and YA titles use poetry to get at the heart of kids’ experiences. Share them for #NationalPoetryMonth and beyond.
www.slj.com/story/9-exem...
These excellent middle grade and YA titles use poetry to get at the heart of kids’ experiences. Share them for #NationalPoetryMonth and beyond.
www.slj.com/story/9-exem...
9 Exemplary Novels in Verse for Middle Grade and Teen Readers
These excellent middle grade and YA titles use poetry to get at the heart of kids’ experiences. Share them for National Poetry Month and beyond.
www.slj.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
9 Exemplary Novels in Verse for Middle Grade and Teen Readers
These excellent middle grade and YA titles use poetry to get at the heart of kids’ experiences. Share them for #NationalPoetryMonth and beyond.
www.slj.com/story/9-exem...
These excellent middle grade and YA titles use poetry to get at the heart of kids’ experiences. Share them for #NationalPoetryMonth and beyond.
www.slj.com/story/9-exem...
Reposted by Linda Jean
★ “Gracefully rhythmic” picture book WHERE THE DEER SLIP THROUGH by late creator Katey Howes and Caldecott Medalist Beth Krommes is a “lilting hymn to the way woodland life can lurk in surprising places”
Where the Deer Slip Through by Katey Howes
“This is the hedge that grew and grew./ The wall of stone a bit askew./ They guard the yard./ The barn does, too.” Gracefully rh...
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March 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
★ “Gracefully rhythmic” picture book WHERE THE DEER SLIP THROUGH by late creator Katey Howes and Caldecott Medalist Beth Krommes is a “lilting hymn to the way woodland life can lurk in surprising places”
Remember summer?
How we heard a rainbow sing
in the shade of trees?
#HaikuSaturday
haiku & photograph by lindajeantm.bsky.social
How we heard a rainbow sing
in the shade of trees?
#HaikuSaturday
haiku & photograph by lindajeantm.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Remember summer?
How we heard a rainbow sing
in the shade of trees?
#HaikuSaturday
haiku & photograph by lindajeantm.bsky.social
How we heard a rainbow sing
in the shade of trees?
#HaikuSaturday
haiku & photograph by lindajeantm.bsky.social
Beautiful poster and important message!
This beautiful poster by Rafael López and its message "Open books, open doors" remains relevant.
Offered to you for download and sharing by SLJ in partnership with Penguin Random House and the listed organizations.
www.slj.com/page/readfree
Offered to you for download and sharing by SLJ in partnership with Penguin Random House and the listed organizations.
www.slj.com/page/readfree
March 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Beautiful poster and important message!
When rosy light creeps
over mountains and fir trees,
cloud monsters gather
#HaikuSaturday #Haiku #PhotoHaiku
haiku & photo by lindajeantm.bsky.social
over mountains and fir trees,
cloud monsters gather
#HaikuSaturday #Haiku #PhotoHaiku
haiku & photo by lindajeantm.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
When rosy light creeps
over mountains and fir trees,
cloud monsters gather
#HaikuSaturday #Haiku #PhotoHaiku
haiku & photo by lindajeantm.bsky.social
over mountains and fir trees,
cloud monsters gather
#HaikuSaturday #Haiku #PhotoHaiku
haiku & photo by lindajeantm.bsky.social
Andrea Davis Pinkney is one of the 2025 Carle Honors recepients. Congratulations!
“In 2020 everybody sprinted to hire diversity candidates, and…you can’t sustain a sprint for five years. We’re now seeing as a publishing community that we need to be in it for the long term. This takes stamina, consistency, intentionality, strength, and commitment.” - Andrea Davis Pinkney
March 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Andrea Davis Pinkney is one of the 2025 Carle Honors recepients. Congratulations!
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The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art has revealed the recipients of its 2025 Carle Honors, who will be fêted at an event this fall
2025 Carle Honors Announced
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art has revealed the recipients of its 2025 Carle Honors, who will be fêted at an event in New York City on September 25.
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March 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art has revealed the recipients of its 2025 Carle Honors, who will be fêted at an event this fall
Seed catalogs are starting to arrive in the mail! Dreaming of homegrown tomatoes.
#Tomatoes #SeedCatalogs #Collage #MixedMedia
#Tomatoes #SeedCatalogs #Collage #MixedMedia
March 6, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Seed catalogs are starting to arrive in the mail! Dreaming of homegrown tomatoes.
#Tomatoes #SeedCatalogs #Collage #MixedMedia
#Tomatoes #SeedCatalogs #Collage #MixedMedia
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For Read Across America, I'm joining a bunch of wonderful children's poets to read from the anthology IF I COULD CHOOSE A BEST DAY (ed by Irene Latham & Charles Waters).
WHEN: March 3, 2025 at 1 p.m. EST (Sign up here: courage.thewritingbarn.com/free-virtual...)
WHEN: March 3, 2025 at 1 p.m. EST (Sign up here: courage.thewritingbarn.com/free-virtual...)
March 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
For Read Across America, I'm joining a bunch of wonderful children's poets to read from the anthology IF I COULD CHOOSE A BEST DAY (ed by Irene Latham & Charles Waters).
WHEN: March 3, 2025 at 1 p.m. EST (Sign up here: courage.thewritingbarn.com/free-virtual...)
WHEN: March 3, 2025 at 1 p.m. EST (Sign up here: courage.thewritingbarn.com/free-virtual...)
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From a bilingual book about Cuba to a graphic novel poetry collection, these diverse titles are sure to delight a wide range of young readers.
8 Poetry Books for Dreamers, Animal Lovers, and Mistake-Makers
From a bilingual book about Cuba to a graphic novel poetry collection, these diverse titles are sure to delight a wide range of young readers.
www.slj.com
March 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
From a bilingual book about Cuba to a graphic novel poetry collection, these diverse titles are sure to delight a wide range of young readers.
Still snow-flanked, a stream
zig-zags from winter to spring—
New England weather
#HaikuSaturday #PhotoHaiku #Haiku
haiku and photo by @lindajeantm.bsky.social
zig-zags from winter to spring—
New England weather
#HaikuSaturday #PhotoHaiku #Haiku
haiku and photo by @lindajeantm.bsky.social
March 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Still snow-flanked, a stream
zig-zags from winter to spring—
New England weather
#HaikuSaturday #PhotoHaiku #Haiku
haiku and photo by @lindajeantm.bsky.social
zig-zags from winter to spring—
New England weather
#HaikuSaturday #PhotoHaiku #Haiku
haiku and photo by @lindajeantm.bsky.social
Recommendation and rationale for capitalizing each word in in hashtags:
www.boia.org/blog/make-yo...
#AccessibleHashtags
www.boia.org/blog/make-yo...
#AccessibleHashtags
Make Your Hashtags Accessible
Make hashtags accessible to screen readers, people with cognitive or reading disabilities, or anyone who has trouble reading them by capitalizing the first letter of each word. Learn more here, brough...
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February 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Recommendation and rationale for capitalizing each word in in hashtags:
www.boia.org/blog/make-yo...
#AccessibleHashtags
www.boia.org/blog/make-yo...
#AccessibleHashtags
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Celebrating history shapers like John Lewis and Mae Jemison and lesser-known individuals with comparable impact, such as playwrights August Wilson and Lorraine Hansberry, and engineer Raye Montague, these 28 titles share the lives, struggles, and triumphs of notable Black Americans.
28 Picture Books Of Inspiring Black Americans for Black History Month and All Year
Celebrating history shapers like John Lewis and Mae Jemison and lesser-known individuals with comparable impact, such as playwrights August Wilson and Lorraine Hansberry, and engineer Raye Montague, t...
www.slj.com
February 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Celebrating history shapers like John Lewis and Mae Jemison and lesser-known individuals with comparable impact, such as playwrights August Wilson and Lorraine Hansberry, and engineer Raye Montague, these 28 titles share the lives, struggles, and triumphs of notable Black Americans.
Reposted by Linda Jean
It's #BlackHistoryMonth!
Time to cozy up with #12x12PB member #picturebooks from Black creators, Find our full Black History Month book list here: https://buff.ly/3WGnJZc
#amreading #kidlit #diversebooks
Time to cozy up with #12x12PB member #picturebooks from Black creators, Find our full Black History Month book list here: https://buff.ly/3WGnJZc
#amreading #kidlit #diversebooks
February 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It's #BlackHistoryMonth!
Time to cozy up with #12x12PB member #picturebooks from Black creators, Find our full Black History Month book list here: https://buff.ly/3WGnJZc
#amreading #kidlit #diversebooks
Time to cozy up with #12x12PB member #picturebooks from Black creators, Find our full Black History Month book list here: https://buff.ly/3WGnJZc
#amreading #kidlit #diversebooks
My restless green thumb
sticky with paste creates blooms
while miracles sleep
collage & haiku by @lindajeantm.bsky.social
#HaikuSaturday #Haiku #PictureHaiku #Collage
sticky with paste creates blooms
while miracles sleep
collage & haiku by @lindajeantm.bsky.social
#HaikuSaturday #Haiku #PictureHaiku #Collage
February 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
My restless green thumb
sticky with paste creates blooms
while miracles sleep
collage & haiku by @lindajeantm.bsky.social
#HaikuSaturday #Haiku #PictureHaiku #Collage
sticky with paste creates blooms
while miracles sleep
collage & haiku by @lindajeantm.bsky.social
#HaikuSaturday #Haiku #PictureHaiku #Collage
My TBRR (to be read and relished) pile will be getting taller! Congratulations to all the winners ❤️
Congratulations to all the #CYBILSAwards2025 winners! www.cybils.com/2025/02/2024...
2024 CYBILS Awards Winners2024 CYBILS Awards Winners | Cybils Awards
www.cybils.com
February 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
My TBRR (to be read and relished) pile will be getting taller! Congratulations to all the winners ❤️
February 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM