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Nicole M. Hewitt

@nicolemhewitt.bsky.social

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MG Author (she/her) 🎵THE SONG OF ORPHAN'S GARDEN🌺 January 21, 2025 Feiwel & Friends🌟Bookseller (Kids’ Specialist)🌟SCBWI-IL Co-rep 🌟Former homeschool co-op teacher🌟Rep: Deborah Warren East/West Literary https://linktr.ee/nicolemhewitt

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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · 1d

So glad you enjoyed it!! Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · 9d

This looks adorable!!

Karen (Cryin’) Yin 😢🎃 | Buy My BOOOOks @karenyin.bsky.social · 11d

Ghosts in sheets? BOO-ring! Check out the haunt couture in #SoNotGhoul. This underworldly tale about Mimi, a Chinese American ghost in bicultural limbo, is brought to life by Chinese-style rituals, Mandarin puns, and—of course—ghost fashion. Written by me and illustrated by Bonnie Lui. #Halloween 👻🎃

Graphic featuring cover of "So Not Ghoul" has a blue-and-pink palette to match the cover. On the cover: Mimi, a smiling Chinese American girl ghost, is next to a white cat, who is side-eyeing three girl ghouls sneering at Mimi. Above: "Mimi doesn't look like the other ghosts—but she wishes she did." Below: "A pun-tacular ghost story."—Booklist

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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · 21d

So very true!

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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · 21d

Just look at this amazing cover! So excited for this!!

Alby C. Williams @albyceewilliams.bsky.social · 22d

The cover of Outersphere book 2, WHERE THERE BE SPIES, is here! Out may 5!

A purple and peachy pink book cover with a large school and stone pillars in the background. In the foreground are three kids, a black girl, a black boy, and a little girl with goat horns and ears. The cover reads
WHERE THERE BE SPIES
ALBY C. WILLIAMS
A VAST UNIVERSE...AND ONE HIDDEN WORLD TO FIND

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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · 27d

And here's Aaron's new book - and Aaron and I at the event!

Cover of Troubling Tonsils shows a marmot with his mouth open wide. Book is on a colorful bookcase next to a sinister-looking chipmunk figurine.

Image shows a bald-headed man pointing toward a brown-haired woman holding a copy of Troubling Tonsils.

Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · 27d

Last weekend I attended a launch event for Aaron Reynolds' newest book, TROUBLING TONSILS. It prompted me to dig up a page from my daughter's baby book from when I knew Aaron in another life!

Image of a scrapbook page from a baby book. Page has the title "Before I Was Born" and shows singing, dancing monsters. An arrow with the word "Me" points to the blue monster and an arrow with "Aaron" points to the brown monster. The text on the page indicates that the author of the post was eight months pregnant in the picture.

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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · Jun 29

The best sort of pain. 😂

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Macmillan Children's School & Library Marketing @mackidssl.bsky.social · Jun 23

This Pride Month, we're recommending FLAMBOYANTS by @iamgmjohnson.bsky.social & Charly Palmer! From the New York Times–bestselling author of All Boys Aren’t Blue comes an empowering set of essays about Black and Queer icons from the Harlem Renaissance. bit.ly/3H3O7aI

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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · Jun 11

So glad you enjoyed The Song of Orphan’s Garden! I haven’t read Song of Freedom yet, but now you’ve convinced me I definitely need to. I love Shari Green’s MG verse novels!

Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · May 27

Would you correct people in the moment if they say this wrong? I'm always too timid to!

Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · May 27

Terminology Tip:

People often see my book and call it a "prose novel" (sometimes even after I specifically say it's a novel-in-verse).

"Prose" is just a fancy way of describing writing in normal paragraph form.

If it's not a graphic novel, verse, or another hybrid form, it's written in prose.

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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · May 27

Oh no! I loved Perfection!!

Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · May 24

Right? I'd be like, get rid of them? You obviously must mean, how can I make them want to stay forever and ever and ever!

Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · May 24

Baby foxes living in my yard would be a literal dream come true.

Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · May 24

Someone on Nextdoor complaining about baby foxes in their yard, and I'm like:

Nooooooo, send them to meeeeee. 🥹

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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · May 22

Going to try to start posting here every day as a little experiment. Feeling a little lost in the social media world right now (as many people are).

Here's a video of my dog frantically trying to get dry after his bath. (Note the growling - he NEEDS every last drop of that water GONE!)

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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · May 21

I'm very excited for this one!

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Nicole M. Hewitt @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social · May 15

I just saw the PW announcement and had to come over here to congratulate you!!!!! This is so exciting! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

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Middle Grade Escapades @mgescapades.bsky.social · May 5

It's #ChildrensBookWeek and we're featuring our author's books to celebrate! Check out these amazing books that have already released, and stay tuned for more #MGEscapades #MiddleGradeBooks

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spkowalski.bsky.social @spkowalski.bsky.social · Apr 30

Feeling like nobody "gets" what you do as a school librarian? Join tonight #TLskyChat tonight & we will problem solve 2gether!

Heather Turner @techielibgrl.com · Apr 30

#TLSkyChat Are you joining us on Wednesday at 8pmET/5pmPT to round out our series celebrating #SLM! Guest moderator Sue Kowalski @spkowalski.bsky.social joins us for an hour filled with Library Advocacy. Super stoked to chat with you all tomorrow!! @jenniferlagarde.bsky.social

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Alby C. Williams @albyceewilliams.bsky.social · Apr 28

Thank you so much for having me 💜💜💜

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Middle Grade Escapades @mgescapades.bsky.social · Apr 28

Summer is about to get off to a great start with this season's releases from Middle Grade Escapades! Preorder these books now, and stay tuned for part 2, because we have lots more to share

#MGEscapades #MiddleGradeBooks

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Middle Grade Escapades @mgescapades.bsky.social · Apr 26

We love indie bookstores! This weekend, head to your local indie and pick up some amazing middle grade books from the Escapaders and share the love! #IndieBookstoreDay #MiddleGradeEscapades

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Middle Grade Escapades @mgescapades.bsky.social · Apr 22

Multiple MGE authors have items up for auction to fundraise for the @ndkidlit.bsky.social scholarship! Check out amazing offerings from @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social, @cassfederman.bsky.social, and @emilydeibert.bsky.social here: ndkidlit.org/fundraising-...

#MGEscapades #Fundraiser #MiddleGradeBooks

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Neurodiverse Kidlit Collective @ndkidlit.bsky.social · Apr 20

💸🧠 #ndkidlitauction LIVE:
Bid: Signed/personalized hardcover of THE SONG OF ORPHAN'S GARDEN by @nicolemhewitt.bsky.social + swag!
champ.ly/7MkdRmhN

<span class="text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400">#picturebooks #diversebooks #childrensbook #autism #autismacceptance #writingcommunity #writinghelp #mentalhealth #booksky #charity #nonprofit

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