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Robin Brett Wechsler
@robinbwechsler.bsky.social
Children's author, freelance editor/writer. An avid reader, walker, baker, voter, museum goer, bird feeder. Cat lady. Likely drinking tea.
12x12 I Courage to Create I SCBWI member
Writers' Loft member and PBCG leader
2025 PB Rising Stars HM
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So many #PictureBooks have #SocialScience themes that we’d like to bring to attention of #NCSS2025 and #collectiondevelopment staff at home, beginning with Music of the Mountains @barefootbooks.bsky.social Booth 701 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
MUSIC OF THE MOUNTAINS | Kirkus Reviews
A Pashtun girl hopes to honor her ancestors with a school performance.
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December 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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This classroom-ready lesson helps students notice details, ask meaningful questions & record their discoveries in science notebooks
Integrates inquiry-based learning, writing, & scientific thinking
👉🏼 www.patriciamnewman.com?p=13126

@kirstenwlarson.bsky.social @cornelia-illo.bsky.social #edusky
December 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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If you've seen the latest season of "Stranger Things," you might have noticed the iconic cover of "A Wrinkle in Time" that Holly was reading. For a long time, nobody knew who had illustrated that cover -- until an enterprising Redditor got Endless Thread on the case:
Artist: Known — Illustrator for 'A Wrinkle in Time' gets long-overdue credit
The cover art for the 1976 paperback edition of Madeleine L'Engle's classic sci-fi/fantasy novel "A Wrinkle in Time" — featuring a winged centaur and a glowering, red-eyed face — is iconic. And yet, f...
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December 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Books for young readers reflect the reality that Indigenous people live on reservations, in cities, and all the places in between. In fact, upwards of 80% of Native people live in suburbs, off-rez small towns, or cities, with many regularly returning to visit their tribal homelands. #KidLit
November 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Our first dual podcast episode! Just in time for the Hanukkah season. Enjoy The Borrow Hanukkah Latkes as we pair today with @bookoflife.bsky.social on the @fuse8nkate.bsky.social podcast! #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/11/30/f...
Fuse 8 n’ Kate: With Special Guest Heidi Rabinowitz, The Borrowed Hanukkah Latkes by Linda Glaser, ill. Nancy Cote
Our first dual podcast episode! Just in time for the Hanukkah season.
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November 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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November 30, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Happy #FungiFriday! 💚
I love when fungi, ferns, lichen, and moss hang out together. Photo taken this summer at beautiful Cook Forest State Park.
November 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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"She had so much hope for saving this planet. We mustn’t disappoint Jane." We talk today with Jane Goodall's picture book biographer Patrick McDonnell about her life and legacy. #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2025/11/11/m...
Memorium…Jane: Patrick McDonnell Discusses Jane Goodall
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November 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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'Silhouettes' by Vermont printmaker Jeanne Amato #womensart
November 23, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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#KidLit events may be winding down for the holidays, but I just added a bunch of new events for 2026! Check out the updated list and sign up for weekly emails so you can stay in the know! #pb #mg #YA

carolynbfraiser.com/kidlit/

#KidLitEvents
November 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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WITH A NEEDLE AND THREAD: A JEWISH FOLKTALE FROM CUBA "teaches the value of conserving household items and materials for future, repurposed use; incorporates some Jewish life-cycle events...and introduces Cuban geography and history” www.sdjewishworld.com/2025/10/17/j....
November 16, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Q&A with Audrey Ades about her new children's picture book, JASON BELONGS.
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November 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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You never know what will come out of a broken crayon. #Uplift

More broken crayons, classroom activities, my broken crayon #KidLit picture book with Linda Sue Park: debbieohi.com/resources/re...
November 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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GATHER GRATEFUL, written by me with rich and gorgeous art by Alexandra Finkeldey, has been out in the world for a whole month!!

So grateful for all the love, reviews, readings…and everything yet to come.

🧡🍂🧡🍂

@candlewickpress.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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An interview with Jeff Gottesfeld about FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO READ coauthored by Michelle Y Green & illustrated by Kim Holt yabookscentral.com/author-chat-...
November 12, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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In Spark: Jim West's Electrifying Adventures in Creating the Microphone, Ainissa Ramirez introduces readers aged 5-9 to inventor Jim West. It’s the 1st of her children’s picture books on Black innovators. www.nasw.org/member_artic... bsky.app/profile/aini... ScienceWriters.org #SciWriBooks
October 23, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Mark your calendar, Greater Boston - because THIS is an event you DON'T want to miss! The 2nd Annual Newton Children's Book Festival will be held at the New Art Center in Newtonville, MA from 11am-3pm on Sunday, 11/16.

art credit: @jannieho.bsky.social
#booksky #kidlit
November 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Today I’m celebrating the release of my dear amiga’s book 📕♥️

Congratulations, Maritere! 🥳

I invite you to read this lovely interview to learn more about Maritere’s book and journey.

https://marianariosramirez.com/tio-ricky-doesnt-speak-english/

#kidlit #bilingual #pb #picturebooks
November 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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November is Native American Heritage Month! We celebrate and honor the traditions, culture, and community of the country’s Native and Indigenous peoples. Here are some projects we once funded when we weren’t infiltrated by evil overlords.

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NEH Resources for Native American Heritage Month
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November 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Every act pushes the resistance forward. MAGA accounts are out in force claiming none of it will make a difference but if your voice didn’t matter, they wouldn’t try so hard to silence it. Your voice matters. Remember to vote!
November 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Join #CanKidList #kidlit creators at these free November events hosted by #SCBWICanadaEast. For more information and to register, visit www.scbwi.org/regions/cana...
November 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Happy Halloween!🎃 Have a fun and safe night! #kidlitart #kidlit #illustration #art #halloween
October 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM