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Lindsey Leigh
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New Mama🩵#Kidlit Writer✍🏼Educator📖Doing Handstands🤸‍♀️in San Diego🏝️
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Another satisfying #bookstore sesh w/ my little guy. 🥰🩵

I think I have a tiny editor on my hands. He may not be able to read, but he has an eye for great illustrations. 😎📚

#kidlit #parenting #booknerd #amreading #childrensbooks #coffeebreak #booksky #writermom
Stack of picture books surrounded by stuffed animals. A baby’s hand reaches for the books
February 4, 2026 at 10:57 PM
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#writingcommunity gratitude. #storystorm truly lit a fire for me. I'll be back next year!

#kidlit #amwriting #picturebooks
February 1, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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After the messiest of breakfasts, he waves around this cute little book our pediatrician gave us. And I imagine a world where doctors prescribe reading in high doses.

#raisingreaders #parenting #writermom #kidlit #childrensbooks #literacymatters #amreading #booksky #booknerd
An adult hand and a baby hand hold a small book on shapes. A baby hand waves around a small book
January 25, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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Together
we encounter
one page after
another.
I tell myself
he’s reading
in a way I
forgot.

#readaloud #startyoung #raisingreaders #literacymatters #booksky #booknerd #writermom #readingmatters #tinymoments #poemsky
A woman’s fingers touch the last line of a poem. A baby’s fingers touches the first line. The poem is Wolf by Georgia Robert’s Durston
January 21, 2026 at 7:09 PM
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I can plan the perfect #writing session, but life happens. So, I’m perfecting the art of writing while #naptrapped.

I learned word choice flubs are easier for me to spot on an iPhone screen and he sleeps better in my arms.

Win-win.

#amwriting #kidlit #writingcommunity #writermom #newmom #scbwi
Sleeping baby in a woman’s arms. She’s giving a thumbs up.
January 17, 2026 at 9:55 PM
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In the thick of #storystorm and so loving it. Thank you @taralazar.bsky.social for the generative start to 2026!

#kidlitchat #childrensbooks #amwriting #writingcommunity
Little elf walking in the snow carrying a giant lightbulb. Text reads "StoryStorm Participant: A flurry of ideas!" Art by Courtney Pippin-Mathur
January 14, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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Age range is mostly not a thing for us.
He loves my voice. I love his everything.

#raisingreaders #bookworm #booksarelife #kidlit #childrensbooks #amreading #parenting #edusky #booksky
A baby looking at the camera, wrapped in a blanket. A children’s book open in the background.
January 14, 2026 at 7:47 PM
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Some days call for extra special problem-solving skills— like Toad’s head-standing.

A new perspective is often all it takes.

#feelingphilosophical #kidlit #toughday #childrensbooks #oldbooks #bookworm #amreading #frogandtoad
Illustration of a frog standing on his head from the classic kids book Frog and Toad
January 9, 2026 at 2:03 AM
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There’s a reason this board book is everywhere. I’m convinced my little one (8 months) READS it. 😅 Texture, color, cute babies smiling back at you… he can’t get enough. #raisingreaders

Highly suggest as a first sensory-focused reading experience. #newmom #baby #kidlit #childrensbooks #bookworm
Colorful Cover of board book titled See, Touch, Feel. Published by Priddy Books. A baby’s hand touches the cover.
January 5, 2026 at 3:50 AM
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I want the claymation Christmas movies playing in the background until New Years. Don’t wanna actually watch them, just have them on please. 🙏 #kidlitchat
December 25, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Who knew apples could be red ON THE INSIDE????

I want a story to surprise me like this — sudden but sweet.

#amreading #bookworm #booksky
December 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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#amwriting but also staring at anything but the page, so I adorn my desktop with notes from #scbwi events.

It’s a fun trick I play on myself. 😎

P.S. I wish I’d invented the Post-it.

#writercommunity #writesky #kidlit #iwritekidsbooks #pbchat
December 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Hoping the artist who does signage for @sandiegozoo.bsky.social also illustrates #childrensbooks 🤞

#kidlit #illustrator #creativelife #scbwi
December 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Books are teachers. Today’s lessons:

1) Tight writing leaves room for the reader’s brain to build out the world you’ve established

2) Writing to ALL your readers’ senses keeps them there

#booksky #amreading #amwriting #kidlit #childrensbooks #bookworm
December 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Baby is busy. Coffee is hot. Books are pulled. Time to research.

I 🩷 my #library

#warmfuzzies #amwriting #writercommunity #writermom #scbwi
December 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Today’s fave #library find — Dori Elys’s HEY NOW, LITTLE MAN.

Note the missing 🧦 on the cover. 😊 This gem is FULL of delightful quirks that give life to its ⚡️ protagonist. I know this little man a thousand times over. 🩵

#kidlit #picturebooks #childrensbooks #bookworm #raisingreaders
December 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Baby is busy. Latte is hot. Time to research. 📚

#amreading #librarylove #picturebooks #kidlit #amwriting #writermom #newmom #writercommunity #scbwi
December 5, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Today’s fave #bookstore find — Doreen & Brian Cronin’s MAMA IN THE MOON.

A young sloth falls from a tree. Its mama descends to save her. But the wait is long—they are sloths, after all. So Mama urges baby to seek a new perspective of night with the senses while she waits.
#amreading #kidlit
November 20, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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My #writing process looks like feeding a baby — messy & worth it.

It might end in tears, too. I’m OK with that. Good things can be hard.

My persistence will be his one day.

Thankful for baby wipes & backspace keys ✌️

#amwriting #writingcommunity #scbwi #writermom #momswhowrite #writerslife
November 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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🌞When summer is a she and every page is my flavor of nostalgia. 🩷A warm read for a dreary November day.

My fave find @ the #library — Renee Watson’s Summer Is Here (illust. Bea Jackson)

#amresearching #kidlitchat #booksky #amreading #writersky #scbwi
November 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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My fave find at the #library yesterday — Jane Yolen’s How to Spot a Mermaid.

Delightful, peculiar at times, it scratched the itch I often get for a new take on mer people.

A must-read for goldfish cracker lovers 

#amreading #bookstagram #booksky #raisingreaders #kidlitchat #mermaids
November 14, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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Empty bottle.
Sleeping baby.
One loose title page circa 1987.
Time to write.

#momswhowrite #writercommunity #writermom #writerslife #raisingreaders #oldbooks #newmomlife #scbwi #amwriting
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Of course, my 6-month-old loves shiny things… and good books!

#amreading #amwriting #kidlitchat #childrensbooks #raisingreaders #newmom #writermom #momswhowrite
November 7, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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My old book.
His new skin.
I will carry both scents
Forever.

#newmom #raisingreaders #tinymoment #amreading #childrensbooks #scbwi
October 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Today’s fave #bookstore find — Jon Klassen’s Your Forest 🌳

I want my little one to learn early that he can create worlds. This board book gem invites the very thought.

#amreading #raisingreaders #kidlit #momlife #booksky #scbwi #momming
October 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM