Congratulations to all who have something new in the works. Thank you @CarolynYoder @agentemurph.bsky.social @Astrapub @CalkinsCreek #kidlit #Megakidlit #LBJ #bio #GreatSociety #civilrights #Vietnam #environment
Announcing new deals for @myahariel.bsky.social @alexandravivelo.bsky.social @writerjolene.bsky.social @cylev.bsky.social + more buff.ly/3T4zIin
November 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Congratulations to all who have something new in the works. Thank you @CarolynYoder @agentemurph.bsky.social @Astrapub @CalkinsCreek #kidlit #Megakidlit #LBJ #bio #GreatSociety #civilrights #Vietnam #environment
What’s a trip to the Twin Cities without stopping by Next Chapter Booksellers, Wild Rumpus and Red Balloon to sign ONE CAN BE and other titles?
Indie bookstores are the best!
#twincities #megakidlit #signedbooks #picturebooks #skybrarian #onecanbe
Indie bookstores are the best!
#twincities #megakidlit #signedbooks #picturebooks #skybrarian #onecanbe
November 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
What’s a trip to the Twin Cities without stopping by Next Chapter Booksellers, Wild Rumpus and Red Balloon to sign ONE CAN BE and other titles?
Indie bookstores are the best!
#twincities #megakidlit #signedbooks #picturebooks #skybrarian #onecanbe
Indie bookstores are the best!
#twincities #megakidlit #signedbooks #picturebooks #skybrarian #onecanbe
I was interviewed on Kare 11 TV today with editor Naomi Krueger from @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social about our picture book, ONE CAN BE. #megakidlit #booksky #skybrarian
Here’s the clip.
tinyurl.com/nhe2nkcy
Here’s the clip.
tinyurl.com/nhe2nkcy
New kids' picture book: 'One Can Be'
Author Pat Zietlow Miller joined KARE 11 News at 4 to discuss the book.
www.kare11.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:31 AM
I was interviewed on Kare 11 TV today with editor Naomi Krueger from @beamingbooksmn.bsky.social about our picture book, ONE CAN BE. #megakidlit #booksky #skybrarian
Here’s the clip.
tinyurl.com/nhe2nkcy
Here’s the clip.
tinyurl.com/nhe2nkcy
Sometimes, being alone is where imagination begins. ONE CAN BE reminds readers it’s OK to be by themselves. Because even when they’re one, they’re part of something more. A comforting read for quiet dreamers who find magic in their own company. tinyurl.com/2fe7nks2
#booksky #skybrarian #megakidlit
#booksky #skybrarian #megakidlit
November 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Sometimes, being alone is where imagination begins. ONE CAN BE reminds readers it’s OK to be by themselves. Because even when they’re one, they’re part of something more. A comforting read for quiet dreamers who find magic in their own company. tinyurl.com/2fe7nks2
#booksky #skybrarian #megakidlit
#booksky #skybrarian #megakidlit
I’ve worked with Eliza Wheeler on three books - WHEREVER YOU GO, WHEN YOU ARE BRAVE and WHEN I’M WITH YOU. I’m thrilled she added my latest, ONE CAN BE, to a Twin Cities @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
ONE CAN BE has been added to 21 state LFLs. 29 to go! #onecanbe #50states #minnesota #megakidlit
ONE CAN BE has been added to 21 state LFLs. 29 to go! #onecanbe #50states #minnesota #megakidlit
November 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I’ve worked with Eliza Wheeler on three books - WHEREVER YOU GO, WHEN YOU ARE BRAVE and WHEN I’M WITH YOU. I’m thrilled she added my latest, ONE CAN BE, to a Twin Cities @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
ONE CAN BE has been added to 21 state LFLs. 29 to go! #onecanbe #50states #minnesota #megakidlit
ONE CAN BE has been added to 21 state LFLs. 29 to go! #onecanbe #50states #minnesota #megakidlit
Want your writing to be clear, concise and conversational? Here's a free, updated, 53-minute webinar of me sharing 10 tips to cut fluff from your copy.
If your work gets sleeker as a result, consider buying one of my books.
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#copyediting #kidlit #editing #revision #megakidlit
If your work gets sleeker as a result, consider buying one of my books.
lnkd.in/gnu-kiJY
#copyediting #kidlit #editing #revision #megakidlit
November 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Want your writing to be clear, concise and conversational? Here's a free, updated, 53-minute webinar of me sharing 10 tips to cut fluff from your copy.
If your work gets sleeker as a result, consider buying one of my books.
lnkd.in/gnu-kiJY
#copyediting #kidlit #editing #revision #megakidlit
If your work gets sleeker as a result, consider buying one of my books.
lnkd.in/gnu-kiJY
#copyediting #kidlit #editing #revision #megakidlit
If you're in Central Texas this weekend, come to the UT Law School at 1:30 to hear co-author Sandy and me get grilled about our book Fault Lines in the Constitution! @PeachtreePublishingCompany Then, stay to hear our daughter @MeiraLevinson host a panel on #CivicEducation #kidlit #megakidlit
November 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
If you're in Central Texas this weekend, come to the UT Law School at 1:30 to hear co-author Sandy and me get grilled about our book Fault Lines in the Constitution! @PeachtreePublishingCompany Then, stay to hear our daughter @MeiraLevinson host a panel on #CivicEducation #kidlit #megakidlit
Happy 25th anniversary, International Space Station! #spaceexploration #spacelaw #spacepolicy #internationalcooperation #whoownsthemoon #kidlit #Megakidlit
spacepolicyonline.com/news/whats-h...
spacepolicyonline.com/news/whats-h...
What’s Happening in Space Policy November 2-8, 2025
Posted: November 2, 2025 3:10 pm ET | Last Updated: November 2, 2025 4:55 pm ET | Get SpacePolicyOnline.com's list of space policy events for the week of November 2-8, 2025 including the 25th annivers...
spacepolicyonline.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Happy 25th anniversary, International Space Station! #spaceexploration #spacelaw #spacepolicy #internationalcooperation #whoownsthemoon #kidlit #Megakidlit
spacepolicyonline.com/news/whats-h...
spacepolicyonline.com/news/whats-h...
#kidlit #Megakidlit What are your favorite #nonfiction #picturebooks for 6- to 8-year-olds published in the last 20 years?
October 30, 2025 at 7:49 PM
#kidlit #Megakidlit What are your favorite #nonfiction #picturebooks for 6- to 8-year-olds published in the last 20 years?
The one where my friend author/illustrator @lesliehelakoski.bsky.social puts ONE CAN BE, my book about @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
boxes, in a Louisiana LFL. Leslie grew up in Louisiana and now spends time there and in Michigan. 1/3
#onecanbe #50states #louisiana #megakidlit #booksky
boxes, in a Louisiana LFL. Leslie grew up in Louisiana and now spends time there and in Michigan. 1/3
#onecanbe #50states #louisiana #megakidlit #booksky
October 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The one where my friend author/illustrator @lesliehelakoski.bsky.social puts ONE CAN BE, my book about @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
boxes, in a Louisiana LFL. Leslie grew up in Louisiana and now spends time there and in Michigan. 1/3
#onecanbe #50states #louisiana #megakidlit #booksky
boxes, in a Louisiana LFL. Leslie grew up in Louisiana and now spends time there and in Michigan. 1/3
#onecanbe #50states #louisiana #megakidlit #booksky
October 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Just when #civics is most important...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u... #civicseducation #kidlit #megakidlit #socialstudies #constitution #executivepower #SupremeCourt #FaultLinesintheConstitution
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u... #civicseducation #kidlit #megakidlit #socialstudies #constitution #executivepower #SupremeCourt #FaultLinesintheConstitution
How Politics Is Changing the Way History Is Taught
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Just when #civics is most important...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u... #civicseducation #kidlit #megakidlit #socialstudies #constitution #executivepower #SupremeCourt #FaultLinesintheConstitution
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u... #civicseducation #kidlit #megakidlit #socialstudies #constitution #executivepower #SupremeCourt #FaultLinesintheConstitution
Michelle writes in a restored one-room schoolhouse. (I know, so cool!) I first became aware of her when I read THE BEEF PRINCESS OF PRACTICAL COUNTY and loved it. And, HOPEFULLY THE SCARECROW is a favorite fall picture book!
#booksky #megakidlit
2/2
#booksky #megakidlit
2/2
October 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Michelle writes in a restored one-room schoolhouse. (I know, so cool!) I first became aware of her when I read THE BEEF PRINCESS OF PRACTICAL COUNTY and loved it. And, HOPEFULLY THE SCARECROW is a favorite fall picture book!
#booksky #megakidlit
2/2
#booksky #megakidlit
2/2
Leave it to @michellemarkel.bsky.social to find this unknown fascinating story and tell it just the way it needs to be told. #kidlit #Megakidlit #Quaker #nonfiction
October 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Leave it to @michellemarkel.bsky.social to find this unknown fascinating story and tell it just the way it needs to be told. #kidlit #Megakidlit #Quaker #nonfiction
Thanks to @adamrex.bsky.social for putting ONE CAN BE in a @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social in Tucson, Ariz. as part of an effort to get the book into at least one LFL in every state. (Arizona is our 16th state. 34 to go!) 1/2
#onecanbe #50states #Arizona #kidlit #megakidlit #booksky
#onecanbe #50states #Arizona #kidlit #megakidlit #booksky
October 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Thanks to @adamrex.bsky.social for putting ONE CAN BE in a @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social in Tucson, Ariz. as part of an effort to get the book into at least one LFL in every state. (Arizona is our 16th state. 34 to go!) 1/2
#onecanbe #50states #Arizona #kidlit #megakidlit #booksky
#onecanbe #50states #Arizona #kidlit #megakidlit #booksky
Had an amazing visit with some very fun first-graders and some very impressive teachers at a bookstore this morning.
#authorvisit #schoolvisit #indiebookshop #fallfun #bookaccess #booksky #skybrarian #megakidlit
#authorvisit #schoolvisit #indiebookshop #fallfun #bookaccess #booksky #skybrarian #megakidlit
October 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Had an amazing visit with some very fun first-graders and some very impressive teachers at a bookstore this morning.
#authorvisit #schoolvisit #indiebookshop #fallfun #bookaccess #booksky #skybrarian #megakidlit
#authorvisit #schoolvisit #indiebookshop #fallfun #bookaccess #booksky #skybrarian #megakidlit
.@UTexas is hosting a conference Nov. 7 on #FaultLinesintheConstitution @PeachtreePub co-authored by me and Sandy, and on #civiceducation, led by our daughter @MeiraLevinson. All are welcome! No registration needed. #kidlit #MegaKidLit
liberalarts.utexas.edu/lawanddemocr...
liberalarts.utexas.edu/lawanddemocr...
Constitutional and Civic Education in a Time of Upheaval
The University of Texas at Austin's Constitutional Studies Program and Center for Law and Democracy are pleased to announce a conference on Constitutional and Civic Education in a Time of Upheaval, ta...
liberalarts.utexas.edu
October 15, 2025 at 11:26 PM
.@UTexas is hosting a conference Nov. 7 on #FaultLinesintheConstitution @PeachtreePub co-authored by me and Sandy, and on #civiceducation, led by our daughter @MeiraLevinson. All are welcome! No registration needed. #kidlit #MegaKidLit
liberalarts.utexas.edu/lawanddemocr...
liberalarts.utexas.edu/lawanddemocr...
I’m looking forward to hanging out with the first-graders from Edgewood Campus School and the fine folks at Mystery to Me Books tomorrow. #schoolvisit #authorvisit #megakidlit #booksky
October 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I’m looking forward to hanging out with the first-graders from Edgewood Campus School and the fine folks at Mystery to Me Books tomorrow. #schoolvisit #authorvisit #megakidlit #booksky
I saw a draft of this story doing critiques for @scbwi.bsky.social. I gave feedback and nominated it for a conference award. Now, it’s a book by @lynnstreetbooks.bsky.social
and @annehunterstudio.bsky.social
I’m so glad Lynn told me so I can share the news.
#scbwi #booksky #megakidlit
and @annehunterstudio.bsky.social
I’m so glad Lynn told me so I can share the news.
#scbwi #booksky #megakidlit
October 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I saw a draft of this story doing critiques for @scbwi.bsky.social. I gave feedback and nominated it for a conference award. Now, it’s a book by @lynnstreetbooks.bsky.social
and @annehunterstudio.bsky.social
I’m so glad Lynn told me so I can share the news.
#scbwi #booksky #megakidlit
and @annehunterstudio.bsky.social
I’m so glad Lynn told me so I can share the news.
#scbwi #booksky #megakidlit
Thanks to @debbimichiko.bsky.social, ONE CAN BE is in a @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social in Mystic, CT.
Kidlit creators are putting ONE CAN BE in state LFLs to remind people how LFLs connect communities. 13 states down. 37 to go!
#onecanbe #50states #connecticut #booksky #megakidlit #skybrarian
Kidlit creators are putting ONE CAN BE in state LFLs to remind people how LFLs connect communities. 13 states down. 37 to go!
#onecanbe #50states #connecticut #booksky #megakidlit #skybrarian
October 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Thanks to @debbimichiko.bsky.social, ONE CAN BE is in a @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social in Mystic, CT.
Kidlit creators are putting ONE CAN BE in state LFLs to remind people how LFLs connect communities. 13 states down. 37 to go!
#onecanbe #50states #connecticut #booksky #megakidlit #skybrarian
Kidlit creators are putting ONE CAN BE in state LFLs to remind people how LFLs connect communities. 13 states down. 37 to go!
#onecanbe #50states #connecticut #booksky #megakidlit #skybrarian
My friend @cathyso.bsky.social put ONE CAN BE in a @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
in Salem, NH. It has a tall box for adult books, and a short box for kid books.
Cathy was in my first critique group. She was a school librarian and also hosted my first author visit. #megakidlit #nh #booksky
in Salem, NH. It has a tall box for adult books, and a short box for kid books.
Cathy was in my first critique group. She was a school librarian and also hosted my first author visit. #megakidlit #nh #booksky
October 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
My friend @cathyso.bsky.social put ONE CAN BE in a @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
in Salem, NH. It has a tall box for adult books, and a short box for kid books.
Cathy was in my first critique group. She was a school librarian and also hosted my first author visit. #megakidlit #nh #booksky
in Salem, NH. It has a tall box for adult books, and a short box for kid books.
Cathy was in my first critique group. She was a school librarian and also hosted my first author visit. #megakidlit #nh #booksky
“Gettin’ Pinney wit it” at the Pinney branch of the @madisonslibrary.bsky.social. I picked up the hold I had on TIC-TAC-TOE CHICKEN by @kimberlytso.bsky.social
and Louie Chin. It’s delightful.
#booksky #skybrarian #megakidlit #kidlitcommunity
and Louie Chin. It’s delightful.
#booksky #skybrarian #megakidlit #kidlitcommunity
October 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
“Gettin’ Pinney wit it” at the Pinney branch of the @madisonslibrary.bsky.social. I picked up the hold I had on TIC-TAC-TOE CHICKEN by @kimberlytso.bsky.social
and Louie Chin. It’s delightful.
#booksky #skybrarian #megakidlit #kidlitcommunity
and Louie Chin. It’s delightful.
#booksky #skybrarian #megakidlit #kidlitcommunity
If you give @kevanjatt.bsky.social a picture book, chances are he’ll put it in a Kirkland, Wash. @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
owned by fellow author/illustrator @elliepeterson.bsky.social! And send photos.
#onecanbe #50states #Washington #megakidlit #booksky #scbwi
owned by fellow author/illustrator @elliepeterson.bsky.social! And send photos.
#onecanbe #50states #Washington #megakidlit #booksky #scbwi
October 5, 2025 at 11:47 PM
If you give @kevanjatt.bsky.social a picture book, chances are he’ll put it in a Kirkland, Wash. @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social
owned by fellow author/illustrator @elliepeterson.bsky.social! And send photos.
#onecanbe #50states #Washington #megakidlit #booksky #scbwi
owned by fellow author/illustrator @elliepeterson.bsky.social! And send photos.
#onecanbe #50states #Washington #megakidlit #booksky #scbwi
Hey! I'm presenting at this in-person conference in Des Moines. I'm leading sessions on structure, heart, mentor texts and revision. I'd love to talk about all things #kidlit with YOU.
tinyurl.com/4z3mw7j4
#megakidlit #scbwi #Iowa #booksky #skybrarian
tinyurl.com/4z3mw7j4
#megakidlit #scbwi #Iowa #booksky #skybrarian
SCBWI Iowa Halloweekend Conference
BOO! Don't be scared--join us for a multi-day conference in Des Moines, Iowa! Best-selling picture book authors, agents, and publishers will haunt our halls! Written critiques, face-to-face critiques,...
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October 4, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Hey! I'm presenting at this in-person conference in Des Moines. I'm leading sessions on structure, heart, mentor texts and revision. I'd love to talk about all things #kidlit with YOU.
tinyurl.com/4z3mw7j4
#megakidlit #scbwi #Iowa #booksky #skybrarian
tinyurl.com/4z3mw7j4
#megakidlit #scbwi #Iowa #booksky #skybrarian
I’ve got online and in-person speaking spots coming up, so I’m finalizing presentations. My office gets a little crazy.
#booksky #skybrarian #megakidlit #scbwi #kidlit
#booksky #skybrarian #megakidlit #scbwi #kidlit
October 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I’ve got online and in-person speaking spots coming up, so I’m finalizing presentations. My office gets a little crazy.
#booksky #skybrarian #megakidlit #scbwi #kidlit
#booksky #skybrarian #megakidlit #scbwi #kidlit